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Author Akinwale Omotayo

 SOME PIECES OF ADVICE FOR YOU 

1. GETTING YOURSELF PERSPIRED...

You have to perspire so as to acquire the desire you best admire, when you are tired, you should refire and not retire so that you will not utter a cry of despire, even when people conspire because you have a Messiah that will make their evil plans against you to backfire or boomerang on them. In your entire life, you shall not expire.

2. FOCUS

Focus is the centre of Interest. Without Focus, you can't achieve your aims or objectives. The adage says 'Life is a whip; it goes forwards and backwards, if it goes forwards today, it can go backwards tomorrow.' Therefore, if Success comes your way, don't be arrogant, extravagant, insolent, nonchalant, lackadaisical, because life is generally ephemeral, transient, momentary, etc.

Also, do not accept defeat but resist it.

Sir Albert Einstein says "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new for only God is infallible and immaculate; your failure today does not mean you'll also fail tomorrow."

Furthermore, be determined and uncompromising. Sir Winston Churchill says 'A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity while an optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty,' fight hard against laziness and do not allow it (laziness) to rule over you; as the adage says 'A farmer who would not work inside the rain and would not work under the sun, would have nothing to harvest at the end of the farming year.'

Finally, do not keep your problem to yourself because a shared problem is a half-solved problem.

A true Focus will control itself at the time of danger.

3. EXCELLENCE

What is Excellence? There is one thing that constantly determines Success, some call it Leadership; but Leadership does not determine Success, it is the single-minded pursuit of Excellence.

Excellence can now be simply explained as a step toward Success and also the determiner of Success.

Facts about Excellence

1. Excellence does not happen in a vacuum, it needs a collective obsession. It is a great starting point for any scholar but also an unending journey.

A Chinese proverb reads 'A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.' Excellence requires determination; you need to be determined, without being determined, you can't achieve 'Excellence'

2. Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of Inspiration.

3. Excellence is not a battle you fight physically with others, but a battle you fight with yourself by getting ready to deprive yourself of any enjoyable but ephemeral things which are likely to prevent your good dreams from coming to pass.

This is the best, the most satisfying but challenging role you have to play.

4. Furthermore, as stated in number (3) above, Excellence is a battle which you must be ready to vanquish. i.e. Don't count yourself a nincompoop towards Excellence but a vanquisher. The adage says "The spider that knows what it will gain sits waiting patiently in its web but the praying mantis is never tired waiting all day." You are advised to set a target for yourself. It is after setting a target for yourself that you are on your way to Excellence.

How does one create Excellence in a group?

Firstly, create an obsession with Excellence.

Secondly, build collective self confidence. The adage says 'You can't conquer or overcome anything toward which you are agoraphobic.' So, you need to be determined and courageous toward Excellence.

Thirdly, You need to understand the difference between Perfection and Excellence.

An English cliché says "Practice makes 'Perfection' but not Excellence." It is from this stereotyped expression that we are able to see that somebody may be perfect at doing something whereas they may, otherwise, not be excellent at it. So, strive hard to attain not only perfection but also excellence on anything you venture on.

Fourthly, Realise that you cannot be the best in a day. As the adage say 'One does not become a master diviner in a day. A forest is not made in a day; they also say "It is little by little that a bird builds its nest. The swoop of an eagle has seen many seasons and floods."

Also, create processes that enable Excellence. There is a proverb which says 'A man cannot sit down alone to plan for elevation or prosperity.' You are advised not to spend your precious and valuable time talking nineteen to the dozen with people who are not ambitious unlike you are. As it is known that birds of a feather flock together, don't mix yourself up with people of short vision. You are greater than they are!

Finally, Excellence requires Humility. It pays to be humble in whatever field a person may find themselves. So, learn to be humble.

4. YOU NEED COURAGE!

There is a great politician (His name would not be mentioned here) who says 'If you choose to run anytime you see something scary, you will continue to run all the days of your Life'.

Also the English proverb says 'While someone asks "can I?", another declares boldly, "I can!" You are advised to develop a psycho-social shock-absorber and elephant skin against the odds and begin to assert that 'I am a successful person!, I can surprise detractors!, I will excel!'.

Hence, learn and practise to summon or build up courage.

I am Akinwale Omotayo Ezekiel, I love you!