About 2 months ago, I decided to read the autobiography of one of the founding fathers of my country (Sir, Ahamadu Bello).
Reading this book I came across the story of how he and his townsmen would spend about two weeks traveling a journey of 179 kilometers.
I paused and taught about that story.
It takes me about 4hrs to drive 179KM (even with some traffic congestion) but my forefathers had to walk TWO LONG WEEKS to get to the same destination.
Let me tell you another story.
I read this from Benjamin Franklin's biography
It happened in the 18th Century
Franklin had to SELL his clothes so he could buy books.
Read that again.
Franklin sold his very cloth, so he could buy books because books were too expensive.
Today I (or anyone) can buy books for pennies
We can look up information on Google
We can listen to quality Podcast
The number of information people like Benjamin Franklin struggled to acquire for one decade in the 18th century is what an average human has today in ten days, for free
Just ask Google.
Now, what is the point of this post?
Gratitude!
When you understand that what you have is PRECIOUS, you'll be curious about maximizing it.
Let me give you some examples;
For me, having easy access to books and Google is a miracle (If I were born in the 14th century, I would probably never touch a book in my entire life), so I learn like crazy through books and Google.
For me, having Aircondition in my office is a miracle (the richest man in the world in the 17th century didn't even have a fan), so I have to work really hard
For me, being able to write this post on a Saturday morning and get thousands of people to read it from tens of countries is a MIRACLE (Napoleon Hill or Dale Carnegie could never reach people in 50 countries from their Home Office), so I write this post well.
You get my point.
When Eric Subrah saw the ability to work online as a miracle, he ran to build ZOOM
When Jeff Bezos saw the ability to sell online as a miracle, he resigned from his job to build AMAZON
When Elon Musk saw the possibility of getting humans to Mars as a Miracle, he's running after it.
People who don't appreciate life don't have a life.
People who always complain about what they lack always lack passion
People who don't see miracles don't perform miracles
Steve Courage
About 2 months ago, I decided to read the autobiography of one of the founding fathers of my country (Sir, Ahamadu Bello).
Reading this book I came across the story of how he and his townsmen would spend about two weeks traveling a journey of 179 kilometers.
I paused and taught about that story.
It takes me about 4hrs to drive 179KM (even with some traffic congestion) but my forefathers had to walk TWO LONG WEEKS to get to the same destination.
Let me tell you another story.
I read this from Benjamin Franklin's biography
It happened in the 18th Century
Franklin had to SELL his clothes so he could buy books.
Read that again.
Franklin sold his very cloth, so he could buy books because books were too expensive.
Today I (or anyone) can buy books for pennies
We can look up information on Google
We can listen to quality Podcast
The number of information people like Benjamin Franklin struggled to acquire for one decade in the 18th century is what an average human has today in ten days, for free
Just ask Google.
Now, what is the point of this post?
Gratitude!
When you understand that what you have is PRECIOUS, you'll be curious about maximizing it.
Let me give you some examples;
For me, having easy access to books and Google is a miracle (If I were born in the 14th century, I would probably never touch a book in my entire life), so I learn like crazy through books and Google.
For me, having Aircondition in my office is a miracle (the richest man in the world in the 17th century didn't even have a fan), so I have to work really hard
For me, being able to write this post on a Saturday morning and get thousands of people to read it from tens of countries is a MIRACLE
(Napoleon Hill or Dale Carnegie could never reach people in 50 countries from their Home Office), so I write this post well.
You get my point.
When Eric Subrah saw the ability to work online as a miracle, he ran to build ZOOM
When Jeff Bezos saw the ability to sell online as a miracle, he resigned from his job to build AMAZON
When Elon Musk saw the possibility of getting humans to Mars as a Miracle, he's running after it.
People who don't appreciate life don't have a life.
People who always complain about what they lack always lack passion
People who don't see miracles don't perform miracles
Wait
Pause
Appreciate
Maximize.
Steve Courage,
Lagos, Nigeria
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