The other night, I watched a rather interesting documentary.  Back in the nineties, eleven people from a small town in Texas were subjected to a rather interesting experiment.

With their prior consent, each of them was drugged at a time they were not expecting it. They woke up in what looked like a hospital room. As soon as they regained consciousness, a person in a white lab coat would walk into the room and inform them that they have been in an accident, which has rendered them momentarily paralysed.

They were all told that they're unable to move their arms or legs, and that some tests were being run to determine whether the paralysis was temporary or permanent. The point of the experiment was to determine first, whether the subjects would believe the people in lab coats, and second, how long each subject would lie there believing they were paralysed, before trying to move their limbs.

The results were fascinating. Of the eleven test subjects, ten of them believed without questioning what the white-coated interviewer told them. The eleventh, a twenty-year-old chef named Valentina, asked the interviewer's name, and what kind of doctor she was.

Out of the eleven, five of them lay still for 10 to 12 minutes before trying to move their limbs only to realise it was all a hoax. Three of them lay still for 25 to 30 minutes before attempting to stretch. One man - a politician who worked for City Hall (which is like the American version of our Municipal Assembly), actually lay still for over two and a half hours. The interviewers had to come in and tell him it was a hoax before he dared to move a muscle.

Of the remaining two, one - a church minister - tried to move his arms and legs the minute the white coated interviewer left him, but when he realised he wasn't paralysed, he shouted for the interviewer to return, and announced to her that he had received a miracle.

One test subject attempted to move as soon as the interviewer said that they were paralysed. They immediately realised something was wrong and started screaming for help. Guess who that was? Yep. Valentina the Chef.

After further tests, the scientists explained that Valentina has a curious mind. She challenges the status quo, and demands explanations for the deeds of others around her. At age 20, Valentyna was already a fully qualified and very talented Chef with restaurants beating a path to her door, seeking to employ her. She chose to run a burger van instead. By the time Valentyna turned 30, she was a multi-millionaire owner of a nationally renowned chain of cafes.

My friends, the point of this documentary was rather simple: Successful people do not see the same limitations that regular people see. They do not accept the mere evidence of their eyes and ears. They never accept defeat, and they always make provision for all possibilities - including miracles.

Today, I invite you to examine yourselves, and determine which type of person you have been so far. If you do not feel you have been exhibiting the traits of successful people, then please start now. It's never too late. Also, remember that not everyone who claims authority actually knows what they're doing, so you really don't need to follow instructions you don't understand.

My name is Kojo Yankson, and God gave me a fully functioning brain. The biggest sin I could ever commit would be not to use it.

GOOD MORNING, GHANAFO!