We are Human BEings and so we are designed to BE!
I LOVE comics, I LOVE Marvel pictures, I LOVE DC Comics. When you watch a Marvel Pictures movie or cartoon, you get to see how humans with special power do wonderful stuff with thier Area of strength.
Comics are pure fiction, no man can fly like Superman or run as fast as flash.
However, we the real humans have our own Super Powers as well, everyone of us do. You just may have not found yours yet.
Day 12 – BE
BE awesome
BE salt
BE light
BE a blessing
BE all you are MEANT and DESIGNED to BE.
That’s the essence of your role in life.
We are celebrated for our difference and not for our similarities. It is the expression of your Originality that will get you recognised and celebrated.
What this means is this; you are a photographer like a million others. What difference would you bring to how and why you do photography?
To be unique does not mean to come up with one strange or alien idea. It simply means being YOU.
YOU is Your Originality and Uniqueness, and “YOU” comprises of the following;
Abilities
Passions
Experiences
Personality
1. Abilities or Talents is the TOOL of expression,
2. Passion is a POINTER as to how and why you would do what you do
3. Experiences will also SHAPE your unique approach to things. Experience could be education, knowledge, exposures, lessons learnt etc.
4. Personality is another DICTATOR of your uniqueness.
You see, the blend of these four components of YOU is what brands your Originality and difference. No two persons on earth has the same blend.
You won’t find the uniqueness they would bring to your life in a day, but stay open and keep probing, as time progresses, you would be able to fine tune more and more what you do till you are able to carve your own niche as a Brand.
Yes you are a Brand, so what’s your flavour?
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I AM;
Paul Shola Oguntade
~I Think, I Write, I Speak, I CREATE, I Win.
@paul_shola
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This is by the way, but I feel I should still share it.
YOU are not water, you are not meant for everybody, stop trying to be so. Be comfortable in your own skin and stop bothering about your big nose, short arm, funny accent, tiny breast or whatever.
Day 8 – It’s a CALL-ing not a script !
I’m sure you are familiar with the statement; “what’s your calling” or “what I am called to do”
Now before your defence rise in protest, I am not against being called, a calling actually exists. Lols
But it is simply what it is; a CALL-ing !!!
WHAT IS IMPORTANT ?
Yesterday’s discuss was about who is important, today I want to talk about WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
Yesterday, I bruised the heart of a dear friend just because I’ve been “BUSY” all the while, and I was foolishly proud of my busyness.
Yesterday, I explained what makes our activity valid; the HOW and WHY behind all human activity.
Today is DAY 6 of our 22 days Journey, Today I want to correct a subtle mindset that has gone far and wrong.
Because of what I write about, I get a lot of questions about purpose, talents, career etc. And most times I see that people want to do great and live the life of blessing that they ought to live, but they seem to get it wrong somewhere.
See, Motivational Speakers, Preachers, NGOs, Social Workers, Writers, Coaches, Consultants etc are not the only ones making impact, the are not the only ones qualified for a life of greatness. They are not the only ones fulfilling purpose.
People tell me they want to fulfil purpose, be a blessing and be great. And so they think the only way to do so is by being in one of the above mentioned professions, or setting up a ministry an NGO or something like that.
Who will be the tailor, who will be the teacher, who will be the banker, who will be musician and everyone else that is as well important ?
No Role is useless as long as the activity is aligned to the 2 yardsticks I laid down yesterday. The Mobile App you’re developing is as important as the NGO work feeding a whole country.
The problem we are having now is that there are too many Business Men and Women doing NGO works. Too many Agro-preneurs trying to be effectiveness Coaches.
The issue is not with the activity but the WHY and HOW behind the activity.
So please don’t try to be who you are not just because you also want to feel important. Like Segun Omjola would say; WHERE YOU ARE IS WHERE YOU OUGHT TO BE.
Express your UNIQUE passion and we would be blessed.
BE you !
Thanks
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I AM;
Paul Shola Oguntade
~I Think, I Write, I Speak, I CREATE, I Win.
@paul_shola
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Good morning your highness, and happy weekend to you.
Today is Day 4 of the countdown to my New eBook release. Usually I do have a pre-written message for each day. But something happened yesterday that got to me big time.
Not to bother you about the long story, let me just go straight to the message.
Day 3:Intention is not enough
Hitler and Moses;
Two humans with the same Birth Gifts, and with great and just intention for their people. One was of service to the world, the other was a Menace.
It’s not that Moses had a better INTENTION or that Hitler had a bad INTENTION. In fact Moses started out as a Hitler somehow before he got it right.
I say this with much care, but hate or love it, the con artist “somehow” has the same objective as the hardworking entrepreneur.
The message here is that our intentions are not what is important but how we go about our intention and what guides our actions.
Yesterday I told us we all have four unique Birth Gifts;
Abilities
Passion(s) / Concerns of the Heart
Experience
Unique Personality
These four birth gifts BRANDS an individual. However the impact we have on earth is coloured and determined by these Three Guides;
1. Your Spiritual Stance
2. Paradigm
3. Value System
The major difference between a terrorist and a social activist are these three things. Both of them think something is wrong and they want to advocate for it. One is a Menace the other is a blessing.
THINK differently.
You are HUMAN and there’s a life you should live.
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I AM;
Paul Shola Oguntade
~I Think, I Write, I Speak, I CREATE, I Win.
@paul_shola
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Day 2: To HAVE or to GIVE?
You will most likely frown at me when I say that Our KIND were not created to HAVE, but to GIVE.
Yes you would HAVE eventually, but GIVING precedes HAVING for us, it’s an irrational formula the poor and low lives will not understand or accept. This is a paradigm that has become forgotten and neglected. Stomach Adjustment Programme (SAP) has blinded us from this truth of life.
Paul Shola Oguntade 