Do not be fooled by those who would want you to believe you can succeed in life without any form of exertion. There is nothing like "workless" or "sweatless" success. Even 4-1-9, and other forms of fraud schemes, involve an appreciable degree of planning and execution, both forms of exertion. Juju and ritual wealth or success also involves planning and execution and sacrifice. Do not get me wrong; I do not support 4-1-9 or juju. I am merely pointing to the fact that even with them, you will still need to work. And even in church, after you are anointed for wealth, you still have to open your shop and be diligent at your business, otherwise you get nothing. You must work or else forget success in life. It is a universal truth.
Money or success does not fall from heaven. You want to succeed and get to some place great in life? You want your life to make meaning and have recognisable relevance? You want to be counted among the successful and great? You want to have an impactful life? You must be willing to work. Otherwise, forget genuine success. Work is the only legitimate way to success. Any other way to, or any other form of, success is a fraud. In life, it is no work, no success.
As a matter of fact, the only place where success comes before work is in the arrangement of the alphabet in the English dictionary! In practical life work comes before success. To succeed in life, you must work committedly on the processes of life. You must sacrifice time, energy, intellect and, sometimes, money. What people call "goodluck" and "fortune" are actually rewards for deligent and determined work. Goodluck and fortune never happen in a void. They are always triggered by sacrificial work.
This is how both Benjamin Franklin - American polymath and one of the founding fathers of the United States of America - and Emily Dickinson - American writer and poet - made the connection between luck and fortune and diligence:
"Diligence is the mother of good luck." - Benjamin Franklin.
"Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned." - Emily Dickinson.
You are looking for good luck and fortune? Do not look any further than work, because you will find them (legal forms of good luck and fortune) nowhere else.
Listen to King Solomon, the wise king of Israel, and benefit from ageless wisdom:
"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men" - Proverbs 22:29.
Without diligence in what you do, you are going nowhere great. You will not attain recognition and promotion in life. You will do nothing celebratory. Nothing great will come from you or your pursuits. You will remain average, or even somewhere below average. Step up your game, therefore, and benefit from diligence. Avoid laziness like the plague. Get to work.
Like we say in local parlance: good soup na money kill am. So also, a successful life na work make am. No more, no less.
You can do it.
It is all within you.
It is Agoso Bamaiyi, your friend for a greater Nigeria and the best things of life.
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