GRATEFUL FOR TODAY'S SUSTENANCE

DAY 19 of 30
GRATEFUL FOR TODAY'S SUSTENANCE
It's a great day. Another wonderful day to be alive. Today i am grateful for sustenance. There are a whole lot of blessings that make us be alive and thankful. We thank GOD for air, breath, all material and none material possessions.

Still Grateful,
Emmanuel Ayeni

GRATEFUL FOR SAFETY

DAY 18 of 30
GRATEFUL FOR SAFETY
Today I am thankful for safety. I love adventures, in the past few years, I have gone to a couple of places but God has kept me and loved ones.
Every trip we made had been a success thank GOD for safety in all things.
God has with us his children an eternal convenant of safety.He promised not to leave nor forsake us and anyone who trusts in Him will not be put to shame or dissapointed
I am more grateful.
Emmanuel Ayeni

GRATEFUL FOR A TRIUMPH

30 days of Gratitude :DAY 17 of 30
GRATEFUL FOR A TRIUMPH

TRIUMPH:
noun (plural triumphs)
A conclusive success following an effort, conflict, or confrontation of obstacles; victory; conquest.
the triumph of knowledge (source: wikitionary)
From the very definition of triumph or victory, we can clearly see that triumph does not come without a measure of effort or obstacles. No battles fought; no victory won. Today I am grateful for triumph, being thankful for a triumph is an arduous task because as a young person, I have a thousand and one triumphs I will forever be thankful for.

I will run with these while sharing a couple of stories.

From the spirituality perspective, I thank God for triumph over lack,sin and sickness! And a new ticket to health, wealth, holiness and purposeful living. This comes through a personal relationship with God through His son Jesus Christ.

I am grateful for the Triumph of Good over evil everyday. No matter how deep the evil cloud of darkness, there will be silver lining and in short moments the sun will shine and darkness will give way to light.

Many years ago I set out to share my writings online and from the newspaper, about this time I began to learn more about intrepreneurship (ways of doing business and making money online), however, I never did make any of the money until sometimes last year when I received my first cheques from Google. The cheque might not be a million bucks, however, It is a taste of triumph.

A similar instance to this was my first earning in Network Marketing, prior to this time I had joined a network marketing business as an undergraduate, but I never had a taste of rewards and at some point I couldn't seem to connect the dots between my field of study- Electrical& Electronics Engineering with the product lines- vitamins etc. , so I quitted about6 months after joining. However, about a year ago after careful research, I joined the Network Marketing Company I am with now A2W , and I have discovered a vast variety of exciting products, I have also met a highly motivated team of people and I continue to have a taste of reward as I build a viable team on our way to being becoming financially intelligent and financially free.

These and many more are instances of triumphs for which I am ever grateful.


Ever grateful
Emmanuel Ayeni
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GRATEFUL FOR CHALLENGES

30 days of Gratitude :DAY 16 of 30

GRATEFUL FOR CHALLENGES
Challenge is a popular street in Ibadan :) , Nigeria (at least, for some of us that comes to mind, when it is mentioned). Ibadan is one of the largest cities in West Africa.The challenge in this context isn't actually a street but something of high difficulty or a task or experience that needs to be undertaken with high boldness.Today I am grateful and thankful for challenges.
Challenges bring out the best in us and develop within us our greatest competencies.

Ever grateful
Emmanuel Ayeni
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I AM GRATEFUL FOR SOMETHING IN NATURE

30 days of Gratitude :DAY 15 of 30

I never cease to marvel at the wonders of God's work, clearly revealed in nature.
I thank God for beauty in nature, God is indeed the greatest Artist in the world. He created all things in perfection and overwhelming beauty, everything everywhere is an expression of utmost glory and majesty at the very depth of His thoughts.Every creation of God is wonderful and perfect.
Have you ever walked into a garden with wonderful flowers, and their scintillating fragrance...? You will fall in love with nature at it's best.
I love waterfalls! waterfalls, lakes, rivers , streams and even blue oceans are part of the wonderful works in nature...

There is another dimension of nature you experience when you climb and approach the summit of a mountain. This is part of the beautiful taste of nature.

I have been to a couple of streams and even swam in some, I have climbed one or two hills or mountains although they are little compared to the vast wonders of nature which still lie ahead of us in different parts of the world to be discovered!yet, I am indeed grateful now and always for all of God's work in nature!

Time will fail me to mention to the very last details all the great wonders of nature....wonderful songs of birds,colourful butterflies etc.. they are best experienced than imagined! I thank God for nature!




Always grateful and thankful
Emmanuel Ayeni
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GRATEFUL FOR MOVEMENT

30 days of Gratitude :DAY 14 of 30

GRATEFUL FOR MOVEMENT

The ability to move is a vital one and as such must not be underestimated.The gift of movement being able to move from place to place is a very rare privilege.
Fishes swim, horses gallop, millipedes crawl,snakes wriggle and birds fly. Man has been endowed with the ability for various forms of movement....
I thought deeply on this ability and I am all the more grateful.

I am thankful for the ability to walk, by being able to walk, I move around to places of opportunities and I am able to move away from unfavorable conditions.
Running is an advanced form of walking; walking allows us to be able to move and gain speed.It also brings with it opportunity for exercises like jugging and running.
Through the ability to move athletes like Usain Bolts have been able to discover and release their latent talents and athletic abilities.

Swimming has been found to be very good for the health of the heart and for general fitness.


A great form of movement that is a great blessing is the ability to travel. By Traveling we are able to see the world, we see more and live more of life.
I understand that if life were a book, a man who has not traveled beyond his country has only read a page.
I love to travel. I belong to a company where I amazing trips can be won and even different trips and tours are available at amazing pocket-friendly prices.

I thank God for the gift of movement.


Always grateful and thankful
Emmanuel Ayeni
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THANK GOD FOR A UNIQUE QUIRK

DAY 13 of 30


quirk
noun (plural quirks)
- an idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone

Going by the plan i will thank God for a unique quirk. My first thought at this was, how do I thank God for what I do not completely understand or that which I haven't had a full grasp of?.Well, the point is if it can be defined, there is a way forward and if we do not understand it, we can believe it. Anything and everything is worth thanking God for. As defined above a quirk is something unusual, perhaps an imperfection or a strange style or manner.

At times I feel a burst of energy,to do many things at the same time....but focus with prioritization i begin to find is essential to the success of every venture.
I appreciate God for every uniqueness, it is in our unique differences that the strongest alliances are formed.
Our differences create an avenue for the greatest form of Synergy.

Ever grateful!

Emmanuel Ayeni

GRATEFUL FOR A SKILL

30 days of Gratitude :DAY 12 of 30

GRATEFUL FOR A SKILL

SKILL (noun): the ability to do something that comes from training, experience, or practice

I am always a proponent of skills. My background I believe made it so. I grew up watching my Dad start up a shoe workshop where he made shoes for both sexes, despite having an accounting degree from the University; he ran the workshop before he moved on to paid employment.
So while we went to school he made us see the need for informal forms of education like getting a skill that can always pay the bill anytime, especially vocational skills.
Things have changed today, one might not always need only vocational skills but one will always need survival skills-some of which are soft skills, essential and needed for any circumstance.
Having learnt some skills all through my school times, skills ranging from a 2-week shoe mending class at LOBITO, a workshop down our old street (now I wish it were an early course in programming or computer networks),.a bit of painting, and my first computer lessons on Windows 2000 during my high school summer breaks to some holiday trainings in GSM repairs and circuits .
While I am grateful for the opportunity to have learnt these skills, I am much more grateful for a skill, the skill I learnt during the months-long strike in my final years at the University. I had teamed up with my very close friend Paul and I learnt the skills involved in Satellites and installations of it. I am grateful for this skill today; it is one of the core skills in the kits of my technological skills with high commercial values. These skill is part of the IT and other Engineering services we offer today at Emmandus Networks Nig. Ltd. (a company in which Emmandus Inspirational Network aka House of Emmandus, is the consulting arm)
Skills answer the question of “How” and the right skills can always pay the bills. I am grateful for Skills.


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Emmanuel Ayeni
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GRATEFUL FOR A PET

DAY 11 of 30
Today i thank God for a pet. My pet was a wonderful dog called Tasker. I love nice, neat and well trained dogs.
Tasker was a brownosh-black mongrel breed, we had gotten months before we moved to our new country home. I took it in as a puppy and began to train it.
I trained it and it could obey some simple.commands like sitting,shaking hands etc.
Tasker was a lovely dog that i felt almost became a part of the family, placing a phone call back home from Uni and asking of 'everybody' wasn't complete until i had asked after 'Tasker'.
Tasker. An aunt suggested the name while I was reviewing the best names. The name is actually a variation of Laska, the first dog that landed on the moon.
It was a lovely dog and my siblings couldn't help crying when it got so old and died some times last year.
Every one needs a pet, perhaps a dog or whatever you like...Tasker was a great pet and I am so grateful to God to have had it.

I love to read your feed backs on your comment section of you are open to sharing with us.

Just being grateful,

Emmanuel Ayeni

GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR FINANCIAL BLESSNGS

DAY 10 of 30

Today I am grateful to GOD for financial blessings. Today being a sunday, i love to do a spirituality post. At the same time I will love to share personal stories as well.
I have been blessed in so many ways financially and i might just sight some instances, the reason i will share a few personal stories is to break the ice. You know most times we live in cultures where people feel rather uncomfortable to talk about money, it is even very common to find couples not really open to discussion on finances and yet this is very crucial to the health of any relationship
Some moments of financial blessings I remember was when I was home from the Polytechnic and as a young guy, my mum handed me some thousands of naira (a few hundred dollars) , to buy some clothes for myself- wow! that was about 10 years ago and for me that was much,so I went on bought myself the nicest bagggy jeans and stuffs like that and i did got some shares of a particular bank...For me that experience of receiving that financial blessing was more to me than the money or the stuffs i bought with them. It was both a lesson in giving and parenting... I am grateful for this blessing.
One similar situation was when i received another sum- some thousands of naira (a few hundred dollars) from my Dad, for my registration, school fees and accommodation when I gained admission to the University. I believed that was also a phenomenal financial blessing to me.
One afternoon while working as an intern and resident consultant at a construction site, an elderly Engineer wrote me a cheque and shook my hands and said with a smile, "we appreciate your efforts" that also was a moment of financial blessing.
One recent financial blessing was also when i received my first Google cheque -a few hundred dollars, ( I might share more of these later or in person..) Another instance was when I made my first earnings in Network Marketing and I still did weeks ago ( as a matter of fact, our company A2W, pays weekly in dollars!)
I have been blessed to receive financial blessings from a free bus ticket to other huge financial blessings and I am grateful to God for them all.
It's God's desire that we experience financial blessings through different means everyday of our lives. This is becaue there is enough money in the world to be made and to move around- lots of money!

I pray for good fortune in everything you do, and for your good health—that your everyday affairs prosper, as well as your soul! 3 John 1:2 MSG

The more grateful we are for God's financial blessings the better positioned we are to receive more from the abundance that exists.

Forever grateful,

Emmanuel Ayeni

THANKING GOD FOR A PERSON THAT INFLUENCED ME

It's been a great day. I can't but be grateful to God for journey mercy-over 6 hours of traveling on Nigerian roads and arriving at my destination safe and sound.
Moving by the gratitude plan, I will thank God for a person that has influenced me. We meet people everyday and every time but they impact us
in different ways.
I have been positively influenced by a number of people over the years,yet I am grateful for someone who had influenced me positively- especially into the world of good books,
self help books- My elder sister. She always brought home some christian literature and self help books from her college's library, and I found them so wonderful, from reading Gifted hands by Ben Carson, to reading Power of positive thinking by Norman Vincent Peale and other amazing books by John Maxwell.These books all whetted my appetite for more , till I went for more great books by Zig Ziglar at the state library. The works of Zig Ziglar influenced me more into the world of motivation and a bit of selling.
I thank God for all the wonderful people who influenced me, most especially my elder sister, Layo.


With all Gratitude,

Emmanuel Ayeni

THANK GOD FOR A COMFORTABLE THING

Today as always I am once again a grateful soul. I am grateful for a comforting thing.
In actual sense there are so many things we can always be grateful for as they are still comforting amidst the vagaries of life.
It's so comforting to know that though sorrow last for a night time, joy comes in the morning.
It's comforting to know that God's plans for us are plans of good not of evil.

It's also comforting to know the whole world lies amidst so much abundance and if we believe, desire and add action to faith, we will surely receive in bountiful measures.

It's comforting to know that a man can begin to alter the course of his own life through conscious effort based on God's ability resident in Him.

Alll these are comfortable and I am grateful to God.

Grateful soul,
Emmanuel Ayeni

THANK GOD FOR PROBLEMS SOLVED

DAY 7 of 30


THANK GOD FOR PROBLEMS SOLVED
If we set our mind to thank and appreciate God, we will discover how indebted we are to him.
A Yoruba proverb stresses that ' gratitude is usually the product of deep thinking' . This means we can never run out of reasons for being grateful.
So tonight I choose to thank God for problems solved. The whole world is full of problems ... and also solutions. It all depends on the spectacle through which we see the world.
One person looks and sees problems another looks and sees or anticipates a solution.
Problems give us capacity for growth, I thank GOD for problems solved.
It will be almost impossible to pinpoint only one problem solved out of the many wonderful stories i could possibly share, however, I am so grateful for how the problem of my University admission was solved.
I had graduated from the high school and applied for admission into the university via the University Matriculation Examination but I stillcouldnt gain admssion due to my low test scores, I took the exam the 2nd and 3rd time, I refused to give up my plan and desire for a University degree and so I attempted the exam again even while at the polytechnic and I finally made it to the University.

I am grateful for this and many more problems solved.

Grateful!
Emmanuel Ayeni
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THANK GOD FOR FAMILY

30 DAYS OF GRATITUDE CHALLENGE
DAY 6 0F 30

THANK GOD FOR FAMILY
Today I am grateful for family members. The family is the smallest unit of every society. Family is the greatest unit of socialization. My family members are members of my clan, we are the basic structure on which the.entire civilization hinges. The family is the first unit of education,social interaction and integration in the first developmental phase of any child.

My family is my home team, they got my back anytime. They believed in me when there was actually nothing to really believe. They kept on hoping even when there was nothing to hope for and even no hope in sight.
My family members are my best supporters, my number one fan base.They are my best cheer-leaders.
My family members are my soundboard for my numerous ideas, they listen objectively, critique constructively while commending, recommending and commending me all the way.
My family members are my key investors, they are worth.more than a billion dollars to.me.
I have been privileged to come from a great and interesting family with wonderful Parents, Sisters, brothers, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and Grandpa- and ofcourse, my fiancee too,they are all God's invaluable blessings to me and I am forever grateful.

I am sure we all have got one or more family members we are grateful for.Please join the gratitude challenge ad share them with us in the comments section.below.


Be thankful

Emmanuel Ayeni

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THANK GOD FOR TALENT

THANK GOD FOR TALENT
In this day 5 of 30, while I am grateful for a nice day with a wonderful movie hangout with friends and members of my Network Marketing company (Avenues to Wealth), I will still keep to the current gratitude plan and appreciate God for TALENT.
Talent is the innate ability developed or undeveloped which a man possesses. A talent is a gift or a natural endowment. I thank God for a couple of talents I am blessed with both tapped and yet untapped. Researchers propound that every super achiever has only used an infinitesimal part of all his mental endowment! indeed we are powerful beyond measure.

A study once revealed that the human brain is capable of comprehending a minimum of over 27 languages in his life-time, this shows the extent at which it's possible to not have developed all our vast talents- everyone is a potential hyperglot!
While I may not be a polyglot ( a master of multiple languages) yet, I am grateful for several other talents, ability to connect deeply with people of varying backgrounds,interest in new languages, a unique voice that has been complimented by God's grace times without number, and mostespecially my speaking and writing talent. They have been a blessing to me in times past and I believe they also hold for me a world of possibilities now and in the not-distant future. I am grateful to GOD .

What talents are you grateful for, I will appreciate your decision to share with me in the comments section.
Be blessed!
Emmanuel Ayeni

30 DAYS OF GRATITUDE : THANK GOD FOR A TEACHER

THANK GOD FOR A TEACHER

I thank God for the gift of teachers. A teacher is an indispensable guide in our quest for knowledge. A teacher is always the human bridge from our ignorance to the point of awareness.
Today I am grateful to all the teachers who have imparted skill and knowledge to me, they have challenged me and helped me grow. Talking of teachers, I am grateful first of all to my parents, they were my early teachers in life. They taught me to read, cook, ride the bicycle and to be good to everyone that comes my way.
All through my young life, I have met a lot of teachers and I am grateful for them all, however, a great teacher who inspired me so much is by the name Vivienne. She motivated us to study and excel and encouraged us all to read sound and positive books- good literature.
Thank God for great teachers!


I am grateful to GOD

30 DAYS OF GRATITUDE: THANKING GOD FOR AN EXPERIENCE

DAY 3 OF 30

30 DAYS OF GRATITUDE: THANKING GOD FOR AN EXPERIENCE

Today is the day 3 of 30 in the 30 days of Gratitude. Going by the plan which I have chosen to follow for these 30 days, we will thank God for an experience.

I believe we are the sum-total of our life’s experiences, while I am grateful for all wonderful experiences, I will choose today to appreciate God for a unique experience. For clarity sake, I will proceed to a clear definition of what an is experience.
According to Google, experience (noun) means "practical contact with, and observation of facts or events" It can also be "an event or occurrence which leaves an impression on someone."

Merriem Webster’s dictionary also sums up experience as follows;
noun \ik-ˈspir-ē-ən(t)s\

: the process of doing and seeing things and of having things happen to you
: skill or knowledge that you get by doing something
: the length of time that you have spent doing something (such as a particular job)

So in the context of this article, I choose to be grateful to God for every wonderful events that has happened to me or the practical contacts with, and observation of facts that I have had - most especially my spiritual experiences.
This is going to be a spirituality post, just like it is usual of my Sunday posts, I thank God for my spiritual experiences most especially the unique experience of my salvation- the day I became born again, for lay readers, this was the day I became a friend and follower of Jesus Christ.

16“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him- John 3:16-17 (NLT)

My salvation experience was when I chose with all consciousness to serve the Lord Jesus Christ; I made a decision for him to become my Lord and Saviour by accepting the works of salvation and redemption of mankind from sin and reconciliation of men back to God. He did this by willingly offering his blood (life) as a sacrifice on the cross of Calvary and rising again on the third day. All this accounts can be found from the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John of the New Testament of a wonderful book- The Holy Bible. This Book is God’s powerful word. There are versions of it sold world-wide and even available for free online as well.
I gave my life to Christ as a young school boy who was, though brought up in a Christian home,but had gone on secret escapades of experimenting with stuffs too young for a young school boy. However, the true change came when I began to read the brown old Bible written in Yoruba in our then face-me-and- i- face-you (bungalow) apartment...that's story now... about that time I met a Christian friend in school who shared the new birth message with me so I prayed and asked Jesus to come into my heart and fill me with His wonderful Holy Spirit. Oh what joy ! And what peace I felt at that instant. I thank God for that experience.

This salvation experience was an amazing one and has been for me the beginning of a whole new life. Deciding to make a personal relationship I believe anyone can make...This is possible when you acknowledge you are a sinner and invite Jesus into your life with a simple prayer called the sinner's prayer like one shared below...This ushers you into a wonderful experience which will be the beginning of an exciting journey you will ever be grateful and thankful for.

SINNER'S PRAYER
Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be. In Jesus Name!
Amen

I am grateful for many wonderful experiences most especially my salvation experience.


Your Billion-Dollar friend
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life-coach,Engineer and Entrepreneur

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GRATEFUL FOR OPPORTUNITIES

THANKING GOD FOR OPPORTUNITIES

It's been a great day and today on the second day of these 30 days of Gratitude, I appreciate God for Opportunities.
Someone once said that luck is when preparation meets Opportuniy. So I am grateful to have been in the right place at the right time and to have met the right people when it matters a lot.

Opportunity at life

I am grateful for the very oppprtunity to live, the opportunity of being alive. It's an opportunity to have had wonderful parents who kept our foetus. According to an Aljazeera article in Nigeria where abortion isn't legal about 760,000 abortions still occur every year while in the United States, over 56 million unborn babies have been lost to abortion from 1973 when abortion was legalized . I recognize i had no power of choice in choosing my birth or birth conditions. So this is a great opportunity I will be forever grateful to God for.

There are a lot more other opportunites for which I am grateful; the Opportunity to learn and to earn,Opportunity to write, blog and inspire lives to greatness.

I am greatful for the Unique business opportunity called A2W which I drive passionately to help people create passive income and live their dreams.
I am grateful for the opportunity to love and be loved...

And the list is indeed endless.

I am indeed blessed!

30 days of Gratitude: THANK GOD FOR FRIENDS !

30 days of Gratitude:

Day 1 0f 30

THANK GOD FOR WONDERFUL FRIENDS

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

Today I thank God for my friends....I take time to appreciate my wonderful friends. You are the best!
Looking back, my life has been blessed by wonderful friends who helped me grow and learn every step of the way.
I have had friends who challenged me to give my best, do more and become more.

I love meeting people every time and so I never stop making new friends. A mentor once shared that friendship is one of the relationships in which you have a choice of choosing who boards your (friend- )ship.

The advent of the internet and social media, makes it even easier to make more friends across the boundary of language, culture, race or
geographical location.

Friends are like sunshine!

Friends are like wings that help you fly...

Friends are worth more than diamonds in prices... Thank God for friends..

One day understanding the value of friendship and meeting new people, I decided to do an estimate on how to make a million new friends!

Imagine meeting 3 new friends everyday and in one year, I would have made 1095 new friends! and imagine even the progression
when I now decide to meet their friends, I even make more friends and the progression goes on.

The social media has also afforded me more ways to connect with my old and new friends...What a wonderful feeling when I discover I can have all my thousands of friends on Facebook, twitter, Slide share, Google-plus, Blogger, etc. all in my pocket via my mobile device!

However, as much as I love to make more new friends, I will never stop to appreciate and cherish all my wonderful old friends...
you are God's wonderful gift to me and I am so grateful to God for you.

To my great friends!


Your Billion-Dollar friend
Emmanuel Ayeni
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LESSONS FROM MY 30-DAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE

LESSONS FROM MY 30-DAY BLOGGING CHALLENGE

About 30 days ago I took it on myself to begin a 30 day blogging challenge on this blog. I decided to blog and share every day , here are a couple of lessons I learnt from the experience. What more is there to do than to share the lessons and move on to another challenge- a 30 day gratitude challenge!

First, Enjoy the lessons!

1. The Universe loves consistency: Everything in nature has been designed to be consistent. We have always had nothing short of 12 calendar months. The seasons and even the elements are all consistent in their natural order. Therefore nature is consistent and it is naturally logical that anything consistent in its purpose wins, after all the deliberately consistent effort of a running brook wears out rocks.

2. Success is tied to Momentum: It is through motion that a body builds momentum. When you are already moving you have more tendency to gather speed and "SUCCESS LOVES SPEED!”. Whatever moves possesses energy, from laws of physics, kinetic energy is the energy a body has due to its motion. From the conscious effort of moving towards my goal, I can gather momentum, gain speed, generate more energy and in effect attract more success in the long run.

3. In the school of Goals, frequency trumps magnitude: Most times a little effort every day takes you closer to your goals than a huge inconsistent effort. Confucius made it clear that "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a step". So a few strokes of the brush on a regular pattern can create a masterpiece only capable of by the master stroke of a Picasso.

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See you in my next post on the 30 days of Gratitude.


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Emmanuel Ayeni
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A SHORT STORY ON PEOPLE AND OPINIONS

DAY 30 of 30 (We made it!)

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Grantland Rice

A RECAP:

In the previous post we set the pace for tonight's discussion on opinions. I affirmed that opinions are about the cheapest commodity and every body has them. As a recap, It's always wise to get honest opinions from a few stakeholders and and it is even wiser to know when to move on. If somebody will have to get everybody's opinion, he will end up doing nothing, because nobody gets nothing done by listening to everybody's opinion.

Today, I will illustrate this with a short story!.....

Once upon a time in the land of Laos, there lived a wealthy old merchant who had only one son. Together they both set out on a journey to sell an old donkey in the biggest market in the region. This market was a few miles away from where they lived,so they woke up in the morning and embarked on their journey and began to go, they went on and on pulling the donkey to be sold behind them with the mark "DONKEY FOR SALE".

As they progressed on their journey, they passed through some grasslands with fresh pastures,so the Father decided to feed the donkey, as the the donkey ate some grass, the people passing bye walked up to the man and asked " why feed this donkey, if you would be selling it? You better go quickly and sell it to its prospective buyer". The old merchant nodded "How true! we must continue quickly to the market"

The merchant and his son continued pulling their donkey on the way, not too long they came across a company of friends, who stopped and told them, you father and son , you walk on foot like fools while your donkey goes empty with no burdens!", 'What wisdom!' the Father exclaimed, he mounted the donkey with his son and they continued their journey riding on the donkey.

The Father and son enjoyed their ride on the donkey for a while as they continued towards a bridge before the cattle market.After going on for less than a mile, they met some people coming back from the market, "what a wicked merchant this is! they wondered "You and your son riding on the poor donkey, what a huge burden,this donkey might likely die on the journey" . The merchant thought " Why didn't we think about this?" So he got down and he decided to carry the Donkey together with his son.

As they began to move on, they were crossing the bridge carrying the donkey in their hands, the donkey slipped and fell over the bridge into the river... the son shouted 'alas father, what shall we do?" "Nothing!" the Father answered, " There is nothing that can be done to please everybody" "This is an expensive lesson son, deciding to please everyone is the best recipe for failure"

"This is an expensive lesson son, deciding to please everyone is a recipe for failure"

The moral of the story is summed up in Bill Cosby's quote

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Bill Cosby

Value opinions,however, remember, a great man takes responsibility for his decisions.


Go achieve greatness!


Your Billion-Dollar friend
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life-coach,Engineer and Entrepreneur

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PEOPLE AND OPINIONS

DAY 29 of 30



Opinions! Everybody's got them. Some people offer it cheaply, while a few others wait until it is asked for. opinions can be the cheapest commodity, after all, every one is entitled to his own opinion. If you will set about any major feat it's good to get a handful of great opinions from people, however just like a student researching for a thesis, my University Dean once advised 'you need to know when to stop reading and start writing'.

It's always wise to get a honest opinion from a few stakeholders and move on. If somebody will have to get everybody's opinion, he will end up doing nothing, because nobody gets nothing done by listening to everybody's opinion. I will illustrate this with another short story in my next post....after all, a man has got to do what he's got to do.

cheers!

Your Billion-Dollar friend
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life-coach,Engineer and Entrepreneur

(c)August 2014, Emmanuel Ayeni



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HOLD ON! A STORY

28 OF 30

HOLD ON! A STORY

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you till it seems you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
-- Harriet Beecher Stowe, author


One major reasons why people do not succeed, is giving up not only on their way to success but also giving up too soon. I will illustrate this with a story.

Long ago, there lived in a small village an old carpenter called Makanjuola (Makanjuola means never be hasty or in a deadly rush to get wealthy) he and the wife were so poor they could not afford three square meals but he was known for being truthful.
A man of high integrity he continued to work hard to cater for his beautiful wife and their son whom they named Iforiti (Iforiti means endurance) for so many years.

One afternoon the young son told his Father, "Dad, I will love to go to the big city and acquire skills for which I can make a living and find my path" The Dad agreed and off he went leaving his Mum with tears in her eyes.

In their son's absence, the couple continued to live and work hard despite their poor conditions.They were poor for many years expecting the return of their son, who never came back.
They grew old and lived in their old hut for so many years.

One fateful night the old man was called upon by the Village's chief for his assistance, he was to help a stranger who has lost his way pass the night till the next day when he was going to retrace his path.

So they went off to Makanjuola's house.

on getting home the couple apologized for not serving dinner as they had no food. The stranger was kind enough, so he opened his box which they found was full of money and he gave them some cash to buy some food, the stranger bid them goodnight after the dinner and went to bed.

At midnight the wife woke up the husband and they spoke in very low tones. " My husband if we do not get rich tonight, it might as well be the end for us ever" "how do you mean? he asked.The wife explained their need to kill the stranger so they could have all the money in the box.

So they went ahead and killed him and kept the money.

When the chief came for the stranger in the morning they lied to him that the stranger had run away.

The chief was surprised and told the couple the stranger's story and his name was Iforiti. When Makanjuola heard this he fell to the ground and died. When the wife also realized they killed their son,.she screamed,confessed and died.

Like iforiti- Endurance is a virtue needed in holding on.




Keep holding to GREATNESS!

Emmanuel Ayeni

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#SPIRITUALITY: The Way of Love

1 Corinthians 13 The Message (MSG)

The Way of Love
13 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

2 If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.

3-7 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.
Love doesn’t strut,
Doesn’t have a swelled head,
Doesn’t force itself on others,
Isn’t always “me first,”
Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.
8-10 Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

11 When I was an infant at my mother’s breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.

12 We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!

13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

The Message (MSG)
Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson

ROMANCE 101: 3 THINGS EVERY GIRL WANTS IN EVERY RELATIONSHIP

It's a great day! Today I chose to break the ice, and write on the subject of relationship- romance especially.
Sitting with my special one in a cool eatery somewhere in western Nigeria, i decided to this post with her assistance.
So what does every girl want in a guy in a positive relationship.

1. Every girl wants committment.Any lady wants to be in a relationship where the other party is committed and it can be seen, felt and heard. She wants to be able to tell if you are and will always be there when it really matters.

2.Love and Affection: Nothing touches the heart of a lady like the unalloyed show of affection. There are no two ways about it. You see, relationships are like flowers that need to be tended to; love and affection are the main nutrients on which they thrive.

3.Communication: This is the life line of every relationship....i got to fly now!


Cheers,


EMMANUEL AYENI

MENTORSHIP DIARY 1: I GOT THE SCHOLARSHIP!

DAY 25 OF 30


In an earlier post tagged Mentorship 101, while I shared briefly on the need and value of mentorship, I also hinted on the fact that I was applying to a special mentorship session with my mentor alongside over 200 people from all walks of life. The good news I have however not shared is that I made it into the class and as a matter of fact the session with a targeted 200 participants eventually had over 600 people registering.

While I have not clearly revealed really anything about my mentor on this blog- i just didnt think it necessary initially but i might in the long run, I can provide answers when asked or you might as well read the hand writings on the wall...i will go on in my next post on my different mentors and my reaching out for a mentor and what scholarship I am talking about. If you would like to take a quick peep you can see my tweets under the harshtag #MentorshipWAA #TEAM3 . Remember my twitter handle again is @emmandus .

Be guided to greatness,

Emmanuel Ayeni

THE FIVE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE

DAY 24 of 30



THE FIVE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE

I love people. I love meeting people and thus I am in the business of meeting and helping people this is what I do for most part of my time and I believe I am on a journey to a point where I can do this on my own full time and of my own volition . I get a lot of fulfillment from being a part of the solution process to a problem, after all it’s important to the work of an Engineer and a life coach and the vision of Network Marketing especially on the Platform of Avenues to Wealth continues to give me that opportunity while offering personal development, financial rewards and lot more benefits in the process.
Earlier in the day while I set about a few personal tasks, I began to reflect on the nature of people, I understand there are different types of people regardless of race, sex or other criteria, however I believe people we come will always be in 5 major categories as I shared with a friend over lunch.

1. People who are confused: The world is a big place and things happen so fast that it is not impossible to find people who are really confused at the way things look or things are, this people for instance may not know where they are or perhaps where they are going too.
2. People who are Lost: People who are lost obviously set out for a certain destination but they are not where they would love to be and really they usually do not know where they are they are off course and will always need someone who can help them retrace their steps or a compass to set them back on the right path,
3. People who are Not Sure: These are people who are not certain. They are might not be lost or confused at times they know but they are not just sure. They might not be sure about their core-values they might not be sure about their position but they will always deal with half knowledge and very truly a 'little knowledge is a dangerous’

4. People who are very sure: This people are sure. There is no mincing words they are very sure. These categories of people know where they are going and they know where they are coming from.These are people you naturally want to walk with. They know where they are going and sure enough to take people along with.Because of this level of clarity they usually have the capacity to show leadership and engender positive change.

5. The followers : This is a broad category which will usually consist of people from any of the previous categories. These people will usually follow anyone and go anywhere. The main nature or characters of these people affect the quality of decisions they make in following or making decisions.If they are sure, they usually chart the course ,lead or be very good followers and if they are in the other categories they make decisions based on that.


Go achieve greatness!


Your Billion-Dollar friend
Emmanuel Ayeni
Life-coach,Engineer and Entrepreneur

(c)August 2014, Emmanuel Ayeni



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