2. Your Relationship Strategy:
Building Quality Relationships and Investing in the Lives and Welfare of Others.
You will always need people. Both during your youthful age and your old age. When you are young, your need for people might not be too obvious because you have that much energy that is very common with young people. And you can do almost any thing for yourself but a time comes when you won't have that much energy to do most things for yourself as you were used to, by then your need for people will become very obvious. Since this is so then it's very important that you prepare strategically for that period by relating well with others (today) especially young people around you who could be of help to you tomorrow. Most people don't have knowledge about this area because most homes or families don't have ideal relationships within them, most people don't know how to relate effectively with others from home. Also note that the skill of relating well with others is a skill that doesn't come naturally to most people. So it's very important you learn how to to relate well with others. And you do that by learning what is called human relations skills. I would recommend that you read the book titled: How to Win friends and influence people. by Dale Carnegie. Founder of Dale Carnegie institute of public speaking and human Relations.
Things to note about relationship.
Relationship is about sacrifice and investing in others. This strategy involves investing in others when you are above so that one day, when you are below those you have invested in will also be of help to you. There are some people who have never helped anybody during their working years and so when they are retired and don't have much and are struggling; those who were below during their own time of sunshine and are now above or better off financially will not help them rather they would begin to mock and ridicule them. They will say: 'when you were working, you didn't help anyone, now that you are suffering no one is going to help you'.
The lesson is as said earlier: invest in others so that when it's no longer your time or turn, those who it is their own turn or time will remember you for good and help you.
What you can use to invest in others:
1. Your mouth or tongue (your words)
"Life and death are in the power of the tongue." Proverbs 18:21
Always try to say nice things to and about others. Don't be a gossip, back bitter and constant source of discouragement to others by spreading lies and rumours or by revealing the weaknesses or negative stories about others to people.
2. Your brain/Knowledge.
Teach people what you know that they don't know. Things you know will help them get ahead in their career, work or business. Today I'm now able to not only teach what I'm teaching you but I have been able to start an organization dedicated solely to teaching those things I teach about.
All these things were made possible because some people shared their brains or knowledge with me through my reading of the books they wrote. That is some people shared or invested their brains in me uptil now.
For instance:
- Napoleon Hill wrote 'think and grow rich' and taught people that the major requirement for success in life and business is possessing a definite purpose and enormous desire for achieving that purpose.
- Dr. Myles Munroe wrote on how to: discover purpose, discover and develop vision, how to become a leader, the requirements for quality marriage and relationship etc. He said his life's Mission was to turn followers to great leaders.
- Dr. David Oyedepo who has the Mission of preaching the word of faith to deliver people from all oppression of the devil. Be it poverty, defeat or failure, sicknesses, barrenness etc. His life, words and work has over the years taught me the power of having an audacious vision, massive confidence and boldness for producing mind boggling achievements. This idea is perfectly encapsulated in his statement that says "you need a lion heart to take delivery of your lion share."
Others include: Bob Gas's, Robert kiyosaki, G. Edward Griffin, Bob proctor. And so many others. I'm a product of this people's investments of knowledge into humanity.
3. Your Resources (Money or material things). I have reserved this point to this time because I'm aware that most people always think it's only with money or material things that we can use to invest in the lives of others and it's not. That's the reason why I discussed the first two first that don't have to do with money or material things.
So what do you do under this point. How do you invest in others with your resources (money/material things)
Help those in need around you.
- Those in need of food, share your food with them. Today it might be a measure of rice or two you gave, tomorrow that one or two measure can bring you one or two bag of rice.
- Today it might be a room you give to someone to lodge -tomorroh it might bring you a duplex or even an estate.
- Today it might be school fees for a term or semester you help young one's with, tomorrow it might bring you a fortune or an appointment into a government position.
Who should you invest in.
- Your children
- Young people around you whether in your immediate environment, place of worship, your place of work etc.
- Your colleagues at work. Whether those of your level or your subordinates.
- People in the community where you were born or where your parents originated from.
- Children in orphanages or motherless babies homes.
- Orphans and widows etc.
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