What are you thankful for this year?
Before you say ‘Life’ and go about how dreadful the year has been
How you didn’t die despite the numerous people that did.
You know…
All those religious sentiments and bias opinion that you are still alive because (fill the space with whatever your worship leader is fond of saying).
Are you grateful and thankful for the friends you have? Or you don’t have?
A while ago a video trended on Twitter. It was despicable such that it attracted international attention and even a formal apology was made through BBC Pidgin. Find the video here.
As laughable as the video was intended to be, the reverse was the case when a ‘friend’ of the lady in the video shared it on Twitter. I am not advocating for bad behavior, but like Dr. Harvey Olufunmilayo (OurFavOnlineDoctor) said; walk with people who can think when your brain is on vacation.
Walk with people who can think when your brain is on vacation
Nothing delights the mind so much as fond and loyal friendship.
You deserve and should have a network of people that add flavor to your life whether you are rich or not wealthy. Friendship is a necessity and not a luxury.
Friendship is a necessity and not a luxury.
All good things don’t come easy though. You might have been unlucky before now; your friends come and go like Army recruits but your barrack always remains the same. Or maybe you are the one with the problem – you’ve identified or not why you don’t have plenty of friends and the ones you have are shepeteri (just for clout).
Maybe these and more are the reasons you’ve given up on friendship and networking – however just before you take your knife, scissors, axe, cutlass, and dagger to start cutting people off or totally give up, I have a thing or two for you.
What you need to understand, heading into the New Year (starting from today):
Your network is Your Destiny
Safe to say that friends can help move your life faster and better – only if you know where you are going.
Making friends is easy – with a Facebook request; a Twitter/IG follows; LinkedIn connect, bumping into each other at a party or even being members of the same club – boom, you’re good to go! However, to keep is more important than to make friends. Your life is a desert without friends; they multiply the good of life and divide the evil.
But you can’t just be friends with anyone and everyone. You need to understand that it is not a myth that you will be judged based on the people you move and interact with – they define you in one way and another.
Once you are able to pinpoint who you are and what you want for yourself, developing a roadmap to reach that goal becomes important and part of that is choosing those that fit that particular aim you are looking at.
(Otedola is a close friend to Dangote… E get why! Think am.)
It’s the beginning of a new month and the last of the year. There are plenty of things to be grateful for, including the people in your life.
It’s been a bumpy ride through the year and while none of it has been your fault, you owe yourself a level of accountability and responsibility on what/who has influenced you and by how much.
2020 has shown the world how much it needs to be together to conquer. 2021 will be a test of that.
You can do more with relationships and you can do more in relationships. I’m not just preaching, I’m taking my own advice… and starting from today, it’s going to be about being intentional.
You should make that decision too. You deserve the vitality of companionship and true friendship. Start working at it from now.
As an exercise, think of all the great and amazing people/networks in your life and send them an “I am grateful you’re in my life” message.
If you need help you can copy this special message from here – I prepared it especially for you (because I am grateful you’re part of my network) and yours.
Click the link, copy the message, and edit as appropriate.
Happy New Month and remember to take your destiny (Your Network) seriously!
I had a good read Phillip....Thank you