You seem to be free but not actually free

Are you a teen wanting to live a life of your own? Are you a teen wanting to have a house of your own? Are you a teen wanting to live by your own rules? If you are, you have to change your mindset. As a teen, you still need to be guided by some rules and regulations. Once you deviate from them, you are about to lose control.

When a car loses control, it destroys itself and also hurt or kill its controller. In a bid not to endanger your life and that of your parent/guardian, Stay controlled! Stay safe!!

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You are designed for the top

If you are a human, irrespective of your physical challenges, I have good news for you and that is the fact that you are designed for the top. God designed you to be the best. A special instrument was included in you while you were being made. A world-class talent was issued to you. You won't know because you were not conscious while it is being done but it is your job to discover it because the earlier the the better. Everyone is struggling to make it. Most people struggle without paying attention to their own life. Eventually, they end up dying young. Why not study yourself and get your talent. Surprisingly, what you call an hobby can be your lifetime talent. Pay attention to your life, study yourself so that you can get the best out of yourself.

Let's take a look at a star. A star has five points but only one is at the top. The fore others are below. This is because all of the points are connected to ONE centre. It's only the one that goes in a perfect vertical direction that makes it to the topmost top.

MY ADVICE TO THE YOUTHS OF THIS GENERATION - Disconnect from the usual, embrace your talent, carve a niche for yourself in your career of choice (be unique), and we shall meet at the TOP.

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It is possible

It is one thing to have a talent. It is another thing to be confident about it. Most people think since they are short of finances or maybe since they don't have connections that certain things are not possible. I am using this medium to tell you that it is possible. All you need to do is to build your confidence, summon courage, go for it and it is done. An anonymous adage says, "even IMPOSSIBLE says I'M POSSIBLE." So, why should you be scared of doing the impossible; of doing that thing you think it's impossible but you wanna do. Build up your confidence.

Late Nelson Mandela once said: "It always seems impossible until it is done." You can't believe that it is possible until you do it. Likewise those that are around you that might even try to discourage you from doing it. Just try to build your confidence. In addition, I will like to let you know that there is a very clear and vivid difference between "Confidence" and "Overconfidence".Don't be overconfident in anything you do. Exhibit a moderate degree of confidence and the impossible will turn possible. YES, YOU CAN.

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You are not obsolete

If you are reading this article, I have a good news for you. The good news is that you are NOT obsolete. For you to be reading this article, that means you are alive and well. For you to be alive and well, that means you are not obsolete. Obsolete means something that is no more in use; something that is not relevant. Do you think that since you've been failing all this while, you are not relevant to this world? Do you think that since you don't have money, you are obsolete to the entire universe? Do you think your inability to meet up with the social standards makes you obsolete?

Well, I am emphatically telling you that you are not OBSOLETE; you are not IRRELEVANT. Let's take a look at the dictionary. In the dictionary, we have some words that are marked obsolete but I don't believe they are. For a word to be listed in the dictionary, that means it can still be used which means it is not obsolete. For you to be in this world, that means you can still shine which means you are not irrelevant. For you to be alive and well, you are relevant. Tom Cruise, the veteran Hollywood actor is not the only Hollywood actor that acts the kind of role he acts. But he made himself relevant. He removed his name from the list of obsolete humans. You can also do such with these 3 SUCCESS KEYS from Taslim OKUNOLA: Discover your talent; Learn about the talent you've discovered; Practise the talent you've learnt rigorously. That's all. You can do it. YES, YOU CAN.

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Tribute To NELSON MANDELA - by Taslim OKUNOLA

When I learnt about the work of Nelson Mandela, I felt calling myself a comrade is just an appellation. The world just lost the TRUE COMRADE. One of the greatest men that could ever be produced. What kind of man shakes hand with those who imprisoned him after staying behind bars for 27 years? What kind of man will put his opponents in his agenda even after they have oppressed him? The only leader that sought so much for the Children's right. The man that fought rigorously for FREEDOM. I wish all the flags in the whole wide world could fly half-mast just for you. You deserve more honour. You have actually lived a life. You gave South Africans right to stay in their fatherland peacefully. Which politician could have been better than you? Which activist could have been better than you? Which president could have been better than you? MADIBA, you lived a life. You have inspired a whole lot of people including me. YOU ARE AFRICA! You will surely be remember for a very long time. We will miss you. MAXIMUM RESPECT for you, sir!

Don't be regressive

Some people are scared to invest in their career because they are not sure if it will prosper. With this, they tend to remain regressive. Once, you know you wanna start your career, you should know that it is what you find joy in doing, it is what you know how to do best, it is what you have talent in. Then, I believe you should not be scared of injecting lots of capital into it. When you get scared of investing in your career, you tend to stay in the minimal level of success forever.

An anonymous quote stated that: "You can't fall if you don't climb. But there's no joy in living your whole life on the ground". From this quote, it is agreed that you may lose if you invest in your careeer maybe as a starter but you can't lose if you don't invest. Moreso, it is not a good idea to remain regressive without investing. You are scared of investing in your career and at the end of the day, your colleagues in the same career excel wonderfully. What will you be like later on? like an inferior, like a LOSER. You can now see that even without losing, you 've lost. As a great mind, you must gain more knowledge about your talent, invest in it and practise it rigorously. You are meant for OUTSTANDING SUCCESS.

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Don't relent

Most people tend to relent after attaining certain heights in their choice of career. When they realise that they've made more than what they expect, they slow down. I won't say names here but we are all aware that there are lots of brands and companies in Nigeria and all over the world that rose to fame sometimes ago but now defunct. Why should you relent? Do you think you can maintain the height that you are without working harder? That's a NO! Let's do some little Physics. A projectile can only reach the maximum height when thrown at an angle of 45 degrees. But do you know that even after reaching the maximum height, the object has to fall down?

It's also same with one's career. If you could project yourself at angle 45 degrees to meet the maximum height, you should have prepared a flight device with you to keep you in that maximum height throughout your lifespan. Most business crises occur because there is inadequate plan at the start of the business. You should make heavy plans before starting any business so it won't crash on the way. Plan on how you will be reinvesting the capital so that you won't lose your capital. Also plan on how you will be maximising your profit and investing part of it and insure your business to safeguard it from unforeseen events. PLANNING is the key. Build your career and business on a solid plan, stay focused, don't relent and you will enjoy every bit of it throughout.

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Job and Career

Is what you are doing just a job or your career? Most people don't know this but as a reader of TOB, you must know that there is a clear, vivid and obvious difference between a job and a career. If you have a job, you are not yet fulfilled but when you are in your career, you are already living a fulfilled life. Wiktionary defines job to be an economic role for which a person is paid while it defines career to be one's calling in life or an individual's work and life roles over their lifespan.

From those definitions, you can see that all careers are jobs but not all jobs are careers. The type of job that I will be explaining in this context is the one that does not align with one's career. Let me give you an instance of how great minds take their job and career. Assuming, I wanna be a movie producer (my career) but I don't have the capital to start. I might go for jobs like teaching, civil service or even acting so that I can gather capital for my career (movie production). This is how it should be. No matter what happens, always remember your goal, your career, your fulfillment and work towards it.

The difference between you and your counterpart in the same career is not finances but the talent. If he/she has the money and started earlier, that doesn't mean you won't succeed in the same career if you gather your capital for 15 years. The richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote wasn't the first to start a business but he has the talent of business management and he applied that with the N500,000 capital he borrowed from his grandfather. Was he the first person to start business? Some people even started with their own money which is worth N1m but what Dangote has achieved with N500,000 loan is more than what they can ever boast of.

The story of Dangote should tell you a lot. The Nigerian motivational blogger, Taslim OKUNOLA once said: "Don't look at the present resources. Instead, always see into the future for that is where the real you lies."

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Don't be sad when you don't get what you want

This is a situation that many of us don't take likely. Assuming you wanna apply for a scholarship and you couldn't get the application fee until after the application deadline. You will surely feel bad, won't you? It's actually normal to feel that way but I will strongly advise you not to let such occurrences or similar ones weigh you down at all. When something is lost and you know it's lost forever, thinking about it makes you feel down and not motivated. When you keep thinking about it, you feel sad; you quit thinking about the future; you quit setting great goals for yourself; you feel that is the end.

But certainly, that is not the end. An anonymous quote clearly stated that: "Never lose hope. You never know what tomorrow may bring". One of the Dalai Lama's of Tibetan also said: "Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck". Then, why should you feel bad? Great people don't think about the past because there is already a lot to think about in the future. Never feel sad when you don't get what you want or when you narrowly missed an opportunity because there are still lots of opportunities to explore. Feeling sad won't earn you anything but make you lose the coming opportunities. As a great mind and reader of TOB, I want you to quit thinking about lost opportunities at the very point they were lost and start hunting for coming ones while preparing for the giant future ahead of you. YES, YOU CAN.

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Never fear failure

Are you the kind of person that fears failure? Like you wanna do an exam and all you are thinking is that, "I'm scared, what if I fail this exam again?". That is one thought that can never find its way to my mind. Even if you've been trying and failing all this while, that doesn't mean you should fear failure. If you fear failure then you are far from success. A veteran American stand-up performer, Bill Cosby, once said: "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear for failure"

Using the previous example, he simply meant: instead of thinking that, "I'm scared, what if I fail this exam again" think that, "I really wanna pass this exam and I believe I'm gonna pass it". Even the popular TV giant, Oprah Winfrey said, "You become what you believe". Instead of fearing failure, desire for success the more and believe in yourself. If President Barack Obama was fearing that he might lose the Presidential Election in 2008 as a Black candidate, he wouldn't have contested. But he desired for success, believed in himself and his capability and worked towards the outstanding success he is still enjoying till date. You are destined for outstanding greatness, just make sure while trying to achieve the greatness, you don't fear failure. YES, YOU CAN.

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What you think you can do, you can do

Do you think you can draw but don't have the courage to do so? You think you can sing but you lack courage to carry it out. These and many more are the instances of what most people suffer and later on backslide to failure. Been able to carry out your talent is what courage is all about. Whatever you think you can do, summon courage and work towards it now. Most people are living an unfulfilled life because they don't have the courage to exhibit what they think they can do.

A veteran American author, Anais Nin, once said, "Life shrinks or expand in proportion to one's courage". This means the life around you will refuse to expand to your satisfaction if you don't have the courage to work towards what you think you can do. Do you think there will be airplanes in this world if nobody thought we could fly and had the courage to work towards it? Do you think we would be able to explore outer space if nobody thought we could get to other planets and had the courage to work towards it?

Those two examples look stupid! Try to imagine a world without airplane and imagine two brothers telling the whole world that they can fly. It looks stupid, doesn't it? But when they flew the first aircraft, the idea started making sense and people developed more sophisticated airplanes later on. That is how what you think you can do looks stupid to you and even people you tell until you have the courage to carry it out and excel in it. That you did it and failed in the first attempt or even first twenty attempts doesn't mean you can't do it. Keep trying and you will be a success; even an outstanding one. You can do what you think you can do. YES, YOU CAN.

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Be motivated and not intimidated

This world is a world of diversity; diverse in language, diverse in culture, diverse in people and so on. You can never be loved by everyone. This means you will always get two types of comments from people; the good and the bad. Some people can go to the extent of condemning you and your work to your face. All they wanna achieve is making you feel inferior, making you feel intimidated. But do you know that such comments don't bother great mind?

I believe once you found your way to this blog, you are in our success train and you are a great mind yourself. Some people are out there watching out for your mistakes. Once you make them, they lambaste you like they are so clean without blemish. From now on, I want you to take any negative compliment as a stepping stone to your own success. Even when you truly fail, don't look down on yourself that you cannot progress again. Don't let the failure or what people say intimidate you, use them as stepping stones to an outstanding success. DON'T FEEL INTIMIDATED, FEEL MOTIVATED by those incidences. Yes, you can.

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Be prepared and be at alert!

Always be prepared. You love to draw but you have never practised drawing; then you are nothing but a novice in drawing. Your talent can only be processed into a professional career when you learn more about it and practise it. Be prepared and be at alert. Opportunities to exhibit the giant inside you won't come and meet you while you are inactive. You need to be on the lookout for them. Also, these opportunities won't foretell you before they come, so you have to be ever prepared.

An anonymous quote once stated that: "When preparation meets opportunities, destiny is born". Judging from this quote, I will say, "for you to get your destiny given birth to, be prepared and be at alert". You are talented only when you are good with the talent. The difference between a talented person and a learner is not that the talented won't learn the profession at all. The difference is that the talented person will learn faster and also be exceptional when practising it as a lifetime career. Instead of letting your talent burn, go out there, develop it and also be awakened, attentive and at alert for any coming opportunities.

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The Voice Within

What do I mean by "The Voice Within"? I mean the voice inside of you. I don't know if you have ever felt something is talking to you from the inside on a thing you wanna do; maybe pushing you to do it or telling you not to. That is what I meant by the voice within. Sometimes, this voice can be right and sometimes it can be wrong. You wanna exhibit your talent and this voice is telling you not to. Believe in yourself and get the voice silenced.

The post impressionist painter of Dutch origin, Vincent Willem Van Gogh once said and I quote: "If you hear a voice within you that says, 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced". Following that quote, I will now say, "If you hear a voice within you that says, 'you cannot succeed,' then by all means succeed and the voice will be silenced". Most of the times, the voice might not be from the inside of you. It might be people around you that tag you as failure. Tell them to their face that they didn't make you, so they can't predict your future. You are more than who everyone sees you to be. Awake the giant inside of you and silence all negative voices. YES, YOU CAN.

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The Impact of Peer Group

I need to upload this write-up now so that most people that might likely want to think "Teamwork" and "Peer Group" are the same can be cleared. They are different. Peer Group means the group of friends, colleagues and associates you move with. An adage says, "show me your friend and I will tell you who you are". This means you are who you move with. You have to be extra careful of the kind of friends you move with. Friends can enhance your success and can also mar your destiny.

If you move with persistent smokers and you don't smoke, you are gonna be a smoker too. Birds of same feather flock together. Try to move with friends that have great vision; friends that dream of their future and act towards fulfilling the dream; friends that do nothing but motivate you and encourage you to work harder for your success. Unfriend any friend that is not adding any form of value to your life. I still consider positive friends as the most valuable asset someone can ever have. Most people tend to learn more from and listen more to their friend than their parents. This shows the impact peer groups do have on individual. Assess your friends today and try to seperate the products from the shafts. SUCCESS IS YOURS!

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The Power of Teamwork

Teamwork is a work done by a group of people that agreed with each other. There cannot be teamwork without a good network of relationship amidst the participants. Teamwork is very essential in whatever we do. Teamwork boosts the morale of the individuals involved in the teamwork. An adage says, "one tree cannot make a forest". Before Sagano Bamboo forest in Japan can be named the most beautiful forest in the world, it requires the collective work of each and every beautiful tree in the forest.

An adage also says, "united we stand, divided we fall". For you to be the best, you need a team of like minds. If you are a student you need to read collectively, so, what you don't know can be explained to you by someone who knows it in your group and also vice-versa. If you are a worker, you need a team of some closely-related workers to always work with you and help you out when there is problem."Team is a rim that drives your dream to the extreme" - Taslim OKUNOLA . The best of works are those done in teams. Teamwork is very important in all fields of life. And make sure while picking your team, it doesn't comprise of people with diverse priorities,

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What is your excuse?

We are in a world where various people give excuses for their shortcomings all the time. What is your excuse for failing? You think your excuse is that you are not intelligent like the guy next door? You think your excuse is that you don't have enough financial resources to carry out your plans for the future? And you believe these excuses of yours are the reasons why you can never succeed? YOU ARE VERY MISTAKENED.

There is no successful person that has a smooth life from the start. Even the rich cry, so don't say because some are rich from the start, they have smooth lives. That does not guarantee a smooth life. All the successes had to pass through various hurdles in life. Consider your excuses as life hurdles. Strategize how you can bypass them to succeed. It is possible. The founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale once said: "I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse". Don't give excuses. Turn incidents that wanna be excuses into stepping stones to success. YES, YOU CAN

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Why not you?

This is a very sensitive question that everyone should ask him/herself using his/her heart. Most people feel inferior just because some "superior" colleagues of theirs are  really excelling in their choice of career. They start to believe that their failure and the success of their colleagues are normal things that are bound to happen. It will get to a point that they won't put their effort in anything they do again because they are candid sure they are not going to succeed. Is this one belief you do have? If yes, then you are so wrong. YOU CAN BE BETTER THAN THEM. You were built to be the best.

Why not you? Why not you in their place and them in yours? If you believe you can't perform better than them, then you can't. You need to believe in your capability. Let's access your excelling colleagues collectively: do they have two heads each? NO; do they have three hands? NO; do they have an extra brain? NOT AT ALL. Then, why can't you perform better than they do? It's simply because your priorities are different. Things you do are your priorities. Failure occurs when your priority doesn't match your personality.

Assuming, one of your colleagues watch movies always but take his time to do 2 hours reading a day and excel. You may not be able to do the same and excel because the two of you have different personalities. You might need 5 hours reading a day to excel like him and more than 5 hours to supersede him. That is why it is important that you discover yourself. Another factor is that you may not be in the career you are good at and that same career is what your colleague is good at. The solution to that is that you should change to something you can do not something everyone is doing. IT CAN BE YOU! YOU CAN DO IT!! GO FOR THE GOLD!!!

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ETIQUETTE: Introduction to Etiquette

According to an English dictionary, etiquette is the forms required by good breeding, or prescribed by authority, to be observed in social or official life; observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum; ceremonial code of polite society.

Etiquette is one important thing that the world of today lacks. Youths of today don't care about etiquette anymore. Lack of etiquette do give rise some antisocial behaviours amongst the youths. Etiquette is one important thing that should be given attention to because it moulds life meaningfully. Even though etiquette is always reinforced at official events, the need for individuals to have etiquette is still very important. This is because most of us spend most of our lifetime out of official arena.

Etiquette is inculcated in most cultures and religions but some people still don't care that that is that. You just see them yell in public anyhow, ask a friend for something without an atom of politeness, eat in public anyhow and so many other despicable things. The fact that you are not in your office or in some high class events doesn't mean you should drop your etiquette.

Let us all embrace etiquette for this world to be a better place to live.

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Think positively

We are in a world of choices. You choose to be good or bad, holy or evil, nice or wicked, generous or selfish, successful or unsuccessful, rich or poor. Whichever one you choose is there for you. All these bi-options consist the easy and negative option and the difficult and positive option. You can decide to be poor and just sit down without working. Poverty crept in easily but being rich is a big task.

Think positively, make positive decision, act positively. What will it benefit you to earn your money in an illegitimate way? fulfilled life? excess wealth? Yea, you can gather excessive wealth illegitimately or have a fulfilled life like you think but you still can't have peace of mind coz you will be on the lookout every time in case you wanna be caught by the claws of law. You can't live a free life like you think you are living and you can't even make a good home.

It is of  imminent importance that you embrace legitimacy in all you do and for you to be successful in life legitimately, you need to decide and, of course, work towards your decision. Working towards success is not an easy task at all. But I tell you that all you need to be successful is decide and work towards your decision. While doing that, you will need focus and determination which will be discussed in the next blog post.

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Uniqueness

Do you even care about being unique at all? I mean being uncommon. You gat something in you that is clearly different from what is around. Your ability to exhibit this is what is called UNIQUENESS. The world has been seeing some things somewhere before and you were like lemme do the same thing, do you think they will appreciate it if you are doing it in the same dimension it's being done?

I keep telling soccer fans to stop comparing C. Ronaldo and L. Messi because their mode of playing is uniquely different from each other. Messi took the assists and goals way; Ronaldo does less of those but more of skills and exceptionality. The uniqueness in you bring the best out of you. I know you should be familiar with the adage that says, " what is worth doing is worth doing well". I will say "what is worth doing is worth doing uniquely. Do you think newspapers, magazines and media stations just ask for exclusivity from their journalists for no reason? NO! They simply don't wanna display what others have displayed before. They want UNIQUENESS.

Is Chinua Achebe the first Nigerian Professor? Is Linda Ikeji the first blogger? Is Barack Obama the first African American Presidential Candidate? Is Nelson Mandela the first activist? Is Pope Francis the first South American Catholic Head? But they all came tops coz of their UNIQUENESS. coz they were able to show the world what the world has seen before but in another dimension. coz they were able to provide exclusive ways of approaching their chosen career. I want you all to go out their and make the world know that you are UNIQUELY UNIQUE!!!

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Your Impact Is Important!

Another Independence day is coming on the way. Youths of Nigeria, don't ask Nigeria what progress she has made in the past year. Instead, ask yourself about what you have done for Nigeria in the past year. What impact have you made? Are you thinking about lack of financial resources to do so? You gat no excuse.

We remain the leaders of tommorrow and I tell you, it is what you build today that you will lead tommorrow. Our impacts can be felt online, it can be felt in our school, it can be felt in our homes. Let's make use of the little we have to salvage our country's condition to an extent.

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Dream and Reality

There is a huge difference between dream and reality. I could remember when I was in primary school, our computer science teacher then, will say Data is unprocessed information while Information is processed data. This analogy also applies to dream and reality. I will say dream is unprocessed reality while reality is processed dream. The question now is: "how do you process your dream to become a reality?". If you keep dreaming from cradle to grave, you are just gonna be like a snake that crawled on the rock without any traces. You won't have any impact in this world.

My message is to the youths, you have limited time to dream, actualizing your dream should be your priority now. Dreaming won't solve your problem coz just like data won't mean anything to a computer novice, so also will your dream not make any sense to the world. But once it turns to reality, it becomes the talk of the world. The ability to make your dream turn reality is called fulfillment. Once you are fulfilled in life, you gat everything. It is possible! You can do it!! GO FOR THE GOLD!!!

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Life Architecture

You are the sole architect of your life. Nobody is gonna draw for you. Most people out there are ready to take from your drawing instruments, only a few could lend or give you more instruments. There is big difference between quality and quantity. You can have a lot of drawings in which none will be good and you can have few beautiful outstanding drawings. You can be rich and very wealthy without being fulfilled in life and you can be fulfilled without having lots of riches. In this life, fulfillment matters most. Most people die unfulfilled and their generations has to suffer for that.

You can make something out of life with the little you have. You can have the most beautiful drawing with just an HB pencil and a ruler. It's just that it will be much more tedious. You need to struggle for you to be fulfilled. Life is not all about money. My biology 102 lecturer once said he discovered that we youths of today are different from the youths of the old days coz we can do anything for money. He said we are another type of humans which should be called Homo sapiens economicus.

I think he is very right about that. I want we, youths, to stand up against immoral acts all for money. Don't do unspeakable things coz of money. Serve your fatherland with truth and honesty. May God be with us.

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The Dilemna of Taraba - by Taslim OKUNOLA

Since the arrival of the ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State from USA, some unspeakable things have being going on in the executive and legislative arena of the state. This whole brouhaha started early this year when Governor Suntai had a helicopter crash leading to brain disorder and has since then being in USA where all his treatment bills are paid with the tax payers' money. Pending the time of his treatment, his deputy was appointed Acting Governor of Taraba State by the legislators.

On eavesdropping that the House of Assembly might impeach her husband, the wife of Governor Suntai orders that he be brought home from USA to continue running the state as the governor. But when the legislators visited Mr. Governor, they found out that he is not fully healthy to take control of the state and advise that he should be flown back to USA. The bone of contention here is Suntai supporters wants him to continue running the state with his adverse state of health.

Do they actually prefer power to his health? Or is it that they are fighting for the interest of the people of Taraba State?

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PDP in disarray - by Taslim Okunola

I was less surprised when I got the news that the PDP Special Convention that was held at Eagle's Square in Abuja today didn't go well as former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and 7 other governors left to form another faction and proceed with their own "special convention". I also heard that Adamawa delegates were not invited and when they showed up, they were not allowed in.

What baffles me most is that despite all these, my president still boast of a 'united' party! I'm now more frightened and concerned about the unity of my dear fatherland after centenary under this kind of divided party.

2015 must be a decision-making year for Nigeria. Let's stand up for POSITIVE CHANGE! Let's stand up for BETTER NIGERIA!!
One Love! One Blood!! One NIGERIA!!!

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Obasemo Ayodeji Idowu LESSONS FROM THE "BEE-ATTITUDES":

You're at the end of your rope... God will hang on to you. You're mourning a loss... God will be there to fill the void. You're happy with who you are... God will give you His love for others. Your yearn for more time with God... He'll fill you up. You care for others... Someone will be there to care for you. Your heart and mind are clean... You will radiate God's love and light. You help keep the peace... You will be a blessing to God and others. You're put down for loving God... It shows the strength of your faith. Others insult you... God will reward you.

I CAN BEE:

Scientist can prove that it is aerodynamically impossible for the bumble bee to fly; its body is too heavy and its wings is too light to sustain flight. But the bumble bee chooses not to be influenced by science's negative viewpoint and flies, anyway. When you look at the bee, think this thought:
I CAN BEE WHAT I WANT TO BEE!

PROF OBAS!

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TAKE RISKS: IF YOU WIN, YOU WILL BE HAPPY; IF YOU LOSE, YOU WILL BE WISE

This is an article written by a friend and colleague of mine: Prince Ayodeji Idowu Obasemo An entire sea of water can't sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship. Similarly, the negativity of the world can't put you dowm unless you allow it to get inside you.How far you can go in life is yet to be seen. Don't let other people's beliefs about what's possible diminish your potential.Don't let others define you. Don't let the past confine you. Take charge of your life with confidence and determination and there are no limits on what you can do or be.You must constantly ask yourself these questions: who am i around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself this big question: is that okay???The only advice i have for you is that: KEEP WINNING!!!!!!!!! Thanks for reading. ff @deewhy4ril on twitter

Vanity

According to my understanding, my belief, my personality and my intelligence, a very good example of vanity is the life. This life is too short to be doing trash. It's not everlasting and your money CANNOT prolong the length of days you will spend on earth. Your popularity is not gonna do anything. Turn to God while you still can.

I lost an uncle yesternight. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE.

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Focus - the key to overcome peer pressure

Peer Pressure is an issue that is very rampant in this JET age of ours coz everybody wanna feel among. Overcoming it is super-tedious as it is not easy to see your mates doing something and you are not doing it. Your friend is riding a car coz his parents are rich, you, from a poor background, will be very intimidated to the extent that you will forget your background and what they can afford. This has been the main cause of waywardness in youths. They commit all forms of atrocities just to be part of the league.

The only way to overcome this dreadful pressure is through focus. FOCUS!!! Once you are able to focus on your future, distractions like peer pressure is not gonna pull you down. Focus is just the key coz once you give in to distractions like peer pressure, you will just run out of your lane and start a new race on someone else's lane. You wanna be rich like Bill Gate in just one week. Do you have an idea of how many years it took him to be what he is today? Do you have an idea of what he went through?

Youths, please, let's stay focused.. watching another person's achievement won't take you anywhere. Strive to achieve yours in your own way. When an athlete crosses lanes, he/she is disqualified. Life is a race, run yours on your own lane with your own intellect.

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Change!

Lolz.... This particular word always make me laugh because it's what everybody says but nobody is ready to engineer the change. Although, some people take excuses that it's because they don't have influence or because the change in their life cannot have effect in the general change we are seeking for. Hmmmmn... Is that really right?

I've been forced to conclude that the change we are seeking for can never come to pass. With everybody dodging responsibilities, we cannot reach anywhere. Even the youths of today are not ready to work as future leaders. I have some friends that their aim is to reach the top and cut their share of the national cake as they call it. If youths are thinking in that direction, then what change are you hoping for?

Change is inevitable. That's true if the target populace is small. That's why the little change we are experiencing in Nigeria is at the state level. Each state is involved with various developmental activities. We need to really sit tight and start from the scratch.

This is to our leaders, change is possible with unity. Start from the ward level to the local government level to the state and the federal level gradually. It's a gradual process and not something that can be done with haste. Let's join hands for a better NIGERIA, a better AFRICA and a better WORLD.

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The highest degree of success is attainable

Many of us don't know that success has degree. To succeed in life is not really easy. To be extremely successful is much more harder. The degree of one's success depends on how you implement your skill and your brain quality with the available resources (money esp.). You don't need to read success tips before succeeding as what is working well for Mr. A may not work well for Mr. B.

Life is all about discovering yourself and try not to live your life other people's way. It's destructive. Cos your dad is a successful medical doctor doesn't mean you will be successful if you become a medical doctor. That your dad is a good singer doesn't mean singing is your talent. You need to discover yourself and try to know what works really well for you.

After discovering your talent and skill, you need to implement your brain's ability to carry out a great plan. Being in a future without plan is complete waste of time. You need to plan cos tommorrow is still gonna turn today. You are not the only one with such talent, so, you have to plan on how you wanna be different from the rest and yet bring out the best.

After planning, what next? Money#! Sort for capital, sort for resources, sort for money. It's very essential. Maybe you will have to work off-talent for some years to gather money. Cos without money, talent is nothing!

Let's try as much as possible to work towards our goal in life. Living a fulfilled life is one of the best things that could ever happen to man.

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Good stories should not be interrupted...

This is a quote I got from Mnet Series Zone when they are advertising Mnet Movies Zone. I just felt that if good stories should not be interrupted, then good success should not be interrupted too.

A lot of youths that are meant for greatness interrupt it by doing unnecessary things. They build up characters that are harmful to their future. How can a cultist dream of a good future? It's not possible because the good dream is being interrupted.

You can't dream of a being a medical doctor if all you do is play video games with friends the whole day. Even a lackey doesn't have an interrupted success if he can dream big and work very hard towards it.

All we need as youths is full concentration on our success path to avoid an interrupted sucess.

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The Free Life

It's been long I posted last, I'm sorry about that. I was just trying to put sone things in place.

This blog post is essentially for the youths that wants a free life for themselves. All they ask for is a life free from parents' interference, a life free from elders' advice, a life free from religious stuff. Is that life really free? Most youths abscond from their parents at 18 coz of this so-called free life and many others live double life.

This is not real for crying out loud. The kind of life has costed most youths their future. Most youths are goal-less and don't think about their bright future. I watched a
documentary on Africa Magic where a good number of youths are asked to define the future. ALL of them could not provide the answer. They were just stammering.

This is because most of the youths don't think about the future as it is. All they want is fake life, the one that is free to them. It's time we, youths, stand up against bad future. Live a meaningful life and you will be glad you did.

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Hope and Patience

Hope and Patience are two words that are inter-related in the sense that if one is not patient, he/she can never believe there is still hope for him/her. Patience is a key character in the human life. It is very important. It begets every good thing like wealth, love, success and so on.

According to a Yoruba adage, "with more than enough patience, you can cook a stone and it will become cooked(soft)". Its very right because its stressing the essence of patience which is very enormous. Its good to be patient because impatience spoil things. You don't know if the next minute is your time to shine. A popular saying states, "the darkest hour is just before dawn" WAIT FOR GOD'S TIME... IT'S SIMPLY THE BEST"

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ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) - a great labour union. When I was small, whenever I hear ASUU, I think its University strike coming up again. It got to a point that I think the meaning/synonym of ASUU i strike. It was so obvious that whenever ASUU appears in the newspaper, it means the beginning of strike. And my elder ones will have to stay at home for months! I really hate ASUU then because the strike stuff is kind of ridiculous.

But later on I got to understand the meaning of ASUU and what it stands for. I got to know that the only language that the Nigerian Government understand is STRIKE. And I really think this is not supposed to be so. I believe its a thing that can always be settled via negotiation if the two parties agreed but the government will never give in until the strike happens. And this strike of a thing is really affecting the educational system of Nigerian Universities. I want to advise th Federal Government to make decisions very fast to save the studies of Nigerian Students. What you will still do after strike can be done without any strike.

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Happy Fathers' Day

Series of Fathers exist on this planet Earth. Series of Dads. Lots of paternal parent. But mine is one of his kind. He is just the reason for my existence on Earth after God. He has done so much for me.

To my father, you are just the special one sent for me. I really enjoyed my stay with you. The laughters, the cries, the good health, the sickness period, the time of suffering, the time of sufficiency. You worked so hard to get me to the height I am and you are still planning to move me more by the grace of God. I love you so much. Thank you for been there for me everytime. Happy Fathers' Day, sir!

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Examination - the true test

If I'm to carry out a survey by asking 20 people randomly that, "Is examination a true test?", about 16-19 of them will tell me that examination is not a true test because some students do know the answers to each exam questions but the tension of examination won't let them answer the questions to satisfaction. I agree with their point but I disagree with their answer. I agree with their point because its true that such things do happen. But I disagree with their answer because whenever I ask them a particular question, they don't have answer to it.

The particular question is, "what is the true test if examination is not?". At least, people still manage to pass even with the tension. But imagine a promotion without examination. Is it worth it? I will take promotion without examination as reaping without sowing. I think instead of complaining that examination is not a true test, lets learn to fight tension and exam phobia. Its possible! We can!

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Human Relationship - friendship as a case study

Whenever one is talking about relationship, people think that its all about love life. That's why I had to qualify it with an adjective to make it look more real. Human Relationship is something that is very essential in everyone's existence because nobody is independent. We all depend on each other for one thing or the other. Bankers depend on the farmers for food, farmers depend on bankers for safety of their farm income. Even nations depend on each other, that's why the greatest country in the world, U.S.A, had to go into serious partnership with Israel. Its like a cycle. Thus, the need to study how it works is also important.

Human relationship is a broad topic that has many branches like business relationship, friendship, love, marital relationship and so on. I will be talking more on friendship. The key word in friendship is understanding! Once both parties have a good understanding of each other, it will be smooth without any flaw. This is what is called good human relations. Understanding can only be said to be present between two persons if and only if each of them knows what the other like and dislike. And tried to cope without doing what the other person dislikes. This is called mutual understanding. A very important aspect of friendship.

To build a good friendship with someone you don't know before, you need to be extra careful because you don't know what the person likes or dislikes yet. And that means, the probability that you offend the person so soon is very high. So, extra carefulness is the key. Just do things with respect and courtesy. With this, you can easily build a good friendship and a lasting one tho.

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Time Management

Time management is a very underlying and vital part of our day-to-day activities. If time is not properly managed, it can jeopardise the lifetime project of anybody. Time management is applicable in many areas of life; business, marital life, religion, career, education and so on. Time can be efficiently and properly managed by planning ahead of time and planning vigorously for the unforeseen events which can arise from a particular action.

The efficient management of time is very tedious because efficient planning cannot guarantee efficient reaction. For instance, if someone drew a study timetable to manage his study time and eventually found out that he is tired when he still have to read one more course. He might sleep and not attend to that course properly. This means yielding to the plan is abortive and that makes the whole plan useless.

I will advise us to try and see into the efficient management of our time because that is the key to great success..

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Quarrel or Squabble

What is the major cause of quarrel? I believe it results from misunderstanding or doing what the second person detest or don't like. I've engaged in lots of quarrel within the few years I've spent on the earth but all the time, I feel the second person is guilty and should apologise to me. I think this the main concept that makes a quarrel to last longer than expected. Both parties will think the other person is guilty and should apologise. When it gets to a point that no one can apologise, it turns into a prolonged disagreement.

Most of the times, I feel bad at one period or the other when quarreling with someone I need a giant help from. I will be like; should I apologise and be helped or exercise my ego and not be helped? Most of the times, the answer that comes from  the mind is: give yourself some self respect, don't apologise. And at the end of the day, one end of losing a great opportunity.

I believe we can live a life without quarrels, lets work towards that and feel the free world around us. Help will come from the appropriate places and we will have a complete peace of mind.

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Nigeria O' Nigeria - by Dangulbi

Before going to bed, i had to eat something. I opened the fridge and yes, all the things in my fridge had turned to block; the light had been on for 8 years without going off. I finished eating and went to bed. Oh I have to reduce the speed of this fan, the voltage is so high.



I woke up very early in the morning to the sound of classical music. I casually strolled into the bathroom. Oh! the cold is too much this morning, i turned on the hot-water tap. While towelling myself dry, i turned on the radio and heard the presenter speaking of how Nigeria is now one of the most developed countries in the world and how the Nigerian president yesterday declared his asset and all he had to boast of was N20 million naira and a duplex in his village.



I finished dressing up and took my time to eat. I had no reason to rush, afterall the road is always free and there are no potholes.



On the way, i saw a few policemen patrolling and I greeted them. I stopped to chat with them for a few minutes after which i drove off laughing.



In my workplace, i saw some people loitering in the waiting room and discovered they were here to be interviewed. I saw the son of the permanent secretary. I also saw a young man with tattered shoes and patched-up trouser; he graduated recently from one of the government universities, but everyone could testify to the fact that he's brilliant.



While going home that day, i saw the man with the tattered shoes smiling and i asked him why. "Sir, i've been given the job." "What! What of the Permanent secretary's son, didn't his father call beforehand?" "No" the man said, "He didn't"



That evening, i went out to play in the neighborhood, i saw Adamu and Obinna discussing the recent trend in the country, of how Mallam Danjuma is now the governor of Rivers state, Senator Abifarin Oluwafemi is now the governor in Borno state, Mr Chijioke Godffrey is now the governor of Oyo state.



I decided that since i had a lot of time on my hands, i should make a quick stop in the hospital to make a few checkups. I went to the Cancer treatment Hospital, after making sure i was cancer-free, i visited the HIV/AIDS Checkup Centre and I was well attended to with world-class equipments, i even saw the mother of the vice-president there.



From there, i saw Hope of Salvation Church and Egbe Alasalatu Islamic house holding a joint prayer for continuous peace in the community. I saw the pastor and Imam consulting on the prayer points. I stayed for a few minutes and then left.



The next morning, i tried to make some calls, but i couldn't find my phone. I took my wife's phone and saw tons of messages sent from my phone asking me to call back, that my phone was found on the road. I hurriedly called my phone back and got a man on the line. He told me he had been calling my wife's number since yesterday night but that she wasn't picking her calls. I apologized and told him that she put her phone in silent to avoid disturbances while sleeping. I went to reclaim my phone, i thanked the man and offered him a few naira, but he rejected it saying, i shouldn't worry.



Since it was election time, i went to the polling booth nearest to me to carry out my constitutional duties. I saw only people of voting age there, everywhere was peaceful and the security agents there were merely putting up appearances as they were just chatting with the voters. I voted for the candidate of my choice and left. The next morning, i heard that the election results were out and that the runners-up and winner were having lunch together. I turned on my T.V set and saw for myself, in fact, they weren't just eating, a healthy conversation was going on. The winner of the presidential election asked the runners-up to advice him as to how to effectively run the country and they all sat together to discuss on how to sustain the massive success the country has been witnessing.



The next day, the foreign media said that the American president has laid some rules down for Nigeria to follow, failure to do that will amount to severing of diplomatic ties. The Nigerian president replied 30 minutes after, he told the American president to go to hell and that he won't allow his country to be ruled by foreign and anti-masses policies.



I remembered that i hadn't completed my weekly hours of work mandatory for all Nigerians, i got there and saw the president dusting his trouser, he had just finished cutting the grass where he was assigned to work. I greeted him and he told me that he's expecting month end, that his monthly allowance had nearly finished, since he was also collecting the minimum wage being paid to the workers.



"Huum..." I woke up with a jolt slapping my ears, these mosquitoes again. So I have been dreaming. I was sweating profusely, there's no light. I stood up to take my bath, no water. I turned on my transistor radio, i heard them saying Boko haram has started again, and that robbers have killed 13 people. Oh God!

The Concept of Friendship

I don't really understand the concept of friendship. I really like making new friends and tend to forget my old friends. I believe old friends should be treated with greater importance but I don't practise that. I think the adage, "no one is perfect" has a link to that. You can possibly make 100 friends daily constantly for a week. But the question is, "Can you keep the 700 friends for the next week?"

That means you can be the best friend maker but do you think you can keep as much as you are making? Being a friend keeper is the most tasking thing. Is it a gift or something u can get trained for? Thats what I don't understand. All is well anyway.

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Religious conflicts in the world - Nigeria as a case study

The main cause of religious conflicts in the world is trying to convince a religious fanatic to join your own religion. It always cause great trouble because the fanatic won't take it likely with the preacher. According to some people, it is argument on which religion is better that causes it. But I think mere debate on religion should not be a bone of contention. At least, when we were in primary school, we did some debate about which gender is better and it ended in peace. But when it comes to religion issues, people take it too personal.

I, as a person, I'm a Muslim and Christians don't normally know because whenever Christ preachers visit me, I treat them with modesty, listen to whatever they wanna say. I won't say anything even if they are talking about the fact that their religion is better than Islam. that doesn't make me desist from my Salaat or deprive me from being a muslim. Please, let's get wise  and desist from causing religious conflicts. The change begins with YOU and I.

I still remain my humble self, my name is Taslim, I am a Muslim and I'm not a terrorist.

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The Concept of Life

During a robbery in Lagos, Nigeria, thebank robbershouted to everyone in the bank:"Don't move. The money belongs to theState. Your lifebelongs to you." Everyone in the bank laid down quietly. *This is called"Mind Changing Concept”Changing theconventional way of thinking. When a lady lay on thetable provocatively,the robbershouted at her: "Please be civilized!This is a robberyand not a rape!" *This is called"BeingProfessional” Focus only on what you are trained todo!* When the bank robbers returned home, theyoungerrobber (MBA-trained) told the older robber (who has only completed Year6 inprimary school): "Big brother, let's counthow much we got." The older robber rebutted andsaid:"You arevery stupid. There is so much money it will take us a long time to count.Tonight, theTV news will tell us how much we robbed fromthe bank!" *This is called"Experience.”Nowadays,experience ismore important than paper qualifications!* After therobbers had left, the bank managertold the bank supervisor to call the policequickly. Butthe supervisor said to him: "Wait!Let us take out $10 million from the bank forourselves and add it to the $70 million that we have previously embezzledfrom thebank”.*This is called "Swimming with the tide.”Converting an unfavorable situation to youradvantage!* The supervisor says: "Itwill be good ifthere is a robbery every month."*This is called "Killing Boredom.” PersonalHappiness is more important than yourjob*. The next day, the TV news reported that$100 millionwas taken from the bank. The robbers counted andcounted and counted, but they could onlycount $20 million. The robbers werevery angry andcomplained: "Werisked our livesand only took $20 million. The bank manager took $80million with a snap of his fingers. It looks like it isbetter to be educated than to be a thief!"*This is called "Knowledge is worth asmuch asgold!*" The bank manager was smiling and happy because his losses inthe share market arenow covered by this robbery.*This is called "Seizing the opportunity.”Daring to takerisks!*

The World as one big family!

I'm not sure if this is right or wrong but I believe even despite all the efforts of the United Nations to make this world connected. Its not still connected. Part of the things that are disconnecting the world and disallowing it from being a single entity is RACISM, ETHNICITY, TERRORISM, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS and lots more.

With those things present, I don't think the world can come to a solid agreement... even with all the UN treaties signed by various countries, some citizens still don't practise unity. Let's take the whole world as a big family. No discrimination, No threat, No immoral act against each other.

The change begins with you! Act fast!
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What a congress!

The Nigerian Association of Agricultural Students (NAAS), FUTA Chapter held her 2nd congress and 1st emergency congress this 2nd semester. I was in attendance and it was all *inspiring. The congressmen wanted to impeach the president because of an immoral act he performed at the Students' Representatives Council business meeting which he has apologised for. Most of his opponents are the 500L brethren.

It was like a coup planned and they were sure they will win until the Governor of the 100L brought the 100L students to support the president. The largest number of congressmen present in the congress of NAAS was recorded with 75 comrades in attendance and the 100L were well represented.

Although, our president was told to carry on after the results of the voting favoured him but I don't think they are through with him. ALL IS WELL.