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This Is Why You Should Give Out Knowledge

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  THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD GIVE OUT KNOWLEDGE Written By Ikedi Jedice  Some posts ago, I mentioned how one should have superior knowledge, but what gain is that knowledge of you don't apply, monetize it or share it to the world. Sometimes I see people hoard knowledge, BUT WHY? My mentor, Sir Heaven Umunna said something and I paraphrase "there are books that your mentors won't give you access to easily but my concern is not about the book but the fact that it was someone who wrote that book" So while you feel like that special book  in your library is for you alone and won't be shared, you must also remind yourself that if the author of that book thought like that, that book won't be in your library. There is a place for not "throwing pearls before swine, lest they trample on it" (I speak in proverbs) But I want us to imagine a scenario. Scripture tells us that one time in Jesus life, He asked questions in the temple. Now imagine if those teachers hoar

Are You Entitled To Those Things People Give To You For Free?

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  "ARE YOU REALLY ENTITLED TO THOSE THINGS PEOPLE GIVE TO YOU FOR FREE?" Written By Joseph Adeleke,  Your Personal Development Coach There is this feeling of entitlement we all have. We feel some people in our lives should do this or that for us because it is important for them to do it for us. We feel we deserve better from them and if we don't get those things, we feel so bad about it and feel those people are terrible. I had that feeling of entitlement towards my father for a long time that I felt it was his duty to take care of my every need. I needed him to attend to every need I presented at his table. It was many years later I listened to a message by Apostle Joshua Selman Nimmak that changed my thinking. According to Apostle Joshua Selman, if you get things from your parents when you are 18 and above, you are lucky. At that age you should start thinking of what you can do for yourself and reduce the expectations you have from them. So many years ago I was in a rel