Sometime in year 2002 when I still worked in a large organisation, there was this man who was made Financial Controller on transfer from another department and had to work with external auditors of the organisation.
The man was very arrogant. He had no regard for his subordinates as well as the external auditors. What made matters worse was that he was recently promoted then and he now felt that he was in the good books of his superiors and management and could therefore do as he pleased.
A friend had however, warned the man to be careful with the external auditors because their previous work on the organisation had led to the premature exit of the former managing director.
The Financial Controller turned deaf ears to this advice from his friend and carried on as though he owned the organisation. It so happened that about three months prior to their coming for the final yearly audit of the organisation’s financial accounts, the auditors had sent to the Financial Controller written information in advance of reports they wanted ready.
The Financial Controller in his usual arrogance took the document and kept in his drawer. When the auditors came for their work, the report was not ready. The Financial Controller after an initial denial that he was never given such request for information later found the request where he kept it in his drawer.
That unfortunate incident was one of many that culminated in his appointment being terminated with the organisation – and all these took place within six (6) months of his promotion.
Had the Financial Controller been more in touch with his subordinates, they would have been able to assist him in preparing the required reports. But his attitude towards them made things worse and his downfall never came as a surprise to them.
In fact, his subordinates were too happy to see him leave the organisation. Such is the price people pay when they tread the path of arrogance rather than humility. Arrogance makes people always want to become pleasers of superiors and despisers of subordinates or those they feel superior to.
On the road to genuine wealth, there is an absolute need to be humble. Some people may not want to agree with my preceding statement, but the truth is, how often do you come across someone who made genuine wealth and is also arrogant? Notice I said genuine wealth.
Its really a rare feat. Those who have achieved success, fame and wealth genuinely have learned so many valuable lessons along the way that it practically shapes their thinking.
One of the things they learn so well is the fact that the man you see today who has nothing can surely rise to any level in life in future and then have opportunities to meet with the well-known in the society.
When one is humble, you are not wont to become a crowd pleaser but rather one who has a focus on what he or she wants to achieve. Arrogant folks on the other hand are always concerned about people giving them respect and what those people think of them.
Their actions most of the time is geared towards pleasing the crowd and earning cheap popularity. In the process they lose focus on what is supposed to be their actual priority and concentrate on laundering their image in public thereby missing many valuable opportunities to prove their worth.
On the other hand, a humble person is concerned in achievement that is his main focus and is less concerned about public opinion of him because he understands fully well that a time will come when his achievements would speak for him and would be appreciated by many.
Humility helps one to think straight and do things that are considered foolish or unimportant in the eyes of the crowd. Again and again we read or hear stories of great achievers of both sexes and one of things common to them is their humility.
Unfortunately, most people never learn the lessons from such stories and go ahead to become or remain arrogant.
Even sacred scripture (Bible in Basic English) testifies to the value of humility in Matthew’s gospel chapter 23 verse 12 that says, “And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.”
The value of humility as a wealth secret cannot be overemphasised. Humility makes one do things otherwise considered unwise by many but which will lead one to his or her destination in life.
Learn to become a humble person because it would open you to many opportunities you would miss if you chose arrogance instead.
More wealth secrets next week.
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