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HOW GREAT WORKS OUTLIVE THE INDIVIDUAL AND ECHO INTO THE HALLWAYS, HILLS AND CORRIDORS OF THE FUTURE Quite often we hear and capture quoted statements of great men and women who once walked on this earth long after they are gone, their words continue to be passed on and inspire generations long after their time. Zooming into their lives through biographies and other forms of research one learns that they were normal people yet they did extra ordinary things, one may ask how? The answer is because they identified a cause to live for and pursue, they put their minds to it and never looked back. Great causes and great works emanate from compassion for the suffering of others, empathy, selflessness and being interested in solving problems that affect other people other than just yourself. In some instances these solutions are commercialised and their owners make profits from selling them, be that as it may, the fact of the matter is that they change people's lives forever, beca...

WHY PURPOSE AND MEANING SHOULD BE CONSCIOUS AND INTENTIONAL FOR ALL OUR RELATIONSHIPS WHATEVER THEY ARE In this life appreciate those who journey with you, journey with those who appreciate you and intentionally be a good person to journey with. Companionship and belonging is a natural human need, we all desire to identify, belong and be wanted by those who are a part of our life in one way or another. Relationships come in two forms that is  involuntary and voluntary. One would say so because one had no say in who were going to be their parents yet they choose friends and acquaintances freely for example. Life being the journey through time that it is needs us to have fellow sojourners with whom to share the experiences for the sake of purpose and support. Companionship and community starts from having just another person in one's life with whom to share particular things depending on the kind of relationship it is, it could be friendship, professional relationship, roma...

WHY WE MUST BEWARE OF COMPLACENCY - THE KILLER OF AMBITION & HINDRANCE TO FRESH SUCCESS Complacency creeps and sneaks in through the back doors of our minds. Slowly we lose our drive to push our limits and reach higher levels of performence, we feel comfortable with what we are currently  doing unaware of the diminishing returns from our efforts due to our own reluctance to work harder and stay on top of our game. There is always room for improvement even for the best among the best because innovation never stops, new forms of organisation and methods are generated continually by players in various industrial, professional & social spaces. If we are complacent we will certainly be overtaken and left behind by all the innovation, before we know it we realise that what once seemed to be our comparatively lofty high standing and standard in our circles has gone several rungs down the ladder & we get a rude awakening to the tragedy as it plays out right in front of u...

IF AND WHEN YOU MEET FAILURE ACCEPT IT, BUT PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT LYING DOWN! At some point or another as we go through life we will surely meet up with failure of varying degrees. Sometimes it will be minor things which we can easily get over and move on whilst at other times it will be major spectacular failure which would leave one devastated and not knowing where to start and even wondering if at all it is possible and worthwhile to start all over. The answer is YES! It is possible and definitely worthwhile as long as there is breath in the person and the heart is beating more-so if one is actually asking these questions it means there is will to reason and that is a good thing. So accepting failure is a step in the right direction, if the milk has already been spilt it's no use crying over it. However there is every reason to seek to understand how and why the milk got spilt in the first place. In order to understand ourselves and emerge better people from failure we...

DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE YOUR ULTIMATE BIG THING? - LEARN EVERY DAY, IMPROVE EVERY DAY! The ultimate dream, the one big thing! It fascinates you more than anything, just the thought of it alone gives you a rush in the system. Alone with your thoughts with nobody watching you paint it so colourful and find yourself smiling and wondering if and when it will materialise considering the circumstances of where you are. The good news is yes! It can materialise and it will materialise if you do something about it every day no matter how little every intentional step towards it counts it's called direction and purpose. Learn about your one thing everyday, each night when you put your head down on the pillow there must be something you can report to yourself having done towards that one thing. Not only do we need to learn every day and every waking moment, we must also improve every day and put to work that which we would have learnt the days before otherwise the knowledge goes cold and...

LIVE AND LET LIVE - NOBODY GATE CRUSHED INTO THE WORLD! Everyone is the captain of their own ship. It is our choice to drive it in the direction we  deem the best for ourselves. Nobody needs anyone's permission to think of taking a certain direction with their life as much as nobody ought to impose their chosen direction on another to the detriment of the other's choice. One recalls a very beautiful saying and cliché learnt a long time ago - "live and let live"  Short and simple statement yet so profound and heavy with wisdom and meaning. Even our worst enemy did not arrive here by choice, they were born the same way as we did and learnt to make choices just like us. As far as admission to the world is concerned none of us volunteered! BUT from there on we gradually learn the voluntary elements and what obligations are upon us. We all have our aspirations  and objectives as we live from day to day and sometimes we feel as if the world owes us  free passage ...

WHAT CHOICE ARE YOU MAKING TO CALIBRATE YOUR MIND, BODY AND SOUL TODAY? - PREPARATION MATTERS! We have a choice everyday to determine the overall result and final sentiment of our day as soon as we wake up. We calibrate our minds, bodies and soul before we step out into a new day so that the day does not happen to us but we work through it and get from it. Every day has something for us to get from it if we are consciously aware of this fact, no matter what happens in any given day no matter the news we hear in any given day which at face value is always either good or bad thereby influencing our emotions. However a mind, body and soul calibrated beforehand before setting out has a calmness about it in the face of all new developments even the unforeseen without degenerating into chaotic panic. Some people say a prayer, plan for the day ahead, prepare for it and then step out to pursue the day's objectives. Some people meditate & reflect deeply whilst doing physical exerci...

IS THE LAW A SUPER - NANNY FOR GROWN UPS? - AREN'T WE JUST OVERWORKING HER? It would appear we struggle to do right by one another as members of the various communities to which we belong and the world at large without some kind of external compelling force yet each and every one of us supposedly has a conscience. In case anyone professes not have a conscience or not to believe in its existence and ability to assist introspection and self control, we have the law in front of which we are all supposed to be equal. There is an analogy; a nanny has a tough job of maintaining peace & order among kids in a household especially naughty and rebellious siblings who just refuse to cooperate and do what they are supposed to do,  with adults it seems the law is our nanny and she is supposed to be a super one at that because we really give her a tough time maintaining peace and order amongst us as people and citizens. One asks; does it have to take obligation and compulsion by the law...

DO WE SEE & REALISE THE VALUE OF GOODWILL AMONG ALL OF US IN SOCIETY? - IT IS POWERFUL The benefits of  Goodwill accrue to make the world a better place. That helpful, cooperative feeling and attitude from within a person fosters collaboration and breeds common good. The positive externalities of our exercising goodwill are exponential and the results have greater visible effects as the scale grows larger. Goodwill among family members turn a house into a home, starting with one person making concerted effort and not giving up too soon another member buys in and it becomes a way of life for the family, everyone taking actions with positive effects and considering the people around them. Goodwill among neighbors in a suburb,location and village turn it into a community where people take responsibility for their actions and actually think considerately before taking action because somehow our actions and transactions affect other people one way or another. A man of goodwill ...

IS ANYONE PURSUING AN UNPOPULAR REVOLUTIONARY YET VIRTUOUS IDEA? - NEVER STOP TRUDGING FORWARD Never stop trudging forward, never stop moving in the quest for your mission. Sometimes the mission is very unpopular not because it would result in negative consequences but because of its seeming impossibility to an observer using only empirical evidence to discredit the mission. Because of it newness and freshness, it could even be a typical zero-to-one mission as Peter Thiel would put it. Being something untried and unknown there naturally wouldn't be any empirical backing to support the reasoning behind it, however the embryonic state of the idea and mission in one's mind is evidence enough to encourage the individual to nurture it and see it develop into a consuming purpose and eventual success. Sticking out one's mission means sweating it through and investing one's energy into it. Moments come in the pursuit of unpopular missions and ideas when one only has their fa...