Today, I seek to address a crucial issue that many youths in our generation are beginning to take for granted. We live in an age and time where gross attention is focused on the public figure. An age where life is largely driven on the basis of public interest. An age where individual status on social media has become a basis for judging progress and success.

An age where we view our world through the glasses we choose, whether they’re rose-tinted glasses or mirror-coated sunglasses preventing the light from shining through. A time when business seminars place branding and packaging above delivery and integrity. We’re creating a culture of self-comparison that did not previously exist.
What's the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you’re ugly inside? We are beginning to neglect the needful which is our reality.

My worth is not in my kind of gadget. If your expensive gadgets don’t aid increasing your value, you do not need it for now. When you fake your identity and status, you will do more harm than good to your self; quote me anywhere. This is because you will need hundreds of lies to defend a lie and the consequences of exposed lies are always better imagined than experienced; too grievous.

The secret of life is fair dealings and honesty. The truth cannot be hidden with a little cover up at all. You have to be honest. The world needs real people. Maybe it’s time we throw a little reality back into social media. Otherwise, we’re going to have to start changing that witty tagline to something more fitting. Don’t just look rich”, be rich. Be real!

Don't worry when hardship clings to you.

Don't worry when life takes away goodness and deposits sorrow at your doorstep.

Don't worry when you lose your job and the pressure of life stares at you.

Don't worry when detractors call you names that make you feel stigmatized.

Don't worry when you're not getting positive results and failure seems to have become a norm.

Don't worry when you are hated because of your personality or because of your worldview.

Don't worry even if your entire household are wallowing in abject poverty.

Don't worry when you are weakened by hunger.

Don't worry about lack of clothing.

Remember, you have LIFE.

It means you have numerous life-changing opportunities.

Worry, fear, tears and other forms of negativity only show how weak you are.

Your strength is your result which is birthed by your actions.

You are free to think about those worries but don't let them weigh you down.

Don't worry!

Jack MA - The Richest man in China said; "if you put bananas and money in front of monkeys, monkeys will choose bananas because monkeys do not know that "money can buy a lot of bananas". In reality, if you offer JOB and BUSINESS to people, they would choose JOB because most people do not know that BUSINESS can bring more MONEY than wages and salaries.

Similarly, Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the best selling book "RICH DAD, POOR DAD" and also a business partner of Donald Trump once said; "one of the reasons the poor remain poor, is because they are NOT TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITY".
"Academic excellence is overrated''
Being top of your class does not necessarily guarantee that you will be at the top of life.
You could graduate as the best student in Finance but it doesn't mean you will make more money in life.The fact is, life requires more than the ability to understand a concept.
School rewards people for their memory.
Life rewards people for their imagination.
School rewards caution, life rewards daring.

School hails those who live by the rules. Life exalts those who break the rules and set new ones. Do you know the name Peter Drucker? Well, in case you don't, he's one of the greatest management experts in history. He said; "universities won't survive. The future is outside the university campus, outside the traditional classroom".
Don't limit yourself to the classroom. So, do I mean people shouldn't study hard in school? Oh no, you should study hard.
Do something practical. Take a leadership position.
Start a business, fail and flourish. That's a better Entrepreneurship 101.
Join or start a good club that is - mastermind. Popularized by Napoleon Hill in his famous book, Think and Grow Rich, a mastermind is a group of individuals who come together regularly (either in person or virtually) in order to discuss important personal or business issues and get differing perspective to help make the best decision, and/or to change habits and routines from negative ones to positive ones. You never know what ideas will birth from the cross-pollination of like-minded people sharing their triumphs and disappointments. Without much ado, masterminds are a great way to connect with other people of like-minds, land big opportunities, and create promotional partnerships.

Contest an election and lose - you will win later. Step forward, try politics, try farming, try businesses, try an extra thing. Above all, discover your passion and monetize it.

I am a Nigerian and I love my country.
Tuesday, 26th June, 2018 was another memorable day in Nigeria, a day of national unity. The day Nigerians forgot about their different ethnic background, religious affiliation and political differences to support the country's national team - the Super Eagles. Sadly, some Nigerians didn't support their national team maybe because of their loyalty and sympathy for one of the greatest footballers of all time - Lionel Messi and some believed that Nigerians have little or nothing to gain if the Super Eagles won the match hence, they supported the Argentines.

On a bright summer night in St. Petersburg, our Super Eagles played with more love and compassion than our leaders have shown in fifty years. The Nigerian team played well, but still lost due to the fact that it is football and nothing is etched in stone. Now that the wave of euphoria attached to the match has passed, the nation as a whole would most probably crumble back into our various dissenting point of views on national issues, without realizing that the unity we held during the football match, could be our salvation out of a state of misery.

As far as problems are concerned, we are plagued with plethora of them. Critically analysing a few of those problems will bring to limelight the fact that many of them are national issues, demanding the unity of the nation for a meaningful change to occur.

Quite recently, lives were cut short; men and women like you, your brothers, your colleagues, your parents, your children. And after a few days of press coverage, the issue losses relevance and dies down, this should not be.

The issue of bad leadership affects us all, yet some 'patriotic' Nigerians would rather seat in their rooms during elections and 'monitor' the election from the comfort of their secured houses, without casting a single vote. Yet when problems arise, these same people are the first to raise dissenting voices castigating the government.

At this point in time, wisdom should be profitable to the wise, and the Nigerian state should by now be wise enough to channel its unity not only in support of our acts on the international scene, but also to correct abnormalities plaguing the very state in which we dwell.