WHAT MAKES A CHIEF?

‘You do not become a chief simply by sitting on a big stool’ (Ghana)

We do not determine if someone is a chief by the size of stool he/she sits on. Anybody can sit on any type of stool that he likes (either big or small) and that does not make him a chief. It is not anybody that becomes a chief. Before anyone could be made a chief in any kingdom, society or community, the person must have been regarded as somebody and not just anybody.

Being a chief has to do with what a person knows about the society (i.e. the transitional knowledge from the predecessors which is usually hereditary) or what a person can contribute to the development of the society.

Also in life, you do not become successful or an achiever by the type of cars that you drive, the cloth or jewelry that you wear, the wives/husbands that you marry, the children that you reproduce, the houses that you build, the degrees that you acquire, the position that you attain or the money that you have in your bank account. You can only become a successful person or an achiever by what you know, the application of your knowledge and by the number of lives that you have touched (i.e. the people you have helped to become successful)

As from today, if you want to become an achiever or a successful person in whatever you do, always ask yourself these two questions:
(i) How much do I know about what I do?
(ii) How many people have I been able to influence and make successful as a result of what I do?

Remember, ‘you do not become a chief simply by sitting on a big stool. Why not jump up now and start doing something positive with your life? It’s only one life you have got.

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