DARE TO PONDER

The Review of the Book, “DARE TO PONDER”

With A Foreword by Professor Joel B. Babalola

One good way to broaden your knowledge is through reading. To read is to study, look at and understand the meaning of (written or printed words

or symbols) something. Reading easily makes you know new things. To liberate yourself from ignorance you have to read; just as reading makes

a full man. Here is the submission of Oliver W. Holmes on reading, “Life transforming ideas have always come to me through reading books.”

One aspect of books you will find helpful to your living is Motivational books. There are books and there are ‘books’. One of the good books you

can read, be motivated and be inspired from is “DARE TO PONDER”, as written by Olurotimi Odejayi. The book is a thirteen chapter

masterpiece, written to educate the prospecting reader on how to ponder cum prosper in life. This book proffers the simple and practical

guidance into how to live your life to the fullest through the maximum use of your mind and live better as humans. If you can follow the mental

blueprints discussed in this book you will surely make a quantum leap in life. The change of a man's status is a function of the change of his mindset, hence the conclusion that "The Mind is the Heart of the Matter, Just as The Matter of the Heart is the Mind".

Research has found out that no man can be greater than the thoughts of himself. Hence, the reasons for the clarion call for all men to ponder.

Just as Buddha corroborated this when he said “the mind is everything. What you think you become”. For example in Chapter Five, entitled

“Precedence of Pondering” twenty-four convincing reasons were given on why a man needs to ponder first before taking any action in life. In the

book are four scholarly-written poems as edited by Mr. Funso A. Isiade (Mcimn) and Foreword given by Professor Joel B. Babalola. The theme of

the book is – “Maximising Your Living through a Mental Blueprint”. When you allow the thoughts to flow, pondering sets in and you will astound

yourself with what you can ideate. It is what you can picture in your mind that you can work toward and to achieve. This is what is known as

imagination. You need to ponder because no man can be greater than the thoughts of himself. The limit to how successful a person can be is

determined by what he can think about himself. Napoleon Hill once said, “You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient

conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe; the mind can achieve”.

“The Other Side of Failure is Success” – Rotimi Odejayi

“...There is Just only one positive you can draw from Failure” – Rotimi Odejayi



“Never accept failure, no matter how often it visits you. Keep on going.
Never give up.” - Michael Smurfit.


I want to thank you, my dear friend for the interest you have shown in
my writings. If you have been following my writings, you will notice
that in my last three write-ups, success was dealt with from different
inspiring angles. I hope we understood and were blessed via the article,
“My Thoughts on Success”? Today we are leaving success to delving into
the unpopular subject of failure. Most authors are too serious that they
skip the subject of failure at the expense of writing on success, et
al. How bad or otherwise do you think failure is? Rarely common in the
life of any successful person is the sour taste of experiencing failure
at a particular point in his or her life. Generally speaking, failure is
a familiar thing in this world of pens and papers. How about you have
you failed before? Yes, I have failed in a few occasions before now. I
submit that Failure of a man comes when it is all words, and no
performance! The gospel is that failure is not final.
Let us put it straight, what is the meaning of the word “failure”?
Here is the meaning of the word “failure” according to Microsoft
Encarta 2009 Dictionary.

1.    Lack of success: a lack of success in or at something.
When a student for instance has his/her academic goals not realised at
the right time, such a student is believed to have failed. Failure is
always bitter, and hard to take, especially if that outcome does not
match what you are preparing to get. When I fail, as a person I pull
myself together and continue from there before I will know it, I would
have succeeded big time. I am writing this not because I love failure,
but because I want us to be educated thereby. I, the son of Odejayi
reject failure in my life in Jesus name, Amen.
2. Something less than that is
required: something that falls short of what is required or expected,
e.g. Failure will not be tolerated. Affirming that to fail at a
time in life does not make you to become a criminal. It is only showing
that your performance was below the acceptable standard. Despite his
successful feat in his time, Virgil, a Roman Poet (who lived from 70 to
19 BC) in his renowned work, ‘Aeneid’ defined failure as “the most
miserable thing I myself saw and of which I was a major
part”. You  will keep failing, if you keep making excuses why you did not get it
right. I see Failure as man's -
Flop
Arising from
Indolent
Lifestyles +
Unserious &
Recurrent
Excuse-Making.

THE TWO SIDES OF FAILURE
I understand clearly what two things failure does? I see failure like a
two-sided coin. If an individual fails, the person will become
discouraged and this can make the person’s head to bow-down in despair.
On one side, failure can make you quit, and this is regarded as failing
perpetually. What I mean is a situation when people throw in the towel,
and never try again. This is always as a result of discouragement
witnessed by the individual. Elsewhere, you can take a cue from failure,
and use this failure to activate your successful feat. Here is an
excerpt of my life story for your education.
I can still remember vividly, on Thursday 10th of June, 1999 I wrote my
final Senior School Certificate Examination from St Patrick’s Grammar
School here in Ibadan. We were all basking in the euphoria of completing
the Secondary school. My colleagues went a-parting, others celebrated
it by attending ‘Live shows’ in halls outside the school vicinity,
others in joyous mood torn their school uniforms, while I went straight
home to sleep, since I had sleepless night before that day. I thought I
was going to succeed, but I was given the opposite of my expectation. On
Wednesday December 1, 1999, I went back to my Alma-Alta to check my
result and was given this run-down of results: Maths – E8, English – D7,
Physics – D7, Agric – C6, Economics – E8, Geography – D7, Biology – D7,
Chemistry – C6 and Yoruba – B2. I got home that day and was very
discouraged. Let me confess, I wept profusely because the result I got
was in sharp contrast to my expectation. To my utmost surprise, my
mother never abused me. She encouraged me, and instructed my other
siblings to celebrate me. I was given a good treat at home, with kind
words like – “We are celebrating you now with the hope of a good result
from you next time”. Unknowing to me, my mother went to report my
failure to two of my mentors. I have not told them before they started
changing my mind-set. They told me I can still succeed, citing relevant
life testimonies to buttress their points. There is a merit in failure
you know. I took up the challenge the following year. I went back to re-enroll and wrote WAEC GCE in year 2000 and came out brilliantly. I am very sure it was the agony of failure cum the encouragements from people that failure is not final that spurred me to excelled the year after. At least you have learnt one other better way of doing it rightly than the former.

THE LIFELONG SECRET OF THE SUCCESSFUL

"...Have you ever asked yourself what is the difference between the achiever and the mediocre? The difference is not only their mindset, but how well they understand the lifestyle of diligence and how are they given this timeless truth." - Rotimi Odejayi

To succeed means to realize a predefined set goals or objectives. For example, a student who succeeds is one who attains exactly his set-out projections after an examination. Attaining success is as simple as following it lay-down principles. The five building lifelong features of the successful are: Desire, Determination, Diligence, Discretion and Discipline. Judging by various interactions with contemporary successful-men and research from time memorial have shown that the lifelong secret of the successful is Diligence. That is, what characterizes the life of the successful is diligence. This is because everything yields to diligence. Alas, elusive among today’s youths is the lifestyle of Diligence. The aim of this presentation is to create in us a culture of diligent, so that we can succeed in life.
What then is Diligence?

A lexicon defines the word “diligence” to mean “conscientiousness (something characterized by extreme care and great effort) in paying proper attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a great situation. A diligent effort is one that is hardworking or/and industrious. Diligence is the earnest, conscientious application of our energy to accomplish what we’ve undertaken.
When we are diligent, we pay careful attention to detail and are dedicated to achieving quality results.

The five dynamics (ways to view) of diligence
1. Industry: To be industrious is to be labourious and hardworking in whatever you are doing. Since no good thing comes easily, then you put in hard-work to excel in life. Industry in this context means going the extra mile at attaining the desired goal through work. “There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.” - Charles F. Kettering (American engineer, inventor of the electric starter, 1876-1958).
2. Act-right: Hear this definition first; Diligence is “Having the right heart (mind) to do the right thing at the right time, in the right place and at the right way”. Having enough wisdom to know the right thing to do at the right time is diligence. According to Arsene Wenger in an interview he granted in December 2012, he said, “You can only be good in life if you do what you believe is right."
3. Wisdom: It the people who are wise that actually succeed. It is the application of wisdom that makes you do the right thing, and this will lead to success. In the actualization of success, wisdom is the principal (most pivotal) thing. ‘Wisdom is profitable to direct’, so says The Preacher.
4. Organize your Life and Systematize your Work: This means to be very thorough in what you do. Success comes when you are thorough enough to organize your life via the use of a time-table and follow a prescribed system for living. This work speaks louder than voice. Horace said, “Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.”
5. Not Giving-Up: There is usually a thin line of demarcation between attaining a successful feat and failing. One powerful dynamics of diligence is never to give up. Recall, winners never quit, just as quitters never win.

Diligence Quotes
“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.” Samuel Johnson
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence” - Abigail Adams
"Success Seems To Be ConnecteD With ActioN. SuccessfuL People KeeP MovinG. They Make MistakEs, But TheY Don't Quit"- ConraD HiltoN
"The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools." - Confucius
“When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”- Hellen Keller.

“MY THOUGHTS ON SUCCESS” – MR. ’ROTIMI ODEJAYI.

“MY THOUGHTS ON SUCCESS” – MR. ’ROTIMI ODEJAYI.

“My thought is me: that is why I can't stop. I exist by what I think...and I can't prevent myself from thinking” - Jean-Paul Sartre.

Thought, the past tense and past participle of the verb word “think”, is of great essence to man’s existence. Thought refers to any mental or intellectual activity involving an individual's subjective consciousness. It can refer to the act of thinking, the resulting ideas or arrangements of ideas. I have at one time or the other succeeded, hence my decision to share with you my thoughts on the subject of success. In the real sense of it, what is the meaning of success?
Success is a very common term especially among the youth. It is generally believed that failure is an orphan, while success is the celebrated new-baby of everyone. In the game of life, either success or failure is up for a man to grab. Success is a gem that captures the aspirations of everybody; it is always celebrated by all men. The word “Success” means – The achievement of something desired, planned or attempted: some attributed their success in business to Hard-work. Success may refer to: a level of a social status, achievement of an objective (goal) and the opposite of failure. The truth is that good success is the desire of God for his children; it’s always laziness or ignorance of our rights that short-changes the believer from attaining their set-goals for success. I am sure success cannot fail, and it’s attained only on merits; while success cannot be a coincidence, yet it has no shortcut. The word ‘success’ is understood by writing it across-vertically via the seven letters that makes the word. Success (in the present continuous tense) is                         
                                                            S – Seceding from laziness.
                                                            U – Underscoring diligence.
                                                            C – Concentrating on the Majors.
                                                            C – Connected to fulfilling purpose.
                                                            E – Encouraging others to excel
                                                            S – Self-denial and personal reading.
                                                            S – Synonymous with Reading.
From my own experience in the academic facet of life, I think success becomes your lots only when you systematize your work and organize your life via a time-table. Very synonymous with last success is reading. The reason is because in books lies the soul of the whole past, and life transforming ideas have always come to me through reading books. You cannot separate a successful life from a personal life of self-development; wherein you have so worked on yourself that you become essential commodity for all men. I mean that you work extensively on yourself such that people cannot do without you. It must be noted that every successful ventures has a price to pay.  

Conclusively, the die is cast as I cannot fail, because I am resolutely paying my price for success. My mind is telling me I can succeed, because I am what I am thinking. Virgil said “We cannot do everything, yet we can think. This success encourages: they can because they think they can.” You can succeed when you know what exactly you want, and you know how to get what you desire. This desire is activated through sacrifice, and this sacrifice is what results in success. The way by which you can manifest this is simply by "Stop Wishing, Start Working" because man's action speaks louder than his voice.

The Paradox of Success

This Write-up is an Excerpt of my book, “DARE TO PONDER”.

                                                                   The Paradox of Success.
“Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration” – Thomas Alva Edison.


Success is a very common term especially among the youth. It is generally believed that failure is an orphan, while success is the celebrated new-baby of everyone. In the game of life, either success or failure is up for a man to grab. Success is a gem that captures the aspirations of everybody; it is always celebrated by all men. The word “Success” means – The achievement of something desired, planned or attempted: some attributed their success in business to Hard-work. Success may refer to: a level of a social status, achievement of an objective (goal) and it is the opposite of failure. The truth is that good success is the desire of God for his children; it’s always laziness or ignorance of our rights that short-changes the believer from attaining their set-goals for success.

Success is the progressive attainment of worthwhile goals. The new Webster Dictionary has defined a ‘goal’ as “the end toward which man’s effort is directed”. That is your main intention for investing efforts into something. It connotes an aspiration and the ability to work towards a specific object orientation. A goal is a statement of objectives and purpose clearly spelt out within a given time. In the context of an Under-graduate, that student is successful if he finishes with a First Class degree; a consistent Christian is also considered to be successful. Here is Jim Rohn’s definition, “Success is nothing more than a few disciplines, practiced everyday”. Endeavour to think success because you determine how and if you will succeed. The reason is because; Success is a state of mind. If you want to succeed, start thinking of yourself as successful. At the counter of success, there are no bargains; prices must be paid in advance and in full. If some prices are meant to be paid then preparation is very pivotal to success. Success is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of a diligent choice. Success, unlike our wishes, strong aspiration, and lopsided thought is a process of practical, personal experience and not sudden. The determining factor is your level of preparation, as a man cannot be greater than what he prepares for. In life your preparation begets your expectation and expectation lead you to realization. From experience, I affirm that very sweet is success, and it is always celebrated by all men.
Let us get it right that there are no short-cuts to success. You attain a successful feat through toiling. Let us do a brief description of how success is? We would recall that success is always enjoyed by people, just as it feat is being celebrated by all men. It is always a time of merry-making, champagne popping, and happy celebration. Naturally and generally speaking, all men on earth dream big and great, but not all heartily pray for it. It is therefore a conspicuous paradox to say: No Sweat, No Success.
Biblically speaking, life from cradle (beginning of existence) was all rosy and no sweat. Adam and Eve had all things at their beck and call. Just as man fell into sin, the rosy life changed. And this success story of man turned an adventure with God’s pronouncement of sweat before any man will succeed. Just as sweet as success is, it is a product of man’s perspiration. Perspiration in this context means it literal meaning of “the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a salty fluid”. The consequence of this is just because you are toiling to achieve that targeted goal. The Bible in Genesis 3: 19a said, “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread…”. Since then, no man sincerely attains success without sweating it out (that is what we call toiling in this modern English diction). Success, according to John Ruskin is “the highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become of it”
Proverbs 6: 4 says, “Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids”. It takes discipline to forgo sleep and burn mid-night candle. That is a situation wherein you are toiling upwards in the night. And at this time, you are not only developing yourself, you are also perspiring to get to that desired haven.
The ParadoX of This LIFE Is That Your PresenT SufferinG if diligently enduredWill Prepare You For FuturE Success. 


N.B.
The word ‘Paradox’ in English Language is a word that contradicts itself, e.g. sweat and success.

SHOW YOUR LOVE

I think today can be a good day to address this subject succinctly. It is a great virtue, it is what everyone is saying now...What am I referring to? The common word "Love". I discover some people don't really know the meaning of the word. I am not an authority, so let us consult the dictionary. What is the lexicon definition for the word 'LOVE"? For the sake of education, read below seven scholarly written definitions of love, as culled from Wikipedia.

Love is an emotion of a strong affection and personal attachment. [1] Love is also said to be a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection —"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another".[2] Love may describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self or animals.[3]
In English, love refers to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from pleasure ("I loved that meal") to interpersonal attraction ("I love my partner"). "Love" may refer specifically to the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love, to the sexual love of Eros, to the emotional closeness of familial love, to the platonic love that defines friendship,[4] or to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love,[5] or to a concept of love that encompasses all of those feelings. This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states.
Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.[6]
Love may be understood as part of the survival instinct, a function to keep human beings together against menaces and to facilitate the continuation of the species.[7]

Love does not come in isolation. it start by your trusting. The genesis of loving a person is to first of all trust the person and this by default degenerate into love for the person. Apart from what I am hearing, How do I know if He or she truly loves me? Looking at the subject of love, I know truly well that it is a practical virtue. You cannot theorize it and now tell me you love him/her. You must show the love. In a sermon an Islamic scholar was delivering sometimes ago here in Ibadan, Master R.T.B. Akingbile said and I quote, "Don't ever believe people who use mouth to toast you. Real love does something. If you love her do something and show it. It is not by word. It is by you trying to demonstrate it. You show your love by caring and sharing with that person". This Uhrstars was talking about ACTION, which we all believe speaks louder than voice. This is an action devoid of eye-service, gossiping, and hypocrisy.
This was exactly what GOD Did for the whole human race. According to John 3 : 16, GOD Showed this Sinful world the Practically of HIS Love for humanity By SendinG HIS oNly Begotten Son To Die for US ALL. He Gave Us SomethinG To Show HIS LOVE, That is why 1st John Chapter 4, Opined that "GOD IS LOVE". InvariabLy, If you are a child of GOD, then You Must Be LovinG And SubsequentLy Show The LOVE ThrougH Your AcTion. In my Book, "DARE TO PONDER" I Said, "Your Action Makes The Difference, Because It IS This Your ActioN That Is The Best Interpreter Of Your Thoughts. And your ThoughTs LiterallY Describes You".

Here are the features of LOVE as Depicted in 1 Corinthians 13 : 4, 5.
"Love is Patient, Love is Kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not Proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered (or provoked) and Love Does not Keep Records of Wrongs done to HIM/HER".

Prayer: TeacH Me Dear Lord to LOVE, AMEN.

IS LIFE UNFAIR? By Arthur J. Schoonveld

"As for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." — Psalm 73:2-3

Sometimes life seems unfair. Sometimes you look around and wonder why some families experience one hardship after another while other families prosper.
Why is it that so many of us have everything we need while others have less than nothing?
Why is it that some people who care nothing about God live in luxury, while millions of people dedicated to the Lord are persecuted?
These are the very questions that torment the writer of Psalm 73. He did not understand: “As for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”
He’s not alone. Many Christians wrestle with that issue. A wife standing next to the casket of her husband whispered to me, “This is not right.”
So many things in life don’t seem right or fair. That’s why we need to keep our eyes on the Lord.
It was only when the psalmist focused on the Lord and came into God’s presence that he began to understand. He did not find an answer to his questions. But he found peace in knowing that our lives are in the hands of the loving God who has become our Father through Jesus Christ. When life seems unfair, be sure to come into his presence.
Prayer: Lord God, be close to all who struggle with hard questions today. Draw them into your presence. For Jesus’ sake, Amen.

WHO IS A LEADER? by Mr. ’Rotimi Odejayi

The word “Leader” is not a vague human concept. Humanity is identified with one leader or the other. There are leaders and there are “leaders” in this intellectual world of pen and paper. I mean great role-models whose impact is indellible in the life of his/her followers. The New 9th Edition Longman Dictionary defines a “Leader” as “the person who direct or controls a team, organization, a course or country; or someone who is in front of all the others in a race or competition. For example, a price was awarded to President De-Klerk and the ANC leader Nelson Mandela, for leadership, but who is elsewhere known as born leader.” With this definition you can easily deduce if you are a leader or not. Personally I know one if I see him or her, especially they are seen with their charismatic lifestyles. What do names like Obasanjo, Obama, Oprah Winfred, Queen Elizabeth II, Angela Merkel, Bill Gates, Wole Soyinka, Jide Owoeye and W.F. Kumuyi suggest? These are world renowned leaders of course.
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams
To me, a leader is not only successful; He/She is A SpeciaL Being. A leader is someone that stands while his colleagues are falling. A leader is outstanding, while a few of the colleagues only manage to stand. Besides, a leader is standing tall, whenever his colleagues manage to stand. To stand-tall is sincerely exclusive to very few but a leader equally stands as a model. He sets out his life ideologies for people to follow as a standard through his service to humanity. During his time in India, Gandhi was regarded as a servant-leader. His life was characterized by service. Let me confess at this juncture that I am not a leader yet, I am only a leader in the making; hence my coming to YOUTH-LIFE 2013. Very soon, the world is going to borrow a leaf from the standards I am going to set. The late Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder was of this opinion and I quote, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whoever desires to be a leader must be a sincere Optimist who possesses these qualities of a leader. Simply spell the word “LEADER” across-vertically to arrive at these hallmarks of a leader.
LEARNER: “Leadership and learning are very indispensable to each other” – John F. Kennedy
EFFECTIVE: “Effective Leaders have an uncanny ability to quickly turn problems to opportunities” – Author Unknown

ACTION: “When thoughts and action operates together, the result is a masterpiece”—Rotimi Odejayi
DARING: “You must dare to think about leading in life”—William Fullbright
ENTHUSIASM: “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm” – Ralph W. Emerson
READER: “A reader today is a leader tomorrow”—W. Fusselman
The utmost desire of my being is to be a renowned leader, a leader who will be a positive influence as well as be a channel of blessing to others. Normally a leader must be “loaded”. I mean he or she must be well-fed with information as well as possess the core leadership qualities. In my quest to know more about leadership I stumbled on this wise saying of Stephen Covey, which says “Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent (agreeing) with them.” You have personally master and lead yourself first before you can talk of leading any other person or group of people. What Covey is saying is that, assuming the post of a leader is a personal issue that starts with you having a clear vision of your future leadership roles and the inherent values you must add to humanity so as to make the difference in your world. It is in you, so dare to lead.

Review of the Book "DARE TO PONDER"

The Review of the Book, “DARE TO PONDER”

With A Foreword by Professor Joel B. Babalola

One good way to broaden your knowledge is through reading. To read is to
study, look at and understand the meaning of (written or printed words
or symbols) something. Reading easily makes you know new things. To
liberate yourself from ignorance you have to read; just as reading makes
a full man. Here is the submission of Oliver W. Holmes on reading,
“Life transforming ideas have always come to me through reading books.”
One aspect of books you will find helpful to your living is Motivational
books. There are books and there are ‘books’. One of the good books you
can read, be motivated and be inspired from is “DARE TO PONDER”, as
written by Olurotimi Odejayi. The book is a thirteen chapter
masterpiece, written to educate the prospecting reader on how to ponder
cum prosper in life. This book proffers the simple and practical
guidance into how to live your life to the fullest through the maximum
use of your mind and live better as humans. If you can follow the mental
blueprints discussed in this book you will surely make a quantum leap
in life.

I have found out that no man can be greater than the thoughts of
himself. Hence, the reasons for the clarion call for all men to ponder.
Just as Buddha corroborated this when he said “the mind is everything.
What you think you become”. For example in Chapter Five, entitled
“Precedence of Pondering” twenty-four convincing reasons were given on
why a man needs to ponder first before taking any action in life. In the
book are four scholarly-written poems as edited by Mr. Funso A. Isiade
(Mcimn) and Foreword given by Professor Joel B. Babalola. The theme of
the book is – “Maximising Your Living through a Mental Blueprint”. When
you allow the thoughts to flow, pondering sets in and you will astound
yourself with what you can ideate. It is what you can picture in your
mind that you can work toward and to achieve. This is what is known as
imagination. You need to ponder because no man can be greater than the
thoughts of himself. The limit to how successful a person can be is
determined by what he can think about himself. Napoleon Hill once said,
“You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient
conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind
can conceive and believe; the mind can achieve”. Read below a brief
excerpt of the book.

To ‘ponder’ is to weigh something in the mind with thoroughness and care
just as Bill Gates did; while the English word ‘ponderer’ means someone
who exercises his or her mind usually in an effort to reach a decision.
I believe too that you are ready to reach a decision with this book in
your hand. This 21st century is marked out by great men of repute who
used their brain immensely to change the world for good, and you too
must choose to be one of them. Do you know that you are today where your
thoughts have brought you and you will be tomorrow where your thoughts
take you? “The greatest discovery of my generation is that men can
change their circumstances by changing their attitude of mind” - were
the wise sayings of William James on the right use of the mind. To excel
in life has to do with you developing the right kind of mental
processes. As a matter of fact, the mentality of a man is the driver to
his destiny. Dare to Ponder is written by the leading of the Lord to
educate you on how to maximise the use of your mind to nurture great
thoughts and act out these thoughts in a bid to fulfill your divine
purpose here on earth. This inspiration is undoubtedly sent to transform
you. Read this book and get motivated. Let’s go!
Here are Readers’ Feed-backs of the book ‘Dare to Ponder’

“The author takes the reader through a psychological trip in pointing to
the important milestones on the journey to the top, and challenging
everyone to look inward; breathe deep, and maximize the power of the
human mind. There lies the power to excel.”
 Prof. ’Tunde O. Opeibi.
Senior Lecturer,
English Language Department
University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos.

“Crime indeed is common, to ponder is rare. The sway of ponder makes me
to ponder. It is a book for anyone who is curious to ponder”.
 Mr.Olorunsaye, Joseph O.
Cataloguing Librarian,
E. Latunde Odeku Medical Library,
College of Medicine, U.I., Ibadan.

“The author has established the unknown fact that all the known
resources of life may fail, but the thinking resource will
remain.”
Mr. Adetunji O. Albert
Senior Librarian,
Lead City University, Ibadan.

“‘Dare to Ponder’ is a very good book; every chapter is about deep and
thorough thinking. The book will make a great companion for
everyone”.
Mrs. E.O. Yoloye
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