In life, there are almost no victims of circumstances but we are all victims of our decisions.
~Owonikoko Olusola.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Source of Anxieties.
The theory of Cognitive Dissonance which was proposed by Leon Festinger states that when we have two contradictory beliefs we feel anxiety.
Cognitive Dissonance also occurs when our thoughts and behaviours are inconsistent.
Cognitive Dissonance also operates on the idea that you get what you pay for or what you're worth.
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Cognitive Dissonance also occurs when our thoughts and behaviours are inconsistent.
Cognitive Dissonance also operates on the idea that you get what you pay for or what you're worth.
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Saturday, April 23, 2011
I have a "to do" list, but more importantly i have a "to stop" list. I don't read newspapers in the morning. I read self help inspirational and spiritual literature that uplift me. I take vacations as a means of investing in Memories with my children.
-Nido Qubein.
{source: Stratetricks by Toyosi Akinrele, pg94}
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-Nido Qubein.
{source: Stratetricks by Toyosi Akinrele, pg94}
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Friday, April 22, 2011
What's Bravery?
Do you know why the Lion is the king of the jungle? It's not because it wins every battle but because it'd never run away from any battle.
Olusola Owonikoko.
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Olusola Owonikoko.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Where Do You Belong?
He that knows not & knows not that he knows not, he's a fool, shun him.
He that knows not & knows that he knows not, he's simple, teach him.
He that knows and knows not that he knows, he's asleep, wake him.
He that knows and knows that he knows ,he's wise, follow him.
-Tola Seedy.
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He that knows not & knows that he knows not, he's simple, teach him.
He that knows and knows not that he knows, he's asleep, wake him.
He that knows and knows that he knows ,he's wise, follow him.
-Tola Seedy.
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Have You Got A Father?
Wise people learn from instructions while others learn from experience. That's why a life of fatherlessness is always full of struggles.
Who are you humble enough to listen to & take instructions from? On whose shoulder do you climb to see further than your eyes could ever see?
Know however that you have to be careful with who you listen to because in the long run you are following your father's father.
Regards.
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Who are you humble enough to listen to & take instructions from? On whose shoulder do you climb to see further than your eyes could ever see?
Know however that you have to be careful with who you listen to because in the long run you are following your father's father.
Regards.
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What Do You Carry?
Every great building stands on the strength of the internal structure sustaining it.
The internal strength of an elastic material determines how far it can project.
You'd never burn beyond the fuel you carry.
For how long can you stand under the pressure of life?
Friends, the journey is so far that we have to take time to build the right foundation for our lives, or else our labour would not be favoured.
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The internal strength of an elastic material determines how far it can project.
You'd never burn beyond the fuel you carry.
For how long can you stand under the pressure of life?
Friends, the journey is so far that we have to take time to build the right foundation for our lives, or else our labour would not be favoured.
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Monday, April 4, 2011
A Poem For the Mothers: The Woman I See In You.
As a toddler it was her face i found,
even when all were gone, she found her strength,
her candle never go out in the night,
she's as a palm tree standing high into the cloud.
At the break of the day she was a seed,
what i saw was a girl without a breast,
she became a woman forever known by her fruit,
but in the set, all saw her glorious seed.
A woman whose strength is as the eagle,
her beauty surpass that of the peacocks,
her character is a jewel of inestimable value,
her door remain lock until he is allowed to find the keys.
She'd never judge after the sight of her eye.
Yes, strength can deceive, and beauty may be vain,
but the fear of the Lord runs in her vein.
That's the woman i see in you, and that's the woman you'd be.
This piece is dedicated to Mothers, including those in training.
I respect, honour & celebrate you.
Happy Mother's day.
-@ OWONIKOKO Olusola (04\04\2011)
even when all were gone, she found her strength,
her candle never go out in the night,
she's as a palm tree standing high into the cloud.
At the break of the day she was a seed,
what i saw was a girl without a breast,
she became a woman forever known by her fruit,
but in the set, all saw her glorious seed.
A woman whose strength is as the eagle,
her beauty surpass that of the peacocks,
her character is a jewel of inestimable value,
her door remain lock until he is allowed to find the keys.
She'd never judge after the sight of her eye.
Yes, strength can deceive, and beauty may be vain,
but the fear of the Lord runs in her vein.
That's the woman i see in you, and that's the woman you'd be.
This piece is dedicated to Mothers, including those in training.
I respect, honour & celebrate you.
Happy Mother's day.
-@ OWONIKOKO Olusola (04\04\2011)
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Life Use Reform.
Use does not imply or equal expertise.
That's why u can use this world for 82years and not gain expertise. You don't get what u're not deliberately lookin 4.
There's is a bigger world than your brian, stomach, and ur comfort.
Level of responsibility equals level of exploits.
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That's why u can use this world for 82years and not gain expertise. You don't get what u're not deliberately lookin 4.
There's is a bigger world than your brian, stomach, and ur comfort.
Level of responsibility equals level of exploits.
CharisKreationz
Monday, February 28, 2011
The Effective Leader.
An effective leader maximizes all available resources; and there's no greater resource than You. Reward YOURSELF.
-Fela Durotoye.
-Fela Durotoye.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Attitude is Everything
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live.
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man. " I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
-Francie Baltazar-Schwartz
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live.
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man. " I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply.. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
-Francie Baltazar-Schwartz
Who is the Winner?
The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredient as everyone else and produces the best results.
-Edward de Bono
-Edward de Bono
Monday, February 14, 2011
Love Is Life.
No one ever told me what life is about,
A few tried, though only with a doubt.
Just like an Ox would always end as a beef,
So will life without love with a grief.
Then I tried to give someone a lift,
Only then was my life being a gift.
Now I know, Life is Love, and love is life.
-Owonikoko Olusola Samuel, 13/02/2011.
A few tried, though only with a doubt.
Just like an Ox would always end as a beef,
So will life without love with a grief.
Then I tried to give someone a lift,
Only then was my life being a gift.
Now I know, Life is Love, and love is life.
-Owonikoko Olusola Samuel, 13/02/2011.
Friday, February 11, 2011
'Expressions'@olalekanOwonikoko: This Season of Love
'Expressions'@olalekanOwonikoko: This Season of Love: "Chicken and Rice Fried or Boiled All before you. But then; right in the middle of these I sit down here reflecting Well! Just some random..."
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The Power of Choice in Relationship.
Providing marriage prospects is God's responsibility, but choosing a mate is yours. Rely on the assistance of God the Spirit, but do not attempt to transfer the responsibility of choice to Him. This's because God has given ur all the power of choice.
-Dr. Myles Munroe.
-Dr. Myles Munroe.
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