Only the Wisest and Stupidest of Men Never Change
By George Chege,
AjabuAfrica.com

 LOWELL, Mass-Novenber 3-A college professor I know told me an interesting story about a former student of his. Whenever the professor entered the lecture hall, he noticed that a particular student, whom we will call Dave to hide his true identity, would be walking around the hall chatting noisily with everyone who cared to listen.

However, when the professor started his lectures, Dave would immediately sit down, fold his hands on his desk, slump his head on his hands, close his eyes and stay motionless. Thirty minutes later he would jolt up from his comatose, scribble something on his notebook for five minutes then fall back into his coma for another thirty minutes. This queer sequence of events would repeat itself until the lecture was over.

Since the professor was teaching Complex Number Theory, he assumed Dave had given up on this difficult subject in Mathematics and had preffered to gain some sleep instead. He also assumed that Dave was recording his dreams whenever he woke up from his sleep to scribble on the notebook.

When exam results were released at the end of the semester, the professor was eager to see how Dave had faired. He was shocked beyond words. Dave was top in his class with an A in all subjects including Complex Number Theory. He immediately called for Dave to get an explanation on the mystery of the exceptionally good performance.

Dave explained that inorder to absorb every word the professor was saying, he would close his eyes to block any interuption and therefore dedicate 100% of his mind in understanding the lecture. Every thirty minutes he would summarize his understanding by scribbling notes in his own words. This way, Dave was able to remember everything the professor had said during the exam.

Lesson

In your life there are many times that you have been presented with valuable financial information which would have significantly and positively improved your life if you had acted on it immediately. But instead, people saw you operating the same way you had always done - it is like you were fast asleep and you never learnt anything.

I want you to surprise everyone one day. I wish you will one day become financially independent and reveal a secret plan which brought you success when everyone thought you were daydreaming.

(Pssssssttt: Dave eventually graduated with honors and 10 years later became a distinguished Professor of Pure Mathematics.)

Quotes:

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.C. S. Lewis

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Confucius

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