The world system and economy has the capacity to make
people; in their career, business, education and other endeavours, but it also
has the ability to unmake same people within a twinkle of an eye. This explains
the reason the world is full of “former successful people” who have excel on
several frontiers and achieved outstanding success but ended as family
dependants. Some goes to the extreme and use their very hands to destroy their
lives as they venture into hard drugs and degenerative vices. The media is
awash with devastating news of how one time very successful super stars in
sports, athletics, great musicians, super models and politicians ended up
living in the shadows of their true personality. One wonders what befell them;
could it be their quest to maintain their status and sustain their relevance has
become a snare to them? The system that made them super successful
turns around to place so much demand on them; so much that they lost their true
personality and become slave to the system.
The system that governs the world is made for men and not
the other way round. That implies we are supposed to drive the system and not
the system driving us. Let me consider one of the popular elements of the world
system to expatiate my point; Inflation- The sustained percentage increase in
the general price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of
time. As inflation increases, every amount of money you own buys a smaller
percentage of goods and services. If you allow the inflation of the economy of
where you live determine your level of success, you can be sure your life will
be full of ups and downs, good and bad, bullish and bearish, profit and loss…
so you need to ensure you grow faster than the rate of inflation, maintain the
up and forward trajectory at all time and your investment capacity should
remain greater than your spending capacity as money spent does not yield
interest but money invested is a deposit into the future. You can always reap
on your investment whenever the need arises in the near future.
“The blessing of the LORD makes rich and he adds no sorrow
with it”
Proverbs 10:22
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