Are You 18 - 25 Years Old?

I want to tell you something

Right now, you are in the age bracket where things happen - the good, the bad, the ugly and sometimes even the very ugly.

Your hormones are raging wild and you want to taste all the tasteables

You want to impress your mates and show them that you are no baby any longer

You want to prove that you are now a man or woman as the case may be

And so you spend time on social media sites comparing notes

You upload pictures of things that you have never done and claim that they are really from you

You visit the Kardashians' Instagram Pages and you wonder why you are not like them

You visit Jeff Besos' instagram page and you think that he's stinkingly rich and yet he does not know you

Let me tell you something

All those seconds and minutes and hours you spend on Instagram and other social media sites comparing notes with people you don't know and may never get to meet in person and wishing that you were like them is WASTED TIME

It is time you should channel into doing something creative to better your lot in life

One fact you need to allow sink into your brain right now is that social media life is a false life - most people photoshop pictures and post on their handles pretending to be doing what the pictures say but in real life, they are not like that, so when you watch such posts and you get envious or jealous or even angry at your God, you are losing it.

And such a feeling makes you want to taste success in a hurry as a matter of NOW, forgetting that "success is not a destination, it is a journey"

At this age of yours, chances are that you are either in a Higher Institution of Learning or you actually, have graduated.

Now if you're still a student, how are you using your time?

Playing around most of the time?

taking in all junks in terms of food and drinks and the others?

chasing all in skirts or trousers?

having flings here and there, sowing your wild oats?

being a party freak?

having good times, so much fun?

Allowing your mates to convince and confuse you?

And then remembering to read only when the Examination Time Table is released? Yes??

Does anyone still need to ask why you have a certificate but cannot defend your degree?

Does anyone still need to ask why you are unable to make one complete sentence in English without adding a local exclamation or even broken words?

Let's say you are already a Graduate and peradventure you are serving your Fatherland if you're a Nigerian; all that talk about you acquiring skills for a living make no sense to you because your Pastor or Imam has told you that "Your case is different" and that "Companies will locate you in your house and give you an appointment letter"

Your mind is sold to "getting a good job after service" and when you're asked what constitutes a good job, you're like "a good pay with other perks"

The fact that so many other persons who were also told by their Pastors and Imams that their cases were different  but who have spent years waiting for their cases to become different in a world filled with indifference does not seem obvious to you

So you finish youth service and with no other skills except the certificate you're banding around and with no other plan except to "pick up a good job with good pay in a good Company" you start counting the years 1 year, 2 years, 3 years and your Pastor or Imam still keeps telling you that your case is different - but of course it has become.

Then you arrive at that frustration point where you're forced by circumstances to pick up a job quite below your expectations and then you start the 9 to 5 grind at a job you hate with a passion but have to do so as to have a meal on your dining table and your singsong becomes "30 days make 1 meal"

The time to pick sense my friend is NOW

When you're in School, do exactly what you were sent there to do - READ

Don't just cram to pass examinations, read to understand the subject so that you will be able to defend your degree when you eventually earn it

When you're serving, take nothing for granted, learn whatever skill you can "don't just burn the time on your hands, use it effectively"

Arm yourself with Plans A, B, C, and even D so that when the service year is over, you won't only be dropping CVs all over the place, but you'll be busy making a life

Making a good life is a process that comes with patience. You must have to fall in love with the process, you must deploy patience while executing the process

The process is not automatic unless you were born with a golden spoon in your mouth but if you were born without any spoon in your mouth at all, then you've got to establish the process of making a good life and that starts right at this age bracket (18 - 25)

Decide what you want out of life and then go and build it

Today, go and start a side hustle. If you've got digital skills, then deploy them to digital marketing.

The old popular saying that "Slow and steady wins the race" is still very much apt even in the now because like I said earlier - "Life is a marathon and not a sprint"

And right now, drop all forms of competition; just know that you're competing with yourself

Every day, work on improving yourself by 1% and in 100 days time, you would have hit 100%

Decide, Plan, Act, Succeed, rinse and repeat - that's the solid key to success

And if you're 18 to 25 years of age, you are in the best time of life - use it WISELY

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Can You Do it?

Hello,

I have something to say to you

Don't you ever let someone or anyone tell you that you can't do something or anything you've set your heart on doing; so long as it will further your purpose on earth -

Don't listen to anyone - not your Mum, not your Dad, not your Teachers, not your best Uncles and Aunts and definitely not your peers and senior friends.

You have a dream? then you have to make great efforts to shield and protect your dream from dream killers.

Just because those people could not do what you want to do, does not in any way mean that you can't do it.

That they failed is the main reason why they project their failure to you by saying that you can't' do it but that's a big fat lie - you can do whatever you set your sights on doing and have a singleness of mind to pursue it to its logical conclusion.

You want something - Go get it period.

We are afraid not because we are inadequate, we are afraid because we are powerful beyond measure.

It's our light and not our darkness that most frightens us.

Your playing small in this world does not serve any purpose

There's  nothing enlightening about shrinking so that all those around you won't feel inferior;

we are meant to shine like children of light.

That Light is not just in some of us, it is in all of us and as we let our light shine, we constantly give other people permission to do the same - to let their own light shine too

As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others

Dream big

Never give up

help other people to achieve success and you will be successful

Remember, never ever give anyone permission to say to you that you can't do it because you can

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Top Ten Tips For Fast Success From Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield is the originator of the Chicken Soup For The Soul books, the wildly successful series that has sold over 120 million copies worldwide

Canfield has also authored a number of books on the topic of personal development and success and gives speeches worldwide to business executives, entrepreneurs and sales executives on how to achieve peak performance.

If anyone has the credentials to talk about success, it’s Jack Canfield.

Luckily for us, he believes in inspiring and empowering others to do the same.

The best thing about Canfield's approach - his methods are clear, concise, and easily applicable.

So, if you're feeling stuck in life, here are ten tips to get you back on track.

1.     Change Your Thoughts -

Your current mindset is what has gotten you to this point.

If you desire change, you need new thought patterns.

Instead of thinking about how you're not qualified for a job, think about what you need to learn to become qualified.

2.     Take 100% Responsibility for Everything in Your Life -

Only by taking full responsibility for your life can you make positive changes.

This approach means no finger pointing, no playing the victim, and no blaming your life on your circumstances.

Forget blaming others. Instead, take action.

3.     Find a Mentor -

You know the old 10,000-hour rule, well you can cut that time down by finding a mentor.

By learning from people who have achieved what you desire, you can jumpstart your career progress. 

4.     Do More Than What's Expected

Don't spend time worrying about the idea that you're not getting paid enough.

Instead, think about what you could be doing that would lead to an eventual increase in pay.

Continue building your skills until you're invaluable.

The big bucks will follow.

5.      Find Your Core Genius -

Look, you're better at certain things than others. It's a fact of life.

So put in time honing skills that fall into your core genius categories, and you will excel at a faster rate.