How time flies? I was looking for a book i misplaced recently and I came across an old exercise book I misplaced about two and half years ago. Not that I really lost it. but I really was not looking for it per-se.
I quickly noticed the exercise book because i knew it habours one of my poetic expressions. It was a news bulletin on our national network television on the then impending American general elections. That was 2nd November, 2008. Americans were about to choose a new leader. The uniqueness of the two major candidates made the impending presidential election a potential historical watershed in the history of elections in America.
After watching the news review by my local network television, I grabbed this available notebook and put down some lines: That was 2nd November, 2008. It has to do with the impending American election which was few days to be conducted as at that time.
Strength Of Character; Not Colour Of The Skin.
Not Long Time Ago,
Alone in my own abode
News of American coming elections
Flashed on my local Television.
America! That great country!
Respected and feared
Among the multitudinous countries of the world
Is planning to choose another leader.
One great country
Two great parties,
One united ambition,
Two great sons of America.
From the couldrum of one great paliament
Came up the strengths of two great men
Hoping to occupy only American White House
For an initial period of about 35000 Hours.
The big marketing strategy begun
Marketing of candidates
In front of the electorates,
Truely, Americans are interesting.
The calibers of the two candidates
And their able lietenants
Are historic, and passionate,
Educating, Worthy, and appreciating.
One is older, experienced and pragmatic,
He had once suffered for what America stands for.
The other one younger, fresh and focussed,
Breathing the breath of future change.
One is white, Americans love his whitishness
One is black, Americans love his colour
Because they know that it is not the colour that matters,
It is the strength of character.
Whoever wins this pacy race
Will have a beautiful speech
Which one phrase will say
'God Bless America'
As I salute the great Americans
From the jungles of African continent,
I hereby also say.....
God Bless Africa.
When you get to your throne
Forget not the Jungle of Africa
So that we can develop our character
Not crying on the colour of our skin.
In our character lies our strength
Not the colour of our skin.
God Bless America
God Bless Afro-Americans,
God Bless Africa.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
To The Japanese Children- This War Between Nature And Science Shall Be Over.
My heart today goes to the young minds of the Japanese kids, witnessing a Tsunami and Earthquake at the same time is a double jeopardy for young hearts. It raises so many questions about their life, the future, their world and it could be confusing and scary.
I have a message of hope hence these lines is for the traumatized souls of Japanese citizens. It shall be well.
TO THE JAPANESE CHILDREN-WEEP NO MORE.
Weep no more
Dear Japanese kids
It is the way of life
To bring us to the consciousness
Of other realities of life.
You may wonder aloud
Or even cry aloud
of departed friends and families
Carried away by angry waters
Relax- it shall be well.
You may be confused and confounded
In your young minds
Of the cause of these catastrophes
That befell your great kingdom;
It only made us realize our vulnerability as human beings.
You may be undiscerning
Of the cause of the fight
Between Nature and Science
It shall be well indeed,
I know it is going to be well.
Take heart! For your leaders are ever ready,
They survived Hiroshima catastrophes
of past years and built a great nation
Of great achievements and popularity,
Definitely, Japan shall bounce back for good.
Let the world know this
That Japan shall bounce back
To the great nation it is known for
Therefore dear Japanese children
Relax and take heart- it shall be well.
No matter the cause of the war
Between Nature and Science,
That caused the fears over nuclear plants
And the endless traffic of people at various Airports
Finding an exit route outside Japan,
Man by nature is an overcomer,
Japan will surely overcome the rumbles
Dear Japanese kids-just remember
It is going to be well
It shall be well again.
I have a message of hope hence these lines is for the traumatized souls of Japanese citizens. It shall be well.
TO THE JAPANESE CHILDREN-WEEP NO MORE.
Weep no more
Dear Japanese kids
It is the way of life
To bring us to the consciousness
Of other realities of life.
You may wonder aloud
Or even cry aloud
of departed friends and families
Carried away by angry waters
Relax- it shall be well.
You may be confused and confounded
In your young minds
Of the cause of these catastrophes
That befell your great kingdom;
It only made us realize our vulnerability as human beings.
You may be undiscerning
Of the cause of the fight
Between Nature and Science
It shall be well indeed,
I know it is going to be well.
Take heart! For your leaders are ever ready,
They survived Hiroshima catastrophes
of past years and built a great nation
Of great achievements and popularity,
Definitely, Japan shall bounce back for good.
Let the world know this
That Japan shall bounce back
To the great nation it is known for
Therefore dear Japanese children
Relax and take heart- it shall be well.
No matter the cause of the war
Between Nature and Science,
That caused the fears over nuclear plants
And the endless traffic of people at various Airports
Finding an exit route outside Japan,
Man by nature is an overcomer,
Japan will surely overcome the rumbles
Dear Japanese kids-just remember
It is going to be well
It shall be well again.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
GREAT DECISION
A great decision is to be made
It has to be made, no way to unmake
Yet the fear of the unknown
makes the decision a fear that is known.
You cannot run away from this decision
Or else it will run down your emotions
It may even run riot your emancipations,
And make you great slave of assumptions.
Uncountable decisions we need to make
In a lifetime of ours today,
To do this or not to do it
To take a path or not to take it.
To act now or to delay
To position now or to reposition later
To endure for now or not
Real decision with daring consequencies.
We need to cross that bridge
Of making a decision at each
passing minutes of our life,
A great decision must be made.
To make a worthwhile decision,
To ensure that great decision is made
Have you put a thought on it,
Of inviting the all-seeing power to guide your decision?
It has to be made, no way to unmake
Yet the fear of the unknown
makes the decision a fear that is known.
You cannot run away from this decision
Or else it will run down your emotions
It may even run riot your emancipations,
And make you great slave of assumptions.
Uncountable decisions we need to make
In a lifetime of ours today,
To do this or not to do it
To take a path or not to take it.
To act now or to delay
To position now or to reposition later
To endure for now or not
Real decision with daring consequencies.
We need to cross that bridge
Of making a decision at each
passing minutes of our life,
A great decision must be made.
To make a worthwhile decision,
To ensure that great decision is made
Have you put a thought on it,
Of inviting the all-seeing power to guide your decision?
Saturday, January 22, 2011
About Julius Ipoola: MARKETING MEANS BUSINESS
About Julius Ipoola: MARKETING MEANS BUSINESS: "I have always wanted to be a Lawyer, but by a stroke of luck or something akin to it, I became a marketer. I thank my luck that I am in the ..."
Friday, January 21, 2011
About Julius Ipoola: ALONE WITH GOD
About Julius Ipoola: ALONE WITH GOD: "There are times we need to find time to be alone with God. Life's vicissitudes demand a point in which the best option is to seek higher pow..."
ALONE WITH GOD
There are times we need to find time to be alone with God. Life's vicissitudes demand a point in which the best option is to seek higher powers to respond to many mysteries the life is contained of. In the famous 'Think And Grow Rich" book, the higher powers was referred to as "Infinite Being".
A specific time with God is a period of special bliss if it is done in the atmosphere of reverence, worship, submission and respect. It is a period of wonderful understanding whereby the man realizes that his being in this world has supernatural connotation.
In the practice of faith, a quiet time is usually the period one radiates the presence of God. It is the period God can talk to one and the person concerned feels His presence around if the quiet time is observed with high piousness, and sincere reverence to God.
I observed that great ideas that become world acclaimed feat occur through observation of quiet time with God. The life of King David in the holy scriptures revealed the essence of always being alone with God. It is the most wonderful period that one can experience over time.
Let us periodically push aside the struggles for life and set a period apart to be alone with God.
You will realize what you have been missing over time.
A specific time with God is a period of special bliss if it is done in the atmosphere of reverence, worship, submission and respect. It is a period of wonderful understanding whereby the man realizes that his being in this world has supernatural connotation.
In the practice of faith, a quiet time is usually the period one radiates the presence of God. It is the period God can talk to one and the person concerned feels His presence around if the quiet time is observed with high piousness, and sincere reverence to God.
I observed that great ideas that become world acclaimed feat occur through observation of quiet time with God. The life of King David in the holy scriptures revealed the essence of always being alone with God. It is the most wonderful period that one can experience over time.
Let us periodically push aside the struggles for life and set a period apart to be alone with God.
You will realize what you have been missing over time.
Monday, December 13, 2010
MARKETING MEANS BUSINESS
I have always wanted to be a Lawyer, but by a stroke of luck or something akin to it, I became a marketer. I thank my luck that I am in the field of marketing. it has been a discipline that I am extremely proud of it.
My marketing career actually started in my early life. I think at around age seven. In one of the previous posts i mentioned my sweet, kind and enterprising grandmother. I used to follow her to towns and village markets every market days- selling various items like dried meat(called Tinko or Kundi), stock fish, among others. I was exposed to the art of buying and selling in my early childhood. No wonder marketing is part of my life.
Child rights or what is now known as Child abuse was not known during my early childhood because various wares had been put on my head to go and sell. I used to sell dried fish, smoked fish, vegetables and okro. I even do weave baskets on my own and sell to keep the money and generate own pocket money. We do these, not with compulsion but with joyous mind of contributing to the well being of the family. I love to race home to my grandmother any day i sold off all my items in good time. Likewise I feel bad the day market is bad and I didn't sell well.
The business I was doing during those early life is basically marketing. Marketing means business. Business is marketing.
In todays' world, everything business matter has marketing as its cornerstone.
What then is Marketing?
It is a business discipline. it is a philosophy . It is a process. in short, marketing has to do with satisfying customer needs and wants at a profit to the organization. It is the 'performance of business activities that direct the flow of goods and services from producer to consumer'.
Marketing has also been described as the performance of those activities which seek to accomplish an organization's objectives by anticipating customer or client needs and directing a flow of need-satisfying goods and services from producer to customer or client.
The essence of the above definitions show that Marketing means business. Every organization either profit oriented or non- profit oriented has to get involved with marketing. The Product, The Price, the Distribution (Place), the Promotion , are all elements that make marketing tick.
Are you in business? Are you a marketer? No matter what your discipline is, as long as you engage in any form of business, you are a marketer.
Marketing means business.
My marketing career actually started in my early life. I think at around age seven. In one of the previous posts i mentioned my sweet, kind and enterprising grandmother. I used to follow her to towns and village markets every market days- selling various items like dried meat(called Tinko or Kundi), stock fish, among others. I was exposed to the art of buying and selling in my early childhood. No wonder marketing is part of my life.
Child rights or what is now known as Child abuse was not known during my early childhood because various wares had been put on my head to go and sell. I used to sell dried fish, smoked fish, vegetables and okro. I even do weave baskets on my own and sell to keep the money and generate own pocket money. We do these, not with compulsion but with joyous mind of contributing to the well being of the family. I love to race home to my grandmother any day i sold off all my items in good time. Likewise I feel bad the day market is bad and I didn't sell well.
The business I was doing during those early life is basically marketing. Marketing means business. Business is marketing.
In todays' world, everything business matter has marketing as its cornerstone.
What then is Marketing?
It is a business discipline. it is a philosophy . It is a process. in short, marketing has to do with satisfying customer needs and wants at a profit to the organization. It is the 'performance of business activities that direct the flow of goods and services from producer to consumer'.
Marketing has also been described as the performance of those activities which seek to accomplish an organization's objectives by anticipating customer or client needs and directing a flow of need-satisfying goods and services from producer to customer or client.
The essence of the above definitions show that Marketing means business. Every organization either profit oriented or non- profit oriented has to get involved with marketing. The Product, The Price, the Distribution (Place), the Promotion , are all elements that make marketing tick.
Are you in business? Are you a marketer? No matter what your discipline is, as long as you engage in any form of business, you are a marketer.
Marketing means business.
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