Men,
Why You Should Always Put Yourself First! you are privileged to be in power or wealth, put yourself first, Love others like yourself but put YOU first. After attending to others, invest more into yourself, they are lonely days ahead of you.
Reuben Abati shared a touching story of how the beneficiaries of his boss and former president, Goodluck Jonathan’s largess, all abandoned him a week after Buhari was declared president of Nigeria in 2015
Let’s hear Reuben as he explains better:
The presidential election went as it did, and everything changed. Days later, State House became Ghost House. The residence, which used to receive visitors as early as 6 a.m. (regular early morning devotion attendees), became quiet. The throng of visitors stopped.
The number of phone calls began to drop. By May 29, my phones had stopped ringing as they used to. They more or less became museum pieces; their silence reminded me of the four years of my life that proved so momentous.
On one occasion, after a whole day of silence, I had to check if the phones were damaged! As it were, a cynical public relates to you not as a person but as the office you occupy; the moment you leave office, the people move on, erasing every memory before throwing you into yesterday’s dustbin. Opportunism is the driver of the public’s relationship with public officials.
Today, the phones remain loudly silent, with the exception of calls from those friends who are not gloating and who have been offering words of commendation and support.
They include childhood friends, former colleagues, elderly associates, fans, and family members.
The first thing I noticed after that phone call, in which the president conceded, was that people stopped coming to the villa to see the former president. The villa became a ghost town. “The traffic to that villa just disappeared,” he said.
“We were seeing pictures of people already going to the other side, to the president-elect, including members of the Jonathan government.
“They had changed camps, and the speed with which it was done was amazing.”
Around the villa, some of the people started using the excuse that they wanted to go to their village or London for a checkup.
“These were people who would ordinarily not move an inch and who wanted to be in the presence of the president all the time.” “That taught me a lesson: You’re only as relevant as the position you occupy,” Reuben Abati concluded.
A lot of people in your circle are not actually your friends.
They don’t like you like that.
But immediately they hear you’ve made it to the top… even people that hated you would want to identify with you.
It’s not you they are after… it’s your position, it’s your money, remember to trash out the ones you can while still in power and never feel remorseful about it, above you, place yourself first before others….
I know some persons you invested into would someday stop by to help but remember to invest into yourself too.
Class dismissed.
