Jessywryte

TREAT THEM WELL Long after you've both parted ways, how you made people feel will always be a part of them. Put simply, people will never forget how you made them feel. It will always be a point of reference for them. How you treat people is the legacy you leave with them. But how you treat others also has far reaching consequences. You see, how you treat people can have an impact on their life trajectory. I know you are probably thinking "How's that even possible?" But it's true, how you make people feel might affect how they feel about themselves and their potentials and how people feel about their potentials will determine how far they are willing to go to actualize it. And how far they are willing to go to actualize their potentials will determine their life's trajectory. So whenever you are opportuned to lead people, always think about what your actions and words are actually communicating. Always think about the effect it is having on their psyche. You d...

BE CONSIDERATE Perhaps nothing is a better marker for maturity and emotional intelligence than empathy. The ability to feel the pain of another without wearing their shoes to know where it pinches is one of the biggest markers of emotional intelligence. But it goes beyond that. It doesn't have to pain. It can be the ability to be tolerant or the willingness to view things from another's perspective. It can even be the art of not jumping to conclusions before knowing the whole story or avoiding the tendency to judge people, especially when you don't really know them and have no idea where they've been or the tragedies they've had to endure. If I can summarize all I've been saying in two words, it would be "Be Considerate". Being considerate also means you care genuinely for others, always looking for ways to attend to their needs. What kind of place would the world be if we begin to pay attention to the needs of others? What would happen when you start ...

EVERYWHERE IS A SCHOOL He was always observing how the engineers worked on the machines. The act of fixing the machines caught his interest whenever he saw them working. Everyday, he would listen to them talk, describe and operate the machines. He never said a word but kept observing and learning. As time passed, he continued to learn about the machines. Two years later, he became a pro.  You know what he did? He didn't waste his time and he didn't overlook the activities around him. For him, it was an opportunity to learn. He made the workshop a school. The same applies to you. You don't need to attend a special school to acquire certain skills. You can learn by observing and watching. As a matter of fact, observation always precedes discovery. Everywhere is a school, so as you journey through life, learn as much as you can. Sometimes, you even learn better and faster by sheer observation than the traditional way of reading and writing. So don't wait to be taken to a s...