You may not have all you desire, but you surely have what someone else desires. 
You may be living from day to day with no stable source of income, but you are still alive. 
You may even be lying on hospital bed right now and questioning God, but friend the dead in the grave can’t ask any question. 
Your children may be giving you headache and you are getting tired of shouting, hey dear, some don’t have any. 
Your vehicle may be giving you problem and you feel like throwing it away, but some don’t mind having anything on four wheels. 
You may not have money but you can sleep when you want, some have all the money yet sleep eludes them. 
Whatever your situation is, count your blessings and be grateful for them. 
God bless us all. 
Good morning! 
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We live in a fast-paced age, the age I call the ‘Instant Age’. We have instant noodles, instant weight loss programs, instant wealth creation systems, instant this and that. Technology has in no small way contributed to this phenomenon. Ideas can now be sold across continents within few minutes! Thanks to social media platforms and emails. 
Along with this phenomenon of ‘instant result’ has come the spirit of Hastiness. We have all caught the bug of hastiness. We rush out of our homes everyday, rush through the traffic and in the process become unruly and a menace to other road users, we rush through deliverables and miss out salient points or even make mistakes in the process. 
We are so impatient that we don’t even have time to explain things to our kids any longer. We snap at them when the innocent questions start coming, they keep mum and seek answers elsewhere, usually from the wrong sources. 
We also rush into relationships and head to altar with people we hardly know. When we begin to see their true colors, it is already too late to go back. We are hasty to become successful and so we don’t mind stepping on others to get to the top. The best way to the top is still by building others not by pulling down, so stop tearing others down. 
Even in spiritual matters, we often jump ahead of God when He shows us a glimpse of what He has in mind for us. We end up burning our fingers and ruining the show before it starts. 
Can we begin to take a pause and slow down a bit? Remember the race is not to the swift, neither is the battle to the strongest. He that believeth shall not make haste. Isaiah 28:16. 

Also note that this is not to be misconstrued as counsel to become complacent. It is a call to avoid hastiness, it is dangerous and can lead to permanent loss. 
God bless us all. 
Good morning! 

​When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need. –Lao Tzu

Moving on can sometimes be extremely difficult and near impossible, especially when it has to do with a broken relationship, loss of a loved one, business disaster, reputational damage, or natural disaster. Any of these occurrences can cause a lot of trauma and disillusion. Victims usually refuse to accept reality and often see themselves still in the pre-trauma period. 

Here are a few guides to moving on:

1. Acknowledge the loss: You must first of all acknowledge the fact that the relationship is over, the loved one is truly dead, the loss has been incurred, etc. This is very important because it helps you to live in the present and accept reality. 

2. Pour out your grief: Don’t try to hide your grief, cry it out, spill it out, do all you can to ensure it is not bottled inside. Talk to someone if necessary. Pouring out your grief makes you feel lighter and ready to make new decisions. Justin Timberlake said “Cry me a river, build a bridge, and get over it.” Don’t blame yourself unnecessarily,even where you are at fault, scold yourself and free yourself. 
3. Face Reality: You then need to face reality. Accept the fact that your spouse or partner is gone. Can you go it alone or do you need a new partner? The loss has been incurred, how do you start all over again? What mistakes did you make in the past relationship? What are the lessons from the broken relationship? 
4. Give yourself to others: Sometimes it is helpful to get involved in some volunteer works before making new decisions,especially when a loved one has been lost. You may volunteer to help widows, orphans, homeless, etc. Doing so helps you to see the hurts of others, and you can provide comfort from the comfort you have received. 
5. Make new decisions: Don’t stay down in the trenches forever. When the war is over, soldiers leave the trenches and get back to strategy room. Don’t remain in limbo, it is time to make new decisions. Learn from the past, but don’t let it color your vision of the future. Opportunities come in different shapes and forms. 

6. Enjoy life: Enjoy your new life and live in the present. The past is gone, the present is all yours and the future awaits you. Don’t let the memories of the past blind you from enjoying the beauty of the moment. Remember you only live once. 
Finally, the time between each of these phases differs depending on the events, strengths of those involved and circumstances. It is just necessary to know when to move on. 
God bless us all. 
Good morning! 

We often suspend doing some good works because of some sense of inadequacy. We postpone writing our books, singing our songs, visiting the orphanages, taking up a community work, etc, not because we don’t want to do it but because we feel we are not fully prepared yet. And so days crawl into weeks and the weeks grow into months and before we realise it years have gone and the relevance of those good deeds is no more there. Sounds familiar? 
This is a struggle almost everybody goes through. We must understand that some strengths will not be revealed until a demand is placed on them, and demand will only come in the place of action. There is a potential energy (energy at rest) in each of us waiting to be activated into kinetic energy (energy in motion). This potential energy can only be activated in the process of movement. Until you take the first step you can’t see the next step. But because we want to see the entire step before we launch out, we often miss out on great opportunities to be a blessing. 
Stop waiting to see the entire step, you are adequately equipped for that step. Take that step and the puzzle will begin to take shape. Our lives are sometimes like a puzzle, until you take the first or second piece of puzzle, you may not be able to figure out the puzzle. 
This is why you should be at the ‘Step Out of the Confines of Comfort’ seminar. Happening on 22nd October. It is designed to activate that potential energy. See you there. 
God bless us all. 
Good morning.  

We are often trapped in the confines of our safety, familiar environment, familiar people, or jobs and become so used to such that we limit our growth potential. 
Even as a nation, we became so used to petrodollars such that when the bubble burst, we were caught off-guard and literally left stranded. We overstayed in the confines of a mono-economy. 
Many of us have plateaued when there are still more mountains to conquer. Many of us are afraid of taking steps beyond the known into the unknown. We have become victims of self-imprisonment in the worlds we created for ourselves. 
It is time to break all chains of limitations and leave those confinements holding us back. Your full potential is outside of where you are now. Until you reach out for the sky, you can’t touch stars. 
Break out and breakforth. Let us make it a date at the ‘Step Out of the Confines of Comfort’ seminar on 22nd October. You will experience a transformation. 
God bless us all. 
Good morning! 

Another way through which we look up to others is through reading about them or watching their biographies or autobiographies in films. In other words, what we read and watch on TV have a great impact on our mind and eventually translate to our actions. 
What kind of books do you read? Are they books that edify you, increase your knowledge and understanding, make you more intelligent? What kind of programs do you watch on the TV? Where do children learn some strange dance steps? Mostly from what they see their friends doing and what they see on TV. Just as you censor what your children watch or read, you must censor what you watch or read too. 
Whether you accept it or not, you are directly and indirectly influenced by what you read or watch. Take care to censor what you read or watch, if you truly desire to be great. 
God bless us all. 
Good morning! 

Everybody is a reflection of some others. Most of our thought patterns, habits and actions are picked from someone or some people who we look up to. We are both directly and indirectly influenced by the behaviour of people around us and even sometimes those far from us, but who we deeply respect. We are also influenced by what we read or see, but we will stay on who we look up to today. 
It is thus important to check those who are influencing you directly and indirectly. Are they influencing you positively or otherwise? If you are struggling with some negative habits, you may need to first check for direct and indirect reinforcements of such habits. It may be something you have seen in a close friend or even your parents or siblings. Until you deal with the influencer, you may not be able to change that habit. 
If you want to build good habits and drop bad ones, surround yourself with those who have those good habits and distance yourself from those with the bad habits. If those with the bad habits are unavoidable, then you have to take on the challenge of helping them to change. 
The people you look up to can determine who you become, you therefore need to see that you are looking up to the right people. 
God bless us all. 
Good morning! 
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Are you feeling like you have been kept in the cooler? Feeling like you are missing in action? Every good football player always wants to be fielded in every match, barring injury or booking suspension. 

There are times the coach will keep a fit player on the bench. Coaches do this for so many reasons. Sometimes they could be keeping the player for a particular match or towards the end of the game in a match, especially when such players are game changers. Other times, it could be punishment for a misbehaviour, or to avoid exposing the player to injuries while playing. 

Likewise, life sometimes keeps us on the bench and we become angry and frustrated. For similar reasons, you may be kept on the bench of life for a particular purpose and season. Do not despair. You may have sustained some serious injuries too,  unknowing to you and if you continue, you will just crash. Sometimes it is as a result of our mistakes. 
Whichever one is the situation, the bench is not a permanent position, you will soon resume back to actions. While you are on the bench, keep learning, keep equipping yourself and stay prepared. You may be called to action anytime. Don’t fret, it is just a phase. 

God bless us all. 

Good morning! 

Permit me to borrow the title of the prison notes of Professor Wole Soyinka published in 1971. He expressed his fears during his twenty two months incarceration for supporting the Ibo. He concluded that man doesn’t have to accept failure as his lot, but can rise above failure with the help of others. 
Borrowing from Prof. Wole Soyinka, the man in you dies when you keep quiet in the face of injustice. 
The man in you dies when you pretend like it doesn’t concern you when the man in uniform is unjustly harassing the man in mufti on the road. 
The man in you dies when you refuse to speak against wrong policies of the government that have direct negative  impact on you and your children, both living and yet unborn. 
The man in you dies when you support tyrannical leaders because of the loots you share with them. 
The man in you dies when you misplaced justice as a judge or magistrate because you have been settled. 
The man in you dies when all you do is pray for your leaders but refuse to speak when they are going wrong. 
The man in you dies when you cede your mind and reasoning to your spiritual leaders and fail to weigh their counsel upon the scale of truth and free conscience. 
The man in you dies when you allow the pursuit of survival to drown out the voice of purpose crying for fulfilment in you.  
How many times has the man in you died? Is there still a man in you? 
God bless us all. 
Good morning! 
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As we wrap up this series today, we will be closing with the Poverty Mentality. This is the mentality that has crippled the African race and kept us behind all other races. It is the mentality ruling most of our leaders. It is the mentality that has ravaged our land and is still enslaving our children in droves just like a vortex sucks in water. It is arguably the worst of all, in terms of its capacity to destroy both present and future potentials.  
What is poverty mentality? It is a mental block that makes someone sees himself as been poor and pushes one to steal, loot, usurp, waste and kill, with a view to amass enough wealth to guarantee that one would never be poor again. It is the mentality that makes people believe that every opportunity to hold a position,  either in private or public offices, is an opportunity to enrich themselves rather than serving the good of all. It is also the reason why we sell our goods and services at abnormal margins because we think we may never sell again. Smart people leverage on turnover, poor people leverage on margins. It only takes time before the foolishness of abnormal margins is revealed. 

Poverty mentality is the black race worst nightmare! This was why some of our forefathers colluded with the white man to sell fellow blacks into slavery. Oh, how better we would be, if we deal a death blow to Poverty Mentality. 
It is borne out of insecurity and apprehension of the future. We don’t trust ourselves or our leaders to do the right things to ensure a good future, so we help ourselves by defrauding, embezzling, looting, stealing and killing. All ritualists, kidnappers, looters of treasuries, armed robbers, prostitutes and practitioners of other money-induced vices are victims of Poverty Mentality. 
In that you have written yourself off from making it, and have settled for taking what belongs to others, you are poor even though you have the best mansions or possessions. If you follow the principles of success, you will make it, no matter how long it takes. Stop allowing Poverty Mentality to rule you, it not only destroys you, it destroys others as well. 
God bless us all. 
Good morning!