Good name is better than riches.

Just like how my dad has is favorite proven, which is "fowl wa dy lay egg dy tire" my mom also has her own quote or proverb as well which is " Good name is better than riches".

No body is disputing the fact that riches is not good, but having a good name is a legacy which you and your children unborn will benefit from.

It way better to have a good names than to be rich, although one can still have a good name and be wealthy.

Riches is good, but when it getting in a illegal, dubious or fraud way, it tend to damage some image or reputation.

Having a good name or reputation, automatically can make an individual to be trustworthy.

Many people tend to do business with people who are trust worthy, loyal and have good reputation than with people who are dubious, and cunning.

If you do a business with a trustworthy man or woman, you will be happy and you can also patronage them often because the first business you did with them you were not disappoint and you were not scam. But if you do a business with people who don't care about having good name or image, their only concern is to make more profit or make more sales at all cost, you will be disappointed.

My mom used to say it not all business transaction you make profit, u can sell your product or stuff at the normal price. And some other time you sell at a high price so that you can make profit, but in all of this it still better you satisfy your customer so that next time they can come and patronage you.

Indeed good name is better than riches, Good name is also an automatic ticket to riches as well. If an individual is known to have a good reputation or image, he or she will always be recommended first in any activities that involve a trust worthy person.

My mom told me about a story of a lady who was in university, and she was having a missing script in one particular course, base on the fact that she refuse to sleep with the lecturer incharge of the course. The lecturer name was Mr Vincent. The lady wrote the paper continuously 2 times and she still got carry over, so she went to report to the head of department, and they look into the case,but base on the fact that the man is a lecturer and has upper hand, the man said that the girl didn't submit her exam paper, so he add to put carry over.

So the lady wrote the exam again, but this time,it was a female lecturer who handle the case, then she got B in the course, and that was how she graduated and went for NYSC. And after NYSC she started a small company. So after many years the lecturer son (Mr Vincent) came to her office and apply for the post of an accountant in the lady office. So the lady started to interview her, and she saw her surname, and she asked her the lady if her dad was a retire lecturer and the lady say yes. Then she told the lady to leave her office, after she told the lady what her dad did to him while she was in her final year in school.

After due several pleading she finally employed the girl because her credential was OK, and the boss said no need of me punishing you of your father sin. But with some people reverse would have been the case.

So it way better to have a good name.