By Goke Ilesanmi Discipline is about being able to control your own behaviour so that you can do what you are expected to do without being told by anybody. It is also a way of training your mind or learning to control your behaviour and obey rules. It is also known as “self-discipline”. We […]
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By Goke Ilesanmi Motivation is the key ingredient for success in any organisation. You can have all the technical skills in the world, but if you cannot motivate your team, it will be difficult to achieve success. Motivation has long been recognised as being vital to the fulfilment of human potential. It has never
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By Goke Ilesanmi I would like to start by asking you this question: What image do you cut of yourself? It is positive or negative? I am asking you because of the way some people see themselves. When I was a child, my father used to tell me to go to a barber’s (shop)
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By Goke Ilesanmi Your commitment to excellence will inevitably determine the quality of your life, irrespective of your chosen career. Therefore, accommodate excellence in your life and expel mediocrity, which is all about living below your true potential. Take mediocrity lid off your ability to excel by developing qualities that an average person lacks.
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By Goke Ilesanmi It was a Saturday morning about 25 years ago. I had been so exhausted the previous day that I could not wake up on time. In fact, I was still fast asleep to the extent that I was dreaming. In my dream, a rich man who had just sent me on
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By Goke Ilesanmi Your exposure or experience determines the level of your knowledge. According to the Nigerian Yoruba tribe folklore, there was a man who was tired of life because he was financially poor and had just one or two clothes. He therefore headed for the bush to hang himself. On getting there, he
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By Goke Ilesanmi Most people in the second language environment habitually pretend that English Language is “sequentially” their “mother tongue”. That is, the first language in their acquired languages. They pretend that they do not understand or speak their local languages as much as they understand or speak English. There is no need
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By Goke Ilesanmi In my motivational talk at the seminar we organised on Friday, October 1, 2010 in Lagos, Nigeria to celebrate Nigeria’s independence anniversary, a golden jubilee for that matter, I asked the audience this question: “How would you describe yourself – a thermostat or thermometer?” I asked this question because, in addition
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By Goke Ilesanmi Success is about discovering your best talents, skills and abilities and using them appropriately to better your life and the lives of others. I went to see a friend of mine recently. Beside his house, I saw a short young man jumping into the air to pluck some mangoes from
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By Goke Ilesanmi It is believed in the traditional Yoruba society of Nigeria, my tribe, that names are a very important aspect of people’s identity. Beyond the issue of identity, the Yoruba also believe that names have something to do with how people will eventually behave, and even determine their (people’s) fortune or ability
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