ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

To God, I take my hearty bow,

To my own mother, I owe my due,

To the Dada’s and Idris’ family, ‘gracias’

To my friends, old and young, in Nigeria and beyond, you all are

wonderful experience.

To my colleagues and prospective colleagues, the sky is

your platform, God your limit.

To my admirers and well wishers, I say ‘MERCI BEACOUP’

To Nigeria, your time is now

To Africa Yes we can

Beyond the realm of words,

To all the world even my readers,

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE…

FROM THE AUTHOR

Money and power, either one or both has always been and

will always be man’s desire or say need from history till

generations unborn. In addressing the issue of money, this book

underscores the fact that money is not physical cash alone, as we

may admit it also involves the mindset.

This is also applicable to power too. The fact is the centre

focus of money and power in recent times is traceable to

entrepreneurship and leadership. A true entrepreneur acquires

true money and a true leader radiates true power. In addition

there is need to re-focus minds from the perspective of money or

power acquisition at the expense of others’ happiness and life

and inculcate the habits of adding value to create wealth and

adding value to build people which is the hallmark of true

entrepreneurs and leaders whose footprints are infinitely and

positively left in the sand of time and would through the

necessary but scarce instrumentality of true leadership and

entrepreneurship salvage Nigeria and the African continent from

the conundrum of destruction to the benefit and growth of the

global society.

Enjoy the mental voyage as you read this book.

In GOD’s love,

Timi

Olagunju.

CHAPTER ONE

MATTERS ARISING

“When the education of a nation is compromised, the

future is compromised” - Biodun Shobanjo, APPRENTICE

AFRICA

INTRODUCTION

We live in an age where information and its application is a

sine qua non for placing an individual or institution on board

above another. No other era in history fits properly like now for

the long age statement of Francis Bacon that “Knowledge

(information) is power” or in the words of Nelson Mandela

“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to

change the world’. Education in this sense could not have been

conventional classroom and note-taking approach; rather it boils

down to the acquisition of skills and knowledge (all information)

necessarily in tune with the lyrics (demands) of the 21st century.

No doubt, in this age, the conventional educational system

requires a holistic overhaul. Imagine a student reading to pass

instead of knowledge acquisition imagine a teacher less

concerned about the students’ capacity growth but more concern

about a students recopying of lecture notes in exams without

additional flesh or deviation of thought. What progress can that

make? I mean how far? can a student go or impart the immediate

or global society, when he is advised to choose a course of study

based on prestige and fame, rather than on the problem he

intends to solve with his future profession. “Square pegs in

round hole” you may say, but we are all victims and we have all

in one way or the other contributed to this fall. By the fall, it is

meant, emphasis on a ‘course of study’ rather than a ‘cause for

study’, quest for ‘certificates’ than a ‘certified mind’.

In Nigeria as a country and Africa as a continent in general,

we can all see crystal clear, complaints of a dearth of leadership

and a paucity of entrepreneurs. But the complain goes on and on

in circles without any substantially visible and practical approach

to inculcating the values of leadership and entrepreneurship in

our education or environment. Some have argued that students

are taught this, but the same people admit it is usually too late

and it should have commenced earlier or, that it is theoretically

motivated without little breathing space for practical. In addition

some have opined that students, youths must learn the art of

leadership and entrepreneurship themselves. True/agree, but

don’t they deserve a better environment and encouragement

from the educational system and entire environment for the

conscious and collective development of these skills necessary to

salvage our ailing nation and continent from the doldrums of

collapse and rigmarole of hijackers. Imagine, even the media and

entertainment platform have run parallel to the values and ideals

necessary to march Nigeria and Africa forward. This is not far

from truth.

Nigeria may claim to be the giant of Africa, although this

assertion is true in the light of my several experiences in my

voyage to other African countries such as Ghana, Cote d’Iviore,

Togo and Benin. It is very important that Nigeria gets things right

in order to really serve as a big brother and not what Yorubas call

‘Agbaya’{big for nothing} by placing its priorities right, that is,

conscious and well monitored and implemented humanly friendly,

educational environment for TRUE learning to build LEADERS

AND ENTREPRENEURS

Even though, we keep poor statistics, one may not need

the metaphysical service of a soothsayer to know unequivocally

that unemployment rate in Nigeria, in many other African

countries as well as the globe is on the geometric increase.

Consequently, we as individuals must consciously develop

ourselves to suit the demands of the new trend, not that

government does not have its own place in doing this, in setting

the national blue prints, but this book centres on personal,

individual recognition of ‘who you are’ ,‘where you are as

human’, and ‘what you have to do’. Because only then can the

people, be well positioned to exercise their GOD given rights of

expression to legitimately, demand for what is theirs. Nemo dat

quod non habeat a latin maxim which means ‘ you cannot give

what you don’t have’.

In this era, where the educational system is ailing, where

the political system has failed, where quick fix approach and job

mentality will fail in the light of decreasing job opportunities,

every individual needs the plus factor, which transcend latent

passion to the realm of consistent determination in the midst of

opposition. To build the leader or entrepreneur it involves work,

according to physicists in thermodynamics, a gas is said to

do work when it expands against resistance.

This book addresses the fact that to expand against

resistance, to attain the pedestal of wealth creation and

leadership, that is true money and true power respectively one

needs to develop people centred leaders and value centred

entreprenueral husler’s mentality, the heart that doesn’t fail and

legs that don’t go weary because the journey may be far but it is

near.

THE ARITHMETIC OF ATTITUDE

One may wonder, what can this mean? ‘Yes, it means all it

means’, I would say.

The usual position that a man’s attitude determines his

altitude may not only be a sound argument but may also be

proven from the arithmetic stand point.

Now, the 26 alphabets in the English Language shall be

numbered

A for 1,

B for 2,

C for 3,

D for 4,

E for 5,…

I for 9,…

T for 20,

L for 21…

Z for 26,

ATTITUDE

The equals 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5, which is summed

unequivocal as 100.

In percentage calculation, 100% is a whole circle, which

means perfection or everything.

From this, it is unambiguously clear that attitude is

everything and everything may be attitude. The French word for

attitude is “attir” mean, everything one needs to succeed in

business, in career, in everything is ATTITUDE, a whole attitude

which concerns a whole belief system, a whole desire, a whole

emotion, a whole response to whatever one is set to do.

ATTITUDE may be described as an acronym for Action, Thought,

Tradition, Interest, Talk, Understanding, Description and Ego.

If it takes a whole attitude to achieve a whole result, then

ask the question quickly “have I being whole, positive about my

Action, Thought, Tradition, Interest, Talk, Understanding,

Description, and Ego?”. If not, then the time to change is now,

because arithmetic has just proved to us that your ATTITUDE is

everything, not environment, not background, not past failures,

not past successes, not wealth, not religion, not… (whatever).

Although, these may mould your attitude in the subconscious, a

conscious effort must be made to extract all such factors from

influencing ATTITUDE. Because, all these factors cannot on their

own stop you, they only penetrate into your attitude, because

they know you are the only one that can stop yourself via

ATTITUDE. For example, an injection content cannot just work on

the sick body and restore health because the sick person sees

the nurse or doctor holding it. No. As we know, it only works when

it is injected into the body and it mixes with the human blood and

unleashing on the system. Therefore, has the human immune

system fights diseases, so like a hustler physically struggle,

hustler in the mind to fight antibodies of your failures, past,

background. As put forward by an eminent psychologist.

“Attitudes are more important than facts, therefore be bold

and mighty forces will come to your aid”.

“Do the things you fear and the death of fear is certain”.

To further the arithmetic voyage embarked upon earlier,

since the assertion goes that ATTITUDE DETERMINES ALTITUDE,

then arithmetic calculation of ALTITUDE goes as thus (to

authenticate the above grammatical assertion).

The earlier process if followed, then

A+L+T+I+T+T+U+D+E = 1+12+20+9+20+21+4+5= 92

Therefore ATTITUDE (100%) = ALTITUDE (92%)

Wow!!! No matter the altitude aimed, or height imagined,

with the right attitude, that is Action, Thought, Tradition, Interest,

Talk, Understanding, Description and Ego about the altitude, YES

I CAN.

Arithmetic, at least has helped resolve the truth that

ATTITUDE determines ALTITUDE more than 50% or did it say

70%, or 80%, or 90%? No, I almost approximate 100%.

No wonder the warning “Guard your heart with all diligence

for out of it comes the issues of life”.

Henceforth, we all need to take a daily and consistent

scrutiny on out ATTITUDE or what do you think?

Dear Friend, as there a ding of this book continues in your

fertile mind, I plead ‘wear a positive, whole attitude, mentality, a

mentality that does not give up or take no for an answer. The

mentality that is ready to sacrifice all it takes (positively) to

achieve positive result, I mean the hustlers mentality’.

CHAPTER TWO

‘What matters is not the life, but the boldness in it’

– Obafemi Awolowo

WHO ARE YOU?

One day a friend was asked this same question and

enthusiastically responding he said ‘I am’ so, so, so and so,

mentioned his name, the fact that he is a student and his course

of study and crowned it with ‘I am a finalist’. Well, one may say

he is right, and a lot of people may have done the same. The

question ‘WHO AM I?’ elicits a myriad answers necessarily

summarized in my illustration below for the purpose of this book:

ASSUMPTION

If there exists Mr. A, B, C and D. Mr. A is the person who is

to define ‘WHO HE IS’, then assume further that Mr. B. is Mr. A’s

experience when he was a child and he has to stay with his

father’s carpentry workshop and attend to customers, Mr. B. may

be Mr. A’s experience when he became the youth community

head in charge of a school building project, Mr. C may be Mr. A’s

experience when he had an opportunity to study and acquire a

degree in Chemistry in the higher institution, and finally Mr. D.

may be Mr. A’s experience as a consequence of attending a

seminar on investment or reading a book as this. Although these

lists of experience are inexhaustive. Mr. A’s experiences either

acquired by knowledge, rational or empirical, may be useful

consciously or most often unconsciously in the pool of resources

and capacity needed for the fulfillment of his entrepreneurial,

leadership, etc. goals. For example from Mr. A’s experience while

he was a child attending to his father’s customers in the furniture

shop, he may have learnt unconsciously the art of negotiation,

the running of a furniture company, the art of human relations

and communication or even the art of creativity, that is making

something beautiful out of nothing. These lists though

inexhaustive unequivocally underscore the words of Albert

Einstein “the tragedy of life is what dies in a man while he

lives”. In the course and cause of navigation with GOD, the

supernatural as your senior partner in progress via prayers and

faith, that is fact abiding in a trusting heart which spurs to

action, which is generally called boldness or the gut feeling of the

risk taker, such skills acquired in the course of life become

relevant. It is then open to each person to consciously tap into

them maximally to add value build people and create wealth.

EMPIRICAL

This underscores practical illustrations of those acclaimed

successful in business, leadership, career, inter-alia: The essence

of this section is to drive emphatically the point that people’s

experiences in life which constitutes ‘who they are’ have being

instrumental, consciously or unconsciously in their later life’s

achievement, as well such experience via practice, information,

inter-alia, where consciously acquired by some and impliedly you

too can be consciously equipped by choice and patience.

In my research, I discovered facts relating to this book

about the financial educator Robert Kiyosaki. He has this to

say “While I am not a great golfer, I have learned much

about business and human nature while on the golf

course, my golf career began when I was eight year old”.

Also “after four years at the Marine Academy, I

volunteered for the Marine Corps… One of the most

exciting parts of flight training was learning how to fight

aircraft to aircraft… I win in business today not because I

am smart of never failing. I win because, in my world,

there is no second place. After that day in the air … I

realized that combat was the ultimate test of war and

training. There was no second place and the winner was

the one who was the most prepared. I changed my

thoughts to “combat is not risky. Being unprepared is

risky”.

Robert’s experience as a little child growing up was that of

two father’s ,his rich dad(his friend’s wealthy dad) and his real

dad, a ‘teacher’. The personality of the two dads combined made

him a business mogul and financial educator. According to him

“My Rich Dad being a business mogul taught me the

financial numbers and the cashflow but my (Real) Poor

Dad, an educator but failed in business”.

This further became consolidated in the sagacious

illustration Mrs. Layi, the wife of a legal mentor, Babatude Layi

SAN who I met on 31st March 2009. She narrated as thus:

“Human may be likened to a machine without manual or

the blueprint for operation. It now takes learning,

observation or information to further lives course without

regrets about the past”. This blueprint may be acquired

through our personal involvement or that of others, through

books or by inquiring what we require from those who have

acquired what we desire or the two father’s, the Rich Dad and

The Poor Dad of your experience, inter-alia

For Donald Trump, largest real estate developer in the

world and owner of more than 60 companies, in recounting how

experiences shaped his skills and influenced his later successes

he has this to say: “Although I was sent to military school because I was a bit

aggressive as a kid, what I learned there had less to do with discipline and channeling

my energy more effectively than it had to do with learning about the art of negotiation.

It was a great business lesson in disguise”.

President Barrack Obama in his book “Audacity of

hope” underscored the importance of his childhood experience,

particularly his late mother and grandmother’s empathy which

came to bear on his leadership perspective in feeling what others

felt rather than being judgmental.

As for Mahatma Gandhi of India and Martin Lurther

King Jnr. of the United States, their style of protest which was

peaceful, but persistent compared to that of Samurai X of the

United States was discovered to have been an orchestration of

their various religious background, one allowed for physical

resistance while the other preached ‘passive resistance’. As even

Gandhi had this to say in his book “My experiments with

truth” that “a man of truth must also be a man of care”, a

principle based Hindus tenets.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye had this to say while ministering at

the International Camp “my knowledge of mathematics

helps my analysis even as a preacher”. This is evident in the

mathematically orchestrated division of the R.C.C.G. in strategic

numbers spread across the nooks and crannies, particularly on

almost every street. A colossal accomplishment of reflecting

dexterous analysis indeed!!!

To mention a few, inter-alia, my own experience may be

summarized as thus: “my years of childhood business and

difficult exposure due to circumstances of survival in the

face of tears have built in me a resilience and tenacity of

hope and a believe in God that He I can never fail and

because God can’t I can’t”. Friend, what can you say or do you

intend to say about your experiences as a molder of your skills

and capacities? Or is it that your are worrying about your past or

your background forgetting that your background does not put

your back on the ground neither can your past, unless you allow

it. So pick up and press on, and then press on in the right

direction of experience and information and you have no choice

but to be picked up as the sun and not just a star.

BRIDGING THE GAP WIDE

Today, it dawns clearly more than ever, that what I want in

life is up to me. There is no one way in life, if one want

something; desire is not enough. One needs to do what it takes

and acquire what is needed to be a winner before winning. Echo

to yourself the fact that ‘there is a vivid realm of distinction

between expecting to be a winner and actually being a winner? It

does take the hustler’s mentality, not within the framework of

illegality, but an inner resistance and consistence of practice

which flows from your thoughts through your actions,

consequently culminating into results. That is why the heart must

be guarded with all diligence, because a controlled thought

produces sporadically controlled results, that is, whatever is sown

shall be reaped.

Practice which is synonymous to preparation automatically

bridges the yearning gap between one’s future and the present.

Aristotle has this to say “we are what we repeatedly

do”. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. However,

individuals prepare in various ways. What works for an individual

may not function for another. Some require a colossal degree of

fear, some wait until the last minute then employ fire – brigade

approach while some prepare by reducing or eradicating all

distractions, have complete silence and shut themselves off from

the complete world, some prepare with lyrics, others need to

rehearse until confident. However, the methodology doesn’t

count as much as the desire for optimal success. This brings to

fore the Greek saying of “know thyself”. Many have missed it in

pursuit of adapting to someone else’s methodology, because it

defeats the God given uniqueness and ingenuity of mankind. The

best one can be is one’s self and not someone else, as evidence,

painstakingly search through the life of great men in human

history. As fact, this raises a direct confrontation on the

conservative educational approach where students of higher

institution are advised to copy notes for hours in the classroom,

which is pasted in the examination papers when asked

examination questions, what students call ‘la cram, la pour’. I

think that the higher institutions, particularly the universities

need to compulsorily change such an approach and further

compulsory, conscious and determined curriculum in these

institutions involving contribution and discussion in lecture to fit

the demands of the town, the community, rather than run parallel

to it in terms of training students without the hustler’s mentality,

the intuitive mindset, the mentality of a self-starter.

However, many opine that students having recognized this

lacunae in the educational system should further take their

destiny into the hands, that is wear the hustler’s mentality in

tapping consciously into opportunities that would enhance their

skills for the future they visualize ahead, rather than live other

people’s dreams. The saying goes when the desirable is not

available, the available becomes the desirable, it is important to

create one’s environment to suit ones desirability. For example, a

person may adorn his apartment with quotes or pictures of great

men, even in the midst, of hopelessness in the society, by so

doing, you have just for example, succeeded in creating your own

world which would later become your own realities and

manifestation for as a man thinketh so he is. In addition to

preparation, focus follows. In focusing, you only FOLLOW ONE

COURSE UNTIL SUCCESSFUL.…

In the words of Joe Montana, one of the greatest

footballers in history;”Everyone who has been successful in

his or her chosen field understands the importance of

practice and preparation. To become outstanding in a

particular area, we must learn to practice with

concentration and focus. Practice is our chance to work on

weaknesses and get better when we are working to excel

in something, it is not enough to do what is expected. …

Nor should we keep starting and stopping a practice

regimen. When we practice we must be consistent”.

Focus is not monotony of task, No. it only means dissipating

energy towards a major goal or goals. Saddening, a lot of

individuals focus on or divide their focus with minor and expect a

major result. For example, a lot of people, particularly men spend

their major time watching football everyday, when they are

convinced they would never turn out to major in football or

become coaches. Not that football isn’t OK, No. A s a fact, a lot

to learn in it.But, Imagine, spending a lot of one’s time everyday

doing minors, because the truth is your can never be asked “how

young are you” but “how old are you” which depicts the need to

make hay while the sun shines. In fact, friend, when you major

in ‘minor’, you turn out being a minor in your own major.

God forbid! one may say, but as the earth remains seed time and

harvest cannot cease.

CHAPTER THREE

LEADERSHIP

‘Piling up degrees or passing examinations mean nothing

unless Africans are creative. A textbook on African

medicine is not impossible. But the truth is the African

‘scholar’ is lazy

–Nnamdi Azikiwe

‘A nation needs great leadership at critical moments of

her history. For example ‘when America needed a

constitution, she had Thomas Jefferson, when she had a

civil war she was lucky to have a President Abraham

Lincoln, when the Great Depression hit the US, she was

lucky to have President Roosevelt; in the face of the

Cuban Missile Crisis, and the threat of nuclear holocaust,

the United States had a President John F. Kennedy.

Nigeria must begin to produce the right leadership at

particular moments of her history. It is the one of the

major paths to national glory’

- ‘Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on his visit to The University of

Ibadan’

DIAGNOSIS

We all know that the problem of leadership is a recurrent

one in Africa, more emphasis on Nigeria. More pitiable is the fact

that youths who have been tagged “future leaders of tomorrow”

have not being consciously armed for this clarion call for true,

people centred leadership. Most unnecessary is the present

lavish trend of many Nigerian companies towards supporting

programmes that add little or no value to developing true leaders

or vanguarding the emancipation of the country from her

leadership quagmire. Imagine, companies spending millions on

dance competitions, musical tour round campus etc. The opinion

is that these things are not wrong in themselves; the only issue is

the excessive duplication of such events with little or no tangible

support towards human capability building, particularly in the

most pressing problem, leadership, particularly political

leadership. A rethink is needed. What do you think?

Well, for the Hustler, who seeks to develop skills leadership

he sees the problems ignores them and persistently develops

toward attaining the set goals. The brief highlighting of few out of

many problems bedeviling the nation in areas of leadership, is

not to criticize but primarily drive home in our mind, the fact that

merely sitting down in classroom or lecture halls and going back

to the hostel or going from work to home, without conscious

effort at developing the communication, analytical, listening,

empathetic etc skills of a leader in this era or in that to come will

only spell doom for such a candidate. “Real learning is self

learning” I write.

It can be observed that great leaders were not just position

holders, but most importantly, where people centred leaders who

seek to provide sincere solutions to challenges confronting the

people which earns them the reputation ‘great’. Note this fact by

an Eminent Professor of Law, Professor Anifalaje “skillful

sailors make their names in the midst of tempest and

storms” so are great leaders. If one wants to be a great leader

then don’t just sit, step up, dust your past and take up the task of

being your own teacher and instructor.

THE {+} PLUS FACTOR IN A MINUS {– } ENVIRONMENT

The environment may not be conducive for the fertilization

of your ideas, then a plus factor, an extra mile in a negative

environment is a sine quo non. There exists practically no real

environment, what exists is the subjective creation of yourself, by

yourself and for yourself. In considering the issue of leadership in

a minus environment, the following points must be established:

a. Leadership in my conviction is primarily about adding

value. How can one give what one does not have to the

people he is serving? Obviously Not. Then it behooves on

whosoever desires leadership to develop himself

consciously with the right information necessary for the

kind of leadership, anticipation political or managerial.

Without perfidy, the fact that the environment, does not

seem suitable for building leaders may not be completely

true, considering the fact that various ‘opportunities’

exist in all settings for practically developing oneself,

only that such may be at the expense of something say

academic performance for a student for example in a

higher institution, which you may choose to and possess

the capacity to balance. But the fact remains, that if all

persons would assume leadership, that is possess

influence, over a set group at one time or the other,

maybe as a husband, wife, parent to say the least, then a

conscious effort at acquiring leadership skills via

participation and information is non-negotiable even if it

would involve sacrifice.

Therefore, there is need to challenge the traditional

approach of coming to school and focusing squarely on

academic books, because it is skills that set a person

aside, look through great men in history and see. It is

therefore very important to study books not only to pass

but also to consciously develop inner-most skills.

b. The words of Aristotle instructs thus: “He who has

never learnt to obey can never be a good

commander” close your eyes and sail through the

width, depth and height of Aristotle’s words, then ask

“how does this apply to me and how can I make amends

or tap into the wisdom of these words for my future etc?

Inferences from (a) and (b) indicates that leadership is

not an act but an art, it is not a gift, it is must be learnt

and earned.

c. To build leadership skills, major in your major because

when you major in your minor, you end up becoming a

minor in your major. Illustrating this, assuming a runner

is on a race to National Stadium, can he be said to have

won on arrival at Unilag Stadium instead of National

Stadium, obviously not. Also a person whose set

destination or future intention is neither that of a coach,

footballer nor a club owner, but takes pleasure in

watching football everyday and everytime may end up

failing in the set destination, thus he has majored in his

minor and later becomes a minor in his major. Of a truth

you cannot serve God and Mammon, service is

dedication, then why dedicate your precious time on

irrelevances. I am not saying having fun with football

isn’t good like I emphasized in the earlier chapter, but it

must be taken with caution and less dedication.This is

why this example was emphasized again and again.

Ironically, this same scenario occurs in many of the

activities we do which runs parallel to our desires for the

future,!even ignorantly. For example a student was once

asked “what is your future ambition?” and in answering

‘a manager and Chief Executive Governor’ he said. But

this same student while in school throughout was always

shying away from anything that would take him away

from his academic curriculum in the guise of good

grades. For example, he hardly talks to others or asks

question in class, when advised to join an organization,

he runs , claiming to be busy. Throughout school, no

leadership engagement, no interest in personal

development, no conscious engagement in public

speaking and team work, always to himself, then not

mincing words the dream of my friend is nothing but an

illusion, except he changes by practice ,although he had

lost a great opportunity in school, if not I repeat ‘a mere

illusion’. This may sound funny, but a lot of individuals

act this way, sometimes unconsciously because over the

years on earth, it has been programmed in the mind that

‘I must acquire good grades alone to acquire good jobs’.

But the truth is where are the jobs themselves? and the

truth again is involving in self developmental processes

does not stop one from having good grades, or does it?

Then, it is only laziness consciously or unconsciously

scripted that is at work. In the information age, to attain

power or wealth, as all desire, at least some for the good

of humanity or for evil desires, a person must transcend

the conventional mentality of book and book, cram and

discharge, but must seek for true knowledge in one’s

field of study coupled with the development of the

practical know how of leadership. Even Albert Einstein,

the great scientist confirmed this when he said “Beware

of the intellect, it has powerful muscles but lacks

personality, it can only serve, it cannot lead’. Be

not deceived whatever a man sows he shall reap. “Sow

into knowledge and not only ‘examination grades’

and you shall reap the harvest of skills”.

Considering the Nigerian situation, little wonder we

complain of inefficiency in government and deficiency of leaders,

it is opined that the years of mediocrity in the appointment,

selection of leaders in the nation at the expense of merit in all

nooks and crannies, had contributed actively to the inefficiency

experienced by Nigerians. That is why this book exists, for the

sake of building leaders or leaders building themselves at a

sacrifice, that is with a hustler’s mentality, a mentality that never

gives up in other to occupy the vacuum of leadership properly so

called. “As leaders are not born, they are made”, the era of

selective politics and mediocre appointment must end if we want

inefficiency in the Nation to end. The truth is in Nigeria, in Africa,

there are many challenges, even in the world at large, we

therefore need more leaders, instead of followers, I mean

responsibility carriers. “The best way to find yourself it is to

loose yourself in the service of others” says Mahatma

Gandhi. For everybody can be great if everybody can serve.

d. Leaders are role models and they build up on other role

models. The fact remains if your want to know who are

person is likely to be then ask for his/her role models.

Isn’t it true that a lot of people carry in the minds a role

model out of emotions contrary to the reasonable

projection of their future? For example, paying lip service

to being a pilot, but celebrates solely, musicians in

his/her heart with emotionally attachment.

This psychological trend is disastrous, because, “when

the heart is the driver and the brain is the passenger,

accident is inevitable”, I tell myself. I personally employ

the strategy of pasting around my room quotes and

pictures of admirable achievers. But I do remember

telling myself “these achievers in my own light (different

from yours, based on each individuals set goal) were only

shadow of greater things to come, which is me in their

future and now in the present”.

CHALLENGE YOURSELF

In my leadership experiences, particularly as Chairman of

Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall, University of Ibadan, I discovered leaders

had to be role models in speech, smiles and conduct and I also

discovered it must be learnt and earned too. As Robert Kiyosaki

puts it “True leaders inspire us to be bigger and do things

we are afraid of doing”.

To be a role model, I discovered one must be willing to let

go. Like a Nigerian musician sang ‘nobody wan pa ain, but dey

wan go heaven’ that is “Everybody wants to got to heaven, but

no one wants to die”. To become the leader, a responsibility

taker, then the irresponsibility inside us must die. The truth is ‘I

really must go beyond the old me and seek a new life few people

experience’.

The clarion call is now, for one to see what others do not

see, there is need for a vision, a vision practical and imbibed for

the future via the lens available in the present, the lens of

practical realities and engagement.

This is the time for us as Nigerians and Africans to

reconsider our ways, the ways of nonchalance over others plight,

forgetting that what goes around comes around. This is not a

time for our passion for a better Nation and Continent to fail,

though we have cause to, but if we don’t who will? This is why we

were born, to consciously develop and deliver for the good of

humanity. A thought to consider from Winston Churchill:

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a

life by what we give”. Martin L. King Jnr. has this to say as

well, ‘you don’t need to have a college degree to serve.

You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to

serve. You only need a heart full of grace’. You must choose

to be the Nigerian heart full of grace. Let us share and serve with

passion and properly channeled energy and our world would be

better for it. Look at mother Theresa, what of our celebrated

African leader, Nelson Mandela, to mention a few, celebrated

after they have or might have left the earth. Do you want to be a

celebrated African leader? Do you want to be celebrated rather

than being relegated? The choice is here now! A transformed life

is a transformed thought, a transformed action results, then

productivity. For ‘’as a man thinketh, so he is”.

e. Plato has this to say “the first and best victory is to

conquer self. To be conquered by self is of all

things, the most shameful and vile”. “He that hath

no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is

broken down, and without walls” the wisest King

Solomon emphasized in Proverbs 25:28. It is often a

great surprise when we discover that must of the

ugliness we see in others, is but a reflection of our own

nature. We keep criticizing the government, good, but

most often we may fail to realize we engage in same

things we criticize in our own little way. No wonder Jesus

said in Mathew 7:7 ‘’Judge not that ye be not

judged’’.

In relation to knowledge, real learning is self learning, we

must stop relying solely on what we are taught, some

may be right and many wrong. Be taught, but see the

world from your own eyes, analyze. We must stop being

spoon fed always if a change must occur in our lives, in

our world, in Africa and even in our nation Nigeria. If your

aim in life is to be fulfilled, then why let the world

brainwash with their ideals. Know thyself. The fact

remains in this age, is not everything that is taught that

one must learn. It begins with each individual; because

Nigeria, Africa is never the walls or building or the trees,

it is you and I with the choice to make a difference with

ourselves first, then others second, irrespective of the

environmental circumstance.

It is not the environment. A lot of individuals claim, well

there is corruption in the country” and so you must be corrupt to

make it, forgetting the fact lasting promotion comes not from

man but from GOD. Aside this fact, in every person exists the

capacity to create his own world, his own environment, his own

realities, as Protagoras puts it “man is the measure of all

things, of things that are that they are, of things that are

not, they are not’’. In fact, man has capacities in him to

explore in all circumstance, this may be likened to what I call

‘adrenalin strength’. For instance, a friend who hates running and

complains that I walked fast, when approached by thieves ran

like no man’s business and even flew a tall fence. Wow!

Surprising, but where was the strength earlier? The deep truth is

that it was within him as it is within you to boast your adrenalin,

your passion in creating your own environment, world and

realities. God is a perfect God and sincerely without perfidy he

has given us all we need. You may say the ‘brain’. Maybe or

maybe much more, just explore within, although, the level of

passion in one needed to succeed in one environment may differ

in relative terms based on opportunity, that still does not mean

you cannot succeed anyway.

CHAPTER THREE

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

“We are all born rich. We all have been given the most

powerful lever on earth, our minds…so use your mind for

leverage to make you rich rather than to make excuses” –

Robert Kiyosaki

To start with, if you don’t need money then please don’t

read, further. Then of a truth everybody needs money. The

various advantages of money cannot be delved into now,

however, the particular emphasis of this chapter centres on the

mindset about money and the fact that money and

entrepreneurship are mutually inexclusive, but the point of

intersection is primarily on two points: the mindset and skills.

Money is not the paper we carry, it is a mindset developer,

which spurs action, then results. This may be common sense, but

commonsense I have discovered in my study is not too common

a sense. Secondly, the difference between nonsense and sense is

equal to ‘non’.

NON{SENSE} – SENSE = NON

THE MINDSET

This would be addressed specifically in the next chapter,

however, the emphasis here is pivoted on the faulty foundation

on money which a lot of us have built super structures of actions

on, thereby culminating into unproductive results that have

inspired others negatively like wild fire. The truth is money is a

value, not the acquisition of the paper. Even this days, little

children know that 10 Naira is not the same as 1000 Naira paper

note. Why? It is simply the value attached, to it, its purchasing

power based on collective perception. Therefore, really rich

people whose wealth are enduring, not rich quick and gone quick

wealth , add one or more value to the world by identifying a

need for example, my research on the top 10 richest men in 2008

proved that these men not only learnt that art of

entrepreneurship but also added value to their world. Bill Gates is

known for computers, Warren Buffet for stocks and company

acquisition that satisfy the wants and need of the human race,

Carlos Slim Helu for telecommunication, Mittal for stell, Mukesh

Ambani for oil and textile, and his brother,next to him in ranking

for communications, Ingvar Kamprad for furniture, inter-alia. It is

observed that the more the value you add appeals to generality

or future needs, the way and methodology adopted through

which the value reaches those in need of them, determines the

height and width of flowing wealth. To continue being wealthy,

you must continue adding value, both to yourself as a

professional or person as well as to the world in which you live.

The saying goes, “If opportunities cannot find you, shake

off and find one”. This is the real hustler’s mentality towards

money.

AN ENTREPRENEUR

Truly, the definition of an entrepreneur is simply one who

adds value and out of value creates wealth for himself and

others. However, an entrepreneur is not born they are made

through learning. Just like President Obama said “greatness is

not a given (gift), it must be earned’’. Also entrepreneurship

is not a given (gift), it must be earned. It is quite perplexing to

hear some say ’’I want to be Chief Executive Officer’’ or ‘’I may

own my business’’ and when they should tap into the available

opportunities to build the entrepreneurial skills, they do other

things contrary. Even ignorantly a lot of people in the pursuit of

such goals ignore engaging themselves in practical business for

their own, where they could make mistakes and learn, instead of

making such mistakes at the higher ladder of attainment. Or

even involve themselves in marketing or salesmanship where

they can acquire some of the skills needed for an entrepreneur. A

lot in ignoring such still do not study books that expose their

minds to the successes and failures of those who had already

gone ahead of them, they prefer most often running away from

the hustler’s path, we seek green pastures in acquiring much

certificates rather than a practical and certified mind fit for the

job and task ahead.

For example the yearly Apprentice Reality Show by Donald

Trump, where he selects 18 applicants some with only high

school education equivalent to secondary school but running

their business, some with degrees only and some with good

degrees (even M.B.A.) with an additionally experience in either

the business world or in their own venture has a lot to teach

about entrepreneurship.

Each week, when the applicants are given a business task

to undertake the failed team comes to the bedroom where one

person gets fired, until the end of the 18th week, where a winner

emerges. The lessons to deduce are:

i. The people with so much degrees, but with little or no

business experience or exploit get fired quickly at the

early weeks.

ii. The people with little or no degree but with business

experience are usually the second people to be fired

from the Apprentice program.

iii. The people with degree but coupled with some business

experience or running their own venture, yearly win or

emerge at the last stage.

This is surprising, but true. You are advised to purchase

from season one to the present season, each season is a new set

of applicants yearly.

There is no gain saying the fact that certificates without the

juice of information within the acquirer is only useless and a

disaster. With this mentality a lot of examination malpractices

around students; cheating in exams, some parents aiding such

vice, would cease. As a container without content is useless, so is

a certificate without a certified mind wasteful.It may take the

person up the ladder averagely, but by all laws of nature, sowing,

reaping etc. such a person cannot go far. Like Francis Bacon said

”knowledge is power”. The question goes; “Have I being seeking

the kind of knowledge I need for what is before me?”.

KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge may be likened to a round peg in round hole

that is, information suitable for the individual’s use to activate

productivity in any regard. Information may be acquired either by

experience or reasoning, to say the least. However, it is a fact

that in life, experiences may be one’s personal encounter or that

of another, maybe acquired through study from writings, speech

etc.

Furthermore, to be an entrepreneur, that is adding value,

creating wealth, shying away from acquiring needful

information whether by reasoning or experience, is fatal. No

excuse is good enough, “never despise humble beginning”,

because it is discovered that such beginnings may not or

may be your greatness. In that humble beginning in

business, investing etc. may lie the acquisition of the skills

needed for really big task. David was rearing sheep, but the

skills developed from that experience catapulted him to the

palace, where he oversee humans, at least in rearing sheep

he would have learnt a lot.

Assignment

Take you pen, identify activities, engaged in and visualize

how such can be used to better your skills and if not, maybe

consider letting go with them and pick up new activities.

TWO SIDES TO A COIN

Whatever you think, think the opposite. There are indeed two

sides to life. Our educational system has conditioned us to seek

for right answers, but many fail to search for alternative answers

or solutions once the first right answer has been discovered.

Don,t you think it’s time to breakaway. In the business world and

even in the realm of investment, the two sides are profit and loss.

The fact is the dividing line between this two extremes are right

information, information and then application, of such to the

situation at hand would do. For example, if I want to cross the

road, the information comes into my inner ears, “look right, look

left” then I apply it and cross if safe to”. Therefore, in other not to

be hit by the vehicle of loss, this simple common sense applies.

My usual advise to ‘prospective investors’, even at symposia, is

always pivoted on the 2Es of investment, Education and

Experience through practical investment in stocks and in

investment books.

I am frequently asked, “what kind of business can one do?”

or “is investing in stock good particularly at this bearish (falling)

moments of stock prices?”. But the fact is nobody can tell what

kind of business to do successfully, my reply usually is “You need

conviction about what you are into, it begins with you, I can only

advise on ‘how’ but not ‘what’,as a matter of principle. On the

question of investment “it all boils down to how committed one is

to improving one’s investment skills”. The truth is, investing is

not bad or good, it is the investor that is either bad or good at the

art of investing. Like Robert Kiyosaki says “There is no such

thing as a bad investment, but there sure are a lot of bad

investors”. The same applies to politics, “it is not politics that is

bad, it is the caliber of people in it that makes it bad”.

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS

With the present trend in the world, the realities people

have created for themselves through thoughts draw them

unconsciously away from much more important things. Such

important things left undone turn into urgent matters, with the

result of myriads of catastrophe and regrets following. Are you

spending enough time in your most important personal

relationships, such as family, friends and mentors? If not who and

what is taking up all the time? It’s time for parents to order their

priorities and for potential parents to programme right priorities.

Let us protect our time with the most important people in our

lives, to create a better family and a then a better nation and a

better world. Beware of prioritizing money, job, career etc on the

top list, it may backfire.

EDUCATION DEFINED

A lot of individuals when interviewed on why they are

schooling paint a picture in their answers that suggest

expectation of pay for what they know instead of what they do

with that which they know. From the history of great leaders or

entrepreneurs, I have discovered that the world does not pay or

respect people for that which they “know” or “claim” to know”. It

pays or respect what they do or influence others to do.

This has led me to conclude that indeed, “any person who

is educated is one who has learned to get whatever he

wants in life without violating the rights and decency of

others. Education consists, not so much of knowledge, but

of knowledge effectively and persistently applied. Men

are paid not merely for what they know, but more

importantly for what they do with what they know’’.

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND

Entrepreneurs succeed on systems, that is the structure and

people that provide the entrepreneur’s value; product or idea, to

the final consumers, directly or indirectly.

No single person has sufficient experience education

capability, knowledge or intellect to assure, ensure and insure the

gathering of colossal wealth, money, power without the

cooperation of other people. Even the creator of the earth

delegated duties to angels and made man responsible over the

earth. Then, we must learn from divinity, even as humanity.

CHAPTER FIVE

BELIEVE SYSTEM

“Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can

only go far, but faith has no limit? – Blaise Pascal

THE RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM (RAS).

The human brain is said to have the capacity to take in 8

million or more bytes of information, however, not all that comes

in is absolved by the brain. The RAS will shiver the wheat from

the chaff, that is, allow the brain absolve only those information

in line with the believe system. In other words, the RAS, consults

the believe system, and a person’s believe system determine

their depth of conviction and the amount of energy exerted.

Therefore, it is important to consider one’s believes regularly,

because this may determine the opportunities one sees, since

opportunities come in the form of information most times.

To consider your believe system so you do not limit yourself

by your thoughts and therefore loss your opportunities, I

recommend you locate quickly your premium time, place, race

and style.

Premium time

‘When’ you think best, your ‘thought peak’. Is it at night or

early in the morning like myself? Set out a time at your premium

peak to meditate on your inner self and believe system. Not

every person has same premium time and that is why two friends

may have to avoid things together in other not to operate in

another’s timing. Socrates said “know thyself”.

Premium place

‘Where’ you think best; it may be solitary or in the midst of

people, in silence or in music etc.

Premium race

‘Who’ you need around you. Be not deceived evil

association corrupts good thought and over time creates an

impressed belief system, though based on the emotional muscle

of the person involved. Peer pressure and association have

created some conscious or unconscious pattern of thought in

many people. There is need for conscious reconditioning, as well

as departure from friends who add no value to your vision or

whose values run contrary and parallel to yours. It is your choice,

whichever. If you choose to, why not now?

Premium style

This concerns the question “How do I learn’. It is an

issue of approach and methodology for thinking. Identify

your premium style and take charge of your destiny, your

thought pattern consciously. I often tell people at symposia

“don’t employ your generative and evaluative thinking at

the same time”.

GENERATIVE AND EVALUATIVE THINKING

The generative thinking is such that you allow your

thoughts to scout for new ideas and flow in these ideas. At such a

stage of thought, the advice I give is “just take out your pen and

paper’ write all the ideas foolish or wise, and keep writing until it

stops flowing like a stream.

The evaluative thinking critically and analytically scrutinizes

the ideas to see which is suitable for implementation or aligns

with reality and how such can be executed. Employing this stage

when generating ideas is precarious to creativity. This is because

the germinal phase is governed by a different kind of logic which

could be best described as metaphorical, fantastic, diffuse,

elliptical and ambiguous. Therefore, for creative ideas, I prescribe

a good dose of soft thinking in the germinal phase (generative)

and a hearty helping of hard thinking in the practical phase

(evaluative). Secondly, in figures of speech and in everyday life,

sincerely, the ‘metaphor’ is an excellent tool to help you think

something different. Think of yourself as a poet, and look for

similarities around you. If you have a problem finding, try to

make a metaphor of it. This strategy is extremely useful, in

career, leadership, entrepreneurship etc.

Assignment

Close your eyes and search in your heart what you intend

for yourself, your business, your career, your family etc. Then

look for someone similar to what you intend and then in your

heart say “I am (the name of the person)” e.g. I am the Albeit

Einstein in my time. What psychological effect do you

experience? Do it over and over again with depth. With this

method, you can boast your creativity even in areas outside your

field. This principle was applied in the movie “Catch me if you

can”. Secondly, pay attention to the metaphors you use in your

own thinking. The third of metaphors one uses may elevate or

impress consciously or unconsciously. Beware!!!

CREATIVITY PERSONIFIED

RULES SYNDROME

Creative thinking is not only constructive, it is as well

destructive. You often have to break out of one pattern to

discover another pattern. This is simply ‘thinking outside the

box’. In doing this, play the revolutionary and challenge the rules,

particularly the ones you use to govern your daily activities.

However, be careful because playing the revolutionary also has it

dangers. Secondly, periodically scrutinize your ideas to see if

they are contributing to your thinking effectiveness.

When searching for ideas, take advantage of the ambiguity,

the unanswered question, in the world. This is how great scientist

made discoveries from the law of gravity to the law of

aerodynamics. Look at something and think about what use it

might be. If you are giving someone a problem that has the

potential of being solved in a creative way, then try at least

initially posing it in an ambiguous fashion so their imagination is

not restricted within rules. You may as well cultivate your own

personal sources of ambiguity, these could be books, things etc,

that force you to look for more than one meaning. For example, it

is not out of place for an art student or a lawyer to read books on

geography, science, mathematics etc to develop the brain.

DON’T MAKE MISTAKES SYNDROME

There are situations where errors are inappropriate, but the

germinal phase of the creative process isn’t one of them. Like

Michael Faraday said when trying to invent electricity. “I have

not failed, I only discovered 999 ways of how not to create

electricity.”Can’t you remember Abraham Lincoln? Thereafter, if

you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to new ideas you

might not had otherwise been discovered. If you are not making

errors, you might ask yourself, “How many opportunities am I

missing by not being more aggressive”. In addition, every

individual need to strengthen their risk muscles in all facets. Like

the human muscle, everyone has the risk muscle, but it must be

exercised or else, it will atrophy. Make it a duty to take at least

one risk every twenty four hours in any area of desired

development, that is go an extra mile. Remember, friend, if you

fail, you learn what doesn’t work and secondly, the failure gives

you an opportunity to try a new approach so fear not failure, only

strive to succeed.

PLAYING IS A WASTE OF TIME SYNDROME

“If necessity is the mother of invention, then play is

the father”. The truth is our educational system is getting

extremely serious by the day, and this problem must be

addressed to enhance innovative minds in all fields of study. The

next time, there is a problem, play with it as well make a work

place, school, home etc, a fun place to create your own suitable

environment.

THAT IS NOT MY AREA SYNDROME

Specialization is a fact of life, that is, in order to function in the

world, one must narrow ones focus and limit the field of view.

However, when trying to generate new ideas, such information

handling attitudes can limit. Edison’s advice becomes

instructive:

“Make it a habit to keep on the look out for novel

and interesting ideas that others have used successfully.

Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the

problem you are working on”

Here are some tips that will help improve one’s hunting

abilities:

i. Develop the hunter’s attitude that is, ‘’wherever I go there

are ideas waiting to be hunted”

ii. Don’t get so busy that you lose the free time necessary for

idea hunting.The way forward is “I schedule my hunting

time into my daily and weekly activities, even side

excursions may be sufficient.

iii. Develop the liberal mind approach. Be open minded to

wider and diversified knowledge acquisition. ’’The Liberal

soul shall be made fat’’

iv. Look for analogous situations, that is, problems similar to

yours that has been solved in other areas.

v. Write down your hunted ideas before they fly away like a

bird from its cage.

DON’T BE FOOLISH SYNDROME

Like,I said earlier, the difference between non-sense and

sense equals non. It is difficult, however, to be objective if you

have an ego tied up in your idea, as such you do not want to be

criticized for having produced a “foolish idea”. Like Neils Bolir

said “There are some things that are so serious you have

to laugh at them”. Take no offence and occasionally let the

part of the brain that says ‘stupid idea’ be downplayed by the

foolish idea, and see what crazy ideas you can originate. In this

light, I pray, may your foolish idea become your polished idea for

unleashing the release of relief on our world

EQUILIBRIUM

The worlds of thought and action some have discovered,

overlap,that what you think has a way of becoming true.

Thoughts

Results

Action

Therefore thoughts and action produces result, however the

thought provides the foundation for the superstructure of action,

finally covered by the roof of results. Doesn’t all starts from the

thoughts? So think and try new things and build what you

thought especially the small ideas. The creative person in you

must have the self-faith that these ideas will lead somewhere

through actions.

CHAPTER SIX

A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES

I bargained with life for a penny,

And life would pay no more,

However I begged at evening

When I counted by scanty store.

“For life is a just employer,

He gives you what you ask, But

Once you have set the wages,

Why, you must bear the task

“I worked for a menial’s hire

Only to learn, dismayed, that any

Wage I had asked of life,

Life would have willingly paid”.

A NEED FOR CHANGE

There exists a whole world of opportunities for leaders and

entrepreneurs in the information and communication age. It all

boils down to skills; skills acquired, skills developed, skills utilized.

For Nigerians and Africans alike, we must thank God we were

born at a time like this, a time when the nation, the continent is

fraught with myriads of problems from leadership to poverty,

from to corruption to joblessness, a time when we can take on

this problems, and see them through the eyes of opportunities to

add value, build people, create wealth, as well as make our

names sealed in the sands of time. Because opportunities are

usually hidden in problems, in needs.

Consequently, at this time of needs for our nation and

continent isn’t it time to build the necessary skills? moral skills,

entrepreneurship skills, leadership skills, patriotism and team

spirit skills etc. To solve the needs of our time and make our

marks. ‘Skillful’ sailors make their names in the midst of tempest

and storm”, remember.

LEADERS

In areas of leadership, new opportunities exists in fields of

politics, banking, industry, religion, even in professions such as

Engineering, Information and Communication Technology,

Journalism, Medicine, Education, Law , Science, among others. As

put forward in the field of education “…must find ways and

means of teaching people how to apply the knowledge

they receive in school…” as well as provide information on

areas not covered by formal education or school, “ must deal

more with practice and less with theory”. In addition, no

matter the career of choice, the truth is, a plus factor is needed in

areas and knowledge of information technology, foreign language

etc, to chart a new cause of leadership in one’s field of study in

this global village, because one must not think or act local, but as

a global champion. That is where you deserve to be friend.

ENTREPRENEURS

For an entrepreneur, ‘opportunities’ to create wealth is his

watch word. In life opportunities abound for an entrepreneur in

areas of food, clothing, shelter, needs to start with, that is a sine

qua non. However, in recent times, the vast opportunities to

create wealth is innumerable, in areas of Information Technology,

health, relationship, education, technology (Electricity, energy,

communication, transportation, security, finance, beauty,

entertainment, value system, investment etc. however, the fact

remains that they all boil down to possessing entrepreneurial

skills which must be consciously acquired. Every time, I

remember the words of John D. Rock feller, I say those words

again to myself again and again. It goes “what a young man

needs as he grows is the acquisition of skills and

reputation” to build wealth immeasurable for himself. Some say

“well you need much money to start up something”. Although,

this may be true, it is much of a truth that money does not

multiply itself or does it? Isn’t it the proper utilization of the

money that produces money? Is that not skill first and foremost?

If the truth is that money as defined by economist is the value of

currency? Then the consistent possession of that value over a

period of time is what can be termed wealth. It means to be

wealthy you must apply skills to consistent production of that

value called money. Isn’t that so?

BYE! BYE!!

The world awaits the manifestation of men and woman who

can catch on the opportunities, the problems around them to add

value, build people and create wealth. In my experience as I

toured through other West African countries!such as Ghana,

Benin, Cote d’ivoire and even Togo, I discovered the relevance of

the Nigerian nation (with over 40 million people) in the African

continent. Opportunities abound in Africa unexplored, agricultural

opportunities, information and communication technology

opportunities, leadership opportunities etc, opportunities that

have being tapped into in Asia, Europe, America but still left

untapped in the nation and in our continent. This made me

resolve that “As I see the problems, I must see the

opportunities”, which revolves around skills, mentally,

emotionally, psychologically and even spiritually. Because one

must develop the skills of thanksgiving and acknowledgement of

the supernatural, I strongly opine. Friends, it is time we as

Nigerians and as great Africans arise to the true realities of our

time the time must come when Nigerian books, Nigerian products

and companies, Nigerian scholars, Nigerian businessmen,

Nigerian leaders etc impart Africa and the entire globe. The time

has come to put away childish things, and embrace truth. The

time has come to become that hero the world is waiting for. Don’t

procrastinate, the time is now. Develop yourself and your Godly

relationship.

See you on top globally and thanks for reading.

With love from, TIMI OLAGUNJU,AUTHOR7th April, 2009

AUTHOR’S PROFILE

AUTHOR’S PROFILE

Mr. Timi Olagunju (LL.B) finals, University of Ibadan, a community

developer and speaker with the mandate to add value and build

youths in areas of leadership and entrepreneurship. Recently, he

was a youth delegate to the Model United Nations Conference in

Abuja on ’Climate change’ in 2008. Mr. Timi Olagunju’s profile

in areas of leadership and entrepreneurship include:

PRESENT ENTREPRENEURAL/LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION

PIONEERED

Overseer, Image Nigeria/Africa Project.

PAST LEADERSHIP EXPLOITS (WHILE IN SCHOOL),

AMONGST OTHERS

Ag. Library Prefect, St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka, Lagos –

2001

Vice-President, Literary and Debating Society, University

of Ibadan – 2005.

Chairman, Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall, University of Ibadan –

2006

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

Most influential student, Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall.

Nominee, Professor H.O. Nottidge Award for Positive

Contribution to Administration of Halls and Faculties -

2007

Nominee, Professor E.A. Bamgboye Award for Selfless

Contribution to a worthy course – 2009

Nominee, Professor A.A. Agbaje Student Leadership

Award – 2009

Most Outstanding Zikite Award-2008

The Law Students’ Society Distinguished Students’ Award

in honour of Chief Adeniyi Akintola SAN- 2009

Winner, All Nigeria United Nations, Student’ Oratory

Competition, among many others.

PHILOSOPHY

A man’s height is a function of the depth of his conviction,

and nothing great will ever be achieved without great men and

men are great only if they are determined to be so.

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