Gone in 3 Days

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Gone in 3 Days

• Gbenga Sesanme_at_gbengasesan.com
  www.gbengasesan.com
• Final Year Class of 2004Baptist Students
  FellowshipObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

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The Reality of a 3-day Limit

• So teach us to number our days, that we might
  apply our hearts unto wisdom David (Psalm
  9012)
• Regardless of colour, stature, position, age or
  sex, everyone has only 3 days to live
  yesterday, today, tomorrow and then you will be
  no more!
• Your response to and understanding of - the
  gift of time will determine your direction and
  relevance in life
• Take a look to your right and left the next few
  weeks will be full of graduation, good jobs,
  travels, marriages, et al. But the years ahead
  are largely unknown
• The unknown days are a deliberate reflection of
  the complex interplay between the three days you
  have before you expire

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Yesterday is GONE

• A man who does not know his history will forever
  remain a child - Cicero
• A look into your past will always reveal things
  you must not forget to remember, and those that
  you must remember to forget
• The things that you must not forget to remember
  are those experiences, values and words that make
  you smile when you remember them. They will
  strengthen you when trying times come
• The things you must remember to forget are the
  hurting and painful scenes that play back in your
  memory from time to time. Time heals but vacuums
  will never stay... Replace them with a thoughtful
  analysis and praise!
• Your past can never determine how far youll go
  in life!

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Tomorrow is COMING

• What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) -
  Anonymous
• No man has ever gone farther than his sight.
  Dont let yesterday stand in front of you, and
  never allow today to hold you down. See the
  future, start walking towards it
• The future is an abstract canvass, feel free to
  paint your desires regardless of what people call
  impossible
• Tomorrow is the day that will separate the men
  from the boys, only the prepared enjoy it
• You have no reason to be scared of the future.
  Youve never been there before and the one whos
  leading you made time, and He stepped from
  eternity into time in order to prove to you that
  you can walk on water!

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Today is HERE

• Even though I may walk slowly, I never walk
  backwards. Keep walking - Journey Walker
• Today is the platform on which history makers
  announce their burial arrangements for
  yesterdays failures, celebration of its
  successes, and a bold declaration of tomorrows
  assured impact
• The most important word for today is PREPARE.
  Every step you take, every decision you make, and
  every habit you break all point towards your life
  in the future
• The greatest secret about today is that CHANGE is
  attainable in anything that you set your heart
  to
• Your direction today will be determined by your
  most dominant thought. Whats on your mind? Are
  you discussing the terrible system or living
  above it?

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Steps in the Right Direction

• I find that the harder I work, the more luck I
  seem to have
• Thomas Jefferson
• Man, know thyself! Dont allow the rat race get
  to you. Discover your uniqueness, theres no
  second you
• Pursue a win-win situation in all things. Even if
  it looks like failure, find the diamond in that
  mud!
• What is that in your hand? Your skills, talents
  and attitude will bridge the projection/reality
  gap
• In what direction are you going in life? You must
  settle the issue of purpose before you step into
  tomorrow
• Break free from the certificate mould, engage
  the entrepreneurial side of you never work for
  a company that does not move in your lifes
  predefined direction

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Keep Walking

• The whole world will stand aside for a man who
  knows where hes going
• The best person to develop you is you. If you
  fail in the day of adversity, you cant blame
  your lecturer, department, Great Ife, fellowship,
  friends, family, graduating class or anything
  else. Your strength is small!
• Plan, review plan again if you falter. Be
  consistent and experience the miracle of a
  childs first walk
• If your goals in life only exist in your head,
  and they only come up during discussions, you are
  only day-dreaming depending on what time of the
  day it is. Pick a pen, step out of the system and
  write your epitaph before you die
• Build on your moral strength, integrity pays off

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We came, I saw, she conquered!

• Think not only of what your nation can do for
  you, but what you can do for her
• Abraham Lincoln
• The need for personal development cannot be over
  emphasized. It provides a platform for nation
  building and global participation
• I believe a New Nigeria is emerging, one that is
  built on the foundations of the labours of our
  past heroes, hewn out of the debris of the
  present waste and engineered by the strength of
  tomorrows leaders the Youth. These young people
  will work towards Personal Development and Nation
  Building, while recognizing their place as Global
  Citizens
• Those who seek to make impact within their
  community always end up improving themselves

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Gone in 3 Days
ANY QUESTIONS?

• Gbenga Sesanme_at_gbengasesan.com
  www.gbengasesan.com
• Final Year Class of 2004Baptist Students
  FellowshipObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

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Gone in 3 Days
THANK YOU

• Gbenga Sesanme_at_gbengasesan.com
  www.gbengasesan.com
• Final Year Class of 2004Baptist Students
  FellowshipObafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife