THE ROLE OPPORTUNITY TAKE TO BE SUCCESSFUL

By Salami Babatunde Dauda

Almost every body on earth has waste opportunities in life, but we never take it serious because we have gotten little things that covered up some part of what we think we might have lost. 

The way we view most of the opportunity lost is usually lower than what it is( that's if we are opportune to know what we have lost.). But if we have the opportunity to know a little about it, we will feel regret and ashame of ourselves for taken those steps in the first place. 

Sometimes, we may think of crying over the lost opportunities because it can never be regain. 

I have waste so many opportunities that I later realized that I should have take advantages of that then, which I know my life will be atleast a little different from now. This is the reason why I'm urging the viewers not to waste any opportunity which may come their way. 

I'm going to discus a little about Bill Gate who happens to be among the world richest man on earth as at the time of writing this article. 

We all needed to learn from him because he is a role model to everyone who want to be rich and those that are rich through taking advantages of opportunities.

A journalist happened to interviewed Mr. Bill Gate on the secret behind his success, but instead of a reply expected from Mr. Bill Gate, he handed a cheque to the young lady and asked her to write any amount she wished in the cheque, he also mentioned that he is ready to pay her any amount she wrote on the cheque.

The lady reply him by saying she wasn't interested in his action for playing her intelligence then, she repeated her question again, thinking that the situation will change, but instead, Mr. Bill Gate handed her the cheque again and repeating the same state that she should write any amount she wished on the cheque, that he is ready to give it to her.

 At this point of time, the lady got frustrated and she tore the cheque into pieces and this was what make Mr. Bill Gate gave some speech. 

He said " the secret of my success is that, I do not miss any opportunity, like you just did. If you follow that philosophy, maybe you will be the richest journalist in the world today"

This is telling us that, opportunities are very rare to get and once we have the chance let grab it.

I was tested with a biscuit and sugar maybe two tea spoon of it. Actually, I was diagnosed not to take sugar or anything sweet, so I rejected it, you know what happen next.....

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SPIRIT BEHIND TALENT

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REASON WHY GOVERNMENT FAILED US IN NIGERIA

REASON WHY GOVERNMENT FAILED US IN NIGERIA

By Salami Babatunde Dauda

This is a very serious issue we face in Nigeria and other part of the world, but as long as this continue to repeat itself, we will continue to remain the same and that's why our so call country never develop till date. 

Many find it hard to believe but it is the bitter truth about what is going on in our environment and the society we find ourselves. Our governance body are not to be write home about, due to our inconsistence and lack of integrity in choosing our leaders.

WHY DO THEY (GOVERNMENT) FAILED US?

This is very simple to understand but hard to believe in the sense that we are only after what we gain and not the effect it will cause on us.

The politicians of nowadays are not contesting to do good for the people rather than competing among themselves.

Considering the parties we have in Nigeria, there are lots number of different parties and candidates contesting for a particular post, but we only vote for the ones competing with one another rather than the ones that are ready to serve us well I.e the ones that are ready to devote their time and power to make our nation great. We have some other parties that are not well recognized but yet they have something good to deliver to us, but we never give them chance to convince us. They are ready to turn up the light of our dear nation, they are ready to put things in the right order, they want to make the nation great, they really have integrity to make the nation a better one but due to our selfish interest and ignorance we vote for the wrong person, and this tends to have a negative impact on the citizen and aliens of the country. 

The candidates of the leading parties feels more relax and comfortable than any other, that even if they did anything wrong, nobody will question them and they will still have more ways to go than the less privilege. 

They come up with a strategies and ideas which they know we can't meet up with, and after their administration, they will mention that since we couldn't provide what they demand for, that's why they couldn't fulfill their promises. That's how it continue , hoping that the next person from the same party will continue or the ones from another leading opposition party will make changes. When they started campaign, all this plight will be mentioned again just to win our votes and after that, the lies continue and continue. 

Most time the government brainwashed us by coming up with things that can surprise or motivate us just to have our votes during the election, they try their possible best to steal our votes with their lies and political strategies. 

The most funny part is that we are always carried away with this lies and confusion, we cast our vote and after some moment we will realized that all they have been saying was typically false, they are not in the position to help the situation.

HOW DO WE SELECT A GOOD LEADER?

We should vote for the ones that are ready to serve not the ones that want to rule. 

The act of serving is the act to below oneself in actions and ways of leadership rather than ruling the people or giving unnecessary command that can affect the lifestyle of the people in the community negatively. 

Our so called aspirant make some promises which you and I know they can't fulfill and yet we vote them in. 

We need someone that can speak our thought, someone that can read our mind, someone we can rely on, someone that understand how we feel, how we are, what we need, what we want, and most time what we don't want.

Those that have been into the act of suffering, those that can really tell how difficult it is to be a citizen of a country with pains and sorrow. Those that understand how the poor and the riches feels and the likely solution to bring justice and welfarism to the act of coordinating the people and their environment.

Someone that can handle the situation at hand, someone that can manoeuvre the difficulties we are facing, we need a creative leader, that can come up with good things, ideas and welfarism of the people.

A leader that can switches among all the styles of leadership we have. For example Visionary, Democratic, Authoritative, Transformational, Transactional, Autocratic, Strategic, Situational and many more. A good leader shouldn't practice only one style of leadership he should be able to practice at least two or more styles in other to make the administration work well......

Conclusion......

The solution and formation to change the situation and transformation of our nation doesn't need procrastination or elongation but act of elevation and cooperation among the people of our nation.

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THE SPIRIT BEHIND TALENT

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Dahood: The Spirit Behind Talent

Spirit behind Talent discovery  by 

Salmi Babatunde Dauda

WHAT IS TALENT?

Talent is God's gift I.e free gift of nature, giving to every individual on earth. No matter who you are, where you live, where you have been, or what you do, you must have at least one particular thing, you love doing and you are doing it well. 

Most people discover their talent at early stage of their life but the problem about this discovered talent is the individual not yet discover die to the individual reaction toward this talent discovered. 

SUPREMACY OF DISCOVERED TALENT

People who got talent about a particular act, find it more easier to execute and are better at it than those that learn about such act. This is because, they can do it in different ways and still arrive or result in what they really intended it to be. 

One more thing about those that got the talent is that, you will be impressed by their actions and the way they execute it and you will feel like "wow! How did he/she did that?" You will feel surprise because it look amazing and mostly look impossible in a normal sense.

Those that take much of their time to be good or practice to so such act will also impress you too but you will surely can tell who got the talent between them. The differences will always be there to differentiate them. 

Talent is priceless as it has no price tag. You can't buy talent but you can pay for it ( you can never buy talent from anybody, but paying those talented people to display what they got is very possible). It is a free gift if nature which can be inherented from parent. You are born with it and it will surely be there for you whenever you want to use it.

Talent work with the brain as it  deals with your way of thinking, your brain quickly react to any action you want to carry out related to the talent you are blessed with.That's what make it more easier and most time accurately to carry out those activities.

As an engineer, you may be talented in the field of survey even without learning it . 

HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH TALENT WE HAVE GOTTEN? 

This is very simple and complex, but we will try as much as possible to let you know the fact that you need to hold about the discovered talent. 

You know know what you love doing and you are happy or get excited when doing it I.e what you do most time and you never regret taking those actions or doing it. 

Maybe you love singing and it is not just because you love listening to peoples songs or you like a particular artist. This has to do with singing your own song in a way that you find easier and meaningful to yourself. You get the best out of yourself and the listeners tell if it is good or not good. You just have to brand it to your own taste. If it is football, entertainment, social activities, technology, and many others, their should be a style of which you love and find more easier to execute. After which you know this, then , you have to work on it.

Sometimes you find out that you make people laugh and smile when you speak or give speech, that means you are onto comedy line. Any which way you find yourself, you should know that's the talent you are blessed with. 

As an engineer, you may be talented in footballing, Don't quit.

WHY ARE SOME TALENTED PEOPLE NOT YET DISCOVER?

This is a very serious question that needed to be treated with care and understanding. Whereas it should be seen from individual perspective view.

In thus article, we will discuss about five (5) factors that can affect the discovery of talented people in our environment. They are mention below

1. Discovery of oneself

2. Environment

3. Support

4. Opportunity

5. Sponsorship

Discovery Of oneself

This is the most important factor that give birth to other factors and if this is not discovered, others are not to be talk about or mention. 

If the individual has not discover that talent he or she has gotten, it will affect the discovery of such talented person. The first and most essential part of getting discovered is discovering of oneself. If you could not or have not discovered yourself, it is not possible and will not be easy for people to know what talent you have gotten. You need to know yourself and most especially  broadcast that talent you have gotten before people can know about what you have gotten to deliver to the people around you. Nobody will discover you unless you discover yourself and it is very important to discover oneself.

Environment

Environment is another factor that affect talent discovery of a relented person in our community. If you live in a local area or uncivilized environment, the percentage of getting discovered around the world is very low to this living in the city with more population of people . 

If you can display what talent you have gotten to only the people in your vicinity, that means your talent is going no where. 

Let take Nigeria for example, the only place where you can be more successful with any talent you must have gotten is Lagos State. There , you have the riches and the poor and also the average people of different grades. Most of the celebrities of nowadays live in Lagos State. Some discovered there talent out side Lagos but still find a way to Lagos state so that they can make more people know about the talent they have gotten. The internet has help most of the talented people to be discover easily without walking here and there. Though, most people are now with phones but the discovery is only those on the internet. Technology has some flaws as well where some of the videos we watch may have been edited before posting online there will be requirement for see this talented person to display it in the presence of all. 

SUPPORT

This is another factor that needed to be accomplish before you can be discovered. You may have discover yourself, stay in a good environment but if you have no support from the people around you, you are going no where. There is a saying and I quote " Charity begin at home". If your own people didn't support your movement, it won't be as easy as that to be discover. 

For example, you have got the talent of technology, and you have the knowledge of building an aeroplane, if you don't have the support from people to get all the materials needed , then you can't execute the project. It will only be known to you. There won't be chance to showcase your talent. Or you are a footballer that is very good in playing but you could not go to the field to display your talent , the talent will be in you but not for the people that needed it. 

Opportunity

"Once Opportunity is lost, it can never be regain." If you got any talent and you couldn't attend any occasions, seminar, programmes or shows that needed you to showcase you talent, you have only gotten the talent but not use on what it suppose to be use for. A singer need to go to party to perform on the stage of the party, footballer need to play on the football pitch to be discovered, Dancers need to dance at different occasions to be discovered, technologist need to have attended many shows where the talent are needed to be discovered. 

Opportunity play a very important role in the life of any talented person, in such a way that it make you more famous than before. 

Opportunity shouldn't be misuse, or misinterpreted because you never can tell who is watching you at that particular time and if it will ever happen again.

Sponsorship

Many talented people has gotten all the factors mentioned above but still lack the aspect of sponsorship. 

A sonsorer may take the responsibility of the talented person in other to motivate him or her to do more. 

Conclusion and motivation

If you have not discovered yourself, it is never too late, start thinking about what you love doing and you do to the best satisfactory of your choice. If it is singing, motivational speaker, career talk, footballer, table tenni, boxing etc. You should try to work on it. Don't relent or step aside because of any difficulties you must have encountered. 

Dahood-The best of your kind

By 

Salami Babatunde Dauda

The best of your kind are not always illuminated (Not what you can see easily or in a flashy light). 

They are not what you can see always. 

Lady Theresa said and I quote " you can't do what I can do, neither can I do what you can do, but togetherness, we can achieve greater things" 

Many people fall in the victim of finding the best of their kind but later realize that no two persons are created with the same attitude, affection, behaviour, character and many more. You can never see anyone of your type but there is tendency to meet people who will have some of the qualities you have but they can't have all of your qualities. 

Everybody has their bad and good behavior, everybody has positivities and negativities, everybody has prone and cons, and that's why no one is perfect except our creator (Almighty God).

Check those around you today, the ones you love most will also have some attitudes you don't tolerate or like about them.

Check the ones you dislike, they will have some attitudes you love about them too. 

We always said , we don't like Satan, but we obey Satan than God.

He (Satan) asked God for power to control human in his capacity, we all want that  too but it may not be in that way. Our Kings, presidents, Governors, Prime ministers, Military Rulers etc all want this power too and even most especially you. 

It is very clear that you can't see anyone of your type , you just have to play along, you just have to pretend as if nothing went wrong. We need to make  more friends not more enemies. 

Lady Theresa said " The world if full of good people, if you cannot find one, be one" 

We don't need to keep searching for the good people around us, let it begin with us and with time, it will circulate around the world. We will see good people of our kind but not of all qualities we have. Let come together and make things work out.

People changes every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every week, every month, and every year. But don't let your good doing change, people will talk trashes against you, people will blackmail you, they will backbite you, keep your head up and walk towards grateness because that's where you belong. Believe in yourself because you will succeed one day .

No one has the same qualities as you

Be optimistic not pessimistic