Use Your Relationships

I had a discourse with a colleague some few days ago and in the course of our discourse was brought to the realization that our last post here had a tinge of masculinity in it. I was alarmed! The beauty of that conversation was while I did not see some of those points initially, that relationship helped me see a part that was oblivious to me. 

Going further, I was told of a story of a software team that was engaged to produce a ground breaking app, the anecdote goes thus;

All the project team members were senior managers; all were men, so they worked on the project and really advanced in it. They were getting ready to start on the development of the new app, so the project manager asked his assistant (a woman) to come in to record the timeline and other usual project stuff. Thus, she is sitting in the meeting and listening to the guys talk about the app; at some point, she asks her boss if she can say something, the boss obliged her;

Mind you, the app was supposed to be activated when the phone was put in the pocket, so she asked them: "Is this app targeted at everybody?", they replied 'yes'; She said have you calculated your numbers on total number of phone owners, again the reply was affirmative; and then she gave a damning report - hear her, "Well I can assure you the app will absolutely not meet the projected target".

Everyone was looking at her like: "Err... we have the most brilliant financial gurus of the company here and the marketing geniuses, and the product conception whiz kids, what is this assistant lady saying". Hmm! Are you wondering? It’s pretty obvious - "Ladies don’t have pockets".  Exactly!!! They don't put their phones in pockets, they put them in handbags, but none of the guys actually thought about that, it seemed so oblivious to them

Are you here? Good, now follow this closely, you would say the mural of the story is that we use as diversified a group as possible, for we might miss critical aspects of an application or service or what have you if we don't. Yet this story simply reminds us of the need to use our relationships. You don’t have it all, you have relationships because they help to make the load easier and also stoke our strength to its fullness. The best you can make of it is when you recognize it and use it with wisdom.

The use is not to achieve our selfish aims, No! Our relationships at whatever level is for a greater good, it is in service both to us and our community. We must find the good in our relationship and make the most of it at all times.

So now January is ending and you are beginning to lose steam on your avowed goals, perhaps its time you go back to the relationship you promised to engender with God our creator at the beginning of 2015 and find strength in this time of need. Remember we said we will work with understanding in this year. There is still time to work the lines. Just make use of your relationships.

Nugget: A relationship is not a dead sentence. It is a friendship meant to support, enliven and make us optimal. If I am neither to you, please do us a favour - move on. Make your relationships count.