Imagination is more important than knowledge

Albert Einstein once said “Imagination is more important than knowledge”. I woke up this morning and imagined a world where I would wake up one day and just place a call each to people like Richard Branson, Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Steve Balmer, Jack Welch, Abramovich,Femi Otedola, Dangote, Jim Ovia, Subomi Balogun, Fola Adeola, Okonji Iweala, Oby Ezekweseli, Dora Akunyili, Felix Ohiwerei, Tayo Aderinokun, Oba Otudeko, Christopher Kolade, Wole Soyinka, Francis Atuche, Otunba Gadaffi etc to let us meet and in a twinkle of an eye they would honor my call.

I told a friend about this and he said I must be dreaming. I was so happy when he said “I must be dreaming” because as long as my dream becomes a reality and not a nightmare, life is good. I told my friend that even if it does not happen with the Femi Otedolas of today, the fact is I want to be a friend to the Femi Otedolas and the Dangotes of my time , it would happen and these people are my friends of today. I have a dream of seeing you my friends of today as the ones going to take control of this country’s economy soon but we all must be prepared so that our children would not ask us that Daddy, Mummy I thought you said Mr Lagbaja and Mrs. Lakasegbe were once your friends but why………….

What I believe is where God can take you to no man can get you there and as such all we need to continue to ask for is God’s revelation which is the secret to success. For some of us who find it difficult to buy and read textbooks but find it easier to read motivational books, underlisted are some of the words I share and believe in.

If you share a dream of being one the stakeholders in this economy in the near future then let me share what I learnt about the under listed with you within this month.

• Commitment
• An Open Mind
• Persistence
• Flexibility
• Faith
• Thankfulness
• Passion

Commitment

What are you doing with your Life: would you say you are living your dream; or are you just making the best of things, just getting to the next week - what we might call: existing rather than living? If you are living your dream, then well done: you are truly on the road to success. If you are not living your dream - or even if you have no dream at present - then do not despair because it is never late than never Try and find your dream, develop it and then move on actually achieve it! Click here to read more

An Open Mind

Simply put, doing unique, random, different, and ridiculous things is a good way to exercise the mind and promote new ways of thinking about the world around us. One hour of increased brain activity via thinking a lot or experiencing new stimuli can make you smarter, more energetic, more creative, more sociable, and more open to new experiences and ways of thinking. Click here to read more

Persistence

Persistence is the ability to maintain action regardless of your feelings. You press on even when you feel like quitting. Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “Press On” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. Click here to read more

Flexibility

Flexibility is an option, not a right. Flexibility is not about saying, "Yes" to every request. Rather, flexible work policies focus both on the benefits to the employee and the impact on the organization.

Faith

Faith is acceptance of what we cannot see but feel deep within our hearts.

Faith is raising the sail of our little boat until it is caught up in the soft winds above and picks up speed, not from anything within itself, but from the vast resources of the universe around us. ~W. Ralph Ward

Passion

Passion is an emotion of feeling very strongly about a person. Passion is an intense emotion compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or desire for anything and often requiring action. Passion often applies to lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity or love. Click here to read more

To live a truly successful life, you do need to first have a dream. As Carl Sandburg, American historian, poet and novelist put it, "nothing happens unless first a dream".

If you think about it, nothing at all that now exists within our experience of physical reality did not first exist in the mind of the person who made it or brought it into being. In all cases, everything is created twice: the physical creation follows the mental creation.

To succeed, you must have a dream, or you may prefer to call it a vision - and you must completely commit yourself to its ultimate fulfillment - that is the essence of the mental creation.

“We make life by what we give and making a living by what we get”