Excellence is a Habit Not a Moment, By Douglas Ogbankwa Esq

 

USAIN Bolt is the fastest man and the most successful athlete in history ever and he has multiple records on the world stage .He is obviously an athletic nerd who works hard and parties hard .When asked how he was able to shatter the 100 Metres Athletics record in seamless equanimity, he posited that the race for the record breaking moment, that took him less than 10 seconds to achieve, actually took him six years to prepare for. The exceptional people you see thrive did not do that over night. It took years of strive .There is a profound
level of precision in the habits of successful people.To be successful, you have to be intentional.The first thing to do is for you to decide that you want to be successful It comes first from the mind. Then you will now deliberately begin to take steps with painstaking precision to achieve your aims . Success does not just happen.Even those that are lucky to be successful prepared for the big break .So while you have time work hard and try and be a better person every day. Life is too short.

Many People wonder why I excelled seamlessly as Publicly Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch What they do not understand is that I joined the Nigerian Media Space when I was in secondary school,joining the hugely successful current affairs programme -” Can You Guess “, on Edo Broadcasting Service.While I was studying law ,I even presented the programme for one year .We stood shoulder to shoulder with some of Nigeria ‘s Best Media Personalities and other successful greats like Festus Alenkhe , Sulai Alefeh, Chris Ellems ,Cordelia Okpe, Osasumwen Asowata , Karl Orakwe , Osazee Obazee, Flora Bossy, late Felix Okugbe ,Ann Olumense ,Fidel Castro ,Oyewense Obadigie Jessica Ologbosere Blue Guy Ernest Umegboro , Dr .Egbagbe A. Sunday ,Dr Jolly N. iguma ,Ibrahim Mimoh Obilakaba Ikechukwu and Osazuwa Nosayaba Daniels Esq , the last two names being persons who made a mark in programme “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”presented by Frank Edoho, .

So being Publicity Secretary of the NBA Benin Branch for me was a piece of cake ,having been in the media space for over 2 decades before my election as NBA Benin Publicity Secretary and knowing all the major players in the Media Space .I also had deliberately learnt , mastered and understood the use of the Social Media. I had opened over 30 WhatsApp Groups made of some of the most relevant people in the Society all practically on aspects of life .So telling the NBA Benin Branch Story was easy , as I already had platforms to tell our Society.

So just like the musician 9ice said No Be Mistake.You see those musicians singing and getting the fans world wide , there is a huge level of discipline and hard work you see in those music videos , live performances and live streams that are trending .

It is important you prepare for whatever you want to do or achieve in life . Success is when preparation meets opportunity .Be prepared , improve your competences. For example, no matter, what you do right now , you must have knowledge of the use of the computer and the use of the internet , if do not you are not living in the same world that is moving with the speed of light

It was Aristotle that said

“An unexamined life is not what living”.