Get saved by Stupidity and Laziness

                                                                           Hello Friends,

Early this year, a friend sent me a link to "HOW STUPIDITY SAVED MY LIFE"  by Okechukwu Ofili. The first thought that came to me was "how can stupidity save a person's life". I sat on my bed drinking a bottle of sprite thinking and trying to imagine ways being stupid can save a person instead of me reading the book. As a result of my laziness when it comes to reading, my head began to spin because I could not think of any way stupidity can save a man's life. This anger curiosity made me read the book. Upon hearing the title I was eager to find out how his life was saved by stupidity. I read the book at a stretch. It made me remain in my bed till I finished reading the book. Each chapter made me more eager to read the next, and the next, and the next. I almost cried when I realized I had gotten to the final chapter. I did not want the wonderful, captivating, mind blowing chapters to end. If you do not have a copy of  "HOW STUPIDITY SAVED MY LIFE" BY OKECHUKWU OFILI, you  are not on planet earth are missing. Go grab your copy in bookstores all over Nigeria.

After a while, news about his second and latest book "HOW LAZINESS SAVED MY LIFE " was all over the radio, internet and everybody's  most Nigerian's lip. I was so excited because after reading OKECHUKWU OFILI'S "HOW STUPIDITY SAVED MY LIFE", I wanted to strap him to a chair  have being on the look out for his second book. In fact I kept on visiting book stores around daily  just to find out if the book was available. The title of his second book got me thinking "how can laziness save someone's life". It got me reading till I finished reading all the pages. The sketches in his book are well explanatory and very educating plus artistic.
How Laziness Saved My Life is a hilarious attack at the way corporations and businesses push themselves and their employees to the brink of stress. With chapters such as “Three Things I Learned From Getting Kicked In The Head” and “Why We Need Fewer Meetings and Managers” Ofili is able to poke fun at the work institution as we know it but at the same time offers up simple solutions for Managers and Entrepreneurs for getting the most out of themselves and their employees without killing anyone in the process. If you have ever been stressed at work or felt like strangling your Manager then you need to get this book. I know most Nigerians like me grew up hearing "No food for lazy man"  so my fellow country people like they say on wazobia f.m Nigerians I am proud to say that this kind of laziness can save your lives, not just any laziness, this book! So go grab a copy of laziness in bookstores. 

The book is currently available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/getlazy and at major Nigeria bookstores including Silverbird Lagos, Silverbird Abuja, Silverbird Port-Harcourt, The Hub Media Lagos, Laterna Lagos and Terraculture Lagos. You can also get it delivered anywhere in Nigeria at bit.ly/nigeriagetlazy. You can reach the author at:

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A cold day in Hell

         Hi friends,


      Two weeks ago, I was talking to Joseph a friend of mine who is in the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria. It all started as a little chat before the conversation got really deep. Joseph is a five hundred level engineering student who has been struggling with his academic performance for years. He complained bitterly of how he was forced to read engineering by his father who wants him to become an engineer. He gets really low grades and his father questions the fact that his grades are low. To him engineering is his hell. He wishes to become a teacher in the nearest future and not an engineer. Teaching is his passion, his addiction and his drive but I know if Joseph puts his mind to it his grades will improve.


       While we were talking, I decided to share my own experience with him. After my secondary school education in Holy Child College, S/W Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, my father refused to allow me enter for JAMB, instead I was enrolled to study software programming for three years in a computer institute (NIIT). I love computers, and the web but not programming! Having to debug errors and run programs was a very difficult task for me. i just felt it was not my thing. The most difficult of it all was writing a java program and making it run. I did not enjoy any of it because my programs were not running. The joy in programming is having to write a program and have it run. When I just started my computer program in year 2007, I felt programming is impossible, and no matter how much I try I cannot create a software.

                          
      This made me feel I was trying to achieve the impossible just like this boy in the image above. It was as if no matter how much I try I could not make a program run. For three years programming was my hell on earth. The heat was becoming unbearable for me. This made me study very hard. I began to have sleepless nights as a result of extreme reading. My best friend became my Java books, coffee, and a little reading desk in my room. This act of mine changed my hell to a cold hell. Yes! a cold hell because I began writing Java programs with ease. I studied day and night. I was not enjoying it but I had to make good grades so my father will be happy with me. This made me realize nothing is impossible. All I needed was plenty hard work which eventually paid off at the end of the day.




      You mite be facing a similar challenge or maybe facing a terrible boss in the office who gives you "impossible" tasks to execute. I just want to let you know that with a little bit of commitment and hard work you will be able to deal with that task or job you have to do. You mite feel you are facing hell on earth. Why don't you stop complaining and make that hell a cold one. This will pay off at the end of the day. Trust me, You mite get that promotion soon.
     
   Nothing is POSSIBLE Impossible.






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Today Matters

              Most times I sit and wonder why things don't go the way I want them to. I think it is because I want so many things at the same time. I focus on what I want and forget that before I can get something, I have to work for it. Life is made up of a series of stages. It is a gradual process. When my little sister was born, I took my time to study her. She did not start walking in a day, it was a gradual process. Firstly, I noticed she grew from the "lying stage" to the "sitting stage". After that, she started learning how to crawl, stand and finally walk! It was not an easy task but she succeeded in walking without aid after a while. It was one step at a time.

                    
             Watching her mature from one stage to the other has taught me that life is made up of different stages. It also taught me to keep trying no matter the number of times I fail. While she was learning to walk I observed she kept on falling, but never gave up. Sometimes when she falls , she will cry and wait for me or someone around to come pick her up and other times she gets up herself. What amazes me is that after falling and crying, she will still attempt walking almost immediately. I noticed that no matter the number of times she fell, she never gave up!
             Another awsome lesson I learnt from my little sister is the fact that she forgets the pain she felt after falling. This has taught me to learn from my mistakes and not wallow in them. The past should remain where it belongs. We see this when we are trying to start up a business, achieve success or get to our set goal. There are times when things will go wrong and we feel we cannot rise again and we wait till somone comes to help or sometimes we summorn courage and rise up again like my sister did most times. Some of us relax and complain or worry about what we did not do right. Instead we should concentrate on today and learn from yesterday's mistake. All that matters is TODAY. If I don't do what I have to TODAY, how do I expect my TOMORROW to be the way I want it to?
So my dear friends, what you do today matters a lot. Learn from yesterday's mistake and get TODAYS WORK DONE!

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