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able to write more than thirty books over a space of only nine
years, some of them for big-name foreign publishers. An abridged
record of my adventure into writing books, I urge you to read in
my literary autobiography titled Gathering the Words. I must
mention that more than ninety percent of my books were written
after I turned fifty, an age at which most people think their
productive years are already behind them. I still write at least one
book every year, living the most liberating and liberated life I
could ever have imagined.
Undoubtedly, creative writing will not be your liberating
skill, primarily because you need to be an extraordinary writer to
earn any money at all from writing books. Yours could be sports,
or catering, music, pastoring, dressmaking, teaching, care giving
…or whatever your conversation with God eventually places in
your heart. How would you know you have found this liberating
skill? If it is not something that excites you beyond the expected
monetary rewards, you still need to keep searching.
The title of this book may need a bit of explaining. My
definition of a high-powered life is one that is constantly receiving
guidance from God. My definition of a Christian is one who is
constantly guided by the Bible and consequently of God. When
you decided to read this book, what were your expectations? Did
you imagine it may turn you into a high flying business owner
jetting around the world in your private plane? Yes, the little
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knowledge I have given here could enable you to do that, but it
will take a great deal of work on your part to arrive at that goal.
Becoming an entrepreneur is not always about wheeling and
dealing and making a lot of money and I love this definition given
by an organization known as Enterprising Oxford:
“It is not just about starting a business or spinning out a
company from research. It’s all a mindset or a way of thinking.
Entrepreneurs just think and do things differently… Being an
entrepreneur can mean knowing your industry inside out and being
able to exploit that knowledge to create new opportunities. Being
entrepreneurial can mean sharing ideas freely and celebrating so-
called failures as learning and growing experiences. Being
entrepreneurial can mean simply thinking outside the box and
expecting the unexpected.”
What were my reasons to again revisit a book I abandoned
for more than eight years? I thought initially to reply that I don’t
know the reason, but that would be quite untrue. I do, and it is
again purely divine intervention. I offer this book as a testimony
that all the principles I have mentioned in the book work.
Rotimi Ogunjobi
January 2020
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INTRODUCTION
These are difficult times indeed. Entire fortunes are being daily
wiped out economies go deeper into turmoil. Unemployment is rife
and many people are looking to the future with distress. But this is
the world economy, not God’s economy – because The Maker has
equipped each of us with the means to succeed and prosper in spite
of whatever is the situation in the world.
There are a few things though that we ought to get out of
the way before you dive deeper into this book. They should help
you determine what you may hope to expect and whether the book
is worth reading at all.
This is a book.
Yes, that is correct. It is not a miracle machine; and you
will not instantly become a successful entrepreneur, just by reading
it. This book contains knowledge and very little else and until you
put the knowledge to work it will remain just a book.
This is a book about how to use proven goal-setting
principles in tandem with sound Christian teachings to achieve life
and financial goals. It contains material from my personal
experience, success stories of other individuals around the world
and also Biblical notes. Regardless, my life encounters are
specifically mine and what has worked for me may not work for
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you. It is my wish that you eventually look up and not to my
experience. That is the reason for this book: guiding you to create a
secular occupation that is powered from up above. I offer this book
merely as a guide to assist you to navigate your way through some
of the rough channels of life especially those concerned with the
basic task of finding your purpose and place in the economy of
God.
I have been there.
Maybe you are at this moment thinking you have seen so
much hardship in your life and you are thinking - it is okay for him
to write books; he doesn’t know what I am going through. ; think
again. I can tell you right now how wrong you are. I have passed
through it before. This book is therefore also my testimony
This book is about rising to reclaim your place and purpose
in life. It is a small book, not quite so filled with pages of action
points and motivational jargon such as you have probably read in a
dozen places and you are fed up with them. Read it quickly at first
just to enjoy it; then come back read it all over again, much slower
this time – to apply it.
What you do is what you get.
This book will have no more impact on you than you
permit it. What this means is that if you are happy enough with
your life, this book may be of no use to you. However, if you are in
earnest search for measurable goals, progress and achievements in
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your life and you are willing to commit yourself to that search,
