THE FARMER INSTINCT: THE HABITUAL SUCCESS FACTORS

I wonder why you'd want to read this article. This is a piece of my thought while you were, probably, busy with something else. Sometimes, reading other people's thought through articles like this could be a sheer waste of time. Do you know why?

You probably, or most definitely know everything that is written in there.

Sometimes again, we find ourselves learning new things like we do in schools. However, at some certain age, we seldom learn. So, at such ages, what do we do reading? Why must we even read in the first place? I hear you say that "As long as Man lives, learning is continual". Well, I agree. But have you also heard that "A man learns 50% of everything he needs to learn between the ages of 5 and 7 years"? Yes, 50% it is!

Have you answered the puzzle why a child tends to believe his/her nursery school teacher, even at old age? Anyway, I leave that to a probable next article!

Basically, most times we read, we are most likely rekindling knowledge that went gray or totally lost in our memory. However, I hasten to add that, if what we read is not about researches, discoveries or inventions.

So, I ask again: Why are you still reading this article? There is nothing in here that you do not know. If you think you are going to find anything new, then you are mistaken. If you think you are going to rekindle some parts of your gray or lost knowledge, well, that i don't know but you are still reading.

I woke up today and I rekindled in the farmer's instinct. It is a simply philosophy to success that is well-known to all. It is not something thought in the classrooms. Yet, everyone learns it. By the virtue of life, everyone knows it. Then I wonder why anyone would still be unsuccessful in this life. I wonder why we need a Brian Tracy or a Fela Durotoye to be the King that we already are. Maybe you'd find an answer at the end of this article. Are you still reading? Wow!

Ok. Let's go there!

By the virtue of the name that he is called, and the conscious/unconscious acceptance of it, a farmer learns, and learns over and over again, all the skills that he needs and can learn to make cultivation habitual, convenient and utmost, profitable.

In the beginning, he has the mental picture of the end. He is aware of the toilings to be made. He is aware of the weather and seasons. He knows harvest-time is a subject of sow-time with respect to the weather and season.

Like any business man, he is calculatively aware of his mean turnover, below which a loss would be recorded; a non-acceptance level.

After all these prequisite skills, he never goes to sleep. He put his idea to test. And just like a believer, his faith is high. He is optimistic. He is aware of probable challenges. However, he is not daunted because  he knows that "the only thing you see when youtake your eyes off your goals, are distrations".

He then acquires the right tools to prepare the farm for sowing. He does prepares. He keeps his tools in good shape. he can't afford damages to them. At least, avoidable amages. Afterwards, he sows!!! WOW!
He actually plants the seeds?


Think this is the right time to sleep? Nah, dear reader!

He comes at scheduled periods to weed!Thus, creating an enabling environment for the growth of his seeds. He allows them to grow. A more important facto here is that, he KNOWS that Time is imperative.

Unlike a Yahoo! boy, he is not in a haste to wait the appropriate time for the seeds to grow and be matured enough to be ready for harvest. He understands the power of patience! Understand that while he waits, he is not sleeping. Waiting does not mean sleep. Waiting probably means in this context the period to allow growth and prepare for harvest.

While he waits also, he is aware of the probable attacks from pests in all forms: insects, animals and human beings alike. He wades an unending war them. He walks in the wake of every morning and in the dark of the nights protecting his crops. He is ready to die in the cause of a definite success. Remember, whatever that is not worth dying is not worth lliving for. He is just a Soldier!


During harvest, he know how to harvest. After harvest, he know how to sell. Just before selling, he reserves for his household. He keeps some grains to be sowed again. Then he pushes the rest to the market.

Now, his dream has been accomplished you think? Stop reading and get busy!!!

True success is an accummulation of small successes. This he knows so well ans believes iin. You what happens next? Now,He know how to succeed. He had succeeded once. He knows what if feels like to succeed because he had succeeded once again. He would want to succeed again then the whole process begins again! the same way, if you think this article makes sense, you can read again. You had probably not read means to some of my thoughts. Maybe i did not present them well enough.

Success can be calculated. It all depends on how badly you want it and how badly you crave for it.

This is off-my-desk. In a more organised mood, I will put this up fpr a re-write. Maybe you might want to buy.

If you have gotten this far in this article, you hard probably spent a while reading! Do you want to do this again? No, I suppose. Better imbibe the farmer's instinct then and live with it all your life. Like this, you'd safe alot of money buying motivational books


O ti remi jo! i am tired. See ya again!!

THE GIANTS’ RACE (part 1)
“And the cripple leaps ahead…”
Once upon a time in a country-side of HEROS, there was prophesy of draught, starvation and death in the land in few days to come, and the people were afore-warned to move out of their domain into a new land where dreams come true - The Promise Land. The oracle had also warned that only the strong and the highly skilled shall survive the throes. However, before the exodus commences, every man was advised to make a worthy sacrifice. When asked what the contents of the sacrifices are for each person, the oracle said “SACRIFICE”. Then, there was confusion.

Alphareus, the Lord of the land, knew the oracle could not be wrong. He consulted the wise men who interpreted the oracle’s responses as “PREPARATION” before the journey and “STEADFASTNESS” during the journey. Skills are necessary, but not ultimate. The path to the new land, whose length was unknown, was described by a narrow slippery bridge across a boiling river. Alphareus felt sacrifice could not have come in such simple terms of PREPARATION & STEADFASTNESS. He called a congress.

“Once again, we have to fight against extinction for survival. Immediately after our victory over CHOURMOGUS, I have known that this is not our home. There is going to be another movement from this domain of death to one with livelihood. Probably, the greatest movement mankind will ever witness. The good news is that we shall know no bitterness in the new home. The bad news however is that, ONLY the strong and the highly skilled will survive. Now, go home, get fit and hone your skills for the journey that commences by the next 7 days.” Alphareus descended the dais and retired to his palace.

The congress dispersed. One could see no fears on anyone’s face. They were all warriors. After all, they had won all battles that came there way. Even the chourmogian war that seemed insurmountable was conquered. “Victory is certain”, said the Lead Warrior.

While everyone had gone to garner their arsenal, one man had gone for consultations on the description of the paths that led to the Promised Land. Metomiphius was a cripple. He knew that apart from severe death during wars, several were others that were stampeded during massive movements; most of them, cripples. He knew he had neither weaponry nor horses, still he decided to survive with the strong and the highly skilled.

Few hours after consultaions, Metomiphius set upon a journey that was billed for the next seven days. He had stocked himself with essential resources for the journey. He knew a delay is detrimental as much as an overload of resources. He took just enough essential resources and set forth.

For Alphareus, there was no need to be in a hurry. He had warriors and fast healthy horses. However, he understood that after some lay-off, his chariots needed rejuvenation – Strength and Skill alike. He set aside a training camp and equipped it with new weaponry. He got more carts for storage. He was getting well prepared.

The Values of Man (Part 2): Fighting the Shadows
"Imagine a man that fights fiercely against his own shadows"

In the shadows of the dark, one man, while lots were asleep, was awake not only with his eyes opened but also with his mind made up on issues that were once tagged “SACRED”. He had thought about the unthinkable for other men. Even where the company he used to work for said “NO” and spelt Sceptics, he was able to bombard the affinity of his thoughts with the fantasy of the reality. Today, he stands at the threshold of a global command; at least in the field he had chosen for himself.

Microsoft, the software “big giant”, was never at a point the dream of Bill Gates. Events unfolded, and Microsoft came to life to redefine the way we see our PCs. The rewards came forth with the dedications and sacrifices. Today, more than 70% of computer users (novices and professionals alike) in the world run on Windows – the brain child of Gates. He walked in through the Do(or)S, blew up our minds opening the Windows, and some other cliques saw the Sun. The breeze that took the wind now makes us believe that we can fly even without wings. From the shadows of his thought, we have mounted an industry worth Trillions of trillions of dollars. However, as Gates’ bold steps had motivated millions into the field, he has to fight against his own shadows (the creativity of others) for survival. While Microsoft looked at Visual Basic as a major breakthrough and was proud of it, Sun Microsystems overtook it with almighty Java, and today C# has had to trail the path defined by Java. After the DO(or)S came the Windows, Bill might open new GATES. The values of Bill Gates unfolded.

In the gutters on a street in the defunct West Germany, one man can up with the “SACRED” law of relativity. The little voice that spoke in the heart of the angry Jew opened up the path to the new world order of Atomicity. It was glorious he made such an enormous achievement, but it was the same little idea that ruined the entirety of Hiroshima. The values of Albert Einstein, narrating the final reactions to his actions, seem to me were built on the pride of discovery and the threat of extinction. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics for his massive discovery but had to fight his own shadows to win for Peace. (The same way Adolph Hitler fought and lost against his own shadows for denying the Jews). The values of Einstein unfolded.

As the sound of the Pop music make some people giggle, Michael Jackson created a niche for himself as one of the most popular men ever to live. However, another man in a far desert in the east love the detonation of a ballistic so much that he created the “9/11”. Osama bin Laden, unfolded how crude the heart of man could be. With feeble arguments, he made justification for the actions that shook the world to its roots. Though accepted by millions like him, I still wonder why a supposed CIA agent took a U-turn on his former ally. A ballistic battle broke out and we found the “9/11” DJ running from the stage, when the music played in his domain. He has refused to dance. But in all, America has been fighting their own shadows in Osama bin Laden. They trained and made him we learnt. The values of US and Bin Laden unveiled in clashes.

To be continued…

THE VALUES OF MAN (Part 1)

“Of what gain is it for a man that gains all in this world and loose his life?” – A biblical verse

The first man – Adam – was mould out of clay but with a direct breathe of God. He was acclaimed to be in the image of God. He was built as a physical civil construction by the most divine. His worth was more than all the Angels that God commanded all clarions to bow before him. This is the story that first questioned the values of man. Adam was, at that point, the most valued being created by God.

Most depressingly, after the almighty fall of Adam and Eve, most of the treasured values of man were lost. But the most merciful gave his words to restore them all; but this time, shared and spread among and across all generations as time past. Early men were treasured in height and physical strength. As most men lived by the sword, the skills to lead and win battles were utmost values to classify man. That was the virtue that brought Julius Caesar to the threshold of undaunted global power. Fortune-tellers were most treasured too.

Time past and the values of the real men became more demanding. Knowledge soon overtook might and strength. The world marshaled into one driven by mental strength rather than physical strength. Nations with the most intelligent men soon led others into a new dawn. This was the virtue that brought Rome, an ancient city in modern Italy to the frontline of civilization; never forgetting that Egypt was the first to be liberalized by the Pythagoras’. Philosophers were the treasures of those ages. Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Archimedes to mention just a few were the men that manned the gates to the new world.

Just before the Second World War, Adolph Hitler was the only man at the threshold of a global command. His orders spread across the globe. He was feared from east to the west. His values were the treasures of the mighty Western Germany. His virtues were utmost respected until he was power drunk. God was ready to fulfill his promise to share and spread human values across and among tribes and castes over time. The most historic war broke out and power was moved by its roots in bits and strategically to the west.

We heard about the Knights of the Temple of Solomon. We heard about the Freemasons and we know the Jews but who knows how these people have been able to grab on global power? Myth or history, the truth is that power moved to the west. One man in the dark, scientifically and single-handedly led this marshalling of power to the west. He was at that point the most intelligent in the world. He lost 50% of his brain but was still able to create a revolution in the world of sciences. Albert Einstein discovered the law of relativity that soon became the clue behind the little stone that destroyed Hiroshima. He had lived in Germany for so long without a being a national of any country. The announcement that he was an American brought the most desired power drift to the US.

ODUSOTE, Ayodeji Y.
Solution Developer

A New Nigeria

The first 1st of October in the history of the country – Nigeria – was in 1960. That day, a new country was borne. Statements were declared uniting the several castes in the nation. It was the first time that we had agreed to one term of living and of governance without chauvinism. A new life was created; new people, new nation, new Nigeria. The atmosphere was alive and we were relieved of the colonial masters. That day, our destiny was placed in our hands for the first time but under one singular fact that "we shall remain one single nation – Nigeria".

Then, the new Nigeria was defined by the several cultures of her constituting tribes, the form of government, the population strength, the geographical location, its seasons & weathers, and most importantly, its resources (both natural and human alike). It was the Agricultural and Industrial Ages together, and the new country had both advantages of man power accordingly to fit into the industrial class, and the perfect varying weather conditions supported by a vast fertile landscape endowed with rich natural plantations to fit into the agricultural class. Africans looked westward for a prospective young giant to lead the continent through the ages. The focal point became Nigeria, the land of plenty.

1976 marked the beginning of another Nigeria. An exodus of the workforce from the farms into our industries soon defined a new Nigeria driven by the economic impact of the most lucrative Oil & Gas industry. The agricultural age soon died a painful death (in the country). Our farm lands were been taken over by thick forests while the Industrial age was entering a new level of advancement. The era of the Oil boom channeled a new course for the labour force. The Industrial age replaced the agricultural age.

All the while, the west was marshaling into a new age - the Information age. Information and its dissemination (i.e. communication) were major challenges and several tools were developed to launch a global revolution in the new age, so was the tool, Information Technology. Global political and economic powers were soon closely attributed to those nations with immense IT values, and those people with the required skills manned the gates to the new world. They set the new rules of the game. They led the revolution.

However, it is most unfortunate that the Information Age is over two decades and Nigeria remains in the doldrums of the new world. While India has been able to create both political and economic leverages with the Oil-powered economies of the world through the adoption of IT, Nigeria, the one-time focal point for Africa’s Reformation, is drifted away by the wind of corruption and an overwhelming sense of greed through the acquisition of wealth while the youths’ potentials and future are being jeopardized; the resultant factor being the loss of a national sense of commitment among growing youths to render selfless services to their father-land. Every opportunity to man a public or political office thus becomes one to an endless greed to enrich the insatiable desire for crazy wealth. I wonder how many Nigerians wake up daily to bless the country like an American would do. We, subconsciously, hate the present Nigeria!

This disheartening phenomenon is almost becoming a communal norm that has been rooted into our thinking. A typical Nigerian youth sees the advent of the e-world as an open gate to a new world of cyber crimes. Several millions of dollars are spent occasionally by the governments of the world to ensure that these gates to the e-world filter hacks and secure our vital information to its constituting data, but as this campaign increases, youths found other entries into the world of crimes through scams (in its various types). By this means, several individuals, even governments of the world, have lost millions to these little opened holes. People are cajoled daily in the pretence of "friendship" and have lost fortunes to these cheap concealed relationships. This is the present Nigeria we have found ourselves.

In it also, we know giants without might, thinkers without thoughts, dreamers without vision, achievers without labour, leaders without purpose and directions, and youths without dreams and visions. A community governed in chaos by unscrupulous leaders and their rash policies rather than one governed by fundamental laws and principles.

In my opinion, birthing a new Nigeria essentially will involve birthing a new set of people; people who have embraced a new set of values and virtues, people with radical opposition to corruption and people with unwavering commitments towards the socio-economical and political growth of the country. The evolution of a new Nigeria requires an internal change i.e. a change in the mentality of the people. It requires a shift of paradigm. Possible ways of doing this involve orientation and re-orientation of the present people to birth new people, youth empowerment through capacity building, and setting up programs & structures that will give the people a sense of future security.

The foundation brick to these structures thus becomes ceaseless and massive youth orientation to transform our youths into more productive and patriotic citizens of the country. Nigeria will only come alive again if, for everyone, there is a bright future coupled with equal opportunities and healthy environments for constructive competitions. The future of Nigeria is the newness of our individual beings and the readiness of everyone to put a hand in nation-building. Once this is achieved, we shall begin to live in a new secured society governed by fundamental laws and principles. One that is conscious of her entire citizenry. Then, we shall live in a country we all love with passion, a new Nigeria.



ODUSOTE, Ayodeji Y.