17 GREAT QUOTES/GREAT PEOPLE THAT INSPIRE ME

Hello friends!

How are you all doing? It has been a while but I am here now. Today I want to share 17 quotes by entrepreneurs, public speakers and more that inspire me, motivate me to move forward and know I can always do better than I can imagine. These are powerful quotes and there are a lot more out there but these are still working for me in my academic life, my social life, my financial life and more. I couldn't resist sharing with you all.  If you like these quotes please feel free to comment and share other great quotes that inspire you. Also share on other social networks to reach out to other people.

1.“PEOPLE THINK I AM JOKING WHEN I SAY THAT WHOEVER EXPERIMENTS THE MOST IN LIFE WINS.” – TAI LOPEZ

If you have an idea, experiment it. You will never know if it will be successful or not if you don’t try. It is better than regretting.

2.“THE BIGGEST RISK IN LIFE IS NOT TAKING ANY RISK. IN A WORLD THAT IS CHANGING REALLY QUICKLY, THE ONLY STRATEGY THAT IS GUARANTEED TO FAIL IS NOT TAKING RISKS.” – MARK ZUCKERBERG

3. “MOVE OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. YOU CAN ONLY GROW IF YOU ARE WILLING TO FEEL AWKWARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN YOU TRY SOMETHING NEW.” – BRIAN TRACY

4. “IF YOUR FAITH SAYS YES, GOD CANNOT SAY NO.” – MARTINA AIKI

A popular Bible verse Matthew 17: 20 He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

I like to say I quoted this because I wrote this quote a long time ago and it increased my faith and worked wonders for me.

If you have a business plan or any plan, you need to believe in it. You cannot start up a business plan having doubts about your products. Whatever you want to try out in life, believe in it and in yourself.

5.  “IF YOU ARE NOT FIRST, YOU ARE LAST” – GRANT                CARDONE

Nobody is interested in who is second when there is someone first. Work hard until you are the best. In my school, there are people who are only interested in getting 60, the pass mark and just relax. I cannot be that way for as long as I know I can do better, I continue to push harder. Nobody wants the person getting 60 when someone else is getting 99. Remove the mentality that you just need to get the pass mark or you just need to be able to feed your family. You can continue to do better so why set a limit? If Bill Gates had a set a limit for his achievements don’t you think he would have crossed it years ago?

6.    “AS LONG AS YOU KEEP WAKING UP IN THE MORNING, IT IS AN EVIDENCE THAT HE IS NOT DONE WITH YOU YET” – STEVE HARVEY

If he is not done with you yet then why are you giving up?

7.    “IF YOU ARE HAVING A HARD TIME STICKING TO A SCHEDULE OR YOU PROCRASTINATE ALOT, THERE IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION. REDUCE THE TIME. DO LESS BUT BE MORE CONSISTENT. – TAI LOPEZ

8.    “YOU WILL NOT HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE AROUND NEGATIVE PEOPLE.” – GRANT CARDONE

9.    “AT THE END OF THE DAY, MOST PEOPLE ARE SELFISH AND SEE YOU AS A MEANS TO AN END. BUT A FEW WILL BUILD WITH YOU. FIND THOSE FEW.”- TAI LOPEZ

Choose your friends wisely. I wrote about obvious ways to identify fake friends CLICK HERE

10.              “WHILE YOU ARE SLEEPING, SOMEONE ELSE IS TRAINING TO BECOME BETTER.” –TAI LOPEZ

11.              “PRACTICE UNTIL YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO BE IGNORED.” – TAI LOPEZ

12.              “YOU CAN GET MOST THINGS YOU WANT IN LIFE. IT’S JUST THAT MOST GOALS WILL TAKE ONE OR TWO YEARS LONGER THAN EXPECTED. BE PATIENT.” – TAI LOPEZ

13.              “IF SOMEONE HAD TO THINK OF SOMETHING THAT REMINDED THEM OF YOU, WHAT WILL IT BE? – DR  MYLES MUNROE

14.              “THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO AVOID CRITICISM: DO NOTHING, SAY NOTHING, BE NOTHING.” – ARISTOLE

People will always criticize but you cannot decide to do nothing and become a “nobody” because you don’t want people to criticize you.

15.              “JEALOUSY IS A GOOD INDICATION YOU ARE DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. PEOPLE NEVER GET JEALOUS OF LOSERS.” – RANDOM

16.              “THE PEOPLE, WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORD, ARE THE ONES WHO DO.” – STEVE JOBS

17.              “DO NOT READ SUCCESS STORIES, YOU WILL ONLY GET THE MESSAGE. READ FAILURE STORIES, YOU WILL GET SOME IDEAS TO SUCCESS.” – ABDUL KALAM

I hope you find a few quotes that can also inspire you from these.  Thanks for reading.

7 TIPS ON HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC AND ACE IT

Hello friends!

It’s been a while, hope you all are doing good? School resumes tomorrow and it is going to be an excellent semester. I decided to share my 7 tips for public speaking to help those of you who are not able to speak in public, to encourage you and inform you that you can get better.

I also made a video on public speaking, I advice you watch it and learn from some of my life experiences I shared. 

1.    VISUALIZATION

When you need to talk to an audience, the first tip I recommend is visualize. Think about what you want to achieve at the end of the talk; answering questions, giving advice, people looking up to you and wanting to listen to you again. Visualizing what you want to achieve, will encourage you to work toward achieving it.

2.    KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

Identify the type of people you are talking to and direct your talk in the way that affects their lives. For instance, you are to talk to farmers about how to be successful. You cannot tell them to read their books or study hard and pass their exams. Although this is needed to be successful, but not to farmers.

3.    YOUR MESSAGE/CONTENT

Do your research and have adequate knowledge to give your talk. Nobody wants to be asked a question and cannot answer because they don’t know the answer. It is very embarrassing.

Your message should be brief and direct. Deliver a clear message to your audience.

Do not recite. Understand your topic and let it flow while you are talking. Have an outline and use bullet points to show your important points and key words to help your remember.

Use humour and life experiences to keep it lively and to enable people understand how your speech can apply to their lives.

4.    PRACTICE

Practice your speech. I don’t advice to practice in front of a mirror because you can get distracted by how beautiful or handsome you are or that might be when you notice you have a pointed nose. I advice you practice in front of camera and watch it so you can notice your flaws and correct them. You can also practice in small gatherings or with friends who are willing to help you and who give you constructive criticism. Any opportunity you have to talk in front of people, use it. Public speaking is a skill, you get better by practising.

5.    DRESS WELL

Dress well and give a very good first impression. Some people judge you by your looks so dress irresistibly and also maintain a good posture while you speak in order not to look dumb.

6.    EASE YOUR NERVOUSNESS

Know what makes you calm and do it. It might be hand gestures or pauses in your speech to take a deep breath. Just stay relaxed. Everybody gets nervous but the ability to control it when speaking is what makes them different.

7.    BE YOURSELF

You can’t be anybody else. If you follow the tips I have listed above, it is enough to make a good speech. You are capable, you just have to let it flow and do it your way. You cannot dance into the stage because you saw someone else do it and was applauded when you cannot dance well.

PRACTICE UNTIL YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO BE IGNORED!

Thanks for reading!

WHAT I EAT IN CHINA! FROGS? SNAKES?

Hey guys!

How you doing? Today we are talking food! When I tell people I school in china, they ask questions like ‘‘do you eat frog?’’ or ‘‘do you eat snakes?’’. I decided to share some pictures of what I eat when eat out in China to give you all an idea. I hope you love my Pictures. The Chinese man loves rice so most of these are eaten with rice.

CHICKEN

CHICKEN SOUP

FISH

SWEET POTATOES

CHIPS AND CHICKEN

BEEF SPAGHETTI

CHAO FAN

 This is Chinese fried rice. It usually contains eggs, beef, bacon or chicken and variety of vegetables. 

p.s: I got this particular photo from Google. I didn't have a picture of it. 

VARIETY

This photo contains appetizers, main course and dessert. There are places you go to for buffet service. Pay $9 and get buffet service for two hours but you can’t get a take away. 

PIZZA

CUMIN BEEF

RICE AND BARBECUE CHICKEN

ORANGE DRINK

It is obvious there is no frog or snake in any of the dishes. The Chinese man may eat all these but it is rare for a foreigner to eat them.  There can be pork at times but I have no picture of pork but foreigners eat pork too. I hope you liked my photos.

                        Thank you for reading.

Photo credit: IG- @sir_kay

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A THANKFUL NIGHT IN CHINA

Hello lovelies!

Hope you're good? Its Valentine's Day, i want to wish you all a happy Valentines'. Show love everyday. I also want to use this opportunity to thank you all for visiting my blog, reading, commenting, sharing and much more. I am glad i can share my thoughts, experiences and opinions with you all. I am privileged to have you all. To get notifications on my new posts, you can subscribe to my blog by email. I'll continue to post refreshing contents for us. Please Stay subscribed!

Last week i got a hair cut and i am planning to grow my natural hair. I love my new look and i feel good about myself.
Today i decided to share some pictures with you all, i hope you love them because i do!

This is back to my dormitory, i am true Nigerian. I've got my Naija flag on my door.

  

That's it guys. School will be resuming in two weeks but that wont stop me from posting awesome contents. 

Photo credits:  IG @sir_kay

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MY TURN

It was our family’s custom to go for the cross-over service on New Year’s Eve at our church and was more relevant because my parents were Knights of St Mulumba in Corpus Christi Cathedral.  This year, some of our extended relations came to celebrate with the New Year with us.

When the mass was over, it was past midnight already. My Uncle and my two cousins decided to walk home.

“Make sure you people don’t branch anywhere oh!” Mum cautioned.

“Musa! Come and walk back with us, I thought you said you are a big boy now?” Uncle Habib asked sarcastically as they strolled away.

I was a juvenile mummy’s boy that was scared of the dark and aware of the rampant vices in Portharcourt particularly during the festive period.

“Leave me alone” grasping tight unto my mother’s dress, like a suckling to its mother’s breast.

“If you people are not ready to go, I will go and leave you oh!” Dad said impatiently as he started the car.

We arrived home early. My aunt whom was not catholic had already returned from her church. It was late at night, so we went to bed.

My mum had not gone to bed yet when she overheard voices from her window which she had forgotten to close earlier on.

“Which one be your oga house?”  a deep, bass voice to the security man

We lived on the first floor of a three storied apartment. The house on the ground floor was still unoccupied.

The thieves were asking for the man living on the second floor but since that was his employer, the security man lied;

“Ahh! You wan attack my oga? He no get anything oh! But the Oga for the other house na Senator brother”   Kneeling, with one hand protecting his head and the other pointing towards my house.  

Thief oh! Thief oh! My mum began screaming like a woman set ablaze.

They heard her voice, ran towards our house door and started banging it.

“If you don’t open this door, when we come in, we will shoot all of you” the same voice mum heard earlier.

Vices were extremely rampant in my neighbourhood that when you hear people screaming for help, you ensure all your doors are locked and take shelter. I have heard cries for help many times but I never imagined it coming from my house.  

 I was sleeping with my aunt in the girl’s room which is opposite my parents’ because my uncle and cousins had not yet arrived home.

“Musa wake up and hide oh! Thieves have come” my aunt whispered with a quivering voice as she sneaked behind the door to hide.

The girl’s room in our house had two double bunk beds. I was a seven year old boy and I still had a petit physique. Whenever I played hide and seek with my friends in the house I would always shove myself through the narrow space under the bed.

It was dark; I woke up to the alarming voice of my mother and it took me a while to comprehend what was happening. I rapidly shoved my tiny body under the bed. Going under the bed was not as easy as during hide and seek. I had to struggle harder to get under.

I wanted to say the that Lord’s Prayer but I was shivering in fear so I started;

“God please let them not shoot my mummy and my daddy. I promise to continue to go to church”  

I was hoping not to hear the sound of a gunshot.

The house had gone quiet and my room’s door opened. I turned my face to the opposite direction frightened that I was about to die and more frightened to say my last prayer.

“Please don’t kill us” my aunt had already given me away by saying “us”, crouching behind the door with her eyes firmly closed.

“They have gone oh!” my mum said, coming into the room with my dad and both laughing at the countenance of my aunt.

“Where is Musa?” dad asked seeming worried now.

I made my way out of my hiding place which emboldened them to laugh even harder; my aunt included.

My cousins and Uncle returned ten minutes later and found the security man tied down with a rope and swollen eye. Frightened by this; my uncle picked up a large stick and headed to the door while my cousins hid outside.

At dawn, people started coming to the house to say they heard noises but no one actually helped. One of the people said he called the police but they never showed up.

As for the security man, my parents dealt with his matter. I don’t know how but I know I never saw him again.

SIMPLE WINTER INDOOR DRESSING

Hello Readers, I hope you all good? I know most people think New Year resolutions are bullshit because most people do not keep up to it till the end of January, well I don’t think so. I think the fact that a person has actually thought about their lives and making a change is a good step forward.

At the beginning of 2016 I made a New Year resolution that I can keep up with. I decided to work very well on my dressing. That doesn't mean I haven’t been dressing well but I have been a bit lazy about my dressing and that has changed. So this is the me you all are going to know.

In the spirit of winter, this is my winter indoor dressing. When I go out, I wear a Jacket on but inside what I am wearing now, I have two extra pair of clothes under to protect me from the cold.

I am wearing : Brown and Cream check masculine shirt

                        A pair of blue Jeans

                        Long black boots

                        Head scarf

 This is a simple way to dress. When I dress simple, I try to make something unique about it. I focused on my head scarf this time. 

This is a closer look of my head scarf and my shirt.

You may be thinking my head scarf is heavy or it may loose, but it isn't heavy and it wouldn't loose. I have the freedom to move my head anyhow I want and the scarf wouldn't fall off. I tied it myself and there are no pins supporting it.  

This is all about my simple look. What do think about it?

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A PEEK INTO MY WINTER HOLIDAY

I am a young Nigerian lady schooling in china and i  know most schools have resumed back but here, my holiday started not long ago. During the holidays, i adjust my sleep cycle back to Nigerian time which is 7 hours behind because i stay awake watching movies and chatting with friends in different time zones.

I was up all through last night with my friend and we got very hungry. We decided to head to KFC as soon as it was 6.30 AM and try out their breakfast package.





We headed out to KFC as early as we could it was freezing, as cold as -18° and getting a taxi wasn't so easy. It was our first time going to KFC very early in the morning so, we hadnt tried the breakfast package before.

The breakfast package was just a a cup coffee and a burger. It was quite expensive compared to other chinese meals, it cost 15 chinese yuan. Which is about $2.5 and over 500 nigerian Naira for one deluxe burger and a cup of coffee.

The burger contained a slice of cheese, egg and pork fillet.

 After the first package, we were not satisfied and we ordered twisters. This one actually, is made up of egg and flour wrap, chicken, cabbage and
                                         mayonaise. We got satisfied and hurried back to sleep.

It is winter and it's very difficult for people to get off their bed or go outside. This is a peek into my winter holiday!
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