PRINCIPLE OF DELIBERATE EFFORT

Principle of deliberate effort. I am going to be sharing with you one of the most dynamic principles of success. Many are poor because they did not adhere to the principle. The rich practiced it emphatically and were rewarded with greatness. Some threw in the towel when they were very close to the peak and ended up as average men and women. I have been on this principle for a while and found it to be quite rewarding.

This principle says, if you engage in any particular work or business for thirteen (13) years, by the end of the thirteen years, you will be successful. It also says that if you can be committed to the success of the business: endure hatred, conspiracy, and imprisonment, in the end, you will smile.

For example, when Joseph was a young man, he had a dream in which his father, mother, and brothers bowed down to him. They hated him when he told them about the dream; his brothers got angry and threw him into a pit, sold him as a slave and he was later thrown into prison. It was thirteen (13) years between his dreams and the time he left prison to become a prime minister in Egypt.
The principle of deliberate effort says, when you are thinking of how to move from your current level to a higher level of life, you should think of the price you have to pay to get there. It emphasizes ‘no price no gain’. It talks about being able to endure the unfavorable moments for thirteen years while waiting for a new dawn.

When David was a teenager (at age 17), he was anointed as the next King of Israel. He faced Goliath, banished by King Saul, hid in the desert, ran from curve to curve, and fought many battles. The period between the time he was anointed as a King and when he actually became King was thirteen years. He was tested just like Joseph. The Bible says in Psalm 105:19 that Until the time came to fulfill his dream, the Lord tested Josephs's character.

The principle of deliberate effort emphasized that every prospective great man must be ready to face his own Goliath, banishment, and desert experience for thirteen years before breaking through. This Principle or pattern is found in the Bible, in the corporate world and it is experienced in every sphere of life, even in government.
The Destiny Child by Beyoncé Knowles was fraught for years with difficulties, setbacks, and failures, and after thirteen years, Destiny Child hit stardom and became one of the foremost musicians in the world. 

J.K Rowling, the number one billionaire author, according to Forbes achieved her historic breakthrough thirteen years after her first book was published. In a related episode, the popular Robert Kiyosaki wrote his international notoriety book Rich Dad, Poor Dad thirteen years after he started his financial education company.
Access Bank PLC was licensed in 1989. Thirteen years later a new management team that positively changed the story of the bank was injected. The bank later acquired, Marina Bank, Capital Omnifinance, Firbank (Burundi), Intercontinental Bank, Kenya's Transactional Bank, and lately, Diamond Bank.

Listen to this, if you have been involved in any business, research, or academic work for thirteen years, and you have not had a breakthrough, you may have to quit the business or project or consider venturing into a new business because the principle of deliberate effort never fails, it can only deliver earlier than expected. The deliberate effort requires your total commitment, body soul, and spirit, your tenacity, sagacity, emotion, and love to achieve your desired result.

It was exactly thirteen years of my staying in Lagos on January 7th, 2020. I came into this city with my school leaving certificate and started life as a housekeeper or what is popularly referred to as a house boy in Nigeria. That shows that a lot of things about me were zero before I came to Lagos. I was born in one of the worst slums in Nigeria to parents who are both peasant farmers. I knew what abject poverty is and what it is like to walk five miles to school barefooted. I experienced what it means to be homeless and cried to bed at times because I was unable to meet my pressing needs. I knew what it means to soak cassava powder (gari) three times a day. I know what humiliation is.

After thirteen years of staying in Lagos, I now hold a degree from the University of Lagos, and a National Diploma from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye. I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, (CIBN), as well as have a Certificate in Leadership from Daystar Leadership Academy, Lagos.

Additionally, I hold a Certificate in Computer Education from Izeeteck Computer Institute and a Diploma of Theology from The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) School of Disciples, and a Diploma in Digital Marketing all in Lagos, Nigeria.  I am now an author of the inspirational book titled Awaken the Champion in You: Unleashing the Winner Within, a book that anchors on the decision, focus, possibilities, success, and champions.

I currently work as a Banker in the Micro-Finance sub-banking sector, where I hold the position of a Team Lead (Supervisor) in the Internal Control Unit in Beyond Credit Limited.

Outside the banking hall, I am a Motivational speaker, with a focus on Personal Development, Peak Performance, Management consulting, and coaching.

I am the CEO of Skyhigh Motivational, a human capital development organization that powered the Success Breath Seminar, Success Breath Articles, and Success Breath Blog. All these programs have been running for seven years.

Guess what? By the time we reach 13th years the whole world will definitely hear about us.

Deliberate Effort

SIMULATION

I called this sub-heading simulation because my best-kept secrets are highlighted and discussed here to convey a more realistic experience of mine for you to emulate and replicate.

At the beginning of my public speaking, I started by sharing stories of people who motivated me. Today, I have become an inspiration and a compass to many young people with my life experiences. I have compiled about thirteen success nuggets that I learned in thirteen years of my deliberate effort. These nuggets are my best-kept secrets. Number 7 principle is a highly valuable principle that I will share in my future seminars.

Personal Development

When I came to Lagos from the village, the first name I earned myself was Village boy” (Ara oko, in the Yoruba language).

That name drove me crazy. I would ordinarily fight anyone who addresses me as such but the truth is that they were just stating the obvious. I lived and schooled in the village for twenty-one years before I left my parents.

Guess what? Today, after thirteen years, people call me a genius, wise man, intelligent, smart, and even Ajebota (someone who lives a privileged or pampered life).

Self-Motivation

Like fuel that powers a car, motivation powers your soul for better performance.

When I started years ago as a housekeeper, I met a young lady called Abegunde Damilola.  Damilola was a great source of inspiration to me.

At the age of 17, she was already processing her admission into the university while I was 21years old with no hope of going to university. To me, going to university then was like a mirage. Listen to this, if nothing is pulling you forward, the forces that are pulling you backward will soon prevail.

Make God your Senior Partner

If God is all you have, then He is all you need. I have also learned that when a creature runs faster than the Creator, he runs into pre-mature death.

Fast and Pray in the Holy Ghost

“Rbaraka jukafebjgmjgmnnnn hfbvvbb nbngv hgjhrtndbrjngnngmgfnnmbg.bnmmngngvhbvnnchbrbjgm”.

Are you struggling to pronounce those words? Yes, it is the language of the Holy Ghost. 

Stay in a Supportive Environment

Ensure that your environment is supportive.
The town in which you reside, the house in which you reside, and the place where you fellowship may not determine the size of your dreams, but they can influence the rate of maturity of the seed of your dream.

I have chosen to stay in an expensive environment to support my progress I am not crazy; I just understand that some environments do not support progression. This is my second most kept secret. I can write a book on this, yet it might not be enough to explain how paramount this principle works.

Sacrifice
Sacrifice is like a link or a bridge and a ladder.
You must braze up to endure those dark moments: poverty, painful detours, and life-threatening occurrences. It was during those moments of my life that I got an inspirational question: Why is it darkest when it is about to be done?

Principle of Possibility Calculus

This nugget is the most valuable nugget and it is my topmost secret.

Honesty

I learned honesty the hard way. I am living it. It earns me a job when I least expected it. It earns me the trust of senior colleagues. It gives me some job security. It gives me confidence. It simplified my job and my life. It makes me not have to remember what I said. It gives me an identity. Yet, I learned it the hard way. The corporate world has been looking for and would continue to demand men's and women of honesty. Honesty will make you a hot cake.

Choose Your Friends Wisely

A Togolese friend of mine once said It is better to be a lonely lion than a popular goat”. But my mentor always says If you stay long enough with a he-goat you will smell like one.

A man will remain the same way he is today in the next five years, except for two things: the books he reads and the friends he keeps. You must detoxify toxic friends. “It is better to be the least in the midst of wise men than to be a king of fools.  Benson Adima

   10. Do More Than You Are Paid To Do

There is a problem today. What is this problem? Too many people often try to compartmentalize their life. By working lazily on their pay employment to reserve energy for their own enterprise, only for them to discover that they cannot manage their own enterprise as well.

As a young person, you must be willing to do more than what you are paid to do. By so doing, a time will come when you will use that your extra effort as a basis for a promotion or salary increase. More so, by doing more than you are paid to do, you would be sharpening your skills for your own business in the future. Worst still, if you are the type that steals from your employer, repent, if not, someday your employees will steal from you on a larger scale.

    11. Discipline with Food, Sleep, and Opposite Sex

Many have sacrificed their lives on the altar of what to eat and drink. An example in the Bible is Esau.

According to a recent study of 78 years people, 25 years of their 78 years were spent sleeping. Many young people have traded their destinies and lost their children to sleep. In 1Kings 3:19, we were told a woman killed her son because she laid on him. Also in Acts 20:9, Eutychus was listening to Paul while sinking into a deep sleep, he fell to the ground and died.
Reuben slept with his father's concubine, Bilhah, and was cursed.

    12. Get Mentors, Coaches, and Advisers

“If you allow the life of those who know more than you to serve as inspiration to you, one day your aspirations will serve as inspiration to others. - Benson Adima.

    13. Power of Positive Thinking

This is a practical guide to mastering the problems of everyday living, a 1952 self-help book by Norman Vincent Peale. This book provides anecdotal case histories of positive thinking, and practical instructions which were designed to help the reader achieve a permanent and optimistic attitude. This book influenced me greatly.

     14. The Principle of Conjecture

This principle is a bonus.  Live your life as though you have nothing to defend or to prove.

I learned this principle recently. It is based on a mathematical statement that is believed to be true whether it is proven or not. So you don't need anybody's approval to be you. You've got to stop living your life as though you are at the mercy of people.

Bishop David Oyedepo publicly admonished the youth at the end of the 2018 edition of the International Youth Alive Convention of Living Faith Church Worldwide by saying: “It is not what you know that matters but what you do with what you know.

It is time to begin to take those daring nuggets and put them into practice in a way that will make you become a CHANGE DRIVER!