A GENERATION OF TALKERS

With the warm breeze of the Highbrow streets of the Famous Victoria Island  blasting our faces with full force, Nesting Lazily in the backseat of  a KEKE MARWA or NAPEP(tricycle) depending on which you call it, I was trading words and ideas with Principal Partner and chief of One of the Nation’s Foremost event and red carpet outfit, CSI Events Media, Toyosi Ayeleso (esq).

I will tell you one reason, I always like to be around this individual, who always seems to have something new cooking, even if you see him ten times a day. He is one person i can never leave the same after a meeting with him. In other words, He simply dazzles you with words, ideas, coupled with loads of accomplishments. That is not where I am going actually.

Let me give you an insight on what we discussed at the backseat of that Nigerian poverty Alleviation Symbol, the tricycle.

During the days of our fathers, The TALKERS were the main people, their oratory skills, sugar-coated mouths, and persuasion power simply opened doors for them, even when they were not really doing anything, or practicing what they said. They were regarded as the successful ones simply because when they talk, you are not in the position to determine if you would be hoodwinked or not, you would be, it was a constant. There was a myth about them that just instantly opened doors for them, which in turn translated to success.

Fast Forward, We are in still in the abundance of a youthful generation of even more impressive TALKERS, something is however different! You know what it is? In this generation, the TALKERS are the less successful ones. Why? The myth has been broken and it turns out talk hardly moves anything again, it doesn’t open doors anymore, the world has evolved, only the DOERS have the accomplishments, and they are the only respected ones. It is no surprise that the quiet ones are the ones pulling off the biggest stunts in every sector.

An average Nigerian youth is a Motivational Speaker, O Lord God!! You only need to hear a Nigerian Youth speak, and you would just marvel at the Level of the oratory skills Nigeria is blessed with. Sadly enough, they Motivate you, charge you, encourage you, they themselves hardly do anything to change their lives, don’t be surprised if you turn out better than the Motivational Speaker in front of you.

Talk is not Cheap, it is expensive ( at least some speakers make fortune from simply speaking), the bottom line however remains your success and accomplishments can only be judged from the accomplishments that are evident and not how much talk you put in.

Start spending less time talking and more time working on that great idea, An idea talked about doesn’t changed the world, it is only an idea that is birthed, nurtured and matured that changes the world.

Quit the talking and the bragging, and actually start Doing.