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MORE WON'T MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER
By Olatunbosun OlalekanJuly 31, 20203 min read10,176 views88 comments
I can remember Oliver Twist 'dared for more' and Pepsi asking us to 'ask for more'. But the question is, do you really need more?
Let me break the ice: 'Until you appreciate what you currently have, more won’t make your life better.' Have you forgotten the old saying that 'a bird at hand is better than a thousand in the forest?'
Some of us worry so much about getting more that we place no value on what we have. Many of us have lost little things that could grow into something massive while we chase the supposedly bigger ones that never existed.
Let me quickly remind you that that cloth you are tired of is someone's biggest desire. That smartphone you are tired of using is someone's prayer point. That girl you are maltreating is someone's dream.
More won't make your life better unless you appreciate and value what you have now. Why ask for more when you haven't harnessed what you've got already?
You are entitled to ask for more when what you have is well utilized. While the political system of Nigeria negates this dimension, anything outside this box can never give you a better life. It is only in Nigeria that a public office holder will spend four years doing nothing and will crave a second term of cluelessness!
I think you should rather concentrate on harnessing what you have while you manage the quest for more. Your quest for more should not be driven by greed and undue attention, but rather by a sense of fulfilment that there is a need for your game to change.
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Written by
Olatunbosun Olalekan
Leadership advisor, strategist and writer.
Bookmarking. This is the kind of thing you reread yearly.
Wow. Just wow.
I've been following your writing since 2020 and you keep getting better. Any chance you'll turn this into a podcast episode? It deserves a wider audience.
This is the bookmark-and-revisit kind.
Where do you find the patience to write so generously?
Please keep writing. Please.
I'm a slow learner — thanks for being patient with us readers.
You always seem to write what I need a week before I need it.
Calling my mum after reading this.
This article changed my Monday. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.