KEEP CALM AND STOP THANKING GOD IT'S FRIDAY

I remember those days in Secondary School when the closing bell rings on a Friday afternoon and we all run berserk like people who have just being let loose from a Minimum Security Prison. If you by chance attended a Military Christian school like mine where flogging discipline is an important a subject as Mathematics and English, you will understand what I mean. Surviving the week without getting your bum feted with bulala was an achievement we were never really able to accomplish. Like the children of Israel we couldn’t keep up with the 10 commandments. So Friday for us was like manna sent from heaven.

Fast forward to the new millennium and we are all labouring working in our various fields of endeavour and the situation is still the same. Apparently, just like our classrooms, our offices have become a Maximum Security Prison. We almost have an orgasm tear the roof off with shouts of “Thank God it’s Friday” when Friday finally comes calling.

The phrase “Thank God it’s Friday” was first coined by Jerry Healy, a disc Jockey from Akron Ohio in the early 1970’s. The “Thank God it’s Friday” bug is fast catching up with everyone and is gradually becoming an epidemic.

So my curious mind got the best of me as usual and I went in search of why we are all so obsessed about Friday. And here is what I found out.

1. The phrase is synonymous among labourers’ workers as a common expression of relief at the end of the week in anticipation of relaxing or partying through the weekend.

"Successful people don’t relax, they feel relaxed with their work, and they sleep with their Dreams & wake with a Commitment"

Labourers Workers who earn wages salaries do not find fulfillment in what they do. They labour work to build another man’s dream because they do not have the courage to pursue theirs. So Friday is the day they are free to do their own thing and most times they end up partying doing nothing.

"Greater satisfaction can only come  from living out your dreams"

3. All work and no play will put you on the Forbes List. Successful people do not distinguish one day of the week from the other. Simply because they know that every day of the week is important to their success. They know that the day they start thanking God it’s Friday, their businesses will fold up by Monday.

"Hard work has never killed anyone. It has only given them enough money to live longer"

Most people who use the phrase “Thank God it’s Friday” also use the phrase “Oh no it’s Monday again”. This only implies that they don’t like their jobs. While you are still labouring working, appreciate the fact that you had that opportunity in the first place. After all, that job was not customized for you from birth. You are just lucky to have it at the moment.

I stopped thanking God it’s Friday, the day I realized that the way I handle another man’s business is the way I will handle mine. Don't forget, Friday is a good day for you to start working towards your success. 

See you at the top.

The writer is a labourer and a worker at the same time. His work MY BOOK OF SUCCESS STORIES has sold over 1,000, 000 copies. He is in 2030 Forbes List of Most Powerful People in the World.