Why Personal Development?

Personal/self development is any activity that culminates into your growth, worth and increases your value. Activities that improve awareness and (Self) identity, develop talents and potential, build human capital and facilitate employability, enhance quality of life and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations.

It includes formal and informal activities for developing others. 

Without any effort or commitment to improve anything, such thing will remain in its raw form thereby been underestimated and under-valued. Hence, the need for development to bring out the best out of such thing/product/material- you can never get the best out of any raw material until it is developed or worked upon.

What is Development?

 

1. Any activity that aids the quality of a particular thing or person.
2. To become or make larger, more mature, or advanced.
3. Start to exist, experience, or possess. 
4. Convert to a new purpose
5. To increase the worth of something

  

Why Do I Need Personal –Development?

“Where purpose is unknown, abuse is inevitable”

                             Dr. Myles Munroe

There is often a reason for any activity that we embark upon as human beings which explains the fact that we are logical in nature.  When God created us, He expects us to keep improving and developing. He expects us to develop and become better in order to fulfill His purpose.

“Where you are today is your fault. Where you’ll be tomorrow is your choice”

                             Adeolu Akinyemi

We need personal development because:

1. It directs our attention to important things.
2. It increases our capacity.
3. It connects us with positive people.
4. It increases our worth and value.
5. It enhances leadership.
6. It increases our level of competence.
7. Without personal Development fulfilling purpose is a delusion.
8. It is a sign of maturity and responsibility.

 

It is important that we invest in ourselves constantly to upgrade by continuously learning new things, acquiring new/more skills. It requires your commitment, care and attention.

 

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Are Our VALUES Asleep?

It pains my heart whenever it occurs to me that we have a bunch of leaders who cannot set examples for the younger generation to imbibe. We have nothing but leaders that are selfish, self-centered, and corrupt and a questionable value system. Their decisions, actions-what we see and read about them all point to the fact that they have a sick and questionable value system.

Corruption   has eaten deep into the marrow of our leaders- our leaders have made the name of our country a laughing stuck on the global scene. Social evils and vices have consumed the giant of Africa. The center has become so united and fused together in devilish acts and practices. We have a group of people who call themselves leaders, people who have no idea about service, respect for humanity- to them; integrity is nothing but just one of the words in a dictionary.

During his lectures at Nigerian Student Roundtable (NSR2013), a Conference held in Lagos, Nigeria. Hon. Dino Melaye said, Nigeria does not practice democracy but “Greedeocracy, a government of the greedy, by the greedy, and for the greedy”. These set of greedy individuals are usually characterized by lack of (positive) Values.

We have leaders who have sold their dignity and conscience to corruption. They are nothing but a group of greedy individuals that have been united by corruption and concerned only by what benefits them and their immediate family. Corruption FC and Selfishness United…laughs

The principle that guides the life of an individual is called Values. It is the belief system of an individual that guides the way he relates with life; moral, career, religious, health, financial etc are all controlled by an individual value system. A wrong and negative value system will never produce a life of life of dignity and honor, you’ll reap what you sow- like produces like. Your values will never betray you, you are a reflection of your values.

Recently, I came up with my own meaning –an acronym of values; Vision Attitude Legacy Usefulness Empowerment Structures.

The present situation Nigeria has found herself is a question of values in leadership, our leaders lack values- no vision, attitude is nothing to write about, no legacy is being built, how will such an institution be useful to the people especially when the leaders are not empowered because they have no (good) structure.

I believe so much in the future of Nigeria, and just like Obama told Americans, I say to Nigerians, YES we can! A better Nigeria is a reality; let us readdress our VALUES- young, old, male and female, it begins with you. Enough of tribal and ethic sentiments. We are Nigerians, not Igbo, Hausa nor Yoruba. God bless Nigeria!