What is in your stuffing?

Have you ever wondered why after cooks or chefs who make the Christmas or thanksgiving turkey put so much emphasis on how the stuffing for the turkey is prepared. They place so much emphasis on how the stuffing has to be a certain texture, taste or have certain ingredients. They are very particular about where they buy the ingredients, the certain bran and so on and so forth. for them, what makes a perfect turkey is the perfect stuffing that goes into the stuffing. If the stuffing turns out bad, it is more than likely, the taste of the turkey would be equally bad. Let me bring it to myself a little. I am very particular whenever i have to eat patties or what we Africans call meatpie. For me, the stuffing in the pattie or meatpie has to be a certain taste for it to be perfect. It so important to me that i wuld only eat a meatpie of which i know the source. I recently discovered one that came close to perfection in Dublin especially when it is hot, lets just say my waste line has never remained the same since then. I recently started working on a project in a new job. Let's just say, as luck would have it, someone was leaving the organisation as i was starting. The person's job has nothing to do with the projects i have been employed to do. The CFO asked if i would provide some certain cover till he was able to replace the person and he made certain reference to some knowledge and experience on my C.V. Last week, he said to me, i hope you are as good as you are doing your own job as you are at doing the job of the cover that you are doing for me. I laughed.....But the truth is, it was a true test of the stuffing on the inside of me. What knowledge do i possess, what expertise do i have? An employer would only pay you for your knowledge or expertise. Companies spend top money on projects especially for skills that they feel are scarce in circulation. Companies also pay top notch for people who they feel are an asset and possess knowledge and skill that would help drive their companies forward strategically. When companies go into the market to recruit, they are always looking for the best candidates, meaning they are looking for the candidates with the best stuffing. I read an article recently written by a guy that had spent so much time around very successful people, one of the things he listed that these people do is the fact that they have a quest for knowledge like no other people he knows and they surround themselves with people who know, basically people who they feel are stuffed with the right things. I have learnt that one of the keys to success is investing in yourself, basically stuffing yourself with the right ingredients. You are only as good to a potential employer or client if you have your own business as the quality of the stuffing on your inside. The bible says it better than anyone else "it says we need to study to show ourselves approved unto God, a workman that has nothing to be ashmaed of, rightly dividing the word of truth", this basically means invest in yourself as a christian by spending time in the word of God so you can fully understand what it means to be a Christian and understand fully who you are in Christ and know what is expected of you. The bible to a Christian is the manual we need to go through life successfully, if you don't spend time in the word of God, how can you live successfully. Basically the amountof time you spend in God's word will be parallel to the stuffing you are made of as a Christian. I leave you with this, to be successful in whatever you choose to do in life, you need to spend time investing in yourself, educationg yourself, reading the right books, getting the right mentorship, basically doing anything that would make the stuffing inside of you the RIGHT STUFFING. Make 2015 a year where you invest in yourself to get the RIGHT STUFFING inside of you. STUDY TO SHOW THYSELF......

How clueless am I ?

The beginning of the year is when we all write down those lofty dreams that we have the good intentions of attaining. I particularly love people's spirits in January, it's all full of hope and the right attitude to succeed. It's so funny how in January, almost every one has that winning and can do attitude.Somehow we are all upbeat about our aspirations at the beginning of the year. I'm one of those people who when people tell me what their dreams are or what they hope to achieve, I immediately ask them how they intend to go about achieving those dreams. To be honest, it saddens me that 90 percent of the people actually do not have a clear plan on how they are going to achieve that dream, basically they are clueless about what to do to get to where they want to get to. The hard truth is nothing really happens by chance or mistake and the sooner people come to terms with that, the better for them. A successful life just doesn't happen, it has gone through a process. It's a little wonder how we never hear of a successful person until they become successful, that is because that successful person had to go through a process. Realisation of dreams goes through a process like everything else in life. I'll liken it to the most natural thing in life, growth of a human being. An adult human being is born a baby, then the baby has to be fed, nurtured and taken care of to become a full,grown, healthy and functional adult. The kind of nurturing and environment the baby is raised in determines if the baby grows up to be a functional or dysfunctional adult or even dies due to malnutrition or abuse. The same applies to all our dreams, we need to nurture them, do the right thing and expose them to the right environment to ensure they do not remain as just dreams but grow into reality or just die along the way. Now the bigger question for many of us, is what do we need to do to make these dreams a reality ? Basically, what clues do we need? In 2015, I intend to encourage a lot of people to begin to gather the right clues by way of getting access to the right information that would help make their dreams a reality. I'll encourage people to ask for help where needed, seek out people who could answer your questions, people who can point you in the right direction. Search the Internet, ask successful people, get the right information- basically get the right clues. 2015 is not the year to suffer in cluelessness or ignorance. It's the year to arm yourself with the right tools to become all you have been designed to be. Have a good week ahead and keep your questions coming.

2015!!! What's in store for us?

I'd start by saying a big congratulations and welcome to 2015. I consider it a honour to be here still breathing, still standing and excited about what opportunities the next 365 days hold for me and you should as well.

I intend to keep this piece as short as possible. We all start the new year on a high note because somehow everything new has the power to make us feel excited, hopeful and in possession of faith and strength to take on the whole world. The birth of everything new breeds hope. Everyone rejoices at the birth of a new child, everyone rejoices when they wake up in the morning, a lot of people I know always attach significant hope to their birthday. A birth of a new invention brings joy to its inventor. Everything new and unique is always celebrated. Steve Jobs is remembered today for his various inventions.

2015 is a new year, a birth of a new invention, rekindled hope, a birth of a new hope. What would you do with the opportunity of 365 days of birth of new inventions, rekindled hope, births of new hope. Everyday in 2015 is an opportunity to make that goal, that dream, that vision a reality. The bad news however is 2015 only has in store for us all what we choose to retrieve from it. We will only be as successful as we can see, basically it all depends on our capacity. The manifestation of our dreams, goals and visions in 2015 is very dependent on how much our mind can perceive and how much we persevere and fight to overcome all the obstacles 2015 brings our way.

We at LGP would like to say a big thank you for being a part of what we do in 2014 and we are really looking forward to a bigger, better and greater 2015.

On behalf of LGP I say a very big congratulations for the many successes, realised dreams, achieved goals and manifestation of visions in 2015.