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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

WRITING FOR MY NICHE ; AFRICA IN RETROSPECT

It was a wonderful Tuesday morning- a great day! I knew it and I was so sure that I stepped out to write an article about it. It’s a wonderful Tuesday morning- Terrific Tuesday! Not only was I off work, at my ‘new’ job -with a much different shift schedule, rather, it was a Terrific Tuesday morning- a rainy day!

So I sat at the sofa overlooking the garden from a sliding door and started on an entirely new mission; to churn out 100 quality articles for my blog.

Writing an article for my blog is a very important thing to me. A vital aspect off my life it has come to be, writing to me is a medium of expression, a platform to share my message, a channel to reach out to my clan. With a piece of article I reach out to many, numbers and distance notwithstanding even without paying attention to the borders or barriers of language and culture. Thank God for Technology.
I might not write on the everyday political ills or the disasters and wars in the Middle East. I believe the news does much justice to that and sometimes blows out much out of proportion, for instance talk about the case of western media painting the whole Africa as a poverty-ridden continent and leaving out transformational leadership exhibited in a place like Lagos Nigeria, and the groundbreaking educational project like ‘Opon-Imo ‘ Tablets for Schools’ first rolled out in Osun state Or how can we forget what transformations are taking place in countries like Ghana compared to what they used to be over the years. Yet the spotlight of western media on Africa has not changed much, if at all!
No hard feelings but I believe Africa lies amidst so much wealth her past woes or present challenges notwithstanding. I am so sure it’s just a matter of time till the Generation Y, show great leadership as so many of them have started doing, I believe Africa isn’t where it used to be on the USAID, UN or WHO development indices - thanks to aids and policies bothering around that but so much more it owes it more to the leverage of transformational leadership finding their foot holds in some countries or nations around that.
So rather than dwell so much on the news, I dwell so much on Change. The positive change we all believe in and hope to see, not only in Nigeria or Africa, but in the world at large. I advocate personal change because I believe that is the birth place of all other societal changes. Then I move on to the need for Organizational change and development because that is like a cantilever that touches all lives together and can break transnational bonds. This approach to change is what I believe imbibes the present and upcoming generation –Generation Y with the necessary values necessary for unleashing personal greatness and birthing global change. This is the fulcrum that can lift the world.

So in revealing my mission of 100 articles in 100 days or less. I will solely write around my niche by that I mean all that relates to National and Global Change. I will keep to my assignment to inspire greatness and the world’s best ideas in business, leadership and Life. I am a student of this school of change rather than a master of it, so I as well share all that I learn by personal experience, through interactions with the masters of the field and above all from major intercourse with great minds from books. Hence my reasons for some book reviews on my blog.

Doing book reviews on my blog for me is a very wonderful thing. I have always had a passion for books and I always believe I will author so many of them. Once while reviewing a book , I remembered a group conversation I had with couple of friends in a course mate’s room while at the University. One of us had tried to speculate what he sees every one doing in the future and he looked at me and said with certainty, above all possible things “You will be doing book reviews” . He’s way too right! I went on to do some book reviews on my blog which I had started back in school then and they have nice exposures, I mean book reviews rank among the popular posts on my blog today. A book review makes you an active reader. You read with a view to sharing at some points with the cap of a critic and an analyst on. It’s a step in progress and I currently look to how to better my best at it.

Finally I have come to the end of what was supposed to be a 750 word article! Considering the fact I don’t do that! I always think how many Nigerian wants to read a piece more than a 350 word article? And I just wrote over 750 words without breaking a sweat!

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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Sunday Sizzle: Stay in the Game by Joel Osteen

It's a wonderful Sunday and today while trying to share some great stuffs on Spirituality, I decided to feature Pastor Joel of Lakewood ,I have chosen a post from Joel and Victoria's blog that resonated with an article I had written here a while ago,see Stay back in the Game, you can read it here, Stay back in the Game

Stay in the Game
by Joel Osteen

I was watching the football game a while back. One of the players had a broken hand and bruised ribs. He's a big offensive lineman and wasn't expected to play. The trainers wanted him to sit it out, but he wasn't about to miss the game. He had a big cast on his arm. He was wearing a special vest to protect his ribs. He was all bandaged up. He looked like a mummy. A reporter asked him how he felt. He said, "It's a little painful, but I'd rather be in the game in pain than sitting on the sidelines watching."

If you're going to become all God has created you to be, you can't let that injury, that hurt, that disappointment, that setback cause you to sit on the sidelines of life. You might need to take some time out, but do like this player. Bandage up what's hurting. Forgive the person who did you wrong. Let go of what didn't work out and get back in the game.

I saw a lady in our lobby one day that I hadn't seen for a long, long time. She's an older woman, very faithful. I said to her in passing, "Hey! I haven't seen you lately. Where have you been?"

She said, "Joel, I had to have emergency surgery, and I've been in the hospital for three months."

I said, "Wow! We're so glad to have you back. How are you doing?" For as long as I live, I will never forget her words.

She said, "I'm hurting, but I'm here."

Friend, that's the kind of people God rewards. Faithful people, people who are determined; people who get knocked down but don't stay down. You don't let the hurt, the pain, the bad break cause you to get bitter, lose your passion or start blaming God. No, like this lady, you stay in the game. No matter what life deals our way, our attitude should be, "I'm hurting, but I'm still here. A friend did me wrong, but I'm still here. Business is slow, but I'm still here. I didn't feel like coming, but I'm still here."

You've got to have a made up mind that you're going to stay in the game. You're not only going to be faithful as long as you feel perfectly well, as long as everybody treats you right, as long as it's sunny and cool outside. No, you've made up your mind, "I'm hurting, but I'm still coming. My boss did me wrong, but I'm still getting to work on time; I'm still being my best. My child won't speak to me. It's breaking my heart. I'm in pain, but I'm still singing in the choir. I'm still ushering each week. I'm still being good to a friend that's in need. I've still got a smile. I'm still giving God praise."

Anybody can sit on the sidelines. Anybody can find an excuse to be sour, to drop out, to give up on life. I'm asking you to stay in the game and let God lead you to victory!

"I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14, KJV)

About Joel Osteen.
Joel Osteen is a native Texan and the Pastor of Lakewood Church, which according to Church Growth Today is America's largest and fastest growing church. On July 16, 2005 after completing $95 million dollars in renovations, Joel moved Lakewood Church into its new 16,000-seat home - the former Compaq Center. It is the largest regularly-used worship center in the United States. Each week Joel delivers God's message of hope and encouragement to more than 38,000 attendees. According to Nielsen Media Research, Joel is the most watched inspirational figure in America. His weekly sermon is broadcast into every U.S. television market where it is viewed by seven million Americans each week and more than 20 million each month. His weekly broadcast is also seen in almost 100 nations around the world.

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Friday, April 11, 2014

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FOR A GREAT DAY!

It's a great day and today a wonderful Friday, I have decided to share inspirational quotes of two of my great models in the industry from a quote bank shared with me by a friend.

Please enjoy the collections of quotes from Zig Ziglar and Leslie Brown

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. - Zig Ziglar

Don't count the things you do. Do the things that count. - Zig Ziglar

When you are easy on yourself, life is hard on you. When you are hard on yourself, life is easy on you. - Zig Ziglar

God will take care of what you go through. You take care of how you go through it. - Zig Ziglar

Will you look back on life and say, "I wish I had," or "I'm glad I did"? - Zig Ziglar

Les Brown Life Quotes:

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. - Les Brown

You don’t get in life what you want. You get what you are. - Les Brown

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. - Les Brown

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. - Les Brown

When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up. - Les

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

A BELATED NEW MONTH WISH

It's a great day! Since this is my first post this new month, I welcome you all to the new month of which I termed 30 Golden days of divine opportunities, in a brand new month! Sorry my new month wishes are coming unusually too late...sincerely apologies..

I wish you Love, Joy Peace, Sound health and wealth this month!
May your goals find speedy fulfillment, may God shield you and protect you and your family this month!
May helpers fall over each other to bless you!

May good news never cease in your camp!
I appreciate you once again for being an important part of my life on this purpose-driven journey!
My prayer for you is that the goodness of the Lord will go before you this month and may you have a fulfilled month in Jesus' name!
Let's watch out this new month for interesting articles,new job tips, book reviews , business tips,plus how my Facebook account was hijacked and resecured!

Happy New month! ;)
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Monday, March 31, 2014

7 Reasons You’re Not as Successful as You Could Be

It's a great day! I actually found it quite uneasy to believe I haven't published a post in about 10 days!!!Surely I need to start another writing challenge! Anyways, while I am going through a transition phase in my career (a positive one- Thank God!), I still need to stay committed to the voice of inspiration an imporant aspect of my God-given talent. Today, I have decided to share an inspirational content I read a while ago from one of the top blogs in our inspirational/self help niche (as a matter of fact, Marc and Angel Hack Life is part of the first 100 inspirational blogs in the world)

Please enjoy the piece!

7 Reasons You’re Not as Successful as You Could Be

Marc and Angel Hack Life
post written by: Marc Chernoff
7 Reasons You’re Not as Successful as You Could Be

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.
–Vince Lombardi

Feeling down about your forward progress lately? Do you feel like you’re running in place? Need some motivation and tough love to help you reinvigorate your success rate? Well, here you go – seven reasons you’re not the great success story you could be:
1. You do a lot of thinking without acting.
Too often we think without acting. We do nothing with our ideas. Everyone who has ever taken a long, hot shower has had many great ideas. I’m sure you can relate. But you will only make a difference in this world if you get out of the shower, dry off and do something with them.
The only way to conquer your dreams and doubts is with action. Wondering about them will not get anything done. Avoiding challenges will only make them grow bigger. If you wait until all conditions are perfect, you will spend the rest of your life waiting.
Great achievements are made by starting from exactly where you are right now with exactly what you have right now. Stop wondering and start doing. Once you’ve made a little progress you’ll always know, without a doubt, that you can make even more progress if you try. Read 1,000 Little Things.

2. Your creative mind is completely unfocused.
Constraints nurture productive side of the creative mind. At first it might seem as though complete freedom makes all creative ventures more attainable, but this isn’t the truth. Complete freedom makes the possibilities endless, but keeps your efforts scattered and unfocused.
Often, self-imposed constraints, or boundaries, force you to think differently about challenges, leading to more practical ideas and innovations. Instead of thinking ‘outside the box’ and looking in every possible direction, get inside one box – a specific problem that needs a resolution, a smaller space where big changes can be made, etc. – and focus your creative attention on making a difference.
These boundaries create the foundation from which to launch a productive, creative effort. It’s like pushing off from the ground when riding a skateboard, or from the wall of the pool when you’re swimming laps – having something solid to push against allows you to move forward with greater ease and more power. And over time, as you test these boundaries by pushing against them, you figure out which ones can be broken and expanded, and which ones need to remain fixed in place.

3. You are focusing too much on fears and defeats.
Your problems are really your blessings if you use them to grow stronger. Never quit just because you feel temporarily defeated. You have not been beaten – this is not a competition. Keep working to be the best you can be. It doesn’t matter how slow you go so long as you don’t give up on yourself.
In the long run, it usually isn’t what you have or where you are or what you’ve been through that makes or breaks you; it’s how you think about it all and what you do next. Focus your conscious mind on things you desire, not your fears and defeats. Doing so brings dreams to life. Read Awaken the Giant Within .

4. Your expectations are crushing you.
Drop the needless expectations. Appreciate what is. It doesn’t matter if your glass is half empty or half full. Just be thankful that you have a glass and that there’s something in it. Choosing to be positive and having an appreciative attitude influences everything you do. The magnitude of your happiness and success will be directly proportional to the magnitude of your thoughts and how you choose to think about things.
Nothing ever works out exactly the way you want it to. Hope for the best, but expect less. Appreciate reality, don’t fight it. Don’t let what you expected to happen blind you from the goodness happening all around. Even if it doesn’t work out at all, it’s still worth it if it made you feel something new, and if it taught you something new.

5. You have become distracted from your core goals.
People might tell you it’s impossible, but it’s not. Though the challenges may be great, you can make things happen. The odds may not seem to be in your favor right now, but you can change the odds. When something difficult you want to achieve connects deeply with your purpose, it becomes possible. When you are driven and committed and persistent, you will get yourself there step by step.
So look within yourself and unearth the values and goals that you most earnestly feel a deep connection with. In the end, it’s the things that are genuinely important to you that will power your greatest achievements. Read The 52-Week Life Passion Project .

6. You are playing it too safe.
Pain is a pesky part of being human but it’s vitally important. It strengthens the mind, heart and body. You can’t grow strong, brave, or successful in this world if you’ve only had good things happen to you within the safe boundaries of your own little comfort bubble. You need real life experiences, and nothing ever becomes real until you experience it firsthand.
No matter how long you train yourself to be strong, brave, or proficient at something, you never know if you are or not until something real happens to you. So get real, experience life and let it teach you what you need to know to conquer your wildest dreams.

7. You have been resisting forgiveness.
Alexander Pope once said, “To err is human, to forgive, divine.” Nothing could be closer to the truth. Your willingness to forgive yourself and others is the greatest sign of your emotional and spiritual maturity. It’s a process of acceptance and understanding that allows you to let go of a situation that’s over so you can move on with your life.
The key is to be thankful for every experience – positive or negative. It’s taking a step back and saying, “Thank you for the lesson.”
Take a moment and imagine if every person (including yourself) who owed you an apology apologized today, and imagine if you accepted these apologies. What a weight lifted. Now imagine if everyone, everywhere did this. How many problems in the world would evaporate?
Photo by: Hartwig HKD

About the Writer:
Passionate writers, admirers of the human spirit, and full time students of life, Marc and Angel Chernoff enjoy sharing inspirational advice and practical tips for life on their popular personal development blog, “Marc and Angel Hack Life.” Currently the site contains over 600 articles on happiness, productivity, emotional intelligence, relationships, and general self-improvement, and has attracted over 100 million page views and 100 thousand subscribers since its inception in 2006.
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Friday, March 21, 2014

7 INSPIRATIONAL MUST-READ POSTS!

[i wrote this piece yesterday]

It's been a lovely day for me from attending a Work Training to attending a Financial Intelligence training and then Fellowship. Yesterday, I uploaded a new video I had recorded last month on You tube, it's my first Video for the year, and I have set a goal for 100 videos this year, I also recorded a new one which I am so sure you will enjoy and find both entertaining and informative at the same time. You can watch the short clip, which I called "Video 1 of 100 " here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoW3HXZ2Bkc while I am currently working on a couple of book reviews and multiple articles, I have decided to draw a spotlight on some if not all of the popular articles on my blog.

The popular articles on my blog have been grouped by Google based on exposure, page rank or some other indexing parameters by Google, it also means these articles have received a wide range attention cum feedback . Some of these articles are recent while some are old. A number of these articles have been published in other media for instance possibly few in some magazines or blogs where I featured as guest blogger and a number of the In Nigerian Punch newspaper couple of years ago.

I have selected 7 of this articles in no fixed order for your enjoyment.
I invite you to enjoy the list of the 7 titles and the links to these great articles.

1. RISING BEYOND PERSONAL GREATNESS !
By Emmanuel Ayeni "Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them...

http://www.emmanuelayeni.com/2012/04/rising-beyond-personal-greatness.html

2. DO NOT EVER GIVE UP!

http://www.emmanuelayeni.com/2012/09/do-not-ever-give-up.html

3. THE PATHWAYS TO CREATIVITY
http://www.emmanuelayeni.com/2012/06/pathways-to-creativity.html

4. BOOK REVIEW: WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING BLACK ?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING BLACK… Celebrating our Heriatge,Confronting our Challenges © 2007, MATTHEW ASHIMOLOWO It's nice doing a fir... http://www.emmanuelayeni.com/2013/02/book-review-what-is-wrong-with-being.html

5. STAY BACK IN THE GAME
Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut... http://www.emmanuelayeni.com/2014/02/stay-back-in-game.html

6. Poetic: Waiting For My Love
ICE Breaker It's so nice to be back again...Yeah I believe I have broken a few bloggers code for som...
http://www.emmanuelayeni.com/2013/10/poeticwaiting-for-my-love.html

7. HOW TO GET RICH by Donald J. Trump: A Review
HOW TO GET RICH by Donald J. Trump: A Review I have wanted to write this for a while now, although I had read the book many months ... http://www.emmanuelayeni.com/2012/09/how-to-get-rich-by-donald-j-trump-review.html

While these are not all you can visit www.emmanuelayeni.com to read and explore the rest.

Keep moving on to Greatness!
Emmanuel Ayeni
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Monday, March 17, 2014

DESCRIBING INSPIRATION

I have for years been thinking about doing something about this topic. The subject of Inspiration and Motivation. I will not proceed to think about how to start, because my inspiration has gotten a better part of me. I sit at table studying and in a sizzzle hall trying to work on my MLM goals for the week (Yeah, among other things, I am a Networker, a great one indeed, I picture myself as one), then I see my cursor ‘dancing’ and so I finally hit the keys- sounds like hitting the road huh? I decided to write about the subject of inspiration.

The definition of inspiration will be delayed for a later time, but I will dwell on the description today. Many people, in the creative part of life may be in the arts of painting, writing, drama, or music, have laid claims to different themes or things as an inspiration as a catalyst for improved performance at what they do.
So I on this terms I define inspiration form a personal stand point. My Inspiration to write or to speak, or to act on a problem with view to solution.

The whiteness of a blank page or white paper, the wonderful scent of a flowery garden, the lush green grass of a wonderful garden. The terrific sound and sight of a waterfall; the unrhythmic dance of the fountain pen on pages of a book, the chirpings of birds, sounds of the crickets at night these to me can be very inspiring.

Inspiration is watching the rain fall from behind a glass screen or shield. It is depicted in watching seedlings germinate or a crawling child make its first steps. The rigorous but exciting Experience of reaching the peak of a mountain top and standing at the summit is inspirational!

Inspiration is watching two happy couples in their 80’s hold hands and taking a walk down the natural park.

Inspiration is watching a team of ants lift a crumb of cake that doubles their collective mass.

Inspiration is listening to the sonorous voice of a damsel making the best music without any instruments. Inspiration is travelling over the country lands of Africa and seeing beautiful sights of trees of rails and good roads.
Inspiration is of course looking at the blinking cursor on a blank page and knowing it could be woven into thoughts and ideas that could travel far beyond you and break the boundaries of culture, religion, race and even class.
Inspiration is looking up at the deep blue sky with its silvery edges and knowing that these were all created by the greatest Genius and Omnipotent God- The Almighty and knowing that He alone is the greatest source of Inspiration.

How do you describe or define inspiration? I enjoy reading comments and feed backs from you.

Never lose your Inspiration!
Emmanuel Ayeni
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