STRENGTH FROM STRUGGLES™

One day, a small opening appeared on a cocoon. A man sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.

Then it seems to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could not go any further.

So the man decided to help the butterfly; he took a pair of scissors and opened the cocoon.

The butterfly then emerged easily; but it had a withered body; it was tiny and shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch because he expected that at any moment, the wings would open enlarge and expand, to be able to support the butterfly’s body, and become firm. Neither happened!

In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a withered body and shrivelled wings. It never was able to fly.

What the man in his kindness and goodwill did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening, were God’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings, so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

Most often struggles are some of the basic ingredient that we need in our life to succeed.

If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could have been. Never being able to fly.

“I ask for strength and God gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom and God gave me problems to solve.

I asked for prosperity and God gave me a Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for courage and God gave me obstacles to overcome.

I asked for love and God gave me troubled people to help.

I asked for favors and God gave me opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted but I received everything I needed.”

                                                                                   - Author Unknown.

Every form of success achieved in this life comes after a struggle. If there were no form of struggles in life, everybody might as well become successful but it is this struggle that differentiate the successful from the unsuccessful.

Les Brown once said that “Many of us act as if we were born with the great expectation that life was going to be easy. Well, if someone told you life was going to be one smooth, easy ride, I’ve got a special announcement! THEY LIED!”

Smooth sail doesn’t make a skilled sailor; success comes to those who overcome some form of obstacles to be able to reach their targets.

It’s necessary to apply your brains and brawns if you must achieve success in life. No matter how easy you may see some people succeed, deep down within them, they know the form of internal and external struggle that they scaled through to achieve their success.

If you don’t pass through some form of struggle to get success, the chances are that you won’t value it. Struggles develop your character, and it’s your character that determines how long you will remain successful.

Remember, an electric current will follow the line of least resistance, but the truth is that a light bulb glows precisely because there is resistance. Even the lion that is the king of the jungle will always struggle to get its meal and there about still struggle to eat it, because it will still contend with the vultures and the flies that will always be around to partake in the meal.

Come to think of it life from birth to death is a series of endless struggles. So never run away from struggles, embrace it and you will see how success comes.

En-route success unlimited™, we know that;

“The strongest trees are not those in heavily protected forest, but the trees which stand in open spaces where they are in constant struggle with wind and all the element of weather.”

-          Napoleon Hill

“Struggle is a clever device through which Nature compels humanity to develop, expand and progress. It is either an ordeal or a magnificent experience, depending on one’s attitude toward it. Success is impossible – unthinkable even without it.”

                                                                               - Napoleon Hill

USE YOUR INITIATIVE™

Have you ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed? The ship's owners hired one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work.

He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom. Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lunched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed!
After a week, the owners received a bill from the old man
for ten thousand dollars.” What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did
anything!"

So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
This was the bill the man sent to them:

Tapping with a hammer ........................ $2.00
Knowing where to tap ........................ $9998.00
The message is very clear! Effort is important, but knowing where to make effort in life makes all the difference.

Many of the world’s successful people constantly program themselves so that they instinctively react to various situations in a manner that will provide them with the greatest possible benefits, just like the old man did in the story above.

You can become successful in your chosen field or whatsoever endeavor your find yourself if only you can learn how to make use of your initiatives. You will be ahead of your colleagues; they will look up to you for assistance, because you don’t rely on the status quo to get things done. You do things differently, tactically and with great speed.

Come to think of it, initiative is a special kind of action, it means doing something worthwhile without been told to do it. The person with initiative has a standing invitation to join the elite in every business and profession that he belongs.

Many people make life unnecessarily difficult for themselves by dissipating power and energy through fuming and fretting rather than making use of their initiatives.
It’s sad to realize the number of unsuccessful people who are hampered and made miserable just because they fail to make use of their initiatives to direct their lives towards success.

Initiatives will not only make you more effective, it will also save you huge amount of time, because you won’t have to reinvent the wheel, you can fine-tune it, reshape it and perhaps even make it better than it used to be.

Remember, one of the keys to success unlimited is making use of your initiatives. It allows you to grow and take necessary action to make your life and the lives of those around you worth living.
We have that same key at our disposal every moment of the day, at any moment we can make use of it to shape our destinies and to make sure that we are going where we want to go to in life.

En-route success unlimited™, we know that;

“There are four types of people in the world; those who watch things happen, those who let things happen, those who ask what happened and those who make things happen.”
- Myles Munroe

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail! The more varied tools you keep in the toolbox of your mind, the more innovative ways you will possess to solve problems.”
-Abraham Maslow

GO BEYOND THE STATUS-QUO™

Have you ever heard the story of the impossibility of running a mile in less than four minutes? Several years ago, people believed that no man born of a woman has the strength and speed to run a mile in less than four minutes. Infact history has it that people went as far as drinking tiger’s milk and the Greeks even use lion to increase the speed of the runners so that they can break the record, but to no avail. They came to a conclusion after they have done all that was possible, but still could not break the record that it is impossible to run the mile in less than four minutes.

In 1954, a Physician called Roger Banister believed that he can run a mile in less than four minute. He refused to settle down for the status quo of the day. He ran the mile in less than four minute; he set a record of running the mile in 3:59:4 minutes. Roger Banister challenged the status quo and he indeed set the pace for people to believe that they can run the mile in less than 4 minute, and a lot of people have done just that after then.

Too often in life, we settle for less than we truly deserve, we settle for less than the best, we settle into a set way of thinking and accept limitations that need not be placed upon us. We help maintain the status quo. You can hardly become a champion in anything if you chose to settle for the status quo.

Psychiatrists say that there are only two fears that we are born with. One is the fear of falling and the other is the fear of loud sound. All other fears are learned. The fear of going beyond the status quo is a learned fear, we allow the society that we live in to determine how successful we can be. Remember the society can stop you temporarily, but you are the only one who has the sole right to stop yourself permanently.

For civilization to continue, people must be willing to break the status quo ante. Bill Clinton during one of his address to the American people said that “I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo: your time has come -- and gone. It's time for change in America” change is the only thing that is constant in life, so never nurse the thought that some things must remain the way they are. Paul Weyrich says “We are different from previous generations of conservatives. We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are radicals, working to overturn the present power structure of this country.” And that is exactly what it means to progress as a nation or people.

Overtime we have heard of how experts and professionals established reasons why some things can not be changed but some people neglect their facts and establish a new order. Wilbur and Orville Wright did it, Christopher Columbus did it. Roger Banister did and a lot of people have done it. You can do it too.

Never allow anybody to place limits on your potentials and don’t tell anybody that they can’t. Learn to encourage people, tell them that they can do it. The truth is that you can do all things. One of my favourite quotes from the Bible is “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” – Philippians 4:9 indeed not even the status quo or any established order can stop me from maximizing my potentials.

Laurence J. Peter is reported to have said that “Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.” Don’t be overwhelmed by any established order. You have all what it takes to prove that the world is wrong. Funny enough many people accept the status quo and never reach their true potentials. Remember the noise of the sea will not stop the fish from sleeping.

For you to get to where you are supposed to be in life and have the desires of your heart, you have to get beyond the status quo. Your biggest challenge is to break the status quo at your prospects if indeed you want to set a new record here on earth. Your ability to trust yourself, to test your limits is the courage to succeed.

En-route success unlimited™, we know that;

“According to aerodynamic laws, the bumblebee cannot fly. Its body weight is not the right proportion to its wingspan, ignoring these laws, the bee flies anyway.”

- M. Sainer- Lagu

“What are a person’s capabilities? No one knows. Therefore, no one should be consciously instilling life-limiting thoughts into others.”

- John C. Maxwell.

THE INCURABLE OPTIMIST™

Too often in life we give up on our dreams when faced with difficulties just because we believe that the barriers that stand against us are insurmountable. We resign to fate. The truth is that our optimism can actually give us the results that we want from life.

If you are an incurable optimist, doors that seems to be shut forever to those who are not will be opening for you like magic in their very eyes. You will live your life in such a way that you only think of the best for yourself and others. And you always expect the best from life.

Jesus Christ the greatest teacher of all time said “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” –Mark 9:23.

Indeed all things are possible to him that believes. Optimism will always give you what you desire. Every successful person that you see around you is an optimist; for sure pessimists hardly become successful because they are not believers.

There are certain doors of opportunities that can only be opened for the optimist. Optimism always pays a long term dividends. You can not be an optimist and still be a failure.

If you must succeed, you must first believe that you've been blessed with all it takes to be successful, and for sure you will be successful. Besides you must first become your first believer before any body can believe in you.

The incurable optimist never sees an end to the quest for success without achieving the success they desire. What looks like an end is a bend to them. That is the main reason why they are successful.

The incurable optimists don’t necessarily need to see any sign before they believe. They know that there is always a bright shinning light at the end of every tunnel. They know that the sun will always shine after the rain.

In the greater scheme of things don’t you think that positive mental attitude will produce positive impact in your life just as negative mental attitude will produce negative impact? I feel that is the way things work.

You as an individual have the sole right over your belief system. You alone can choose what you would want to believe, but I can assure you that if you are positive about life, if you can always see the good side in what the average person will see bad, if you can live life without complaining, you are on your way to high level success.

No matter how fantastic your plans, goals and dreams might be, if you are a pessimist, you can hardly succeed, remember, one of the secret of success in life is for a man to believe that he has all what it takes to succeed and he will sure succeed.

En-route Success unlimited™, we know that;

“The Optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity.”

- Winston Churchill

“The world today admires and adores Martin Luther King Jr., not because of his eloquence or oratory skills nor because of his martyrdom. He is celebrated, I believe because of his vision of the possibility of total freedom and liberation for his black people and ultimately, for the entire nation.”

- E.S. Etuk PhD.

EN – ROUTE SUCCESS UNLIMITED™

As you travel through life there are always those times when decisions just have to be made; when the choices are hard, and solutions seems scarce and the rain seems to soak your parade!

There are some situations where all you can do is to simply let go and move on, gather courage together and choose a direction that carries you towards a new dawn.

So pack up your troubles and take a step forward. The process of change can be tough but think about all the excitement ahead if you can be stalwart enough!

There could be adventures you never imagined just waiting around the next bend and wishes and dreams just about to come true in ways you can’t comprehend!

Perhaps you’ll find friendships that spring from new interests as you challenge your status quo and learn there are so many options in life and so many ways you can grow.

Perhaps you’ll go to places you never expected and see things that you’ve never seen, or travel to fabulous, faraway worlds and wonderful spots in between.

Perhaps you’ll find warmth and affection and caring – a “somebody special” who’s there to help you stay centered and listens with interest to stories and feelings of your shame.

Perhaps you’ll find comfort in knowing your friends are supportive of all that you do and believe that whatever decisions you make, they’ll be the right choices for you!

So keep putting one foot in front of the other and taking your life day by day. There’s a brighter tomorrow that’s just down the road.

Don’t look back!!! You’re not going that way!

Author Unknown

Success is a journey whose route is always under construction, and its destination can not be defined with a single word or phrase. Success is indeed unlimited. As mortal, you can not attain the peak of success, just as perfection can not be attained in this terrestrial world.

When you are transformed from mortality to immortality; from terrestrial to celestial, there and then you can think of getting to the peak of success. But as long as we live here on planet earth, as long as we still go about with flesh and blood, we will always strive not just to break or equals people’s record, but also to break our own records.

An Economic principle states that “Human needs are insatiable”. It’s a fact because people often wonder why many millionaires or even billionaires will keep accumulating wealth despite the fact that what they have is more than enough to carter for their children, even to the fourth generation and beyond.

Whether you believe it or not, Success is indeed unlimited because it doesn’t have a standard of measurement. So never compare the success you have now with the success of others.

The easiest way to live a satisfied life is to determine your life goal, chart a course and navigate towards your goal at your own pace.

Remember success is not what you have achieved in comparison to what someone else has achieved, but what you have achieved compared to the goals you’ve set for yourself.

So be strong, be courageous and be passionate as you travel en-route success unlimited. Never settle down when you’ve achieved some form of success, because before you know it, your feat today may likely become obsolete tomorrow. Keep striving, use success as a spring board to achieve greater success, take one step at a time – not one step forward and two steps backward.

Today is a new day, a new beginning for your quest en-route success unlimited! With determination and discipline, you will be highly amazed at how much progress you’ll make. Commit yourself to it! Go for it! Because you can never walk backward into the future!

En-route Success Unlimited™, we know that;

“Every Compliment sets the stage for another improvement.

Every Accomplishment sets the gage for a higher measurement.

Every achievement turns the page for another treasure hunt.”

-Dr. TL Osborn.

“Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.”

- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.

CELEBRATE YOURSELF

Do you know who you are?...You are created in the image and likeness of God Almighty. You carry the breath of God inside you. You are the replica of God. You represent God here on planet earth. You are the King’s Kid. That is enough reason why you must celebrate yourself.

If you truly desire success and wants to become a celebrity, you must learn to celebrate yourself on a daily basis. Look through the mirror and speak of good things about yourself. Call yourself the names you would want people to call you. Dress good and feel good about yourself.

Remember, if you don’t celebrate yourself, nobody will celebrate you. You must become your first believer. Believe in yourself and celebrate yourself through success.

You don’t necessarily need to see result before you starts celebrating yourself. The potentials you have and what you truly are, is enough reason why you shouldn’t live a day without celebrating yourself. Don’t allow anybody to undermine you. Do you know what you’re worth? You are worth the Blood of Jesus Christ-Hallelujah! So no success is too big for you to achieve.

You are not a mass production. You are created to be a unique, distinct, significant person. There is no two you! Out of the over 6 billion people that live on planet earth and those who have gone, no one was or would ever be like you. No wonder no one has the same finger print like you. No wonder no one has the same footprint like you. No wonder no one has your exact voice tone. No wonder no one can walk the way you do.

Before God thought of creating you, He knows what He would want you to do. He made you a success right from the very first day your Dad and Mom came together to produce you. He packaged you with all the qualities, potentials, talents and gifts that you would ever need to accomplish your success. That’s a very good reason why you must keep celebrating yourself.

You are too important to be trapped down by inferiority complex. You can never be inferior to anybody. You are created by God to be unique. There is no two you! So who are you inferior to? You can only become a number two when there is a number one. But the good news is that there is no two you! Go to places where you are celebrated, don’t go to places where you are tolerated. No one can affect your emotion without your consent.

You must realize that every successful person that you’ve ever heard of starts celebrating themselves before they got the success that brought them to lime light. They know that one of the key of achieving success is to dress good, look good and feel good about themselves. It really helps in building one’s self esteem. Moreover, high self esteem is a booster for success.

No matter how bad the circumstance you are going through, never loose your true identity. Never stop celebrating yourself. Success comes to those who develop the habit of celebrating themselves. Philips Brooks says “Be such a man, and live such a life, that every man were such as you, and every life like yours, this earth would be God’s paradise.”

It’s a good thing to celebrate yourself. Celebrating yourself doesn’t mean that you need to be proud. Remember when you succeed, learn to walk in sincere humility.


En-route success unlimited™, we know that;

"Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, "Here is an opportunity for you to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary."
-Anthony Robbins

"Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence."
- Og Mandino

~ Highest Dimension Towards Your Future ™! ~

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Friends;

Man makes his future plans to be often upset by God, but, at the same time where the ultimate goal is the search of true success, no matter how a man’s plans are frustrated, the issue is never injurious and often better than anticipated, the man becomes successful along the way…Welcome to the Future, Welcome to Success Unlimited!

Do you know that every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson? Failure, whether of personal, professional or even spiritual kind, is essential to personal expansion. It brings inner growth and a whole host of telepathist rewards. We should never regret our past. Rather embrace it as the teacher that it is.

Remember, when we form the habit of searching for the positive in every circumstance, our life will move into its highest dimensions towards the future we’ve always dream of. This is one of the greatest of all the natural law

En~Route Success Unlimited™, we know that Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do…So go for your Future life now!

Gracias!

By, Solomon O’chucks Nwokoro.Motivational cum Inspirational Speaker.Phone: +234~802~850~9077, 809~850~9077, 803~763~1557e-mail: xolokristo@yahoo.comhttp://www.enroutesuccess.orghttp://www.enroutesuccessunlimited.blogspot.com© 2010 son

~ Keep Saying It, Keep Seeing It and Keep Feeling It™! ~

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Friends;

You need a picture of your desired future upon which to concentrate your attention, and once you have selected and paste this picture where you’ll be able to see it daily, your view of it will grow clearer and you’ll definitely get closer to your future. Welcome to March! Welcome to the Future!! Welcome to Success Unlimited™!!!

Do you know that Albert Einstein was considered an absentminded child who had a delay in learning how to speak compare to normal children? His parents were told that he didn’t have the mental capacity for an academic career and that he would only cope in a trade school. He refused to allow these setbacks to hamper him from dreaming of the kind of future he wanted for himself, in fact, his major breakthrough , when working on the theory of relativity came to him while daydreaming about what it would be like to ride a beam of light to the end of the universe.

Remember, the same basic principle which Einstein used, can be liken to the process of re-living a strong memory from your past, but in this case, it is the opposite, meaning that you can run the movie of your future in your mind~ Daydreaming! So Live Your Chosen Future in the now By Seeing It, Saying It and Feeling It!

En~Route Success Unlimited™, we know that when you make a complete assessment of every asset you possess, you’ll discover that your greatest asset is a Sound Mind~ with your mind you can shape your own destiny!

Gracias!

~ The Law of Sowing and Reaping™! ~

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Friends;

You must be definite about what you’ll be willingly to give before you can expect to get in return ~ that’s the law of sowing and reaping. Welcome to the world of possibilities! Welcome to the future!!
Do you know that nobody ever gets something for nothing? There is this popular saying “There is no free tea in London, not even in Freetown” have you ever ponder on that statement? If indeed we want a glorious future…we must be more than willing to go the extra mile in sowing into our future in our today. The easiest formula to follow through to attain fame and fortune is to be sold out to the cause of helping humanity solve problems.

Remember, every problem you solve comes with a reward. Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Martin Luther King Jnr., Mother Theresa, Nelson Mandela, Orville Brothers, Henry Ford, Thomas Alva Edison, Bill Gates et al all have something in common, they help humanity solve one or more problems and guess what? Their names can hardly be erased from the history of times.

En~Route Success Unlimited™, we know that what we do for ourselves will be gone when we are gone, but what we do for others will remain as our legacy when we are long gone.

Gracias!

By, Solomon O’chucks Nwokoro.
Motivational cum Inspirational Speaker.
Phone: +234~802~850~9077, 809~850~9077, 803~763~1557
e-mail: xolokristo@yahoo.com
http://www.enroutesuccess.org
http://www.enroutesuccessunlimited.blogspot.com
© 2009 son


~When God Is Involved In Any Dream Or Mission, Success Is Unlimited™~

SUCCEEDING AGAINST ALL ODDS

SUCCEEDING AGAINST ALL ODDS

I once heard the story of a great French general named La Variere who made the decision to attack, even though his troops were largely outnumbered. He was certain of victory, but he felt his men's fear and wanted to do something to cut short their protestations.

On a country road he stopped before an isolated chapel and declared, "I am
going inside and I will ask for God's help. Then I will come out and flip
this gold coin. If our Emperor's face appears we will win. If the other side
comes up heads, then we will lose. And so, my companions, our fate is in the hands of destiny."

After a few moments in the chapel, La Variere came out and flipped the coin.
Napoleon's head appeared. The soldiers shouted and acclaimed their destiny,
and the entire company's moral was lifted. Convinced that they would be
victorious, they fought with such bravery that they rapidly won the battle.

After the victory Vermont, one of La Variere's adjutants, said, "Oh Sir, no
one can change the course of Destiny. This unexpected victory is yet another
Proof of that."

"Who knows, my dear Vermont, who knows," replied the General, and he
Showed him the coin on which Napoleon's head appeared... on both sides!

The simple lesson from this story is that, if you truly desire to succeed in life, you can indeed succeed against all odds.

Today I am not here to belabor your mind with the story of how Thomas Edison Invented the Incandescent Electric Bulb after over 10,000 failures, neither I my here to give you the history of how Christopher Columbus discovered the great country, call United States of America and all the obstacles he was confronted with. I am not here either to give you the details of the struggles and incarceration that Nelson Mandela one of the greatest men of our generation went through before South Africa became free from apartheid.

But I might be tempted to tell you a little bit of how a Black young man called Barrack Hussein Obama rose from the dust of obscurity of being segregated in a country to become the first black President of the United States of America. We all know the struggles he went through, and the great obstacles and hurdles he had to scale through before succeeding in his quest and he indeed represent a life called “The Audacity of Hope” fulfilling the dream of Martin Luther King Jnr. of blessed memory.

But my core business for today is to tell you of how your kinsmen and my kinsmen, I mean your countrymen and my countrymen succeeded against all odds despite the harsh, unfriendly and inconsiderate conditions they were subjected to.

Many of our nation’s outstanding examples of success weren’t born rich, in fact most of them began life from a humble background, no one gave them the opportunity to succeed, but they succeeded against all odds.
Your “Background” is not enough reason why you should allow your back to still be on the ground.

Prof. Philip Emeagwali is not from a rich background. At some stage in his life, he served as a steward to a Biafran Army officer during the civil war. He was out of school, studied for his A – level at home. He could not go to bed without solving 100 mathematical problems as a teenager. He almost achieved a perfect score in the subjects he registered for.

He got a scholarship to study abroad and today, we know him as the pioneer of the internet, Emeagwali invented a formula that allows computers to perform the fastest computation. His work led to the re- invention of super computer. Prof. Philip Emeagwali is a mathematician, Engineer and Computer Scientist. If he can succeed, then you don’t have any excuse not to succeed.

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye born by a poor farmer from Ifewara in Osun State Nigeria wore his first pair of shoes at age seventeen. He went on hunger strike before he was given the opportunity to go to school. He did not allow those setbacks to stop his quest for success.

He rose from obscurity to become a professor of mathematics. Today we know him as the General Overseer of the fastest growing Pentecostal church in the world, the Redeem Christian Church of God. In 1999, he went down on records to be the first man that has ever gathered the largest number of human in one place at the same time. If he can succeed, then you can as well.

We all celebrate him; He is a Playwright, Poet, Novelist, Social Critic, Activist and Wine Connoisseur. His name is Prof Wole Soyinka. He wrote WAEC several times before he could pass English language. In 1986, he won the World’s most prestigious award, the Noble Prize (for Literature). Today we know him as an authority in English language. If he can succeed, then we can as well.

Rev. Sam Adeyemi is not born from a wealthy parentage. He is an introvert by nature. He struggled financially to pass through the higher institution where he trained as a Civil Engineer. As a fresher in the Polytechnic, the pocket money he had with him was just twenty naira. At some point he had to go through the day with just one square meal.

I remember when he told us that he only came into Lagos with just a traveling bag and the determination to succeed. Today we know him as one of the pioneer of motivational speaking in Nigeria. He is the Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, popularly known as the “Home of Stars”. If an introvert can become a speaker per excellence, then you can be what you want to be.

He is a Social Critics, a Foremost Civil Rights Crusader. Fighting for the poor and underprivileged, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). His name is Gani Fawehimi. He publishes most of the law books and journals used by many Legal Practitioners in Nigeria. He is a philanthropist extraordinaire. As a Lawyer, he has handled over 5,000 cases. Hardly would you believe that he was not the best graduating student in is class.

Remember Arch. Bishop Benson Idahosa of blessed memory. Nobody gave him a chance to live. He struggled to equip himself. He became the pioneer of the Pentecostal Movement in Nigeria. He went ahead to establish Benson Idahosa University Benin. If he can do it, then you can as well.

Dr. Emma S. Etuk is a foremost Motivational Speaker, A member of the National Speakers Association USA. He was born and bred in Nigeria where he worked as a civil Servant after graduating from the Polytechnic Calabar. He traveled to the United States where he obtained PhD in the United States History, with minors in Africa History and International Relations. In 1999 he and His family were honored at the US Congress as “Parents of the Year.” If a foreigner can achieve this feat in United States where the competition is much, then you can as well. Success is not restricted to just a geographical location.

I was in a seminar when he said “I sold coconuts and everything sellable on my head all around the streets of Ife. But I was determined to go to the University of Lagos” he became a graduate of the University of Lagos. He is the Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank, His name is Erastus Akingbola. He was not born rich. If he can succeed, then you can.

He Pastors the largest church in Western Europe, Kingsway International Christian Centre London (KICC). He was born by a soldier. He grew up in the Barracks, where they had to trek some distance before they could watch Television. Today, he is watched all over the world on satellite. His name his Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo. If he can succeed, then you can as well.

Her father sold his shoes before they could pay the medical bill when she was born. She became the pioneer of private orphanage in Nigeria. She is the founder of Little Saint Orphanage. Her name is Rev Dele George. If she can go ahead to succeed in life, then you can as well.

Austin Jay Jay Okocha sold oranges on the streets of Enugu. Today the world celebrates him as a great footballer. Kanu Nwankwo and most of Nigeria Sportsmen are from humble background. They are world celebrities. If they can succeed, then you can as well.

They call her the Winfrey Oprah of Nigeria, her name is Funmi Iyanda. She is a celebrity and the host of a TV Talk show. She is from a humble background; she sold shoes and bags to pay her way through the University. If she can succeed, then you can as well.

The Obafemi Awolowo of this life, the MKO Abiola, the Larry Izamoje, the Dora Akunyili are not from wealthy background but they became successful in their chosen profession.

The list is inexhaustible, all around you; you will see people who succeeded against all odds. If you study their lives carefully, you will realize that the more successful they are, the less they make excuses.

My Mentor Dr Chris Williams once said and I quote, “It’s not a must to be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth. If you realize that you weren’t born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you can deliberately and consciously put a golden spoon or even a diamond spoon in your mouth if you so wish. The choice is yours!”

Remember, Difficulty is the excuse that history never accepts, so I challenge you to make Success out of your life, because you have all what it takes to succeed and be a role model for your generation and the generation unborn.

Thank you for listening.

God Bless You, and God Bless Nigeria!!

Presented By,
Solomon O’chucks Nwokoro
Motivational cum Inspirational Speaker.
The 2nd Annual Nigeria Youth Leadership Conference @ Lekki Waterside Hotel, Lekki Lagos, Nigeria. On 23rd December, 2008. www.top100ourgeneration.com

THE BUSINESS OF SPEAKING

THE BUSINESS OF SPEAKING



INTRODUCTION:

Have you ever made a presentation in front of a class or group? Have you ever spoken in a meeting, or given a toast at a wedding reception? If you have ever spoken in a public, then I’ll be right to say that you are a public speaker. The truth is that inside everyone of us lies a public speaker and we can consciously transcend from being a mere speaker to a public speaker that is being paid to present speeches, motivate, inspire or coach people.

You can indeed achieve fame and fortune by getting into the business of public speaking. A lot of people have done it in the past, countless numbers of people are still doing it in our dispensation and the generation unborn will still do it.


DEFINE YOUR EXPECTATIONS:

Being a public speaker can be fun and exciting. However, if you do not clearly define your expectation from yourself and from your targeted audience, you can be faced with a boring and frustrating public speaking career.

In order to become successful in the business of public speaking,
you must determine or carve a niche for yourself
you must determine your audience.

Doing the above indicates a sense of direction and it will go a long way in helping you build your personal brand.


PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

Once you’ve succeeded in polishing your speaking skills, the next thing that is expected from you is to develop your products (i.e Books, Tapes, CD, DVD, e.t.c) and then set out to market it to your targeted audience.

You should analyse the market to be able to come out with a product that will appeal to your potential client and you can achieve this by carrying-out a market survey.

The ways of becoming a known brand and being able to effectively market your products effectively is to:

Secure interview on radio and TV stations.
Write articles for publication in newspapers and magazines.
Develop your personal website or blog.
Join a speakers bureau.
Join a speakers organization (i.e Motivational Speakers Association Nigeria, etc.)
Deliver free Speeches in birthdays, parties, etc.






HOW TO DRAW – UP A CONTRACT:

It is a good idea to seek the advice of a solicitor when drawing up a contract with a client.
There are a number of key areas you need to cover when drawing up a contract as a public speaker with your client.
They are
*you must clearly define the nature and scope of the presentation or work to be done.
*you must clearly define the responsibilities of both parties in the contract.
*you must both agree on the fee to be paid.
*if it is a job that requires more than a day, that is, it’s either a long-term or a short-term job, you must agree on how you want the result to be measured.
*it is advisable to include a comprehensive service level agreement which sets out responsibilities and priorities, defines the service they must provide, the level of services to be delivered and the time required to do it.
*Finally, you must establish conditions that will warrant any of both parties to get out of the contract.



GETTING, SECURING & ACCEPTING INVITATIONS:

As a public speaker, for you to get paid means that you must be able to secure speaking contracts for yourself or accept invitations from clients who wants you to speak at their events.
One of the best ways to get companies, banks, schools, churches, NGO’s, Government or even individuals to hire or book you to speak or facilitate at their events is to get your promotional materials to the market place.

If you can get your promotional materials ( i.e your books, CDs, DVDs, tapes etc) in the market place.

People who do not know you physically will have knowledge of who you are and what you can do. The fact is that your promotional materials can go to places that you’ve never been to, and they can unlock unlimited doors of opportunity for you.



BUILDING A SPEAKERING ORGANIZATION




WRITING PROPOSALS:

Once you have define your niche and you are confident in your speaking skills and what you can deliver, it means you are ready to start marketing yourself to the people who can hire or book you.

One of the ways of marketing yourself is by writing and sending proposal to potential client.

A simple and good proposal must contain the following:

• Executive Summary: It is an umbrella statement that contains your case and summary of the entire proposal. It is your cover letter.
• Statement of Need: this where you state why the project is necessary.
• Project Description: this where you state the nuts and bolts of how the project will be implemented and evaluated.
• Budget: This is a financial description of the project, it is good to add explanatory notes.
• Organization Information / Profile: this is where you state the history and governing structure of your organization, its primary activities, audiences, services and products.


INTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE/ AFFILIATIONS:

We have bodies all over the world that regulates the operations of professional speakers. When you join any of such bodies, it gives you a leverage to enjoy the full benefits that is available for members.

We have professional speakers bodies like:

International Federation For Professional Speakers (IFFP): This is the body that regulates all the activities of all the speakers association of the world. It organizes speakers conferences and retreats all over the world.

Motivational Speakers Association of Nigeria (MSN, Nigeria): This is the platform that regulates the activities of professional public speakers in Nigeria. Through this platform, you can become a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), you will have the privilege of attending speakers conferences and retreats all over the world. You will have the opportunity of networking with professional speakers.

We also have other speakers’ platforms in Nigeria.

Others National Speakers Association, USA, National Speakers Association, South Africa, etc.

Presented to Headstone Speakers Academy on 18th October, 2008
By Solomon O’chucks Nwokoro
Motivational cum Inspirational Speaker

“Faith Coupled With Action; Your Key To Success Unlimited™”

Good Day Ladies and Gentle Men.

I want to take this time to inform or remind us that we are all enrolled in a full-time informal school called life. We have the opportunity to learn new lessons everyday in this school. Some of the lessons we may enjoy a great deal and some we may not enjoy at all. But it’s your responsibility not to stop learning from the experiences that life offers to you on a daily bases. And this is just one of such opportunity and I do hope you’ll learn something today.

Our Topic for toady is:

“Faith Coupled With Action; Your Key To Success Unlimited™”

My goal for this teaching is to motivate and inspire you towards peak performance and to help you channel your potentials and resources into a productive and fruitful lifestyle.

Our Text for today is taken from, James 2:14 and Proverbs 10:4

No body ever succeeds without faith coupled with action. Faith is the link between your present and your unseen future. It makes you believe that you can get the physical equivalence of what you hope for. One of the best definitions of faith that I know is found in the Bible, it’s in the Book of Hebrew 11:1, it reads “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

You don’t need physical evidence to believe that you can become successful, just have faith in God, faith in yourself, coupled with persistent action, you will get the success that you desire. You will get what you want from life. The truth is that everything we need in life is already in existence. God ensured that He provided everything first before he brought us into existence; but it’s our faith coupled with our action that can give us all things.

Faith in God has transformed a lot of people from nobody to become somebody, from failures to become successful, from the backstage to the platform. It takes a man that has faith in God and in himself to keep doing what he’s doing until he sees success. Because with the physical eyes, you can not see success written on any task, from the average mind, it’s the end that justifies the beginning, but with the eyes of faith, you know that a task will be successful. So you believe that you’re successful before you even get started.

The Heroes of faith in the Bible all acted on what they believe (their faith).

The Bible says without faith it is impossible to please God…and I add, without faith coupled with ACTION, it is impossible to achieve Success.

It takes faith in God for one to believe that a metal object can fly; it takes faith in God to believe that people can talk and see each other even when they are thousands of kilometers apart. It takes faith in God to believe that man can go to the moon and come back; it takes faith in God to believe that we exist. So in essence it takes faith in God to believe that we can become successful but we must back our faith with action.

Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small positive action, you can change your life for ever. You don’t have to be a prophet or a fortune – teller to be able to predict if a person is going to be successful. All you need to do is to see if the person is taking actions towards his dreams and ideas. Ideas don’t work until you work

Your success today is as a result of your actions yesterday. Your success tomorrow will be determined by your action today. Success goes beyond knowing what to do. A lot of people have faith and they know what they need to do to become successful, but it’s only few people that actually do what they know. Little wonder we have few successful people as against the unsuccessful.

In Conclusion,

I would love to leave us with this quote “When The Ties That Bind a Human Mind are Broken and a Man is introduced to Himself – The Real Self That has no Limitations – I fancy that the Gates of Hell shake with Fear and the Bells of Heaven ring with Joy” – Napoleon Hill.

Remember, the earnest expectation of the creatures is waiting for your manifestation!...I urge you to go out there and take actions on your faith!

Thank You Very much for listening and God Bless You All!

Motivational teachings presented to the Youths of New Creation Baptist Church Ajah, Lagos on 5^th July 2008.
By Solomon O’chucks Nwokoro
Motivational cum Inspirational Speaker.

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING™

The Managing Director

The Vice President/ Head of IT

Advisory Partner

Old and New Staffs

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I want to take this time out to thank the Managing Director and the management of Excellon System Limited for the privilege given to me to speak to you.

I know that at the end of this session, you would have succeeded in getting cutting edge information that will help you move from where you are to where you want to get to.

The Topic before me today is:

THE WILL TO SUCCEED

I once heard the story of a great French general named La Variere who made the decision to attack, even though his troops were largely outnumbered. He was certain of victory, but he felt his men's fear and wanted to do something to cut short their protestations.

On a country road he stopped before an isolated chapel and declared, "I am

going inside and I will ask for God's help. Then I will come out and flip

this gold coin. If our Emperor's face appears we will win. If the other side

comes up head, then we will lose. And so, my companions, our fate is in the hands of destiny."

After a few moments in the chapel, La Variere came out and flipped the coin.

Napoleon's head appeared. The soldiers shouted and acclaimed their destiny,

and the entire company's moral was lifted. Convinced that they would be

victorious, they fought with such bravery that they rapidly won the battle.

After the victory Vermont, one of La Variere's adjutants, said, "Oh Sir, no

one can change the course of Destiny. This unexpected victory is yet another

Proof of that."

"Who knows, my dear Vermont, who knows," replied the General, and he

Showed him the coin on which Napoleon's head appeared... on both sides!

You must develop a strong will for success if indeed you want to experience some level of success in your life and in your career.

Success doesn’t just happen, someone must make it happen and for you to become successful, you must make it happen.

Questions:

How many of you would want to succeed in life and in your chosen field?

Why do you want to succeed?

What is your definition of success?

My goal for this lecture is to motivate and inspire you towards peak performance and to help you channel your potentials and resources into a productive and fruitful venture for Excellon System Limited.

For us to be able to achieve this goals together, we need to understand some basics, but before I take us through the basics, I want us to know that we are either burning with a passion, working on a mission or carrying a vision. If we don’t belong to any of these categories, life becomes a burden.

There are people that became extremely successful in our society because they belong to these categories and they develop a strong will for success. People like Prof. Philip Emegwali, Pst. Enoch Adeboye, Rev Sam Adeyemi, Erastus Akingbola, Rev Dele George, e.t.c

Some Basics for Success.

MISSION:

Mission simple means the particular work that you feel it is your duty to do. Now what do you intend to do for Excellon System Ltd.? You must harmonize your life mission with the mission of this organization so that both you and your organization (Excellon System Ltd.) can experience success.

It is the mission we have that helps us to set goals. Goals are steps towards the attainment of our mission.

VALUES:

Values are your beliefs that enable you to differentiate between what is right from what is wrong and what is important to you. Your values will go a long way to help both you and Excellon System to achieve success.

Your values determine how you use your time. When you place value on people’s time and on your time, you will hardly be late to work or any appointment.

Your values can pull you towards success or towards failure; it determines what you get from life.

PRINCIPLES:

Principles are the moral rules or a strong belief that influence every action you take.

If we work with the wrong principles, we can never arrive at the right result.

There are principles that govern success, discover such principles, I mean principles like Good Moral Ethics, Integrity, Responsibility, Respect to Rules and Laws, Hard Work, Saving Culture and Investment, Punctuality, Doing first thing first, e.t.c. build your life around them and both you and your organization will become successful.

The truth is that, when you identify and establish your essential purpose and set up shared vision and values, you can become successful with any situation that you will encounter on your way to executing your mission for Excellon System Ltd.

In Conclusion, I will like to leave us with this story.

It happen in southwest Asia in the 14^th century. The army of Asian Conqueror Emperor Tamerlane (a descendant of Ghengis Khan) had been routed and dispersed by a powerful enemy. Tamerlane himself lay hidden in a deserted manger while the enemy troop scoured the countryside.

As he lay there, desperate and dejected, Tamerlane watched an ant try to carry a grain of corn over a perpendicular wall. The corn was larger than the ant itself. As the emperor counted 69 times the ant tried to carry it up the wall, 69 times he fell back. On the seventieth try the ant pushed the grain of corn over the top.

Tamerlane leaped to his feet with a shout! He too would triumph in the end! And he did, reorganizing his forces and putting the enemy to flight.

No matter how many times you may fail on your job, if you have the “Will to Succeed” you’ll sure have success.

Thank you very much for listening, hope to see you same time tomorrow and I wish you success unlimited with Excellon System Ltd.

God Bless You All!

Motivational Speech Presented to the Management and Staffs of Excellon System Ltd. Oregun Lagos. www.excellonsystem.com on 3^rd March 2008

By, Solomon O’chucks Nwokoro

Motivational cum Inspirational Speaker.

All protocol duly observed

Once again thank you very much for the privilege to stand here and to speak to you all and I guess you learned something yesterday.

Victor Hugo once said and I quote”

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it!”

Our topic for today is:

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

Attitude simply means – the way you think and feel about somebody/something or the way you behave towards somebody/something that shows how you think and act.

Attitude serves as a medium by which you can strike a balance in your life and your relationship to people and circumstance.

The degree to which we can control our earthly destinies and way of life to a larger extent depends on our attitude. Attitude is indeed everything. The following will help us appreciate the value of Attitude.

From a strictly mathematical view point, what is equal to 100%?

Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help you answer this question,

If;

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Then

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K is

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E is

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

M-O-N-E-Y is

13+15+14+5+25 = 72%

and

L-U-C-K is

12+21+3+11 = 47%

but

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E is

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

from the above, one can rightly conclude with mathematical certainty that, while HARDWORK, KNOWLEDGE, MONEY and even LUCK will get you close to success, it is only our ATTITUDE that can get us there (the arena of success)

TYPES OF ATTITUDE

We have two types of Attitude; they are Positive and Negative Attitude.

Just as Positive attitude will pull you towards success, negative attitude will pull you away from success.

Erasmus once said that “A nail is driven out by another nail, a habit is overcome by habit” the easiest method in changing a negative attitude is to replace it with a positive one.

For you to accomplish anything worthwhile with Excellon System Limited, you must work with the right ATTITUDE (a positive attitude)

The person with a positive attitude will definitely become a good team player and you all need to work as a team to achieve one common goal for Excellon System Ltd.

There is little a person can achieve with a negative attitude. The person with a negative attitude will always find fault in everything.

The person with a negative attitude will always see a glass of water as half empty rather than half full, they will always see the hole in a doughnut rather than the doughnut itself.

The easiest way to help the man with a negative attitude to succeed is to help him replace his negative attitude with a positive attitude.

One Saturday evening, a minister of God was preparing his sermon for Sunday, his wife has gone to the market and he was left alone with his son who was restless and was distracting him.

The minister thought of ways to get the child busy, so that he can concentrate in preparing his sermon. He came out with an idea, he searched for colorful magazines in his house, he found a page that contains the map of the world, he tore the page into pieces and he told his son that if he can arrange the puzzle of the world that he was going to give him a dollar bill.

The son was excited and started arranging it. The minister went back to his study room with a sigh of relief thinking that at least this will keep the boy busy all day. With less than 10 minutes, the boy knocked at the fathers study room’s door and the dad asked him to come in. the boy told his dad that he’s arranged the map. The father was surprised and when the father saw it well arranged, the father ask the child “how did you do it?”

The child told the dad that at the back of the map, there is the picture of a man. So he arranged the picture of the man and then he turned it to the other side where the map of the world is and the map of the world was well arranged. The child then said “I figured that if I got the man right the world would be right.”

There’s a great lesson in this idea. If you are unhappy with your world or with the challenge that you’re most likely to encounter in the line of your duty, the only way to change it is to start with yourself (your attitude). If you perhaps change your attitude from negative to positive, your world will be right.

Most of the important accomplishments in this world have been accomplished by people who have positive attitudes towards life. With a positive attitude, you will always see a bend when people see an end. You’ll always expect to see a light at the end of every tunnel and you’ll know that the sun will always shine after the storm. With a positive attitude, you’ll be able to put in your best in all that you do because you know that your best will be worth it.

I believe that success of whatsoever magnitude is within the reach of everyone, but the absolute truth is that, it will take the man with the right attitude to keep succeeding.

For you to succeed and keep succeeding with Excellon System Ltd., for you to achieve the vision of Excellon System Ltd. Which is “To be among the leading IT firms with high value added to all our products and services”. You must imbibe a positive mental attitude.

Thank you very much for listening, I do hope to see you at the peak of success unlimited in your career.

God bless you all!

Motivational Speech Presented to the Management and Staffs of Excellon System Ltd. Oregun Lagos. www.excellonsystem.com on 4^th March 2008

By, Solomon O’chucks Nwokoro

Motivational cum Inspirational Speaker.