𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 "𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗪𝗘 𝗗𝗢 𝗜𝗧 𝗡𝗢𝗪" 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗠

My friend told me recently that their new employee resigned after her probationary period was extended because of her performance.

HR had a conversation with her and pointed out areas where she needed improvement. She was given a one-month extension to work on those areas, but instead of taking the opportunity to grow, she chose to resign.

A few days earlier, I also spoke with my mentor. He struggled to relax during our conversation because he had just come out of an argument with a Gen Z employee regarding expectations on a task he had been assigned.

These days, you hear many stories about what it is like working with Gen Z. It often feels as though a new generation is trying to redefine how work, commitment and responsibility should look in this era.

The challenge is that everywhere you turn, someone is saying, “Things are no longer done that way.”

The message seems simple: accept the new way things are done or insist on your values even if you have to stand alone.

To be honest, I had not been giving this much thought. Perhaps I had even started adjusting to it myself.

Until yesterday.

Yesterday, a message from my pastor struck me deeply as he shared 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝟲:𝟭𝟲:

"𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠; 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙨, 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙨. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙, ‘𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙩.’"

Let me speak about Nigeria for a moment.

This so-called “new world order” may partly explain why productivity appears to be declining. It is becoming increasingly rare to see people willing to commit themselves to the growth of an organisation.

Perhaps it also explains the rising rate of divorce, the increasing number of broken homes, and the many families struggling to stay together.

It may even explain the growing level of crime. Many of us have abandoned purposeful living and replaced it with one major pursuit: how much money we have in the bank.

It also feeds the narrative that Nigeria is finished. Instead of coming together to rebuild our country, many people would rather fight to join the ruling class and simply survive as the fittest.

Yesterday’s sermon reminded me of something simple but powerful:

𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀.

Too many things happening around us may try to influence us to shift our values, but there is wisdom in the foundations that have guided humanity for generations.

Even if we try to become all things to all people, we will only win some.

So for now, I choose to stay with the ancient path.

Because the ancient path leads to heaven.

And by heaven, I mean a beautiful place.

Why is this a concern?

I will tell you in the next post.

For now, 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀.

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸.