Personal freedom include freedom of mind, you know you have freedom
of mind when you have the ability to objectively analyze situations,
decide objectively, choose what is suitable for you, value yourself and
life not only your own life but lives of others.
Though we all wish and expect to live as many years as possible in this
world, we ignore to live accordingly. The most ignored fact of lives is :
WE WILL LIVE AS MANY YEARS AS POSSIBLE.
Here are some examples to explain how we ignore this fact:
Business: Our
businesses do not have long term stability plans and strategies. It is
like these businesses are expected to live shorter lives than ours. So,
if you think you want to see your business exist as long as you are
alive in this world, plan for that, implement strategies and monitor the
progress of your business to ensure your business has long term
survival and growth.
Studies: We
all know we go to school/colleges to get knowledge, this is the
knowledge that we will live with as long as we are alive. There will be
improvement to this knowledge due to experience and further studies, but
the point is, this is the knowledge we acquire for a certain specific
reason be it a job or self employment. Both job and self employment are
long term, now ask yourself is that the way you consider when you go for
studies? Or getting knowledge is a time passing activity which has no
long term effects to our lives? Good career choice and hard working at
school are good practices in building our personal freedom.
Children: We
expect the children we bring to the world will be real human beings who
will live for as many years as possible, they will have
responsibilities for their lives when they get old enough to do that,
but they need parents first to raise them, build their foundation etc.
But what do you consider when giving birth to a child; do you have a big
picture of this child as a man or woman in his 30s etc? How are you
prepared to help him or her get better life? Do you live responsibly for
him or her once he or she is born? You know he needs your support but
you are recklessly involved in sex relationships, alcohol, crime etc,
and you have poor management of resources that are also important for
this new born child etc..
Employment: Whether
it is for earning a living, pursue a passion or just a particular short
term objective, your employment relates to something of value to your long term
survival. But in some cases, we ignore this fact, and let ourselves perform
poorly. Some people have found themselves unemployable after leaving one job
because of poor reputation they had from previous job. Others don’t get
promoted simply because they can’t show their improved level of skills and
commitment. If you want to plan to employ yourself, your current job may be an
opportunity to learn a particular skill, or simply a place for you to learn
management of organizations.
WE WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW.....