3 Life Lessons I Learned From A Shoe Cobbler
By Johnspeak Uwangue (Motivational Speaker, Talent and Life Coach)
After moving to Lagos state to pursue my dreams full time, life made me to come in contact with so many people and among them was a shoe Cobbler whom I have come to regard as a friend. I've seen able bodied men and women complaining about how harsh life was treating them. Some even go as far as blaming their parents and even siblings for their predicaments. Meeting with this physically challenged shoe Cobbler friend of mine gave me another perspective about life, Career and business. He's my source of motivation because whenever I saw him, I always told myself Johnspeak, if this man could survive the harsh reality of life and business, I can too.
Today, I want to share with you just three out of the many things that I have learned as a result of staying with my shoe cobbler friend and as well as observing his perspective towards life.
Opportunities Don't Just Appear
He always told me that he'd have left his level if only he had taken advantage of opportunities that he got. So many people are busy searching for opportunities thus the sole reason for their instability. No matter your chosen field, you can always create an opportunity to excel. Always search for an open door even when every other doors seems to have been shut against you. Opportunities don't just appear, they are either created by us or by the forces of life working for us. Any opportunity you see was created by someone.Life Isn't Magical
Oftentimes out of impatient and lack of understanding of how life work, we expect things to happen just like that. Anything that will last must obey the law of process. There are always two approaches to dealing with issues; the magical and the process. And the duration of the process is not determined by nature or life, it's determined by our preparation. Like I always say "It didn't take God twenty five years to give Isaac to Mr.& Mrs Abraham, it only took Mr & Mrs Abraham twenty five years to be prepared to have Isaac.Life Isn't Turn By Turn
Whenever I hear people say that life is turn by turn I just find myself laughing, not that they are foolish No! but because they don't understand how life work. Hello! There are about seven billion people on earth, so, if life was turn by turn that means, most people would have died before it gets to their turn. Life is not turn by turn but step by step. We will only be presented with opportunities that matches with our present level and state of mind. Our state of mind is a product of our state of preparation. You can't give success to someone with a broken mind. Sometime this year I was wondering why I never got the kind of ideas and opportunities last year or two years ago that I am getting now. And then it occurred to me that my state of mind then wouldn't have been able to comprehend the opportunities I'm having now.
Opportunities will always come your way but will it meet you prepared?
Succeed You Must!
© Johnspeak Uwangue
Motivational Speaker, Talent and Life Coach.
Mission:
Johnspeak Uwangue is on a mission to help solve complex issues through the wisdom of God, his personal experiences, and in-depth researches in the affairs of individuals, organizations and nations.
