BREAKING THE LIMIT

He was born into a family of seven children, three girls and four boys. He happens to be the first son and the fourth child of his parent.
Before his arrival into his family, his mother had about three girls; in some part of Africa a man is not yet successful until he has a male child that will bear his name after his departure. Because of this kind of mindset in most Africa, his father started to have pressure coming from the families members that he should go and marry a second wife that will bear him a male child.
His Dad didn’t take their advice because of the love he had for his mother. When the pressure became so high his Dad decided to take action.
One Sunday morning Dad went to the church as early as 5am, when no one was there and prayed and ask God to give him a male child, he went into covenant with God which is “if God give him a male child, he will give God a priest”. God had him and gave him four male children.
12years of his life as a teenager was spent in the northern state, Maiduguri. His life took a new shape when his Dad decided that the entire family will be relocating to Lagos.
Life in Lagos exposes his real self to him because he has to repeat some classes that he could not prove that he went through. While in Lagos state he could barely speak or write, the only two languages that he could speak as of that time was “Igbo and Hausa”. He struggled to past his common entrance examination in to secondary school.
It was in his secondary school days that his secret was made known to the whole world. While in ss1 class he could barely read or write, posterity caught on him when the principal of his school decided to inspect all classes of the school with some special invigilator from the government.
His class was the first he had to start with, while in the classroom he sighted him at the back sit and ask for him to come and read a new rules and regulation to the whole class that the special invigilator brought from the government.
At first he thought it could not be him that this man just called, he try to hid from it but he insist that he was the one he ask for. At that point it now done on him that this could be the end of his journey.
As he stood before his classmate he could not see any word that was written on that paper, he couldn’t read nor pronounce a word from it. The principal was shock to know that a boy in ss1 class can’t read.
He pointed his Cain to him and said “how do you get to this class” at that point he prayed that the earth open and swallow me, he drag him to his office and said to him “if at this stage of your life you are still struggling to read, my advice for you is go and learn a skill or go into business, he handed over a letter to him and said give it to your parent when you get home.
As he got home that morning, he handed over the letter to his mother. As she read it the content; which says “this boy should go back to primary school or should go and learn a skill, he can not do better as a student. In summary he was ask to leave school.
He was out of school for the period of two years. The first year of his life, he was in business with one of my uncle in ladipo while the second year he was in the street of Lagos selling pure water.
One day, as he was selling his pure water, he came across an old man who said to him “Boy you are more than what you are doing, go back to school”. He replied him back sir, I can’t read or write, and he said to him boy; “I believe in you”. That was the very first time in his life he had such word.
After that encounter with the old man, he later resolves to go back to school. He started reading at ss1 class in second term; he could not recall how many times he sat for WEAC, GCE, NECO, AND JAMB examinations.
My great readers now is all history , because the young man now is a most sought after motivational speaker which gave him the opportunity to meet with four vice chancellor of five different higher institution in the year 2011, he is a proud author of 7 books, has a degree in computer science.
In the year 2008 he was presented with the award of the most enterprising SEN Networker of the year at a ceremony in Sheraton Hotels in Lagos by Dr. Obazu Ojeagbase, the respected publisher of Complete Sport, Complete Football and Success Digest magazine and newspaper.

His philosophy of life is “the only limit a man has is the one he created for himself”
Friend if this young man could break the limit anyone reading this can.
Who is this young man who went from Zero to Hero? Read his profile below.



MY PROFILE

EBUKA EWUZIE is the CEO of Bukasin Builders Consult, A most sought after motivational speaker. He is in high demand in some prestigious higher institutions like Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Babcock University (BU), Yaba Technology (Yaba tech) and University of Lagos (UNILAG). Just to mention but a few. An Author of seven (7) publish books of which one of his books “DREAM TO THE TOP” has sold in excess of about 500,000 copies.
He also a member of Toastmaster international for professional speaker.
In the year 2008 he was presented with the award of the most enterprising SEN Networker of the year at a ceremony in Sheraton Hotels in Lagos by Dr. Obazu Ojeagbase, the respected publisher of Complete Sport, Complete Football and Success Digest magazine and newspaper.

DON’T GIVE IT UP NOW

A Certain young man was highly frustrated, everything he laid his hand on, and nothing worked, so he concluded that the best thing for him to do was to commit suicide by hanging himself. One early morning this young man took a rope and a stool to a very far bush, when he got there, he saw an uncompleted story building, so he went inside, stood on the stool and hanged the rope on the ceiling. As he was about hanging himself, he saw a shadow that was afar off, so he decided to know what the shadow was by getting closer. To his amazement he saw a young man like him sitting on the ground, and he was shocked to his bones to see a human being in that building. He asked the young man what he was doing in the building. The young man responded by saying that he was tired of life, that was why he came to sit in the building.

The young man that was about to hang himself said, “Why didn’t you stop me from hanging myself?” The other man responded, “Why should I? My own life is more miserable than yours, but I was happy when I saw you about to hang yourself because I saw something that you have that I am in need of.” The other man answered him, “What did you see in me that you don’t care if I die?” The man responded by saying, “I regained hope when I saw you about to hang yourself.”

“Firstly, I saw a nice pair of shoes on you, while I came into this building with rubber sandal. Secondly I saw a pair of new trouser on you and I am wearing short pant. Lastly I saw a nice T-Shirt on you and I came here with a tattered singlet. So my only hope lies in you dying, because if you help me by hanging yourself and you die, all of the things you are putting on will become mine and I will leave this building a fulfilled man.”

The man who was about hanging himself now said, “So the little things that I do not value are important to someone else, he is even willing for me to die” He then decided he was not going to commit suicide anymore. The other man asked him, “Why? And he said, “Because my shirt, trousers, shoes etc are enough reasons to stay alive” He left that building with a conviction, “THERE IS SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR.”

Friend I don’t know what you are seeing about yourself right now, you might have concluded that life is not worth living, since you believe that the whole world is against you and nothing that you have tried seems to be working. Never judge yourself by what you see or by your present reality, learn to see beyond your present situation and see yourself with God’s eye; you are born a star, not to be pitied, but to be envied.

VISION IN ACTION

Friend, when I was to publish my first book I had no starting capital to even type my manuscript, but I had one thing called “VISION”. At a point I took a pen and paper and started writing down when the book would be out and the lunching date, without knowing where the fund was going to come from, I didn’t even have  a penny in the account. I fixed 14^th July as the date the book would be out of Press. Also I fixed the date of the lunching for 18^th of July. Friend, to my greatest surprise, everything started happening fast because of what I saw and wrote down, the book came out from the Press on the 12^th of July and the lunching took place on the 18^th of July.

Friend with vision anything is possible. You must understand that a vision in your heart is more powerful than money; vision is what secures and guarantees your financial destiny. Being financially destitute is not as bad as being vision destitute. A person who lacks direction in life will end up a failure no matter how much money he may start his life with. Money in itself does not guarantee success. What guarantees success is a clear vision backed by plans and consistent action.

Many people are dabbling in life because they have no clarity of direction. They dabble into whatever comes their way as long as it holds a promise of financial reward.

Friend you are not called to reach everybody, you are called for a certain niche of people, and your vision helps you to live a selective live, which makes visionaries not to be everywhere; visionaries are selective people. They choose with discretion; where to live; what to do; who to marry; number of children and so on…

YES YOU CAN

In 1994, Evander Holyfield lost his heavyweight title in a twelve-round decision to Michael Moore. He was devastated because he had worked so hard to become the heavyweight champion. In addition to losing his title, he soon found out that there was another, bigger problem. He was diagnosed with a serious heart problem and had to retire from boxing. Within a few weeks he had not one, but two major challenges.

Yet he learned to see his situation differently. It was at a revival that he had his defining moment. During a revival in Philadelphia, he was told that not only would he return to the ring but he would also have incredible success. It was in that moment that he decided to rely on his faith, and it was in that moment that he changed his life and changed the boxing industry.

He decided to concentrate on solution rather than the problem. He could have given up and retreated, but he had the heart of a champion who has learned to see any challenge in life with positive mental attitude. Most people counted him out and said he was finished, but he believed that bigger and better things were on the horizon.

Evander focused on his faith, went back to his vision, and then made the decision to make his situation a plus, not a negative. He worked on his health and continued to pray. He focused all of his energies on his health and his faith. It was not long before his heart diagnosis had changed and his heart was given a clean bill of health. Then he looked at his goal, which was to be the heavyweight champion of the world again.

He looked at what actions needed to be taken and who he had to fight. Finally, he asked himself, “How badly do I want it?” He had to ask the question because he knew in order to reach his goal he had to fight Mike Tyson, the ‘baddest,’ toughest fighter on the planet.

The fight was scheduled and all the media and all the pundits said that Evander Holyfield was going to get killed. But Evander refused to believe what people saw and said. He continued to rely on his faith. He read the story about David and Goliath over and over again and found that anytime you have God with you, you immediately become a majority. He went into the fight with a dream and great faith, while Mike Tyson was vowing to knock his head off. He fought and fought and fought, and when the fight ended, Evander Holyfield was still standing and Mike Tyson was lying on the canvas.

Friend, Evander Holyfield did the impossible. He had overcome a life threatening heart problem. And he had gone on to beat Mike Tyson, who was thought to be the toughest fighter on the earth. Nothing in life is impossible for anyone who learns to see critical situation differently. The way you see yourself i the way you see the challenges before you, you are not taller than you see yourself before your opponent.