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Ofego told Akpos that most adults are hiding at least one dark secret and that this makes it very easy to blackmail them by saying; I know the whole truth.
Akpos decided to go home and try it out. He got home and ran into his mother and said; Mummy, I know the whole truth. His mother quickly handed him 500 Naira Note and said; Please don't tell your father. When his father got home from work, he worked up to him and said; Daddy, I know the whole truth. His father quickly took him aside and gave him 1,000 Naira Note and said; Don't tell your mother please.
Wow! Amazed by this, he ran out to meet the Gate Man and said; I know the whole truth. The Gate Man quickly dropped the padlock and embraced him tightly and said; Thank God you have known that i am your father.
Akpos fainted, the gateman laugh and say"idiot boy you think say na only you get sense"...
I spent most of my life thinking of adversity as the obstacle between me and success. Over the last three years, I've changed my perspective on adversity. The value of pursuing success isn't the success itself. The value comes from the adversity that you must overcome in the process AND who that forces you to become in the process. THAT is what is valuable. Let me give a concrete example. The value of striving to be a millionaire isn't the money itself. The value is in who you become in the process -- a person who has: overcome societal assumptions about what is and isn't possible;confronted and overcome self-limiting beliefs;discovered how to notice opportunities overlooked by others;learned to be of service to others;grasped the nuances of creating value for others. Most of the people i have come in contact with tend to be in high-income brackets. Some I've worked with over many years What I've found most remarkable isn't their financial success.
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