GET UP - IT'S SUNRISE by Siloko Oyintari Ben.

Those who start working before the sunrise always end up becoming professionals in their chosen field. Dreams might not be fulfilled in a month, a year, or maybe sometimes in five to ten years, but it will definitely be fulfilled. The basic necessity for you is focus. You have to focus on that one thing which makes you passionate about your goals.

Don’t ever compare yourself with others, rather dominate your society with your skills. Some people have sight but don’t have vision which is why they end up looking without seeing. Not everybody that looks at a particular direction see every object around there, the blind man can look and not see, because physically he is blind. That is the same way a man without vision can look and not see the potentials required for him to succeed.

Some people who have vision and don’t end up being successful fail because they lack target. ‘Vision without mission leads to illusion – Siloko Oyintari Ben.’ How can you play football without a goal post? Will you pay to watch a premier league game without a goal post? Most times, the beauty of the game is the goal they score.

The potentials in me would have died long ago if I had no vision, coupled with my mission serviced always. Your mission should be like a clock that ticks every second, it is either you are working or thinking of new ways and strategies to actualize your vision.

Nobody was willing to support my first publication, but I told myself I was going to keep on writing, even if nobody approves to assist me in publishing my books. You are the only one who has the vision, those who refuse to support you don’t know how great that vision is until you put your mission running effectively, only then they will begin to see the greatness of your apotheosis.

I published my first book during my NYSC [national youth service scheme – a one year compulsory service to the nation for every graduate] days in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. My friends were dressing their bodies with their finances, while I was saving my finances to dress my destiny. To summarize the whole story, I finally published my maiden book, ‘CREATIVITY FOR EXCELLENCE’ before my passing out parade from NYSC, for a sum of a hundred and fifty thousand naira. At the time, my take home pay was nineteen thousand eight hundred naira only, I had to look for extra jobs, like private lessons, and also engaged in running transport services. I was aware that I needed an extra income if I want to publish my book. That was how a mission gave birth to a vision. I didn’t see the published book alone, I had to work to hold it in my hands.

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