Failing All the Way to Success: Jason Njoku at TEDxEuston

Someone actually made a comment saying every Nigerian should watch this video and consume it, so I finally decided to share with you here. Apart from that this speech by the owner of IROKOtv breaks every wall of traditions that may have been erected in the mind. I found similar experiences I could reckon with, learned being real would make the world unable to recover from my breakthrough and some other things. Please post comments on this blog on what you learnt from Jason Njoku's speech. Go ahead and enjoy it!

The Gift of Blindness: Cobhams Asuquo at TEDxEuston

The last time my brother visited, I kinda found myself confessing some stuff I had taken from his laptop. He ignored the obvious and asked me if I had seen Cobhams talk at TEDxEuston, I hadn't and I had it in mind to do so. I finally did and I must confess it's something I would like to listen to and watch every day and I think everyone else should. He delivers on 3 strong philosophies that I think would help you live a more purposeful life in careless abandon. Enjoy!

Morning Charge To My Fellow White Fowls (2)

...Continued from the prequel. To explain the concept of Destiny, I decided to throw in a story someone had told me and I still don't remember who did, I added some salt to the story sha . So here it goes 

"Are you of the ideology that destiny is an occurrence that cannot be altered or of the ideology that destiny can be lived out?

I’d tell a short story of two young men *Ebuka and *Emeka in a village far far away. One day, the Seer approached *Ebuka and *Emeka as they worked in neighbouring farms. The Seer called the both of them to him saying he had something important to tell them, they yielded and he prophesied that in the near future Ebuka would be a ruler of the people and Emeka would become his servant.

Ebuka and Emeka parted ways that day with different countenances. Months after Ebuka began basking in the future glory, started riotous living, demanded he be treated as king, he was pleased at being served rather than serving, because he was sure to be king in years to come.

Emeka had left for a village not too far away and started tilling the abandoned farms that belonged to his family. It was his way of putting the unpleasant prophecy behind him. He worked twice the size of the big farms in that village built a store room for his harvest, sold some, preserved seeds for the next seasons and still had much more to store. He engaged the help of his younger relatives to help out with the farming and sharing some of the harvest with elder family members that equally could have been in charge of the farms he worked on.

Over ten years after, there was a great famine that overwhelmed all the villages. But there was just one village that had food and in fact just one farm supplied food. Everyone migrated to that village so as not to starve to death, they were ready to pay any price to get food. They heard the owner of the farm was not charging much for the supply but asked for their labour on the farm so as to keep the harvest coming from the farm yet to be consumed by the famine, he believed if his farming practices were replicated the land would keep yielding. They heard about his wise farming practices that had made him untouched in the famine and how he regarded people. 

All the people thought on these things and decided to make the farm owner their ruler for he had a heart of service and wisdom. So they enthroned him ruler of all and gave him their farm lands. He decreed that every citizen of his kingdom enrolled in the King's service and work on the farms in exchange for the food they needed. 

One day, he went to supervise the progress of his farms and registrations still going on and on one of the queues he noticed a familiar face though stricken with hunger and wretched in appearance, the familiar face seemed to recognize him too. The king approached this familiar face who paid obeisance as the king moved closer, having a closer look the King mustered "Ebuka" in disbelief. The servant replied "Is this you, Emeka, My King?"

At that moment they both recalled the seer and his prophecy.

Was the seer's prophecy wrong?

As the motto of NYSC says 'Service and Humilty'. This is the route to fulfillment of destiny

I'd leave you with this quote

'I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who would be really happy are those who would have sought and found how to serve' - Albert Schweitzer"

Then those in the studio told me that I didn't speak up and weren't sure I was heard. Well, I blamed it on 'my croaky, early morning, just rising from bed, before the 'morning parade' bugle voice' :)