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Masterpiece Wisdom #001
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"Wisdom is the principle thing" The bestselling book of all time...sciptures records. This could basically be because of its vital role in successful leadership.
Many scholars have tried to define wisdom as "the right application of the right knowledge". No matter how competent knowledge has made us,untill it is applied via the right attitude,we remain far from the result-profiting.
Wisdom to me means more than the above.It is the experience and result of the right knowledge we delibrately applied that has become enshrined in our sub-concious and attitude of mind. It means the ability we acquire through the experience of knowledge; and the matching of our competencies with the corresponding attitude. Technical abilities and competencies alone cannot make us productive and generate the desired result. The right and corresponding attitude is a must.
Wisdom is the bedrock,foundation and primary tool for every successful leadership ;transcending profession,subjects and geography.
One quick access to wisdom I observed is, the understanding of life and the inevitable principles that are very functional therein. They practically explains the processes and changes that that are part of our lives and societies. For every result we experience and encounter in life and in societies today,is either a product of an applied principle or a consequence of a broken one.This is very important. It simply reveals here that ,we are either functioning--part of the solution, solving problem,or malfunctioning--part of the problem,creating and adding more problems to our society,base on the principles we model or break.
We were designed and built to function and operate by principles. When we understand and base our lives and the entire societal systems to operate by and with the inevitable principles that constitute our overall composition,we function to become and release the solutions that exists in us as potentials to our societies and world,thereby ameliorating most problems we experience that are direct consequences to our ignorance,neglect and often breaking them. On the contrary, when we fail to operate by them(principles) we simply default our built and design,creating a situation of malfunction that produces unwanted,undesired results contrary to our purpose and unhealthy to our society. What a tragedy?
Let us examine the following principles for examples.
(A) The mind is a beautiful gift and man's major tool for change. Knowledge and information are the mental food that activates and empowers our mind for creativity and productivity. When the mind is starved of information it becomes poor,uncreative and very unproductive. Again,it responds to the kind of information programmed into it. If the information is right and healthy,the result will be same. But when the information is wrong,the result sure is the same. This is a principle.
(B) No man,company,nation and country can succeed,develope and record any major achievement in isolation. Networking,integration,relationship accessibility and peace should be part of our pursuit for personal success and social development. Segregation, discrimination,and inaccessibility for any reason whatsoever,is simply a sign-post that we are defaulting malfunctioning in principle and design. This will certainly produce unwanted and undesired results that hinders success, productivity and developement. This too is a principle.
When we base our living on the principles we were built and designed with that ensures a productive and developed society,we are functioning and operating by WISDOM. Wisdom therefore remains the principle thing. But,when defaulting our built becomes regular and common with us,living becomes dangerous. Our entire system becomes subjected to an attitude that perpetuates the wrong and undesired results in our lives and society at large.

December 14, 2007 | 6:14 AM Comments  1 comments

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Private sector development essay competition entry.IMF organised

PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
 
One fascinating fact about everything in life is that they respond to the principles that are functional therein. And the consideration of the applications of these principles that are in consistent with the development and growth of the private sector will be our major focus. A creative mind evolves no new ideas (principles). He actually evolves new combination of ideas (principles) that are already in existence.
 
I truly believe, based on personal research, that economic growth and development is faster in realization when driven by the private sector. Reason, basically because the genius resides with the populace. Passion, creativity, expertise, effectiveness and efficiency, motivated by success and fulfillment are injected into work and specialization, which is lacking when the State drives the economy. The real success level in the private sector should not be measured basically on financial profit after taxation, rather on how much of solutions their specialized goods and services are able to provide to the multifaceted problems (needs) in our world. Millions of problems exist on earth that people are perpetually in need of solutions. When solution provision and marketing becomes the primary vision, objective and motivation in the private sector, our nations are bound to witness such positive transformation of lives that is accompanied with rewards (financial and infrastructural). I define money as a reward received for solving problems. Thousands remain impoverished because they have not recognized the problem closest to them that needs to be solved. Millions will never receive or experience promotion because they ignore the problem closest to them. When solution meets corresponding problems in the market place, the result is financial reward. For example, in the production industry, a body care making company have there products targeted at solving body care problems. Likewise firms in the service providing industry. A legal company solves legal problem. A medical firm also solves medical problem. Every one gets rewarded.
 
MARKET LAW: - I totally disagree to the fact that markets are created, but rather, they are identified and penetrated. This is a principle. The fact that everyone can have problem, also proves that no one is protected from it. This also implies that the problems we have puts us in position of need that qualifies and registers us an existing “market”  on the list of some company that provides our solutions, waiting to be identified and reached. Every one is a market for some products and services. In other words, markets are already available, waiting to be identified and penetrated. And the products and services specialization (solutions) determines the market (problems) that is noticed pursued, and penetrated via market research.
 
SPECIALIZATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING GUIDE.
The scientific proofs that no two individuals possesses the same finger prints, not even identical twins, truly demonstrates and reveals the awesomeness of our uniqueness. This forms the basis of what I call “the principle of uniqueness”. This principle focuses on the exploration, exploitation and maximization of our uniqueness – gifts, abilities, potentials, talents, skills, minerals and material resources- as our primary tools for national development. Here, we advocate that the wealth and development we seek for are tied to the DEVELOPMENT of our uniqueness (Individual gift, talents and natural resources within the nation).
The development implies that, industrial products and services with the human resource development and capacity building in the private sector should reflect the natural resources with the corresponding skills and expertise to demonstrate leadership endowed by such unique COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE in the market place. Our areas of natural deposits and endowments reflect our greatest leadership possibilities and opportunities.
 
The fact that the raw materials are easily obtainable and abundant within reduces production costs. Making such goods and services cheap and affordable to the people and thereby reducing poverty in the long run. This principle also provides us with comparative advantages, positioning us to take up the leadership in our areas of highest possibilities in the marketplace. Heading into the new century, the most important business development is the pursuit of COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE in an uncertain world through new approaches to organizational design
         
My country Nigeria would be a perfect case study for the principle. Blessed with numerous resources, human and material among which oil is in large deposits. Nigeria is the sixth largest nation endowed with crude oil, without a working refinery, that still imports refined products of the same resources they export is a classic case of ignorance or neglect of this principle.
 
POLITY AND POLICY
Government’s role and participation in the development in the private sector is the major one. Being a major player, it has the responsibility to create and sustain the rightful and conducive environment suitable for breeding private sector growth and development. This it achieves mainly through policy formulation and implementation. Here we will be considering some polices that when fully implemented, will enhance growth and development in the private sector and the entire economy.
 
1.        EDUCATION POLICY- This is one policy I truly recommend that will develop capacity and human resources in the private sector. Redesigning the national education curriculum to include and specialize subjects and courses that reflects skills, expertise, training and research institutes that required for the total maximization of the natural resources and endowments in the nation at all levels of the educational system – private and public institutions of learning ,with scholarships and grants to encourage capacity building and human resource development. The implementation of this policy will enhance the breeding of local expertise and specializations in product lines and services that reflects and promotes indigenous resources in the private sector. And there are very high possibilities of market leadership.
         
Still using Nigeria as our case study, a nation endowed with numerous natural resources like crude oil, lime stone, natural gas, solid mineral, etc, still importing finished products of these natural resources. This a clear evidence of lack of capacity, expertise and skilled human resources to harness the resources. In the oil industry for example, there should be subjects and courses in areas like “refinery engineering and maintenance”, “cutting and polishing for solid mineral” etc, to help build capacities and develop human resources in the product lines. These will ensure lot of private firms in the business of owing, constructing and maintaining refineries and other production companies that promotes indigenous resources. Local expertise will match with indigenous resources. Job opportunities are created and exportation will increase.
2.       THE FAMILY INITIATIVE- This should be a campaign and initiative that reorganizes the family as a vital instrument capable of effecting changes that can result in the growth and development in the private sector. For the firms and companies that occupies leadership positions in the industry, whose products and services brings solution to the needs in the nations, it is proved that such solution is multiplied and expanded when they breed their families with their  expertise, skills and specializations. This will basically multiply and sustain such vision. When a leader puts his family first the community and future generations benefits. This initiative and campaign holds that when a family is breed with expertise, skills and specializations possessed by parents that promotes and reflects indigenous resources, the private sector is sure of sustained growth and the entire nation’s economy is developing.                     
 

September 22, 2007 | 5:08 AM Comments  1 comments

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masterpiecenet.blogspot.com

This is where passion ,vision and mission are synonymous with and expressed in the the face name...MASTERPIECE."...treasures in earthen vessels..."
Here,we believe and strongly recorgnise that GOD Almighty,in HISmastery and artistry,created,designed,built,composed and packaged us(individually and nationally)with such uniqueness and "expertise"that ultimately constituted to who we are,and are capable of turning and transforming our situations of poverty,lack,misery and obscurity around,by repositioning us to the centre stage of creativity,productivity and prosperity,where we will be demonstrating and releasing our unique leadership qualities to our world and ultimately fulfilling our unique purposes.
We are a created masterpiece...God's masterpiece.Everyone of us are masterfully built and designed with immense uniqueness and treasures on our inside for the earth.
On the national perspective,every nation and country on earth today is a beneficiary and carrier of this unique natural deposits and treasures,just like we individually are.The developements and successes that we desire and seek are tied to our discovering,understanding,growing/investing,demonstrating and releasing of our uniqueness and expertise to our world ,and to the marketplace where it will ensure us rewards,and the development level we target.
VISION.
(A) MASTERPIECE LEADERSHIP; Here,leadership is viewed and defined as synonymous with the release and demonstration of our "uniqueness" and "expertise"
to our world and in the marketplace,bilding and developing the attitude and motivational requirements that enables us to take absolute charge and control of our lives and make it difficult to fail in our overall purpose and mission.
Our uniqueness and diversity are the areas in our built and designe,ethnic and nationality attachments that makes us almost or absolutely special,unusual and different from the other persons and other nations.This uniqueness is a revelation of our comparative advantage and "expertise",which is a high indication of our special and uncommon dormant and reserved leadership gifts and abilities.
Our leadership programme is designed and structured to equipe with the principled knowledge and understanding of the practical leadership development wisdom.
1: Understanding and appreciation of our true identity and definition. An analysis of our nature,built,designs and compositions.With emphasis on the spirit,soul and body.
2: Understanding and pursuing the overall purpose that influenced and determined our built,design and compositions.Pursuing the purpose we are built for should be the primary objective in life because we are purpose-built.
3: Developing and growing the attitude and motivational requirement that ensures our purpose fulfillment,by helping us to take absolute control and charge of our lives and environment.
4: Understanding the challenges and problems that must be encountered on the way, and building up our wisdom bank and sharpening our problem-solving skills to maximise the opportunity in disguise.
5: Understanding and expandind our networking. People are our most valuable and appreciable assets. Our lives and purposes are fulfilled with and by people, for .."where there are no people,the vision perish and vise versa..." They form the marketplace that benefits from and rewards our purposes.Dealing,networking and penetrating people requires great skills.
Growing and developing communication and relationship skills,therefore becomes very important as we pursue our purposes. Diplomacy,negotiation,bargaining skills that ensures us a win/win result is available in our laedership.
We also brand and package adverts for companies and institutions.
(A) MASTERPIECE ART/CRAFTS GALLERY.
Here is our arts and crafts collection and exhibition centre. We collect arts and crafts from all over the globe,with special interest in African arts and crafts.

September 7, 2007 | 7:46 AM Comments  0 comments

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Problems and relationship.

"In the world you have tribulation" is a quote from the most powerful man that lived on the face of the earth.recorded in the no one book of our times. We can deduce from the above statement and without any doubt that this world is truely a place of multi-faceted problems.There seems to be no end to problems in this world. The perpectual nature of problems in this world has placed it under continuous need of solutions. Faced with many problems and very scarce solutions,the world continues to strive to match these problems with the solutions. The truth remains that every problem that is encountered in our world today already has the solution within reach. Before l proceed,l would like us to take a very simple definition of problem. Problem simply means, an unpleasant,tough and difficult situation or circumstance that is very subject to change and we can do something about. l hope this definition is simple enough. This gives us an understanding that no matter how difficult the situation is that we encounter,that situation is very subject to change,and we are the primary agent of such change. We may not have the solutions for all the problems and challenges in the world,but surely carry solutions to the problems and challenges that comes our way and we encounter.The problems that we notice and desires to solve are clues to the solutions we carry and are capable of changing. When we identify our solutions,we have identified our reward,our strenght and our compararive advantage. The solution we carry,which is not just for us alone,creates relationship. People in need of our solution will locate and seek for us. And because we cannot solve all the problems for ourselves,a network of relationship is established via problems/solutions seeking. In international relations,this principles are operational. Problems are catalysts that causes us to reach each other....individually or among nations.The oil producing countries of which my conutry Nigeria is a major player, martkets their oil to the industrial countries that needs it,helping them solve alot of problems.And these industrial nations in turn sends their finished product to these countries helping solve their own problems too and vise versa. Identify the solutions you carry,the world needs it,it holds your financial reward, your fullfillment and that of those connected to you.

September 1, 2007 | 8:53 AM Comments  0 comments

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Productivity a platform for a dynamic policy

Poverty is very negative in all ramifications.It really makes ones very weak in decision making. To me, the real poverty is lack of the basic principles and knowledge capable of transforming the potentials he has into good and services capables of bringing him financial rewards. The truth about money is that,it is simply a REWARD for the problems ones tranformed potentials-in goods and services were able to solve for people. In other words,we are financially rewarded according the problems we solve for people. I want everyone reading to understant tnat true productivity is about problem-solving. When we are able to solve problems for peole,we are already positioned for a dynamic and impacting life.
Now for nations that are poor and branded underdeveloped, whose foreign policies are very weak, it simply reveals that they are not problem-solvers in the international community. They are not producing,not tranforming thier natural endowments into exportable and exchangeable goods and services.
This is capable of making then unique in international trade, being their comparative advantage wil surely enable them pursue dynamic policies in intra and inter nations.

July 31, 2007 | 5:05 AM Comments  0 comments

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