Work On Your Character
Ìwé awọn Àgbàlagbà (Elders’ Book)
Ìwé awọn Àgbàlagbà (Elders’ Book) ori kẹwa ẹsẹ kẹtàlélógún wipe, ó dórí ẹni ó bàjẹ, à ì mọ ìwà hù ni
Translation
Elders’ Book chapter 10 verse 23 says, when it gets to one’s turn and everything gets spoil it shows that the person lacks character
Application
The elders’ book is just a way of adding flavor to the Yoruba word.
To make things work in life one needs to monitor his or her character. It is a proverb showing that one needs to work on oneself, one needs to build his/her character.
There were once two guys in the island of Behavior, called Longing and Exiting. These guys graduated from the best institution in this island with flying colors. Soon enough because both students were the best graduating students in the island, they were employed into different government parastatals in the island with good pay. They began to rise in their careers, but it was noticed that Exiting’s behavior was nothing to write home about, he has no character at all and people were surprised how he could even get married because his behavior pisses people off daily, but it was discovered that it was because of the money he has that makes the lady who married him married him.
Longing on the other hand has a very good behavior and people were always happy to be with him.
As the culture of their island, it is those in the top government offices, those who have reached the peak of their careers that would be chosen by the ruler of the island to head the division of the land. Longing and Exiting have attained this position and they submitted their resume to the ruler of the island. The ruler of the island and his team after examining their resume eventually put it into ballot to know who will be chosen among Exiting and Longing. Longing won the election by a vote and he was chosen to head the division of the island for 2 years renewable once according to their constitution.
During the time Longing head the division of the island things changed for good within the island. Within his two renewable years the internally generated revenue of the division increased and it was as if people have not been living within the island before. Workers were enjoying and everything was going on well with all and sundry. People fell the impact of his leadership within those months and they all believe that his re-appointment was non-negotiable.
However, another thing cropped up because when the world body saw what happened in the division of the island within 2 years under the watch of Longing, they decided to employ him to head the newly created office by the United Nations. Letter was sent to him to come and head the newly created department and build it. He accepted this offer and left after his first term, as such his tenure could not be renewed.
The person who is next was Exiting, they have the same qualifications and were in the same cadre, in the actual sense, they fought for the same position about 27 months ago. Since there is none close to him, the position automatically became his to occupy.
Immediately Exiting got into that seat of power, things started plummeting in the division and the revenue that has been on the rise started falling with suffering well written all over the faces of all and sundry. Even the rich people within the jurisdiction were sweating with all their wealth. He lost it all because his behavior was nothing to write home about.
In all that we are doing, we should add good behaviors to it to be able to make appreciable impact in the world we are in. check yourself, are things working under your watch as a leader? If it is not check your behavior, it may be the cause.
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