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It takes 20 years to become an overnight success The struggle takes place in the farm. The mango tree growing at a slow and steady pace must compete against the wild grass which grows out of nowhere. Both plant species are out there in the wild and must follow the rule of the jungle; Survival of the fittest. Let the stronger specie win the race of life. Years later, the mango tree would be standing strong above the wild grass. It would spread out and bear fruits. Whereas, the grass dies season in and season out. With the farmer’s hatred for grass, he can’t help but smile as they perish. So what does mango tree and grass have to do with your life and success? Your answer in 4 words;  “Sustained success takes time.” The mango tree represents the sustained success. It doesn’t just appear on the stage of life out of nowhere. In the first years, it spreads all of its energy establishing a healthy tap root system, digging deep into the groun...

  Your mates are making it in life, they are ahead of you though you were all at the same level. You just can't phantom how that's possible. You work equally as hard as them and even harder than some yet you are still lagging behind them on success lane, or so it seems. With the notion of you falling behind on your achievement even though you work as hard as those who are successful you don't do things as you used to. You step up your game plan. You use alternative measures. You change your lane. You do things different. But you are still behind. Then you get frustrated. You get disappointed. You are blue and depressed. All because you are not having the results. You are still behind. Maybe you should give up. Maybe the accounting or the medicine shit just ain't your thing. Maybe you could change to banking and finance or engineering. That's the temptation. Because you are behind, You feel it's not your thing. You feel maybe if you change the ball from ...

Let me ask you this, why do people complain ?   This article originally appeared on AfroHustler   People complain as a defense mechanism to validate why things aren’t going right in their life. People complain as a form of therapy. Truth is, a lot of people complain because they are hurt, confused, frustrated or scared. They can’t reason effectively with the reality of the circumstance or see an opportunity in adversity. Whining and complaining is now a lifestyle for most of us. We complain just about anything and everything. in our music, our arts, our writing, our daily conversations (maybe in our food as spices) and right now I am complaining about people complaining all the time. We complain because of the frustration, pain, and confusion we are in thanks to “society”. We are full of potential to be the best because we are blessed with the curse of hardships. Olusegun Obasanjo says “ for strength in life, we need a bit of adversity” and we have enough adv...

Yesterday is dead and gone with all the good and bad memories created by you and me. Today  is right here with us whether you accept it or not. The fact that you are alive in the new year 2017 is one of your greatest opportunities yet. It is a blank slate for us to write the next and better chapter of our lives here on earth. Now is the time to make the rest of our lives the best of our lives. There is this trite tradition of making New Year’s resolution and many people don’t take it serious because of its trite nature. I make one or two resolutions at times and i try to follow through. At times you might even forget what your new year resolution is when you are mid way through the year. though the future is full of uncertainties, the best way to predict it is to plan it today so lets begin. We create the future by outlining goals for the future right now. Goals are just wishes if we dont have plans to ensure we attain our goals. And in setting goals, we need to set SMART g...

Hey, former Carl, You are in your final year at high school. Your mum insists, ‘son, this is the most critical stage of your life.’ And when she asks what you’ll read at ‘versity’, you’re kinda lost. However, there’s some magical – almost fascinating – thing about medicine production, so you tell her, ‘I’ll choose Pharmaceutical engineering.’ It’s June 2010. The fever that takes you is no disease. It’s exam fever, precisely GCE A-levels fever. Chai! Man, you were terrible at those exams. You drank some acids while pipetting during chemistry practical. The formulas of Pure Math Paper 1 bashed you so hard that you gave up. And even Abeng Martins’ sweet words didn’t succeed to convince you to keep hoping during those exams. Exams are over, boleh. Don’t you have a career in pharmaceutical industry to make? Oya, you start preparing for the concours to join the prestigious Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences of University of Douala. Because you’re taught by such a st*...

Be a Goal Digger. https://nkwaincarlson.blogspot.com We are in the dawn of a new year and we could use these early days to make the rest of our lives the best of our lives.   The best way to predict the future is to create it today. So how would you want 2017 to look like? Would you want to ride you own Car or have the HP Pavilion 15z like me or experience business and financial growth. The best time to ensure that happens are in the next couple of days.  Make the rest of your life the  best of your life by taking time out to fantasize about the perfect next year. Transform those fantasies to wishes and develop your wishes into concrete goals. The tips mentioned in this post would be very helpful in setting goals which would guarantee success if you are committed in getting them. Hard goals are SMART goals in that they must be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time bound . To be Specific, I want an HP Pavilion 15z next...