{"id":144,"date":"2020-04-09T11:42:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T11:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babatunderaji.com\/blog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2020-04-09T11:42:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T11:42:45","slug":"respond-with-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babatunderaji.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/09\/respond-with-actions\/","title":{"rendered":"RESPOND WITH ACTIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Will you believe me if I tell you that right from birth you and I have been alone? I know you may not, but have you ever come across this saying that in Life\u200a\u2014\u200ayou are OYO (On your Own)?. That\u2019s exactly\u00a0the\u00a0truth.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me explain it better to you , using the concept \u201cAptitude <\/strong>and Attitude<\/strong>\u201d. According to Muyiwa Afolabi, business consultant, He said
Aptitude\n is a natural ability to do something. A flair, a knack, a skill, the \nnatural tendency to do well at something while Attitude is a feeling or \nopinion about something or someone leading to certain behaviors and \ndispositions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Right\n from our birth, you and I are blessed with both. But because we were \nyet to develop this attitude to express our aptitude, that was why \nanytime we wanted something or experienced negative things for example \npain or hunger we did respond to this thing with crying which makes our \nparent, family or guidance helped us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At\n birth you and I couldn\u2019t speak, see clearly, recognize anything or \nanyone, we couldn\u2019t walk, talk, think, plan; make decisions or choices. \nWe couldn\u2019t protect ourselves, we depended on loved ones to do what was \nnecessary to keep us alive. At birth we even lacked the ability to \nsurvive that\u2019s why God bless us with helpers like parent, family, \nteachers, angel, neighbors,and guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\n now that we are adult, we made a decision to develop and perfect our \naptitude \u2014 that is the natural tendencies to feed ourselves, clothe \nourselves, protect ourselves, walk, run, think, play, dance, talk, sing,\n interact, learn and earn. I don\u2019t need anybody to help me out on these \nthings I can do them myself so also you can. Then life and reality now \nshow that \u2014 You are On Your Own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It takes half of your life to discover that life is a do it yourself project.
_Napoleon Hill, Author.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Reasons\n with me my friend, if there\u2019s anything you and I don\u2019t know how to do \ntoday, be it public speaking, writing, learning or acquiring new skills,\n making money and solving mathematical or real life problems. It is \ntruly because we chose not to do it, meaning we refuse to develop the \nattitude (feeling or opinion) toward these things. That\u2019s why they often\n saying Whether you think you can or you think you can\u2019t, you are right.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One\n of the statements that I do hear in my environment and I hate most is \u2014\n \u201cTHERE ARE NO JOBS \u201c. I hate this statement a lot, even before gaining \nadmission to University, I never believed it, maybe that was why it has \nnever being reality to me. I can agree with underemployment but In a \ncountry that is populated and blessed with over 150M people, I don\u2019t \nneed anyone to tell me that there are jobs. At all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think\n with me this morning my friend, you go to Market to look for Job but \nMarket says No to you why because you have no what market needs, meaning\n you have nothing to offer. Now the question who is to blame in this \ncontext? Market ?, Government ?, School system?, Your Parent? Your \nbackground? Your Environment? The answer is boldly NO. You are the one \nto be blamed. Yes, you are the one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Market\n doesn\u2019t care about who you are, where you are from, or what you study \nin school. Don\u2019t think Market is selfish, she is ready to give, but what\n she always saying is that what do you have for me first?, what can you \noffer me that I can benefit from?. That\u2019s market in reality. In this \ncontext, you are the one to be blamed why because you refuse to study \nthe market need, you refuse to develop that natural ability to learn and\n acquire needed skills ,you refuse to give what market needs, the \nproblem is not with you it\u2019s in you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agree\n with me my friend, when there\u2019s problem, the moment you believe that \n80% of the solution to the problem is in you, what happen next? You take\n responsibility, what happen next? you setup yourself to Creative \nthinking, what happen next? You started developing your attitude, then \nwhat happen next? you respond with actions? then what happen next? you \nstarted living up to your POTENTIAL. that\u2019s it my friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the moment you accept and believe that 80% of the solutions is not in you, what happen next? You complain!.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And\n that\u2019s exactly what majority of us do, we complain about wrong school \nsystem, poor background, bad government, poor environment, poor parent \netc. just like babies that cry because they are yet to develop their \nattitude, so also we are adults that complain because we refuse to \ndevelop our attitude, this we do, we respond with excuses instead of \nactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\n don\u2019t want to talk about this because it\u2019s another thing to write about\n entirely. Many of our parents so much depend on Government for income \n(salary). You tell your parent, they are now asking for our school fees?\n They responded, no problem, it\u2019s yet to be month ending, Government is \nyet to pay. NONSENSE!!!. Majority of us attended public (government) \nschool, attended federal and state university, so when they strike, \nwasting our valuable resources \u2014 Time, our parent have no power neither \nthe boldness to take us out and go to private university or study \nabroad.
Do you know what I see? I see parents that have subjugated \ntheir power (aptitude) to create wealth for government. Now the question\n is do I want to do or do you want to do the same?. Do you want your \nchildren to also attend Strike-oriented University? Smile. It\u2019s not the \nmatter of fasting and prayer. It\u2019s matter of choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s\n also funny enough that must of us, we human beings have also subjugated\n our built-in ability, we surrender matters or problems that can be \nsolved with mere thinking to divinity, so we say let\u2019s us pray.
Is \nlike we don\u2019t even understand who we are and perhaps where we came from.\n It is written, And God said let\u2019s makes man in our own image.
The word \u201cimage<\/em>\u201d in Hebrew simply means representation of an object.
Meaning, you and I are nothing but a representative of God on Earth.
That\u2019s\n why I can never agree with Biology that classifies Human beings as \nAnimal. Either Higher or lower, the fact is am not. Am a Spiritual \nBeing.
Those who see themselves as animal will always behaved like \nanimals but those see themselves as Spiritual Being will always behave \nlike Spiritual God. Why? Because they know that are created to have \ndominion over such living things like animals, as it is written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#NewNigeria,\n #NewNigeria, New Nigeria we only pray for. Oh God my Father helps us \nwith the situation of this Nation we need change, this sounds as a good \nprayer, yes. But do you want to know how the best prayer sounds like? Oh\n God my Father please do not transform this Nation without me. What \nhappen in this context \u2014 Agreement, you agree with God to use you. Two \nare better than one The Word says, why? Because they have good rewards \nof their labour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\n so much respect great men that have lived and great men that are still \nliving in our society, those that came up with subject matters we study \nin school, those that invented and created most thing we enjoy using \nthese days \u2014 Laptop, Television, Radio, Air craft, Mobile phones, \nElectronic system, etc. I so much envy those men , I desire and pray to \nbe one of them one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWetin concern me with guys with Benz<\/em>\u201d, \u201cWetin concern me with your Gucci<\/em>\u201d.\n I was born in Third World country called Nigeria \u2014 a country where \nsuccess is mythically define as abundance acquisition of materials \nthings. Our mindset has been tailored to chase material things like so \ncall Benz but they hardly convince us that can also be a creator of \nmaterial things, that we also can create and invent things that are more\n than Benz. Never!!.
Perhaps, I could remember how many lost and destroyed their souls in the pursuit of Blackberry phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One\n of the greatest inventions is the invention of Internet and World Wide \nWeb (www). Internet is so resourceful to the extent that you and I can \nget anything we need. The connectivity it provides, easy accessible of \ninformation, getting valuable resources like books and media contents \nand many more but reverse is the case majority of us chose just to be \nenslaved and stupid online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truly,\n have come to realise that treasures are stored in books, but many of us\n don\u2019t read why? because we are busy being enslaved by those who read \nbut we don\u2019t know, why? because we don\u2019t read. We go to school but \nwithout getting educated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game of Throne or Throne of Game,\n if you never watch this seasonal movie, your society most time makes \nyou feel as if you are not human being or living at all. I don\u2019t know \nthe story line neither do I care to know, I want to know those guys that\n came up with the story line, I want to study and learn from them, \nbecause these are the guys that are exceptional in our society. They are\n the guys who have psychological, socially and emotionally bound, \nhooked, influenced, swayed and successfully enslaved us but we don\u2019t \nknow. At all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\n will see many online investing their most valuable resources \u2014 Time, on\n matters that\u2019s doesn\u2019t add value to them personally neither their \nenvironment. Some people even go to the extent of painting their Country\n on internet with Bad colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most\n of the country majority of us wish to be born, we often hear about the \ncrime, drug addiction and citizen committing suicide. The question is \nwhat can make someone from most enviable country commit suicide?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n issue of suicide or no suicide is not the matter of bad government or \nbad environment. It\u2019s state of mind and matter of choice.
Devil is \nnot doing anybody, Devil is doing everybody and if Devil have the power \nto make everyone to commit suicide, then Devil would have killed \neverybody. It\u2019s simply matter of Mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bible Says out of the abundance of heart, mouth speaketh.
So I say out of the abundance of heart (the mind) man taketh action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello\n my friend, it\u2019s high time to break the wall of ignorance, it\u2019s high \ntime to hide yourself from the myth of life that are not real, it\u2019s high\n time to stop modelling your own life based on what you see on TV or \nSocial Media, they are nothing but hyperrealities \u2014 they are not real. \nIt\u2019s high time to step out of your comfort zone, it\u2019s high time to stop \njoining them to complain things that doesn\u2019t and can never change \nanything, It\u2019s high time not to depend on government to do something \nthat you can actually provide for yourself, it\u2019s high time to take \nownership of your life, it\u2019s high time to start taking responsibility, \nits high time to start developing the attitude to express your aptitude,\n it\u2019s high time to start changing and renewing your Mindset, It\u2019s high \ntime to start responding with actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the greatest men that I also respect is a lot is Elon Musk. He is known for this saying :
Elon wanted a save payment method, he created PayPal.
Elon wanted to drive electric car, he founded Tesla Motor.
Elon wanted to go space, so he created SpaceX.
Elon wanted a faster transportation, so he is developing the Hyperloop.
Elon doesn\u2019t complain how bad the World is, he is changing the World.<\/em>

You and I can also choose to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do\n you think father Abraham was the only one God called? No, God called \neverybody during his time, but Only Abraham was the that responded with \nactions. That\u2019s why others people names are not written, because we have\n nothing learn from them.
Do you think Bill Gates was the only that \nhad the idea of building Software, No, He was the only one that was bold\n enough to take the step.
We live in a world, where many are obsessed\n with ideas. Idea they say rules or changes the World but idea that \ndoesn\u2019t pass through execution phase does not and can never rule nor \nchange anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why I don\u2019t believe this religious saying:
Abraham\u2019s blessings are mine. No.
The\n quantity of Abraham\u2019s blessing you have is equal to quality of \nAbraham\u2019s Faith (in action) you carry multiply by God\u2019s Grace which is \nconstant K.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B = Blessing,
f = action, and
K = Constant (God\u2019s Grace).
While f <= 5<\/em>,
B = 5 * K = 5k<\/strong>
B = 4 * K = 4k<\/strong>
\u2026..
\u2026..
B = 0 * K = 0<\/strong>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh! Sorry, you don\u2019t like mathematics?, what am I saying here,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith \u2014<\/strong> Work = Dead<\/strong>
Word \u2014 <\/strong>Actions = Void<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s\n not of him that willeth, neither of him that only wisheth but of him \nthat taketh actions, would Giver of Goodluck showeth Favour\u201d.
– Raji Babatunde, Writer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Am\n sorry my friend, if my words shock you. I know my words are imperfect \nbut they will help more people than they would if I never shared them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s high time my friend.
Respond with actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a nice day.
Thank you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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