WHY 'OILINGS HANDS' IS NOT A BAD THING AFTER ALL

Public servants in several countries have been known to subtly request for their hands to be 'oiled' so that they can speed up service delivery. It's called corruption.

The philosophy of oiling hands sounds so bad, but you will have to realize that the psychology behind it is a good motivational force. Let us face it, happiness is a great ingredient of creativity and productivity...no doubt about it!

First off, asking for 'facilitation' to do what you have been employed to do is essentially wrong. I am in no way championing it.

However, from experience, I have come to realize that psychologically there tends to be an increased percentage of service delivery, creativity, productivity and the phenomenon I call "running with a smile" when some one's hands are oiled.

Let me explain: You are happier with some cash in your pocket than when you don't have any. That is a universal truth that nobody can deny.

You are more motivated with your mind freed from the worries of basic needs to commit and concentrate on your vision. In fact you are more creative and happier.

A visionary is working on a project, most of the resources needed for this project are available~Capital, networks, airtime, et all. His hands are essentially oiled. I have seen that such like visionaries have a much better return than those with dry hands. 

In fact, I have seen those with dry hands literally struggle, their faces screwed up in thought, their creativity nipped in the bud. I have seen them spend much more time looking for oil than working on their vision.

I will submit to you that it is better to work with oiled hands than with dry ones.

Long time ago, a certain king gave a bizarre order that no soldier could eat anything until the king has avenged his enemies. Unbeknown to him, his own son was out of the meeting doing exploits...and he happened to taste some honey later on.

He instantly gained lots of strength, yet the rest of the army would not as much taste the dripping honey. What a waste it was that day to go to war with dry hands so to speak.

In our life signatures, there is that pendulum that oscillates between oiled hands and dry hands. The challenge for all of us is to make sure that we maximize the moment of oiled hands and never give up on the moments of dry hands.

Did you know the greatest need that we human beings have? It is not tangible. It is not material. However, tangible and material things can sometimes contribute to meeting this need: Happiness! The shortcut of being creative is happiness. The shortcut of a happy marriage is making your spouce and yourself happy.

The shortcut of increased productivity is making a work-force happy. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the philosophy behind oiled hands.

Have a happy week, wont you?

THE STILL SMALL VOICE

I have come to cherish little things...small things. I have come to realize how important a small shift is critical in life. Sometimes it is not the, polemics, grandeur, shock and awe that make a difference. Sometimes it is one small little thing.

Am meant to understand that it was a single vote that gave Adolf Hitler the reins of power in his party before he became the leader of Germany. I heard a rumor some decades back that a prominent country made a decision to be English speaking and not German speaking by a differnce of one vote.

Did you know that without one dollar in a million, it would not be called a million dollars?

One of the most interesting 'small things' as you will are ideas. What are ideas? Nothing but that still small voice. They have a way of passing through our minds when we are relaxed. A great mentor of mine has these moments when he is showering, and so has called them 'Shower Power'.

The success of our Life Signatures is strongly linked to that still small voice that speaks to us involuntarily. It is from that still small voice that great visions have been brought to fruition.

I would challenge all visionaries to take note of that still small voice  whispering to you on a day to day basis. Prepare to capture the moment when that voice speaks. This post by the way was inspired by nothing else but that still small voice...and so are many other posts on this blog.

Today, the difference maker in my life will depend on how I choose to respond to the silent whisper in my soul.

The voice could be small. It could be as benign as a whisper, but make no mistake about it: your response to it needs to be calculated, anticipated, reflective and thorough.

Yet through the trap of familiarity, very many people ignore the still small voice. The trap of familiarity tells you that you did not sweat for the idea...so it is not important. Am sure that a big percentage of the contents of the still small  voice  are powerful enough to alter my life, my community, country, even the world and generations after me.

If you knew that someone would be whispering to you on such a powerful way to impact your generations on a daily basis (if you implemented the whispers), how would you treat that still small voice? 

Have a listening week, wont you?