Eze Anthony Oluchukwu

21/08/2025

It is quite strange how we nervously worry when some bad news looms around. Feeling bad in advance is totally a voluntary action over what we can't control.


SENECA wisely advised,
“It’s ruinous for the soul to be anxious about the future and miserable in advance of misery, engulfed by anxiety that the things it desires might remain its own until the very end. For such a soul will never be at rest—by longing for things to come, it will lose the ability to enjoy present things.”


A person of action, is always too busy to waste time on silly things. A pragmatist won't waste time worrying about every possible outcomes in advance.


Let's think about this.


Best case scenario always turns out to be better than expected. So, the worrying time becomes wasted on needless fear. Worst case scenario turns out worse than expected. So worrying time becomes miserable for extra time, done by choice.


The Bottom Line:
Don’t be miserable in advance. We can make a better use of such time. A day that could be our last day shouldn't be spent on worries. While others might be sitting on the edges of their seat, passively awaiting some fate, we can be making some progress in other important areas of our live.

Allow the news to come when it does. Be busy working.


Eze Anthony Oluchukwu

20/08/2025

It is tempting to take philosophy or religion to the extremes, but who does that serve?


In fact, cynics or fanatics that reject the basics of society alienates other people, and even threatens them.


In essence, outward transformations, like in our clothes, cars, houses, grooming, etc, might feel important but they are all superficial compared with the inward change. That’s the only change that we are the only ones that know about it.


SENECA wisely advised,
“Inwardly, we ought to be different in every respect, but our outward dress should blend in with the crowd.”


The Bottom Line:
This is really where it counts. Our inward being determines our outward selves. Real transformation is inside out. A changed mindset becomes a changed life.


Eze Anthony Oluchukwu

19/08/2025

6 ADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

19/08/2025

It is hard to live a simple life. But the best way to live a fulfilling life is through simplicity — building a simple lifestyle.


The key to accomplishing this is to ruthlessly eliminate the nonessentials from our lives.


Whatever that vanity obligates us to do, whatever that greed signs us up for, whatever that ill discipline adds to our plate, and whatever that lack of courage prevents us from saying no to, should all be shown the exit door in oir lives.


MARCUS AURELIUS wisely noted,
“It is said that if you would have peace of mind, busy yourself with little. But wouldn’t a better saying be do what you must and as required of a rational being created for public life? For this brings not only the peace of mind of doing few things, but the greater peace of doing them well. Since the vast majority of our words and actions are unnecessary, corralling them will create an abundance of leisure and tranquility. As a result, we shouldn’t forget at each moment to ask, is this one of the unnecessary things? But we must corral not only unnecessary actions but unnecessary thoughts, too, so needless acts don’t tag along after them.”


The Bottom Line:
Eliminate the unnecessary things. We need to organize our needs, wants and desires. Then, focus on our needs. Our needs are simple and make life simple. It is only our wants and desires that are complex and make life complicated.


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18/08/2025

We can be kind, loving, caring, generous, and spiritual people and still be really rich because being kind, generous, and loving has nothing to do with what is or isn’t in our wallets or bank accounts.

Those attributes come from what is in our heart.

18/08/2025

Worse things can make a better life.

Hope you gerrit.

18/08/2025

Editors are seeing a lot these days.
😂🤣😂

It remains to tell editors to place you at the right hand of God.

18/08/2025

One of the most fundamental principles of martial arts states that strength shouldn't go against strength.


This stands to mean that, we shouldn't try to beat our opponents where they are strongest — or simply put, in their strength zone.


EPICTETUS wisely observed,
“A good person is invincible, for they don’t rush into contests in which they aren’t the strongest. If you want their property, take it—take also their staff, profession, and body. But you will never compel what they set out for, nor trap them in what they would avoid. For the only contest the good person enters is that of their own reasoned choice. How can such a person not be invincible?”


These are some of the things we overlook when we try to undertake some critical tasks we haven’t cared to think through, or when we let someone put us on the spotlight, or still, when we say yes to everything that comes our way in the name of opportunity.


Some people think that the idea of choosing one's battles is weak or calculating.


The Bottom Line:
Only fools rush in. We have to investigate before we invest.
Discretion is the better part of valor. This can also be called reasoned choice. It means to be reasonable—not necessarily to everyone but to yourself. Think hard before choosing, and make yourself unbeatable.

To kill a monster, discover its weaknesses, and make them your strength.

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18/08/2025

In my journey of financial literacy, I have come to discover that:

A lot of people believe that love and happiness are more important than money.

This may sound true but what they fail to realize is that love, happiness and money are never mutually exclusive elements of life.

We all have the ability to all of them.

Therefore, we can be kind, loving, caring, generous, and spiritual people and still be really rich because being kind, generous, and loving has nothing to do with what is or isn’t in our wallets or bank accounts.

Those attributes come from what is in our heart.


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18/08/2025