Objective Gist

I just settled in my seat (window seat) on an aero flight when this Oyinbo lady lady walked in and sat on the aisle seat. There was just a seat in between us. She was on a call and only smiled at me to greet me and continued with her conversation.  Shortly later, an Alhaji walked in neat white kaftan and a blue cap. He was to take the seat in between myself and the Oyinbo. I made some observations about my two seat mates. The Oyinbo.  Fluent, well-versed and free...yeah! That's the word, she was FREE with her conversation on the phone. SELF CONFIDENCE. The Alhaji You see the Alhaji, he isn't well read, semi-literate but he was kinda rich, carefree and confident too. He was just chewing whatever it was he had in his mouth 'carefreely'. You can see the assessment of both. They were both FREE (even though one had "care" before his own free) but it takes confidence to even be carefree in your illiteracy. Both knew their SELF worth and were confident in it. Observi

I was once asked to teach a class about "Getting Rich"... I was almost tempted to ask the question, you know the question right? "Are you insane?" Yes, that was the question. "Am I rich enough to teach such a class?" I responded. But the man said, "it's all packaging, we just need your oratory prowess". Then it dawned on me, so I was rich after all. Yeah, I was rich with words! And so are you too rich in something. Being rich isn't really about money but about abundance. That is, the thing you have abundantly in you. It may be money, skills, talent, words or some desirable qualities. Getting rich is about being the best of who you are, and of what you do. Growing in the abundance of that speciality in you that makes the world seek after you. To get paid the best, you must be the best! Start being the best!