Shawn McCastle’s Interview with Richard Onebamoi

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Shawn McCastle interviews Richard Onebamoi a Pastor, International Speaker and Success Facilitator.

ezramillo: Briefly, would you share your background, interest, and motivations?

Successfacilitator: My interests are: Vacating with my family, reading, travelling, meeting people, building strong relationships and listening to audio books with emphasis or personal and leadership development. My motivation is a sense of purpose, family and vision. Proverbs 29:18

ezramillo: In a changing world, do you find what you do more critical than ever before? If so, please expound.

Successfacilitator: One of the most important things that I have to be crystal clear about in whatever I do is PURPOSE. Purpose therefore, becomes the motivation behind my actions. Whatever, I do, either to write or train I will first define the purpose or intent. As a Pastor, my purpose is to feed God’s people with the undiluted word of God. When I train or write as a success facilitator, my intent is to communicate information that I have gleaned from great minds or through research and studies that I believe is relevant to people’s migration toward their purpose and destiny.

ezramillo: In your work, you discuss many different issues and topics, where do you draw your inspiration?

Successfacilitator: My inspiration comes first and foremost from my relationship with Jesus Christ. I also get my inspiration from observation, studying, research, a life long learning process and daily experiences.

ezramillo: A good foundation is important to all success and understanding, where do you believe people should begin or is there such?

Successfacilitator: The foundation of a building determines the size, the strength and the weight that the building can support as well as its durability when under pressure. You may have a beautiful edifice with beautiful interior decorations, but without a solid foundation it is just a matter of time before it comes crumbling down. Relate that to man. It is imperative therefore, to have a solid foundation. Joshua 1:8, is one of my favourite biblical principles that I have used during my training and coaching sessions. If there is a good success, there must be a bad success. As a Christian believer having a solid biblical foundation is a most if you must have good success in your personal and professional life. Defining your core values will be the next foundation to be laid on your quest for extraordinary success and anything you want to do for that matter. You see, Shawn, values steer your actions and determine where you spend time, energy, and most importantly, how you live.

ezramillo: Based on your written work, it is contingent on continued progression, learning, and understanding, what do you believe is the largest hindrance which blocks the success and motivation of the people with whom you write and speak to?

Successfacilitator: As I work and travel across the nations preaching and training one of the common hindrances that I see is improper definition of things. Most people do not have the right perspective of things and when this occurs they are unable to function. The next hindrance is that most people have no knowledge of exactly what they want. The dilemma is that we have the propensity to assume that every body knows what they want. Truly that is not the case most of the times and this is a hindrance to success and motivation.

ezramillo: Because success is an investment, on average, how much time would you say that you invest into your own success?

Successfacilitator: Yes, success is an investment. It is a journey, not a destination and a daily walk. Everything you do every minute of the day ought to be moving you toward success. Consequently, I invest every minute of my God-given 24 hours in my success, spiritually, family and relationships, physically, ministry and financially.

ezramillo: Is there a time when you personally feel as though you are speaking in the wind? That is, do you feel sometimes that you are speaking on deaf ears. If so, please expound.

Successfacilitator: Well, yes I do feel sometimes that I am speaking to the wind. As a Pastor and Success facilitator this does happen a lot. I have learnt though not to cast the blame, because this could be as a result of numerous factors but rather to step back examine and revaluate the situation so as to ascertain the problem and make adjustments accordingly.

ezramillo: Time is one of the most precious and priceless gifts to humankind, which often times many do not realize, unfortunately, until it is too late. What do you believe is the largest barrier in this area, and would you share a few remedies.

Successfacilitator: Time management is a subject that is absolutely relevant to anyone’s success. Seminars are conducted on this subject across the nations and there are countless books written on this issue. Yet many are still struggling with it. Again I think most people have the subject of time management so complicated that it becomes overwhelming. We all have 24 hours a day and 7 days a week and 52 weeks a year. We cannot manage time as it were but what we manage is the activities within the allotted time. Hence one of the major barriers to time management is procrastination. This is putting activities that should be done on hold for a later date. They will only pile up to the point where activities to be accomplished become daunting to say the least. Now, in achieving success it is imperative, that you wisely invest your time in activities that are congruent with your purpose.

ezramillo: Education plays a vital role in success. Do you truly believe the educational system is equipped to handle the multifaceted learning curves that are presented daily in todays society? In not or if so, define a more flexible environment for learning that is more suited to handle these present educational challenges.

Successfacilitator: The fact that education plays a vital role in success cannot be overemphasis. However, the traditional educational system has some merits and demerits. The traditional educational provides the basics of learning which is of utmost importance. Now, after that, I will suggest self-education system because we must continually acquire knowledge and information so as to address new challenges that we are confronted with or to achieve anything of worth in our lives.

ezramillo: Finally, do you believe our present educational system cripples some people and enable others?

Successfacilitator: I could not give you a categorical yes or no if our present educational system cripples some and enables others because there are several factors that could play major roles in crippling and enabling others. For instance, Geographic location or finances, you see in some countries there are people who can’t even afford basic education because they do not have the means while others have the means. The bottom line is what I said earlier on our present educational system has merits and the demerits.

Thank you once again for the opportunity to share my thoughts with you and audience.

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