Very few motivational speakers possess the uncanny knack to exude a personality that transcends the depth of their subject matter, let alone...
Very few motivational speakers possess the uncanny knack to exude a personality that transcends the depth of their subject matter, let alone have the natural ability to sway an audience – the latter, a herculean task that typifies the public speaking profession.
Speaking at a seminar last weekend hosted by the Redeemed church branch in Seven Sisters, London tagged “Achieving Powerful Goals & Getting ...Out Of The Rut Of Perfectionist Procrastinator" and organised by Richard Solutions (a corporation focused on training and development), Dayo delivered one of his powerful speeches that sought to inspire people to stop living a mediocre life. Here was a man who, two days previous to this speaking engagement had shared the stage with renowned international motivational speaker - Les Brown, in Westminster London.
After speaking so passionately about how he overcame adversity and poverty growing up in Nigeria, his speech although short but straight from the heart, received a standing ovation from the audience including Les Brown himself. Little wonder that he recently won the award of Best Motivational Speaker of the Year in UK at the M&M Awards.
Dayo’s speech delved into the subject matter of setting clear goals and achieving them. According to him “The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they have no goal”. This simple task has accounted for many people who do not know what they want out of live. But in order to ascertain what you do want out of live, you need to make clear written goals. The goals also need to be visualised. In order words, one needs to have a clear mental picture that the goals will be the ones that will give birth to your dreams. You may even go one step further and visualise already attaining them.
Dayo explained it this way. “Not only should you get a clearer picture of where you want to go. You must be passionate about your desired goal because passion is the energy that drives your goal. What often stops us from reaching our full potential are our limiting beliefs, and the biggest one is fear. One thing you must never allow fear to do is to stop you from achieving your goal”.
In the field of personal development, imparting knowledge and motivating people who want to improve their lives may seem an effortless task. But fundamentally, the arduous task is in getting people to set goals for themselves about what they want to do. By all means everyone should have a dream, but a dream is futile if there are no set goals to bring the dream to fruition. Dayo gave it a different definition. “A dream is a goal with a deadline”. Many of the successful people who have set goals in various areas of their lives, set goals. Therefore, the end result is a progressive realisation of their dreams.
In setting goals, Dayo broke this down into 5 W’s and H’s.
WHAT – do you want in life?
WHEN – do you want it?
WHY – do you want it?
WHO – will help you achieve your goal?
WHERE – are you at the moment?
HOW – am I going to achieve my goals?
The best possible start you could make in setting goals is to write it down and make it plain. Desist from committing your goals to memory, as the brain is not for storing information but to be used for creativity. “You can never hit your target unless you think on paper” Dayo enthused. “A goal that is not in writing is not a goal at all. It is merely a wish and it has no energy behind it".
Secondly, break your goals down. For instance, your desired goal may be to lose weight within a specific time frame. In this instance, if it is a one year goal, it should be broken down into months; a one month goal broken down into weeks, etc.
Thirdly, plan and manage your time effectively. Time management is life management. “If you cannot properly manage your time, there is no way you can effectively manage your life or your goal. Our situations and needs influence our time orientation, but our time orientation (and needs) can be changed, leading to success in life” Dayo continued.
Having decided on what you want to do, and set goals to accomplish them using effective time management, you then need to take action. Action is what separates the go-getters from the mere dreamers. It separates the winners from the quitters. Life is about results - for it is only when you do something unique and worthy of emulation that you will be celebrated. Millions of cases of celebrated people abound in the Guinness Book of Records.
According to Dhammapada “Just as a flower, which seems beautiful has colour but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of a man who speaks them but does them not”. Having a positive mental attitude and dogged determination through daily powerful affirmations is what will propel you to taking action. “Commitment leads to action and action brings your goals closer to you. Daily goals are reached by doing things that may be uncomfortable at first but which eventually becomes habits. Habits are powerful; they turn actions into attitudes, and attitudes into lifestyles”, Dayo remarked.
Perhaps one of the key barriers that has impeded many people in the pursuit of their dreams is that despite starting well, they end up finishing poorly when they meet an obstacle. “Your persistence is the direct measure of how much you believe in yourself and in your ability to succeed. Persistence blended with experimentation does guarantee success”, Dayo reasoned. Henry Ford was right when he observed that "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal"
“I am a believer in the philosophy of the mountain climber which says, “I will climb the mountain. They have told me it’s too high, it’s too far, it’s to steep, it’s too rocky, and it’s too difficult. But it’s my mountain. I will climb it. You will soon see me waving from the top or you’ll never see me, because unless I reach the peak, I’m not coming back", Dayo continued.
It’s your life. You can make it happen. It is better to live one day as a tiger than a hundred years as a sheep. Like the Nike advert says to your face "JUST DO IT"
Speaking at a seminar last weekend hosted by the Redeemed church branch in Seven Sisters, London tagged “Achieving Powerful Goals & Getting ...Out Of The Rut Of Perfectionist Procrastinator" and organised by Richard Solutions (a corporation focused on training and development), Dayo delivered one of his powerful speeches that sought to inspire people to stop living a mediocre life. Here was a man who, two days previous to this speaking engagement had shared the stage with renowned international motivational speaker - Les Brown, in Westminster London.
After speaking so passionately about how he overcame adversity and poverty growing up in Nigeria, his speech although short but straight from the heart, received a standing ovation from the audience including Les Brown himself. Little wonder that he recently won the award of Best Motivational Speaker of the Year in UK at the M&M Awards.
Dayo’s speech delved into the subject matter of setting clear goals and achieving them. According to him “The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they have no goal”. This simple task has accounted for many people who do not know what they want out of live. But in order to ascertain what you do want out of live, you need to make clear written goals. The goals also need to be visualised. In order words, one needs to have a clear mental picture that the goals will be the ones that will give birth to your dreams. You may even go one step further and visualise already attaining them.
Dayo explained it this way. “Not only should you get a clearer picture of where you want to go. You must be passionate about your desired goal because passion is the energy that drives your goal. What often stops us from reaching our full potential are our limiting beliefs, and the biggest one is fear. One thing you must never allow fear to do is to stop you from achieving your goal”.
In the field of personal development, imparting knowledge and motivating people who want to improve their lives may seem an effortless task. But fundamentally, the arduous task is in getting people to set goals for themselves about what they want to do. By all means everyone should have a dream, but a dream is futile if there are no set goals to bring the dream to fruition. Dayo gave it a different definition. “A dream is a goal with a deadline”. Many of the successful people who have set goals in various areas of their lives, set goals. Therefore, the end result is a progressive realisation of their dreams.
In setting goals, Dayo broke this down into 5 W’s and H’s.
WHAT – do you want in life?
WHEN – do you want it?
WHY – do you want it?
WHO – will help you achieve your goal?
WHERE – are you at the moment?
HOW – am I going to achieve my goals?
The best possible start you could make in setting goals is to write it down and make it plain. Desist from committing your goals to memory, as the brain is not for storing information but to be used for creativity. “You can never hit your target unless you think on paper” Dayo enthused. “A goal that is not in writing is not a goal at all. It is merely a wish and it has no energy behind it".
Secondly, break your goals down. For instance, your desired goal may be to lose weight within a specific time frame. In this instance, if it is a one year goal, it should be broken down into months; a one month goal broken down into weeks, etc.
Thirdly, plan and manage your time effectively. Time management is life management. “If you cannot properly manage your time, there is no way you can effectively manage your life or your goal. Our situations and needs influence our time orientation, but our time orientation (and needs) can be changed, leading to success in life” Dayo continued.
Having decided on what you want to do, and set goals to accomplish them using effective time management, you then need to take action. Action is what separates the go-getters from the mere dreamers. It separates the winners from the quitters. Life is about results - for it is only when you do something unique and worthy of emulation that you will be celebrated. Millions of cases of celebrated people abound in the Guinness Book of Records.
According to Dhammapada “Just as a flower, which seems beautiful has colour but no perfume, so are the fruitless words of a man who speaks them but does them not”. Having a positive mental attitude and dogged determination through daily powerful affirmations is what will propel you to taking action. “Commitment leads to action and action brings your goals closer to you. Daily goals are reached by doing things that may be uncomfortable at first but which eventually becomes habits. Habits are powerful; they turn actions into attitudes, and attitudes into lifestyles”, Dayo remarked.
Perhaps one of the key barriers that has impeded many people in the pursuit of their dreams is that despite starting well, they end up finishing poorly when they meet an obstacle. “Your persistence is the direct measure of how much you believe in yourself and in your ability to succeed. Persistence blended with experimentation does guarantee success”, Dayo reasoned. Henry Ford was right when he observed that "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal"
“I am a believer in the philosophy of the mountain climber which says, “I will climb the mountain. They have told me it’s too high, it’s too far, it’s to steep, it’s too rocky, and it’s too difficult. But it’s my mountain. I will climb it. You will soon see me waving from the top or you’ll never see me, because unless I reach the peak, I’m not coming back", Dayo continued.
It’s your life. You can make it happen. It is better to live one day as a tiger than a hundred years as a sheep. Like the Nike advert says to your face "JUST DO IT"
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