THE MOTIVATION SERIES: Hardwork pays

This piece is written for and dedicated to all the hardworking men and women of this world like me. Those who toil day and night with the hope that tomorrow will be better than yesterday, those who fast today so that they
can have their fill tomorrow, those who labour on in the face of the incredible hardships of life, those who struggle relentlessly despite the greatest travails and challenges thrown at them, those who manage to have a cheerful smile on a face full of sweat and tears - it is to them I bring this.

LESSONS FROM THE LIFE OF THE RICHEST BLACK MAN ON EARTH

A prodigiously wealthy and luxuriantly blessed human - Aliko Dangote said that it took him 30 tortuous years to become a billionaire but youths of today want to become a gazillionaire faster than Usain Bolt.

Many Nigerian youths are bitter (like bitterness will make one better), pointing accusing fingers at people like Dangote, Adenuga and generally seeing nothing good
in what others do, believing the world is against them. For those, I leave you with the immutable words of J. K Rowling, writter of
the Harry Potter series:

“There is an expiry date on blaming your
parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.”

That is not all. The legendary French writer
and philosopher who rejected the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre
also said:

“Man is condemned to be free; because once
thrown into the world, he is responsible for
everything he does. It is up to you to give life
a meaning.”

But perhaps, the most poignant advice of all
is from the Wise One of China, Confucius,
who stated thousands of years ago:

"Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather
than attacking the evil that is in others.”

In a nation like Nigeria where there is so much negativity emanating right from independence till date, Aliko Dangote still rose above it all - he comes across as a man
with a most positive mindset.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
- NAPOLEON HILL

DARE TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!

Lifted by Ifeanyi Precious