I was opportune to listen to Dr. Cosmas Maduka of Coscharis Motors and I just couldn’t help write this article with this heading. In the first part of this series, I talked about Pep Guardiola’s rise from ignominy to stardom and the lessons learnt were powerful. I am sure the story of Dr. Maduka will show a lot of people we all can start small and grow big.

Dr. maduka lost his father at age four and he, along with three siblings, were left to the care of their mother. He couldn’t get so much education because his mother cum grandparents couldn’t afford to pay for his education. He dropped out at primary four or 4th grade as others will call it.

Last Saturday, 16th of May 2009, happens to be a great day for me and all Manchester United fan all over the world. The GREATEST team in the world claimed its third Premiership title in a row and also equaled Liverpool F. C.’s history of winning eighteen (18) League championships.

It was amazing seeing United lift their fourth trophy this season, starting with the Charity Shield. I couldn’t help but stand in awe of these great achievements as the players celebrate another trophy. I was watching with excitement when the interview session came and I got a glimpse of how the Great Sir Alex Ferguson brought the team this far from the humble beginning.

I was listening to Sport Radio, Brila FM, this morning and the Big Larry himself was doing a feature on FC Barcelona’s coach, Josep “Pep” Guardiola. One striking thing about his story is that Guardiola started at Barcelona as a ball boy before working his way up the ladder of the club.

From the programme, I learnt that when he started as a ball boy, he had his sight on moving up the ranks and was willing to work hard in order to achieve his aim. From being a ball boy, he went to the Barcelona academy where he graduated to the junior team. He later went on to captain Barca’s senior team and also play for the Spanish National team.

Today marks a significant day on this platform. It is a day that should not be allowed to pass just like that. This post marks the 100th post on this blog! I have been keeping tab of this day for some time and I have promised myself it won’t go unnoticed.

There has been a lot of reminiscing done by me for a some time and I have had cause to thank God for giving me the grace to do all I am doing. I have looked back at the first time I started this website and how things were then. For those who don’t know, NaijaMotivation.com was conceived in 2006 and experimented on some months after that. It was just an experiment that I didn’t know will come this far.

The euphoria created by the victory of Barack Hussein Obama is yet to subside and I am not sure it will do so sooner. Every newspaper has one thing or the other to write about this history maker and I even read yesterday that babies are now being named Barack Obama all over the world. I am sure some adults will start filing for change of names pretty soon

Some months back, I went to visit one of my mentors, who happens to be a Medical Doctor. He was engaged in some chores when I got there and it took some minutes before I was ushered into his office, which was situated in the same house he stays.

On getting to the reception, there was a couple waiting to see him as well and unknown to me and other guests, the two were deaf and dumb! The doctor went in to attend to a patient and I was left with these couple and another guest that had come to say hello to the Doctor.

When I was in the University, I used to be scared when I look at the day I will leave the system. The prevalent thought then is that things are difficult out there that there are no jobs for those that have graduated talk less of those that are about graduating. Coupled with the quality of education I was getting then, I was really scared stiff because I couldn’t see how I will be able to compete favourably with those that have undergone quality education. I was always praying to God to help me out of my dilemma.