ENGAGE NOW OR WAIT FOREVER

I want to draw your attention to a very cogent and paramount issue of growth and relevance in life which I am positive will be of help to you. There is a saying that “Your growth, success and relevance in life is directly proportional to; what you see, what you hear and the people follow”. In the issue of success and relevance, there is a major player that cannot be in anyway be neglected which I’ll like us to look into in this short write up.

The role of a mentor cannot be overemphasised in the journey of a man towards success and relevance, where by this has made it very necessary for each and everyone who aspires to be great to have a mentor who will in subsequent times check and balance his ways and dealings.

There is a pressing issue in this same course which is how so many mentees react and relate with their mentors. I’ve been opportune to mentor some set of young guys and ladies as well as submitted under the mentorship of some great men and women as well. It is possible to have more than one mentor and you’ll definitely enjoy from the wealth of their knowledge simultaneously.

For example, I have mentors like Fela Durotoye, Olakunle Soriyan, Abiodun Mustapha among others, that we have not met before not even for once but I enjoy from their knowledge through listening to their messages, viewing their podcasts, reading their books and social media write-ups and I boldly put the positive information to use as and when due.  I also have some mentors that we see occasionally like Mr. Isaac Ajisafe, Mr. Sola Mathew, Senior Biyi Agboola among others, we probably see when they hold meetings and trainings where I can easily access and I take advantage of this opportunity to engage them closely aside from just following them online alone, and it has also been another means of learning from them. On the contrary, I have mentors who we see almost everyday and to shock you, I learn from them the most because they are always available anytime i’m in need.

So many upcoming passionate and enthusiast youth are fond of calling people they barely see or know mentors and neglecting that friend that is always there for them in times of need, and what they tend not to know is that ‘Familiarity is a killer of Grace and Blessing’. Will not love to talk on that much as my focus is mainly on the ones we barely see. Like I said before now, I follow the likes of Fela Durotoye that I have not met before (looking forward to meeting him) and anytime he post on social media and on the mentorship network, I take advantage of this and ask pressing questions which I always get satisfactory answers to.

My point:

With my little level of influence and relevance, I have been able to see a glimpse of the reasons why I message that man and he fails to reply, why I call him and he is not responding to my call, why I attend his meetings barely noticed by him. You get to a level in life that you barely have time for yourself not to talk of other people staying at your neck, it takes a level of dedication, organization and priority setting to actually be able to respond to each and everyone that slides to your DM or puts a call through to you. Why get frustrated because that man is not responding to your chats and calls?, why get pissed off and concluding he doesn’t want you to succeed?, why planning to quit just because you think you’re not getting attention from people that matters?, why not engage that guy or that lady in your neighbourhood that carries grace and value but not yet known globally?, why not ask questions from that young leader in your zone that you think may not know what the likes of Daddy Fela Durotoye knows?. Fine, he may not know them for now, but he might actually have the solution to your present condition and situation (Fela Durotoye’s way of approach may actually make the condition you are even more worse than ever).

Will you ENGAGE NOW OR WAIT FOREVER, you have limited time on the radar of success, you can’t keep waiting till you get the top class advice and principles from top class fathers (mentors) as you may never get the chance, reach out to that brother, reach out to that sister, reach out to that friend, make them your mentor, move closely with them, share your plans and aspirations with them and you’ll surely get to place of destiny with time. But remember this; when choosing, look closely, shine your heart, shine your brain and shine your eyes. “CHOOSE A MENTOR and not A TORMENTOR.”

Peace out

I am Daniel A. Oluwayiose

Feeding the MIND...to better the WORLD