Jul 26, 2018
Turn Your  Passion To Your Vocation

Duyilemi Akindele Felix|Author|Coach|Consultant

Your Success is where your passion lies

Duyilemi A. Felix

What is your passion? Is it a passion to?

-Write?

-Sing?

-travel?

-teach?

-compose?

-organize?

-plan?

-create?

-smile?

-research?

-help?

-counsel ?

Work becomes fun when you are working on what you are passionate about.


Look around you the people who are truly fulfilled in life are people who have made their passion their career.


Brian Tracy Coaches, John.C Maxwell trains, Anthony Robbins motivates, Shakespeare writes, Messi plays football, Tiger wood plays golf…and the list goes on.


Success becomes fun when passion romances with work. When you find your passion, you won’t look for a job again.


You don’t have to abandon your passion for the lifestyle you want. The truth is, your passion will create the lifestyle you want! If your passion is writing, then write. If it’s singing, sing. Whatever your passion is, that is where your blessing is.


“Your passion contains the seed to your greatness”

A man once said, when you find your vocation, you have found your vacation. When you are doing what you are passionate about you have found what really make life rewarding and fulfilling.

Your passion contains the seed to your greatness. People like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Donald Trump and others are really into the business they are passionate about. They do what they love and get paid doing it. The money they have is a token of reward for working on their passion.

Recently I was invited to speak at a business summit and I really enjoyed myself delivering my speech, it was awesome. When I was paid at the end of the program, I was almost tempted to ask, "for what?" It was then it dawned on me that I was really paid for enjoying myself while sharing my passion with others.


Right now, whatever your passion is you can really be fulfilled, even financially, doing it.


Many people make the mistake of abandoning their passion so that they can make a living, what they fail to realize is that making a living should be a by-product of pursuing their passion.


If you are in a dreary job that wears you out physically, emotionally and spiritually just because you have bills to pay, you can’t really enjoy life. If you have to wake up every Monday with a frown face and wait until Friday to say TGIF (Thank God it’s Friday), you are in a wrong job!


When you are doing what you are passionate about, you will wake up every day saying TGIT( Thank God it’s Today!). That is how to really live life maximally.


You can make a business out of your passion no matter what it’s. If you like to read for instance, can you make money out of that? Decidedly yes!


You can share what you read in books, organize seminar, create a blog, edit books and even become a consultant.


If you like sports you could become a sportswriter or photographer, work in sports management. You could become a sport analyst, a coach, a manager or a team publicist.


Today you can make a living from making people laugh, dance, sing, write, design, talk or from just anything!


You don’t have to endure life, you can enjoy it.

The best way to do that is to find what you like and build a business around it. If you like sitting at home, that is not bad, don’t worry about people leaving their homes early. Just think of what you can do from home. There is a popular blogger in Nigeria who makes lot of money from home. You can turn your passion to a business.


Think of what you can do with your passion first, the money will follow if you become good at it.


Let’s Talk: Why do you think many people don’t pursue their passion? Leave your opinion in the comment box. Thank you.

About Me

Duyilemi A. Felix loves learning, reading and writing. He focuses his energy on learning important life principles and he teaches what he learns through books, seminars, media, churches and in corporate organizations. Reach him via [email protected].

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Jul 18, 2017
Excellence is a Mindset: Godman Akinlabi

Pastor Godman Akilabi

The Discovery Conference 2017 with the theme “Redefining Success” organized by the Pastor cum Manager Enoch Durotoye has come and gone. However, the experience will remain indelible in the lives of participants. Well, in my own words, it was “Awesome and life redefining.”

Here are a few highlights of powerful “thoughts” harvested from Godman Akinlabi, the lead pastor of Elevation Church, Lagos, who was the main speaker at the conference.


On Excellence


Excellence is a journey, not a destination. Excellence is a good quality in an unusual degree. It’s the quality of being outstanding. According to Godman Akinlabi, “Excellence is a mindset. Before you can produce excellent products, you have to think excellent thoughts.” Excellence is a habit. To him, “Mediocrity is the opposite excellence.” And mediocrity was defined as the quality of being satisfied with the “Minimal.”

Mediocrity comes from mental laziness. The refusal  to “Think.”  Referring to his book “The Seven Laws of Foolishness” he stated the "first law of Foolishness" as “Thou shalt Not Think.” A mediocre is easily “Overwhelmed.” There is no overwhelming situations only people who are overwhelmed by situations.

To cultivate excellence, one must aspire. Excellence is not a gift, it’s a product of desire. Excellence can be cultivated, there is no excuse to stay a mediocre.


On Earning.


Money flows in the direction of value.  When you focus on value creation you become a money magnet.

There are three ways to earn a living:

Through physical effort/energy: The least way of earning

Through Mental Effort/Energy: The higher way to earning

Through Spiritual Effort/Energy: The highest way to earning.

A “fool” only relies on his physical efforts to earn a living. The wise depend more on spiritual and mental energy to earn and less on physical efforts. 


On Success


Success is who you are. 

Success is defined as achievements of goals. Biblically, success is defined as the achievement of God’s given goals. God only sees you as successful when you achieve His purpose for your life.

 

Success is not about what you have, it’s about who you are. When you become more, you will have more. If you focus on being, the material equivalent of who you are will show up with time.

Success is first internal before external. When it comes to genuine success “being” should proceed “doing.” 

Until you change inside, you can’t change outside. True transformation starts from within.

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On Thoughts


Take care of your thoughts. Your life will follow the direction of your most dominant thoughts. You need to constantly renew your minds for as he thinks in his heart so he is.

A poor man thinks in terms of expensive, a rich man thinks in terms of investment. The gap between the rich and the poor is “thought/thinking”

On the power of Words


A successful person talks like God.

Words are the formation of your destiny.

If you change what you are saying, you can change what you are seeing.

On Vision


When you are filled with the Holy Spirit, it will affect your sight! Vision alters your perception of reality.

What are you seeing today? What you see is what you will become. What you behold, is what you will become.

On Action.


Your knowledge must translate into action. Right thinking plus right speaking couple with right action make success  predictable.

As a child of God you should take steps as though it were impossible for you to fail.

 

Wow, you will agree with me that these are powerful thoughts! Or, what do you think?


Dr. Duyilemi Akindele Felix is a renowned  writer and InternationalInspirational Speaker. He is a popularly sought after Speaker in Corporate Organizations, Schools, Seminars and Churches and host of a daily Radio Program "Life Without Limits" on Impact 92.5Fm. He has written a number of inspirational books, including "It’s In You" "Pick Up Your Broken dreams" "Wake Up Your Destiny" and others. He spends his time reading, writing and speaking. Reach him via [email protected]


 

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Imagine you have a complete access to God’s Brain to solve your most outstanding personal and professional challenges right now! Wouldn’t that be terrific!


That is exactly what you are about to learn in this book.


Get the digital copy here.

DOWNLOAD MY BOOK, "It’s In You" Now

Thousands have been inspired and blessed by this book.


It teaches you how to discover, develop and display that which is in you!



Download the digital copy HERE

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Many people have called this book a compelling DESTINY Textbook.


Everything you need to know about your destiny you will find it in this book.


The rest of your life can be full of positive excitement because you know what you are living for!


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One of the greatest laws of success is the law of Positive Knowing or Law of Positive Conviction which the psychologists refer to as Success Efficacy.


This book will build "success conviction" in you that will make it impossible for you to fail in life.

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TEN TERRIFIC LESSONS I LEARNT FROM JUMOKE THE BREAD SELLER.


Jumoke Orisaguna the bread seller

Once in a while, we all need a break from the usual stories of suicide, bombing, kidnapping and other vices that seem to stream endlessly to us on social media. One of such phenomenon breaks is the story of a young woman who walked the streets of Lagos selling the popular Agege bread. The ex-bread seller, Jumoke Orisaguna, has suddenly moved from a nobody to international fame. Her story is a classic example of Rag-to-riches story or From Grass to Grace. 

According to CNN “Jumoke Orisaguna is a mother of two who used to walk the streets of Lagos selling bread. Originally a hairstylist from Osun State, south west Nigeria, she was struggling to make ends meet, and left her husband and two children in their home town to become a street vendor in the economic capital. Working from 2:30pm to 11:00pm selling bread, Jumoke would make less than $20 each day –with a profit of around $1. Now she’s about to become a top model; signed to a modeling agency and gaining international fame and prominence.”

Responding to an interview, the erstwhile bread seller said, "I never expected this would ever happen to me.  My friends have told me they saw me on the TV and they are really happy. My parents cannot believe their own child can become such a success. They are all so happy."

From this inspiring story, I have personally learnt 10 terrific lessons I will be sharing with you:

1.The Reality of Divine Favour.

There is no way one can explain the meteoric rise of Jumoke to fame without recourse to supernatural or divine assistance. I listened to her speak on NTA, and it was obvious that Jumoke lacked basic education. She wasn’t able to express herself in common English. She had no connection with TY Bello who was instrumental to her success.  It’s even possible that Jumoke didn’t owe a Facebook account though her fame started from Facebook. To me, God chose to favour Jumoke. She was divinely assisted to be at the right place at the right time. The Bible is replete with examples of divine assistance. For instance, Joseph woke up one day as a prisoner but slept that same day  as Prime Minister, Saul was looking for his father’s lost donkey, he came back anointed as the first king of Israel, David went to the battled as errand boy he returned as national celebrity. That is the reality of divine favour.


2.Never Surrender The Possibilities of Your Future To The Realities of Your Present.

Today for Jumoke things have changed. She is no longer a bread seller, she’s now a superstar model. This was a dream she never had! From making $1 a day to international fame, Jumoke’s yesterday realities were no longer her realities today. She has experienced a complete metamorphosis. You don’t have to define yourself based on the current status of your bank account. You may be currently struggling to make ends meet that doesn’t indicate that things will continue to be that way. Your current realities no matter how worse they are, shouldn’t steal away your dreams and aspirations.


3.Never look down on anybody.

Everybody is important no matter their current realities. Poor people use your past to judge you, average people use your present to measure you, but exceptional people use your future to relate with you. How many Jumokes still walk our streets today selling bread? How should we relate with that young girl who sells tomatoes in our streets. Jumoke story should tell us that every failure is a potential success, every poor man is a potential rich man, and every sinner is a potential saint. Relate with people not based on their present or past realities but by the vision of what they can become.

 

4. Never Write Yourself Off

It’s not over until it’s over. Jumoke in her own words said, “I never expected this would ever happen to me.  My friends have told me they saw me on the TV and they are really happy. My parents cannot believe their own child can become such a success. They are all so happy” It can happen to you and I. From a bread seller without a University degree to international fame, things can indeed change drastically. You don’t have to write yourself off because you couldn’t get a job few years after graduating from the University. Don’t write yourself off just because you couldn’t pay your house rent. Don’t write yourself off Just because you couldn’t take care of your family. If today is hopeless, remember, God has made arrangement for tomorrow.


5. You Don’t Need To Figure Out How Things Will Work Out.

Jumoke didn’t have to pay for audition. She didn’t even have formal or informal relationship with TY Bello. She didn’t pay for the picture. She didn’t open a Facebook account herself an upload the pic. Things just worked out for her. Now she has been given a Scholarship for her Education and her two children have also been given scholarship for their Education to University. Many a time, we worry ourselves trying to figure out how things will work out, which is absolutely not necessary. Trust in God, let go and believe things will work out without you fretting.


6.Be Part of Someone’s Greatness.

Jumoke won’t be where she’s now without the presence of TY Bello. Her story can never be complete without mentioning the name TY Bello. The woman is a major part of her greatness. There cannot be greater fulfillment in life than to know that through you someone had become what he is today. In a world where everybody is thinking about himself, the story of Jumoke serves us to always think about others and what we can do to support and assist them. TY Bello will forever be happy that he produced a superstar model. Jumoke success story should be dedicated to her. Be part of someone’s greatness.


7.Do Something.

Miracles happen when we are on motion. Jumoke could have stayed at home fighting with her husband for his inability to take care of the family. She didn’t do that. She was willing to work. Though the profit was meager, she stayed with the work until fortunes smile on her. The Bible instructs us “Whatever your hands find to do, do it with all your might.” Go out of your house and find something to do. From there who knows whether you will be meeting a TY Bello!


8.Everybody has Something.

To Jumoke it’s  beauty. I am convinced that all of us have got something marketable to our world. We may not even realize it. Jumoke didn’t realize how beautiful she was until people start liking her picture on Facebook. You have got something beautiful in you even though you may currently not be aware of it. It could  be a smile, a book, a song, a concept, an idea, a design- something. You may not wait until someone finds you, find yourself and give the world a piece of your good news.


 9. The Power of Social Media.

Good or evil, social media is a force. You can no longer ignore the power of social media in projecting your brand to the world. The success of Jumoke could be attributed to the power of social media. That tells us the need to take advantage of these powerful tools to showcase our beauty to the world. If you have anything at all to promote now, get it on social media, you never can tell what happens next.


10. A change can occur in Split Second.

Change can take place within seconds. Jumoke moment of changed occurred at the flash of a camera. Yours maybe on your way to work tomorrow; It could be through a phone call. It could be you running into an old friend. Mine can come through someone reading this article now! Stay open. Be full of expectation, a change can occur in split second. Yours may be next!



Jumoke the bread seller now a superstar model!

Your story can have a happy ending!

About the Author

Dr. Duyilemi Akindele Felix is a renowned  writer and International Inspirational Speaker. He is a popularly sought after Speaker in Corporate Organizations, Schools, Seminars and Churches. He has written a number of inspirational books including "It’s In You" "Pick Up Your Broken dreams" "Wake Up Your Destiny" and others. He spends his time reading, writing and speaking.

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Feb 15, 2016
Don’t Allow Your Past to Imprison Your Future.

 

There are two ways you can view your life; you can look at the past and count your failures or look at your future and count your dreams. It’s what you count that counts!


Your past can become a limitation to what you can achieve and become in the future. Some people have become imprisoned by their past that they have no hope of fulfilling their dreams. John Mason observed, “Regret looks back; worry looks around; faith looks up!”

 

Jim Rohn in his book, 7 Strategies for Wealth and Happiness, notes, “Many people are afraid to get going because of past failure and pain. They carry heavy burdens on their souls; burden that unless they unloaded will weigh them down forever…there is nothing you can do about the past. It is gone and buried”


One thing we must know is that whatever happened in the past is gone and we can do nothing about it. But, most times rather than putting the past behind us we hold unto it in our memories which now constitute a mental block that keeps us from advancing and pursuing our goals and dreams. When this happens, one becomes confined and stagnant instead of moving on to success.

 

That dear woman of God, Kathryn Kuhlman notes, “It seems the easiest thing in the world to live in the past. When we live in the past, there are and will be regrets. We see the nurturing of hurt feelings. There will be thought of injustice, there will be memories of things that should be buried and forgotten. We are reluctant to lose our hold on the past and hesitate to start living the future. As a result, instead of joy and adventure, we know only the pangs of remorse, and we never have peace of mind.”

 

 Since, we can’t alter our past, we are supposed to focus on our present actions and take control of our future. You have a decision to make either to use your past to your advantage or allow your past to take advantage of your future.


You can make your past work for you when you learn from it and use the lesson to influence your present decision in order to avoid the negative result you had in the past or you can allow your past to take advantage of you by preventing you from trying, aspiring and advancing. Robert Schuller questioned, “Are old hurts, old defeats, and old setbacks haunting, holding, and hurting you?

I’ll never get married again.”

“I’ll never trust anyone again”

“I’ll never believe God again”

“I’ll never go into business again”

“I’ve been burned once-never again”

He added, “If you think this way then you have allowed past unfortunate incidents to move in and dominate you. Don’t let bad memories manipulate you.”

 

You need to understand that every successful person had his or her own past. In fact, if you have the privilege to listen to the story of some successful people, vis-à-vis, their beginning, their mistakes and failures- you will be encouraged. You may then reason that you have not really done anything compared to them to merit being called a permanent failure. John Mason said, “Failure may look like a fact, but it’s just an opinion. Successful people believe that mistakes are just feedback. It’s not how far you fall but how high you bounce that makes the difference.”

 

Are you crying over the mistake you made in the past? Will you allow your past failures to destroy your dreams? You don’t have to allow the accusation of your past to stop the inspiration of your future. Pick up your broken dreams and move on.

 

Joel Osteen writes:

 Let go of your failures and let those doors totally closed behind you. Step forward into the future that God has for you, knowing there’s nothing you can do about past disappointments. You can’t change the past, but you can do something about the future. What’s in front of you is far more important than what is behind you. Where you are going is more significant than where you came from or where you have been.”

 

Keep Your vision ahead of you, your best days are before you not behind you.



About the Author.

Dr. Duyilemi Akindele Felix is a renowned  writer and International Inspirational Speaker. He is a popularly sought after Speaker in Corporate Organizations, Schools, Seminars and Churches. He has written a number of inspirational books including "It’s In You" "Pick Up Your Broken dreams" "Wake Up Your Destiny" and others. He spends his time reading, writing and speaking.

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