Author name: Eric Limoh

PERCEPTION

24 Comments / Leadership / / / ,

Perception has proven to be a strong foundation for individual conception and also their natural inclination to different subject matters that are still subjective to their current knowledge and culture, which did not do justice to a lot of these issues. One such subject matter that has found its way into this ever-growing list of topical discussions is leadership. Many intellectuals and wise men and women have defined leadership from the perspective of deep thinking, life, and practical experience, but little has come of it in terms of application by the many who have both heard and read such speeches and writings, and therein lies the problem: the nature and characteristic application of the intent and concept of leadership is in reality more convoluted than we thought. The attempt to give it a singular definition without considering the context will never bring out its essence. As a quick disclaimer, I am not suggesting that leadership cannot be defined in generic terms; rather, I believe that we should strongly emulate and nurture its intrinsic characteristics rather than define it. In order to respond to the question, “What is leadership?” Even if I don’t receive your comment right away, I’d love to read it in the chat box. Before I go into my own ideas on this, I’d want to state that leadership, however you define it, can only produce the best results if you have the right beliefs and habits, since in reality, you have to live it to properly teach it. Leadership is the ability to give external things direction as a result of profound internal foresight. In other words, a leader must supply direction from foresight, and here is where the gray line exists because many individuals in leadership today are unable to do so. Have you given any thought to why we have a leadership crisis in every sector today? I call it a leadership problem because that is exactly what it is: societal decay, economic sabotage, family mismanagement, and today’s human mishaps affecting livelihoods in many parts of the world are all a result of poor leadership. And the reason for this is simple: you can’t offer what you don’t have, and effective leadership requires you to do what you want others to do. Not only must the leader take the initiative to begin, but he or she must also take the initiative to instruct. I strongly believe that leadership is critical to human and systemic progress, but I would like to emphasize the need for a reorientation of our attitude and understanding of leadership, which transcends any positional connotation or cultural disposition. It is past time for us to awaken to this obligation and reengineer our subconsciousness to the predisposition of the leadership potency in us, while building intrinsic value and nature that will support our extrinsic proclamations when it matters.

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THE TRAFFIC OF LIFE AROUND YOU

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Life is like a journey and you, as well as every other person, are starting ondifferent mark and unto different destination. We all have a common meeting place which is the way. Boy oh boy we sure are very many on this journey.One of the central characteristic determinants of life is movement. While this is true for every living thing, we as human must learn to interchangemovement for progress.Life to us is not just movement but progress, as such, everyone is striving for progress each day and at every given opportunity. We all seek to become a better version of ourselves. Even when you are not equipped with the required mental capability to think that way (a child), others strive to ensure you become a better version of you. An irony I have found is that a good number of young people often fall into following the cultural scape that suggest to us that life does not require development of any additional skills and that our natural instincts are enough but contrary to popular opinion it requires a whole lot of skills to stay on your path and not be distracted by your fellow road users.Have you ever witnessed a driver engrossed in deep thought at a traffic light that he could not notice when the light turns green? Sometime in 2013 when Range Rover sport; second generation sport came into the market: a lot of other car owners always forget themselves in traffic while staring at the British luxury mid-size SUV and at such moments, they loose focused on the road and are left at the mercies of blaring horn. A lot of us are like those drivers. Super distracted by our fellow travellers forgetting that our initial location and our chosen destination are not the same. Have you observed that it is within that brief moment of waiting for the light to turn green that you get distracted by what the other man is driving? The kind of rims he is using.How flashy are his clothes and jewelleries? Etc. If you are in this categoryhere is your blaring horn, “everyone is on a peculiar journey and focus isimperative for successful arrival.”How then do we stay focus on our path despite this overwhelming traffic of life around us? Be intentional about progress and contentment with what you are while working towards what you can be. In simpler terms celebrate your small wins and give yourself a pat on the shoulder sometimes.

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FEAR DEMYSTIFIED

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I have always wanted us to look deeply at a concept that has somehow became part of us. It is neatly integrated into our existence by a reality we find very simple to grasp. It has kept us sedated in the ocean of our minds while robbing us of what we could be by pointing us to the incomprehensible nature of the unknown. It haunts our actions and inactions altogether, leaving us void of the desire to move. It has grown to become a tangible part of our present through its profound contributions in our past and gaining grounds in the future we have. In its tectonic nature, it is shaping our future into what we never dreamed of because we are too frail to ask the question “WHAT REALLY ARE YOU FEAR?”. FEAR is just a feeling sponsored by the voice in our heads, drawing our consciousness to our inadequacies, gradually taking our attention off our strengths. Like every other feeling, it is within the confines of our control. In other words, we ought to control fear. Fear rules us by painting an abstract reality whenever we incline to listening to ourselves rather than speaking to ourselves. To check fear, simply talk to YOU whenever YOU is asking YOU to listen to YOU.

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The Eye: FAITH

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I have often been amazed at the perspective of little children about their parent. When you hear them talk about how their parent could do just anything, it gives one an idea of how they perceive possibility. Even if their parent were superheroes, they are only super, not limitless. One of my encounters with such perception was a conversation between two young boys, The one said to the other, “my father can carry this car like this…” demonstrating a lifting above the head, and to my amazement, the other responded in the same similitude but now pointing to an even bigger car. Apart from the firmness of their assertions and the indelible trust they have in their fathers’ ability, I was more perplexed by the possibility that they totally believe all that they were professing and that alone made me want to interrupt their discussion. Just when I was about to interrupt their conversation a thought struck me, why did the other child not exclaim “aahn aahn you sabi lie oh” in response to the first child’s claims but pointed out an even bigger possibility or impossibility to you reading right now.? What then is the difference between you and these children? Quick answer, Perception. It has nothing to do with age, or gender, or even skin color. Perception, a pivotal concept in defining true or false, right or wrong, possible or impossible and the list goes on and on. Perception simply refers to the way one sees and relates to things (physically and spiritually). For the believer, perception governs your interaction with both the physical and spiritual world so you can not afford not to see correctly. Often times we struggle with the realities of the kingdom because of wrong perception. The calling of the believer is a call of Faith. And faith is like the eye you must see with it. One scripture that always comes to heart whenever the matters of faith are in focus is “But without Faith it is impossible to please him. For he that cometh to God must believe that heis , and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Until you can see clearly the potency and trust in the infallibility of God, you can not get anything by Faith. If we must pull through in the matters of faith we must see I Am in the same light as those children see their Fathers, without a perception of impossibility, contrary to the voice of reason or daunting realities.We are not being naive when we dare to trust God. What is naive is seeing life from just a material perspective. When we speak by faith, we are not denying reality but simply calling forth a new reality in the face of this present reality anchoring on the potency and infallibility of I Am. Like little children we trust wholly, and we are oblivious of impossibility when we dare to see by Faith.

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