SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO MY DAD, ISRAEL OLUFEMI KOLAWOLE ABIONA

When in my state of despondency and mental destitution, you mirrored God's pathway for fulfillment in my life. Through your fatherly support, love and responsibilities you taught and gave me the right pattern for living. Your practical footprint both in word and deeds modelled all ages tested and proven prototype of Jesus servant leadership. The touch of your teaching, mentorship and coaching lingers on in heart of your 'protégés'.

The man of prayer given to spirit of ceaseless and fervent prayer lifestyle, who taught me and many believers the principle of kingdom prayer based on satisfying God's needs not selfish ambition as it is custom of some. A team builder who shares vision and not impose it on follower, you are a first class leader who don't force people to follow but do invite them on voyage. Never did you hold record of guilt against anyone even if innocent of the accusation. Always ready to take blame when not guilty for the sake of peace. Crafted in my conscious being is your favourite slogan: DOING THINGS DECENTLY AND IN ORDER.

All in its whole, you encapsulated in lifestyle the five ascension gift by playing its script to the fullest. Measures of your published, spoken word and poems shed more light to our darkness. You helped me see life from a perspective of service to humanity through which I have come to discover my life's assignment I'm daily living bye. Boldly I can say with all audacity that I got to learn art of writing, public speaking from your well throught-out spirit filled prints. You're such an embodiment of humility, integrity who lived honest life totally dependent on God.

A unique being divinely wired from above with multi-facet spiritual configuration fleshing out in the physical demonstration. What more can I say as many virtues was learnt from you, inclusive of this is absolute trust in God and staying focused on Him by depending on Him irrespective of the men's pedigree of wealth. Vast of Biblical principles I now work with was discovered through Baba's exemplary style of living.

The day you were gloriously transformed from the terrestrial to the Celestial level precisely 16th December, 2013 still hold fresh in my memory. How I have known it was last time I will ever get to with you and see your face. Through whisper of the still voice, I heard voice of the spirit leading me to spend few moment praying with you which I strictly complied with. Praying with you on same bed that glourious morning will be moment I will ever cherish in my life. And today mark 100days after your demise, Continue to rest in the bosom of your creator my great Author/Poet, Professional Artist, Educator, God's Minister and Entrepreneur of our  time. INDEED YOU CAME, SAW AND CONQUERED.

ADIEU Daddy ISRAEL OLUFEMI KOLAWOLE ABIONA, TILL WE MEET TO PART NO MORE!!!
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WHAT'S IN YOUR HAND?

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"I'm not getting younger by the day but getting older by dawn of each new day", this I told myself some couple of years back. The step I could not take ages past can now be taken by me which shows a little drop of water can make mighty the ocean. This taught me great lesson of how seemingly a small step can be in turning to some worth of greatness.

The word of Helen Keller comes to mind: "I long to accomplish a great and noble task but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble". Great word from a great mind, responsibility lies in turning smaller shot to bigger shot. It's a function of response to ability inherent and external of us. Response to ability will make what many sees as small substance to survive down the line in becoming greatest story that could put the world in track.

 A famous Physician, Dr. Luke in his writing once noted that "he who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much." Little things we show much diligence and faithfulness to, distinguishes us for greater things in life which often comes with being entrusted bigger responsibilities. Never will bigger things come into our hand if we've not been prudent with little stuffs.

Often time as an Entrepreneurship Consultant, I do train my ESTEEMED CLIENTS on the 'Think Big, Start Small' Principle as this imply that you've the big picture in mind but you start small in making sure it comes to reality. Waiting for the ship of the big picture to arrive without necessary measures of work will paralyze your initiative and though pattern as it will not arrive.But as you step out in the day to start with what you have, you'll realize day in, day out it's falling into limelight if peradventure you ain't lazy in its work.

The journey in the path of life will make you start small and don't ever be afraid to start small as there is potency in little beginnings. Here's the catch: you're permitted to start small and never permitted to remain small.
DON'T DESPISE THE BEGINNING OF LITTLE THINGS, THOUGH ITS BEGINNING MIGHT BE SMALL BUT IT MUST GROW THROUGH THE LINE OF INCREASE." Roll with what you have if it can be rolled with and not with what is not in your custody. Doors of opportunities is always hidden in what we have and not what we don't have.

Bye for now till I come your way on same blog with another appetizer, but never forget that GREATER THINGS START FROM SMALL STUFF.

- EMMANUEL ABIONA,
your Marketplace Strategist

RULE OF RELATIONSHIP

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In life we all have opportunity of carrying as many as possible people as our friend without they necessarily adding value to us. Hence, often time we find among our luggage excess baggage which in essence we don't need. Mystery behind every excess baggage imply you shed-off every unwanted baggages that weigh more than the one we required for each journey, else you pay extra fee for the excess baggage. So also this comes to play out in our daily relationship with people.

One of the way to maintain a meaningful and result oriented relationship is to shed-off some relationship we have with people  which has got no value to add.
Those friendship relationship slows us down on our pathway to fulfillment. As time goes bye, we realise that those friendship are uncalled for and irrelevant to the climax point of stardom we are attaining. You further owe those unfruitful relationship or friendship no obligation than to part way with them in good fate wishing them well in their endeavours and move yourself in forward direction towards furtherance pursuit of your life's assignment.

Still keeping in touch with those folks will take you no further place than where you are presently, stagnant in position and complacent with status quo. Every of our friendship relationship must always be defined par time weighing its core value either it is significantly increasing us positively or negatively decreasing us. I end this piece with one of John Mason thought:
"friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream. Those that don't increase you, will eventually decrease you".
A great weekend treats to YOU ALL.

- EMMANUEL Abiona

JUST A LITTLE SHIFT

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Yesterday's mindset in its whole can never fit into today's greater exploits that lies ahead of us. Each day has in its capacity the opportunity to maximize for a productive turnout. The tool of change become the paradigm shift we must all use to approach eventuality of each day. Change in its pure form is never a difficult task but just a mere adjustment that calls for our response.

What many sees as a difficult thing is just a function of difference - difference in our way of thinking, difference in our approach to issues and difference in our relationship and communication.
Here's the catch: when things keep falling apart in our life or daily walk in subsequent possession, then it is time to learn from it by adjusting to the difference - CHANGE that may come from it.

Hence, that is the time to radically adjust to changes as subtle change won't help in that situation. Radical change is hitting on the nail the measure urgently needed to solve an issue on the spot. Subtle change is a gradual process that occurs step-by-step until it dawn on us.
Are you still in a fix finding it difficult to cope in the workplace or getting along in a relationship? Then all you need do is to adjust radically to change.  Or still caught in cobwebs of not living a purposeful or visionary lifestyle? All you need is a subtle change and you simply adjust to it day-in, day-out as you daily discover its full script and live by its standards. Just a little shift will help as in it has potency to sum up into bigger shots. Make a positive adjustment today in sphere that calls for it.
A SPLENDID PHASE TO YOU GREAT PEOPLE, from your Marketplace Strategist 'EMMANUEL ABIONA'.

MAKE THE MOVE!!

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We can all dream to long for a feat in our life but it takes practical approach to bring it to limelight. Nothing moves until you take a step of action towards it. Often time, the step we fail to take or don't want to take is the step that can shoot us up in the right direction.
Until we take it before we can know how huge it is in terms of success or result it holds for us.
As a potential entrepreneur, industrialist we must movepast the point of mere talks and start to pull in greater dimension of work as cheap talks will not produce any meaningful achievement.

Most of the opportunities you get in life is a function of what you've been prepared for in the past. Those preparation is an opener for doors of opportunities, in essence the future you don't prepared for never becomes reality.

- EMMANUEL Abiona