HOW TO BE PRODUCTIVE AT WORK {PART 2}

Becoming a star is your desire. Isn’t it? I know that one of your major prayer points is that God should make you a star or a rich person. Isn’t it? But one thing I want you to know is that there is no gain without a pain. God has a part to play and you also have your part to play. That’s why my next topic after this will be what it takes to stay empowered, but before then let’s finish what we started.

Last week, I started a topic on productivity at work. Isn’t it? I made you to understand the real meaning of work and I hope someone will have been blessed with this because I got some couple of mails. I want to say thank you to everybody that took time to read it. I want to appreciate everybody that is true seeker of knowledge; I am so sure that sky is just the beginning for you. To all my lazy group members, please change because what you know determines who you are. Every problem you find yourself is a direct result of your ignorance not the devil or bad luck. Let’s see God’s view concerning this {Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge……). There is a saying amongst the white, that if you want to hide something from a black put it in a book or into writings, he will never find it because he won’t read it. Please let’s increase our reading habit so that our leading habit will be enhanced.

Without wasting time, let’s go straight to our topic. Now that we know that nothing works without work. What will be our focus today is what to do to become productive at work.

• Work with wisdom: You need to apply wisdom to everything you do most especially your work. Wisdom is the right application of knowledge. That means without knowledge there is no wisdom. You can only apply what you know. You need to engage your brain in your work. Wisdom can be received in 2-ways:
1. Via inspiration
2. via thinking
Most people don’t take time to think deeply about their work. A New York Times asked a question from one of my mentors on how he spends his time when is not at work, he said he reads and thinks. There should be a time you have for thinking , I mean thinking time. You need to think, you need to work with wisdom and you need to work with your brain. If your brain is not working, your hand will be working. Working with your hands alone, you spend much energy and you earn less most times unlike coupling your brain with your hands. When your brain begins to knock while thinking stretch it a little bit because the knocking is the finding of knowledge where they hide.

• Work with direction: Scientifically, work is a force applied in a right direction. Working without direction, is like not working at all. When we walk in a right direction it helps us to dispense our energy in the right place to bring right result in no time. When you work right, you earn right. Let me give you a practical example: assuming someone went to university to study microbiology and he heard that bank is where the money is now, he rushed again to sit down for ICAN, again he heard IT is the in-thing, he rushed again to obtain Cisco or oracle certificate, now tell me, how many certificate will he obtain before he becomes relevant. In short, he will need to have 360 certificates to be relevant because that is what makes a circle. This direction issue can be applied different issues of work too. How do you now know where to direct your energy?
1. By divine direction: by God talking to you. I know many won’t agree with this but that’s the truth and you can do nothing against the truth but for the truth. Let’s see what the creator’s manual says (the bible). {Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. }
{Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.
Proverbs 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.}
2. By looking inwards: you study yourself by looking inwards for your area of gifting and talent and engage yourself with it.{ Pro 18:16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men. }


• Work diligently: to be diligent means to be committed to your work, to be fully identify with your work and to be proud of what you’re doing. { Ecc 9:10 Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.} . It doesn’t matter how small your work is, just be diligent and you will see it grow. { Pro 22:29 Do you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before unknown men. }. When you’re committed, you will become creative and excellence answers only to the committed.
• Work with a sense of urgency: procrastination is a burial place of ideas. When you procrastinate, you loose your energy. There is no better time than now. Nothing gets better by leaving it on the floor. True workers value there work more than food. I will like to say that sense of urgency is an act of responding quickly when there is an urge.
Don’t wait for convenient time; there is no better time than now. Convenience is the burial place of ideals.
Work must be a necessity for you so that you can become necessary in your community.



I will stop at this point because it’s getting too long and I will conclude it next week, till then let’s keep working it right so that we can earn it right. Thank you and God bless.