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    Dream and Achieve
    Dream and Achieve
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    Dream and Achieve

    By Kola Olutimehin

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    Have you ever sat down, with the feeling of a weary soul and asked the question, ‘what is it all about?’ Have you ever considered your present source of livelihood, which takes your best strength and time, as your ultimate contribution to human progression? Is your present occupation what you had always dreamt of, and are you fulfilled in it? Have you tried to create other ways to make ends meet, or create your wealth and have had temporary setbacks which you have probably mistaken for failure? If you cannot answer any of the above questions affirmatively, Dream and Achieve will lead you to rewarding answers. This book is about discovering your purpose and destiny, which is your reason for being alive and it also challenges you to commercialise what you discover to be your purpose. It teaches you to practise the art of dreaming and then taking the right action, which leads to the accomplishment of your own dreams in your own lifetime. In addition, Dream and Achieve will enable the immigrant who thinks about home to have a reason to contribute to the development of his or her home country, when they read about my personal dream. The preface of this book lends power to the existence of dreams that are taken seriously. Having studied and qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in the United Kingdom, I realised that there was more to life than my learned general education. This led to a pursuit of my dream, which has brought more meaning to living the life that I now live.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMakeWay Publishing
    Release dateAug 11, 2012
    ISBN9781907925337
    Dream and Achieve
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    Kola Olutimehin

    Kola Olutimehin (also popularly known as getKOLA) is a Dream-Driver and an internationally acclaimed inspirational speaker who travels around the world inspiring people and corporations to channel their energies and focus towards their endeavour. An accountancy graduate from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in the UK, Kola has consulted and contributed significantly to productivity and business process re-engineering with blue chip companies and entrepreneurs in two continents.Kola is the author of The Nigerian Dream, a book that challenges every Nigerian and Nigeria lover to contribute their personal and corporate efforts to uplifting the nation out of a state of despondency to an enviable one. The foreword to The Nigerian Dream was written by His Excellency, General Dr Yakubu Gowon, GCFR, the former Head of State of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975.Kola is also the author of another inspirational book titled Dream and Achieve, which is independently published in some countries. Dream and Achieve guides one to induce a dream and work towards the achievement of the dream in one’s lifetime. The introduction to Dream and Achieve was written by the Napoleon Hill Foundation (author of Think and Grow Rich – an international classic published in the USA in 1937); whilst the foreword was written by Chief Olu Akinkugbe, CON, a prominent Nigerian industrialist and philanthropist.In addition, Kola is a serial author in ‘The Making of an Icon’ series. He has co-authored the auto-biographies of eminent personalities, extracting principles that may be learnt from their lives, in what he has referred to as the Iconic Principles. An innovation, the Iconic Principles, which come up at the end of each chapter, provide an educational aspect to these biographies.INSPIRATIONAL TALKSIn building organisations’ human capital, Kola’s firm highlights the significance of taking relevant and definite action steps, amongst other values, and infuses a passion that challenges and assures the success of the organisation.The ability of all people, irrespective of their positions within or without an organisation, to relate with our talks has made for better drive and accomplishment in their lives, as well as the productivity of the organisation. Excellence is show-cased as an ideal that is attainable.THE ‘TALKS’Kola’s talks can be summarised by W Clement Stone’s phrase; “whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve through a positive mental attitude.” The underlying impact of these talks is productivity and fruitfulness in the lives of those that attend the sessions. The speeches create opportunities for both personal and organisational development and attainment of desire. The following are often derived from the talks:•The ability to believe in one-self and one’s capabilities•How to eradicate fear and taking daring action steps•Boosting the capacity to make decisions•Inspiring initiative and desire for personal and professional change•The ability to set goals and work towards the accomplishment of these goals•Enabling a vision that produces social responsibilityKola helps you to break free from the rut of familiar living and the inability to make a profitable change, especially where adverse results have set in.Various organisations have greatly benefitted from these services from around the world. The goal from his standpoint is that the more organisations that work towards their desired direction, the better our universal world can become.A BUSINESS COACH/CONSULTANTFrom his background as a chartered certified accountant, Kola focuses on the provision of business coaching and consultancy services to corporations and entrepreneurs; in order to help ascertain a business direction and work towards the attainment of the organisation’s goals. The following are some of his areas of professional expertise:•Review of corporate strategy, and ascertain practical steps towards attainment•Policies and procedures review, recommendation and implementation•Operating process and systems review and recommendations•Internal control review and recommendations•Assessment of periodic management reports and re-design, where required•Specific project assessment and management•Operating systems analysis, recommendation and implementation•Business restructure (including employee profile reviews)•Business start-up advice and consultation

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      Dream and Achieve - Kola Olutimehin

      DREAM AND ACHIEVE

      Discover and express your passion in your lifetime

      KOLA OLUTIMEHIN

      MAKEWAY PUBLISHING LIMITED

      …making way for your ultimate success…

      (Smashwords Edition)

      Copyright Kola Olutimehin

      First published, 2008

      Second Edition, 2012

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Published by:

      MakeWay Publishing Limited

      (Smashwords Edition)

      Website:

      http://www.getkola.com // http://www.makewaybooks.com

      Email:

      books@makewaygroup.com // info@makewaybooks.com

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Dedication

      Foreword

      Introduction

      Preface – Any Dream Will Do

      Acknowledgements

      Chapter 1 – You Can and This Is How

      Chapter 2 – A Winning Formula That Never Fails

      Chapter 3 – Ingredients for Your Winning Formula

      Chapter 4 – Try This and See What You Achieve

      Chapter 5 – What Will You Become?

      Chapter 6 – My Dream

      Chapter 7 – The Spirit of Achievement

      Notes

      Comments

      The ‘Practical Dreamer’ Declaration

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated on the one hand to my parents. Dad, despite the death of your father while you were at the tender age of nine, you induced a dream and have achieved great feats in your lifetime. Mum, you stood by Dad through your invaluable support as dad reached out to touch many lives. As a result of all that you have done for me, I am able to dream and achieve.

      On the other hand, I also dedicate this book to the millions of practical dreamers who will undertake works of exploit. What should you do if you see your dream begin to fail? Reach out for one more dream!

      FOREWORD

      I have a lot of admiration for young people who dream and then dare to take the action to turn their dreams into reality. Kola Olutimehin is one of those practical dreamers, who has made his own dreams a reality. He shares some of the principles with us in the pages of this book, in a practical yet entertaining way.

      As a young man, I had dreams of my own, many of which have been realised, although not always in the way I could have predicted. Looking back, it seems that some of the most valuable lessons I instinctively imbibed have been touched on in this book. It took me years to step out in faith, holding on to my vision for a pharmaceutical chain, and from there into various business ventures. This sort of book would have been an invaluable resource and an encouragement to me, had it been published in my day.

      When I first started reading this book, I wondered what this young man could have to say to an elderly man of nearly eighty years of age. Kola is a gifted narrator and writes with passion about his own vision, all the while encouraging the reader to discover and express their own passion. I was delighted to find that there is still a lot to learn and that even at my age, I am still expected to have dreams and passions, and act on them. Proverbs 29: 18 says,

      Without a vision the people perish.

      This book is both a motivational resource, stimulating in itself, and also immensely practical, giving many references worth following up. There are many nuggets of wisdom and quotable quotes. One of my favourites was this –

      Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

      I have been touched by the accounts of the author’s relatively short but eventful life. He has described difficulties and challenges, not always painting a rosy picture, but encouraging the reader to deal with their fears, develop boldness, and work on self-discipline and enduring faith amongst other things.

      Finally, Kola not only has the desire to be personally successful, he also wants to make a positive impact on others outside his immediate circle, and that is to be highly commended. In his vision for his hometown of Ondo for example, he paints a wonderful picture of a prosperous town where there is light and water, and where the well-educated citizens enjoy a high standard of living. Dreams like this continue to motivate me, and it is a vision I hope many more of our fellow Africans would share. We all need to play our part in moving the nation and continent forward. I believe great legacies come not from amassing personal wealth, but in creating living memorials that impact on the lives of ordinary people.

      Kola has quoted a Chinese proverb in his book;

      A journey of a thousand miles starts with the first step.

      I would encourage you to begin your journey by taking time to read through this book and dream. The wisdom contained within it will be life-enhancing.

      Chief Olu Akinkugbe C.O.N.

      INTRODUCTION

      Everyone desires to succeed but most people never realize success and allow it to elude them throughout their lives. Why are some people successful and others not? This is a question that some of the best minds in the world have pursued.

      Napoleon Hill grew up in a rural mountain area of South-West Virginia which had little contact with the outside world. Hill’s background was surrounded by poverty and ignorance. Hill spent a lifetime to discover and record his findings as to why some people are successful and others are not.

      Now Kola Olutimehin has written Dream and Achieve to help you discover your purpose in life. Self motivated people know that definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

      Read Dream and Achieve, then go back and read it again and study each suggestion as to how each one can be a part in your future. A self help book like Dream and Achieve is to be read on a regular basis until the information becomes part of your subconscious mind.

      As you read Dream and Achieve remember the statement of a famous man who said,

      You must have castles in the air before you can have castles on the ground.

      Realize this statement means the dream first, then a plan — action and reality. But first you must use your mind to vision the outcome before you start on your journey.

      As you read Dream and Achieve, discover your purpose, achieve your dreams, and recall what the author Ben Sweetland wrote that,

      Success is a journey and not a destination.

      What you become as a person while on the road to success is much more important than the goal you desire.

      If you have any doubts that every human was meant to be successful, read verse 29:11 from Jeremiah where the Lord said,

      For I know all the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are the plans for good and not for evil, to give you a hope and a future.

      I wish you the very best as you set out on your success journey.

      Don M. Green

      Napoleon Hill Foundation

      (Executive Director)

      PREFACE – ANY DREAM WILL DO

      I had scheduled to travel from London to Leeds on September 1, 2004, on a personal business assignment. However, during the night, I had a premonition that I was likely to lose my life on the trip! Coincidentally, my wife had a dream during the same night, of me losing my life on the proposed trip. When I woke up, I spoke to God about it in prayer, asking Him to protect me on my journey. I set out from home at about 5:30am in order to beat the early morning motorway traffic, and made my way towards the M25 so I could join the M11.

      Due to the forewarning that I had had during the night, I was engaged in a meditation and conscious conversation with my Creator, discussing some of the things that I believed I would achieve in my lifetime. Prior to this, I had learnt and always taught that people should write their autobiography as a ninety-year old person, by imagination, describing the things ‘they had achieved’ in their lifetime, hence I was reviewing some of these in my mind.

      I remembered crossing the Dartford toll and paying the toll fee, as well as being held up by some early morning traffic. I recall that I had parked on the hard shoulder (by the side of the road) along the way to check my road map to ensure that I was travelling in the right direction. The next event I remembered was looking up into the face of a paramedic (ambulance staff) attendant, who told me that I had had an accident, and he was trying to get me out of the vehicle. After this, my next

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