From the developed world to the developing, there is a growing need for momentum and speed. It is widely known that is easy to sustain progress than to start progress. What people fear so much isn't how they will do great things - the manner of their greatness. In reality, the biggest fear is, "How will I move from here to there?; How will I come out of my present towards my future?"

When someone thinks of leading a great company of men and women in a flourishing business, he or she is first preoccupied with how he or she would emerge from a seemingly difficult situation. In most cases, people don't get fixed on the kind of clothes they would wear when they become famous; their worry is, "How will I even become famous?"

While meditating on this matter, I realized that God, didn't have anyone of us to struggle for prominence or compete for greatness. He created all of us for the limelight ; however, because of our self-centredness, we worry daily about our God-ordained (prepared) destiny. For you to become great, famous or rich; I am of the understanding that you don't need many things that you always worry over. Most times, we worry over what we don't have, and then conclude that since we don't have these things, we cannot have other things. Yet, God created everyone with things that are required for everyone's emergence.

I have discovered that your FIRST requirement for wealth, fame, relevance, influence or any of such isn't far fetched, it is YOU! If you must ever come out of the mediocrity of self-guilt or self-pity, you need YOU. You don't FIRST need an uncle or an aunt; neither do you FIRST need a million in your bank account - you need yourself FIRST. Some who have disobeyed this LAW OF FIRST HAVE, have actually gotten everything else except themselves, and they have lost everything while looking for themselves. If you will not lose all in an attempt to rediscover yourself; then you must FIRST find yourself before you find anything else - whether money or woman or fame.

Thanks for the gift of your time, A. Joshua Adedeji!
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