If he were not a successful legal practitioner,
he would probably have become a renowned international motivational speaker and
life coach.
The first time I encountered him was in
a dinner party organized by the Lokoja branch of Christian Lawyers Fellowship
of Nigeria (CLASFON) on 6th November, 2012, at Fen Hotel, Lokoja,
Kogi State, Nigeria.
He was invited to the dinner programme
as a Guest Speaker to deliver a message titled The Secret of Success in
Legal Practice. The impact of his speech in the dinner programme was
massive. I went away that night filled with faith and determination to aspire
for great height.
I wrote about this legal icon in my epic
post titled, “Faith for Elevation: Strategy for Stardom,” which I posted
on this blog years ago. It is a bit lengthy, but it is an article you must not
miss. To read the article, click this link:
FAITH FOR ELEVATION.
Now, what motivated me to write this
article was that recently 28th April,, 2015), while listening to
kogi State Confluence FM radio, Lokoja, a
programme was presented in which he was featured and interviewed.
With rapt attention once again, I listened
to him as he narrated how he rose from oblivion to stardom. Virtually all he
said were not different from his speech that he delivered at the previous
dinner programme. But what grabbed my attention this time was how he turned
obvious threats to his legal career into fortune.
As he narrated in the interview, Chief
James Enejo Ocholi (SAN) started his legal practice at Ankpa, Kogi State, with
no brief for some time. Later, when briefs started trickling in, he lost his
first 10 cases. It wasn’t because he
wasn’t brilliant, but because of corruption that prevailed in the judiciary as
at that time.
Undaunted, Ocholi, a former
gubernatorial candidate in Kogi State, appealed against the judgment of those
trial courts, and he won 9 out of those 10 cases. These victories marked the
turning point in his legal career, for they brought him fame and fortune, and
consequently, more briefs.
Turning Your Threats to Fortune
One vital lesson you must grab in this article
is that every threat that is starring you in the face can be turned into
fortune. Don’t give in to threat. You can turn it into fortune.
Ocholi (SAN) has demonstrated that every
threat can be turned into fortune. What could have truncated his legal career was
what he turned around into fortune. We can
take a cue from him.
Below are steps we can take to turn
every threat confronting us into fortune:
1.
Maintain a Positive Outlook
Threats have a way of beclouding our view
about life. But threats are not
indications that the future is bleak. No matter the intensity of the threat, it
has nothing to do with the potentials that the world offers to all and sundry.
The starting point to turning threats
into fortune is to maintain a positive outlook about life. Highlighting on
this, the legal icon said: “Life can be exciting. It is full of potentials and
possibilities.”
The world is not bad because you had
some setbacks. No amount of threats confronting you can deplete the world of
the endless potentialities and possibilities therein.
To turn the threats confronting you into
fortune, you must hold tenaciously to the fact that there is always something
positive you can do about them. The opportunities are there. The potentials are
there. And in this world, everything is possible.
2.
Never Settle for Less
One fact about threat is that it is
either you take steps to turn it into fortune or it turns you into mediocrity. Threat
has a way of destroying destiny. Threat can cripple creativity and
productivity, if we allow it. But if we
want to achieve great success in life, we must make up our mind not to allow
threat to limit our progress.
Be willing to move forward. Be dissatisfied
with your present level. Get agitated and never let threat make you settle for
less. Highlighting the secret of his success
in legal practice, the legal icon said: “No time for frivolity. To succeed,
read and study, not when you have briefs, but any time because you don’t know
when briefs might come.”
3.
If It’s Going to Be, It’s Up to You
Things may go wrong which could become a
threat to our life, career, business or profession. But it is our
responsibility to take decisive steps to “right the wrong.”
Winston Churchill, said, “The price of
greatness is responsibility.” Similarly, the price of fortune is
responsibility. It is your responsibility to turn everything confronting you
into fortune. No one will do it for you. Don’t expect someone to come and do it
for you.
The legal icon demonstrated this
practically when he used his money to appeal against the judgments of the
courts in respect of the 10 cases he lost at the trial court.
He knew that losing the 10 cases at the
trial courts were a big threat to his legal career. He knew that if he could appeal
against the trial courts’ judgments, the threat could be turned into fortune.
For this reason, he did not wait for his
clients to fund the appeal. He used his own money to prosecute the appeal. He won
9 out of the 10 cases! And this practically changed his fortune!
Dear friend, you may find it difficult
to believe, but the fact is, every threat confronting you is a blessing in
disguise, if you can discover how to turn it into fortune and begin to take
steps to turn it around positively.
Don’t wait for someone to do it for you.
The responsibility is yours. If it’s going to be, it’s up to you.
4.
Avoid Making Excuse
Pastor David Abioye of Living Faith Church
(A.K.A. Winners’ Chapel), Abuja branch, said: “You don’t have any excuse,
except the one you manufacture.”
The excuses we make are the obstacles
hindering us from making progress in life. If we really want to turn every threat
confronting us into fortune, we must stop manufacturing excuses.
While advising people on the secret of
success, the legal icon, who seems more of a motivational speaker and life coach,
said: “AVOID EXCUSES. THERE IS NO PERSON WHO HAD BECOME GREAT THAT HAD NOT GONE
THROUGH WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH.”
Dear friend, no amount of threat should be
an excuse for not striving to be the best that God wants you to be. If others
are making it big despite threats, oppositions and setbacks, then, no excuse is
genuine enough to stop us from getting to where God wants us to be.
5.
Use Your Time Wisely
Pop singer-turned evangelist, Felix
Liberty, once sang:
“Time na money
Time na money
Money no dey fall from heaven
Use your time well
Money go come.”
Time is of essence and how you utilize
your time determines how far you will go in life. “Every person has the same amount
of time,” says Ocholi (SAN), “Some waste it away, while others go out of their
way to inconvenience themselves and achieve great success in life. Make up your
mind that you will never rest until you achieve.”
In conclusion, it must be reiterated
that every threat confronting you can be turned into fortune. You don’t have to
cower and settle for less because of threat. All you need do to turn threats
into fortune have been explained in this article. You only have to read and
re-read this article and endeavour to practice the instructions therein.
And as you do this, it is my hope that
you too will turn your threats into fortune. Until I come your way soon, go and
live victoriously!
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