Excellence Is a Product of Self-Awareness

Excellence is a product of self-awareness; it doesn't just happen. And it takes a studied coordination of the brain, the mind and the limbs in tandem to achieve self-awareness. Not an easy thing to do, and that is why excellence is not common.

-- Babatunde Oladele

How to Make Your Dream Work

It takes more than talent, skill and passion to make a dream come true. If those were enough, everyone possessing them would have been high flyers. But talented failures, frustrated experts and passionate poor abound all over the place. You must work to make your dream work.

 

Why Dreams Fail

One of the reasons dreams, businesses and projects fail is because the initiators plan so big, expect so much and get very little response. Many never recover from the resulting disappointment.

 

Vision and Possibilities

Vision is an indicator of the possibilities that are attainable. It is the difference between those that approach everyday life with energy and gusto as against those who go at it with trepidation and uncertainty. Vision separates the high-fliers from the also-rans.

Are You Operating Plan B or A?

To begin a new chapter, you must end an old chapter ... 9 times out of 10, failure is resorting to Plan B when Plan A gets too risky, too costly, or too difficult. That’s why most people are living their Plan B. They haven’t burned their bridges to the past.

- Word for Today

Easy to Idealise

It is easy to idealise about things that should be done or put in place when we are not the ones paying the bills. But when put in direct charge of coming up with the resources to procure those things, ideas stop flowing.

Go for Wealth, Not Money

Go for wealth, not just making money. You can be making money and not be wealthy, but you cannot be wealthy and not have money.

Finding Fulfilment

Fulfilment is found only in fitting into the slot where you belong. Although it may not be financially rewarding at the initial stage, the financial gains would certainly come the more you grow and develop in that niche.

You only need to be patient. You need to look at the big picture. Most people, especially the youth, consider the immediate picture and jump ships so frequently. Thus, they subject themselves to a life of frustration and unsettlement. You can only find peace and fulfilment by filling your own hole (in your career, business, marriage, ministry and so on) or answering your own calling.

God's Resources Are in the Possession of His Children

When God needs to do anything, the resources to complete it are usually in the possession of His children. It's just for them to release it in faith and trust His replenishing abilities. And He doesn’t owe anyone.

To Stand Out, Focus on the Big Picture

To stand out at work, do not get stuck in the rut of merely doing things or the usual rounds. Focus on the big picture and work with that consciousness in mind.

How to Avoid Giving Terrible Advice

When you advise someone with your own gain in mind, you will most likely give them terrible advice. The best advisers are those who offer counsel beneficial mainly, if not only, to their advisee.

-- Babatunde Oladele

The Significant Others

Most human failures are catalysed by the failings of the significant others. If you observe that someone is drifting away from the ideal, then it is time to intensify your compassion rather than resort to criticism. People struggling need friendship, not alienation; they need engagement, not isolation.

-Babatunde Oladele

What Is Your Forté

If your forte is in analysing the failures of others rather than pre-empting them, your intelligence is not premium and there is no difference between you and the gossip next door. Even the Good Book says, only those who save a soul from destruction are wise.

- Babatunde Oladele

Strength and Potential

Strength science starts with the individual, which is the only way to fully maximize the potential of any team on any mission with high purpose and high goals...

When you make the most of your strengths, there are no limits to what you can do and how you can lead.

                                              - Jim Clifton

What Successful People Do

Successful people do what others know they should do but will not do. To become a success, or just be more successful, you will do what average, less-motivated people will not.

~ Chalene Johnson