We have remained faithful to that simple mission. In line with that mission, in this issue we would like to exhort you to pursue upward mobility. The nub of this exhortation is the idea that you are not a lifeless rock or an immobile tree. You do not have to remain where you are. You have the ability to scale heights greater and more magnificent than where your feet are currently set. No man can say to another this far shall you go and no further. Neither can circumstances stop you without your cooperation.
Upward mobility begins with a choice. And the greatest of human freedoms is the freedom to choose; and the greatest exercise of that freedom is to choose one’s purpose in life. Where the purpose of a thing is not known abuse sets in. A heavy weight boxer who does not know the purpose of this strength will use it to unnecessarily clobber innocent lives into submission. The person who does not know the purpose of medical drugs will abuse them and invariably develop an addiction. A toddler who does not know the purpose of a toy car will carry it on her back. However, worst of all is the leader who does not know the purpose of the power and authority vested in his position who will abuse his subordinates and subjects. We must always seek to know very intimately the purpose of everything we have, everyone we have on our teams and of everything we do. We can never fully utilise the talents within us and the resources around us unless we know the purposes thereof. Worse than death is a life lived without purpose? Upward mobility begins when we are clear of what we want to achieve and where we want to go.
