GREATER THAN

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One common expectation is that a newer generation should be greater than the older, a new car should be greater than the earlier models.  Applying this principle to human development, one of the prayers of most parents is that their children should be greater than them. 

However, a fact remains that no new generation will be greater than the old unless that generation strives hard to do so. Pastor Adeboye, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God always prays for us his children that we shall be greater than him.  And we all say a very loud 'Amen'.  But the reality is that for anyone of us to aspire to be greater than him, we must exceed him in everything:in prayers, in hard work and we must develop a larger vision than his.  We must also surpass him as a mult-skilled personality.  Failure to attain these, will take us, not above but far below, the ever-busy great man.  Yet every day he is setting a new standard!

In relaying this message to my children, I told them, that for them to be greater than me, they must follow the same principle of hard work, risk taking, prayerfulness and their visions must surpass mine.  No doubt they must be as multi-skilled as their father is: a preacher, a teacher a writer, a public speaker, a lover of people and a man who is out to attain excellence both in his spiritual and secular activities!

To let them realise this goal, I have made it a point of duty to expose to them what I had done in the past, what I am doing now and what I intend doing in years to come.  This is to enable them not only to key in but also to develop larger visions than mine.  And everyday, I set new standards too! So they must all understand where I am at any point in time so that they will compare it with their present levels and try to fill the gap.

If you must be greater than the generation before you therefore, you must understudy the generation itself and set higher visions beyond theirs otherwise, you may find yourself only saying 'amen' to best wishes that will never manifest.  God bless you.


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Habits: Dishonesty - It all starts small

Habits:  Dishonesty - It all starts small

Everything starts small.  One step after the other, starting with Light, God created everything on planet earth and in six days too!  Giants are not born giants.  No. They started as babies and grew to become giants. Great men don't start great, they grow to become great!  Even Kings and Queens start first as Princes and Princesses!

So it is with our habits.  It all starts small.  When children are born, they are born empty.  Gradually, starting with their parents they begin to imbibe some habits - good or bad.  As they grow in their neighbourhood, they pick up more from their larger families. As they venture outside their homes, they pick up further habits from the society: e.g. their friends,  and such other organised bodies as worship centres.  

And there are only two habits they can pick up - Good or bad habits!  An armed robber, a rapist, or any criminal for that matter started his or her criminality small.  For instance an armed robber would start with stealing petty things as little cash from their parents, meat in the soup, sweet on the counter, etc.  Gradually, they become experts and they graduate to pocket-picking and other forms of pilfering and the wider their geographical horizon the more opportunities they have to perpetrate their nefarious acts.  A rapist did not just start when he is an adult.  He started when he was playing in the sands with his age mates - at a very tender age.  And his lustful eyes continue to see his victims here and there.  When he grows up, he becomes bolder and sometimes has to induce himself to be so he could accomplish his goals. 

That is why the roles of parents in quickly exposing and correcting all bad traits discovered in their children are very crucial in parenting.  When your child is given a gift and he or she does not let you know, he is on the path to dishonesty and may end up an armed robber, a fraudstar or name it.  When your child hides his or her results from you he has started his acts of dishonesty.  When your boy-children begin to run after girls at their tender ages, then you may be breeding future rapists.  When your girl-children begin so early in life to ask you for indecent dresses or forms the habits shamelessly being half-naked or worse still understands all forms of lips painting, tattoos, so early in life,  you may be breeding future prostitutes.  Children, male or female who prefer to read or watch romantic books/films are heading towards stupidity, prostitution, child abusing and eventual failure in life.  When your child leaves home for school and never gets there but gets back home at the right time he ought to after school, you may be breeding future cultists.  The list is unending. 

What then do we do?  The best thing to do to discourage any bad habit is to nip it in the bud right from the very day it is noticed and pursue it until its traces can no longer be noticed.   Secondly, the very opposite of the bad habit should become a training topic for whoever is affected. The victim should be taken through on all the trainings, counselling, praying, rebuking, etc necessary to free him from the bad habit.

Unless we want to lie, all of us have picked up one bad habit or the other at one point in our lives.  But they were promptly corrected before we went too far.  Therefore correct your children when they have not gone too far. Good morning.






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Accusations

Accusations

Some leaders hate the Press like plague.  Majority of them also hate the mere mention of any arm of the Law Enforcement Authorities.  Some fear talking about their private lives.  Some can never write their auto-biographies for people to read.   Why all these?

Some leaders fear the press not because they have any skeleton in their cupboards but because they are shy.  They don't want to have anything to do with anyone - the press for that matter - who are never tired of asking questions.  

Another category fear the press in particular because by the time many questions are asked about them in their private or official capacities, they may be implicated.  And this might lead to further investigations that could bring them to the jaws of Law Enforcement Authorities.

One thing that many people fail to admit is that there's hardly anything like a private life in the real sense of it so long as we live as social beings and we all interact.  Yet our interaction will bring to fore who we are - our character traits. Our character traits may bring us favour or disfavour, fame or disgrace.  An American popular ex-President who was involved in extra-marital relationship in his private capacity lost his right to privacy when he held a public office.   But for the fact that American society which expects so much from its leaders magnanimously forgave her President because he was considered a good leader, he would have been disgraced out of office. 

The situation is even worse in our official capacities where we have as many admirers as we have those who for several reasons (envy, greed, failure to tolerate certain moral bankruptcies, sheer hatredness etc) hate to see eye-to-eye with us.  It all the more bad for those who hold sensitive positions that involve being entrusted with their organisations' finances.   If you manage direct cash or the purse of your organisation, only few people will believe that you may not be fraudulent after all.  Majority will call you an outright thief, though they have nothing to substantiate it.  The fact that you seem to be living well may even seem to support that view because they will not come to you to ask how you come about living well.  As far as they are concerned, you must be stealing the company's money to live well.  This is not to say that the temptations are not there for an average person to become corrupt but I still believe that though they are in the very minority, there are still people who have the grace and good conscience not to abuse the position of authority entrusted to them.

But the fear of being wrongly accused of fraud is keeping some otherwise honest persons away from venturing into positions of authority be it political or economic.  They don't want to soil their names.  So they remain at the background in everything they do! For this reason, their people are losing the benefits they ought to gain.

Don't know how much you dread being accused.  But it should never be a basis for you not to do what you ought to do to benefit humanity.  What is important is that your personal character matters. And people will talk about it even long after you are dead.  What the writer believes is that nobody should be afraid of being accused.  But everybody so accused must be prepared to defend themselves.  It is when their allegations is proved to be true that you are disgraced!  Not defending yourself may be construed to mean concurrence. We know of many past leaders today who ignore such defence. It is either because they are guilty as alleged or ...  As far as accusations are concerned, 'silence may not be golden'.  So when you are accused, be prepared to defend yourself.  For you to do so successfully, please live right.  When you make mistakes, people will recognise it as a mistake or carelessness.  But when you are out-rightly fraudulent, it is equally glaring.  Even when you are guilty, what people generally hate is to be non-challant about it. If you show remorse, people are ready to forgive you but don't keep them in suspense for too long before showing soberness.  This principle is universal to everywhere we find ourselves: at home, in the worship centres, at work, etc.

Good morning.
















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Formal Education and Wealth Creation

Formal Education 

and Wealth Education

Formal education is very important.  Informal education is very vital.  Formal education is the type of tutoring we receive in many places e.g. from Nursery to Tertiary Institutions.  In this type of education, certificates, degrees, diplomas etc are issued to evidence participation after one must have passed the prescribed examinations.  

Informal education include short term courses, seminars, professional bodies organised mandatory continuous education programmes, self-study programmes, home trainings offered to children by parents, discussions held generally from people etc.   

Of these two major educational segments, wealth education, at least for now, falls under informal education.

One thing that needs to understood is that both education systems offer 'knowledge' which is very important to success in anything we undertake one of which is financial success.  It is only now that we are beginning to realise that formal education does not necessarily lead to financial success.  Except for those who read professional courses such as architecture, law, medicine, pharmacy, etc which lend themselves to instant practice thereby unconsciously bringing out the enterprising nature of their practitioners, almost all other courses will only render their patrons to 'slave labour'.  

No matter how fat salaries may be, they are only good to start life with, but never something to depend upon for wealth creation.  You may cultivate a good savings habit, but surely increasing expenses will not permit you to save more than a certain proportion of your income. Unfortunately, wherever you invest such savings, it is subject to inflationary movement - upwards or downwards which render its returns unreliable.  The only sector I know for now renders good returns is something like the real estate because of its tendency to appreciate over time.  But land is not what you can hurriedly dispose whenever you need cash so your expectation at maximising profit might still be affected but it is a reliable safely invest PART OF your income that you will not be needing under emergency.

Salary earners who do not create alternative sources of creating wealth through such incomes, can never be truly rich in the real sense of the word.  Unfortunately formal trainings don't teach wealth creation procedures. Another unfortunate thing is the wrong orientation we all earlier in life have about formal education as an end in itself instead of a means to an end.  An average person wants to be educated so he can gain good employment and work till retirement, then survive on pension.  It worked for many but failed for majority of people thereby leading them to end-time poverty in their old age!   It is even worse now that employment opportunities are fast dwindling now in the labour market!

Wealth

Biological or Adopted Children: What's the Difference?

Biological or Adopted Children: What's the Difference?

The world has many ways  of distinguishing situations and things!  They have a way of discriminating among themselves, their children, and so on.  

We are taking a look at the difference between a biological child and an adopted one.  A biological child is a child that is given birth to directly by parents while adopted child is a child not given birth to directly by parents who take charge of their upkeep.  This singular difference between these two children which is the fact that one is a 'direct' while the other is 'indirect' has given rise to how each child is treated.   There's a high emotional attachment to 'direct' children such that there's no limit to the quantum of his inheritance in terms of love, affection,care, provision, etc.  But when it is the turn of the 'indirect' children, some parents are very conscious to determine the limit of their benefits. The most interesting aspect of this discriminatory treatment is the fact that even when a foster parent tries to bridge the gap, he or she will be reminded to discriminate!  Many of these people engineering discriminatory treatments are supposedly men and women of God!

Now let's face the reality test.  All Christians are 'adopted' children.  Jesus Christ himself was adopted by Joseph because he did not father him biologically!  All of us are therefore children of God by adoption and joint hiers with Christ.  All of us expect that once we belong to Christ, we should be treated equally by God the Father as he would treat Christ i.e. our inheritance should be the same. But here on earth, we discriminate on the basis of biology!  when it is our turn, God should not bother about 'biology' but when it is 'their' turn, we discriminate against those who have no 'biological' relationship with us.  These are the  contradictions about our lives. 

If I say let's treat everybody equally, I know I will be generating a controversy for not even a Christian who has been taught extensively about how to demonstrate love to their neighbours as themselves or even to their enemies will agree with me whereas doing less than that is living below God's standard.  It will even sound strange before extended family members to apportion an equal treatment to a person considered a total stranger to the family's inheritance.  Yet this development is a food for thought for all who are interested in advancing course of love. It is not impossible to treat your adopted children like your biological ones if you care to do so.  However, even if you still,  struggle with the mere thought of its possibility, and you still wonder as to how you can will so 'heavy' inheritance to your adopted children why not demonstrate extra love by    giving them good clothing, food, education, and things that will make them feel truly loved?

Who are your 'adopted' children? The children you legally adopted from orphanage homes following strict legal rules or just adopted because you have sympathy for them.   Your salaried house helps.  The younger members of your extended family whom you have brought under your roof.  Good morning.




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Money or Idea?

 Money or Idea?

No doubt whatever we want to do or become in life money is a major factor that readily comes to mind.  Even the Bible rightly recognises money as answer to all issues.  

In this write-up we are looking at the role of money in attaining any goal.  To set up a business for instance, there has been this argument as to which comes first - money or idea?   And whenever money is given priority, many ideas have rested in the bellies of those who have them because once the do a mental budget of how it much it will cost them to actualise their ideas and they discover that they cannot afford such monies.  

On the other hand, some people have argued that an idea - a 'bankable one for that matter' is more to be preferred because it is argued that whenever an idea is bright enough there will always be somebody somewhere who will be willing to sponsor or support it to execution.  

Either way, there are uncertainties.  Many bankable ideas die because nobody would come up financially  to make them come to light.  It is equally true that many ideas die before they were born simply because the owner cannot fathom where the money will come from to execute them so they don't waste time exploring it to the point of being 'bankable'.

What is the way forward?  If you have an idea, follow it through to a 'bankable' point.  Document it and continue to explore for whoever will be willing to fund it.  Make thorough research as to who can support it. But most often all such efforts will still not yield desired result.  When this happens, what to do is to turn yourself to the sponsor of your own idea by coming up with a lesser idea that will generate the required income for you to sponsor the bigger idea.  

This is the story of Tomimia who developed Topsy Tail as a business venture.  She needed N5,000 to patent her product but could not raise it.  An idea occurred to her to write a book but she had difficulty choosing a topic that would be best-selling.  Finally she remembered she once kissed a young guy who once dated her and that the guy complimented her so well such that she wondered what was so special about kissing.   She finally decided to write a book on the 'funny' subject of 'kissing' and submitted it to a publishing house which not only accepted her manuscript but paid her $7,500 advance ever before it was published. And when published the book became an instant best-seller!  With the $7,500 she paid $5000 to patent her pet project. The project later became so successful that she retired early from her paid employment with IBM to attend to it full time.(Story on pp 95-102 of "Start Small and Finish Big" by Fred DeLuca)"

The bottom line is that if you have an idea and you don't have the money to execute it, while you are looking for people who will support it, develop a lesser idea that will generate the funds.  Either way, one will click.  Good morning.

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Operating Joint Account

Operating Joint Account

Should  a couple hold joint account?  

Surely there's nothing wrong with it as the two persons ought to have 'melted' to become one.  And it should be what should be aimed at as our marital relationships grow older and older.   

However, at the initial stage of relationship, I will always caution against it.  The reason is simple.  Everyone wants to maintain a level of flexibility and control over their earnings and would want to do certain things without a 'board resolution'.  Joint Account removes this flexibility and makes everything so legalistic that it becomes a problem instead of a solution.

Secondly, even though couples are one, it is not all the time that one person agrees with the spending nature of  the other.  Spendings on extended members of the family always pose challenges to couples as one person may favour while the other disfavours the quantum of money that goes to that segment of the larger family.  Where there's disagreement, it breads misunderstanding such that the couple's relationship may be in trouble.

The greatest challenge is that it is easier to enter into the bond of Joint Account but very difficult to opt out in case one party does not like it again.  It brings about family disintegration. 

What is to be done?  Don't enter into Joint Account relationship without a full (democratic) understanding that either party can terminate the relationship at any point in time if he or she discovers it is not workable.  Let this be thoroughly understood form Day 1 and do not hesitate to apply the rule when the need arises.  Flexibility is the sole of a successful management of Joint Account relationship.   It should be sufficient for one party to call the other and say "let's separate accounts' without creating a bad blood.  How many people is matured to accept this request on a platter of gold?  My recommendation is that couples should not rush to operate joint account.  

How do you manage your own life in this direction?  Nothing to hide for I should be preaching what I practice.  This is the way we manage ours.  My wife and I are on the latter part of our 3rd decade in a successful relationship.  We thank God for the grace. It was only last year that I decided voluntarily to make my spouse signatory to all my accounts. I know her enough now.  Even if anything happens to me and she takes over all I have, she deserves it and I have nothing to lose whereas I am joyful I am married not to an angel but to someone who has good conscience!  Not only that, I know her spending nature such that I know I am safe in her hands.    Also it makes life easy for my entire family should anything happens - all she needs do is to carry on as if nothing has happened.   This of course will make life easy for her and our children.  

To further expand this, at a stage, I am seriously contemplating introducing all my children that have attained the age of 21 and above as co-signatories to my account.  I've no fear doing this because they've been brought up not to be greedy for gain.  Also, it will be done such that no one person can singularly operate the account without the knowledge of the other.  This way I am envisaging that life should be smooth even if both mum and dad, for one reason or the other cannot operate my accounts.  By the time we are old and gone, our children should be able to smoothly manage our estate without let.

So talking about Joint Account, it is good but it should be handled with care and full understanding of its benefits and implications which all who adopt it must be privy to.  Good morning.

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There's Hope for Nigeria

There's Hope for Nigeria

God loves Nigeria! And God willing, Nigeria will survive and emerge as a world leader one day.  And it will not be too long to happen. God willing, it will be during my lifetime.  Indeed, I will be a partaker in the benefits to follow.  


I am happy that Nigerians are now beginning to talk about issues, real and tenable issues.  Up to 5 years ago, many people got so frustrated that they felt that the injustice in Nigeria would only be addressed if through disintegration.  I am happy today that paradigm has shifted because we seem to be understanding better.  Our three tiers of Government are now respecting one another's constitutional responsibilities and at the same time are partnering together instead of working against one another.  

The good man, Late ex-President Umar Yar Adua set the ball rolling by giving us correct interpretation of what 'the rule of law' means in his actions throughout his stay in power.  Amiable President Jonathan Goodluck is an enlightened mind and is steering the course of the nation in the right direction. 






 What has bothered my mind most was the dehuminising level Niger Delta issue got to.  Some corrupt leaders were talking about Resource Control when they were busy looting the little that came to the Niger Delta region - thank God they have now been exposed and silenced.  I first stepped my feet on the soil of Niger Delta sometime in 1989 or so, Warri to be precise.  My first reaction was that of grave disappointment because I could not see any sign of development in that popular city.  I asked myself questions prominent amongst which was what if oil dries up today, won't Warri be worse than it was before oil exploration began years back?

But today, I am happy to see noticeable progress of development.  But the greatest recovery is yet to be experienced.  With the Federal Government now focusing on 'wholistic' development, let me hope that Niger Delta as a whole will soon become an enviable part of Nigeria. Justice is right here.  Nobody would have thought that Niger Delta could produce a Vice President that could metamorphosed into Presidency.  So in a miraculous way, God ensured that, without fighting, the so-called minority has access to power without the three major tribes feeling any opposition.   I pray it will be the turn of our Igbo brother who currently feels marginalised as far as Presidency is concerned to produce Nigeria's President one day.  It will happen also during my lifetime. Amen.  And there will be no need for 'Biafrian' or whatever seccessionist organisation. 

Above all, I have faith in Nigeria.  I invite you to join your own faith with mine, that Nigeria SHALL be better and we shall be all the better for it.

Good morning. 

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You Are The Head

Truly, I've always believed we are heads and that without necessarily competing opportunities are abound everywhere for us to exercise our headship wherever we find ourselves.

Students who are scoring less than 'A' is attaining less than their God-ordained point. Graduates who found no jobs to do are not exercising dominion.  Marriages that crumble are scoring below God's expectation for marital institution.  Working for employers, no matter how fat the pay is  an indication of something that went wrong somewhere otherwise retiring at 60 or extending one's age so as to leave a little above the official retirement age happen because something went wrong somewhere.  Those who live in dominion retire far earlier to be on their own.

What do you do to be the head that God has made you to be?  Ask God for revelations. discover your talent,  develop it to the point that the whole world will be ready to pay for it. Hit your gold mine and retire when your bones are still strong enough to enjoy the fruit of your labours.  Good morning.



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During A Period of Isolation

During a Period of Isolation

Whoever we are we are, whatever our heights in life, we are bound to have periods when things would appear not to be working out  for us.  A period when we are deserted.  A period when our heart bleeds.  A period when all the people who should understand and stay to console us will not only deny us but consider us foolish.  A period when nothing would seem to be working.  A period when it would appear as if we are complete fools.  A period when no amount of efforts put into our endeavours, everything will appear not working out.  A period when people will withdraw from us, and confidants mock us.  A period when we will even doubt whether God is still with us.  And everything we do appear to result in 'mistakes'.

What do we do when such periods come?  Cling to God who is the only One that can strengthen us.   More importantly, it is a a passing phase.  It will surely be over some day. 

What not to do?  Begrudge anybody!    

What will be the outcome?  Of course at the end of every tunnel, there's bound to be a light.  God will turn things around for good.  All our losses will be restored and at the point of celebrations, all those who once saw nothing good in us will join us to celebrate.  Once there's life, therefore, there's hope! Good morning.

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Adieu Ex-President, Yar'Adua; Welcome President Jonathan Goodluck

Adieu Ex-President, Yar'Adua;  

Welcome President Jonathan Goodluck

The accusation then was that President Olusegun Obasanjo imposed President Yar'Adua on Nigerians.  Yet my personal opinion then was that we have two problems.  Amongst all those who were anxious to become the President of Nigeria, none of them was good enough for us because of their antecedents which rightly portrayed them as either outrightly unserious or absolutely corrupt.  Many of them were so corrupt that they were jittery at the mere mention of their 'police' - young, amiable but daring Ribadu!

Then the chess game went on.  Manipulations upon manipulations. Finally we had the choice of President Umar Yar Adua!  Judging by the performance of his late brother, and his very love for Nigeria before he was untimely terminated, everybody expected him to continue the good works of his late brother.  True to type Umar produced fruit after the likes of his late brother.

Unfortunately, his health disturbed him so much that his visions were so clear and his love for Nigeria not doubted.  He demonstrated that he had confidence in Nigeria and Nigerians reciprocated his good gestures.  Niger Delta issue had become something we thought could not be resolved by any Nigeria President but this loving but unfortunately ailing guy, dared it.  He sought advice; got the good ones and made use of them.  The reaction of the militants proved that they were truly aggrieved and not criminally-minded anyway if only they would have someone who would treat them like his children.  Yar Adua did and they laid down their arms - quickly and voluntarily.  If only this, whereas there are many other things which our late President mapped out but could not do, President Yar'Adua has demonstrated his love for Nigeria beyond any reasonable doubts.

 Presidents Jonathan Goodluck' and Umar Yar-Adua were a good pair to work together. Both men are even-headed, focused and truly love Nigeria.  So it is a good succession plan put in place by a man we all accept with mixed feelings - President Olusegun Obasanjo.  To me, whatever sins he might have committed has been washed away by his 'do-or-die' approach to Yar Adua becoming the President of Nigeria.   This man, Obasanjo  has his many flaws (including his 3rd-term temptation) as a human being but he truly loves Nigeria!

 It is even now easier for Dr. Goodluck Jonathan to smoothly implement Yar'Adua's visions because he has everything it takes to do so genuinely. I therefore welcome him to the Presidential Seat. And wish him good succcess.  Good morning. 

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The Leader and His Followers

The Leader and His Followers

If a leader must succeed, be should be the type of person that is sensitive to the feelings of his followers.  He has to be wiling to take to good advice and adapt them to his situation. 

However, we have situations where some leaders become too important in their own eyes that they do not consider their followers important anymore.  It does not take long before such readers begin to read discontentment in the faces of his followers and if sensitive, he will arrest the situation but if not, he eventually loses his seat.

However the dilemma of many leaders is that many followers will want to dictate the tune!  They offer advice but the cast such advice in stone for the leader to accept without editing!  If one is truly a visionary leader, it will not take long before one will be at collision course with the source of such (GOOD OR BAD) advisor.  A leader ought to have his own idea on any issue he is dealing with. The purpose of the advice from others is to compare and contrast such ideas being offered with his own and see whether there is need to blend, adapt, panel beat, polish or embed some new discoveries into his own already perceived ideas or better still to validate his own stand or disproof them altogether. 

One of Nigeria’s President once advised his newly appointed Advisers that they should consider their job done at the point of giving ideas or suggestions but never be so certain of the superiority of their own ideas over the President’s final decision on the matter.  He sounded arrogant be he stated the obvious.  Because some advisers can be really something else. One fact that must be realized is that a leader is accountable for his actions.  He should be able to defend his decisions based upon his own judgment.  Even if a leader is wrong going wrong, all his loyal followers can do is to advise him on the right way – not to impose his correction upon his leader.  Once that advice is given, he, like an agent in a contractual transaction, drops out and the leader is allowed the freedom to decide as he deems fit. 

If you are a follower, a deputy, please limit yourself to your ‘advisory’ role. Your leader will be glad to have you around him.    Good morning.

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Fight Only Battles You Can Win!

Fight Only Battles You Can Win!

“A real leader needs to know which case should go to court.  You should not bother fighting certain things in court.  I personally know people who have committed crimes against my church and me.  I even have evidence to that effect, but I have decided not to fight them legally.  Why is this?  I know when I will not win a fight” – Dag Heward-Mills (Leading Difficult People p. 25)

Life is full of many battles.  Battle to come to life, gain knowledge, battle to be gainfully employed and create wealth,  battle to marry and successfully manage the relationship, battle to right-parent, battle to retire into prosperity, battle to overcome sickness, battle to overcome spiritual attacks.  Everything is just battle, battle battle!!!  All these battles wear man out fast.  They look older than their ages.  They are physically and mentally abused by all sorts of battles.

However, in the midst of these battles, there are the avoidable and the inevitable ones. There are worthwhile battles and foolish battles. 

Some worthless battles are battles against God, battles against one’s parents, battles against one’s place of origin.  I’ve seen two most foolish battles people engage in.  They are the imaginary battles against one’s human or spiritual enemies that often leads their fighters to the path of suspicion.  The battle against spiritual enemies can be such a futile battle such that one fights it in the physical as well as in one’s dreams.  So during the day one is restless and at night he is sleepless!  It’s a foolish and un-winnable battle!  I have also seen the folly in fighting polygamy-induced battles.  And this is very common in Africa because of the culture that encourages that type of marriage.   A polygamous home becomes a battlefield (physical/spiritual); Because of hatred and suspicion, many promising lives have been cut short and many destinies truncated.  It is most foolish to engage in such battles because no one wins them.

The worthwhile battles that ought to be fought to a standstill are: battles against ignorance which is fought through education; battle against poverty which education with preparedness to work hard and prayers to God can resolve; battle to love people as oneself is a battle that must be fought within and without so that one would see something good in another person and help to build rather than destroy one another.  The battle to excel in one’s chosen career, the battle to fear the Lord and work in His admonition, the battle to invest in once future.  All these battles are worthwhile battles that every reasonable person should be willing to fight.

What battles are you fighting: the worthwhile or the foolish ones?   Good morning












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The Better Side of Lagos

The Better Side of Lagos

  

Is the writer particularly biased about Lagos?  Far from it!  He will for ever remain grateful to the land of opportunities called Lagos!  It’s nice to relocate but the memory of good Lagos lingers!!!  He does  not think he would have attained the level of success he achieved in Lagos if he had stayed elsewhere because Lagos offered him the various opportunities he enjoyed particularly in his education, career and the level of spiritual exposure he experienced.

The only two unfriendly friends he never liked in Lagos are: the heat and the mosquitoes both of which render Lagos expensive to her dwellers otherwise, Lagos is a haven for any serious-minded person. 

How can this expensiveness be removed or drastically reduced?  It is simple, let the Government provide steady power supply.  The poor man’s fan, or the rich man’s air-conditioners will drive away both the mosquitoes and the heat! 

Let the greedy landlords destroy all the shops blocking widows, doors, and all forms air passages and replace them with trees.  Let it be legislated (and the law enforced)  that every compound must plant at least two trees, one in the frontage and the other at the rear of their houses!  With these people will sleep well and become more useful to themselves wherever they live. Another thing to look at is the need to reverse the trend of unjustifiable transport fares currently being charged all over Lagos! Security is no longer a threat in Lagos – thank God for Governor Fashola’s able leadership in this direction!

If all these suggestions are attained, no place in Nigeria will offer more ample opportunities for people to become wealthy than Lagos . 

What is more if you come to Lagos as a pauper, you can return home prosperous just a few years after.  If you are prepared to work, you will always find something suitable for your own level – and you will be rewarded financially for Lagosians are willing to pay the price for your services!  If you want to educate yourself, you will find whatever level of institution suitable for your level.  You want to marry?  Waoh!  Lagos offers you better varieties than you will find elsewhere.  You want to learn a trade? There’s no trade centre you will not find in Lagos.  If you want to become a criminal as well, Lagos is the best place for you to attain it and get quickly caught and sentenced to appropriate level of punishment commensurate with your crime.  I can assure you that with the likes of Governor Fashola in power, it will not be long at all before you are caught.

If you have a clear vision of the direction you want your life to follow, then, Lagos is the most appropriate place to actualize it.  However, if you must attain your God-ordained destiny in Lagos, your children's school, your own school, your church, your hospital, and your place of work should be as close to your residence as possible.    If you have all these around you, you will be able to save something for the rainy day and become stress-free! 


Above all, before you retire either from paid employment or self-employment, no matter the level of your wealth, please ensure you build yourself a home in your village where you will spend your retirement after you have expired.  After your expiration in Lagos, deliberately and voluntarily relocate out of her to create room for the young ones!  Good morning.

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Transforming Your Husband

Transforming Your Husband

Wives, men are very easy to tame!  But you need to apply wisdom.  To tame a man, all you need do is never to challenge his authority.  If you do, no matter how good you are as a wife, it will be very difficult for you to win him over to your side.   

What are his authorities? Let him know always that he is the HEAD of the family and that his say is final, even though the 'say' may be what you induce him to say!  Let him know that you love him.  Don't always engage him in arguments.   Men consider this as a direct challenge on their authority.  Make suggestions and ask him to give it a thought.  One of the fundamental mistake women make that pitch them against their husbands is that they want the answer now-now or they want to see their commands carried out by the men without editing.  If you do this you will not enjoy your husband.  

One other habit that particularly switches me off (and am sure it also does so to other men) is for my wife to affect my flow of thought whether I am talking to someone or am on the phone!  Some women have different ways of doing this. As you speak, they oppose what you are saying at the background but loud enough to cause you distractions and to confuse your thinking.  Some will pinch you below your belt as you speak.  Some will tap you while some have the habit of pressing your leg.  Some go as far as hissing and sighing!

Wise wives, I must tell you, we men hate these attitudes! They make us feel inferior.  They make us feel inadequate. They make us feel less than men!  They appear subtle but they are capable of giving us raised bp. We, men hate them like plague.   

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Another irritating thing that make us unhappy with women is when they play Oliver Twist without appreciating us for what we've done already!  Yoruba has a saying that "A child that appreciates yesterday's gesture stands the chance of being blessed again".  Many women consider what is yet to be done more than appreciate that which is already accomplished.  This is a vexation of the spirit to the men fold.  Thank us first and then make more demands!!! 

What does the Bible say about this?    1 Peter. 3:2 responds thus  " In the same way, you wives must accept the authority of your husbands. Then, even if some refuse to obey the Good News, your godly lives will speak to them without any words. They will be won over 2 by observing your pure and reverent lives. 1st Peter 3:2.   Wise wives, why not try this approach?  Good morning.




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The Three Important Factors A Student or Worker Must Know

The Three Important Success Factors  

 a Student or Worker Must Know

Whether you are a student or worker you are required to study to understand and be able to pass your examinations or better still do well on your job.

If you understand the three critical success factors I am about to release to you, you will succeed in your studies or successfully analyse the details of your projects and get expected results.

What are these critical success factor? Whether you are being lectured in the classroom, in the church or you are at any seminar or reading voluminous materials on any subject, the three thing you need to know are the fact that lecturer, pastor author cannot do more than three things. These are: define your subject, explain it and finally illustrate it. If you have these three keys and you know when your teacher or author switches from one stage to another, you are on the way to true understanding that will fetch you the knowledge you require to excel in what you are studying about.

Therefore, it is advisable that you adopt the idea of being able to know where you are at any point in your studies or reading. Good morning.

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