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He is meanth to say Grace.

kodded:
as long as you are a Christian, you have the Grace of God to reach the highest level in whatever you are doing

Dey play. Check una prayer band shoes for church on Sunday.. you go under say not be by called Christian.

Donald Trump said the same thing, that anything he touches turns to gold.... God is d ultimate decider, d author n d finisher.

franchasng:
Ask those arguing how many first class graduates they know that are billionaires or even millionaires?

😂

Actually there is nobody without luck. You can't go through life without your own share of luck but you can't convert something that you can't even recognize. Therefore no matter how lucky you are, you still have to be able to recognize opportunities and be able to convert them. Not everyone can do that on the same scale

Almost no lottery winner ever built wealth from the win and they had the luck

You need plans and focus as well as honesty for good success and those are the determining factors.

The first money you come across, you are going to waste it according to the Yoruba saying owo ti omode ba koko ri akara loma Fi je. The first money made by a child will be spent on frivolities and then the child will mature, start saving and investing to become financially secure. It is always a long term project and no long term project can be said to be determined by luck.

BigYash:
Dey play. Check una prayer band shoes for church on Sunday.. you go under say not be by called Christian.

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Dpsychologist:
Source:https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/06/how-i-became-successful-tony-elumelu-reveals/

It is not luck but grace.

Eccl 9:11:
"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all."


Grace is having the right qualities and being in the right places and crossing path with your helpers at the best possible time in your life.

pocohantas:
Otedola said honesty is the keyword.
Elumelu say na luck.

What does Dangote have to say?

Dangote is a nepo baby

What would be would be, if it's not meant to be it would never be! As aboveo so below as within so without!

Dpsychologist:
Source:https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/06/how-i-became-successful-tony-elumelu-reveals/

The role of luck is often underemphasized. Luck can make you rich but luck alone cannot keep you rich. While staying rich requires so many factors, but without any atom of luck, all your efforts and consistency is a waste

franchasng:
God forgive me for saying this, a lot of poor and broke people are very stubborn to the realities of life. They always believe they know a lot yet they know nothing about life and success.


Luck or destiny have made many people escape assassination, escape kidnapping, escape armed robbery, escape natural disaster, escape accident, escape different life misfortunes but to the poor, such luck or destiny doesn't apply to becoming financially successful, to them, it's all about being hardworking, acquiring certificates and degrees, learning plenty skills which are all good and can feed you and maybe help you escape poverty but are never enough to make you rich unless you have the luck or destiny

So would you say Herbert Wigwe was lucky to acquire so much wealth only to perish so young with his wife and kid?

Or he was unlucky to acquire so much wealth only to perish so young with his wife and kid?

Slippy:
Yes its 100% luck if you don't come from wealth

A combination of being at the right place, at the right time and meeting the right people

Its not intellect or skills, etc because there are definitely people who are better than you

You are tight. This is what Elumelu is trying to say

OPPORTUNITY × PREPARATION = LUCK

ScamDemicEra:
... there are levels in business, politics, entertainment, sports etc you can never reach without belonging to the occult, some high levels can't be reached without selling your soul to the devil !

the occultists will never tell you that, they took a vow of secrecy -instead they spew all kinds of cock n bull genius stories for the sheeples !!

What occult do all these people belong, who build apps and some company comes along and pays them billions for it??
If someone buys Nairaland for billions you'd say Seun is occultist!

buygala:
So would you say Herbert Wigwe was lucky to acquire so much wealth only to perish so young with his wife and kid?

Or he was unlucky to acquire so much wealth only to perish so young with his wife and kid?

Sometimes life is not about how many years you lived on earth but how many years you lived quality life on earth. Herbert Wigwe lived a fulfilled life more than millions if not billions of other humans on earth and died above 70yrs.


Meanwhile, there is what is called destiny; your destiny determines a lot of the things that would happen to you in your lifetime on earth. Your destiny is very powerful; it plays a strong or key role in how rich or poor you will become, how long you will live on earth, yes it does. Longevity have a lot to do with your gene, your lineage, your destiny.



Make of my comment whatever you chose to, have a peaceful day or night wherever you may be

QuinQQ:
What occult do all these people belong, who build apps and some company comes along and pays them billions for it??
If someone buys Nairaland for billions you'd say Seun is occultist!

Why were you not able to build an App or forum like Seun's Nairaland? Do you think it's by being smarter than others that made Seun to build Nairaland and it succeeded for these years? Ask Seun, a lot of others probably built websites or forums when he also built Nairaland or even before he did and theirs couldn't get to limelight.


That you were born with a better intellectual ability or thinking faculty or creative ability or mindset more than your mates is not by your making but your destiny because you were born with it which is also luck. 10 innocent kids will be put in a classroom and taught that 10 + 5 + 15 is equal to 30 and the teacher will clean the answer and ask the kids in the same class that who knows the answer to 10 + 5 + 15 and most of the kids will not be able to remember and probably one of the kids raises up his hand and answers it correctly, do you think it's by his making that he was able to remember it? It's a gift, it's by destiny, luck that he did because the other kids must have also cracked their brains and their brain couldn't come up with the answer simply because they are not born with same mental capacity. That is where it starts from...




Same way some people are born with higher IQ and mental capacity and creative mind, the same way some people are luckier with life opportunities in whatever they do to survive or to make money, don't dispute that just because you can't comprehend how okay?

franchasng:
Sometimes life is not about how many years you lived on earth but how many years you lived quality life on earth. Herbert Wigwe lived a fulfilled life more than millions if not billions of other humans on earth and died above 70yrs.


Meanwhile, there is what is called destiny; your destiny determines a lot of the things that would happen to you in your lifetime on earth. Your destiny is very powerful; it plays a strong or key role in how rich or poor you will become, how long you will live on earth, yes it does. Longevity have a lot to do with your gene, your lineage, your destiny.



Make of my comment whatever you chose to, have a peaceful day or night wherever you may be

Simple question I asked you is if Herbert was lucky to have become rich so young and died so young

Yes or No

These were long stories are unnecessary

franchasng:
Why were you not able to build an App or forum like Seun's Nairaland? Do you think it's by being smarter than others that made Seun to build Nairaland and it succeeded for these years? Ask Seun, a lot of others probably built websites or forums when he also built Nairaland or even before he did and theirs couldn't get to limelight.


That you were born with a better intellectual ability or thinking faculty or creative ability or mindset more than your mates is not by your making but your destiny because you were born with it which is also luck. 10 innocent kids will be put in a classroom and taught that 10 + 5 + 15 is equal to 30 and the teacher will clean the answer and ask the kids in the same class that who knows the answer to 10 + 5 + 15 and most of the kids will not be able to remember and probably one of the kids raises up his hand and answers it correctly, do you think it's by his making that he was able to remember it? It's a gift, it's by destiny, luck that he did because the other kids must have also cracked their brains and their brain couldn't come up with the answer simply because they are not born with same mental capacity. That is where it starts from...




Same way some people are born with higher IQ and mental capacity and creative mind, the same way some people are luckier with life opportunities in whatever they do to survive or to make money, don't dispute that just because you can't comprehend how okay?

You are a Christian and that is the problem. You can have creative ability because of past incarnations and more often than not it is because of that. Would you classify such creative ability gotten from past incarnations as luck? That would be like classifying ability gotten as a result of decades of experience as luck.

As Christians, you are saved by grace or sheer luck

franchasng:
Why were you not able to build an App or forum like Seun's Nairaland? Do you think it's by being smarter than others that made Seun to build Nairaland and it succeeded for these years? Ask Seun, a lot of others probably built websites or forums when he also built Nairaland or even before he did and theirs couldn't get to limelight.


That you were born with a better intellectual ability or thinking faculty or creative ability or mindset more than your mates is not by your making but your destiny because you were born with it which is also luck. 10 innocent kids will be put in a classroom and taught that 10 + 5 + 15 is equal to 30 and the teacher will clean the answer and ask the kids in the same class that who knows the answer to 10 + 5 + 15 and most of the kids will not be able to remember and probably one of the kids raises up his hand and answers it correctly, do you think it's by his making that he was able to remember it? It's a gift, it's by destiny, luck that he did because the other kids must have also cracked their brains and their brain couldn't come up with the answer simply because they are not born with same mental capacity. That is where it starts from...




Same way some people are born with higher IQ and mental capacity and creative mind, the same way some people are luckier with life opportunities in whatever they do to survive or to make money, don't dispute that just because you can't comprehend how okay?

Ok, you don't know what the argument was about at all.
Here it is below

Nackzy:
There's nothing like luck.. it's only a moving man that will meet his luck meaning he was working very hard.. so it's work not hard work

Did you read the post?

Ginomel:
And you have not seen someone that did nothing, but opportunity worked for him? Respect and learn life.

Look at elumelu's background and cite one example of some9ne who did nothing and hit it big. Just one.

Mrfeel:
The point is, he was not the only well prepared person, there were a lot of people who were prepared for that type of opportunity just like him or even better, he met the opportunity others did not, others had the opportunity but lost it to misfortune for him luck was on his side

Being prepared is one thing. Being prepared and meeting an opportunity is anothing affair altogether. When people meet opportunities and lose it, it's either they were not prepared or never recognised it as opportunity.

TenQ:
It is not luck but grace.

Eccl 9:11:
"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all."


Grace is having the right qualities and being in the right places and crossing path with your helpers at the best possible time in your life.

I understand the concept of grace but chance in that passage you quoted is another word for luck.

QuinQQ:
Ok, you don't know what the argument was about at all.
Here it is below

oh I see lolz

erniok:
I understand the concept of grace but chance in that passage you quoted is another word for luck.

Chance mean UNPREDICTABLE i e. You have no control over the outcome of your situations

erniok:
I understand the concept of grace but chance in that passage you quoted is another word for luck.

Chance mean UNPREDICTABLE
i.e.
You have no control over the outcome of your situations

Dpsychologist:
Source:https://www.vanguardngr.com/2026/06/how-i-became-successful-tony-elumelu-reveals/

normal na eveeyting for life na luck na.what if his mum to Postinor 2.em for no Dey here today na.

TenQ:
Chance mean UNPREDICTABLE
i.e.
You have no control over the outcome of your situations

Really? Cherry picking in action right?

AngelicBeing:
My take>> Grace/ Mercy, Favor & God's divine Sovereignty place a role in the entire affairs of humanity vizv-a-viz whatever you become in life, People call it luck/ opportunities, destiny, be at the right place at the right time etc but it boils down to my initial 1st sentence in this my submission ooooooooo mucheche Hahaha 🤣

Coincidentally, I came across this on my YouTube feed.

https://youtube.com/shorts/24RvZbdqgfw?si=qLgWbpES-niHTYXG

Apostle Joshua Selman is very much gifted in the Word.

buygala:
Simple question I asked you is if Herbert was lucky to have become rich so young and died so young

Yes or No

These were long stories are unnecessary

The gift of riches/wealth is different from the gift of long life.
That you're rich/wealthy does not automatically mean you will live long.

There are principles that unlock each and every gift.

He can be super hardworking and strategic and still not make it to this level, There are many people more brilliant than him who are not on his level of success.

Mariangeles:
Coincidentally, I came across this on my YouTube feed.

https://youtube.com/shorts/24RvZbdqgfw?si=qLgWbpES-niHTYXG

Apostle Joshua Selman is very much gifted in the Word.

You are absolutely correct, what a powerful teaching and it resonates with what I counsel someone few days ago, whenever he shares Testimonies of what God is doing and has done in his life, those who are in the same line of Ministry with him who despite been Sons and daughters of the land with lots of support systems available to them but are still failures in their Country, gets offended or respond to the guys testimony with Lukewarmness / Coldness or team
remain silent or display subtle fake anger or fake smile to These guy's testimony and l cautioned him to Stop sharing his Testimonies to those set of people, Envy and Jealousy are real and they are Twin evils

Thanks for sharing this video clip with me, l watched it and it was a DIVINE confirmation of what I told the Guy few days ago.