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The World Is A Reflection Of The Mind
The world around us is a reflection of the human mind. This is something that I’ve come to internalize and come to believe deeply. You cannot separate an environment from the minds that make up the environment. So what are the implications of this truth? It means that an environment that is beautiful, developed, organized is a result of minds that are equally beautiful, developed and organized. An environment that is chaotic, disorganized, undeveloped is a product of minds that are equally chaotic, disorganized and undeveloped. This might sound harsh, but it is the reality. What it also means is that if you want to build a society that is progressive, you have to focus first on developing minds that are progressive. Everything that brings progress springs forth from a developed mind. The average Nigeria believes ‘if we solve power, we’ve solved 90% of our problems’ or ‘we need to invest in infrastructure to develop’. This misses the whole essence of development. If you want Nigeria to develop, invest in the minds of Nigerians first, and the roads, rails, power and everything else will come. We’ve invested in roads without the engineers to maintain them, rail that crumbled in the absence of rail engineers, bridges and buildings collapsing because of poor workmanship. Investing in infrastructure without investing in the people who will build, maintain and improve the infra shows a fundamental lack of understanding of how true development works. Build the mind of the people. And the people will build the country
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