dearpreye:
Good afternoon, everyone.

I'm writing tthis due to two reasons. There's a thread on FP where someone's said sometimes he almost regretted going to school. I'll post the link to that thread later. Also, a few days ago, maybe even over a week ago, a friend of mine sent me a text message as early as 6 am, complaining how joblessness has been frustrating him. In the message, he claimed he was about to go into depression and that I should advise him.

My friend and I have come all the way through the same secondary school back in Lagos. He later went to read Marine Engineering from UST, Port Harcourt, the same city where I now work. I called and spoke at length with him. He saw my points. And it's some o these points I'm now sharing here.

A wrong Reason For Going To school!

A vast majority of us believe that the sole aim for going to acquire a degree or some other higher qualifications is to secure a job. That's a terrible mindset! It's the most inappropriate reason for undertaking a challenging process like getting a degree. I used to think that way too. But I was fortunate to have read Rich Dad, Poor Dad and other inspirational books during my ND days. From those books it became clear I was in school to reduce my ignorance and to increase my capacity for usefulness.

When you have a wrong mindset like this, you set up yourself for frustration when the job doesn't come at the right time. It creates tension, envy, depression and may even lead to a suicide. But when you have the right mindset, it prepares you for the challenges ahead, and may force you into doing or learning other skills that may prove invaluable in the future. We didn't go to school for the sole purpose of getting a job. It was a mindset sold us by the society and our parents, but we have to change it. NOW!

The World Doesn't Owe You A Job!

This was the second point I discussed with my friend. My dad told me how jobs were waited for them even before they finished school. That time don pass! A few top politician may achieve that for their fortunate kids, but the vast majority of us knew before hand that that won't be our case. With that belief, we have set up ourselves for unnecessary tension and frustration. The world doesn't owe you a job. The system doesn't owe you a job. You've got to go and fight for your place. You've got to hustle and create a niche for yourself.

Your Degree Isn't A Guarantee For Success!

We need to change our mindset about a lot of things. I never doubted the fact I was going to secure a job after my higher Institution but I also knew my certificate isn't necessarily a guarantee for a job. In fact, I had gone to Lagos hustling with my fishing boat and wood engine boat when I got a letter for my aptitude test. I was still reading and making the necessary contacts as I was paddling my canoe. My hatred for poverty and lack was so great I wasn't even willing to narrow down my success to a paper- a degree/certificate. People saw me as I took my engine and boat to hustle opposite the Nigeria Ports Authority in Lagos, moving passengers from the villages to Apapa township. I didn't bother. I knew it was temporary. But in between when I would secure that dream job, I couldn't ask my parents for money. They've done their best.

I was always prepared for any aptitude test. I had a lot of past oil and gas questions and answers. I never failed to browse relevant sites. I was able to pass the aptitude test, the oral interview and landed the proverbial dream job. I give Him all the glory.

To all those believing Him for a great job, do not pass this moment complaining and whining; they will only lead to chaos and disaster. Look for something SMALL to do. Start small little. Just do something.

There's no free meal anywhere anymore. Don't let that degree prevent you from taking up that cleaning job. Don't let it stop you from taking that security job. It's all a process. Don't let your degree stand in your way. Your degree is supposed to give you a PLATFORM from which you could shoot into any angle and area. Why allow it to become a hindrance to you? Opportunities abound; open your eyes.

Till date I keep learning new skills. There's NO job security anywhere. I'm always conscious of the future. I'm not relenting. I'm not carried away by the little pleasure of the moment. I've got TOMORROW in view.

Change your mindset, and you've changed your life.

The world owes you NOTHING! Forthwith, get busy and believe God for that mega paying job.

Wishing you all a successful career. Thank you!

Lalasticlala, please move this message to the appropriate quarters!

this msg needs to be given to people from cross river,rivers and delta states because this boys are lazy die

kobonaire:
Or rather the American stars that look like the Nigerian celebrities

nwanna u dey dia

Demmocrats:
I see the qualities of God in my sai buhari that's why I love him.



Appointment should be based on merits



Even the opposition party knew that it was because they were not giving positions to people who merited it that brought there down fall. The opposition where busy imposing candidates


It takes a wise man to applaud your rival and commend him for areas that you where weak his strong and it takes the wisdom from God to do that.


God said when your ways pleases him your enemies will be at peace with you that's why reno is at peace with him.


My sai baba is truly from God


Sai buhari

remember if everything should be done by meri.... So for the hausa/fulani because their level of illiteracy pass and that's what Mr reno is tryna say

Keneking:
With our money right

which money, ur papa get money ??:@;>

All of una wey claim over sabi for nairaland :PAll of una wey claim over sabi for nairaland

This is for the educated dudes, translate this to English.

Those wey dey claim say dem go school

This is for the educated dudes, translate this to English.

tsdarkside:


they have the same charactaristics like the imposter white jew...exactly the same.....do you see now that the igbos are the real israelites??......character always identifies you....always!!!

ya, but they are the people after God's heart that's why they are gifted

yemstok:

Oya! Come na! I be witch hunter

u fit ??

yemstok:

Oya! Come na! I be witch hunter

u fit ??

yemstok:

Oya! Come na! I be witch hunter

u fit ??

Daughterzion:
Yes na me hold your destiny.

abeg givam back da guy don suffer

MrsPhyno:

lol stop that jare u know I dont like those kinda statements
argue with me if u want

i busy small sha.... na school tinz so i no fit complain its jus part of life i guess
missed you o

the annoying thing about you is that I was asking everyone if they missed me and na only you I say that 'i missed you' and u no fit notice am

na u dey fall in love ??. U wan give him AIDS or he wan give u HIV or una two na suppliers ?

IamLEGEND1:
wen will diz ìdiots stop blaming there itchy dìcks on mami water?

if u want to bcome a sharp shooter,at least have the balls to accept that it will probably all blow in ur face one day.

i hit and run all the time,and if i was to die of AIDs today,i aint gonna blame no one....

thumbs up. Na u b boss, oga hilux pack and go, i wish u well for aiaidss man

WIZGUY69:



swerve jor! u don't know what to say.

aboki abeg flood na normal natural disaster

brainpulse:
After 100 days of their governor he could only provide swiming pool in the street . And the brown roofs. Biafra land, flowing with tea and sugar.

that's why we will have our biafra and restructure it by our self but remember what This igbos are capable of doing during the civil war that's Nigeria govt and America is scared of..... And onitsha is bein surrounded with water okkkk

Very soon my own company will be heard all over the world...God is with me

LesbianBoy:
This is rubbish! Children like this end up being ''spoilt brats''. As for me when i am old i will not give my children any of companies because i know what i suffered to get to where i am today. They will have to suffer like children of the poor to know that life is not a bed of roses!

very timid thinking

skillet:
Sometimes, dulling ur libido isn't such a bad thing. When hormones are raging and the wifey, husband or babe isn't in the mood, porn always helps out. An alternative to porn is having multiple partners and we all know its not safe. Its like being between th devil and the deep blue sea. Only Moses has been able to path the sea in order to escape the devil. And even that didn't guaranty him the promised land. So, you anti-porn folks should give us (pro-porn) fans free access to your "rods" and "paths" so we can avoid the devil of konji whenever it occurs and we can all enter the "promised land". Thank you.

oga,, receive your healing in Jesus name.. But your case worst go see TB Joshua for more prayers

buygala:
Happy married life to them



But Tolu is welcome to cheat on her husband with me ..... How can one man possibly satisfy that big nyansh?


Tolu baby, please let me be your Mikel .... even if na extra time I play, I no mind

na own go worst nah

wakacome:
the two posters above me don take am personal ooo.....pls give them 2 crates of Big stout each.......

you wan kill person

wakacome:
the two posters above me don take am personal ooo.....pls give them 2 crates of Big stout each.......

you wan kill person

naijaboiy:
Amebo or not what the Op just described is an eye opener joor!

Which of you will say curiosity has not led you to check up on people and even invade their privacy.

Me I don't even know again...if I have a girl I will just be enjoying the moment and try not to bother about anything she's doing. it's going to be difficult but i'll just try to put my mind that way.

No time to be going through heart breaks and all that shiiit.

true talk joorrr

Blizzyblinkzy:
I love my BF. He's perfect 4 me.. No coma

are u sure ,??

IceDude:
I know Nigerians, that sign wont scare them.......Just drop one old mat, tie a red cloth around a bottle with a human skull i swear nobody will urinate there

lmao u wan tell me say dem fear Satan pass God ??

IceDude:
I know Nigerians, that sign wont scare them.......Just drop one old mat, tie a red cloth around a bottle with a human skull i swear nobody will urinate there

lmao u wan tell me say dem fear Satan pass God ??

adebayo201:
WHEN THE CHURCH IS NO MORE CONDUCIVE

When we can no longer differentiate a church from a social gathering,
And all what we do in church is to just have fun
When we can’t differentiate a choir from an harlot
And an usher is not different from a waiter
When the church is no more conducive
Where shall we go?

When worship session in a church is just like a disco night
and we cant differentiate a pastor from a comedian
When salvation message is no longer the order of the day
but prosperity and entertainment message is now the core course
When the church is no more conducive
Where shall we go?

When prayer warrior now have to go to tongue-speaking school for utterances
And deliverance and healing session is now like MTH 201 to be taught and learned
When pastor have to pause for members to clap and shout during sermon in enthusiasm
And all what we now gain from preaching is now new vocabulary and word usage
When the church is no more conducive
Where shall we go?

When the church of God is now an exhibition ground for the latest designer
And those new convert can no longer come to church for the fear of being inferior
When the tithe and offering in church have to suffer for anniversary attire
And the little ones from the faithful member have to suffer for pastor’s birthday
When the church is no more conducive
Where shall we go?

Where shall we go is the question right; But never a rhetoric one
Where we can go is simply the feet of the old rugged cross
And plead for the revival of the church of our father
Because when Jesus shall appear to examine his church
The question of “where to go” will never be an excuse
Even the elect will not be excluded. Watch & pray!!


Happy Sunday. More of it in Jesus name.

dis a very nice write up op ar u a literature student ??

divinehand2003:
WHEN THAT CHURCH IS NO MORE CONDUCIVE, THEN GO TO ANOTHER CHURCH LIKE DEEPER LIFE FOR EXAMPLE, U WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

laf wan kill me diz na beta advice oooo take or live it

exxell:
Story..... People stop playing bets! The world is fast evolving. Go and check those that were playing pool in their back then in the 70s, 80s nd 90s! They are wearing eyeglasses going around in the village doing nothing. While their mates who never believed in quick money were busy hustling. It is this same pool that they now mordenised and took it online!

Punters and Bookies are aware that it takes only one game to spoil your ticket. Not to talk of the very fact that these bookies fix big matches which they know that people will rush to play! The chances of that man winning that ticket is that he raised an odd above 73,000.... Wow... See lies. If you know how odd 2 casts on tickets sef... Not to talk of odd 73,000! Lies from hell. This is just Cheap publicity stunt.

What this Niggas do is that once they notice that people are loosing interest in betting due to too much loss, they quickly rush to pay one mechanic to pretend that he won something like 6,000, 000! They will now pay the mechanic something like 300,000 and warn him to be forever silent. Magas and Mugus in Nigeria will now quickly rush to continue betting!

If you think am lying, why is it that in every betting centre, you only hear about a mega win once in a while? What happened to the other money people lost?

I was in a betting centre in PHC one day and the man sold tickets worth more than one million in a day! The man is my friend... One week later, I went back and he told me that only one person won 18,000 naira! My question ia now; WHAT HAPPENED TO OVER 978,000 naira? In one person's pocket right?

STOP SEEKING QUICK MONEY... WORK HARD AND BALL! BETTING DEPLETED YOUR SOURCE OF INCOME AND MAY SEND YOU PACKING TO THE VILLAGE... I KNOW PEOPLE WHO LOST MILLIONS IN BETTING. YOU MAY THINK THAT YOU ARE BETTING WITH ONLY 200 naira but if you calculate the 200 naira you lost in a year, it will be more than 100,000! Couldnt you have invested it in something worthwhile?

AGAIN, ASK YOURSELF WHY THE OWNER OF NAIRALAND DOESNT ACCEPT ADVERTS FROM BOOKIES! BECAUSE SEUN IS AWARE THAT IT IS VERY RISKY AND CAN KILL!

oga na pesin business be diz oooo

Midehi:
*clapping*

Midehi:
*clapping*

am d usher and am tryin to hold her back, too much anointing

Sweetlemon:
Since it's in vogue to check demographics of appointees rather than their track records, very well then we shall do so. While most of us are shouting "Northern Agenda" Let's take a closer look at this expression called "North". Let's be sincere, when we hear North, the first thing that comes to mind is Hausa/Fulani/Muslim. But we have all forgotten or simply refused to learn that North is divided into
Geographically:
1. North East
2. North West
3. North Central

Demographically:
1. Core Muslim
2. Almost 200 Minority tribes
3. A fair chunk of Christian population
4. Hausa/Fulani plus Kanuri Majority Tribes

Simply put, the North is 5 times more complex than the South.
Now let's examine possible reasons why we just assume North to be Hausa/Fulani/Muslim. The answer is not rocket science. It's simply because Hausas and Fulanis have been dominating the Northern scene since forever. Now let's take a closer look at Buhari's Northern appointments so far;
Did we miss the fact that a fair number of the ones in sensitive posts are from minority tribes and in fact Christians??
Now help me ask yourselves, when last did Northern Christians get recognition? When last did we hear of tribes like Kilba, Angas, Tula, Waja? Is it not indeed some sort of change from the usual Hausa/Fulani/SS/Yoruba/Igbo/Muslim we keep hearing all over the place? Ok nau. Are we aware of the SGF is a Pastor of proven integrity? Don't you think that empowering and recognizing the Christians and minority tribes will go a long way in checking insurgencies and attacks on these vulnerable people by Fulani herdsmen, etc? Are you now trying to say that these minorities in the North who have never been given recognition but have been patiently waiting are lower and inferior Nigerians? Don't they deserve spots just like the conventional Yorubas which make up SW, Igbos which make up SE and then the different SS tribes?

I'm not done yet. Have we noticed that these appointees are not your usual politicians? Does that not mean that it won't be the "awon goons mi" business as usual? They were almost regular people until Buhari made them popular, meaning they don't have a never-ending list of goons they need to reward. I know most disappointed APC fans had placed their bets on Onu, Fashola, and Ameachi. They have erroneously seen Nigeria politics as a sport betting game or a fantasy football league where you conjure up your own "dream team". Smh.

If we still insist on this marginalization talk can we ask ourselves these questions?;

1. Is there more stable electricity in North than in the south?
2. The clean up in sectors so far, does it in the long run affect only Northerners? If the EFCC, Customs, pensions, NNPC etc are functioning properly does it not mean better for us as a whole? When last did you queue for fuel?
3. Buhari just ordered clean up of ogoni areas, (let's not forget we just had an ND son there for the past five years!) Are Northerners the ones to benefit from this exercise?

Can we please just relax our muscles a bit while we watch how things eventually play out?
I don't know why the average Nigerian does not think outside the box. These points here are things I pray each and every person reading this will ponder on with at least half an open mind. This is the first time I will be begging the mods to move my thread to FP. My message must touch as many hearts as possible.
Call me a hopeless Nigeria-lover. Yeah I know I am because I'm the type that loves with all my heart, I may get angry but I still love.

Good bless The Federal Rebublic of Nigeria!
Sai Buhari!

Cheers!


Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Obinoscopy.

i share your view bro, tho am a core igbo and a fan of buhari but atlist we all have sense of belonging and wish to exercise self esteem . Buhari should have amended it a lil bcuz some people don't think the way he do.

sonofananimal:
OK WE DON HEAR.
IF VIRGIN GO BRING MONEY FOR TABLE, NO PROBLEM

guilty conscience

sonofananimal:
OK WE DON HEAR.
IF VIRGIN GO BRING MONEY FOR TABLE, NO PROBLEM

guilty conscience

Spikkylee:
Thank Gawd I'm a V...Itz not been easy with da pressure..

be deceiving ur self