10 MILLION IN MY BOWEL


                                   

 

 

Sometimes I begin to wonder, what do most people truly live for? What forms the values for our lives? On the 11th of September 2016, a 55year old ( Nigerian) female pilgrim on her way to Saudi Arabia was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja Nigeria. Mrs Binuyo Basari Iyabo excreted 82 wraps of cocaine weighing 931grammes which street value is estimated at 10million naira. She was offered 1million naira to do the dirty job. What about if those drugs had burst inside her stomach? What virtue does she think her children would learn from this whole thing? What about if they had caught her in Saudi Arabia?

Most times when people go through hard times, they do not always realise it's the best time to unlock their creative genius instead of becoming a nuisance!

                                                        THE MAKING OF A LEGEND

                                                   

 

Most times you might never know how much of greatness you carry on the inside until you decide to take up the many challenges life faces you with, with a resolve to grind them to powder. In 1974 Fela Kuti had a serious fall out with his main tenor saxophonist, Igo Chico and in one of the legendary feats of his life, he vowed to replace Igo himself in 24hours. He was not afraid to take up the challenge, he practiced for 17 hours straight, and when the group appeared at the Afro-spot that Friday night, he played all the famous Igo Chico tenor saxophone solos with enough competence to satisfy his loyal audience. Today, that name Igo Chico might not ring a bell at all but Fela Anikulapo Kuti is one name that is still been celebrated even in death. And before he died, he became one of the greatest saxophone maestros from Africa. No man is big enough to devalue or water down your greatness. Take up the challenge to be all that any mouth have said will be impossible. You are blessed!

 

 

                                                                 JUST CONTINUE

                                           

 

 

 

In 1979, a great book was published which I doubt a lot of people knew about. It's title was THINK ON THESE THINGS. It had a 100 pages and 33 chapters. This probably might be the first time many people would hear of it. It was actually John Maxwell's first book. The book did not make it then to New York Times best sellers neither did the world struggle for his autograph. But he did not stop. Today, even if he writes a stupid joke, it becomes an instant hit. Little things grow with God. Do not feel intimidated to abandon what you have started. You will grow and become mighty. Just continue!

                                                         GROWTH BY CHOICE YOUR


                                                 

 

 

''Even if you are small, think big, get others to believe it and you will become it'' was the very powerful caption I saw as I flipped the Forbes Magazine today. As I read about the courage of two brothers who took up their father's challenge as a tool that spurred them for greatness, I just marvelled. ''Anyone can play a video game but can you create one?'' was the question their father posed to the Turakhia brothers ( Divyank and Bhavin). At age 13 and 15, they began reading computer books and using their computer lab at the select Arya Vidya Mandir School in Mumbai's Bandra district during lunch breaks and free time after school. Directly they said '' When we were kids, we thought we could achieve anything. We still do''. Twenty one years after, with this ''we can do it'' spirit, they built a huge I.T company which they sold to a Chinese consortium. As we speak, they have just debut on the India Rich List and right now, they are rich enough to buy anything money can buy. Do not undermine how far you can go in life. Just grow and make up your mind to be better at what you do. The quality of your work could become your biggest P.R AGENT. Catch you on the greatness plain!

                                                     LEAKING NET

Life is not a dress rehearsal. There is no need remaining in a place where you know you have not been gifted for. How can a goalkeeper concede 43 goals in one match? There was a football match recently between SV Vonderort and PSV Oberhausen, where Vonderort smashed Oberhausen 43-0. The German goalkeeper, Marco Kwiotek was at the goal for Oberhausen. Could he have been sleeping on the goal or was the team not prepared? How come the goalkeeper allowed every attempt to be a goal? This is a clear picture of the life of certain people, when your results of failure is consistent, you do not need a soothsayer to tell you something is not right. Constant failures could be a signal for the following:

TIME TO CHANGE VENTURE: Harland Sanders would have died a nobody if he had continued with all those many professions he was into. But he came to a point he needed to fall back to those recipes he learned as a child. And today, because he was not afraid to change venture, we have KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN!

THE NEED FOR EXPERTISE: To improve output, skill is vital. For a goalkeeper to concede 43 goals in a match means that expertise is lacking. Most times you can hardly put an expert aside. Today Messi will always be taken seriously because he has chosen to be an expert in the game of football

WRONG TIMING: Most times, your results will be poor at the wrong time. When you are not in a good state of mind, you have the responsibility to decline an assignment till when you are fit. You can't succeed on a tight rope if you are just waking up from sleep. You have to be in a very good state of mind

THE PLACE OF THE COACH: A bad coach will hardly produce very good players. Who your coach is matters a lot to who you eventually become. There is no way you will separate the role of the coach from the novel success of a small and insignificant team like Leicester?

LAZINESS: Most times, your poor results will remain the same if you are too lazy to do something about it. I believe before that goalkeeper would have conceded 43 goals in a single match, there would have been signs of his ineffectiveness in previous matches?

Your results most times reveals who you are. Nobody takes seriously anyone that has a history of producing bad or poor results. Have a great life!

                                        ENJOYING THE VERY MANY IMPERFECTIONS

If you truly want to be miserable, there are so many things that will certainly perpetuate your misery in marriage. You have to make 3 very vital choices, TO MARRY, TO STAY MARRIED and TO ENJOY MARRIAGE. But before I proceed, I must let you know "Everything will not make you happy in marriage", so you have to brace up yourself for the marriage journey.

1. THE EARLY RISER: You must not expect your spouse to start waking up by 6.am if she/he has always been the 8am riser? So, you either prepare most of the things for the next day a night before together with your spouse or do them alone the next morning if it must be that early? No hard feelings!

2. THE CHORE MANAGER: The fact that you have always enjoyed an immaculate hygiene in your house does not mean that your spouse should now become the chore manager? You either encourage him/her to be more committed to house chores, you also take the lead or get a nanny - That means extra cost!

3. THE MONEY SPENDER: Your spouse might not be good with the budget. Take the lead and plan the expenditure while you make allowances for little bits of extravagance. But becoming too miserly could spark a serious war for a long time

4. BABBLING BROOK VS. DEAD SEA: These terms I got from Gary Chapman, and I have grown to love them. One of the most foolish things any couple could do is to accuse a spouse of talking too much. The former is the talker while the latter is the quiet. You either learn to be an active listener or a heavy talker. That settles it!

5. SPIRITUALITY: You can only encourage your spouse to study the bible, pray, fast or even attend church meetings, but doing it by force is disaster. You have to set the pace. Your spouse certainly will not be on the same spiritual plain like you. Continuously encourage, encourage and encourage.

6. THE CHEF: Some spouses can't cook and to tell you the truth, it's not evil! If you can, teach and teach or better still decide to enjoy how she/he does it until there is improvement

7. WILD IN BED: I have seen a lot of people who mistook sexy waist line for sexual activeness. The fact that someone looks very sexy does not mean that person will be very good in bed. The fact that you have been very sexually exposed and active does not mean your spouse should be. Your spouse might have to learn orgasm from you. He/she might not even know what sexual positions might be. So, before you hang his/her legs, be willing to teach, teach and teach!

There are many more things but for now this will do. If anybody tells you that these will be easy, that person just fooled you!

                                                      THE NUMBER ONE
Serena Williams enjoyed the number 1 spot for a very long time to the point it seemed she inherited it from her parents until Angelique Kerber shockingly displaced her. Right now, the highest position in the world is the American Presidency, but it has a time frame of 4years at most 8years. Bottom line, you will not be number 1 forever. You should know when your time is up, become a mentor and honourably know when to take the back stage. My Pastor would always say "When a professional football star does not know when to switch to become a coach, that same stadium people paid to watch him would also be where he would pay to watch others coming behind him".

Maximise your everyday opportunity: We have had so many people elected at different times as presidents of America but you and I will agree that most of their names will never ring a tangible bell in our minds?. Similarly, no one will doubt the relevance and impact of Abraham Lincoln?

Empty yourself and pass on the baton: Realising you don't have all the time should inspire you to raise other men. Any man that will invest in things by using people is a fool. You must invest your life into other men. Moses invested his life into Joshua, Elijah invested his into Elisha. Who are you investing your greatness into?

Be secured: Do not be afraid of other peoples shine. Discover fresh talents and give them space to shine. Never you let other peoples shine intimidate you. You will not always be able to hold other people down who are destined for the top.

Re-invent: You might be able to reign for sometime longer if you stick to a plan of continuous improvement. Re inventing yourself is a way of delaying having to fall out all of a sudden

Resign honourably: At 40,you have no business playing football in the professional league. You cannot display the dance steps of Beyoncé when you are already in your late 50's. Retire honourably, you will inspire more people. At a point Mandela resigned from the presidency and he let others take the centre stage. That did not in any way reduce his relevance.

I pray for you today that you will not fail with your life.

                                 ILLUMINATI OR GOD : THE BEYONCES' MODEL

In life, I have seen people demystify enigmatic characters, ascribing their successes to all kinds of mystics, which makes the statement true that " any puzzle a black man feel too lazy to unravel, he demystifies". My take is that, most people enjoy unprecedented favours not because they are too special but because they are determined enough to do the very rigorous extra that average people will not do.
A very great example is a very unique character that is not only celebrated but also honoured all over the world, Beyoncé. She is so good in what she does that most people ascribe her greatness to illuminati. But if you are familiar with the bible, you would have seen a place that says in Proverbs 22: 29 " seest thou a man ( woman) diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men". I did a little research on her and I was just blown away. She works out 5 days a week and practices choreography 7 days a week
- 5 times a week, she engages in real work out with her personal trainer
- She does 30 minutes of cardio every morning
- She does 45 minutes of weight lifting daily
- She does about 9 hours of choreography 7 times a week
- She runs every day
- She does yoga daily
HER DIET
- She eats 6 small meals per day
- She must eat breakfast
- She eats lots of vegetables
- She does not eat any refined food
- She does not drink any alcohol

So, you can see why the world will always ascribe her success to all kinds of things?
I learnt certain things from her life:

She is known for one thing- Entertainment: Everything she does is to strengthen just one thing, entertainment. Even though she does other things as side line. She is known for singing and dancing.

Consistent daily routine: Her daily routine is constant. Even when she goes on tour or doing other things, her day is not complete without her routine. If I can see your daily routine, I can predict your future

Discipline: You can tell she is disciplined with her routine from the results she produces? If your discipline radar is not alive, you will hardly go very far with God

No wonder lazy people have a very unique way of explaining away the distinct results of others. You better sit up and do what God has called you to do. Just do your part and leave the world to do the critism, for a wise man said " Critism is the fee a loser pays to a winner". God Bless You