I was in Church one day and the praise team led us in a true session of worship. When the praise eventually started, I enjoyed myself and was swaying to the beat (I love dancing so much). Meanwhile, a corner of my eye caught a young man doing his thing. It was not as if he was the best dancer, but what beat me was his energy and the carefree way he was showing appreciation to baba loke.
This affected my own dancing and I started watching him and got lost with it. After about 2 minutes, I woke up and analysed the whole show; looking at another man deprived me of prasing my God. This is what happens to a lot of us in the real world. We look at other people’s life and forget to play our own game, our own way. The Yorubas said it all when they say “O nfi aago alaago sa ere” which means he uses another man’s watch in his own earthly race.
Our performances are tied to how far we can concentrate on issues on ground. This is important and many failures are attributed to it. It is good and important to follow good examples and learn from them but one must be careful not to take it to the level of total distractions.
A footballer will never reach the pinnacle of his career if he does not play his own game, this is also true of other games including the very complex game of life.
So if I may say it in a simple laguage – Please play your own game!

Many times I have asked myself the difference between successful men and the perceived failures of this world. Another contentious point – how do we measure success? I am sure it is not that far fetched without going into unnecessary rhetoric; successful men are those who made positive impacts in their world, changing lives and ensuring that the dignity of human existence is maintained.
Now, from my little observations, I can see that successful men utilize their gifting to the maximum. I remember a poem that circulated round the Internet sometimes back about a golf ball in Tiger Woods hand that is worth Millions of dollars and another man’s hand – nothing. It goes on and on like that. We will all discover our callings and how to apply them to change lives and bring a difference into our world.
I know my gifts and I am still discovering new ones daily with a mindset aimed at maximizing my potentials. I promise not to rest until I am assured of a high level of competence in whatever I do. The development of this nation and continent at large is dependent on individuals who are ready to burn the midnight oil and damn the consequences of being diligent; those who will stoop to conquer, who will suffer now and reap the gain tomorrow.
And for those who think that only some set of people have these gifting in them; that is a big lie as God has deposited in all of us unique abilities that will take us to the next level. Discover, achieve, maximize your potentials!
We will succeed!