I understand Mark Zuckerberg is in Lagos Nigeria and he arrived yesterday without any fuss or paparazzi. He visited Yaba Silicon Valley and Andela. Except for few posts on Facebook, there is no major press announcement of the arrival of the founder and owner of Facebook. He was in T-shirt, jeans and trainers. Simple! No chains, no tattoos, no weird hairdo, no funny pose, just simple. Well some could argue it was for security reasons, I will punch that argument because he could have sought for state security. 

Can we all pick some lessons from this guy. Especially for our people in the entertainment and showbiz industries, you don’t need all those paparazzi to announce your presence. Let your work speak for you. You don’t need to show us your latest car or house on Facebook or Instagram. We know you are trying to prove that you are rich, we know that, so don’t bother announcing it. 

We don’t want you displaying your nakedness and tattoos, you are spoiling the minds of our youths. They think that is the way life should be lived, not knowing it is all fake and borne out of some sort of complex. Mark is always simply and decently dressed. Same with Bíll Gates. Same with our Dangote. Even in your industry King Sunny Ade and Chief Ebenezer Obey are examples. So? 

We are also tired of reading about your latest ‘lovescapades’. We are tired of reading how you break up engagements and marriages as if you’re changing clothes. Please you are turning marriage to a trial and error affair. Don’t marry if you can’t stay married. If you think your wealth is measured by the number of marriages you have contracted, then go back to school. 

Finally, embrace simplicity. Simplicity is just beautiful. Nothing beats it. Watch Michelle Obama. Look at Oprah Winfrey. They are simple yet adorable. 

This applies to all of us. Stop trying to impress people. Stop being wasteful in a bid to beat the Joneses. Be yourself and be simple. 

God bless us all. 

Good morning! 

Comfort Zones are killers of progress. They make destinies plateau when there are still more mountains to conquer. They close the eyes of people to new vista of opportunities and limit innovations. 

What are comfort zones? Comfort Zones are the places where you are at your elements. They could be jobs that you have grown to become so good at. They could be skills, vocations, trades, or locations that you have become so used do, to the extent that you don’t want to try new frontiers. They are things that hold us back from taking risks. 

I appeal to you to step out of your comfort zone. You can’t experience life’s best in your place of comfort. “Life always begins with one step outside of your comfort zone. – Shannon L. Alder. 

Stepping out of comfort zones will initially rock your world, but will eventually create a new world for you.” Coming out of your comfort zone is tough in the beginning, chaotic in the middle, and awesome in the end…because in the end, it shows you a whole new world !! Make an attempt..”- Manoj Arora

God bless us all. 

Good morning! 

​”Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” – Mary Kay Ash

Live your life as though there are no limits to what you can achieve. Truly there are no limits, except the ones you construct in your mind. There is always a  way round every challenge, and there are always higher heights to be attained. Don’t place any limit on yourself. Break the limits. You are unstoppable. You alone can stop You. 

I leave you with the words of Bruce Lee, “If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” 

No matter where you are today, leave your plateaus and go forward again. 

God bless us all. 

Good morning. 

There were times I came across some lists of goals or prayer requests I had written much earlier, and as I read through those lists or requests I smiled. I smiled not necessarily because the goals were achieved or the prayers answered, but because reading them much later reveals the inconsequentiality or insignificance of the requests or goals. Some will appear outrightly childish,  some selfish, and some just irrelevant. 

This personal experience has taught me to always weigh my actions, goals and objectives on the scale of materiality in posterity. Materiality in Posterity means ‘will it be material years after?’. I always ask myself questions like, if I don’t achieve this now, will it really matter? Is it that necessary? Will it still be material years later? These questions help me to readjust my priorities and maintain focus on life impacting goals. 

My advice to you today is to begin to weigh your decisions and intentions on the scale of materiality in posterity. If I steal to build, will posterity treat me well? If I lie about my age to get that job, will my body also lie after some years? Is acquiring more cars more material than sponsoring some orphans or less privileged? 

If we do a lot of introspective thinking before acting we will have less regrets in retrospect. Ask yourself before you take that action, ‘will it count later?’ 

Remember this always, ‘Wise men invest in people, ordinary men invest in things.’ 

God bless us all. 

Good morning!

Life starts with knowing yourself and what you are cut out to do (self and purpose), and ends with giving yourself fully to that purpose. 

It is not so much about the money, wealth, fame, or swagger. It is about the purpose and fulfilling it. It is about knowing who you are and what you are made for. 

Stop trying to be someone else. Know yourself and be yourself. You are at your best when you deploy your full strengths, skills and passions toward your purpose. The best an imitation can be is a copy. Be original. 

Appraise yourself. Carry out a personal SWOT. What are your strengths and weaknesses? What opportunities are available for you and what are the threats around you? 

When your strengths fuse with opportunities, greatness is birthed. When those opportunities are along the line of your purpose, and you pursue them with your strengths, you are on your way to achieving greatness that will outlive you. 

God bless us all. 

Good morning! 

For every new level you will attain in life, a new You is required. For every promotion you desire, you will be required to undergo higher examinations. The skill set required for the position of an officer is definitely lower than that required for the position of a manager. An Officer desiring to become a Manager will have to develop higher skills to succeed as a Manager. 

You cannot put a new wine in an old bottle, you will lose both the wine and the bottle. You will need to equip yourself with the right discipline, attitude, disposition, temperance and skills, required for that next level before you can get there. 

Are you desiring to become a husband or wife? Have you considered if you are good enough at managing yourself, let alone managing another person? Are you prepared for the arduous task of keeping the home clean, cooking, washing and maintaining your career all at once? 

What is your current elastic limit? If your elastic limit is not up to the required limit for the next level, then you need to first deal with yourself by stretching your limit further. One of the reasons why many of us are not getting the desired promotion is because we are not yet set for that promotion. If we get it now, it will be chaos and colossal failure. 

Check yourself today vis-a-vis  where you desire to be. Are you packaged for that desired package? 

God bless us all. 

Good morning! 

INDEED, EACH GIVES WHAT HE HAS.

Back in the days when Germany was divided, a huge wall separated East and West Berlin. One day, some people in East Berlin took a truck load of garbage and dumped it on the West Berlin side.
The people of West Berlin could have done the same thing, but they didn’t. Instead they took a truck load of canned goods, bread, milk and other provisions, and neatly stacked it on the East Berlin side.
On top of this stack they placed the sign: *“EACH GIVES WHAT HE HAS”*
How very true! You can only give what you have.
My dear friend, what do you have inside of you? Is it hate or love? Violence or peace? Death or life?
What have you acquired over the years? Is it capacity to build or capacity to destroy? Is it ability to make money or steal money? Is it ingenuity to develop good things that will benefit mankind or ability to bomb those good things that others have labored to build?
*”EACH GIVES WHAT HE HAS”*
O my brethren! Think about it.

God bless us all.

Good morning!

(Pls this was copy and not my write up)