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COMPILED
BY SEUN AKINDURO
20 Motivational Stories That Will Transform Your Life, Relationships and Business
compiled by Seun Akinduro
Hi, my name is Seun Akinduro. I am an author, speaker and internet business consultant.
I am dedicated to improving the quality of lives through insightful teaching of the
principles of success.
I am the author of the books- YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE & THE PATH TO GREAT
DESTINY.
I have been using some of these stories in my speaking business and now I have
compiled them into a book for the blessing of all and sundry.
After reading these stories, I believe your life will indeed be transformed because your
thinking about life, relationship and business will be transformed tremendously.
Email me at seunakinduro@gmail.com or Call 2347030101013 now to ord er my new
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To a prosperous future,
Seun Akinduro
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Life
you."
"Don't compare yourself to others." He said. "The bamboo had a different purpose than
the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful."
"Your time will come", God said to me. "You will rise high"
"How high should I rise?" I asked.
"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return.
"As high as it can?" I questioned
"Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."
I left the forest and bring back this story. I hope these words can help you see that God
will never give up on you. HE will never give up on you! Stay Blessed.
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'It's important to think of the challenges (problems) in your life, but even more
important to 'put them down' at the end of every day before you go to sleep. That way,
you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh and strong and can handle any issue,
any challenge that comes your way!'
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Like you said, I also had a problem with my hotel reservation and the hotel was fully
booked and there was only one room left, the Presidential Suite. Guess where I was
sleeping during my week in Rome?
I also made a visit to the square to see the Pope on Sunday. Do you know that the
church has a policy where the Popes assistant will select three people every Sunday and
grant them a personal audience with the Pope? I was so lucky because I was one of the
three selected. After the visit, I asked the Pope's assistant why I was selected and you
know what he said? He said, Out of the so many people, your hair has the worst perm,
so I selected you.
Be ready for discouragement by others especially family, friends, colleague etc
especially when the people doing so are not even successful themselves.
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#6: Elephants
As I was passing the elephants, I suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge
creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no
cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds
but for some reason, they did not.
I saw a trainer nearby and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood
there and made no attempt to get away. "Well," he said, "when they are very young and
much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold
them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They
believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free."
I was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because
they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot
do something,
simply because we failed at it once before?
.............JUST THINK OF IT ONCE.............
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#8: Butterfly
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and
watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that
little hole. Then it seems to stop making progress. It seems as if it has gotten as far as it
could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a
pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then
emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shrivelled wings. The man
continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings
would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.
Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a
swollen body and shrivelled wings. It never was able to fly. What the man, in his
kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle
required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Gods way of forcing
fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wing so that it would be ready for flight once
it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go
through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be strong as
we could have been. We could never fly!
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Relationships
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Knowledge smiled and with deep wisdom and sincerity, answered, "Because only Time
is capable of understanding how great Love is."
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Answer:
The perfect woman survived. She's the only one who really existed in the first place.
Everyone knows there is no Santa Claus and there is no such thing as a perfect man!
**** Women stop reading here, that is the end of the joke.
**** Men keep scrolling.
So, if there is no perfect man and no Santa Claus, the woman must have been driving.
This explains why there was a car accident.
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turn life around. People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.... Take
no one for granted and embrace all equally with joy!
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Let's use an example. You're eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks
over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You have no control over what just
happened. What happens next will be
determined by how you react. You curse. You harshly scold your daughter for knocking
the coffee cup over. She breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you turn to your
spouse and criticise her for placing the cup to close to the edge of the table. A short
verbal battle follows.
You storm upstairs and change your shirt. Back downstairs you find your daughter has
been too busy crying to finish breakfast and get ready for school. She misses the bus.
Your spouse must leave immediately for work. You rush to the car and drive your
daughter to school. Because you are late, you drive 40 miles an hour in a 30 mph speed
limit.
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After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 (traffic fine) away, you arrive at school. Your
daughter runs to the building without saying good-bye. After arriving at the office 20
minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started badly. As it
continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to going home. When you
arrive home you find a small wedge in your relationship with your spouse and daughter.
Why? Because of how you reacted in the morning.
A) Did the coffee cause it?
B) Did your daughter cause it?
C) Did the Policeman cause it?
D) Did you cause it?
The answer is D. You had no control over what happened with the coffee. How you
reacted in those 5 seconds is what caused your bad day.
Here is what could have and should have happened. Coffee splashes over you. Your
daughter is about to cry. You gently say "It's OK honey, you just need to be more careful
next time". Grabbing a towel
you rush upstairs. After grabbing a clean shirt and your briefcase, you come back down
in time look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and
waves. You and your spouse kiss
before you both go to work. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff.
Your boss comments on what a good day you are having.
Notice the difference. Two different scenarios both started the same. Both ended
different. Why? Because of how you REACTED. You really do not have any control over
10% of what happens. The other 90% is determined by your reaction.
Here are some ways to apply the 90/10 secret.
If someone says something negative about you, do not be sponge. Let the attack roll off
like water on glass. You do not have to let the negative comment affect you! React
properly and it will not ruin your day. A wrong reaction could result in losing a friend,
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