Simple Steps on How to Upload a Podcast Using Voice Recorder On Your Phone

Hi dearies, I got this question from people asking how can I get a clear podcast?

Whenever I see this question I just remember How Laziness Saved My Life by Ofili Speaks.

This is not my normal post but I am doing this to help all those out there who think they need to get a studio to achieve a Podcast. I will be listing my accessories for you and how I achieve a Simple podcast.

This step can only be good for the following people:
- Those who know they just want to speak to make an impact with little or no extra expense.
-Those who appreciate their voice for how it is and so can go on without having to edit it.
-Those who are not auditioning for Radio Presenters with their podcast, because you might just need some extra voice lift.
-Those who think simple is not boring.

If you are any of these categories then you can relate with my style of pod-casting.

Let's start with my tools:

- Phone (Any iPhone) I am being specific about the brand because not all phones have voice recorders.
- iConvt (an app on iPhone)
- Internet Connectivity
-Box.net account.

How do I use these to achieve my podcast?

I am sincerely the laziest person when it comes to upload, edit, jingle and the likes, so I had to discover an easy way out.

Podcast: Step Up Your Game in 2016

Hello loveliesssss, How are we doing today? I am excitedddd! 2016 in some hours. I have been watching this 2016 with 5D Glasses since wondering when it will come but we are almost there, I am patient.

Have you done a recollection of all you are grateful for in 2015, if we are not grateful for 2015 how can we appreciate 2016.

If you can't think, you can't thank.

I am grateful for my online family, we started this journey in february and since then you guys have been awesome.

Really, if you do not know what to be grateful for, put all your complaints into your breathe and imagine if your breathe were no more? If not for anything let's stay thankful for the GIFT of life.

That's my brief sermon....

Going into the topic of todayyyyy! Yay!

Do you see the people in that picture, who do they look like? Did I hear someone say Dancerssss, Yes you are right. I loved this show during my stay indoor moment this holiday and I must say it was kind of boring until I met with this program called Step it Up, I always mistakenly call it Step Up but I am sure the directors understand.

While watching this dance series, I was excited, if you see their training sessions, the way their coaches shout at them when trying them, you will be wondering all for dance( and before I go further I love dancing and I looove dancers, so if you are one...we'll talk in camera), yes yes, their trainers are really intense but then when they interviewed one of the girls she said we train so as to step up and stand out.

Yaaay! Gingerrrrrr...STEP UP and STAND OUT.

So on my podcast today, I will be speaking about stepping up your game for 2016. 2015 might have been good but it can be better, you made millions in 2015, how do you plan to enter the next Zero(0) in 2016. We can keep going higher and higher...

I spoke about a few ways to be the best of ourselves in 2016.

Sit back Grab you popcorn and coffee *is there anything like that?* anyways the one me I know is Zobo and Chin Chin, sit back relax and listen....

Happy new year in advance guys....

   

Podcast: Christmas Everyday

Helloooooo everyone, Merry Christmas to us. Alright I know I have carried last as I am posting when all the Jollof Rice has finished but please I know one chicken is remaining and its better a bite than nothing. 

Today I will be talking about Christmas everyday. Do you know Christmas is supposed to be everyday? Do you know you owe everyday the celebration like you owe Christmas season? Christ owns a day but the season runs for about some days till new year takes over. But then many of us do not know why this season happens. 

We celebrate Christ birthday for one day and then what makes 26th-31st still so special.

There are two (2) categories of people;

- The Merry Ones

- The Unmerry ones.

Please listen as I make you and I understand that indeed Christmas is everyday. Merry Christmas dearies.

Break the chains, set yourself free

If love fails, set yourself free, let your heart spread its wings and fly again. Remember you may find love and lose it, but when love dies, you never have to die with it. -Ritu Ghatourey

Hello Lovelies, how are we today? I am sure the week has been going real great. Mine has been amazing and please feel free to share your experiences below, the good, bad and ugly.

Today, I will be discussing about setting yourself free. In the ladder of personal development, personal freedom has been ranked as the highest thing that hold people down from becoming the best of themselves.

What do I mean by personal freedom, personal freedom is setting yourself free from factors that tend to weigh you down, examples of this factors include, guilt, shame, anger, envy and lots more.

How much longer do you want to keep crucifying yourself, how much longer do you intend to live in agony? anything that holds us down is what we refer to as living in chains. One does not have to be behind the prison walls to know you are in chains, leaving a life full of pains, hatred, anger and lots more is more or less living in chains.

Are you wondering whether this is true? Let's do a quick review, how do you feel when you see that friend who hurt you in past years (let's take it like 3 years back)? Do you feel comfortable hanging around or you just automatically get irritated? If you cannot live free around your environment because of one factor then you are living in chains.

How do you set yourself free?

Make the Decision

This is the first step you have to take to make yourself free. I definitely cannot help you decide on how best to live, I can only advice but I cannot force you to do anything, you have to make the decision to set yourself free.

" Tell yourself it is time to break loose from these chains"

That is the first step to freedom.

Ask God for Help

Setting yourself free is something you cannot do alone, why? because when you make the decision, it takes God's backing to hold on to the decision of freeing yourself and not falling back to where you started, we also need God's help because some decisions need a lot of courage and an in-depth spirit of forgiveness which only God gives.

Talk It Over

Speak to whoever has wronged you, put your courage together and let the person know what he/she did was wrong, some people do not know their faults, people are different, until you speak some people might not understand. 

Learn to Forgive

They are two people to forgive here; 1) The person who has made you feel bad  in whatsoever way and 2) Yourself, you have to forgive yourself of whatsoever anger, hatred, regrets and shame, you are better than who you were yesterday.

Open your Heart to Love even more

Love! Love!! Love!!! Open your heart and make the decision to love whoever or whatever hurt you. Love conquers all. Love even more. 

Last but not the least

Flip unto a new Page

Now that you have the chains off, it is time to start writing your new story of Joy, happiness, love and laughter. It is a story worth writing and a life worth reading.

As I type this I feel it heavy in my heart that I am speaking to someone out there. It might not be so easy to forgive but go through these steps. Do not be jailed in this interesting life. 

As we step into the new year let us begin to flip to new pages, let's go, forgive, love and be happy. 

I know you can do it.

Always remember I BELIEVE IN YOU.

Podcast: Setting Your Priorities Right

Hello Lovelies, how are we doing today. It is monday again, yaaay! It's the first day of the week. Thank God for a successful close of the week and yeah last week we concluded SHILOH , wondering what Shiloh is? it is a program for the Winners Chapel Family WorldWide and it was amazing. Here are a few of my playful pictures, I like to play ooo, even in the presence of God you can imagineeeee.

Lots of excitement, I was happy I went and I am using this opportunity to invite you guys for the next years program.

Yes ooooo, another good news, we just launched our Podcast today yaaaay.

I will be speaking about Setting your priorities right and I highlighted 3 Reasons why you should set your priorities right and they include: 

-To Achieve more

-To be Organized

-To prevent stress and fatigue.

I also highlighted 3 things you can save yourself from if you set your priorities right, which include:

-Time 

- Errors

-Stress

Listen, enjoy and drop your comments below And like in the movies, "IT IS BASED ON A TRUE LIFE EXPERIENCE." Lol..

MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION: POWER OF THE MIND

Hello lovelies, so sorry for the break in transmission(PHCN was not involved).

It has been an amazing season/period for me in preparation for 2016, you and I know it must not meet me by surprise.
Let me give you a brief of how this month has been thus far, I attended a workshop by an amazing lady Steph Obi, "Start your online business" it was spectacular, it is what we describe as right investment *winks* Check out her online empire here. So watch this space for something bigger by God's Grace in 2016. Oh yeeeaahh!!!

And now my program in church is on, 2016 I sight you.... You are not ready for what we have for you, I know we are all strategizing for 2016, please share your plans below, so we can tap in.

So unto today's topic,

The power of the mind.

The mind is one of the most powerful forces on the earth. It can either make a man or break a man. It is what coordinates and keeps the person going, that’s why the bible says “AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART SO IS HE”. The mind is the most important tool in our everyday life and it is the most important tool for our success.

To become something in life or not, it starts from the mind. The mind gives you the fuel to keep going in difficult and hopeless times. There’s a song I love and it goes “If I can see it, then I can do it, If I just believe it, there's nothing to it ……”. Check all the successful people in the world today and all the unsuccessful ones, what differentiated them when they were all on ground zero was their ability to think right. Wealth and Poverty are generated from our thought, even if you can't see it, who would arrest you for thinking it. THINK BIG all the time and everytime.

Let me share how our mind plays a vital role in our everyday life by using a common example, when we take coffee to read all night because we have a serious examination we tend to stay awake all through the night and not even doze for a second but when we take the same coffee when we don’t have any exam or activity to be done at night, we tend to sleep that night and even like a baby, That’s the power of the mind. When we have a serious examination, our mind knows and so it is fully alert and conscious of this fact which makes us stay awake all night but when we don’t have anything doing, our mind is also conscious of that fact and thus it is relaxed and at ease so we tend to have a sound sleep that night.

Moments Of Inspiration: PUTTING OFF PROCRASTINATION

If I got a dollar for each time I put off doing something when I ought to do it … mehn… I probably wouldn’t have a single dollar! Because knowing me, I’d put off actually collecting the money until it became too late. Yep, procrastination is one of the bad things I’m unfortunately good at.

Simply put, procrastination is not doing what you what you are supposed to do when you are supposed to do it, and without a valid reason for the delay. See eh, procrastination is TERRIBLE. I’ve lost more opportunities, friendships, money, even food sef than I care to count, all because I kept procrastinating. I’m currently fighting myself on this procrastination issue. It’s an intense, minute-by-minute battle and I thought to share what I’ve learnt so far.

The first step to dealing with procrastination is to give the excuses and blame games a rest. Accept responsibility for your actions. Change begins when you acknowledge that even if the electricity had not gone off, you probably would not have written that article because you would have become so tired, hungry or something.

Monday Inspiration: Flee

Helloooo my amazing people, how was last week? It was an amazing one for me but I must apologize that due to some circumstances I could not post last week, thank God for divine health because the devil is a liar, many thanks to all who showed love one way or the other (will shed more light on it later), my experience will be on a post soon to encourage someone, you know every experience is a learning curve and I always love to share, but thank God I am up and running again. Yipeee!

So yeah, I am making some changes and now this blog is going to be more vibrant and full of to do's, so get ready we are going to be having take home assignments as we take the ministry to its permanent site, I am here to serve you and I am going to do that Diligently, God help us.

For today and for this week we are going to be discussing FLEE, in pidgin english "pick race" in foreign english "Run".

What are the things,who are the people you should flee from this week? today I will lay emphasis on people, as the topic goes in later weeks I will speak on characters and habits to flee from. I will be mentioning only four:

1. Joy stealers: Anything or anyone that will want to steal your joy, make your sad or make you feel down.

Action Call:

Pick your Slippers/shoe and flee.

Your happiness is your choice. Nobody is supposed to be able to make you feel sad or try to steal your joy, if a thief is coming to your house and you are aware, what do you do?  (think on that) even when a thief is not coming we guard our houses jealously, you are in charge of your house. That should be your everyday guide.

2. Negative Sayers: We know these people, people who never have anything good to say about people or things. It might just be their life, but first try to correct them but if they cannot be corrected, what do you do?

Action Call:

MONDAY MORNING INSPIRATION: STRETCH YOURSELF

Beautiful people, how are we doing today? How was the weekend? Mine was kind of stressful but then we are up and bouncing because it is Monday.

What have I got in the bag for you this week? Yeeeeaah yeaaah! Nothing much, through this week we are going to be doing the stretch technique. Not as an exercise this time but as an activity.

What’s this activity all about you might ask? Oh well I am here to tell you.

Have you ever tried wrapping your hair, for the ladies with a hair band, normally it looks pretty small but to make it fit in you have to stretch it, till most times we end up getting double wraps to hold our hair pretty tight and then you admire your hair because it looks really pretty to you.

That is the same thing we ought to do for life. Keep stretching, do not settle for where you are today claiming you have achieved it all, or you are wondering how further you can go from where you are

You were not created to get to a position and be stagnant, there is no stop button in the journey of life (except at death), there is only a reset button.  If you realise you are not moving it is because you have decided to stop where you are.

You can only achieve if you press, not if you rest.

Wherever you were yesterday, you definitely are not supposed to be in the same position today. Why, you may ask. And my answer is “Your creator never performs his greatest acts in your yesterday”

A broken bone isn't a broken mind.

                                

Hello lovelies, how was your week? You see that girl in that picture is feeling very strong in her bones (speaking with faith) after a very very stressful week, my goodness!!! but then we thank God and what can stop me from having my smoothie? not even a broken bone. I virtually broke all of my blogging schedules this week and I sincerely apologise. Next week will definitely be better. 

Today I will be discussing about the mind, using myself as a living example, so as to make you understand you are not alone. We have discussed self love a lot, now let's move to the next phase of getting you motivated and keeping your positivism alive. 

The mind, the bedrock of good and evil. That's how I see it. Before we act, it arises first from the mind, even though a few of us do not think before we act, not thinking does not mean it was not in the mind. The mind is a store room where you store love, hatred, joy and sadness, today I ask you what do you have in your store(mind)? 

Relating to the topic, I stated earlier that my bones are very strong, I feel too tired to even move a feet but have I decided to store that? If I keep in mind that my body is weak, then automatically I feel completely weak and that will lead me to want to stay in bed, then it continues and next thing I start saying I am running temperature, I feel funny e.t.c . The theory/truth about the mind is simple and that is one thought in mind leads to another and a million more.

Grateful Heart

Hello lovelies,

Owambe Rice and fish on point!!

Hellooooo pay attention to the face and not the food. C'mon.

Yeah! Happy new week, Monday inspiration is up, you can read it here and I was so glad when I saw it because then I had a lot on my desk to do and I was wondering when will I be able to put up something for the week. Little did I know that my personal boo/editor already put something up for me. So yeaaah! I am excited. God bless you real good.

I am here to appreciate God for all he has done in fulfillment of the Challenge that I was given by thegracedmisfit.com, thanks a lot dear.

Going straight to the point, the challenge says I should state 5 things I am thankful for (what a small number, but I will try and keep to the rules)display a picture of gratitude – a picture of something simple that makes me smile in a day and then nominate 5 other people for the challenge.

Ooookay here we go!

Things I am grateful for:

Life

It is the best gift God has ever given to me, so many people sort it but then it was either too late for them and now they are no where to be found. But even in my unfaithfulness I still have a God who is extremely mindful of me, preserving my life on a daily basis. What else can I say than thank you God, what more can I do than remain grateful because no matter what is going on today, the good and the bad, there is life so there is hope.

Health

I have life and then there is health. In my small life, I can hardly remember when I had to get admitted in the sick bay or live on pills. It been years now and I have even lost count. None of which I could have achieved by my own strength obviously not. Some have life and do not have health but my God being so faithful has lavished me with life and health, I am feeling like a spoilt kid right now but then what more can I say than thank you and what else can I do but remain grateful.

Family

I am soo soo grateful to God for my online family, my immediate and my extended family. My online family (you my amazing reader) I am so grateful to God to have you here. Making me the best of who I can be everyday, Immediate family (siblings and mum) the first set of blessings I met on planet earth and they have never stopped being blessings to me.

MONDAY INSPIRATION: RISKING IT ALL

Hello Lovelies!! *in Uju's voice* lol. Actually she's super busy this morning so i decided to post on her behalf even though i might be dead after this, lol! but who cares, right?! as far as i get to touch someone's life today

I came across this quote and it got me thinking “SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO RISK IT ALL FOR A DREAM ONLY YOU CAN SEE”. This is actually a quote we can relate to as if you check when you were young you had dreams like wanting to be the best gymnast, photographer, singer and so on but  along the line we were swayed off by our environment, parents, friends and even ourselves.

But I want to tell you today that its not late to dust off that dream no matter how silly it may sound and start working towards it. You owe yourself that happiness and you owe the world that impact.

I know it will be really hard but it’s not impossible, I know you will be discouraged by your friends, your family and even your loved ones like your partner but sometimes you have to risk it all for a dream only you can see and I promise you, you won’t regret the decision. Funny enough, when you start thriving in that dream, the same people that discouraged and laughed at you will start singing your praises and identifying with you, lol! I know right! That’s life for you

I want to charge you today, what is that thing you have always wanted to do which sounds ridiculous and everyone you told laughed at you or talked you out of it so you stopped sharing it with people and you even stopped dreaming it, Its high time you ignore all those discouragement and encourage yourself because if you can dream it, you can accomplish it.

Please share your dreams and what you are doing about making it a reality in the comment box below

Have a wonderful week and remain blessed, Cheers!!

Moments of Inspiration: Life Crush Everyday #LCE

Hello lovelies, how are we doing today. It is another wednesday and I think all over the world people have got the Woman Crush Wednesday "Campaign" going on, I love to research but I am not sure I want to know the history of this #WCW. I like it because some people use it to appreciate themselves and the women in their lives, so its not a bad idea at allllll...

So today being wednesday I have my own crush campaign going on and it is the Life Crush Everyday #LCE. Yaaay!!!


So this is quite simple, I just want us to take a look at how we have gone so far in life, How does it look to you? Does it reflect who you truly are? Does it make you feel you are on track in achieving your purpose on earth?

You definitely might not have gotten to where you want to be but you can only have a crush on your life if you feel it is on track. How well have you been a blessing to the lives of people? how well have you left a positive mark in the life of another, even if it is one person?  How well are things going as planned, if they are not have you ever asked yourself why?

If you do not understand a man you cannot crush on him. And if you do understand your life, very probably you will not have a crush on it...Uju .C

Monday Inspiration: Top Secret of the Week ( If you do not love yourself, you cannot love another)

Hello lovelies, How are we doing today? Personally I am still wondering if the weekend is over, but anyways it is and work has got us again *the hustle continues*

Last week was about getting our  vibes on for the new month and today lets talk a little about the secret of letting out love to others.

So yeah, I have always learnt to love but then I kept asking why do people still hate/dislike. If love is what we are meant to offer to everyone, why is there still hate and then I got the top secret, it was a secret I had to unravel for my own life and I will be sharing with you to the best of my ability.

Let us take this illustration, you go to a shop you see someone purchase something you would never imagine you can buy, what will be your reaction? I am sure you would start wondering what is this person using this for, How will someone even think of buying such an item.

The reason you hate it is because you know it will definitely not work for you but then it might just be super amazing for the next person.

Loving yourself is the greatest secret to loving another.

You can never give what you do not have, you cannot give me a pen when I ask you if you do not have one. That is how love is.

The reason why a few people tend not to interact with people properly is because they have refused to love themselves. You can only be ready to share in one's excitement if you too are excited. That's the simple logic behind it.

The ability to love yourself is the beginning of joy, love and happiness.

How do you go about loving yourself? it is easy, loving yourself is being yourself, being who you are without making additional effort to be someone else, you find out life is easy, simple, free and happy.

Being yourself helps you attract your type with little or no effort because what you wear, how you act can easily swing your people close to you.
Being yourself makes you love and appreciate who you really are, because you dress the way you love to and feel happy, eat the way you want to and feel happy.

But you tend to fall out of love with yourself if you decide to imprison your life and style by other people's judgement.

Because you will be forced to wear something people will compliment but then you will not be happy, eat with a fork and knife with a fake smile when it is sweeter and easier for you to eat tidy with your hands and laugh about it.

The love for self I say once again is derived from being yourself and accepting you for who you are and if you must change your style or anything about you, change it to suite who you are not people's compliment.

Appreciate yourself, love yourself, be happy about who you are and the love you have for yourself will be well packaged and ready to deliver to someone else.

A photocopy of an item can never be compared to an original.

Be original, be yourself and let love flow from within you.

Dance when you want to, sing when you want to, eat when you want to and stay happy because you have to.

So it is up to you.. Will you make conscious effort to start loving yourself? What did you imagine you hated for no reason? Kindly share in the comment box below.

Go through this week LIVING YOUR LIFE AND LOVING YOURSELF.

My quote for the week: Life is too short to be anything but happy.

Moments of Inspiration: Permission Taker or Action Taker, which are you?

I want to go to the market and buy something, please can I go? Oh sure you can. Please I want to go and take the best from life, will you allow me?

Sister and brothers is it everything we take permission for? My second question is the subject I want to talk about today. 

There are a few things in life we do not need anyone's permission for and they include:

-To Exist

-To be happy

-To create your plans and vision for living.

You do not need anyone's permission to exist. You were not created to subject your existence to anyone. So do not hold yourself back with your own hands.

You obviously do not need any permission to be happy. Like seriously? Laugh, jump, scatter the place, feel happy. Anyone that is angry should please be angry. Your happiness is your choice and you can decide to stay happy every single second of your life. (which I tell you is the best decision).

And finally you do not need permission to own a vision and a plan.

You might be asking, how don't I need permission, what is a mentor for? A mentor gives advice but does not create your plan/vision and has no right to write it off. A mentor just tells you ways to go about becoming successful with your plan. You are liable for your failures/success.

You don't have to take permission for your life if you must get to your place of destination. Sometimes you have to take the move because the more you keep waiting and take for granted your plans, the more you keep limiting yourselves. Most times without being bias, the people we try to take permission from are people that may intentionally want to slow us down, you wont blame them it's because you gave them the room to. The only persons you are permitted to seek permission from is YOU and your CREATOR

I actually learnt something new and I started looking up as often as i can in a day. Why? You may ask, it is because I want to walk in the consciousness of reminding myself that there is one who is seated above and watching all of us here on earth. and since i started that I tell you, there is nothing that I feel I want that I wont get, except it is not the best for me.

What am I saying? We do not need permission from anybody about life asides the Creator, if we must get anything from man then what we need are the ideas and they come from mentors. But if you have a plan/vision and you feel someone can tell you it is right or wrong, then that's far from the truth.

Our Creator to a large extent has even let us go, he said we should write the vision, make it plain and run with it. (Hab. 2:2 Paraphrased) He did not say seek permission then run with it.

The word also says "Plans go wrong for lack of advice; many advisers bring success." So you must have your plan first and seek advice. Nobody creates your plan for you.

So many people spend their lives waiting and preparing to live. They complain about a job they hate, how everything seems to go wrong, or how it’s just “not the right time.”

It’s like the whole world is conspiring against them. But is it?

When you make out the world to be a place that snuffs out your dreams, where nothing goes your way, then that’s what it will be but when you take control and open yourself to possibilities and have faith in allowing good things to happen, there’s a much better chance that your dreams won’t be just dreams anymore, they’ll be reality.

You do not go to a mentor and start looking, you go to a mentor when you have your plans written and you need ADVICE not permission to write your plans.

It is high time you owned your life,start taking action and start living. Yipeee....

So lets hear from you What are the things in your life that you have been ‘waiting for permission for,’ and what can you do about it TODAY? Share your story in the comments below.

Because I'm happy

Hello lovelies, hi hi..*hiding in my closet to type this post* as I am breaking my blogging schedule. But I just had to *am sorry* BECAUSE I AM HAPPY :))))))).

Yaay! It feels so good to be happy, it is a period of jumping around, smiling away, feeling beautiful, feeling like you do not have worries at the time and you are just living.

But then I wonder why can't this just be everyday *sighs*

Your happiness can only be everyday if you CHOOSE to make it so.

Guess someone is feeling as excited like myself, if yes ask yourself what actually made you happy today and why cant it happen every day.

Happiness is a choice, it is not bought with money, it is not said in words but it comes from Within. It comes from your inside.

The only place you loose happiness is within you and the only place you also find happiness is within you.

It is your sole option to decide to know the things that get at you and things that you let go. Most people have lost their happiness because they pick at everything, everyone says to them at every time. Kilode? Haba!!!  Why so angry?.

Life is a walk way o, why not decide to catwalk so that others will see. Make people vex instead of making yourself vex. When people try to get at you ignore the depth of their words and give a smile in return. (NOT SO EASY THOUGH, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE AND YOU WILL NEVER KNOW UNTIL YOU TRY)

Some people are just set on a mission to annoy and a number of us are also receptive of their annoying self. It really should not be that way.

Think deep about this:

Whatever negative word people say to you does not determine the outcome of your life.

If that is so why waste time on what does not really matter, when you can be happy, jumpy, singing and clapping and working towards that mega future...

So are you ready to make everyday a happy day. Be the happiness virus carrier.

So if yes...lets dance together.....Where is Pharell?..  PHARELLLL!!! Oh here he goes....

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Stay happy always. LOoooove you loads. Yes you!!!

Monday Inspiration: A new month, a new dawn to give thanks.

Hello lovelies,

Happy newwwwww monthhhh!!! I am so excited Christmas is almost here *coversface* and as the year draws to a close, I smile every day and keep thanking God for his faithfulness. And I am here to encourage you to do same. 

It has been a long year indeed, from 01/2015 till 11/2015, 1 month count down. What more can we do than remain thankful for all we have received thus far, for the gift of life, health, joy, peace, protection, provision and every other Jara that you got which includes, car, house, Iyawo (wife), Oko (husband), baby and many more, it has been God.

If you were never grateful or if you have not made it a habit to be grateful, it's time. 

A new month, a new count and a new week. It’s time to sit back and just keep writing about how wonderful life has been. Let us keep the complaints aside this time. Just keep writing and keep saying thank you, because God is indeed the reason you have not lost it all. 

You complain about money, what if there was no life. You and I know God has been so so good to us.

If you do not know how to start I will help you. 

Open this scripture and see why you should be thankful.

Psalm 103: 2-10

2- Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 

3 - who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 

4-who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 

5-who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. 

6-The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. 

7-He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: 

8-The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 

9-He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10-he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 

If you think the Lord has done nothing for you go through this scripture over and over again and ask yourself if you owe Him thanks and if you still think there is nothing to thank Him for, please thank Him for me. *youknowhowwedo*. 

So through this week and this month let us make thanksgiving a habit. To give thanks to God for all he has done as we start getting ready to write our next year resolution. Yaaay!!!

I am sure that from today you will start giving thanks and in your thanks I know the good Lord will fulfil all that your heart still desires.

Have an amazing week and stay thankful.

Moments of Inspiration: Every professional artist was first an amateur, and every story has a beginning.

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One thing you can never avoid through a journey is the beginning- Uju .C

Hello lovelies. how are we doing today?

Today I will be dropping a few lines on giving a thumbs up to those already in the field and an advice to that one who is living in fear of starting.

Your beginning never defines your end -Uju .C.

Your beginning never defines an end but you can only have an end with a beginning. Like I said earlier I will be giving reference to two sets of people and I know most of us fall into either of the categories.

To you out there scared of starting your dream, living with the fear of will I ever get known or that sector is too occupied, no one will notice me or if I start what is the possibility of not failing. The people you are scared of getting into to be better than (little do you know that is who you are designed to be) are people who definitely had a beginning.  People who never knew what the journey would be like but decided to take a step and yeah, how amazing for them to be at the top of what they do today. Have you ever thought in this light? Have you ever seen the picture of the journey the way they saw it before they took that step. If NO, it is never too late for you to take that step today. "Fear of Failure" its inevitable, but the secret to conquering fear is by taking action and having faith, because truly faith without work is dead.

So when you feel like you are not worth it, remember that Every professional you see today was once an Amateur and even professionals still make mistakes.


To you out there already taking your journey and you feel things are not telling off the way they should, I must say congratulations to you because you have achieved one step, which is the beginning of the journey, but then when the road is rough what is the way out, do you end the journey or do you turn back or better still do you think of how important the end of this journey is and believe that there are ways for  a solution?. If I were you I will choose the latter and what is this solution if I must ask? The solution is taking Stock, YES I said it. Taking STOCK of what you have done thus far, how far in this journey have you come and what ways did you ride through.

Our ability to take stock of the beginning till today therein lies the solution you seek.

For God has given us wisdom and a sound mind.

Take Stock, draw up a solution, Take Action and work in faith.

The secret of starting and continuing is simple. TAKING ACTION with FAITH.

ARE WE READY TO START NOW? if yes..then lets make this happen, write out that dream and make it plain, then take action and run with it, with your application of faith.

Take stock, draw up a solution , take action with faith...


I believe you too can be that PROFESSIONAL.

If you have something you want us to talk about, please do not fail to contact me via mail and I will be glad to journey with you.

Monday Inspiration: Make a Push for Yourself

Hello lovelies. how was the weekend?, It is a new week, an amazing one to look forward to.

Today I will be giving us a quote for the week to keep us going through this week, one you should not just read and ignore but read and act on it because in your actions lies your result.

I know you have heard a lot concerning your situation but then you are limited to a change because you do not take action.

So the quote from me to you this week is:

If you do not PUSH yourself, you will keep being PUSHED around - Uju .C

The person in you wants to come out but it is waiting for that push, go ahead and make that happen today and this week, stop the procrastination, stop being told what to do at all times when you actually know what to do.

Sometimes you should have your own rules, live and walk by them, it is a new week of possibility,
Ask yourself AM I PUSHING MYSELF ENOUGH OR AM I LETTING PEOPLE PUSH ME AROUND?

Have an amazing and productive week.

I have forgiven you, let's have a hug of friendship . The mystery of Forgiveness.

Hello loveliessss.....Its friday again, oh yeaaahhhh! I am happy. Weekend is here again. A few of us get really excited about mondays but a larger number get excited about fridays (TGIF) and for those of us that work on Saturdays....oh well!!! What can we do?

So yeah, here's to the weekend and to the week that just passed, we are grateful for the awesomeness, even though things didn't go as expected, step out with all joy and stay grateful and hope you made people feel loved..who do you love?

So so so today we will be chit-chatting about forgiveness. Wondering where this topic came from? Before you ask I will tell you.

I got home on thursday night (yesterday) and I joined my sister to watch DAYSTAR channel and yeah my favourite lady and mentor Joyce Meyer was teaching on forgiveness and as usual, it was an amazing sermon, (you should try watching ENJOYING EVERYDAY LIFE with Joyce Meyer by 8am and 8pm Mon.-Fri.). That's a little advert. *winks* And when she was done Marcus Lamb came up and spoke about forgiveness too and I started wondering why these sermons about forgiveness today? Could it be for me? But since I didn't feel I had anyone in heart, *still thinking though*, then I thought I could actually talk about forgiveness with my next family ( you, my amazing reader)

What is forgiveness?

Forgiveness is the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense, lets go of negative emotions such as vengefulness, with an increased ability to wish the offender well.

I love this definition It simply says to forgive is an intentional act. You have to make the decision to let go of that offense and in turn wish the offender well.

It did not just say let go of the offense, it also goes further to say YOU WISH THE OFFENDER WELL.

The ability to let go of an offense is a step to tiding up the heart and giving room for more love and kindness to step in.

I actually was a victim of when I am offended by someone I do not take anything from that person or eat from that person.

I can recall a day I was out with my sister and she got me food, after getting me that food, she said a word to me that I did not like and so in turn I told myself I was not going to eat the food she got me to prove a point. lol. She apologised and apologised, but then I found it so hard to forgive, guess because I wanted to prove a point, of which I didn't just prove a point, I became an offender as well by offending my stomach in the long run as I did not eat and I went to bed soooo hungry. But then she ate and I'm sure she went to bed with a satisfied stomach. So what point exactly did I prove?

Here's to couples, your partner offends you and you decide you won't talk to him/her that night and you won't let them touch you, so you sleep towards the end of the bed almost falling off, why your partner is there having a nice time on the bed, imagine if the room is now cold, you coil up on the bed in anger and your partner says, I am sorry dear, but in anger you won't even reply because you are trying to prove a point. (My fellow ladies we are always guilty of this), covers him/herself and says goodnight. So what point are you trying to prove? Cold will almost finish you and you and the floor are dragging for space.

Why not just let it go.

I always say,

If you are going to forgive tomorrow, why not make it now....

Why make forgiveness a thing of procrastination.

Speak about it, tell him/her you offended me and then let it go. Is it that easy, you will ask, YES it is, the other things we do are the things I call trying to prove a point or the drama involved so that Oga/madam will pet you.

We all feel we are trying to prove a point when we get angry and stay away from the offender but then, do you know you cause more harm to yourself than the offense that was committed?

I learnt one trick. If someone offends me, I intentionally show an act of kindness to the offender. Then it keeps the offender wandering. I will obviously tell you how you offended me, but then that will not stop me from showing an act of kindness to you if necessary and asking for something if I need it (still learning though).

You would not want to be like me that had to starve myself  all in the name of trying to prove a point, or the couple who almost falls off the bed just to prove a point or freezes in the bedroom just to prove a point.

If you must prove a point, prove it by showing an act of kindness to the offender and freeing yourself.

Unforgiveness is a chain and you decide when to break out, those chains of unforgiveness ain't for you.

Make an intentional effort to let go of that offense and every negative thought and above all WISH THE OFFENDER WELL.

Is it difficult? Oh yeah I know it might be.. But is it possible? YES.

So its up to you, are you ready to free your heart of that person's wrong? Are you ready to show an act of kindness to that offender? To the married people, will you now tell yourself, it's not worth falling off the bed? It's not worth freezing in the cold room?

Will love to see your responses below.

And yeah I need a feedback on how you went through the week making people feel loved and how it turned out. If you haven't done yours read it here and today is not too late...

Have an amazing weekend. I love you all.

Moments of Inspiration: PRACTICE IT with Onyinye Etoniru

Most people have a profile; speakers, real estate agents, life coaches, strategists, authors and the list goes on. One question I have for you is this ‘’the titles and profession you identify yourself with, are they mere decorative words or actual words in practice?’’  My video director Oma Ejims and I worked on a video-script, stage design and recording for a presentation I did for Global Changers Forum last year for about five hours after which I edited it for about an hour. I thought about the experience after the session, I thought within myself ‘’I shouldn’t have taken that long to produce the video’’. I later did an evaluation and came up with some truth about the importance of practice and its link with performance.

Preparation is key in achieving one’s dreams no doubt but practice also has its own place. You can prepare but if you don’t practice, you can’t test the value, validity and vitality of your preparation. When I talk about practice, I am not just focusing on someone into athletics, but everyone who intends to master a skill or any knowledge area. I’ve discovered that you don’t get better by preparation but by practice. If you have prepared well, it will show in your practice. It’s better to PRACTICE the LITTLE that you KNOW, than for you to PREPARE to KNOW EVERYTHING and NEVER PRACTICE A BIT OF ANYTHING.

 “Mastery comes from your PRACTICE. Anyone who is not willing to PRACTICE, is not willing to gain MASTERY”- Onyinye Etoniru.

Do you wonder why Jesus said that it is not those that hear that are blessed but those that DO the will of His FATHER? There are a lot of SAYERS in this generation, but the world does not need sayers but DOERS. It’s the DOERS that make a difference, not the SAYERS. Think about any area of your life, you have just done a lot of SAYING; it’s time for you to quit saying and start DOING. This reminds me of my devotion today. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. You can have all the faith, without a PROOF of works you may faith it all the way and never get to your destination.

When you PRACTICE, you are ENGAGING knowledge and in the process you are GROWING YOUR ABILITY. People run away from PRATICE, it’s like exams…you’ve spent time preparing and learning, now it’s time to test yourself. But PRACTICE, no matter how hard and strenuous, is the part that’s important. 

“Without PRACTICE, there can’t be IMPROVEMENT”-Onyinye Etoniru. 

“The way anything is developed is through practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, practice and more practice”-Joyce Meyer. Don’t let your RESULTS deter you from PRACTISING MORE, get feedback, learn and keep doing it again and again, until you…no until. 

“Practice is the hardest part of learning, and training is the essence of transformation.”

-Ann Voskamp. 

As long as you are clear about God’s dreams for you and you are certain about what you intend to do, PREPARE and PRACTICE MORE. If you want to be a writer and author, you should be writing every day. In the process you’ll learn and get better at writing. I usually write my script at the beginning when I started my show; but now I don’t write scripts any longer, I just do my show.

My point is that if you are a coach, coach people; in the process you are practising your craft. If you are a marketing consultant, social media consultant or producer or pastor or speaker, practice what you say you do. Don’t wait for opportunities, go create the opportunities. Seek for opportunities to express your craft, paid or unpaid. They may not be paying you, but you are paying yourself in ways they don’t know. You want to gain MASTERY and have a proof of RESULTS, so ENLARGE your CAPACITY with PRACTICE. I got my first paid job in United Kingdom practising. I wanted to help a retail business and ended up consulting for them and getting paid. You can do the INTERNAL PRACTICE MORE and then the EXTERNAL PRACTICE MUCH MORE. My point is that whatever skill you want to learn or whatever you want to be, you can only BECOME BY DOING, not wishing or thinking. I hope you are challenged to live a life PRACTISING YOUR CRAFT and not JUST PROCLAIMING YOUR CRAFT. 

“You are what you practice most.- ”Richard Carlson. 

If you care about your dreams, if you are serious about making a difference with this one life you’ve got, then LIVE BY DOING. 

If you love God’s dreams for you. You love designing, love building businesses, love helping people, love painting, prove your love. You don’t need to justify your love, you don’t need to explain your love, you just need to practice your love. If you have to start somewhere, why not HERE, where you are. If you have to start sometime, why not NOW. Start practising your craft. Most skills I have learnt throughout my lifetime, I have learnt by DOING not by going through any paid TRAINING. So you CAN. 

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”-Aristotle.

There is SOMETHING DIFFERENT about those that PRACTICE their DREAMS, they eventually LIVE THEIR DREAMS. It’s being worth it sharing with you. A big thanks to a rare jewel and an inspiration to this generation, CHUKWU UJU for the opportunity to share on her platform. Please don’t forget to leave your comments, I would love to hear from you.

N/B: This is an excerpt from the #Trueinspire show hosted by Onyinye Etoniru on twitter

@trueonyinye themed PRACTICE IT.

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About Onyinye Etoniru

A young bizadventurous entrepreneur, author of the popular book THE JOURNEY OF A HIGHER LIFE, brand owner of Virginites; a lifestyle brand inspired by symphony and art and host of #Trueinspire show. She is an Associate at a real estate finance company, advices on brand and strategy at Joe Etoniru & Associates, a leading real estate firm and consults on organizational design and development for startups, SMEs and big corporations. She has a Master degree in International Management from Henley Business School, UK, a first class degree in Estate Management from the University Of Lagos. She is an advocate of true living, passionate about helping people especially young women to realize the most fulfilling life they have always dreamt of and making a difference in her generation.

Monday Inspiration: Who do you love? What are you doing about it?

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Hello lovelies, sure the weekend went well. It was quite occupied for me but then my checklist was completed, sure you completed yours.

It is a new week and today I will be speaking about spreading love even in the busiest of times.

The question goes, who do you love and what are you doing about it? Most it be christmas or valentine's day for you to show  how much you love someone?

Take some time to show people you love them this week. Go out of your way a little, call your loved ones, call your mum who feels my son/daughter doesn't call me by  this time of the week, call at a very odd hour and make her know you called to check on her and so on. Surprise them.

Make your loved ones and those whom you love smile. For some of us who are not used to it, its a conscious effort and decision. I have to do this too.

I know you are busy, you have your task so full, you have your desk full with sheets of papers, all calling your name, but then you have that loved one out there who you can make last longer with a call that will make the person smile.

Send a gift across, if necessary. Give a surprise lunch, get lunch for a colleague or a friend.

Show people you love them and that they can be loved.

Extend this arm of love to the people on the street. The act of love/kindness to those on the street always goes with a prayer *GOD BLESS YOU* this prayer seems random but said from the heart goes a long way.

Share a smile, c'mon life is not that serious. :)

And to those who you love from your heart never forget to tell them how much you love them all through this week. An additional smile you bring to the face of one can increase their lifespan.


From me to you: I love you my amazing reader. You are a blessing to me.

Have an amazing week.

A Date with Boldness

It has been an amazing week, I must say. Work, play, laugh, smiles and blessings. Above all the week was productive I assume for all of us right? I pray I am not wrong.

Yeah as the week comes to a close it's time for weekend hangout, weekend fun, parties, owambe and the likes. As you go on these journeys never forget to go on a date with Boldness.

What does it mean to be Bold?

Not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger be courageous and daring.

 “If ever you feel like an animal among men, be a lion.”
― Criss Jami 

Do not let others influence your thoughts or actions in the wrong way.

Speak out when necessary and do not let anyone make you say what you ought not to or do what you do not want to.

A date with boldness will be very necessary because boldness will tell you how to be who you are and not what others want you to be.

It is your decision to be the best of yourself and then you get to be appreciated, loved for being who you are.

No one except God has the ability to make you fail or make you succeed. Do not compromise your person for the exchange of promises.

It is up to you and me to stay bold and stay positive because the life we live is the secret to the joy we express.

Above all be bold in Christ, because in Christ you are solidified and nothing, I mean nothing can harm you.

2 Timothy 1:7 - For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

The weekend is beautiful that I can see and please any Owambe/occasion around you please do not forget to invite me. :)

Have an amazing weekend and thank God it's Friday.

Moments of Inspiration: Sit back and Relax, Its a Long ride to Success

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.”
– Bill Cosby

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Thank you all for your support thus far, your comments, your mails, it has been awesome having you all here, I couldn't feel any more blessed than knowing I make some people see reasons to keep forging ahead.

Most times people wonder about my topics, but then I try to relate it with life as much as I can. Sit back, relax, it is a long ride through to success.

This topic says it all, do not panic. In the journey of life and the stages we go through in life we find out that we somehow somewhere have had to make a stop, think back and for some of us continue the journey and for a few give up. Oh yeah! It keeps happening.

But then what is the story behind the drive through to success, it's a drive with 3 driving rules involved:

- Do not panic on the trip hence you might just end up having a collision: In the ride through to success, pay close attention to things that matter rather than things that do not really matter.

More often than not we panic about things that do not really matter claiming they are very important. (Pause and think about this). If something is actually important the ability/drive for you to panic will be very low, because you would rather want to find a quiet place to sit and find a solution, but then you panic about things that you feel might be a plus but they might not be so important because we never get to sit back and think about what really matters and what doesn't. One panic leads to a million panics and it leads to a collision. But one solution leads to a million of open doors.

So would you rather panic on an important issue or think of a solution?

Personally I would prefer the latter.

So next time you are about to panic about anything ask yourself is it really important or do I just assume it is important. Never live on assumptions.

-Observe the traffic rules on the road to success;  Let the get ready, move and stop be your guide. Do not move too fast when you are only at the level of get ready. In recent times, start ups tend to fall victims of looking at people who have spent a million years in the field and want to become that in a day. Looking up to one in your field is described as setting a goal for yourself, a goal takes a while to be achieved.
So plan, establish and run. Do not just run, get ready first and then be set to run.

Ask yourself, have you skipped the point of getting ready to a track of running?, maybe that is the reason why you are not getting the result you want, you could slowly use the brake and start the process again.

You wont be called a failure for starting again, you will only be called a failure for giving up completely.

The Last but not the least

- Watch out for Speed bumps: The speed bumps in the ride of success are the factors that come in as a challenge to slow you down just when you thought you had already achieved it all. Most times the speed bumps could come in as a corrective measure to make us retrace our steps but more than 75% face the speed bumps as challenges and difficulties in business. But do you park your vehicle when you see a bump ahead! Obviously No.

It will definitely slow you down but it will never make you stop.

How do you get through these bumps in business, learn the best tactics to drive your brand of car. Do you need to slow down from afar or do you need to slow down close to the bump. That you have to learn.

Study, research, learn how to go through the bumps in the best of ways and remember after every bump there comes the speed drive again.

So are we ready?? Oh yeah, I know we are...

So let's sit back and observe these three factors on the ride to success:

- Never PANIC, rather think SOLUTION so as to avoid COLLISION
- Do not ignore the traffic light during your ride which are GET READY, MOVE and STOP/REFRESH if you have to.
-Do not let the BUMPS hinder you rather study, research and learn to GO THROUGH them.

Indeed it is a long ride, but it will definitely pay off....

YOU ARE A SUCCESS STORY......

Monday Inspiration: Are you irritated?

On our monday morning inspiration we will be discussing a topic that will make us think back and say, is it actually worth the stress?

The Life we live is not one that is supposed to irritate you. I hear people say this person is irritating, (sometimes I actually say those stuff too).  But then we are supposed to learn that taking stuff personally, creating drama over everything will actually slow down your productivity. Life is not meant to irritate you. When you let stuff irritate you it becomes a toxic way of life. You intentionally prevent yourself from enjoying your life and shining bright.

It is difficult to enjoy life and get the best result when you put your energy into things that you are not supposed to, when you take things personally, create drama and become irritated. You will bloom, shine, smile be more productive if you put little energy or no energy into all those, (although it is almost impossible not to get irritated). But when we put little energy into them we get our best self to rise to the surface and be expressed in a much healthier and productive manner.

Everyone, including yourself, benefits from your shining bright light! Happy Shining Bright and Have an amazing week.

Are you deciding to put in much energy where needed?

Are You Still Sad About That Heartbreak? Here Is A Wake Up Call

Stop, listen to me. You are holding onto memories of what was, overlooking the fact that what you have been through has put you in a harmonious position to receive things that could only be available through all of your pain.

How would it be possible to find the right one or right thing if it weren’t for all of the heartbreaks and damage by all the test? Definitely you wouldn’t.

You would have settled for cheap.

Realize that you are not your past, not what you have been through, but simply- a more ready you, ready and capable of having more….to find the one who stays.

Life might be crumbling beneath you right now, but one day you will wake up it will be 11:00, with the love of your life, the coffee will be hot and the pancakes will be fluffy, and your beautiful heart won’t be full with ice.

This is not fantasy….This is reality. Believe in who you are now, believe in the best of your tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by, I know this post has touched you so please share in the comment box below.

Have a wonderful and blessed Weekend!!