This quote from Michael Jordan got me thinking about the many comments about failure that I’ve heard. “I have failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. ~ Michael Jordan.” I’ve heard people say those who succeed just fail more than everyone else, and get better at [...]
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Faith of a Mustard Seed
February 21st, 2011 
Okolo Please take a read of my Three Month Vision, at the top left of the main page of my blog. I know it is ambitious, but this quote from the Bible gives me inspiration. Matthew 17 [20] And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have [...]
My Greatest Fear
February 19th, 2011 Okolo I wanted this blog to also be my personal blog, where I share some of the stuff going on in my life, and I’ve not really been doing that. I just realized, in black and white, what my greatest fear is, and it is this. In simplest terms, I imagine myself organizing a seminar, showing [...]
Faith vs Fear
January 23rd, 2011 Okolo Listen to Audio Here The number one thing that keeps us from having faith, and from living a life full of bliss, is fear. “Only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt – First Inaugural Address This is so so true. Here’s the analogy that comes to mind. Imagine you are [...]
Testimonial
January 22nd, 2011 Okolo This is a testimonial of sorts, that makes what I try to do all worth while. Rebecca was in my training class at Northwestern Mutual in January of 2007. As she says, I bought the whole class a copy of “The Secret.”
What do you want out of life? (Goals)
January 19th, 2011 Okolo 
Whenever I I talk to someone who isn’t very happy, I always ask them, tell me what you want. Almost always they start talking about the problems they are having, things that aren’t going right, how this person did this that or the other to them, and how much they hate this or that. I [...]
My Wonderful Day in NYC
January 1st, 2011 Okolo So I decided I was going to New York for New Year’s. Not Time’s Square, although I did make it there, just not when everyone else was there. There were a lot of obstacles that kept saying “don’t go” but I just had it in my head that I had to. NOTHING was going to [...]