One Missing Ingredient

Copyright © 2011 by Femi Onasanya.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION

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INTRODUCTION

We are living in tough times. It can be very depressing to open a newspaper, turn on your t.v., radio or internet nowadays. All over the world people are bugged with various kinds of problems—civil unrest, turmoil, relationship problems, job losses and economic problems. What was the situation like in our country twenty years ago? In the middle of a depressed economy, thousands of people lost their jobs within a few months. In many homes, the main breadwinners lost their jobs. All around, there were news reports of bankruptcies, redundancies and closure. Fear spread like a plague.

Was that situation similar in any way to what the nation is facing today? If so, then it must be a cycle we cannot avoid. We live in a tough world but tough people survive. To survive in these tough times, there is a quality we all need. This quality is underrated in our generation but it is a quality we find among the heroes of past generations. Why is it that 90% of new businesses that spring up, pack up within two years? Why is it that many people dream of becoming medical doctors, but their dream was not realised? Why is it that more than one-third of marriages are ending in divorce? Why is it that some new ideas never materialise? Why is it that some people have tried in vain, to lose weight; and others to quit smoking but without success? It is not because such aspirations are unrealistic. Rather, it is because of the essential quality that has been underrated in our generation. We admire heroes and heroines who exhibited this quality but we have refused to emulate them.

The reason why many of us are different from those heroes and heroines, is because we have chosen to remain in our carefully constructed comfort zones. In this world of change, however, comfort zones of yesterday are becoming discomfort zones. As a result of information technology, the world is becoming a global village at a fast rate. This means a business person in Africa, a business person in Europe and a business person in China may be competing in the same market. Price war will be more severe.

Is this quality essential despite the inevitable changes taking place in our world? Absolutely! To master new techniques, learn new trades or solve complex problems; it is essential. It will always remain valid and indispensable irrespective of any alterations or disruptions that take place in the economy. Some wise philosophers tell us that problems are seeds and that solutions are the harvest. In other words, the solutions to our problems are within those very problems.

How can we extract the solution from the problem? By employing this essential quality. What is that quality? We will find out as we journey together in this book.

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Many of us have desires, dreams, aspirations, plans and goals; all the same, we are struggling. In spite of our intelligence, skills, talents, ideas, creativity; we have tried our best but our best is short of our expectations. Some of us have two university degrees but instead of succeeding, we are frustrated. What is the missing ingredient that causes success to elude us?

Is it to do with our race, background, skin colour, language barrier or disability? No. Many in our contemporary times have these disadvantages but they are