SECRET HANDBOOK OF CHAMPIONS. Day 1

Chapter one: SET IMPOSSIBLE GOALS AND STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THEM. 
Dream Big!!!!!  In whatever you do in life, never stop dreaming. 
Set goals that might look impossible to achieve at the present dispensation and strive to achieve. 
Work towards achieving your dreams, let your mind set be on that dream. 
       “Every dream you achieve today qualifies You for 
       a yet bigger dream”- David Adejumo
Set short term, medium term and long term goals and dream towards achieving them because every dream works with timing. We all know Leicester City a recently promoted team to the top flight of the English Premiere League, they had an initial goal of sealing their place in the top flight, and when that was achieved, they now set a more bigger goal of finishing in the top 4 and when top 4 was sure for them, they now set their eyes on the trophy and they worked towards it. In all this, they had an initial dream of winning the league and they achieved it. Their victory and success was like a fairy tale to the whole world. 
If you achieve a dream, whether long term or short term, set another goal and move on, strive to achieve it. 
     “The achievement of one goal should be the starting 
      Point of another” – Alexander Graham Bell
Dr Martin Luther King's famous “I have a dream” speech was a dream He had for the future, a passion he carried in him and today that dream is a reality. 
    A Nigerian proverb says:
“Thoughts and dreams are the foundation of 
Our Being”
A man without a dream or goal is like a dead man. If your purpose of waking up or living Life is not yet known, then go back to sleep. A man without a dream or goal is not better off than a dead person, A walking dead, a confused Being with no sense of reality. 
D. Elder says;
“Dreamers look into the future and see promise. 
Those who do not dream only see the future”
Dream Big!!!!!  Let your dream look bigger than who you are presently or what you are capable of achieving. 
Let your dreams and goals look impossible so that you will do the impossible to achieve them. 
“Never underestimate your dreams, instead overestimate them because every dream is a prediction into the future for all those 
Who care to believe and work towards them”- David Adejumo
Be a champion and dream big, never stop dreaming because it is  a top secret of champions. 
Dreaming is the process of creating a positive mental picture of how the future will be. Create a positive mental picture today, dream big and be a champion.  

THE UNCELEBRATED HEROES

A Hero is someone who has achieved a great feat, who is celebrated and appreciated for His/ Her effort in doing something good in the society, someone who has done something that is worth remembering. Heroes are seen as important people who many look up to and are inspired by the great feat they have or had achieved.
We all consider different category of people as our heroes, many consider Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Architects, Politicians, Activists, Soldiers, Accountants, Sport Personalities and even musician as Heroes.
  We see these people as our heroes who did little or nothing to make us who we are or who we will become, they only make efforts for their own personal and economic gains and for their own development and yet we still look up to them as heroes. But there are some exceptions, men like Martin Luther, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Ghandi of India, the heroes of Nigeria’s nationality were heroes indeed and even some Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers, Scientists, e.t. c were also heroes who did something for the good of mankind.
We often despise who the real heroes are: those who have been a part of our lives for about 20 or more years teaching, nurturing and impacting knowledge in Us, they have gone beyond all doubts and planted good seeds in us . Just like the old Guinea proverb which says: “knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it. Cannot be harvested “
These uncelebrated heroes have been forgotten and despised by who they have developed and nurtured, they are not considered as anything. Many of us easily forget our roots and we forget that our teachers are part of the root in our lives, when we were dull, they encouraged and taught us, they stood for hours daily teaching, influencing and ensuring a bright future for us and yet we count them us nothing. Knowledge is power indeed because he who has knowledge is a valuable asset that cannot be easily disposed. I even love this great African Proverb which says;
           “True teaching is not accumulation of knowledge; it is an awakening of      consciousness”
Many of our Teachers have reawaken our minds and reminded us of who we truly are, they have unleashed the potentials in us, of course knowledge is better than riches, he who has knowledge, has authority.
How successful you are in life depends on the foundation laid for you by your teacher, good teachers are hard to come by, so appreciate your teachers for where you are today and the knowledge they imparted in you.
Having a future ambition of becoming a teacher nowadays is seen as a waste of money and time, many perceive teachers to be third class or average citizens but they might not be wealthy physical but they have the greatest asset that most of us don’t have, which is knowledge even our holy book commanded us that knowledge is the principal thing, therefore in all our gettings, get knowledge. This is why they have the most  priceless and most valuable asset on Earth.
I strongly believe that Teachers are the real heroes, because a hero is someone who helps others to rise, who sacrifices for others, who influences and inspires, who helps to win and who help others rise to greatness, Teachers are the True uncelebrated heroes indeed, they are a gift to humanity.

THE PAINS OF LEADERSHIP

• Leadership is not an easy task, many people perceive leaders to be those who are privilege and above others. But that is just a myopic view of leadership. Leaders go through rigorous pains, sacrifices, discipline and hardwork just to please those they serve. But yet they are not appreciated we quickly find faults in their slightest mistakes to criticise and insult them. Someone once said that "leadership is hardwork". A lazy person can never be a leader. Leaders experience pains and sacrifice alot. 
• Leaders are lonely people
• Many decisions are left to them when it comes to certain things and situations
• Leaders have no one to help them when they encounter difficult situations, but they are obliged to help their followers when they need help
• They have no one to share their problems with. Sharing their problems makes people perceive them as weak. 
• Leaders cannot voice out their fears openly. After all, a Leader is meant to allay the fears of His followers and not to express His own fears. Many followers think that their leaders are fearless, but any honest leader will tell you about real things that ravage his mind on a daily basis. 
• A Leader barely has time to rest. 
• A leader is rarely seen or heard because he is always in search of solutions and new ideas
• A leader often bears the responsibilities for any defeat, failure, delay and setbacks. But when there is victory everybody is credited. 
• When people sleep for 8 hours, a leader rarely has a good night sleep. Because it is in the night that every successful battle is fought and won. 
• A leader rarely has time for his personal affairs as he is more concerned about dispensing his official duty. 
• A Leader always puts in the extra effort, he has to be one step ahead. 
• Leaders are very often prone to stress related illness
• Leaders are most of the time set apart from the crowd, when the crowd is going right, a leader is compelled to go left. A leader rarely has time to hang out or socialize
• A leader carries his cross alone and pay for the sins and mistakes of his follower. 
• Leader goes through the burden of self discipline, it takes discipline to sleep very late and wake up very early. 
• Leaders are easy target for the enemies. They are easily exposed to danger. 

Leaders are sometimes forced to take some hard, difficult but necessary decisions which hurts many people. 
The next time You see a Leader, appreciate him/her and support them any way possible, pray for them. Because it is not easy been a leader. Put Yourself in the shoes ofaleader and You will forever appreciate their effort. 

BLACK LIVES MATTER
Is it a sin to be black?

Right from time blacks have been victims of discrimination, violence, stigmatization and oppression as well as suppression. Blacks are seen as aliens, as strange, lazy set of apes with no meaningful development. The labour and struggle of Black heroes like Martin Luther King Junior, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley and many more who have fought tirelessly for the emancipation of the black race is now in vain especially in a Country like the United States where many blacks have lost their lives in recent days by unrepentant Policemen who do not believe in racial equality. The Dallas shootings, Police harassment of various black men, even in the UK, harassment of blacks is now becoming a global issue and what has been done to stop this harassment?  
Life is becoming unbearable for many blacks in the United States that claims to be a Democratic Nation indeed.
They accuse Blacks as unproductive and dull animals and yet the America music and entertainment Industry that contributes a chunk of the Nation's budget is dominated by Blacks, even Black students who school in America are known to perform better than the white students.
Africa is so unique and rich that most of our artefacts were stolen and now sits in their museums, we are so rich that many there are influx of many whites to Africa annually either to explore our resources or to come for tourism purpose. They admire our rich cultural heritage.
The truth is that if Blacks should leave the US, a huge revenue will be lost by the United States, even in the world of sports, blacks have dominated many sports especially football, celebrated players like Samuel Eto, Didier Drogba, Thiery Henry, Jay Jay Okocha, Kanu Nwankwo, Paul Pogba and many more are all blacks, Serena Williams is a black, Tiger Woods is a black, Floyd Mayweather is a black, Muhammad Ali the greatest is a black, will Smith is a black and many more. The last time i checked even the US President is a black. But i know the cause of all these anti-black sentiments, i can boldy point accusing fingers at Donald Trump a Presidential aspirant for the Republican Party in the forthcoming Election, who has taken a tough stance against immigrants and blacks especially, even when he was interviewed after the Dallas shooting, he never condemned the harassment rather he said that an attack on US Police Official is an attack on the country. We don’t need a Prophet to tell us that Donald Trump supporters are the major propagators of this attacks on blacks. The world is watching, Blacks all over the world in Africa and the Caribbean are watching. We need to unite as one race and stop these hateful attcaks and harassment, we need to come together as blacks all over the world and support our fellow blacks in the United States becuase without the blacks, the wolrd will be a lonely boring place.
If this anti-black sentiment do not stop, the US will be gearing towards another war.
#BlackLivesMatter.

SYCOPHANTS

They are found everywhere
They go any length
To get what they want
They are driven by their greed and selfish interest
They abound in our churches
They are found in the mosque
You find them in our schools
They are found in our government
They dine with you in the open
While they covertly ruin you
They smile and dance with you in the public
While they backstab you in private
They use you for their own interest
While they dump you in time of storms
Their loyalty is questionable
They owe allegiance to everybody
While they are loyal to nobody


In our religious centres
Sycophants make the religious centres their habitation
When they are in need
They look up to the clerics
Expecting a miracle
When they get their heart desire
You see them no more
Our clerics are not left out
Some of them host and praise bad leaders
They refrain from telling the truth
They say what delights you
They decree false prophecies
Your pocket and fame is their target
They get richer
While you loose your integrity and soul


In our schools
Sycophants stick by you always
In times of exams and tests
You become their best friends
They only wish to use you and dump you
Your brain is their target

In our political system
Sycophants are in abundant
They follow you
Praising you when you do bad
Campaigning for you
In return they get political appointments and are enriched
They give you false advise and ideas
They suggest bad policies
All in a bid to please you and earn your trust
They chastise and persecute those who say the truth


When you are rich
Sycophants glue to you
When the going is good
You have many friends
When trouble comes
When trial comes
They all forsake you
If you have nothing to offer
You are regarded as a nobody
If you have something to offer
You are powerful, important and well respected




We ourselves as Humans
We encourage sycophancy
Because it is in our nature
To always be happy and pleased
We love to be flattered
We hate to hear the truth
Because the truth is like a snake bite
Sycophants are plague in our society
Sycophancy is an unnecessary evil
Sycophants slow down development in our society
They are the problem of the world
They are the devil in disguise.








                         QUOTE OF THE DAY
“short as life is, we make it still shorter
By the careless waste of time” – Victor Hugo

(THE LION IN YOU)TEN LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM A LION

(THE LION IN YOU)TEN LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM A LION
A lion's roar can be heard five miles away.
1. Make yourself heard
“Unless a tortoise stick its head out of its shell, it can never go anywhere”
Lions are very social animals, they form and move in Groups called pride so as to ensure mutual assistance to each other.
2. Interact with others so you can get better
  “Do not build fortresses to protect yourself, isolation is dangerous “-Robert Greene
A lion can spend up to 20 hours a day sleeping.
3. There is a difference between a leader and a slave, find time to relax.
“A lion is however, rarely heard-much more seldom seen” -John Hanning Speke
  “relaxation is the best time to reflect, think and come up with great ideas as a leader”
Male lions defend the pride's territory while females go to hunt, despite this male gets to eat first.
4. As a leader, learn how to delegate responsibility.
 “A good leader make things better not just for themselves but for others”-Mark Sanborn.
A lion can run for short distances at 50 mph and leap as far as 36 feet.
5. Movement is important in life as a leader.
“If you can’t fly, then run,
If you can’t run, then walk,
If you can’t walk, then crawl,
But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward”- Martin Luther King Junior.
The mane of the lion is unique and singles it out among all the other cats.
6. As a leader, dare to stand out from the crowd and be unique.
“Remember, if you want a different result, do something different “ – Anonymous
A male lion once attaining adult age, usually wanders off from his own pride to form another pride.
7. There comes a time in our life when we have to cut links with our friends and sometimes our loved ones so as to pursue your dreams.
“You can’t achieve your dreams in the comfort of your loved ones “
A lion is never intimidated by other larger animals like elephants, Rhinoceros and Buffalos.
8. Don’t allow fear and intimidation to limit what you can achieve.
“face your fears”
The lion usually prey at animals that are large and sometimes twice its size.
9. Have a vision, set extraordinary goals and targets and strive to achieve them.
“Never look at how impossible your goals are, just look at how possible you can achieve them”                  A lion never gives up, even when it is injured.
10. Don’t give up, even when it seems you have lost.
“Never give up, nothing worthwhile comes easy”

A leader who wants to stand out and make a difference has to adopt the life of a lion, a lion is a born leader, unleash the lion in you and you will see how good a leader you will be.
Once again,  Ramadan Kareem to all our muslim faithfuls.

YOUNG AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURS AND CHANGE MAKERS

1. Ogunbowale Olugbenga: The CEO and founder of Epower which is a marketing and Advertising Enterprise that trains and empowers Youths and young people on personal/self branding, it also trains young people on ICT skills. He is as well gifted with the gift of oratory evidence in the numerous awards he has won. A fellow of The League of Extraordinary Young People, a Master Strategist who has taught many youths how to brand themselves and prepare wonderful CVs and Resumes. 

2. William Kamkwamba: At the age of 14 years, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap parts after He dropped out of school due to poverty. This windmill provided electricity and water to his home in rural Malawi. Since then, He has built a solar-powered water pump that supplies the first drinking water in His village and two other wind mills. His windmill attracted international attention and His story has been chronicled in the 2013 award winning feature length documentary, “william and the windmill”. He has also released an autobiography. “The boy who harnessed the wind”. Which was selected as a required book for all incoming students at the Auburn University. 

3. Prince C.K Agbata: He is a Co-Founder and CTO of IDEA Africa, Founder and CEO of orange Software, a student Entrepreneur, He is a fellow of the YALI Mandela Fellowship, a Tech Consultant, a Software Engineer and an Emerging Diplomat. IDEA Africa propagate education through ICT with much emphasis on rural Areas with less access to technology and internet. He is a straight forward person driven by His passion. 

4. Emmanuel Omene: He is a young Nigerian Entrepreneur and Student who is currently enrolled in Bowen University for His Bachelor of Arts in History and International Relations. He has a passion for peace, empowerment and youth participation in political affairs. He believes that youths are the main force for a better tomorrow. This passion of His drove him to Co-Found the Global Youths Peace and Empowerment Initiative with his friends. It was formerly called Nigeria Youth Peace Initiative but the Global was adopted to enlarge the scope of the organization. The Initiative currently runs chapters in almost all the states across Nigeria with active members, as well as in Ghana and the United Kingdom. He is currently the Coordinator of the Organisation in Nigeria. He is known to go to any length to achieve His dreams. 

5. Samuel Malinga: He is a young Ugandan change maker who is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sanitation African Limited and this Organization/project addresses the faecal sludge management chain, a new modular latrine has been developed called “Durasan” a low-cost pit emptying pump called a Rammer, Treatment Plant and process briquettes from drained faecal sludge. It aims to develop technologies for all stages of the sanitation value chain in line with sanitation business models. 

6. Vanessa Zommi: she is the CEO of Emerald Moringa Tea Company, a young Cameroonian female leader and Entrepreneur who is so bright and innovative. She organised the first ever UN-HeForShe event in Cameroon bringing together 400 women to discuss on the topic “Women Empowerment and Gender Equality” on march 8th, 2015. She is very passionate about community service and so has worked as a volunteer with Windham Area Interface Ministry(WAIM), Kids Camp, Foodshare, HOTPEC Orphanage, e.t.c coupled with this, she also has great research and writing skills especially in scientific journal. She believes in sustainable prosperity for all. 

7. Mutoba Ngoma: He is the brain behind Tapera Industries a company that produces biodiesel and organic soap in Zambia. A graduate of Aeronautical Engineering in the UK returned home to Zambia based on the fact that there was a need for him to earn a sustainable income along with his desire to work “that really matters”. Due to his lack of job in the UK, He was further driven to start the Tapera Industries, considering also the fuel shortages in his country.

8. Hilda Moraa: A young Kenyan woman who is the founder and former CEO of Weza Tele Limited, a leading provider of innovative and mobile solutions in the supply chain distribution and financial solutions in the emerging markets. She is also slef publishing her first book, she has a passion in research and she is also enthusiastic about publishing.

9. Kasope Ladipo-Ajai: A graduate of Computer Science from Babcock University Nigeria, started OmoAlata, a Nigerian Food service and packaging Comapny focused on producing hygienic locally processed and packaged local Nigerian soups, spices and Peppers. 

10. Aisha Ayensu: A young beautiful Ghanian woman and Fashion Designer who happens to be the Creative Director as well as CEO and Head Design of the International Luxury Fashion Label, Christie Brown. Her brand represents the epitome of African inspiration, class, strength and uniqueness in a chic modern yet classic style. Today, Aisha is a Global shaper under the Accra Hub and her clothes continue to allow women to represent themsleves in the most elegant and authentic way possible. 

As we have all seen the top ten list of change makers in Africa. Africa is filled with potentials and talents, we as youths should not waste our time doing nothing, use your talent to bring solutions to a problem in your community or surroundies.