HOW TO BUY THE FUTURE

What would you do if you could buy and secure the future?

What would you do if you could harness the future right from the present?

What would you do if the powers of the sands of time were at your beck and call?

What would you do if I told you there is a currency for buying the future?

What would you do if you had access to this currency?

In our world of globalization, economic uncertainty, terrorism, culture clash, family disintegration, corporate distrust, youth disillusionment, political confusion and religious corruption, the wisdom to buy the future and navigate successfully through life is necessary.

We must agree that our generation lies in a skirling tide of events, dreams, promises, threats and changing ideas about the present and the future. We are at a confluence of historic tides. This confluence of strange conditions presses this generation to ask anew: "How do I secure my future? What can I do to stay afloat the conditions of the world? How do I buy the Future?"

There has never been a time when our world of today is in desperate need of securing the future as it is today.

To harness the future right from the present, we need to lay hold of only one thing. Yes! One thing--- a power of exchange--- a currency. Yes! A currency!!

And whilst the British Pounds, American Dollar, Japanese Yen, the Euro and recently the Bitcoin are all powerful means of exchange in the whole world, they are not powerful enough to buy and secure the future.

The currency I am talking about is much more valuable. It is a currency that has long existed in our world. In fact, it is as old as our planet itself. It is a currency that is readily available to both the rich and the poor. It is a currency that has made and is still making the great men and women of our time and time past. It is a currency which, although readily available to everyone, is often ignored and poorly utilized.

Thirteen years ago, a 19-years old student at Harvard got hold of this currency and invited 5 people over to his dorm room to discuss a business opportunity. Only 2 of the 5 people understood the value of this currency and showed up. Today, those two people are Billionaires: Dustin Moskovitz $9.9 Billion and Eduardo Saverin $5.8 Billion. And the guy they met that night? None other than Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, whose current net worth is: $35.7 Billion. There's nothing more expensive than a casual knowledge of this currency. Yes! There's nothing more expensive than a missed opportunity to buy the future.

Abraham Lincoln laid hold of this currency and he used it to overcome his numerous life's difficulties. Today, he is reckoned with as one of America's greatest Presidents.

Uncle Willie who spent his early and better years on riotous living, is now old and lonely depending on welfare to survive. How did he get to this point you ask? Well, he also had this currency, but he did not utilize it properly.

Oh yes! Like every other natural currency, this one can also be abused, misused and disused.

Are there some things we do that makes us prone to success and others we do that make us prone to failure?

Some folks observe the various outcomes of life and conclude that it is all a matter of fate and destiny; that man has no control over what the final outcome will be. That is a very sad way to think. We are masters of our own destinies and faith.

So, what then is this currency and where can I get it, you ask.... It is the CURRENCY OF CHOICE and you don't need to go anywhere or do anything to acquire it, it's right there at your disposal; it has always been.... To buy, secure and harness the future right from the present, all we need to do is to properly utilize this currency.

All through history, we can observe that what distinguishes the poor from the rich, the successful from the failure, the high achiever from the mediocre, is the choices they decide to make and live by.

Man was created a free moral agent - he has the power of CHOICE. That is why the reasons people turn out differently in life is the CHOICES they make.

The quality of our choices is so important that it impacts directly on the quality of our lives. The decisions we choose to make determines our destinies.

The late Chief M. K. O Abiola in his time was a very powerful man. Under the name of "Concord", his businesses spanned across Nigeria. From hotel and tourism to aviation, print media, real estates and much more, this man was a force to be reckoned with. After his death, his children inherited the vast wealth of their father. But It wasn't long before everything crumbled to the ground. Today, Concord is no more, but only history, and the children of the late business magnate themselves have descended into oblivion.

How did it happen? I'm poised to believe that the choices they made impacted directly on the outcome of their lives and inheritance.

The future is either bought or sold by the choices of today;  but the choices you make are influenced by the paradigm you operate with. Paradigm is the form and shape of our values and beliefs. If we operate by the wrong paradigm, our choices will not come out right, and when our choices are not right there's no way we can secure the future.

While it is very true that the secret of our lives is hidden in our daily routine, I believe our routine is hidden in our choices.

In my a little over two decades here, I have seen men and women who in a bid for instant gratification have missed out on what the future holds. If our value system is bent on immediate gratification, we will miss out on the joy of passing through the processes of today and enjoying tomorrow.

I have also heard of young men and women who, in a bid to emulate their TV idols, have sold the future to enjoy the fleeting benefits of the present. Young men and women have sold their future and dignity for the acquisition of things, and are today rueing their missed chances. If you will properly spend the currency of choice at your disposal today, you will take a different path and secure your future.

How much does the future cost? Simply, the value of the future is in the eyes of the keen observer. If the future doesn't cost you, it won't pay you anything.

One of the sorest and most emotive history of African history has to do with the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and its effect on the black race. The soreness is centered around the question of how Africans could sell their own for processed commodities from Europe?

How could our African forebears ever imagine that human life was equivalent to rums, sugar, and guns from Europe? How? Europe sold us their processed present commodities and we sold them our future. How pathetic!

Without a keen sense of history and value, we will always sell our greatest values for the fulfilment of today's demands.

To buy, secure and harness the future right from the present, we must be willing to make the choice of using our energy, skills and talents in the present to negotiate for and buy the future. We must never sell the future to buy the present.

As a 19-year old boy, Mark Zuckerberg could have been thinking and doing drugs like most young man his age, but he didn't. He saw a world that needed a platform that would "give people the power to build community to bring the world closer together", and Viola! The Facebook vision was birthed. The Facebook vision discussion was not even formal; there was no board room, no nice suit, no elegant furniture, no lawyers or special aides. It was just Mark and his two friends sitting in his dorm room and talking about revolutionalising the internet. As innocuous as the setting and circumstances were, the outcome of that short and simple encounter determined the future fortunes of these three and a great contribution to the world.

Since significant moments of history are often determined under very ordinary circumstances, shouldn't we be more serious with the currency of choice at our disposal?

If you are reading this article and you still do drugs, women, gangsterism, and other social vices, I encourage you to make the choice to be better. I encourage you to exchange the seen for the unseen. I encourage you to delay instant gratification and  trigger activities that will precipitate and secure your future. It may be difficult at first, but on the long run, you will enjoy its benefits.

The future belongs to people who use their minds to design what should happen after today. Many of today's successful people saw the future and made the choice to buy it ahead of time when others only sought comfort and observed the present.

Those who will buy the future, must use the resources and opportunities of today to negotiate for and purchase the future. They are the ones who buy the future with today's currency--- the currency of right choices.

Today, make the decision to utilize the Currency of Choice. It could be choosing to have a keen sense of true value, making right your value and belief systems, using the power of imagination, being creative in your thinking, placing more value on your future than your present, and/or cutting down your circle of friends. Whichever ministers most to you, be willing to make the choice to sell the present in order  to buy the future.

But make sure you follow through your right choices with corresponding action, for the currency of choice cannot be fully utilized and negotiated without action.

I believe in you!
Go buy and secure your future today!!