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In a fictitious country called the POeT Island, there existed a leader whose primary responsibility was to secure and serve its citizen. The country was so small that everyone knew each other by name. Then one beautiful sunny morning, a man was driving across the road and realized a huge dead cow was on the middle of the road and deterred him from getting to his destination. He immediately called the leader through his cell phone and told the leader of the situation.

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Do you know the greatest challenge we have as humans? I want you to seriously think about it and give yourself some moment away from your work station to really reflect on this. Every time I think of this challenge, I think of Jacob. Jacob is the regular guy from the bible who upon facing this basic human challenge was able to rebrand himself from Jacob to Israel. Jacob left his father's house with nothing and returned with 2 wives, 2 concubines, 11 children and a massive wealth and economic portfolio. Though it took him 20 years to achieve this result, he achieved it nonetheless after overcoming this basic human hindrance.

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What do you enjoy doing? What do you do that when you are not paid you really don't care much because you have received your reward already; the ability to do what you enjoy doing? When what you enjoy doing is compared to the task of playing a game; a game you know is fun but it requires the same attributes of work to complete any task. Have you heard the adage that if you do what you enjoy, you will never do work in your life; is this really true? Then why is it that what we enjoy doing differ from other work we encounter? Why do some people enjoy sitting on their laptop from morning to night while some cringe at the thought of doing that? Why are we so different with what we enjoy participating in? Is this psychological, biological or spiritual? Before I attempt to answer these questions, let's look at the concept of passion.

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Present Location: Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong. «How much does it cost?» I was pointing to the 555ml of bottled water. He looked at me and pointed to the direction of the water to confirm my choice in the array of bottled liquids. I concurred and I heard him say «3 dollars». «Do you mean 3 Hong Kong dollars?» I asked. He expatiated further; «No, 3 American dollars; it is 70 Hong Kong dollars». I paused for beat and did the calculation which amounted to 360 Naira for a 0.56 liter bottle of water which costs 35 Naira in Dubai International Airport and 200 Naira for 1litre bottled water in all the airports in Nigeria. My Ijebu instinct took over me and I turned back, walking towards the purpose of procuring the water; it was for a 14-year old female Philippines teenager vomiting ceaselessly because of her phobia for flying. She was a stranger to me but I was the only one kind enough to enquire about her condition. She just finished a term in school and came in from Heathrow Airport transferring to Manila International Airport where her parents are waiting for her. I looked in her direction one more time and turned to get the bottled water; all the while thinking of my daughter. 

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It is 4.30 a.m., Feb 6th and I have not been able to sleep; my eyes are simultaneously moving between CNN and CNNPOLITICS.COM. The main focus is the logger-head battle between Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hilary Clinton for the Democratic Nomination. I have never been as engrossed in the US politics as I am with the 2008 primaries. It's a complex political process with yesterday tagged «Super Duper Tuesday» comprising 24 states voting which is a huge determinant to who will clinch his/her party nomination especially for the Republicans.

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I have come to realize through interactions and deliberations that most Christians do not understand the meaning of the Kingdom of God or as used in other versions of the bible – the

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