EXPLANATIONS DON’T CONVINCE PEOPLE—results do.
If I were to advise you, I would say this:
Stop spending your energy trying to explain yourself to everyone. Explanations don’t convince people—results do. Channel your strength into building what matters, growing daily, and positioning yourself for elevation. Time spent arguing, defending, or proving points is time taken away from progress.
Build first. Build your character, your competence, your faith, and your discipline. Quietly lay strong foundations. What is well built will eventually be visible and respected without announcement.
Grow intentionally. Commit to learning, improving, and becoming better than yesterday. Growth may be uncomfortable, but it is always rewarding. When you grow, you outgrow the need to compete or compare.
Leave elevation to God and to time. When you are truly prepared, promotion will not need publicity—it will locate you. Those who rise too fast without growth struggle to remain there, but those who grow steadily are sustained when elevation comes.
Above all, let your actions speak. Be consistent. Be diligent. Be faithful in the small things. When your life begins to produce results, conversations will change, opinions will shift, and doors will open—without you saying a word.
So move forward quietly but deliberately. Build well. Grow well. Stay focused. In time, your actions will become the loudest and most convincing voice.
Pastor/Counselor,
Wale-Rich Oladunjoye