On the question whether any additional child is an asset or a liability

 

A child is always an asset. Liability with regards to humans is not assessed purely and only from economic view point since a human person has a great dignity because of being a child of God and also has body and soul (material and spiritual being).

A human person therefore cannot be seen and assessed in same way as other non human economic items or businesses. Nor be seen as an economic liability. This is because a human person has so many aspects and gifts & potentials endowed that he can’t but be always a great asset!! Every child or human person is a great investment waiting to mature.


Even if presently he is starving, poor sickly and uneducated with a “useless” job or future. Even in dying and in immediate death, or long after death, the immense good a human is capable of doing to others and the society is beyond quantifying financially.

Even evil men and their evil, help the society in numerous ways including reaffirming society’s resolve to improve laws and condition that reduce such evil and suffering. In summary, every child or human person is always and will always be an asset intrinsically and based primarily on his being a child of God, and not on his usefulness from a human point of view.

By Dr. Mark Nwoga, University Of Nigeria Nsukka

How to create value in less time

What three things would you like to have done today or this month? Are you working at the right time for the right projects? Are you working too long or too short of a time for certain tasks? These are some questions that help to keep you going. It is desirable, being able to accomplish personal and organisational objectives at all times. To this end, certain actions must be carried out to achieve success. This is also true for every form of activity whether corporate, social, family or religious. To help man achieve and accomplish tasks, a lot of suggestions and comments have been given, downloadable algorithms that help with time management have been written, videos that teach how to organize emails are available, articles and textbooks also written on interrelated subjects. It may seem as it were, there is no secret to living a more productive lifestyle as it is practically a discussion for everyday.

Yet there is high concern 
It is evident however, that in business and personal environments (like the family) the concern is still high on how to achieve good results. Colleagues continue to wish for a higher or complain about their output levels while parents are still stressed out trying to fulfil their role towards their families – given all the on hand information on productivity. Perhaps more than equating productivity to a given formula it should be considered mainly as an issue of personal behavior, an attitude to continuously improve oneself and the things in one’s environment.

A basis for good results
A proper assessment of some models designed to encourage output levels reveals that the key to increasing productivity lies in doing well what is important at that moment and to do well requires monthly, weekly and daily review of yearly goals. The advice is that the simplest of tools be applied in capturing information and procrastination should be avoided in decision making.
Leo Babuata suggests that getting things done should have its focus on doing in the here and now, instead of on planning and on the type of system. While planning is necessary, more focus should be on how to actually complete a task. Using simple tools to capture information, making quick decisions, setting 'most important tasks' for the week and/or day, doing one task at a time without distractions, having a place for everything, reviewing your system and goals weekly are some ways to get the productivity you desire.