Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Sometimes, a great mental paradigm shift is required
for anyone desiring wealth to get wealth. This is because certain mindsets that
are contrary to wealth production have to be discarded so that the mindsets
that allow for wealth production are internalized and utilized for wealth
production.
For instance, if you are blessed with the gift of
strategic thinking that enables you to think, think through issues, analyze
them to come up with solutions, then you are a strategist who should be
productively engaged in strategizing issues. This is more like operating the
gift of wisdom; a problem solving skill which is a gift from God that you are
blessed with. Your task, job and responsibility is to strategize the solutions
and not necessarily immerse yourself in the tasks. Joseph supervised the work
of collecting and storing up the abundant harvests. He did not plant the crop,
work the land, harvests the grains, bag the grains, transport the grains, and
build the storehouses. Other people carried out these tasks taking instructions
from Joseph. Joseph did not swamp himself in activities that would clog his
mental processes, major tools he required for strategizing. He delegated the
non strategizing processes to other people and concentrated on developing
strategies - thinking and analyzing and in the process expanded the development
plan to include the government land use act, sale of food to other
nationalities to generate additional income for Pharaoh.
A strategist who does not delegate non strategizing
processes is headed for oblivion. That was why Jethro advised Moses not to wear
himself out in judging the people alone as he could actually delegate those
processes to other competent people in the community.
The prophet Elisha never engaged in non strategizing processes.
He always delegated, issuing instructions that only total and prompt obedience
to provided solutions to those who needed the solutions. He instructed the
widow of the indebted son of the prophet to go package oil - albeit in borrowed
vessels. She obeyed and the long term siege of financial challenges that was
fast becoming a trans-generational problem was solved.
