Naija Motivation

“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up again” - Vince Lombardi

Life is all about being knocked down but not out. As soon as you allow circumstances to knock you out, you become their slaves and they keep knocking you about till you are sent into your grave. Have you ever heard of the phrase “the path less traveled”? That is the path that the successful people are comfortable in taking. Though the road is rough and tough, yet they are willingly to take it because they know what awaits them at the end of the road.

Most people don’t discover what they want in life until it’s time to die – and that’s a shame.

Most people spend the best years of their lives watching television or doing things they dislike. An author described humanity by saying, “Most people die at twenty and are buried at eighty.” Are you one of the living zombies?

What do you really want in life?

Some people struggle in answering such question. When asked what they want or what their goals in life are, many are unsure. They dillydally in their decision, hardly giving any thought about what they want in life. People without definite goals are letting time pass them by. Are you one of these people?

I have seen so many people whine several times about how their lives have turned out. They seem to have millions of reasons why they are not moving forward with their lives. There is always a somebody that is responsible for their failures. It is either their family or friends, colleagues, their teachers back in school or their bosses.

They talk about how their family background, the place of their birth or the environment has given them undue disadvantage. The government is also not left out of their list. It is either the economic policy is too harsh on them or that the government didn’t create enough jobs for them to do. But the unfortunate thing is that no one ever mentioned himself as being part of the list of those responsible for their present state.

The truth about every human is that we all have what I term our childhood dreams. There is something every one of us wish to become or do with our lives.

As we grow up and events start happening in our lives, we tend to forget those dreams and pursue something else. A lot of people have abandoned their dreams all because of the need to make easy money and sustain themselves.

I can remember a period in my life when I was unemployed and money was running short. I needed a job very badly and it seemed as if no one was hiring.

A very good friend of mine approached me one day with an offer. “I’m going to have to let this job go and I was wondering if you would like to take it over?”

“That would be great,” I replied.