MentorAfrica: DREAM.ACT.LEAD... INTRODUCTION Pt. 1

MentorAfrica: DREAM.ACT.LEAD... INTRODUCTION Pt. 1: INTRODUCTION This is my letter of appeal to the Nigerian youth : NIGERIA NEEDS YOU! It takes a spark to light up a forest, be the ...

DREAM.ACT.LEAD... INTRODUCTION Pt. 1

INTRODUCTION

This is my letter of appeal to the Nigerian youth: NIGERIA NEEDS YOU!

It takes a spark to light up a forest, be the spark in your circle of influence.

The import of the popular saying that where the mind goes, the man follows can never be overstated. We cannot put into action things our minds have not accepted; if we do not get a proper picture of what we want, it would be impossible or extremely difficult to accomplish it.

Spending time with the youths here in Nigeria, whether in schools or in other youth groups, I have discovered that when it comes to the development of Africa, a high percentage do not believe that there is anything in store. It is either they are seeking to go overseas; get out to more developed societies or they want to get wealth, by crook or by hook, to enjoy the good things of life.

Martin White-Ufuah says “ a closer look at the way Nigerians think of themselves shows a people that were completely indoctrinated into believing that they were primitive, savage and lazy because of the western world’s misconception that they are late comers to history and civilization.”

In addition to this negative and damaging self-image, they have also completely lost faith in the government to provide the enabling environment to function or help them live the kind of life they desire. Many are not interested in creativity, entrepreneurship or good governance; they just want to fulfil the basic needs of life and die when their time comes. The compelling purpose of this book is to help youths change the way they think about themselves and what they can contribute to the development of this nation.

· How do we make the youths achieve mental independence?

· How do we make them believe in their God-given potentials?

· How do we sell to them the idea of national restoration and pride?

MentorAfrica: THERE IS A WAY : DREAM. ACT. LEAD...

MentorAfrica: THERE IS A WAY : DREAM. ACT. LEAD...: We are Joseph’s Place, a mentoring and coaching youth agency  set up to create a unique and suitable environment for personal, citizenshi...

THERE IS A WAY : DREAM. ACT. LEAD...

We are Joseph’s Place, a mentoring and coaching youth agency set up to create a unique and suitable environment for personal, citizenship and leadership development with a mandate to work with youth leadership and raise a generation of Nigerians to take the nation to the next level. We work towards raising a generation of resourceful, effective, efficient, excellent, highly productive and community responsible aspiring young professionals within Nigeria and all over Africa.

 

Mrs Justina Edoghogho Kes- Agbosa, Founder and Life coach at Joseph's Place, is a trained teacher who worked in all the levels of the educational system before voluntarily retiring as a lecturer to start a youth coaching and mentoring organisation. As founder and Chief life Coach of Joseph's Place Nigeria, she works with youth leadership where it is found in schools, communities, organisations

Described as a strikingly different, passionate and driven Mentor, Mrs Kes- Agbosa is a Christian, Youth Mentor and Life Coach, a gifted Speaker and Facilitator, as well as a very versatile Trainer and Language Expert, who uses contemporary communications skills, excellently combined with her life experiences and professional interactions to provide solutions to the African community. With the dimension of Nigeria's growth potentials and youth groups, Justina's strong opinions, dynamic approach mechanism and endearing motherly kindness and sincerity, makes her a strong voice that connects strongly with her listeners, resonating deeply with their situations and the imminent changes required.

 

Her New Book ‘DREAM. ACT. LEAD’ is one that proves there is nothing like experience, and Justina Kes-Agbosa’s years of working with Nigerian youth gives her an uncommonly clear understanding of the disturbing problems that afflict our young - the generation to whom we must bequeath the future of our country. Even more encouraging is that she also provides compelling solutions to reverse the trend.there is the tendency for us to look outward for blames rather than be introspective about the problems that confront our society. That culture has for many years seen us deflect our complicity in the institution of these problems rather than taking personal responsibility, and now the vast majority of our youth follow in our footsteps.

It is a humongous problem that this book seeks bravely to tackle and hopefully reverse. Going against populist opinion the writer brilliantly brings to our consciousness our role as citizens in the healing of our country. She makes us see why we need to be the change we desire, why our little contributions matter and why we must put the greater good at the fore of our actions..

 

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MentorAfrica: AFTER THE CHANTS 2 - APRES LES CHANTS 2

MentorAfrica: AFTER THE CHANTS 2 - APRES LES CHANTS 2: I was traveling in the same vehicle with three guys and for the about 30 minutes I was in that company, I felt so mentally and emotionally ...

AFTER THE CHANTS 2 - APRES LES CHANTS 2

I was traveling in the same vehicle with three guys and for the about 30 minutes I was in that company, I felt so mentally and emotionally disturbed that it was a huge relief when I got out. Sitting there listening to their level of ignorance and thinking about the percentage of Nigerians especially youths that are in that category was very disturbing to me especially as a youth worker. I just sat there listening without contributing anything because apart from the fact that I do not like having conversations in public transportation, it would take so much time and education to make these people come to terms with the truth. They talked about national issues without any clue about what the real situation was, they were talking either from the figment of their imagination or from gross misinformation. This experience helped me to understand more about this topic that I had started looking at in this blog. When people chant “change” do they have a correct picture of the situation and what change they want or they just want a change of the status quo?  Is it just an avenue to vent their frustrations? What is of great concern is that if they do not understand what change entails. Consequently, they might not be able to recognize the indices of change before the real change comes and they will start another round of chants. We need to educate the citizenry on the facts and disabuse their minds of prejudices if we are going to have any meaningful change. Change is a collective responsibility of leadership and citizens, no leader has a magic wand for effective change and development.

This book seeks to help prepare youths for change and make them agents of change themselves. Partner with us to get it into the hands of as many Nigerian youths as possible. josephsplaceng@gmail.com

Je voyageais dans le même véhicule avec trois gars et pour les minutes 30 environ que je étais avec eux, je me sentais tellement mentalement et émotionnellement perturbé qu'il était un énorme soulagement quand je suis sorti. Assis là, écoutant leur niveau de l'ignorance et en me reflechissant sur le pourcentage de Nigérians en particulier les jeunes qui sont dans cette catégorie était très troublant pour moi en particulier en tant que quelqu'un qui travaille avec la jeunesse. Je me suis assis là, à écouter sans rien contribuer car en dehors du fait que je ne veux pas avoir des conversations dans les transports publics, il va falloir beaucoup de temps et d'éducation pour rendre ces gens à se réconcilier avec la vérité. Ils discutaient des questions nationales, sans aucune idée de la situation réelle, ils parlaient soit à partir du produit de leur imagination ou de la désinformation brut. Cette expérience m'a aidé à comprendre plus sur ce sujet que j'avais commencé à exposer dans ce blog. Quand les gens chantent «changement» ont-ils une image correcte de la situation et de la transformation qu'ils veulent ou ils veulent juste un changement du statu quo? Est-ce simplement une avenue pour exprimer leurs frustrations? Ce qui est d'une grande préoccupation est que s'ils ne comprennent pas ce changement entraîne. Par conséquent, ils pourraient ne pas être en mesure de reconnaître les indices de changement avant que le vrai changement arrive et ils vont commencer une autre série de chants. Nous devons éduquer les citoyens sur les faits et de maintenir leur esprit de préjugés si nous allons avoir de changement significatif. La transformation est une responsabilité collective de la direction et les citoyens, aucun leader a une baguette magique pour le changement efficace et le développement.

MentorAfrica: AFTER THE CHANTS - APRES LES CHANTS

MentorAfrica: AFTER THE CHANTS - APRES LES CHANTS: All over the world we hear chants of change and at times leaders of the said change are brought into power. What is however interesting is t...