Read Widely
Those who do not read widely will always be shallow and near-sighted.
Wide reading broadens and grows you. The deeper you are on the inside the further you will be able to see and the more strategic you will be.
President Mugabe is well read and reads widely. What excuse do you have not to read? Your circumstances are never an excuse to maintain and hold close your ignorance.
After graduating from Kutama, he went to Fort Hare University in South Africa where he graduated in 1951 with a BA in History and English.
He returned to Zimbabwe to teach at Hope Fountain Mission. In those days holding a BA degree was arrival for many, but not him, he continued learning.
Never let other people’s standards and praises be your limit. Being a celebrity in your village should not tempt you to think you have arrived.
By 1953 he had attained a Bachelor of Education degree by correspondence. Some people would have thought that was the end.
Yet for him the journey of learning had just begun.
Never stop where a certificate leaves you. Formal schooling may come to an end, but learning and development never does. Keep learning and inspiring those around you to learn and grow.
One of the best ways to learn is to teach.
In 1955, Mugabe moved to Zambia, then Northern Rhodesia. He taught for four years at Chalimbana Training College while also working toward his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics through correspondence courses with the University of London.
Be hungry for success, learn and read widely. He subsequently moved to Ghana and continued learning and developing himself completing his economics degree in 1958.
In Ghana he taught at St Mary’s Teacher Training College, where he met Sarah Hayfron, whom he would marry in 1961.
