THE WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
The house was quiet and the
day was sunny. I was about 8 or 9 years old when I visited a neighbor and
suddenly a black, mangy, wild dog jumped from nowhere and bit me. As a boy, I
did not know the implications of
being bitten by a wild dog. I did not know
about a deadly virus called Rabies which has a 100% mortality rate in humans if
you’re not treated on time. But fortunately for me, I told my parents the same
day and because of my parents’ knowledge
of Rabies infection, I was given multiple shots of Anti-Rabies vaccines the
next day in the hospital. However` another man that was bitten by a dog that
had Rabies a few years later while praying ignorantly thought it was an attack
from satan. So all he did was throw stones at the dog that bit him. A few weeks
later, he started manifesting the signs and symptoms of Rabies like hydrophobia
(hatred for water) and barking like a dog. By this time it was too late. He
eventually died of Rabies.
Question: What saved me and
what killed the other man. Was it luck? Was it GOD and satan respectively?
Simple! Knowledge and ignorance
respectively. A book of wisdom has this quotation which goes thus “A man in
honour that does not know he is in
honour is like a fool that is destroyed”. Also from the book: “You shall know
the truth and the truth shall set you free.”
Friends, every time you pay
for something, it’s because you’re ignorant of that thing. For instance, why do
you pay a Physician to treat you when you’re ill? It’s because you do not have
the knowledge to treat yourself. Why do you pay a lawyer a lot of money? Because
you either do not know the law or you do not know how to interpret the law by
yourself. I’ve just paid the mechanic to repair my car because I am bereft of
the knowledge of how to fix cars.
That’s why I am a medical doctor.
The reason why your boss is
earning more than you are earning is that your boss knows more than what you
know. The reason why a person is your leader is that the person knows more
about leadership than you do.
If you are not in the know,
you will not be in the flow; if you’re not updated; you will become out-dated;
if you’re not informed you will be deformed, if you’re not inspired, you will
expire. To be current is the currency of life.
Do you know that information
doubles every two years? In fact in Silicon Valley in California U.S.A which is
probably the world’s largest conglomeration of Companies involved in
Information Technology; it is said that every five minutes the information
in Silicon Valley changes hence if you’re not updating yourself with new
information every five minutes you will become out-dated.
So what is the solution?
1.
Read an average of 1 hour
a day or more in your field or in any area you’re experiencing a challenge.
2.
Attend seminars or
workshops in your field or in any area where you need a change or you have a
challenge.
3.
Seek professional
counsel or advice from mentors and experts.
4.
Walk and talk with people
that have more information than yours or people that have superior information
than yours.
5.
Turn your car into a
university on wheels by listening to CDs while you’re in traffic.
6.
Create your own
information storing system by utilizing modern technology to store your
information like external hard drives, tablets, iPods, computers, etc.
The only weapon of mass destruction is ignorance or not developing your BRAIN/MIND. A challenge is not a problem. The only problem is not
knowing how to deal with the challenge. No information, no growth. If you stop
learning, you’ll start dying. Now go out and get that information. Your
progress depends on it.
–D. A. Ayo
D.A. Ayo is a Medical Doctor
and a Positive Change via the MIND/BRAIN Consultant with awesome abilities as a management consultant, professional speaker,
trainer and a coach specifically in the areas of soft skills, personal
effectiveness and personal transformation in different aspects of life and
leadership. He is a much sought after world-class international positive change
causing agent.
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