Victor Adesokan

The word leverage is a physics concept which means the exertion of force by means of a lever. That is to say, force was exerted but by means of something, a level. Now, that brings us to the context here, leverage in business, leadership or life. According to the w5 consulting, leverage is a general technique to maximise gain and losses. That's if you would gain anything measurable out of life you must be able to leverage on a few things or opportunities. Everyone has something to leverage on no matter how little. Some times you see some popular musicians whose parents are well to do, they tap into the wealth available and they made something tangible out of it. Leverage does not mean you will or should be lazy it's only an avenue to push up using something. There are several things you can leverage on ranging from from other people's money (OPM), other people's resources (OPR), other people's idea (OPI), other people's time (OPT) and many others. You see, if yo...

Business growth is the aim of every entrepreneur or business person. Everyone envisage that when they start a business, it should grow, which means there must be profit accruing from the business, or the rate of turn over is high but the truth of the matter is that, not every business grows, some persons have not mastered the art of doing business, sometimes, you might even invest huge amount of 💰 yet have low returns. There is something you must do or be doing that you have not done. Business men are people with thick skin who can stand through challenging times, withstand the ups and downs of the business either there's an upsurge or downturn; so what do you do? Creativity Most business that crashed within time was because they lack the creative narratives to scale up . The 21st century is an age where people are dolling out great ideas, superb brand strategies, if you have an existing business and you and your team can't come up with a creative narrative then decline is ine...

In the last few weeks the world has been visited with one of the deadliest disease ever experienced... CORONA VIRUS. Yes it's deadly to the extent of claiming over 200,000 lives. In the wake of December 2019, China announced the outbreak of the deadly disease that has ravaged the world. From country to country, community to community, people from different backgrounds, government and policy makers, medical professionals finding solutions through the development of vaccines yet no headway. I am not writing to tell you about the history of corona virus, not at all. The most important reason for the article is for you to sit down and rethink. The global system has already been disrupted, the political and socio economic walkway is no more the same and that tells you that even the human life will never be the same too. The way of doing business has changed, socio gathering has too, human perception to life has also changed. It will not be business as usual, many company staffs w...

In the year 2000, I was caught in a fix between of making a decision that could change my life for the betterment or the worse, I was naive, inexperienced, I couldn't really choose between right and wrong due to this someone else made the decision for me and at the end of the day that singular decision that was made on my behalf cost me so much in my life pursuit...it was so real, all these happened because I couldn't get some basic thing I need to forge ahead, I had no direction for my life so I couldn't choose right. Have you ever asked yourself or inquire from more experienced persons why you are not making headway? Did you bother to look into the major reason why you are having a setback? The major reason you are struggling through life and you feel like taking your own life or even play the blame game on one person or the other is because you lack a few things, yea, I'm not talking about money here because money does not answer to everything moreover, money i...

FEAR is a false evidence of truth. It doesn't work on its own, it depends on a truth to show up, without any truth, fear can not operate. So, does that speak anything to your heart? Well, FEAR in summary is False Evidence Appearing Real, so you can see. The truth about this matter is that everyone has an element of fear especially when they are about to do something different or advance a course, or take up a new challenge, at these times, fear will set in. So then we have two dominate fears which you must overcome if you would breakthrough and achieve success. The first dominant fear is REJECTION Rejection is simply the refusal to accept something. For instance, you had plans to start a business or an advancement in your career, you told it to some people either friends or family members and refuse your idea, certainly you can't feel cool or happy, about emotion will be affected, yea that's true. At this point, you have been rejected, but initially, you already had...

Today, I watched some of my students play basketball while I do a little coaching and tutoring though I'm not a professional. While one of my players was on the ball, she was too careful not fall down and eventually she looses the ball. Exactly the same way we feel when we want to take some steps, we are always too careful not to fail, too careful to avoid what people would say to us, too careful inorder not to offend people but at the end of the day we loose the essence of what our purpose is. Listen, You don't owe anyone an explanation, people only want to see your success, so why not take that step you think is the hardest and give it your best shot. Though it looks hard but it could be the easiest thing you would ever do. Take your fears away and shoot your shot. Time waits for no man, don't give in to fear or discouragement, mockery or disappointment, no matter what happens always make sure you try it out first. Failure is a path to success, so if you...

                                          VALUING RELATIONSHIPS  "Opportunities will not always come, sometimes you have to create them". Create an enabling environment where those opportunities can find you...your location is key, creating, maintaining and valuing relationships is much important. Don't just treat people you meet anyhow, they are your opportunities 😉  Last year November, I attended a conference and one the speaker's story touched and moved me to tears, I was motivated and inspired. From that moment, I looked forward to meeting him personally. Exactly a year after, I find myself in another environment, was in a class, teaching, introduced a few things to my students about me, a few of them got acquainted to me, we got talking. There is this young girl I really took time to relate with, I told her the school I finished from...not kn...

WORK AND PRAY... The life of the Lord Jesus Christ portrays a perfect example for us all to follow. The greatest teacher I have come across in my entirety is CHRIST.  Christ showed us a perfect example of what our living should be like not by saying it but by living it. He worked and He prayed, he never left anything to chance or allowing nature to take its turn on him. In our world of today, many at times we want some things to happen overnight after we have taken our sessions in vigils and prayers for breakthrough calling it miracle yet we never moved an inch from our comfort zone to go get what to eat or wear yet we want God to answer such prayers and if he doesn't some folks will threaten the person of God that they won't attend services or meetings...hmmm, quite funny though. The truth about this matter is that, blessings listens to hardwork even your breakthrough. Breakthrough doesn't come to lazy people, neither does God bless...

THE LEADER-SHIP   Why has Nigeria not improved or developed since her independence? Aren't we praying enough?, Aren't we pragmatic enough? I have viewed Nigeria as one of the most "religious" and not "spiritual" nation in the world. I have also tried to ask myself, why has things not improved despite our commitment to religious activities. Instead of having a better and saner society, decadence has rather been the order of the day. Is it our prayers that are hindering our progress or our less pragmatism and inaction? June 12, 2019 which is today, Nigeria celebrates 20years of uninterrupted democracy which is presently viewed as the best system of government and which is an ideology being pursued by many nations of the world, infact the United Nations. But the truth is this, for the fact that it worked for the rest of the world doesn't mean it will also work for Nigeria though that's not my focus in this article.   We have seen our great n...

DEPRESSION When you hear stories flying around that some persons commits suicide without reasons, don't go too far, it's due to a depressive mood. What is Depression? Depression is an illness or a medical conditions marked by feelings of sadness, worthlessness or hopelessness, as well as problems concentrating and remembering details. Been depressed is a medical condition which has physical symptoms. Few days ago, I read about a student Kolapo by name from a prestigious university in Nigeria which happens to be my alma mata. After he had taken a particular course for three years without passing it, even when he was supposed to have graduated of a five years course, he resulted into committing suicide. That was so saddening and painful. But often times, people under depression find it very difficult to think straight because at that moment, the only thing on their mind is to get through that challenge but as soon as they can't find any solution, they commit s...

Recently, I had an opportunity to speak to a couple of young boys and girls trying to enlighten them on "gender roles" in which most times the ladies are perceived as a weaker vessel, they are seen as not having a strong will, they are seen as dependent on the other gender, they are seen as been weak, they are seen as individuals who cannot take up some certain activities and who can't make decisions on their own. The more reason why we have some female folks tagging themselves feminist in a bid to change that perceived mindset of the world about women. Being a feminist is not to usurp the same equal authority over the men but to create as much value as the male gender would create, there isn't or shouldn't be any form of competition between the two gender, everyone has their role and in what capacity to function Being a woman is not the criteria for weakness, it's not the yardstick to measure for less important etc but being a woman actually signifies ...

          BE AN INFLUENCER A few weeks ago, two students came to me from the junior school while I was seated in my office and they asked me to teach them the Bible...I was surprised though, they came with their Bibles which means they were prepared to learn something, so we set out to learn. The first question I asked them was, why did you choose me? And one of them replied, because we trust you and we see how you deal with issues. Wow! Quite interesting. I felt happy though because that was a commendation😅. I taught them a few things from the scripture and they ask some questions too. The morals here is not about what they came to do but the heart behind what they came for.  The most important thing here is that as individuals, we are influencers and some people's lives, success and growth is tied to yours. Those young girls identified someone whom they could trust, believe in and ask questions so they made a choice. That was as a result o...

COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP A phenomenal principle/idea in relations to Africa (Nigeria) We have always faced cases of poor leadership styles in this part of the world. We have also mistaken the identity of leadership to 'rulership'. Often times, we have rulers and not leaders. Our so called leaders (rulers) are not individuals who are compassionate about their call to leadership or course of position. They don't have a mind of the people they lead, they only have a mind of their own and by this, every of their policies are for self -"selfishness". They are not compassionate about the people, they make the people's vote not to count because of their lack of passion for the position. They seem to be full of themselves, thwy make policies and take decisions that does not translate to the well-being of the masses. As long as their needs and their family's are met, they are less concern about the rest. The place of compassion if taken out of leadership...