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Chuks Udo Okonta
Super Eagles legend Austin Jay Jay Okocha said he has continued to enjoy life after his remarkable career in football.
Okocha who retired from the round-leathered game in 2008, left indelible footprints after spending 18 years playing professionally.
16 years after retirement, Jay Jay Okocha, unlike many of his peers, has continued to glow, and remains a toast for companies, bagging enforcements and analyst in sport talk shows.
How to be relevant like Jay Jay Okocha in retirement
*Be the best in your career
Jay Jay Okocha left indelible footprints during his 18 years of playing professionally.
His legacies have remained evergreen, making him relevant even in retirement.
If you desire to remain relevant in retirement strive to be the top in your career and give your best.
*Develop a unique skill
Jay Jay is renowned for his dribbling skill, which endeared him to football lovers.
You can’t be outstanding if you are not known for special skill.
To be relevant in retirement like Jay Jay Okocha you should do what others are not doing. That would be your reference point and distinguishing feature.
*Avoid scandal
One of the pegs holding Jay Jay Okocha firm and relevant in retirement is his clean record. Individuals and companies flock to him for endorsements because he has no scandal.
To be relevant in retirement, you should cultivate a goodly lifestyle.
People are easily forgotten in retirement, but those with clean records would continue to glow.
*Invest wisely
Jay Jay Okocha has investments that have continued to help him sustain good lifestyle in retirement.
Unlike many of his peers that spent their income loosely, he was keen in his investment choices.
To remain relevant like him, choose your investments wisely.
*Humility
The Holy Book says ‘God gives grace to the humble’ Jay Jay Okocha is humble. Even in his active days playing football, he never allowed his achievements controlled him, and in retirement he has remained calm and humble.
To be relevant like him, never allow your position define you, knowing that every position is temporal.
*Acquire skill
Jay Jay Okocha is not a coach, but he is regularly featured on football talk shows, due to his knowledge about the field of discipline.
Your knowledge is the only product people will seek to buy from you in retirement. Hence, don’t just work, but be a master on the work.
Be fit.
Jay Jay Okocha has remained ever fit as he grows older.
To remain relevant in retirement you should maintain your body and mental fitness.
*Give
Givers never lack. Jay Jay Okocha has continued to give out his knowledge and wealth to support others.
To be relevant in retirement, you should be like a flowing river that is always clean.
Find all available means to give what God has freely given to you.
While you work don’t engage in things that would switch off your light in retirement. You can be as relevant ad Jay Jay Okocha if you do things he and other beacons of light in retirement did and still doing.
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