John is one of the best employees I've ever hired.
He is intelligent, smart and hardworking.
BUT, John is also an habitual liar.
This guy told lies about everything under the Sun and I would have fired him several times if not because he's truly useful for my business.
However over 3 years after I had employed him, John came to my office with a problem he had and he needed my help.
As he talked, my heart was convinced that he really needed my help.
BUT my brain interrupted my heart, "Why do you think that a man who had lied to you 100 times in the past is not lying right now?"
I looked straight to John and told him, "I'm sorry, I think you might be telling the truth right now but there's no way I can trust your words because you've lied to me too many times in the past"
Ok.
This is why I'm telling you this story:
Your attitude in life determines your altitude.
Whether you have good attitudes or bad ones, you're simply doing yourself favour or harm.
Your kindness, honesty or love towards other humans aren't things you do for God but for yourself.
Your lies, cheat or evil aren't things you do to harm other humans.
It might take time but some forms of Karma is real.
Do good not for God, but for yourself.
Be honest, upright and straightforward, not for God, but for yourself.
About 2 months ago, I decided to read the autobiography of one of the founding fathers of my country (Sir, Ahamadu Bello).
Reading this book I came across the story of how he and his townsmen would spend about two weeks traveling a journey of 179 kilometers.
I paused and taught about that story.
It takes me about 4hrs to drive 179KM (even with some traffic congestion) but my forefathers had to walk TWO LONG WEEKS to get to the same destination.
Let me tell you another story.
I read this from Benjamin Franklin's biography
It happened in the 18th Century
Franklin had to SELL his clothes so he could buy books.
Read that again.
Franklin sold his very cloth, so he could buy books because books were too expensive.
Today I (or anyone) can buy books for pennies
We can look up information on Google
We can listen to quality Podcast
The number of information people like Benjamin Franklin struggled to acquire for one decade in the 18th century is what an average human has today in ten days, for free
Just ask Google.
Now, what is the point of this post?
Gratitude!
When you understand that what you have is PRECIOUS, you'll be curious about maximizing it.
Let me give you some examples;
For me, having easy access to books and Google is a miracle (If I were born in the 14th century, I would probably never touch a book in my entire life), so I learn like crazy through books and Google.
For me, having Aircondition in my office is a miracle (the richest man in the world in the 17th century didn't even have a fan), so I have to work really hard
For me, being able to write this post on a Saturday morning and get thousands of people to read it from tens of countries is a MIRACLE (Napoleon Hill or Dale Carnegie could never reach people in 50 countries from their Home Office), so I write this post well.
You get my point.
When Eric Subrah saw the ability to work online as a miracle, he ran to build ZOOM
When Jeff Bezos saw the ability to sell online as a miracle, he resigned from his job to build AMAZON
When Elon Musk saw the possibility of getting humans to Mars as a Miracle, he's running after it.
People who don't appreciate life don't have a life.
People who always complain about what they lack always lack passion
People who don't see miracles don't perform miracles
Steve Courage
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PLEASE HELP:
Dear family, please I need your help on something.
I want to know who I'm speaking to/who is watching our videos.
This is important because knowing who I'm talking to helps in knowing how to create the best content.
Yes, YouTube tells us WHERE our audience watch from but that doesn't mean much until you know WHO they are.
Kindly tap any of the following options and I'll be grateful
(PLEASE help this survey reach 10k response)
Thanks for your time.
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please, I NEED YOUR HELP
Hey brothers, this is Steve and I need your help on something.
In the last few weeks I've read in the comment a few people pointing to how I murdered English (in other words, my English is poor).
Someone complained about how I didn't follow the rule of concord while others pointed to how I mispronounced certain words.
Honestly, I'm NOT sorry for not speaking good English (because, obviously, English isn't my language).
But I want to take the opinion of other people outside of these few conplaints and that's why I'm writing this.
This is how you can help me;
If you've watched my videos in the past, let me know how difficult it's for you to understand my accent ?
Second, how pissed off are you each time I mispronounced something?
(if English is your primary language kindly state it. This will help me understand how first speakers of English feel about my English)
Thabks (yes, I mispronounced that)
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I have this relative who used to HATE me referring to my business as A COMPANY
For example if we had conversation and I said something like;
"My company is looking into doing XYZ"
He would give me a strange look or change the topic immediately.
He is a lot older than me.
He knew when I walked around the street naked
He knew my poor parents
And he knew (or he believed) that I can NEVER build a company.
Especially because the entire thing i used to refer to as a COMPANY only had 2 employees.
His unspoken words to me was; "CALL IT A BUSINESS (maybe you should add small before the business).
Anyway, i continued referring to my enterprise as a COMPANY because that's what i was seeing in my mind.
I kept building, learning and building while I kept him in the dark as per what i was doing
Then, one day he got to know that I was paying millions of Naira in monthly salaries.
He then got to know how many employees I have
Then, he one day saw our monthly revenue.
Ok.
Ok.
Then, he now want me to talk more and more about my COMPANY.
He now believes that I have a COMPANY and he would like me to show him how he could have a company too.
Ok, what is the point of this story?
Well, the first time you share your dream with people, they would think you're out of your mind.
When you share it again, they might hate you (remember Joseph in the Bible?)
Then when they see you pursuing that dream and year after year your result is small, they'll secretly laugh at you.
At this period, they don't want to hear from you that that little seed would one day become a big tree.
NO!
Don't tell them that you'll become a millionaire.
Don't tell them that you'll be a famous writer
Don't tell them that you'll become a national expert because what they're seeing now is the little you and that's what
they believe you'll be FOREVER.
Now if tomorrow you succeed, then, they'll say;
"I've always known that you'll succeed"
Are you waiting for other people to believe in you before you start pursuing your dream?
You'll wait FOREVER.
Are you sad because someone thinks you can't amount to much in life?
Well, stop being sad.
Ignore your doubter.
Stop telling them about your moves
Work hard and learn hard, in secret
Then, one day they'll be shocked that you become who you said you'll become.
Steve Courage,
Lagos, Nigeria
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John is one of the best employees I've ever hired.
He is intelligent, smart and hardworking.
BUT, John is also an habitual liar.
This guy told lies about everything under the Sun and I would have fired him several times if not because he's truly useful for my business.
However over 3 years after I had employed him, John came to my office with a problem he had and he needed my help.
As he talked, my heart was convinced that he really needed my help.
BUT my brain interrupted my heart, "Why do you think that a man who had lied to you 100 times in the past is not lying right now?"
I looked straight to John and told him, "I'm sorry, I think you might be telling the truth right now but there's no way I can trust your words because you've lied to me too many times in the past"
Ok.
This is why I'm telling you this story:
Your attitude in life determines your altitude.
Whether you have good attitudes or bad ones, you're simply doing yourself favour or harm.
Your kindness, honesty or love towards other humans aren't things you do for God but for yourself.
Your lies, cheat or evil aren't things you do to harm other humans.
It might take time but some forms of Karma is real.
Do good not for God, but for yourself.
Be honest, upright and straightforward, not for God, but for yourself.
Eventually, what goes around tend to come around.
I Love You All.
Steve Courage
Lagos, Nigeria.
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About 2 months ago, I decided to read the autobiography of one of the founding fathers of my country (Sir, Ahamadu Bello).
Reading this book I came across the story of how he and his townsmen would spend about two weeks traveling a journey of 179 kilometers.
I paused and taught about that story.
It takes me about 4hrs to drive 179KM (even with some traffic congestion) but my forefathers had to walk TWO LONG WEEKS to get to the same destination.
Let me tell you another story.
I read this from Benjamin Franklin's biography
It happened in the 18th Century
Franklin had to SELL his clothes so he could buy books.
Read that again.
Franklin sold his very cloth, so he could buy books because books were too expensive.
Today I (or anyone) can buy books for pennies
We can look up information on Google
We can listen to quality Podcast
The number of information people like Benjamin Franklin struggled to acquire for one decade in the 18th century is what an average human has today in ten days, for free
Just ask Google.
Now, what is the point of this post?
Gratitude!
When you understand that what you have is PRECIOUS, you'll be curious about maximizing it.
Let me give you some examples;
For me, having easy access to books and Google is a miracle (If I were born in the 14th century, I would probably never touch a book in my entire life), so I learn like crazy through books and Google.
For me, having Aircondition in my office is a miracle (the richest man in the world in the 17th century didn't even have a fan), so I have to work really hard
For me, being able to write this post on a Saturday morning and get thousands of people to read it from tens of countries is a MIRACLE
(Napoleon Hill or Dale Carnegie could never reach people in 50 countries from their Home Office), so I write this post well.
You get my point.
When Eric Subrah saw the ability to work online as a miracle, he ran to build ZOOM
When Jeff Bezos saw the ability to sell online as a miracle, he resigned from his job to build AMAZON
When Elon Musk saw the possibility of getting humans to Mars as a Miracle, he's running after it.
People who don't appreciate life don't have a life.
People who always complain about what they lack always lack passion
People who don't see miracles don't perform miracles
Wait
Pause
Appreciate
Maximize.
Steve Courage,
Lagos, Nigeria
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