CHARACTER CONQUERS COMPETENCE.
While many go around looking to build competence in their various fields of endeavour, striving for more performance related skills, and relegates the importance of character building, they would discover that as time goes by, that as much as they could still achieve great success through their competence, they could have achieved more had they been more intentional building character, as the absence of character would be an inhibitor to real success in life.
Competence includes skills, attitudes, or behaviors which, when present, enhance a person's effectiveness. While, character on the other hand, are the values and virtues that a person upholds which determines how he executes his job, tasks, and responsibilities. Before a man gets the opportunity to prove his competence, his character could have robbed him of that privilege.
When competence fails, character will keep you standing; when competence disappoints, character will keep you the appointments.
Late legendary evangelist, Billy Graham once said, "When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost". Character is the foundation and the bedrock for which everything a man is, has, and will be is built upon, and when it is dented, tainted, or taken away it is difficult to redeem. Learn skills, develop competence, increase knowledge, and seek wisdom, but never never forget to build a worthy CHARACTER.
Kamikun John, Author 366 days of wisdom.
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