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Making The Right Choice For Better Tomortow by oladefirst2(m): 12:20pm On Oct 10, 2016 |
ALMIGHTY IS THE MODUS
MAKING A RIGHT CHOICE FOR BETTER TOMORROW
There has been a huge and unending argument on how to
make the right choice. This bone of contention often occurs
between parent and children, parental influence, relatives
and well wishers.
On this terrain, people have been intrigued, cajoled and
deceived on how to become a better and useful resource in
their various societies, which is due to their inability and
incapacity to choose wisely. The most prime cause of this
incessant idea is because most people are destitute of the
ingredient and tool of life which is tagged EDUCATION,
INFORMATION & ABILITY TO LEARN. One thing that is
prerequisite to choice is what is known as VISION, MISSION
AND PASSION. In furtherance on this discussion, you will be
enlightened more on how to make the right choice. As a
youth, for we to make a better choice depends on how we
visualize the definition of “CHOICE”
WHAT IS CHOICE?
According to the oxford learner dictionary, choice can be
referred to as option or a decision.
An opportunity to choose or select something. Something
that is the best or most preferable.
This means that for every choice you make it is as a result
of an opportunity. But before opportunity comes, you must
have prepared yourself to make use of the opportunity
wisely.
PREPARATION + OPPORTUNITY= SUCCESS
WHAT IS OPPORTUNITY?
An opportunity is described as a chance for advancement,
progress or profit. It also means a favorable circumstance
or occasion.
WHAT IS DECISION?
Decision means a choice or judgment.
WHAT IS EDUCATION?
Education is the most effective tool in changing the minds
and transforming the character of children and youth. It is
also an institutional framework that leads to social and
economic benefit which is as a result of self development or
improvement & for societal liberty. Dig your well before you
are thirsty.
DIFFERENT CLASSES OF LEARNERS
There are four categories of pupils and we should know
them
• THE NEVER –BE
• THE COULD –BE
• THE SHOULD –BE
• THE MUST-BE
THE NEVER-BE : These are the kind of people you may
advise to withdraw possibly to go and learn other jobs. They
lack the ability to study and learn. They are so dull, they
normally get frustrated and frustrating. They fail often; can
be infirmity, or inability, nor unwillingness.
THE COULD-BE: They have potentials for learning but
lack discipline. They can, but won't, if they read and study,
they will make it. They need encouragement not to
withdraw, such should be woken up.
THE SHOULD BE: They have ability and talent but they
are discouraged somehow. It may be from their parents,
who demotivate them unaware. It could be due to health
problems; these are things we should talk of during youth
gathering.
THE MUST BE: They lack nothing except enough
opportunity. We are to give them 4 things:
• Vision
• Direction
• Training
• support
RECIPE FOR BETTER CHOICE
WHAT IS A VISION?
A vision is the ability to see what God sees, vision is what is
not yet, but which can be. Vision is what you are becoming,
what you are pursuing. What you are achieving. Vision is
what you are proving. What is driving you. It is the purpose
of your existence. What you are aiming. Anybody without a
vision is doomed.” my people perish because they lack
vision says the word of God”
THINGS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT VISION.
• A true vision comes from God
• A true vision has a small beginning
• A true vision has a future.
• A true vision is motivating and challenging
• A true vision has a process of developing
• A true vision has a result to achieve;
• A true vision shall be tested.
WHAT IS MISSION?
Mission simply means what you want to do. There is no
vision that fulfills purpose without a mission. Draw a plan
for yourself as well as the pros and cons for better vision.
WHAT IS PASSION?
Passion simply means power, emotion and determination. It
also means what you long for or what you are aiming.
REQUISITE FOR CHOICE OPTIMISM
THESE THINGS WORK INTERDEPENDENTLY ON EACH
OTHER.
1. Getting yourself informed
2. Getting yourself reformed
3. Getting yourself transformed
• GETTING INFORMED
This is the starting point of reformation. Information leads
to reformation. Information strategically plays an important
role in making a wise choice. Like the popular saying “ if
you are not informed, you will be deformed. When you are
deformed, you cannot perform, if you cannot perform, you
can never be transformed.
• GETTING REFORMED
You cannot be reformed without getting informed.
Reformation is talking about changing things that should be
changed, removing things that need to be removed in your
life so that you can be at the acme of life.
• GETTING TRANSFORMED
Transformation is a complete total revolutionary change
that leads to change people and changing others. It makes
the transformed transformer themselves. But when
transformed, they begin to affect the lives of other youth. If
you will amount to anything in the world of today you must
dare to be different.
TOOLS IN MAKING RIGHT CHOICE ACHEIVABLE
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 5 D,S
• Dedication
• Discipline
• Diligent
• Determination
• Delimtation
THE 3 WHAT,S FOR CHOICE DETERMINANT
• What are you good at, and what do you love?
• What are your strength and weaknesses?
• What may likely impede you from choosing rightly
BEWARE OF VISION KILLERS
These people can be described as follow:
1. CONCRETE THINKERS: These are people who have seen
“the fact” too much to the point of finding it difficult to
believe in the possibility of achieving the vision.
2. DOGMATIC TALKERS: These are people who will only talk
arbitrarily about a vision without backing it up with
purposeful action.
3. CONTINUAL LOSERS; these are people who say it cannot
succeed again just because it failed once.
4. PROBLEM PERCEIVERS: these are folks who are quick to
see problem but slow to provide solution.
5. SATISFIED SITTERS; These are people simply not
interested in making progress. They prefer the STATUS
QUO.
WHAT IS DECISION MAKING?
This is the making of different choice or judgment
5 STEPS TO BETTER DECISION
• Identify your goal: people who aren't self-reflective are
going to end up making bad decisions because they don't
really know what they want in the first place. Don't make a
decision based on wrong problem.
• Eliminate choices by setting standards: if you are trying to
buy a digital camera, list the features you will actually use
any camera that has them therefore good for you.
• Don, t worry about finding the best: how good about your
decision is usually more important than how they are
objectively measured.
• Try not to rush: people tend to make poorer choices when
they are in a bad mood or under a lot of stress. When facing
a complex decision, use your conscious brain to gather the
information you need and then take a break.
• Be aware of biases: be ready to face critics and challenges
when striving for a better decision. Don't relent amidst their
ridiculous advices.
STRATEGIES FOR MAKING DECISION.
1. ANALYSE OUTCOMES: working through a big decision
can give you a kind of tunnel vision, where we get so
focused on the immediate consequences of the decision at
hand, we don't think about the eventual outcomes we
expect or desire.
2. FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCT: research shows that people
who make decisions quickly, even when lacking information,
tend to make more satisfied with their decisions than people
who research and carefully weight their options. Some of
these differences is simply in lower level of stress than
decision created, but much of it comes from the very way
our brains work. The conscious mind can only hold between
5 and 9 distinct thoughts at any given time. That means
that any complex problem with more than(an average) 7
factors is going to overflow the conscious mind's ability to
function effectively leading to poor choice
CONCLUSION
Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are, the more
options we have, the harder they get. Our future as human
or youth is like a fence that nobody knows how beautiful
and blossom it has been labeled. As human, we choose
what we feel is best for us, but only God substantiate and
sealed it.
When making a choice, make God the first but not the last
resort. He is the only one that gives, protect and vindicate
our passion and mission for choice making. When making a
choice, it pays to take some time to consider the outcome
you expect. Consider each option and ask the following
questions:
What is the probable outcome of your choice?
What outcomes are highly unlikely?
What are the likely outcomes of not choosing this one?
What would be the outcome of doing the exact opposite?
Our life may not be going the way you and I planned it. But
the most important thing is that, it is going exactly the way
God planned it for us.
We should bear in mind that our relationship with God and
people around us should take precedents. This is because,
we cannot succeed based on our own ideas alone but we
can use other people's idea to succeed but remember,
‘knowledge governs ignorance, as no man can claim a
monopoly of it since no man is an island unto himself.
In retrospect for choice optimism, I strongly assert and
affirm that education is a companion which no misfortune
can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,
no despotism can enslave.
My dear colleague, if education is expensive , try ignorance.
;.$$Shittu OLayinka (Defirst) |
Re: Making The Right Choice For Better Tomortow by onquest(f): 5:23pm On Oct 10, 2016 |
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Re: Making The Right Choice For Better Tomortow by onquest(f): 5:25pm On Oct 10, 2016 |
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