By Dr Charles Leyman Kachitsa
Having knowledge is immense power that unlocks doors unimagined. Those who hold knowledge must not be underestimated as they have the power in their hands of knowing what others do not know. This is why education as one of the providers and catalyst of knowledge has to be promoted from the time a child is born on to their end, whatever that may be.
Nations who have spared the time to take stock on the banks of their knowledge and nurtured it have gone to greater heights of success. It is in harnessing knowledge that a nation becomes a power base of productivity and abundance provision to its citizens. In such realm nothing should be taken to chance, no knowledge should be discarded on the account that other foreign cultures have denounced it. If knowledge is for the practical use of people in bettering themselves, such knowledge is treasure to be kept alive.
We all know what we know and that puts us at an advantage. Those who think they know yet they do not know always are at a disadvantage. Shrewdness means knowing to ask where you have no information and seeking knowledge where you know there is inadequacy. Most philosophers point to the fact that for all types of living things they start to die once they stop acquiring knowledge. Knowledge determines survival. Yet humans are not ever the so knowing, knowing everything for there is only one source of knowledge that has no limit in all that is and will be. Seeking it from this one source before any others, is the most noble thing to do, if you know, you know.
The quotes this week are an extraction continuing from a book full of advice by an experienced father to his son on life experiences and how to navigate through its waves. I am sure the few selected quotations from this book listed below will enlighten you to one or two life lessons. Read and enjoy:
LETTERS FROM J.D ROCKEFELLER TO HIS SON – Perspective, ideology and Wisdom
“In the eyes of ordinary people, luck is always innate. As long as they find out someone has attained success or have been promoted, they will say Casually, with contempt: ‘This man’s luck is so good, it is luck that helped him!’ Such a person can never have a peck into the truth that makes one successful: everyone is a designer and architect of his own destiny.”
“Income is just a by-product of your work. Doing what you should do, accomplishing what you should do well, the ideal salary will come. And more importantly, the highest reward for our hard work is not what we get, but what we will become. Those who are mentally active do not just work hard to earn money; the real reason behind the passion for their work is far more noble – they are engaged in a fascinating career.”
“Heaven and hell are created by ourselves. If you give meaning to your work, you will feel happy regardless of its size and you will feel fulfilled no matter what self-set results you have attained. If you don’t like to do anything, even the simplest things will become difficult and boring. When you lament that this work is very tiring, despite not working hard, you will feel exhausted, in other words there is a huge difference. This is how things are. —– John, if you view work as a pleasure, life is heaven; if you view work as a duty, life is hell. Reflect on your work attitude, it will make everyone happy. —– Love, — Your Father.”
“I do not live by God-given luck, but I do-so by planning luck. —— When waiting for luck, you must know how to guide luck, to design luck is to design life. —– (He who marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.) ——– Dear John, …… Some people are destined to be dazzling Kings or great men, because of their extraordinary talents, for example, Mr. McComick, who has a head of luck and knows how to turn a harvester into a sickle for harvesting banknotes.”
“I admit, just like a person cannot have no money, a person cannot have no luck. However, if you want to make a difference, you cannot wait for luck to patronize. My credo is: I do not live by God-given luck, but I do-so by planning luck. I believe that a good plan will affect luck, and in any case, it can successfully affect luck. My plan to turn competition into cooperation in the oil industry justified this.”
