Tuesday 27 January 2015

What is in your stuffing?

Have you ever wondered why after cooks or chefs who make the Christmas or thanksgiving turkey put so much emphasis on how the stuffing for the turkey is prepared. They place so much emphasis on how the stuffing has to be a certain texture, taste or have certain ingredients. They are very particular about where they buy the ingredients, the certain bran and so on and so forth. for them, what makes a perfect turkey is the perfect stuffing that goes into the stuffing. If the stuffing turns out bad, it is more than likely, the taste of the turkey would be equally bad. Let me bring it to myself a little. I am very particular whenever i have to eat patties or what we Africans call meatpie. For me, the stuffing in the pattie or meatpie has to be a certain taste for it to be perfect. It so important to me that i wuld only eat a meatpie of which i know the source. I recently discovered one that came close to perfection in Dublin especially when it is hot, lets just say my waste line has never remained the same since then. I recently started working on a project in a new job. Let's just say, as luck would have it, someone was leaving the organisation as i was starting. The person's job has nothing to do with the projects i have been employed to do. The CFO asked if i would provide some certain cover till he was able to replace the person and he made certain reference to some knowledge and experience on my C.V. Last week, he said to me, i hope you are as good as you are doing your own job as you are at doing the job of the cover that you are doing for me. I laughed.....But the truth is, it was a true test of the stuffing on the inside of me. What knowledge do i possess, what expertise do i have? An employer would only pay you for your knowledge or expertise. Companies spend top money on projects especially for skills that they feel are scarce in circulation. Companies also pay top notch for people who they feel are an asset and possess knowledge and skill that would help drive their companies forward strategically. When companies go into the market to recruit, they are always looking for the best candidates, meaning they are looking for the candidates with the best stuffing. I read an article recently written by a guy that had spent so much time around very successful people, one of the things he listed that these people do is the fact that they have a quest for knowledge like no other people he knows and they surround themselves with people who know, basically people who they feel are stuffed with the right things. I have learnt that one of the keys to success is investing in yourself, basically stuffing yourself with the right ingredients. You are only as good to a potential employer or client if you have your own business as the quality of the stuffing on your inside. The bible says it better than anyone else "it says we need to study to show ourselves approved unto God, a workman that has nothing to be ashmaed of, rightly dividing the word of truth", this basically means invest in yourself as a christian by spending time in the word of God so you can fully understand what it means to be a Christian and understand fully who you are in Christ and know what is expected of you. The bible to a Christian is the manual we need to go through life successfully, if you don't spend time in the word of God, how can you live successfully. Basically the amountof time you spend in God's word will be parallel to the stuffing you are made of as a Christian. I leave you with this, to be successful in whatever you choose to do in life, you need to spend time investing in yourself, educationg yourself, reading the right books, getting the right mentorship, basically doing anything that would make the stuffing inside of you the RIGHT STUFFING. Make 2015 a year where you invest in yourself to get the RIGHT STUFFING inside of you. STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF......

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