Think and Succeed!

It is quite unfortunate that most people in this part of the world never credit or ascribe productivity to a result of thinking. We live our lives without a thought out plan, we make decisions without thoroughly using our minds to reason and reflect, we believe no good product can come out of thinking. And the truth however is, there has actually not been any successful legend that lacks the habit of thinking.

If at all you are productive, your productivity will always be very limited if you don’t think. Someone once said, “If you don’t think, you will stink”. What else can be as true as that?

Thinkers are winners and winners are thinkers. Thinking helps you generate powerful ideas; it makes the best out of you. In fact, the best way to stop someone from being successful is to deprive him of his thinking ability. The moment one stops thinking, one starts dying. Thinking has always characterized and will always characterize successful people. As a matter of fact, everything that exists today is a product of thoughts. Every visible innovation today began as a thought in someone’s mind, and inevitably makes the person a successful innovator. You can also become one if only you can develop the habit of creative thinking. You need to cultivate the habit of creative thinking as only those who think get ideas, and only those who have ideas rule the world.

I read a statement few years ago, I will never forget it. It read, “Make your brain work. It will sweat, but make it work. It will improve, it will develop, until you become the envy of others”. Until you task your brain, you can’t generate ideas. And until you generate ideas, your success is not in view. It is the tasking of one’s brain that produces powerful ideas. You need to become a thorough thinker. Ideas that rule the world only come through thorough brainstorming.

One would have thought he was rude to his mum, but imagine what he produced with his ‘rudeness’. He has given us one of the best inventions in the world; Microsoft. “I am thinking, don’t you think?” That was Bill Gate’s response to his mum, one day she was calling him while he was busy meditating in his thinking room. How many of us have or intend to include such room (‘thinking room’) in our buildings? Thank God Bill Gate’s thinking room helps us communicate better today and has also made him a man to reckon with in the world! That is what thinking can do for you! Unlimited success!

Isaac Oladipupo, a vastly experienced media entrepreneur, insightful speaker, public relations expert and celebrated author is recognized as one of Nigeria’s foremost youth leaders. A product of Project Management Technology from the Lagos State University in Nigeria and member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations, award-winning Isaac, who has been interviewed and featured on Nigeria’s leading media houses including AIT, CHannelsTV, STV and Next Newspapers, just to name a few, is also the Founder of http://SoarNaija.com, Initiator of the nationally acclaimed SOAR YOUTH SUMMIT and bestselling Author of SUCCESS POWER!

Principles & Values

Great men have one thing in common, one thing that guides their lives. That is Principles & Values. Principles & values are fundamental, indispensable, lasting continuing stable creed not to be compromised for short-term pragmatism of profit. They represent the way you will be living your life, what you stand for. Not what you want to be, but what you are now! It actually fosters orderly thinking.
Principles don’t change, you would have to change to live by them.

BIG PLANS

Its undoubtedly true that we’re in a new dispensation of men and women will rise in their ability to think like God and get done what He’d have them do on earth. Infact its impossible to please God without faith this season, which also implies that to produce greater results, we’d need to connect with a customized faith like the woman with the issue of blood and the centurion soldier. They both had different problems to be solved with different application of faith. The Woman needed to touch the hem of Jesus’ garment to be healed, the centurion needed Jesus to just say The Word only for his servant to be healed. And they both had their solutions.
Just like these two, we all have goals that are big enough beyond our own ability. But we need faith to make them achieved. Thoughts are also integrated into the achievement of these goals.
See this, the hard work here is to think and search out your own faith to be applied for this plans (God’s bigger plans) to find expression in your lives. When it happens in your mind, then it’d be easy to switch it into words, sights, hearings and then action. That means your goals are developed into daily confessions that you have seen inside you.
You’d need time to see results. God owns time and chance, you know, but you’d have to draw out wisdom from your present situation and speak the word only.That means there must be some big goals you are reaching out for, so you’d have to see it as an image first inside you.
Now, let fix all of these together. The fulfilment of God’s big plans for you that you have seen, will only happen when seeds are sown. Seeds of work and sacrifices of faith, right words of confession and patience can’t be ignored, because its by it we’d run our individual race and obtain the promise of this Big Plans.
Make No Little Plans Here!

An Open Letter To Our Hero. #ABSURAPE

After being shocked for several days, the question that kept ringing in our head was “How will she move on after this horrible experience?” To begin with, it is important for you to know that you are not alone in this. So many people have been in your shoes. In fact most of them have been able to turn their experience into an inspiring story. And that is what we will be asking you to do. The likes of Oprah Winfrey, Donnie Mcclurklin, and so many others have had stories of sexual abuse. It might be tough to do this, but we are confident that with love around you, yoy will come out refined. I am sure you must have felt God left you, but I want to assure you that with deep compassion, He will bring you back up. It will not be easy but the love you have been receiving or will be receiving from people like us will make it easy for you to stand up again.

HOW WE SEE YOU…
You might wonder why we call you a hero when everyone else calls you a victim. It is simple; we do not see you the way everyone sees you or the way you are now, but we see you the way you could be and we believe so much in your tomorrow. You are still standing even after all of this has happened to you. Even some of  those we celebrate as heros don’t get humiliated and stigmatized as you have probably been before we celebrate them, so why won’t we celebrate you? If we get a chance to see you here we will hug u like our celebrity idol, treat you to a first class meal and give you the red carpet paparazzi in the full glare of the media like a movie star while we’ll make your face show on all newspapers, magazines and television houses. You will be interviewed like a celebrity because that is whom you are. You represent hope to the hopeless, voice to the voiceless and inspiration to many because we believe that whatever the state of your mind is at the moment you will get over it and be the best that you can become not allowing those animals determine what your life should look like. You cannot afford to give them that much authority. You are here on earth for a purpose and human beings will scratch you, hit and beat you but in the end it will help you come out refined just like gold and diamond. This is probably your test. Will you pass it or fail it?

WE WON’T BLAME YOU…
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a normal emotional and psychological reaction to what you have experienced and no one will blame you for however you react to this. It is absolutely expected of you to have recurrent memories or flashbacks of your experience which will lead to lack of interest in people, friends, hobbies, etc. You will constantly feel depressed, irritable, anxious, sad and even express rage when spoken to or given medical/psychological care. People will victimize you and it may lead to you feeling less of yourself which is most likely going to hinder your progress in life.

PLEASE FORGIVE…
Lack of forgiveness give people §ø much power over you. Forgiveness is what you must learn to practice towards those boys. I know it’s not easy at all. But before you can move on you will have to forgive them first. It is a battle you have to win. Please do forgive, because they were only sent to stop you from moving on and fulfilling your time. Letting them out of your vengeance mode (it doesn’t mean they should not be held responsible for what they did) will open ways and favor from God.

WHO YOU MUST BE…
A wise man once said there is no tragedy in living ɪи a weak world with weak people (like the men who have performed the act of weaklings by reducing themselves to the level of a regular animal); the real tragedy comes from justifying or approving your weakness by that. Not everyone knows or understands the pain of being a victim of such or being victimized by the world around you but we do and believe that one can move pass that stage. There are three key things to note here, which are: what the world thinks about you, what you think about yourself and who you really are. The world sees you as a victim, who are you and from what perspective do you view yourself? It is important to note that it is how you see yourself and who you’ve built yourself to be overtime that matters. It is not you who is guilty but the animals who have not only poor values but low self esteem and are looking for a means to live up to expectation. They are the once that will face the judgment of God. The greatest harm you can do to them is to stand up strong and stand for something. Decide within yourself not to let them determine your fate in life but you determine theirs.

IN CONCLUSION
Some people ought not to judge others if they haven’t been in their position before. If some people judge you wrong for your actions, we do not. You must know and note that there are so many of us around the world (particularly in this country) who believe in you and your ability to make something out of life more than anyone will ever think. You are a gem and should be celebrated but we will need you to stand strong, yield to counsel and treatments, believe in God and believe in yourself because this is the only way to show to those animals that they have failed. We want you to win and many others want the same but what we want cannot be except you want it to be. We must also state that if you don’t fight this fight no one will fight it for you like you will do. Stand up to these boys anywhere and make them accountable. Please do get up and MOVE on. INSPIRE US ALL!
From: GREEN GENERATIONS (A human responsive youth non-governmental outfit)
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