#LegendsDIARY: Is it True That I Really Need Prayers? (Week 2)

#LegendsDIARY is a weekly initiative of this blog where Gabriel Olatunji-Legend shares his personal struggles, failures, experiences and triumphs - it's a no-holds-barred diary - this is the secret the average successful person will not share with you.

I believed! When all wasn’t well instead of doubting my greatness in life I still believed that one day my story will change! That was the only thing that kept me going, believing. How else can you explain why a young man will write his first book at the age of 18 and about 10 years after he hasn't published any book? When you have once been confronted with words like “this is not ordinary, you need to pray”. A word like that comes as a result of consistent failure in a particular thing; in this case it is in failing to publish my own book after several attempts.

Sometimes you sit down to ask yourself if all was truly well, if it is true that you really need prayers (not the regular prayer – the one that probably requires an ‘ori oke’)

Gabriel Olatunji-Legend: The Three Things They Did That Make Us Envy Them

I took out time research the life of the people I envy the most, the list cut across friends, mentors, protégées, acquaintances and colleagues and I found something interesting about most of them. Don't we all have people in our lives we envy and love to be like? I believe, like me, there are people whose results you will love to command – like driving their type of car, live in their type of house, be famous like them and even have as much money like they have.

There is nothing wrong with wanting what someone else have, it is a good thing, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Even Jesus wanted his disciples to desire His type of power, miracles, and results. What is important however is not just the desire but the skill to recognise what it takes to command the same results? Elisha knew if he could catch Elijah’s coat he will also command the same results or more but these days we only desire without knowing what to do. These are the three things that they did, that make us envy them;

#LegendsDIARY: Why is my Own Like This? (Part 1)

#LegendsDIARY is a weekly initiative of this blog where Gabriel Olatunji-Legend shares his personal struggles, failures, experiences and triumphs - it's a no-holds-barred diary - this is the secret the average successful person will not share with you.

My name is Gabriel Olatunji-Legend and I am that guy with a past; I am that guy with a big dream like many people; I am that guy that wants to have it all even at an early age; I am that guy that wants to break world record but I consistently found out that instead of making progress, breaking records I seem to be stagnant and sometimes retrogressing. To make matters worse, I did not come from a well to do family but I grew up in the teenagers’ arm of a church where you are constantly challenged to go and become great.

Gabriel Olatunji-Legend: How to Have a Very Bad Year in 2015 PART 3

Have you noticed that three weeks has been spent out of the 52 weeks that was made available to you this year? Sadly, many people have not done much with their goals for the year and this is when you should be on your grind. This proves that a New Year without a new strategy will not produce a new you. Stop the positive confession and get down to business by changing the strategy you’ve been used to. In 2014, you had a ‘bad year’ (that means you could have had a better year) because of what you have already started doing this year also – you had so many goals/visions that you didn’t and couldn’t achieve any or most of them. If you want to have a BAD YEAR in 2015, continue!

When you have too many goals like the sand of the ocean it becomes difficult to help you measure and track success and you become a confused soul yourself. Thrash the goals, have plans.

THE QUANTUM LEAP SUMMIT 2015

THE QUANTUM LEAP SUMMIT 2015 with Akintola Samuel [Transitioning Expert and CEO; THE GATEWAY NETWORK], Jimi Tewe [Nigeria’s Leading Career Coach] and J.J. Omojuwa [International Speaker & Social Media Expert]

Do you have goals for this year?

Do you have dreams you want to turn into reality?

How to Have A Very Bad Year in 2015 (Episode 2 of 5) by @OlatunjiLEGEND

Resolutions fly here and there at this time; you are still probably struggling with keeping to the resolutions you made at the beginning of this year. We do realise that we had resolutions at the beginning of last year too but we failed to keep up with them – if only we knew that resolution is just a vocabulary that cannot change anything in itself. You need to ask yourself WHY you had a Bad Year last year and address the issues headlong.

Exclusive Political Interview: I Don't Believe in Complaining ButContributing - Dr. Eniola Ajayi

After a brief delay at her private establishment somewhere around Ikeja, Dr. Eniola Ajayi who is contesting for the House of Representatives seat in Ekiti Central Federal Constituency 1 was ready for me. She is one of the most unassuming personalities I have met and her response to every question I fired at her proved to me that she knew her onions and would serve Ekiti people and indeed Nigeria well if she finds her way to the chambers. This is the first time we are interviewing a politician on this blog, although deliberate, we can vouch that this interview is worth reading. Gabriel Olatunji-Legend conducted this interview.



How did you find yourself at this point of contesting for an election?

Let's just say that, I'm one of those people who don't believe in complaining but contributing. I was invited by the former governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to be a Commissioner in his cabinet. I started as Commissioner for Education, Science and technology and rounded up as commissioner for environment. So having contributed at that level, I was encouraged by members of the party and my friends to go further, and because there was an obvious vacancy in my constituency. And from that constituency I was encouraged to go for the house of rep. That's why I contested in the primaries with four men and won.

Abdul-afeez Hassan: Vision Levels of Leadership

“To have sight without vision is worse than being born blind’… Helen Keller

Vision is the lead a leader has. Once he losses this lead and event start to force his hand, he is leader in name only, he is not leading and he is only reacting to immediate event. Vision is the energy behind every effort and force that pushes through all the problems. With vision the leader is on a mission and a contagious spirit is felt among the crowd until others begin to rise alongside the leader.

This is what I Want for My Birthday Today! By Gabriel Olatunji-Legend

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“Mr Legend, Happy birthday to u. I'm Miss Odun's colleague. U see, if there's one thing she did for me in 2014, it was introducing me to your blog. I've got so many issues with life but ur blog gave me ways and showed me how to deal with them. Now I can boldly say I'm a better person than before. We both followed the young voices article, d one u did from 15th through 30^th. She will call me and say, Oya log in oo, d next article is online oo. God has used u to bless me and I'm glad I met Miss Odun that introduced me to you. God will increase u. God will bless u. You will abound in grace and honour. Bye! You deserve a national recognition.” - Dr Lucy Opemipo

How to Have A Very Bad Year in 2015 (Episode 1 of 5)

I met Kenny some weeks ago and I could feel the pain in his voice; a full grown man was almost sobbing in my presence. “What could be hurting you so much? Tell me what the problem is. I said, trying to pacify him. "I have one thousand naira in my account but it could have been a million if I wasn’t so shy.” He answered. I became confused. What is the relationship between one million naira and being shy?