Your way of thinking is called your mindset. The word mindset reminds me of part of my training as an Engineer. When you say a concrete is set it means it has gone through a process of being turned from liquid to solid shape. When it is set, it becomes very difficult to change its shape. The shape you pour the mixture into is called formwork. Therefore, our belief systems, values, attitudes are formwork in which information, knowledge, training, skill development, circumstances are poured. However, for as long as the formwork remains the same, whatever we pour would continue to take the same shape. If we must have a lasting change in our lives and society, we must change the formwork because no matter how good the mixture for the concrete is, it would take the shape of the formwork. In otherwords, we must change whatever characteristics that do not conform with our future as a nation. The thinking, values and belief systems of a society can be summarized as the culture of that society. And the culture of a group is the mental formwork that is transferred from generation to generation. So you find out that no matter what the circumstances may be, if the culture remains the same, the results would keep on being the same. We are the generation that will bring about a lasting change in our culture. So get ready! By Sam Adeyemi
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 14:56:08 +0000