Have you seen it? Two children of the same parents are exposed
to the same environment and upbringing to grow up, one becomes very rich while
the other becomes very poor. What do you think are the reasons?
Why should folks that graduated from the same college, attended
an interview same date and gets a job in the same company rise to become the
CEO while the other manages to get two or three promotion before retirement.
Can you explain why identical twins fail to have a similar
financial and economic breakthrough?
What about people that went to an apprenticeship scheme the same
day and were settled the same day with the same amount of money not able to
attain the same economic and financial freedom after 10 years.
Let's expand your thinking a little bit more. Even farmers with
the same land, same farm inputs and money why do they not have the same
harvest.
Some will explain all these similar inputs but different outputs
as luck. It is a lame explanation. Are we on Earth to gamble?. Some will say it
is God. But have you asked also does God hate some people? Why will a Creator
hate his creation? Is God partial?
This whole thing is tricky because you may not have asked these
tough, questions. Even when you have asked, there is a tendency to blame
everyone else except oneself. When we are involved we blame others, the
environment, government, injustice in the system, too much or too little rain,
too much or too little sun etc.
Agreed there are externalities which we cannot control. Just as
you can not control the environment or political system. No one either does.
Have you looked at other issues that are within your control?
Your Productivity is one aspect of your life that you can
control. However many pay little attention to their Productivity. Time is a
stock that everyone has the same quantity.-24 hours. You cannot increase it nor
can you decrease it. You can spend it or invest it.
The study of Personal Productivity Development is not taught in
any school. Notwithstanding that it can make a whole lot of difference between
individuals. Yes, it makes a whole lot of difference between organisations too.
Even nations are classified as developed, developing or underdeveloped because
of their capacity to produce.
If you read to the end of this letter you will it will be an
eye-opener.
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio to the national
population is one of the indexes for measuring Developed or developing nations.
Surprisingly it is the aggregate of GDP (Productivity- goods and
services) divided Nation's population that determines the Standard of Living of
a Nation.
It is also the high index of a standard of living that qualifies
a country as a Developed Economy.
Why then is the study of how to increase personal Productivity
always relegated to the background?
You can have the best tools. eg Tractors for farming. But if you
don't know how to use it. It will not make you a rich Farmer.
Similarly, many developing countries have lots of Engineers,
Medical Doctors, Managers, Agricultural scientists, Computer Scientists etc who
are not optimally productive. What is wrong is that they do not know how to use
the tools they have. They are taught to get a job or start a business. But know
little or nothing about the relationship between their input and output.
They are taught how to get a job and keep the job. Even when the
job cannot maintain their standard of living due to low Productivity. They have
to keep the Job at all costs. At the cost of low wage. At the cost of
underemployment. At the cost of financial and economic stagnation. At the cost
of homelessness. At the cost of poor children's education and marriage
breakdown.
Our Graduates are not taught to measure their output. talkless
of measuring that of their subordinates. This means that as a CeProd Member you
must ensure that you install performance measurement as part of your reward
system. It ensures that people know their target. It helps to reward high
performers too.
The problem with unproductivity is like someone who is sick but
is not aware of the sickness. It becomes difficult to administer a drug on such
one.
For instance, someone whose Productivity is low attributes his
brother or Sister's higher Productivity to luck. How can you help?
A situation where someone that can not justify the use of his
own 24 hours says that he has not enough time. How can you help?
Someone who has consistently been denied promotion due to low
output but turns around and attributes it to religion, tribe or politics.
Accepted sentiments affect issues of promotion but a star can not be covered
for a long time. Yes, Star is hotter than Sun. Moreover, Productivity can be
useful inside and outside our place of work. Your income can be diverse if you
are a star.
Many of my mentees apply the Productivity secrets they learn to
make more 7-figure money than salary income. This means that even if your
productivity is not rewarded by your employer. Your Productivity like a star
can explode and give you lavish rewards outside the system.
After going through the Course " Productivity Professional
Course" You will find out why your degree can not guarantee a life of
comfort. If your present business is still struggling it is not that you do not
know the secrets of productivity. It is either you are not putting it to
practice or you need a productivity coach to guide you.
Your Productivity is one aspect of your life that you can
control by seeking a Coach if you are not getting the result you desire. You
can choose to pay little attention to your Productivity and suffer for it.
You can explode your income by being a member of CeProd