Life And Business Lessons From A Gospel Singer

Chioma Jesus. Photo courtesy of youtube

RECENTLY in church, we celebrated first fruit harvest and mid-year thanksgiving with Nigeria's famous gospel singer Evangelist Amaka Okwuoha, also known as, Chioma Jesus. I have never seen my Church dance in this manner. It would seem that we were in a dance competition. I saw happiness in an extraordinary way likened to heaven, maybe.  I saw people sweating off their sorrows, smiling away anger and praising God for his favour, grace and love. I share some life and business lessons I learnt as I listened to Chioma Jesus minister in songs.

Though Chioma Jesus is an extraordinarily talented singer, she does not singing anything new. She simply sings same songs that so many other gospel artistes also sing. But, in all that similarity, something differentiates her from the pack. Let me list a few.

Her voice and her tune. Though her voice is affected (or Igbo-accent laden), it is unique. She gives every song a different tune and every tune a different beat.

Photo courtesy of searchengineland 

She is creative and innovative. Chioma Jesus brings something totally new to all the gospel songs. Her songs match different scenarios.

And her name, you can’t miss it; Chioma Jesus

The point here is that we all are doing the same thing, but we need to be different to stand out or be ahead. Uber and EasyTaxi are doing same thing, but, why is Uber growing across countries? Why is Shoprite taking over retail marketing in Nigeria while indigenous Nigerian retailers are bogged down in their home cities? Which stores do Konga or Jumia have, yet they are all over Nigeria. Be different! Yes you can!!!

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