‘We were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.’
(Numbers 13:33b (Holy Bible: KJV))
This world is full of people, people who never recognised their inane potentials. People who go about with the mentality that they occupied the bottom position, in the pyramid of life. These kinds of people are found among leaders and followers respectively. The basic fact about life is that you are bound to be seen, the way you see yourself. The logic behind this reasoning is the fact that your self perception determines your actions and behaviour; this in turn determines how others perceive you and react to you. So, always see yourself as you can be and not as you are now.
To achieve your set goals this year, be it in your marriage, career, business and personal life; you’ve got to put yourself in the right perspective. If you see your marriage as being on the verge of collapsing, it will surely end so, since all your actions will be geared towards actualizing your preconceived perception of a failed marriage. Learn to see and perceive right.
What height are you envisaging in your career this year? You can picture your desired height and work towards it. If all you direct your energy on is the fear of being retrenched, just because many people are being sacked in your place of work. This thought process will influence your subconscious mind and this in turn will influence you to work in such a way that your productivity will be called for scrutiny and this might hand you a sack letter, on a platter of gold.
In all your undertakings and actions, expect the best, put in the best and you will certainly get the best result. Never see yourself as a prey before others; they will trample on you. Never see yourself as a grasshopper before others; they will treat you as one. Are you jobless now? See yourself going to work for a choice company. Are you barren today? See yourself carrying your wonderful baby. Is your marriage shaking? See it stabilizing. Are you confused? See yourself overcoming it. Until you can see it, you won’t be willing to pay the price to achieve it. See yourself the way you really want to be.
The ‘you’ that you can see now, is the ‘you’ that you will end up becoming, now or in the nearest future. Who do you see?
Ajiboro Ayodeji is a Chartered HR Practitioner based in Lagos, Nigeria. Tel: 2348027807452. Email: jibdej@gmail.com.
