*I WAS JOBLESS FOR 2YEARS, SO FOR 2YEARS I WAS INDOORS READING*

I visited my mentor in Lagos recently , the first thing he told me is to keep developing myself.

*The truth is that before you go far in life you need to first develop yourself*

And you can’t develop yourself through fasting and prayers or through working hard or through wasting away, No…..but through constant reading and other significant routines/habits of personal development

I spent 2 years indoors reading, you may wonder how  possible could that  could be.

It all started in 2011, I made up my mind to study Engineering  in school in order to please my parents , I passed with flying colours but i still felt there was something missing and i began to feel like an empty void.

I then came to  Lagos to look for a job, so every morning, i would go out and submit my CV’s to companies, come back home and continue my  reading..

So two years no job, i was indoors reading. Most times no food, I will drink Gari with sugar and go back to reading.

I still remember in the year 2014, i emptied my bank account and  used the money to buy books, my Mum was very angry when she heard that.

The first time i ever went for a speaking engagement  and got paid,  the envelope was so huge my mother thought maybe I picked someone’s money.

What am trying to say is that talent is not enough, so go and develop yourself …Many a time we spend time celebrating people’s glory without having any clue of what they went through, My coming this far is not a magic, I went through a lot. I was told, if one must go far in life, one must have to do things differently, maybe my 2 years of reading was part of it.

Note  *Success is very easy not difficult as we were told, only that people find it very difficult to apply the principles*

For now i read only four books each month, which is very poor for me due to my tight schedules but that is not an excuse to develop myself. I need to develop more on my reading habits.. Most times if i don’t read through the day then I will go to bed very late to cover up, that is discipline..

*You can decide to make it a duty to start with at least two books every month*

Thanks for reading, am only trying to share my reading experience and how it all started.. Today i am somebody, who has  inspired many people and this fills my heart with pleasure

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