Let there be light

"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning"

In the morning, we are presented with a blank cheque and fresh opportunity to follow a new path. Wake up! Even though morning starts when darkness fades away according to geography, i personally believe that morning starts when you wake up. "Arise and Shine for thy light as come and the Glory of lord as risen upon you ". Wake up and then stand up. Take action in pursuit of your God given dreams. Shake off the disappointment of yesterday.

What is so special about the morning? Light......Yes Light comes and turns night into day. Let there be light! That is the evidence of a new beginning. Light brings things into full view. It provides insight, understanding. Light could mean new information, fresh knowledge, unique insight, revelation, new method etc. Any of this can signal the end of an era. It can herald the dawning of a new disposition.

"While men slept, the enemy came and sowed bad seeds". The night is a time men usually sleep. It’s a period of low or non activity. It’s a period of helplessness and ignorance. Scripture says my people perish for lack of knowledge. Don’t stay in the dark. Shed light into those dark regions of your life. Get informed. Are you poor? Then read diverse books and magazines on wealth creation. Attend seminars. Talk with people who are on the path of financial freedom.

Anytime you want to move to the next level, you must do the needful. Get information and take appropriate steps. “A little sleep and a little folding of the arms shall poverty come to you”. Stay alert and workout your salvation with fear and trembling. Conduct due diligence on any and every opportunity you want to embrace. Avoid the temptation to get rich quick. If it is too good to be true then it is. Verify, talk to other professionals about it. Things done in secret have a tendency to be fraudulent or wrong. Be transparent and engage in transparent business and transactions. Avoid any form of shady dealing.

I see light at the end of the tunnel.

Greener Pastures

“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be so wonderful if there were not dark valleys to traverse” Hellen Keller

Sometimes as humans we are tempted to envy people around us who appear to be succeeding. Our times and seasons are different. Scripture says we should not be like fools who compare themselves with themselves. Rejoice with people making progress around you. If the grass appears to be greener on the other side of the fence, you can rest assured that the water bill is higher too.

Don’t let what you lack put a lid to your progress. Look at what you have and make use of it. The greatest capital is the willingness to start with what you have and where you are. All you need is to think creatively, look afresh at what you normally take for granted.

You don’t need any special talent. Just be passionate about what you do or look for something you are passionate about and do it excellently. Put your mind to it and in a short while you will blow peoples mind with your performance.

It is important you are productive. You can’t afford to be in the market place and be idle. An English adage says idleness is the beginning of all vices. Do not bite at the bait of idleness beneath it is a hook. Keep on walking. Don’t spend all the time thinking or talking about the dream or vision. Take steps. A Chinese proverb says “he who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg”.

Yes there will be limitations to overcome. Don’t let that scare you. Success is like wrestling a gorilla, you don’t quit when you are tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired says Robert Strauss. There will be temptations to quit. Please don’t yield. Dr Maxwell said “quitting is not running from our problems, it is running from the opportunity to solve our problems”.

As I close, I will like to remind you that though we aren’t what we ought to be and we aren’t where we ought to be but thank God, we aren’t what we used to be.

A Call to Success

"Success is a little like wrestling a gorrila. You dont quit when you are tired-You quit when the gorrila is tired" Robert Strauss.

I cant stress this enough....do not quit or give in. Their is profit in all labour if you sustain your efforts. dont backout just now. This is the eve of your coronation. It is usually darkest just before dawn.

To succeed in life, you need to continuously learn from nature, organisations, and individuals. Emerson said "every man i meet is my superior in some way, in that, i learn from him". The wise teach us on what we should do to attain prominence. The foolish teaches us what we should avoid in order not to end up like them.

You cannot afford to be indifferent. Show interest, participate....Seek ways to improve yourself and the society. Showing up is part reason why some people have succeeded. Love people, Love your Community. By so doing, you will be inspired to help and make life better for them. You will identify needs you can meet and also be rewarded for it.

To succeed in this season, you need to leverage on other peoples resources. Woodrow Wilson said "we should not only use the brains we have, but also all that we can borrow". Filter the gist you hear in public places and you will be left with golden ideas that will impact positively on your financial fortunes. Every time someone complains about something, that is an opportunity announcing it self.

I have gotten to a level in my life that all i see is opportunities. Even when i watch a movie i see business ideas. Do something with the ideas. Break it down into stages and activities and then implement it. The greatest Capital is the willingness to start small and where you are.

Success is also a function of making mistakes. Mistakes helps us to improve and become better. it also ensure we remain humble and makes us conscious that we dont know it all. Tallulah Bankhead said "if i had my life to live over again, I 'd make the same mistakes only sooner". Are you cut out for business? Please dont wait till you are retired....start it alongside your present employement. Start to make your own mistakes early.

I see you redefining succeess in your generation.

@ Oluyemi Adeosun

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

You need to learn to be happy by nature, because you will seldom have the chance to be happy by circumstance. Great and fulfilled people draw their strength from God. Greatness is not where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it but sail we must and not drift nor lie at anchor.

You may never know how big of an impact you are on the world. On behalf of the rest of us, I appreciate your person and personality. Thank you for your contributions so far. However, I still know that this is not your best so far. However, I still know that this is not your best. The best is yet but sure to come. T.S Eliot said “Only those who risk going so far can possibly find out how one can go.

What do you want to achieve? Which legacy do you want to leave behind? I have good news for you God said “take what you want, then pay for it”. Jane Wagner also adds “I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific. Don’t let a lack of focus or direction limit your potential.

Reach out to your dreams. Try again…don’t allow the failure of others or your past prevent you from trying. Launch out to the deep. Don’t just say the race is not to the swift because the race is to those who keep on running. A great man was asked to prescribe the secret to success he said “Keep at it”.

Don’t be like a coward who thinks with his legs in times of trouble. Use your brain….exert your mind. If you can think through, there is a way through. Don’t just satisfy the stake holders; astonish them with your performance.

Fight for your dreams. Once you stop fighting for what you want, what you don’t want will automatically show up. Don’t be indifferent. Do something with your life. Greatness is a choice you must embrace. Upgrade your skill sets and mindsets. Add value to every hour and day.

@ Oluyemi Adeosun

Excellence a Way of Life

I will like to encourage you to be thorough in your job, assignment or whatever endeavor you lay your hands on. Someone is watching you right now who is capable of rewarding you tomorrow. Quality is always remembered even long after price has been forgotten. Your quality has a person must not be in doubt.

Make up your mind to put in quality efforts into your project. Life is largely an input-output thing. You get what you invest back in multifold. Somebody said there are no third world countries only third world minds. Excellence and quality is a direction in which we are heading.

Oliver Holmes said “the greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in which direction we are moving. You should not start to manage well when the organization or project grows big. You need to start to manage well from now. The greatest capital is the willingness to start small. When you excel on a small scale, you will ultimately excel at a bigger capacity.

A key factor in excellence is doing what we know or believe in. we need to move into the season of massive implementation. Peter Drucker said “the problem in my life and other people’s lives is not the absence of knowing what to do, but the absence of doing it”.

Life is a sum of so many things. Adversity is part of it. Without adversity, life will just be one smooth and boring road. With adversity, one appreciates victory, realizes ones true friends and foes, and ones strength and weaknesses.

Never allow the weight of your challenges or situation make you compromise on quality. I close with the words of Andrew Jackson “You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing”.

Making Room for Yourself

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late” Ralph Emerson. Do not hesitate to assist other people. If it crosses your heart to be a blessing, just do it. Your words of encouragement can prevent someone from committing suicide. Gratitude is an essential attitude of great people. Be appreciative of peoples input into your life.

Don’t take people or opportunities for granted. A Yoruba proverb says “If you say thank you for the gift of yesterday you will be positioned to receive another one”. I have also come to realize that people who are grateful soon start giving gifts to other people. Do you remember the person God used to give you a career, business, or educational breakthrough? If they are still alive, create time to visit them. Send them a token of appreciation.

It will not only gladden the recipient’s heart but also open greater windows of opportunities to you. Gifts need not cost a fortune. Go to a departmental store and you will get items at bargain prices. I encourage you today; make a list of those who you are going to give gifts too. Start appreciating the people who feature on the list as resources permit.
It might also interest you to note that some people will appreciate you visiting them and they will receive you like a gift. Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day” Sally Kock. The truth is “it is difficult to give away kindness. It keeps coming back to you” Cort Flint.

The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become” Charles Dubois. Giving is first an attitude before it is a function of the resources at your disposal. Seneca Said “After a bad harvest, there must be sowing” Strive to be the first: first to nod, first to compliment, and first to forgive”

The hand of the giver is always on top. Gift open doors. Scripture says the gift of a man will make room for him. Do you desire an expansion? Then start sowing the right seeds. Give time, affection, attention, information, money etc. You are going to feel the peace of God permeate your heart.

Do you have stuff that you no longer use and is in good condition? Go ahead and donate it to people who are in need. God bless you.
Oluyemi Adeosun

ACTOR NO DEY DIE

You may be in a fix right now……
Yet am sure there is a way out of this phase……
Simply because you don’t know when or how….
Does not justify that re-occurring decision to quit.

In spite of the despondency
I choose to embrace hope
In spite of the seeming lack of incentive
I choose to make great attempts.
When the chips are down
Be the actor!
Its your opportunity to be a superstar
Lift up your head

You are greater
Than that obstacle
You can aspire farther
The limits don’t matter
Its in you the capacity
To cross that hurdle
That’s is why you are saddled
With responsibility
That appears overwhelming

I made it through
The last phase, mishap, tragedy, success
I will make it through this trial
My name will feature
In the Hebrew hall of fame

@ Oluyemi Adeosun