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I have always cherished the opportunity to share ideas and speak candidly on various issues. This blog represents the opportunity to share my thoughts on various issues from a Nigerian perspective and with a little bit of my personal flavour.



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Now that I am done with the commercial break, let me share with you a few thoughts about... thoughts. According to a Christian preacher I admire, you cannot change outside without changing inside. Changing inside refers to changing the way you think. The way you think manifests itself in the way you act.



Let's consider that words of a few people and I'll butress this point with a story. Albert Einstein one of the greatest scientists of our time once said, 'Imagination is more important than knowledge'. In a brilliant fictional book by Mark Fisher titled 'Instant millionaire' one of my favourite lines was when the the old man said to the young man, 'When logic and immagination are in conflict, the imagination invariably takes over.



Consider this story. A man recieves a text message on his mobile phone 'You are going to die...' At first the man thinks it's a joke but he reads the message again and he begins to worry and starts thinking of who may want him dead. He frets and decides to close from work immediately. He rushes to his car and is about to start the ignition when he remembers a mafia film where the victim was killed in a car bomb during ignition. He pauses with the car keys in mid-air and hears a beep. "Oh no! He thinks. The bomb must be on a timer!". His heart is racing and he may be heading for a heart attack.........



Let's go back to where the drama started and let's hear what really happened. His friend was trying to send him a text message saying "You are going to die of laughter when you hear this". Unfortunately, he pressed the send button before he finished the message. He couldn't stop the text from going so he decided to call his friend to tell him what the excitment was all about. This is where the beep in the other man's car was coming from. It was his phone!



In this situation, our dear friend's imagination took over. He is not to be blamed for his reaction but this brings to the fore a salient lesson; Your mental state determines your physical state.



As can be seen from the above example, the mental state can be influenced positively or negatively through imagination. Books can affect your mental state positively and expand your imagination. The result is a changed person who has changed inside and is ready to change the outside world.

Are you interested in success? I am, and I welcome you to my world!

Debola