The Changemaker

"You’ll go far in life” has got to be one of the most rendered prayers by Nigerian elders when blessing a youth. An average Nigerian receives this blessing each time he satisfies an elderly person. Yet, I believe that its not only the rendering of this prayers alone that will take us far in life. If it were, we would not have any youth wandering aimlessly around Iwo Road Motor Park, neither would we have any girl on the queue that forms on Premier Hotel road every Friday night, in readiness for their nocturnal businesses.  There are certainly a lot of factors that will contribute to the making or marring of one’s life. Let’s take a look at six of these factors, shall we? MINDSET “The more you let a single belief define you, the less capable you are of adapting when life challenges you.” - Paul Graham You are what you think you are. No man can ever be greater than his thoughts. The Holy Bible, attests in Proverbs 23:7 that “as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” Going

“It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment.” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula   You might be wondering why I love to talk about resilience so much. Well, as it is said, "experience is the best teacher." Throughout the few years I have lived, resilience is one virtue that I have had to imbibe in order to survive. In fact, this blog is a product of resilience because I wrote it despite the fact that my body was threatening to succumb to malaria. So you see, we live and breathe each day by resilience. We all have stages in life when things seem to be going against us, when life issues seem not to be going our way. People often try to give us reasons to doubt ourselves, or pull out of life’s game. What you do with such people will determine what you'll actually turn out to be. Gever Tulley once said “persistence and resili