A Brief Perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals

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WRITTEN BY: Asanya Boluwatife Ndidi The unanimous agreement of the 193 member states of the United Nations General Assembly to the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development in 2015 produced one of the most ambitious and inclusive global aspirations in history. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 interlinked global goals designed to be a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Targeted at committing members states to ensure greater inclusivity, end poverty and push the world to a more sustainable path. The SDGs are broad and interdependent thus begetting the question as to how well these broad global aspirations are likely to result in implementable developments especially in developing countries. The inclusion of so many goals without a hierarchy of priority and without reference to inherent contradictions that are likely to result in conflict between the goals may have unintended negative consequences which may inhibit the timely/e...
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IMPOSSIBILITY

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Impossibility


There was a boy who loves to watch cycling but he didn't know how to ride a bicycle. For months all he could do was to think of ways to ride a bicycle.
 Then, he chooses to tell his friends about is love for cycling. His friends were like "it is not possible for you to ride a bicycle, it is not for amateurs like you".
 That thought discouraged him from giving cycling a try but yet he kept on watching cycling until the day he believed in himself that he can do it.
 He said, "there is nothing bad in trying again and again". This was the conviction he had that walked him throughout his cycling career.
 From the story, we could point out two things, which are:
•Disappointment from friends
•Conviction leads to a belief
 He was left with a choice to listen to his friends or to his belief.
Now, the question here is "what are your beliefs?"
 Your beliefs are what led to a deep conviction within yourself. 
Myles Munroe said "a leader is made through a sense of conviction"

 Do you have a dream? And people have discouraged you that it is not possible, it is not achievable.
The only person that could see that dream to become a reality is you and your sense of conviction that ``it is`` possible.

"You can build the whole world in your mind but the only way it can become a reality is your actions and the sense of conviction that you have"

 If you are waiting for people opinion before you act, then you are not ready to see the impossible possible.

"You are the only one that can make the  impossible possible.."

Go and ask  The Wright Brothers (Wilbur and Orville Wright) who created the airplane. Everything all started as an idea then they act. Despite all the failures they still bring that dream to a reality, despite the odds

Henry Ford (the founder of Ford). Henry said, "we will make the fastest cars in the history of America car race". They thought he was crazy but yet it became a reality. Ford doesn't just make race cars but they are also among the world-famous automobile industries in the world.
Henry Ford says "If you think you do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right"
 "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently". "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it"

Do you want to be the next Henry Ford or the next Wright brothers? Then you need to act. Stop daydreaming about the Africa you wish and start taking actions that will contribute to the growth of Africa and the picture of Africa you crave for.

I want you to believe that nothing is impossible.
Go make the impossible possible!

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