Life is a great teacher; it teaches through the experiences that it brings our way as we daily live our lives. Those that shy away from life experiences, unknowingly denies themselves the opportunity to learn. The things you went through leave lasting impressions that cannot be easily erased and to a large extinct form your character and skill.
It is natural for like to beget like; so successful people should have successful children or protégé but the contrary had almost always been the case -The children of the most successful people end up being the failures of all time. The question had always been why? Why this aberrations? What’s the disconnect?
The simply explanation to that is that most successful people shield their children from the things that made them successful and great – their experiences; the things they went through in life. So common we hear parents say I suffered so much and as such would not want my children to suffer. Words like these are only excusing such children from being great and successful.
In my days in the university, I went to the students’ affairs office for an inquiry and I saw a wall poster that got me thinking, and what was it in this poster: a picture of a very tall old man and a small child with the writing “your grandfather may be the tallest man but you need to grow yourself”. But how does one grow? It is by eating the right diets.
Until one gets the right experiences and information, it’s very impossible to truly be a success; your success do not translate to automatic success for your children but like the little boy in the write up they need their own growth to become the tall adult they have the potential to become. So each time you shield them from having the required experience for their development you are actually starving them of the food needful for their growth.
Wealth can be transferred, riches can be willed out but none can transfer or will out experiences. Instead each one build up his/her wealth of experience by what they have gone through in life over time. Before you share your wealth to your children, share your life and your experiences with them. How much of your story do your children have access to or have you forgotten that the success of men are in their story.
BENEFITS OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCES IN LIFE
1. PATIENCE is having hope of a better tomorrow, showing love to humanity, and having faith in God. Experience has a way of building our patience.
2. CHARACTER is a show of sound behavior and discipline. I have not seen someone lacking character becoming a success; if for any reason they become one, give it little time the success will be told as story. Durable success rides on the wheel of character.
3. SKILL AND EXPERTISE. Today’s failure immune you to tomorrow’s failure.
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