TOO DISCIPLINED TO BE RICH

Discipline is simply the practice of teaching people to obey commands and rules, and personally; my childhood could be described as a synonym. Having a much disciplined father is typical of Nigerians; here they think that it would help in shaping the future of their kids, and one essential part of that training, is teaching them the value of money. And in so doing, they indirectly tell them that money is very hard to get, and could only be got with hard work and nothing else.

I have nothing against hard work; in fact I believe it is necessary for good success. But we should not underestimate working smart too, because it seems to get the job done even better than hard work. 

     Just like a coin, the other side of hard work is the idea imbibed in the kids that: money can only be obtained when you are a workaholic, and most importantly your hard earned money is only used to purchase items you are in need of, but never for enjoying yourself. Well, with all these unwritten laws in place you wonder why a person under favorable conditions of finance would still chose to have a life of penury.

     In conclusion, ill like to say that teaching children about money, especially at their tender age is good work and should be commended. But let them know the line between being discipline and being a miser. So they do not end up getting under paid, and they’ll think that’s how money should be made, just because of a messed up mentality given by their parents, and in the long term they end up too disciplined to rich.