DEAR POLITICIAN; WHAT ARE YOU NEGLECTING? 7



MAINTAIN A HEALTHY TRIANGLE!

This is not the Health Triangle, where we are encouraged to maintain a triangular health balance Physical, Mental and Social. Yes that is important but this is my own coinage from the concept of having a triangular relationship that keeps you in check always.

A wise man once said; everyone of us need three people in our lives; someone we learn from and look up to, someone we share with and someone we mentor. It’s a Healthy triangle we all need but much more the politician. 

We are in the age of sycophancy – where men having itchy ears are told what they like to hear and not the truth. In the workplace and even places of worship.

The trend is rampant and looks unstoppable because many of us miss the balance. One of King Solomon’s greatest undoing was that everyone came to learn from him, but Solomon had no one to learn from - his divine connection gave him access to unusual wisdom from Nature and his surrounding, but when that access was blocked by Idolatry everything became vanity upon vanity.

THE HEALTHY TRIANGLE:

1) HAVE A MENTOR:

“Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can never under play the role of a Mentor in your life as a Politician, am not talking about the godfather who backs you to win elections often at a price but a solid mentor that can scold you when you are going astray and will always tell you the truth.
As John Crosby puts it “Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction” Good Mentors are hard to come by but if you look carefully, you will find and you will be glad you did. To be Continued 

We are here to bridge the gap.

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