Seun Kilanko

I’m going to start this post by asking this question; which is the most important – your appearance or your values? I’m sure a lot of us might rate our appearance higher than our values. That’s your choice, anyway. However, I hope by the end of this post, you will be able to see the issue of your appearance and value from a different light.

Nobody will ever be impressed to receive a gift beautifully packed and for it to be opened, you are faced with an awful sight of mess? Yeah! I don’t pray to see a business man who will trade a dime for a basket full of rotten eggs just because the sales agent is nice and homely. I will never be a CEO of a world class company (my dream) and employ a director who has not got the qualifications but only the looks. Never! However, I have seen guys who date girls just because of their looks. Ask these guys, “why?” and they will assure you they will soon dump them. I am saying all these just to let you know that your looks will take you an inch while your character, values and skills will take you miles.

What else are you apart from what the eyes can see? What again do people commend on apart from your looks? It’s good to look good and presentable. I don’t dispute that because I’m a good example and I must say that your look is very important. The way you package yourself or how well you present yourself will determine to an extent how you are treated. However, there is more to us than meets the eye. What matters in life is not the looks but what is behind the looks. Your looks (the container) might get the door open but what will keep you inside are your values, characters and skills (content).

We need to stop paying too much attention on what we wear and begin to start thinking about what wears us. I need you to get it straight. The idea is; you are presently putting on a cloth and that’s what you are wearing on your body, however, taking your body to be a cloth too and what is wearing it is what’s inside the body which are the things you are made of – your content. Hope you understand? We need to begin to walk more on our content than our container.

A container with no valuable content is worthless while the container with valuable content is appreciated more. What gives you value and makes you relevant is when you have the character, skills and moral value to back up the good looks. More than the looks, what will make you last in that your place of work, relationship or position you find yourself are your inputs. Do you bring good character to the table? Do you carry out your daily work activities with the right attitude? Are you creative? These things make you productive and make you admired and highly valued by your co-workers, employer and partner.

My mentor once said empty your pocket to fill your head and your head will come back to fill your pocket. You need to go after knowledge. The difference between you now and five years time is the people you have had the opportunity of meeting and the information at your disposal. Information reforms you but the lack of it deforms you. God forbid any of us will be deform. Knowledge and information will give you what looks won’t!

More than anything, I need to know the opinion of you, my readers on this topic. Drop it as comments! I’m expecting!

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