Man, who are you?

This is a question every individual need to ask himself. No matter how fraudulent od dishonest a man is, he needs to be very sicncere with himself.
A scriptural saying goes thus: "Man, know thyself". I was expectng a question like this "Why do i need to know who i am?". This is a valid question which i will try to provide an answer to. Man has been created by God in different shapes, colours, sizes and intellectual endownments. This does not mean that the creator is partial: no, never !!! It only means that he has

endowed you with what is beneficial to you, but you need to look inward and outward to appreciate this wonderful gift of God. Man often limits himself because he does not know his capacity. The brain power is so magnanimous and overwhelming that most of us do not use up to 1% of its capacity. Do you really know that you can turn your hobby into fortune, do you know that you have the potentials to be a hero, do you know that you may have what it takes to lead your community into the future, do you know that you may have certain potentials that can turnaround your live.

It takes a conscious effort to discover oneself but it is an exercise that is worthy of being performed afterall. Some guidelines can be applied to enable an individual better discover himself and these include:

• Self assessment - what are your preferences, what do you enjoy doing (reading, writing, talking, sports, art work, engineering works, taking care of people, buying and selling, consultancy work, etc.)
• Consult trusted friends - what do people feel about you based on cummulative interactions and observations of your personality.
• What are your aspirations- what do you want to be in the short and long term. This will go a long way to assist in reshaping and refocusing your career path.
• What are your capabilities: what do you have in terms of knowledge, skills and resources that will move you towards your aspirations. This will assist you to develop a plan for knowledge and skills acquisition to enable you move closer to the achievement of your set goals.
• Continuous review and reassessment: it is important to continuously review your position, vis a vis your goals and personal objectives.

It is after you have discovered who you, that you can adequately define who you want to be. For instance, if you set a goal to be an angel without first realising that you are a human being, the goal is far from beinng realised....

... to be continued