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       Living The Life Of Your Dreams by sam adeyemi
       By: IMPACT360 Date: June 13, 2015, 5:25 pm
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       Life is designed for progression and not
       stagnation. One of the greatest discoveries you
       will make in life is this: as you change and
       improve, things and people will change and
       improve around you.
       As these changes begin to occur, I want you to
       note that no matter what you want to achieve,
       your position does not count as much as your
       disposition. A positive disposition will
       ultimately guarantee a favourable position.
       Let me share a personal experience with you.
       After I completed my NYSC, I thought getting a
       good job would be automatic. But like many
       others, I had to sit at home for over a year.
       Throughout that period, I made up my mind
       that I was not going to worry about my
       unemployed status though I had not gotten a
       job for over a year. I said to myself; “I am not
       going to be unemployed forever, I am taking
       this as a brief holiday.” I went to my pastor and
       said, “I am offering to work as a volunteer.”
       The moment I broke free from that mindset of
       not being employed, somebody came to church
       on a Sunday and said, “I heard that they need a
       Civil Engineer on this particular site.” I thought,
       could it be so easy? I applied for the job and
       two of us were called for an interview. They
       needed somebody with three years
       experience, but I was freshly out of school,
       while the other candidate had the experience. I
       could not answer most of the questions they
       asked me because I had not worked practically
       on a site before. The panel told me, “Mr.
       Adeyemi, you have not been able to answer
       our questions satisfactorily. You don’t have the
       experience that we need.”
       I had read then of the power of attitude, so
       instantly I spoke to them, “Gentlemen, I
       appreciate what you have said. It is true that I
       do not have the experience. But as you can see
       from my results and from the way I am
       speaking that I am very intelligent. If you give
       me this job, I will catch up very fast. I am sure
       I will be able to deliver what you want within
       the next few months.”
       They thanked me and said they would get in
       touch. Eventually, a few days later, the person
       who introduced the job to me said they
       decided to employ the other person. I said it
       was okay. Then, he came back after a few days
       and said, “They said they are not employing the
       other person anymore, they are employing
       you. The job is now yours.” I got the job. You
       know what got the job for me? Attitude! I was
       positive. I raised their expectation. They knew
       that if they gave me the job, I would perform
       well because I believed that I was going to
       perform well.
       What do you believe? What you believe is what
       you will become.
       There are more personal experiences that you
       can learn from and I want to share them with
       you. All you may need at this point in your life
       is that little push that will give you an extra
       edge; you can leverage on things no one may
       be willing to share with you in this
       environment.
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