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Food for Living: Celebrate Greatness
By Henry Ukazu
Dear Destiny Friends,
Every man loves to be admired, appreciated, loved, respected, and made to feel important. In our contemporary society, everyone likes to be celebrated, and it is worthy of note that celebration comes with greatness.
Greatness comes in different ways, one can be celebrated for their academic performance, political achievement, spiritual excellence, personal and professional accomplishments, among other feats. It is important to note that all these accomplishments are because of the work the individual must have done.
There are many ways to attract and celebrate greatness. The first is by celebrating greatness. Isn’t it true that you can’t attract what you dislike? When you love greatness, and the people who have been celebrated, the blessings of greatness will locate and follow you, but when you dislike greatness, it will be hard for greatness to follow you. So, it’s always good to celebrate people, who have attained greatness. According to Fola Aina, “You attract greatness by celebrating greatness”.
However, some people don’t understand what greatness really means. Greatness has different meanings and interpretations. According to Anne Frank “Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness”. Greatness doesn’t only mean people who the world has celebrated. One’s father might be a role model because he’s more relevant than the great names the world knows. Also, according to Dorothy Height, “Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals”.
It is sad to note that many people are jealous of those who have attained greatness. This envy might be as a result of being insecure or because they can’t attain greatness.
Greatness is not peculiar to a certain set of people, everybody is born to be great, it’s just that they haven’t done the work as required. I strongly believe that everyone has the potential for greatness because we don’t have dull brains; only brains undeveloped.
The potential for greatness lives within each of us. In the search for greatness, never underestimate the power of dreams, and the influence of the human spirit. When you feel it, work on it. It might appear unattainable, but with the right self-determination, one is capable of unleashing his/her potential. According to the famous Les Brown, for one to be great “you must remain focused on your journey to greatness.
Also, according to Williams Shakespeare, Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. It is pertinent to note that whether you are born great, achieved greatness or have greatness thrust upon you, you must work to sustain it. For instance, if you are gifted or talented in a particular field, and you don’t work to develop it, it will fade away. In school and in business, it’s not about taking the first position, but maintaining the first position.
In attainment of greatness, you must surround yourself with dreamers, believers, thinkers, and those who see greatness in you. It should be noted that greatness is not a destination, rather it is a marathon journey.
Most legends the world celebrates today are simply because they have done great work. It should be noted that greatness doesn’t come easy, it has family, friends, enemies, detractors, criticisms etc. All these play a role because no one succeeds on their own. One needs friends and detractors because without them, the inspiration will be limited.
Great people like Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Muhammad Ali, Issace Newton, Jesus Christ, Albert Einstein, Malala Yousafzai, Mahatma Gandhi, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, Socrates, Winston Churchill, Henry Ford, Thomas Jefferson, Plato, Alexander the Great, Charles Darwin, Julius Caesar, Mother Theresa, Aristotle, Bill Gate, Steve Jobs, Harriet Tubman, Florence Nightingale, Heln Keller, Mark Twain, Frederick Douglas. Rosa Parks, Ohimai Omaize, Chika Ibejiuba, Eric Elezuo, Chisom Jessy Ukazu, Obioma Ajawuihe Abdulakeem Sodeeq Sulyman and though not the least, Henry Ukazu, among other great people didn’t become great ordinarily. They all have one thing in common – inventors and sound judgmental discretion.
During their sojourn to greatness, they failed numerous times and had many challenges. Their shortcomings simply verify their strength and focus.
In conclusion, if you want to be celebrated as a great person, it’s imperative you read up the biography of great people and decide to do the work little by little. Remember, if you can’t do big things, do little things in big ways.
Henry Ukazu writes from New York. He works with the New York City Department of Correction as the Legal Coordinator. He’s a Transformative Human Capacity and Mindset coach. He is also a public speaker, youth advocate and creative writer Design Your Destiny and Unleash Your Destiny. He can be reached via info@gloemi.com
By Henry Ukazu
Dear Destiny Friends,
The importance of timing cannot be overemphasized. Timing is everything in life. It is critical to one’s success. You can lose your money and get it back in many folds. You can even lose your health and get it back all things being equal, but when you lose time, you can hardly get it back again.
The importance of timing can be seen in crops. Every crop has a season, a good farmer won’t plant maize when it’s time for oranges, nor will he plant pears when it’s the season for mangoes.
Time is very instrumental to the success and failure of anyone. Imagine having a meeting or interview at 9:00am and you arrive at 10:10am, it will take the grace of God to be interviewed. As an employee, apart from one not being able to diligently do his job, one of the fastest ways for an employee to lose his job is by being late to work.
When I was in New York Law School studying Taxation law, I did a course titled, the Problem of Timing. During the semester, I learnt about cash and accrued income. Let me do some academic exercise here. In cash income, just like the name entails, one is paid in cash as soon as the work is completed. It’s just like going to the market to make a purchase. One can either pay directly with cash or with debit or credit card. But Accrued income refers to revenue a company has earned by providing goods or services, but for which payment has not yet been received, one will have to do the work first before getting paid. This is applicable when one works in either a public or private organization where one is paid either weekly, bi-weekly or at the end of the month depending on the stipulated mode of payment.
It’s important to note that before the money is paid either in cash or accrued, one would have earned it. It’s just like one learning g before earning, and one will have to update to upgrade. These are just the practical principles that will work with life.
In the same way, in life there’s a seed time and harvest time. It’s a universal principle of life. Whether as a parent, entrepreneur, student or employee. As a parent, if you don’t train your kids very well, they will grow up to reflect the opposite of what you desire. As an entrepreneur when you invest in your business, you will get the reward in due time. As a student, if you take your studies seriously, your grades will improve, and as an employee, you stand to get promotions and opportunities when you add value to your work. In summary, one will have to put in the work before recognition comes on.
To understand how seedtime and harvest work, imagine where parents tend to like one child more than others just because they see potential in him, or he’s smart, hardworking or even creative. They fail to understand that every child is different and as such their timing can be different. Some kinds take time to develop.
I personally believe there’s something so unique about each individual which God has deposited in everyone of us. It’s just a matter of time for it to manifest. Your timing of manifestation is different from your siblings and colleagues.
Personally, I didn’t mature fast with my contemporaries. Overtime, I have seen much improvement in my personal and professional life. Maybe because I have added value to my work with the assistance of mentors and good friends, or God had to humble my colleagues and mentors . Why do I say this? During my formative years, I had little or nothing to show for it. I was looking at my contemporaries as mentor and seeing my mentors as small gods whose feat is unattainable, but now, the reverse seems to be case as I have developed capacity some of my colleagues are yet to attain, while I have even surpassed the achievement of my some of my mentors in some quarters.
In all these, they are all surprised how it happened. Some are yet to comprehend or articulate the feat. It’s just like watching a film where everyone slept and woke up to see the game and tides have changed. The secret behind it is the seed time and harvest time. I was probably learning the trade while in the wilderness, and when the training season matured and ripe enough to be harvested, I became attractive to almost everyone who loved the seed I was producing.
There are litany of examples of people, who have been in the wilderness during the seed planting season. Let’s take a case study of Joseph in the Bible, his journey to stardom took a little twist. Despite the travails he experienced in the hands of his siblings who sold him, his experience while in the jail, and with Portiphar’s wife, who tried to seduce him; they were all set ups for success. The moral here is Joseph seed time and harvest time was quite different, it wasn’t a smooth journey. Ordinarily, one would have cursed his siblings or his friends who were with him in prison and forgot him after they were released. But at the end of time, everything worked out for his favor. Joseph’s seed days were his dark days while in the wilderness.
Another inspiring story of note was that of Pastor Ibukun Awosika, the former board Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria. She once shared a pathetic story during her formative years of being in business. According to her, she sojourned for about 15 years. She cried because lines were not adding up for her and she wouldn’t do what her contemporaries were doing to get opportunities. At a point in her business, it appeared like she was in a race of own life because everything seemed to be against her, but at the appropriate time, lines began to fall in place for her. Appointments, business opportunities, favours and goodwill began to fall in place for her. Again, she had a fair share of seed time.
An interesting question I would like to ask you is, what’s your seed time? Have you ever been in the wilderness when you appeared to be fixed? It’s unfortunate many people are not willing to pass through the storms or experience seeds and harvest time. Amidst all these, one must do some work before they get opportunities. However, before such opportunities will come up, one will have to plant the seed.
In conclusion, seed time and harvest time is critical in the journey of life. Take a seat and determine what seed you would like to sow and what you’ll like to harvest.
Henry Ukazu writes from New York. He works with the New York City Department of Correction as the Legal Coordinator. He’s the founder of Gloemi. He’s a Transformative Human Capacity and Mindset coach. He is also a public speaker, youth advocate, creative writer and author of Design Your Destiny Design Your and Unleash Your Destiny . He can be reached via info@gloemi.com
By Eric Elezuo
The Senate has suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghen for six months over her sexual harassment accusation and other disputes against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
The Senate also withdrew her salaries for the period of the suspension, as well as her security details.
The chamber however, soft-pedaled on the salaries and allowances of her aides, who it was argued would not have any source of livelihood within the period.
Globacom is welcoming new customers on its network with the introduction of the e-SIM. The e-SIM activated in any Gloworld shop or Dealer outlet comes with an introductory free 5GB data when the customer buys a data plan of N1,500 or more.
Customers already on other networks can now join the Glo network with e-SIM as an additional SIM. Existing Glo customers can also enjoy this “SIM-less” freedom.
With the e-SIM, customers no longer have to worry about space for a physical SIM on their phones. The e-SIM is a software-based digital chip built directly into smartphones or wearable devices, thus eliminating the need for a physical SIM card for customers.
The use of e-SIM enables customers to have seamless switching between phone numbers without a physical SIM. It is ideal for upwardly mobile people who travel frequently. The e-SIM also guarantees security, as unlike physical SIM, it is harder to remove from devices. It is also eco-friendly and reduces plastic waste.
Globacom’s launch of the e-SIM enables enables it to cater to high-net-worth individuals and enterprise customers, and it also reinforces the company’s commitment to providing seamless and future-ready services to its customers.
A customer seeking to activate the Glo e-SIM needs to check the compatibility of the mobile handset by dialling *#06# on his or her phone. If an EID number reflects on the mobile screen, the device is e-SIM compatible.
“The customer can then proceed to the nearest Gloworld shop or Glo Dealer outlet to migrate to e-SIM. The process takes only a few minutes and the customer can thereafter begin to enjoy the use of an e-SIM”, the Marketing Department disclosed.
