JOHN OGBILE OKPE

He was a genius. That was our belief and it was strong. Really strong. During the semester exams, when one was given seven tough maths questions to answer any five, he usually simply begun from the first to the fifth and that was it. While others still struggled with the thoughts of which easier questions to pick and answer, he'd be done.

Other guys, including some of the most brilliant in the class would try hard to select the easiest but for him, all were easy hence no need to select anyone specially.

That was "Pari Passu", our guy. That was what we called him.

In other courses also, he was outstanding. More so, he registered his presence prominently in other extra-curricular activities. During one of the combined lectures at the old engineering auditorium in Middle Core, he wasn't obscure at all as his voice was the subject of discussion as students departed to their various departments.

But suddenly, he began to act weird. At first we laughed over it and thought it was normal until he yelled at an examiner who was quietly minding her business during one of our semester exams and also went ahead to submit his answer scripts without answering a single question.

Mental disorder it looked like. Insanity had been stealing away part of this wonderful creation until right now. He left school without completing the semester exams. There's talks of travelling to the rehab.

After almost a session of being absent from school, we heard that he was doing well at the rehab and had returned home to his family. He returned to school but sadly, he wasn't any different. His parents came and took him away again. This was the third time.

Sources close to him said he was never like that. In fact, they also confirmed that there were no insane persons in his family. So how come about this? You can ask "your village people!"  I do not know what would become of the hopes we all had and the dreams we talked about.

Can one be so rich and still so poor that all dreams for self and others gradually becomes hazy and finally dissolve into nothing? I think it happens when "your village people" are involved. I think it's possible when you are not sensitive enough to fight and resist them.

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The witchcraft in this part of the world is strong and unique. It’s designed to keep you out, especially when they see beams of greatness in you. Hence, you need a superior craftiness to escape "your village people" or you’ll be rendered useless until you die.

I don't mean to scare you with this post. I only intend to open your eyes to the gruesome reality we are faced with in this part of the world. And the sooner you realise this, the better prepared you can become to resist it. There is a war going on in the heavenly. It is between the forces of darkness against light. This war will take no prisoner. It will take no slave and it will give no quarter. It is a war for supremacy. This war is more gruesome than the ethnic cleansing of Rwanda. It is a war for the souls of men.

My papa nor get money, my mama nor get. I saw the pattern early on and rejected it. By God’s grace, I saw the light at 21. I fought for dear life and I escaped the cycle. I escaped the scourge of my village people because I had a superior craftiness in Jesus. Look at me now. There are a few gaps in the system that opens up from time to time. People like me stayed sensitive. I recognised the wickedness which is domicile in my society and fought it out. I gave no quarter, emerging victor and standing high and tall over their devices because I had Jesus. He is the only true and lasting antidote to "your village people." I encourage you to embrace Him today.

You know what you need to do to be financially free, you even have all the blueprints to the realization of your dreams, yet nothing seems to be changing around you. Sounds familiar? How could this be happening despite all the knowledge you have gathered in that area?

Don't look too far, the answer is not far fetched. Implementation might just be the missing link here. Sometimes, it is not what we do not know that is holding us back, it is our lack of implementing the things we do know that is holding us back.

It is not enough to have a million dollars idea up in your head. It is not enough to have a mind that can light up the entire universe. If you do not learn how to convert these ideas into reality, you will keep on struggling. The key to transferring the money on your mind into your bank account is IMPLEMENTATION. If you do not act on the knowledge you have, it won't benefit you much.

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None of our wishes, desires and goals will just fall in our hand on a silver platter. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the truth is “there is no free meal anywhere." Realities don’t just show up, they are created either by your action or inaction. You can’t just sit there, doing nothing and expect miracles to happen.

In life, you don’t get something before you pay for it. You must pay for it first before you can get it. You can’t pay the price in parts; it must be fully paid in advance. There is no cash and carry in the market of life, you pay first and wait for delivery. Action is the converter. Implementing the ideas is the transfer machine.


You see, when you wait and make no effort, you can’t achieve anything, because nothing happens without a cause. Sir Isaac Newton in his first law of motion said, “An object will remain at the state of rest or continue in a uniform motion on a straight line unless a force is applied." The implication of this is that, “Your life condition will remain as it is if you don’t do something about it."

Waiting with a mind full of ideas without taking the right steps that will bring your ideas to limelight is equivalent to wasting your life. Sometimes we need to pause, review and start implementing what we have learnt.

What is it that you want to do or be?

Do you desire to write your first book?
Do you desire to become an influential speaker?
Do you desire to get a job?
Do you want to start your own business?
Are you looking forward to getting married?
Do you want to make your first one million?

Whatever it is that you want to do or become, stop waiting, because it will never come to you on its own accord. Go for it!

Wallace Wattle said, “By THOUGHT the thing you want is brought to you, by ACTION you receive it.”

The road to being is doing. Stop waiting for what you want, go for it.


Let me leave you with this statement by woody Allen: “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”

I add: “If you don’t show up, your success won’t turn up.”

Show up to start that business.
Show up to implement that new idea.
Show up to apply for that job.
Show up to write that article.
Show up to start that blog.
Show up to start that Facebook group.
Show up to propose to that lady.
Show up to make that call.
Show up to begin writing that book.
Show up to save for that project.

At all cost show up!

If you show up, your dreams will turn up. If you have shown up and you haven’t gotten your desire result, keep showing up, remain persistent. As long as your action is effective, then success is inevitable.

Remember, KNOWLEDGE alone is POWERLESS only IMPLEMENTATION (ACTIONS) can make a DIFFERENCE. Implement the ideas and knowledge you have gathered concerning that business today. It could be your missing link.