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Rasheed Ogunlaru quotes about self
Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfilment.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Almost every so called setback is an opportunity for growth, learning, self love, wisdom and humility
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
It is wiser to love who you are than what you want.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
If you’re jealous of someone else it simply means you have not come to a true acceptance and appreciation of yourself.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
While there may be many things in life you wish to harvest not every seed you plant will grow.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Beware trying to iron out all your quirks, perceived flaws and doubts. It’s often these things that help you find strength, compassion, empathy for others and heart.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Champions realise that defeat – and learning from it even more than from winning – is part of the path to mastery.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Don’t value your self worth by others or external things but by appreciating who you are within. And if you must measure your success do it not by what you have gained personally but what you have contributed to a wider benefit. – Rasheed Ogunlaru
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
There is no shortage of external inspiration. Open your eyes and look and you’ll be dazzled by it. But it’s nothing if you fail to see the magic, wonder and potential that resides within.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
You are not who you think you are. You are not who they want you to be. You are not merely your colour, class, gender – and so on – these are quite narrow things. You are not the ideas you are given and gather. You are not what you own or lay claim to. You are not even your life story – for that changes through time, perspective, emphasis and many things. You are what resides before, between and beyond all these things.” – R. Ogunlaru
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
There’s no beauty without difference and diversity. Love unconditionally.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Inspiration may come from many places but motivation – the love of life, daily drive and the will to thrive – that must come from you from within
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Unlike many other journeys, when it comes to finding self and matters of the heart you’ll swiftly find yourself lost if you follow someone else’s
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
All hate is hurt, all compassion is understanding
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
All the wealth in the world is nothing, pointless – of no true value – if you yourself feel worthless.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
In business, sport, entertainment and beyond an idea is worth next to nothing. The energy, effort, passion, talent, tenacity, strategy, resilience and resourcefulness to see it through and make something of it is worth everything.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
I’ve found that trying to be like everyone else, do what others do and follow others ‘guaranteed path’ to ‘so-called success’ never really works for me. I have found my best strategy is to authentically be me, listen within and follow it….and then to treat and connect with others – wherever I can – personally, personably and individually.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Only the foolish would think that wisdom is something to keep locked in a drawer. Only the fearful would feel empowerment is something best kept to oneself, or the few, and not shared with all.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Before you chase success, status, power, wealth fame or love; first fall in love with yourself – for the person you’ll be if and when you get there is still the same. Success will be a painful path and an empty trophy without self acceptance, self worth or if littered with self hate.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Sometimes you learn, grow and give far more when your back’s against the wall.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
You only ever have three things: 1) your self, wellbeing and mindset 2) Your life network, resources and resourcefulness 3) Your reputation and goodwill. Treasure and tend the first. Value, support and build the second. And mindfully, wisely ensure that the third (your life current and savings account) is always in credit.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Don’t waste your whole lifetime waiting for the perfect life when there’s a perfectly good one within and right in front of you.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
A rich life is lived from a giving heart not a selfish mind.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
There are two powerful fuels, two forces; motivation and inspiration. To be motivated you need to know what your motives are. Over time – and to sustain you through it – your motivation must become an inner energy; a ‘motor’ driving you forward, passionately, purposefully, wisely and compassionately… come what may, every day. Inspiration is an outer – worldly – energy that you breathe and draw in. It may come from many places, faces, spaces and stages – right across the ages. It is where nature, spirit, science, mind and time meet, dance, play and speak. It keeps you outward facing and life embracing. But you must be open-minded and open-hearted to first let it in and then let it out again. Together – blended, combined and re-entwined – motivation and inspiration bring connectivity, productivity, creativity and boundless possibilities that is not just ‘self’ serving but enriching to all humanity and societies…just as it should be.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Sharpen and trust your judgement: learn when spending is a shrewd investment and when it is merely an indulgence
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
During my life journey I’ve discovered an interesting thing once you stop seeking outside you discover what already resides within.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
A Star is always a star no matter what stage they are on or at
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
A free spirit is not bound by this, that, matter, materialism or opinion. They sing, dance and flow on the wind – for they are at one with it. They are nothing and everything – void and expanse. Even space and time does not confine or define them. For they are pure energy itself.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
You will never get the best out of anyone professionally unless you understand what motivates and makes them tick personally – as a human being
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
It’s is not enough just to follow your heart. Use it in every breath and in each step. Meet and greet everyone with it. Put it into all you do, every dish you eat and all you create. Then your life and those of those you come into contact with will be truly rich – beyond material and transient things.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Just because a door appears closed it does not mean that it is locked – nor that it will not open with the right heart, call or touch
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
When you feel that others are lacking and failing ….first assess the skill, style, quality, results, mindset, support, professionalism and spirit with which you yourself play the game.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
The tragedy about history – personally and globally – is that while we may learn it we rarely learn from it.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
If you must walk in someone’s shadow make sure it’s your own
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Intelligence is just one dimension of ability. Don’t limit yourself to it. Open up to instinct, intuition, creativity and thus possibility
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
If you are going to judge others it is wisest to do so individually not collectively and on your own direct experience of them personally. But first – and throughout – examine yourself closely. Blurred vision can often occur due to the lens, perspective and perceptions of the viewer projected onto the object that it sees. Be wary of taking to the judges seat. Above all meet at treat yourself and everyone else mindfully, compassionately with humanity.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Step outside for a while – calm your mind. It is better to hug a tree than to bang your head against a wall continually
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
We are one at the root – we just part at the branch
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Success is a trophy, a title, something gained, attained or retained. Fulfilment, true happiness, contentment…. bliss is the gift of the self-realised. That is the real prize.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
The pathway to enlightenment, transformation and liberation is the heart not the mind.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
One of the fascinating things about our lives – and minds – is that tend to spend years wishing and wanting others and the world around to see in us that which we ourselves do not appreciate fully.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
See money – currency – as the flow of energy and giving that cycles between you, others and me. Now let it flow kindly, fairly and mindfully.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
We spend so much time trying to change others – in part – because we do not deeply believe in and embrace ourselves as we already are. And so more often than not we do not learn to trust and utilize our gifts and power whole-heartedly enough to pursue and fulfill our own passions, purpose and possibilities.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
I am not sure that you can be taught how to love. In many ways it is innate – just watch and see what small child effortlessly does. But you can be invited to it and reminded of it.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
To truly motivate others 1) discover what their motives, desires & drivers are 2) genuinely connect with and support them from the heart.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
There’s a difference between disclosing that which is only your business and hiding away from the world and not seeing, shining and sharing your magic.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Is your life story the truth? Yes, the chronological events are true. Is it the whole truth? No, you see and judge it through your conditioned eyes and mind – not of all involved – nor do you see the entire overview. Is it nothing but the truth? No, you select, share, delete, distort, subtract, assume and add what you want, need and choose to.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Don’t spend your life believing a story about yourself that you didn’t write that’s been fed to you – that simply you’ve accepted, embedded and added to. Let the story go and there beneath is the real you…and your unique gifts, heart and path that await you.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
The secret of winning any prize is knowing that your own treasure and potential is equal to it… and worthy of it.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
You’ve got to know what your magic is. How else will you fully share your gifts with others and enrich the world for these precious years that you live?
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Always let your talent do the talking. Never your tantrums.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Until you are clear nothing will be. The moment you are clear everything will be.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru, Soul Trader: Putting the Heart Back into Your Business
I am not sure that you can be taught how to love. In many ways it is innate – just watch and see what small child effortlessly does. But you can be reminded of it and invited to it and reminded of it.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Don’t expect others to hand success to you. Create it – with heart, energy and enterprise – and you’ll make it come true
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
It’s essential to keep moving, learning and evolving for as long as you’re here and this world keeps spinning
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
The human mind and what we’ve achieved with it is remarkable. But it does not come close to what we can do, be, see and heal with our hearts
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Compassion is even more powerful than courage. Sure, with courage you can conquer a world – but only with compassion can you heal and build it.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
It is one thing doing what you love for a living. It is another thing doing what you love with love
— Rasheed Ogunlaru, Soul Trader: Putting the Heart Back into Your Business
Take a walk outside – it will serve you far more than pacing around in your mind.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Always let your talent and tenacity do the talking. Never your tantrums or sense of self righteousness or entitlement. For it is your talent and tenacity that will carve out, shape and seal your possibilities and destiny.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Funny how in a material world full of pundits and economists obsessed with assets and liabilities -personally, economically and globally – few speak about the greatest of all these…YOU.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
It’s is not just a question of doing what you love for a living. It is a matter of doing what you love with love. Then your life and all lives will be transformed.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Rest and peace should not be left until you’re deceased. They are two vital life incredients everybody needs and seeks.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
If you feel that you are going without go within
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
In the long run most short cuts are flawed – especially on journeys to ‘so-called’ success
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
A touch less ego and dash more humility will improve the quality of anything you turn your hand to.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
You are what resides before, beyond and between what you think so do not be consumed by thought. It is only a fragment of your magic.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
The head thinks. The heart knows.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Know your magic, trust your magic, use your magic and know that you are a manifestation of life’s magic.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Nothing has value without self worth
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Some strive to make themselves great. Others help others see and find their own greatness. It’s the latter who really enrich the world we live in
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Those who say life is knocking them down and giving them a tough time are usually the first to beat themselves up. Be on your own side.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
We’re merely one tree with various types, shapes and sizes of leaves that all wave differently in the breeze
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
You may possibly become rich by just caring about yourself and what you want to gain from your profession and your life but you cannot possibly enrich the lives of everyone you meet that way.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Just like the cast of a great movie and the career of great athletes few success stories are a one man show. Build your team and grow.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Without appreciation (for yourself, others and life itself) there is no growth
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
While you’ll feel compelled to charge forward it’s often a gentle step back that will reveal to you where you and what you truly seek.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Stop looking outside or at others for that which you seek of yourself.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Our abilities and possibilities are at one and the same time very limited and quite infinite dependent on the depth of our relationship to our ‘self’, others and life itself.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
On any day – in any given event – you have to believe in yourself and back yourself 100%
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
There’s no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it – and get on with it.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
People will ask you the question ‘how is life treating you?’ But my question is ‘how are you treating life?’ On that your happiness rests
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Role models are only of limited use. For no-one is as important, potentially powerful and as key in your life and world as you.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
You won’t ever build your confidence from a perception of lack. For it grows and evolves from realising who you are and what you already have.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Love is the only answer to every question. It is the only thing that will serve you in every situation. It is the route and the destination. It is medication, liberation and should be at the heart of and expression of your vocation.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
What people say and feel about you when you’ve left a room is precisely your job while you are in it.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
If you are not yourself people will look right through you and see the pale shadow of someone else
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
By simple mathematics giving is key to the world you seek to live in. If I take I alone gain. If I give or share then two at least are enriched.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
In life one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day – or to celebrate each special day.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Sooner or later you’ll hear what your heart has always been telling you:stop trying to be who you think you should be – become who you are.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru, Soul Trader: Putting the Heart Back into Your Business
First one must understand conditioning – only then can we speak of choice
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
The land of possibility is a better place to make your home than the realm of expectation will ever be
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Sometimes in life there’s no problem and sometimes there solution. Within this space – between these apparent poles – life flows.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Despite all our amazing ability, ingenuity, technology and industry humans are the one species who have not mastered the art of simplicity.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Some think that they are incredible but are actually un-credible. Do you work, master your craft…
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Sometimes in life there’s no problem and sometimes in there is no solution. In this space – between these apparent poles – life flows.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
There are essentially two questions in life – a spiritual question and a material question. The spiritual question is ‘Who am I?’ The material question is ‘What am I to do with my life?’ One leads to the other.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
If four of you are playing hide and seek you’ll only ever find the other three. For you are already right here. So what on earth is it that you’re looking for? You are the very thing that you seek.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
See and live life for the wonderful gift that it is …acknowledging everyone’s beauty, flaws, frailty, strength, gifts and possibilities. Honour and cherish it and above be loving and compassionate. Here is the birthplace of inner and worldly peace.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
Too much time is wasted fighting one self and life itself. Peace and fulfilment emerge the moment you embrace both.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
It’s unwise to be a backseat driver, passenger or bystander in your own life.
— Rasheed Ogunlaru
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