How To Attain Success And Live The Life You Want

29 Proven Ways To Overcome The Enemy Called Average: Timeless Strategies You Can Readily Apply To Get To The Top And Stay There................

2010-12-06T15:08:00.000-08:00

The Oxford learners dictionary's definition of average as being ordinary and not special entices me most. It is the perfect description of the graphical picture I wan t to paint before you in an attempt to make this lecture highly penetrating to your mind. Think about it. Living an ordiary life is not what you actually want. You want to be special and be so treated. Evne God made you wonderfully but you have lost the essence of that unique creation.

There is an enemy working in your life and working on you. It is called avaerage. Average is the same as mediocrity. It keep you on the comfort zone. You think there is no need to improve. Where you are is okay for you though you have been there for a long time. Your first degree is you most cherished certificate though you have got it since the past 20 years. The enemy called average has blindfolded you from seeing the need to get retrained and better. As a result, the world has left you behind and you have robbed yourself of achieving your maximum potential. Is that how you want to continue? I don’t think so. You need to break your fallow ground and start sowing new seeds. John L Mason rightly said that average is bounded in the north by compromise, in the south by indecision, in the west by lack of vision and in the east by past thinking. You will agree with me that this greatest enemies of yours have been responsible for your stagnation and ordinary life over the years. This is the time for a turning point.

29 Proven Ways To Defeat The Enemy Called Average

1. Start Using Your Unique Abilities: There are certain things that make you unique. God deposited them in you when you were created. Look inwards and start using your unique abilities. Joseph knew how to dream and he did it exceptionally well. Initially, he knew nothing about interpretation of those dreams but later, he developed that unique ability to the point of becoming an interpreter of dreams. His unique abilities promoted him to the throne in a foreign land.

2. Open Your Eyes To See Opportunities Where You Are: There are opportunities where you are. These opportunities are avenues to add value to other people’s lives. They are opportunities to serve. Use what you have now right where you are. It si a sure-fire path to the top.

3. Build Your Gifts And Talents: God’s gifts in your life are deposits not loans. The more you use them, the better, greater, stronger and more valuable you’ll become. Develop your gifts, put them to good use; they will provide information, insight, and revelation that cannot be received from any other source or in any other way.

4. Aim For Excellence: You need to do more than exist. Try to live a profitable life. Do more than grow. Make sure you bloom. It is very vital that you do more than spend. Learn to invest. Don’t just work for the sake of working, aim to excel. Do more than helping people, make yourself available to serve them too. Do more than reading, apply what you read. Do more than advice, go out of your way to help.

5. Commit To Reading Today So You Can Be A Leader Tomorrow: The greatest miracle you can create for yourself is the miracle of self development. Keep on learning. It brings approval into your life. Reading is the only sure way to develop your mind and become wiser and more valuable over along period of time irrespective of your physical condition. The biggest room in your house is the room for self development. Live in it!

6. Take Firm Decisions And Quit Doubting: A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Indecision and doubt deep you moving in the middle of the road. The middle of the road is the most dangerous place to be. Indecision and doubts exposes you to making more mistakes and going the wrong way. The more mistake you make, the more failure you encounter.

7. Stay Out Of Your Own Way: If you want to know who is responsible for most of your troubles, look out in the mirror. You are your own greatest enemy. If you believe in yourself, you’ll still succeed even if nobody believes in you. But you will never succeed if you don’t believe in yourself.

8. Don’t Be Slothful: Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. If you are a cleaner, be the best cleaner. If you are a counselor, let people see you as the best. Don’t put what you have to do yesterday away till tomorrow. Do it now! Today is all you have. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow never exist.

9. Put Safety Last: Dare to take risk. Sitting down is a risk. Walking on the street is a risk. Going to school is a risk. Be a risk take. It is better to be a lion for a day than to be a sheep all your life. If you dare for nothing, you’ll get nothing. You need to be bold and courageous. Success favors the bold.

10. Be In Control Of How You Spend Your Time: Apply the 6 by 1 rule to be in absolute control of your time. The rule explains that if you ant to execute any vital project, devote one hour daily to it for six consecutive days each week. Sooner than what you think, your desire will become a reality. The more control you have over your time, the more freedom you gain to enjoy life.

11. Add Patience, Perseverance And Endurance To Your Life: These are vital virtues you must cultivate. One person s’ patience, persistence and endurance will accomplish more than a thousand people with interest alone. The story of the Chinese bamboo is instructive here. For the first four years, they water and fertilize the plant with seemingly little or no results. In the fifth year, water and fertilizer is again added and in five weeks, the tree grows to ninety feet in height. What can you learn from that? Patience is the sure-fire way to maximum results.

12. Learn To Ask The Right Questions: A simple question like ‘what ca I do to make better use of my time, can open your eyes to opportunities you had hitherto ignored. Asking right questions could save you. It could promote you. It could preserve and protect you.

13. Build A Strong Character: Your character grows from your habits. Choose godly and golden habits other people will respect you for. A good name is rather to be chosen than silver and gold. A man is truly rich by what is in his heart not by what he has in the bank. Remember that the integrity of the righteous shall save him.

14. Use The Weapon Of Honesty To Be Accurately Directed: Honesty is a hard-to-find virtue today. But is is a great weapon to be accurately motivate and directed. Any hope built on lie is always the beginning of loss. Lie is a trap. Don’t let yourself be entangled by it. Speak the truth always and the truth shall set you free.

15. Change Your Strategies, methods And Training When Necessary: Your past methods may not be useful for today. You need to know and understand that life is always at some turning point. Learn new skills if necessary. Make new friends if necessary. Change career if necessary. Yesterday’s formula for success is often tomorrow's recipe for failure. The road to success is always under construction . identify the change you need to make and don’t waste time to do same.

16. Stop Worrying About Yesterday: Your past is gone. Choose to be forward- focused and not past-possessed. There is no longer live in the past. Learn to profit from past mistake and move forward. Take immediate steps to invest in your future.

17. Don’t Despise Small Beginning: If your beginning is small, your end will be great indeed. Don’t despise your place and hour. Today is the best day you have. Use it wisely. Your future is already in your hands. It is hidden in your day. What you are doing now will mold your future. Stop dreaming about the future. Start working towards it.

18. Stop Worrying, Quit Fear: Worry and doubt are the interest you pay on something you will never own. The less you worry, the more ideas, insight and revelation you will have. Replace fear with faith and worry with hope. Worry leads nowhere. Never let it direct your life.

19. Mind What You Say: Guard your words. They are seeds planted in people’s lives. Don’t be known as a negative person. Say no to complain and murmur. They make you irresponsible. Speak right words. Your words should work for you not against you.

20. Make Wise Choice: Choose rather to be better than being biter. Choose to be rather enthusiastic than lukewarm. Choose to be committed not lazy. Choose to be selfless than being selfish. Choose accountability over irresponsibility. Choose more of God than more of everything else.

21. Don’t Give Up: God does not give up. Never, never give up. Hold on to your dream. Keep working on your goal. He that began a good work in you will perfect it. Quitters never win. Winners never quit. God is faithful. He will never fail. Hold on.

22. Write It Down. The key to successful goal is to write it down. Crystallize your dream on paper. Put it down on paper so as to give it a life of its own. When you write it down, your subconscious mind will see a reason to work on it continually until it is achieved.

23. Be Happy And Enthusiastic: Laughter is like a medicine. Smiling is a proof that you are happy and enthusiastic and it is always a choice not a result. No one wants to be with a man who is always sad and want to draw the sympathy of others. Be filled with joy in your heart even when thins are not going the way you want it.

24. Stop Giving Excuses: Some give excuses why they cannot perform a given task. Well, that’s not the way of winners. Those who mater in life find ways to perform given tasks even with limited resources. That’s how great managers are made. Stop given excuses for your failure. Take responsibility for whatever happens to you and don’t shift blame on others. Excuses limit your potentials. It puts God out of the picture and put you first. Believe that all things are possible with God.

25. Don’t Dwell On Past Victories: Keep on looking forward and moving forward. You should be growing from time to time. Decide to find better opportunities to do something new. Stagnant water ends up smelling but a flowing river keeps fresh.

7 Habits Of Highly Successful People

2010-11-29T14:00:00.000-08:00

That headline is not my original idea! It was coined directly from a book written by Steven R. Covey. The ideas revealed in the book would form the template for this lecture.

How can you validate durable truths you can apply to your life, family, business and society in general. These ideas will surely guarantee you a place among great leaders if you follow the principles freely shared as we progress.

Steven Covey says ‘If you want to achieve your highest aspirations and overcome your greatest challenges, identify and apply the principles or natural law that governs the results you seek.’ For the farmer, the principle of sowing and reaping govern what they do. Any farmer who fail to sow should forget any harvest! That principle is universal and cannot be broken. The point is that, you’ll need to change your thinking to finding out prinicples that govern each action you take from now on. Another principle you’ll want to know at this point is that of giving and receiving. What about the principles of wealth multiplication? If you can’t invest, forget about getting wealthy.

Steven found out after many years of research that successful people have certain habits common to all of them. Here is the checklist for these life-changing habits:

1) They Are Proactive: Being proactive means thinking ahead about what you want to do and where you want to be in the future. This is the way to take charge and be in control. Proactive people have freedom of choice and they make maximum use of it. It shows they are responsible. They make conscious choice based on values rather than feelings. Being proactive promotes initiative, self awareness, imagination, independent will and stimulate prepared response to any situation that one come across in life.

2) They Begin With The End In Mind: Even Jesus Christ when He was in the world, said ‘who among you want to build a house without first taking stock whether he will be able to finish it’. This habit is based on the principle that all things are created twice, first in the mental realm and second, in the physical realm. Apart from the example Christ gave earlier about building a house, you can think about applying it in business. You must determine what kind of products you want to sell and the kind of people you want to sell to and where to locate your business. You also think about how to find money to do the business. All these point to one thing, the need to begin with the end in mind. That’s what successful people do and you must do same if you want to be successful.

3) They Put First Things First: Goethe says ‘things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least’. Just as you must put spiritual things before the physical, so also must you order your priorities right. Mary decided to listen to Jesus first but marther prefered to stay at the kitchen cooking. At the end of the day, Mary received commendation for putting first things first. This habit is common among successful people. It is the secret of effective time management.

4) They Understand The Paradigm Of Interdependence: Self ego must be done away with if you want to succeed. Successful people try to understand others so that they too could be understood. Take time to invest time in others to know them better so as to build life time relationship that is mutually beneficial. It is the skills that is deposited in the emotional bank account of others. Think about what others will benefit before what you will benefit. Think win/win.

5) They Master The Art Of Empathic Communication: The highly successful are very good in listening to others. They do it to give others chance to express themselves. This skill makes it possible for others to feel important and by so doing willing to cooperate. You need the cooperation of others. Listen to them.

6) They Synergize. This is gaining the trust of others. You need others to trust you and your ability in other to succeed. Remember that when trust is missing in any relationship, such relationship or union cannot last.

7) They Sharpen The Saw: Successful people work on their weaknesses and improve on it with time. Don’t neglect the need for improvement in any area you are found lacking. Make corrections, read good books, attend seminars and workshop to hone your skills or acquire new skills that’ll lead you to the top of the ladder of success.

How To Write And Get Your Books Published

2010-09-22T06:59:00.000-07:00

Think And Grow Rich is a popular and useful book that has transformed the lives of many people all over the world. If the book was not written, nobody will be able to read it not to talk of gaining from it.

The power of books is amazing. It can transform the fortunes and destinies of people and change their stories from zero to hero. Ben Carson read a book and his life changed forever. Sunny Obazu Ojeagbase read a book and he never remained the same.

Apart from changing lives, books influence minds and changes the fortunes of those who care to write it and get it to those who needs it at a ready price they are ready to pay.

This write up is not about books. It is about you. Do you have a talent for writing? Are there ideas flowing in your mind and you are absolutely sure that others will need it? Have you written a book and it is rotting away on your desk because you don't know how to get it published. If you even know how to get it published what about the money to publish it? I see. That's your own problem.

Wipe off your tears because you'll soon smile and your neigbour will wander why you have become so excited like charge electrons of recent.

What My Mentor Taught Me About Writing Books

Yes. I have a mentor. If not for my mentor. I couldn't have had my book written so easily and get it published.
If you are really serious about writing your first book, it is necessary to pay attention to the proven secrets placed on my hands by my generous mentor who showed me the painless way to write and publish.

In the teaching of my mentor, I discovered the secrets of his rising profile and a highly sought after author and influential citizen of my country.
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* He thought me to get a pencil and paper/notebook. That's very cheap you may say.
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Inspiring And Street Smart Success Lessons From 12 Great Nigerians

2010-09-08T04:36:00.001-07:00

The fastest way to failure is to ignore people who have succeeded in the field in which you want to succeed. On the other hand, if you want to achieve lasting success, the fastes path is to learn from those who have been there before. The secret of those who have achieve greatness is hidden in their stories.

In this lecture, you will have the advantage of learning success lessons from 12 great Nigerian who have made it in this land. Forget about what people are saying. Nigeria is a fertile land. Those who saw it that way and took action reached the promised land. Some of the things that made them highly sought after is what you'll find in this lesson.

They cut across all facet of the Nigerian strata. Some are in the transportation industries. Others are in the food and beverages, sports, publishing, ICT, custume, event planning and journalism. One thing-they all have different perspective to success.

It is believed that you'll find your own path from the traces they left behind in the path they have tread.

Success Lessons From 12 Nigerians You Cannto Ignore

Here are the 12 Nigerian you may want to know:

Frank Nneji: He is the CEO of ABC Transport. When he was a corps member, he raised N750 to start his business. He had no formal education in business and he was inexperienced but he dived into the shark infested world of business at age 23. Today, he is an example in how to run consistent profitable business enterprise and still remain credible. Here are the success lessons from this great Nigerian:-

Define your goals clearly
Never allow people to discourage you from pursuing your dreams
Have a dogged determination to succeed
Become an expert in your field.
Read, read, read and study to master your area.
Delay gratification.
Take risks, use resources and capital to create wealth.

You can call those lesson 7 street smart success lessons from Frank Nneji.

Otunba Isaac Durojaiye: He was the one who opened shop for business and never had a single customer for 4 years. This is to say, he waited for 4 solid years to make his first sale is business. He is the one who pioneered human waste management business in Nigeria and on a large scale. He created the slogan ' shit business is serious business'. He is the CEO of DMT Mobile Toilets. What success lessons can we learn from this great Nigerian?

Determine God's purpose for your life and stick to it.
Be pragmatic. Trust your intuition.
Do extensive research.
Always believe that in crisis time, there is a miracle.
Get ready to pay the price.
Start with what you have

Let's call his success secrets 6 Wonderful Steps To Enduring Success.

Abolaji Osime(Mrs): This enterprising young woman is a serial entrepreneur. She is the CEO of world of fun and global international college. She is a hyper active woman whose organisation has placed more than 300 Nigerian in different universities in the UK. Here are success lessons we can extract from her:

Never be afraid to start things differently.
Learn to foresee problems before they come.
Learn from those ahead of you.
Pay attention to the business side of what you are doig.
Be daring. Make impact.
Help others to succeed.

Her lessons reveal to us 6 Practical Ways To Sweet Success.

John Tani Obaro: If you have heard about SystemSpecs, this is the man who created it when software rarely existed in the vocabulary of many Nigerians. He left a comfortable and high paying jobn to pioneer software development business in 1991. The success in his chosen business shows a clear pathway to a focused life. Here are the success lessons from this guru:

Learn to define your niche area.
Focusing your energy helps you achieve a lot.
Be well organized and always play to your strength.
Trust God.
Have a long-term vision.

In Obaro we see 5 Uncommon Success Lessons You Must Adopt Now!

Bamidele George: This philantropist run an orphanage in Lagos, Nigeria. Her passion is to love and care for abandoned children. She believes in living for a cause bigger than oneself. Her real life started in 1990 when she discovered that her pupose in life was to care for the less priviledge in the society. She shows us less talked about path to success thus:

You need a good relationship with God.
You must be goal-oriented.
Background and challenges of life can be indication of ones calling.
It is important to take notes.
Start on time.
Take advantage of role models.
Carry your family along and engage their support.

Pat Utomi: He is well known as a practitioner and teacher of entrepreneurship. He is a multi-talented Nigerian with core conpetencies in teaching and creating new businesses. He was a special assistant to former President Shehu Shagari at 27. He was also the Managing Director of Volkswagen Nigeria at 32. His life shows teaches us that you are not limited by the lower made at the university. He came out with a second class lower grade. What success lessons can we learn from him?

What makes for success is strenth of character, knowledge and a sense of service to others.
Stay close to values that are good and keep reinforcing them.
Be contented.
Follow your desire even if people think you are crazy.
Never give up.
Think creatively.
Do what others overlook.
Increase your skill level.
Stop comparing yourself with others.
Work hard. Nothing just happens.
Respect other people no matter their status in life.
Be obsessed with self development.
Do the work you enjoy.
Get mentors.

Are your eyes open to the 14 Creative Ways To Achieve Success In Record Time? That's what Pat has shown in his success lessons.

Sunny Obazu Ojeagbase: He was a recruit in the Nigerian army with children and wife to cater for. The low income and limited education was a limitation to realising his dream of a comfortable life. Through self-development effort, he took GCE exam and followed it up with a training in sport journalism. Between then and now, a lot of things has changed. He is not only a publisher of popular tabloids like Complete Sports, Complete Football, Success Digest Extra, Complete Water etc, he is also the pioneer of Internet business and training in Nigeria. His examples shows that you don't need a university certificate to make it in life. Let's see what success lessons we can learn from this great Nigerian:

It's never too late to change your direction in life.
Very good books can transform your life.
Don't just read, learn to apply what you read.
Persistence is the key to success.
Never miss it in marriage. A very supportive wife can propel your life to heights you never dreamt of.
It's okay to fail. Don't take it personal. Try again each time you fail.
Don't depend on a single source of income.
Find what you really love doing and how people can pay you for it.

Leke Alder: He is the CEO of ALDER CONSULTING. He studied law at the university of Ife but never practiced it. His passion lie in the arts. He loves painting and creating art works. He is the fore-runner of the branding industry in Nigeria. Here are the success lessons he propagates:

Follow your heart.
Be willing to pay the price.
Work at developing your gift no matter your educational background.
Be bold and never get discouraged.
Stop managing, start leading.
God cannot be separated from it all.

Kehinde Kamson (Mrs): She is the CEO of sweet sensation-a business she started as a room and parlour outlet. An accountant by training, her desire to spend more time with her children led her to resign from her job. But she was not idle. She started making cakes for sale which later grew to become a formidable fast food outlet. According to her, success lessons to be adopted are as follows:

Never be afraid to start small.
Build gradually. Don't be in a hurry.
Put passion into everything you do.
Pursue good education.
Right timing is very important.
Never quit.
Always seek God's guidance.

Larry Izamoje: He is the CEO of Brila 88.9 FM. He was well known for introducing music into sports broadcasting in Nigeria working at OGBC 2 FM, Abeokuta. His is very passionate about talking sports. His company is the first all sports radio station in Nigeria and Africa. Success lessons from his stable are:

Find something that you really love doing.
Don't stay on a job that is depressing you.
Develop a healthy relationship with God.
Keep pedalling. As long as you do, you won't fall.
Be the best at whatever you do.
Don't compare yourself with others.
Be humble. Say no to pride.
Make your money work for you by investing it.

John Momoh: He was a newscaster with the NTA in the 80's. Now, is the CEO of Channels T.V. He carved a niche for himself in the private T.V. industry years after he decided to set up a unique television station outside government control. He had a stint with poverty living in one room apartment with his seven sibblings and parents. His success story is really spectacular. He teaches us that you are not really down until you begin to think so. Here are success lessons from his stable:

Don't dabble into areas you are not meant to be in.
If nobody trains you, train yourself.
Develop a passion for your dream.
Continously improve yourself.
When opportunity knocks, grab it.
Find your talent, develop it and use it.
Clarify your goals.
Stay on the side of truth.
Add value to other people's life and money will follow.

Adenike Ogunlesi: She was admitted to study law at the university (ABU Zaria) but dropped out after 2 weeks. Not that she was not brilliant; she felt that university education was not meant for her. She had another passion in making fabrics which she learnt from her mother. She is today the CEO of Ruffle 'n' Tumble. Her uniques success lessons are:

Discover yourself early.
Make a U turn no matter how far you have gone in the wrong direction.
Grow to the top don't jump to the top.
It may be tough but you'll get there.
Develop and master a skill. It will open doors for you.
Youn people should invest in real estate.

Go over the success lessons from these 12 great Nigerian over and over again. It is certain you'll start doing something differently.

Decision-Proven Magic Key To Success

2009-11-11T00:22:00.000-08:00

Why do so many people fail perpetually and end their lives in frustration? What is the common enemy which every man must practically conquer? What is the quickest path to set feet on the pedestal of fortune and fame?
Several years ago, an analysis of over 25,000 men who had experienced failure was conducted in the U.S. In that prolonged study, it was discovered that lack of decision was the major reason responsible for their failure. In this one life you have, it is expedient for you to acquire the skill of taking prompt decisions on every area of your life. Your decisions should be timely, profitable and life enhancing. You need to build your capacity to take definite decisions so you can effortlessly overcome procrastination-the chief cause of under-achievement and failure.
The ability to take prompt decisions which are rarely changed will empower you to make fortunes beyond your wildest imagination. Such is the experience of hundreds of people who had accumulated fortunes well beyond the million dollar mark.
Widely recognized Internet personalities like Jimmy D. Brown, Yanik Silver, Jim Rohn, Robert Kiyosaki and others to numerous to be mentioned speak glowingly of the successes they had recorded and the fortunes they had created for themselves and others over the years through the power of decisions.
Jim Rohn told a story about his former associates who kept wondering how he became so rich and successful within a short space of 5 years. He took a decision to be rich. He learned money management skills and how to run successful businesses. They refused to change their own ways and remained in the valley of indecision as regards those subject matter. While he became so rich and highly respected 5 years later, those former associates of his remained poor, frustrated and miserable.
Taking prompt decision exert great impact on you it changes your level and rating among others. It moves you forward and makes you fulfilled years after sowing the seed.
Here are other vital points you need to consider as you make effort to positively apply the teachings of this article:
(1) Majority of people who fail to succeed are generally easily influenced by the opinion of others

(2) Opinions are the cheapest commodity on earth

(3) If you are influenced by other people’s opinions. You will not succeed in any undertaking

(4) Keep your own counsel by reaching your own decisions and following them

(5) Take no one into confidence except your frustrated associates

(6) Thousands of men and women carry inferiority complexes with them all through life, because some well meaning but ignorant person destroyed their confidence through ‘opinion’ or ridicule

(7) Don’t disclose your purpose if you need facts or information from other people to enable you reach decisions.

(8) Keep your eyes and ears wide open and your mouth closed if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt decision

(9) Understand that genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence

(10) Remember that if you talk about your plans too frequently you may be surprised when you learn that some other people has beaten you to your goal

It is now your duty to start taking decisions that will improve your life and make it count.

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2009-10-09T03:31:00.000-07:00

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7 Financial Lessons Your Parents Never Taught You………Plus, You Will Never Be Taught At School

2009-08-03T01:57:00.000-07:00

Parents like to pamper children to make them enjoy life. This happens especially when they have the financial empowerment to put food on their table and can afford basic necessity for comfort.
Let us consider this scenario created by an adult who remembered his childhood after fumbling with the way he handles the money he had earned in life. He wished he had learnt financial literacy early in life.

‘Mummy loves to make life comfortable for me. My father was not different. They both labored to please us. We had good clothes to wear and always dressed smart. Sometimes when we were in the teenage years, I would overhear my mummy asking my dad when the next salary will be paid. My father, a dedicated civil servant always talk about how the salary is not enough to take him home. As soon as the money is paid, it never settled the bills so there is always carry over and the debt keep pilling up. It is now that I am a financially informed adult that I fully appreciate the problems my parents had.’.
Everyone needs to have one form of financial education or another. It is a subject we cannot ignore.
There are certain things about money and finance that our parents never taught us. Not because they hate us but because of their ignorance which was responsible for the failure in money matters.
If anybody want to live a comfortable life, there are certain skills we must acquire and knowledge to be acquired.

Here are 7 financial Lessons Your Parents Never Taught You

1. Education Will Not Make You Rich But Financial Literacy Will. No matter what profession or class you belong, if you do not get serious about this lesson, your financial life may be in tatters. Go over that sentence again. ‘Education will not make you rich but financial literacy will’. This is the basic principle of creating life comfort and wealth. No matter how lucrative your course is, it will not make you rich. There are many doctors, lawyers, engineers, journalists, broadcasters, marketers, etc. finding it difficult to survive despite the fact that they have good jobs and paid fat salary. What will make you become rich is financial literacy. This one respects no man. It is a law. It cannot be broken. If a person with secondary school certificate has financial literacy, he will be rich. If a professor lacks financial literacy, he will be poor. It is that simple. Stories and examples abound of artisans who never had the privilege of attending the conventional schools but still have home to shelter their families with choice properties. Contrarily, we have also heard about professors and retired civil servants who lived miserable life post retirement just because they lack financial education.

2. The Rich Don’t Work For Money. But our parents told us to work hard at our studies so that we could get good grades, have good degree, get good job and be paid fat salary. They taught us to work for money and that is the life we are living. Whatever your background. No matter how fat your salary is. If you want to be rich, understand this lesson-the Rich Don’t Work For Money. In the contrary, ‘Money Work For The Rich’. Many families, civil servants, politicians, top flight professionals work for money. They are money slaves and money is a wicked task master. It runs away from people who work for it but unbelievably pursue those who make it works for them. Where do you want to belong? Work for money or make money work for you? If you work for money, you will not be rich. If you put your money to work, you will be rich. That is the secret of the rich.

3. Mind Your Own Business. This is another vital lesson in personal finance. If you are working for somebody, what you are entitled to is salary. No more no less. You know nothing about the profits the boss is making through your effort. You end up being the monkey while your boss is the baboon. Haven’t you heard the tale ‘monkey dey work, baboon they chop’ before? Even it is the same thing for civil servants. They work for government. Their job is the business of government. But to be financially independent, you need to have a business of your own. Create a business around your talent and passion. It is the way to wealth. Find people in need of a defined service, give them what they want in exchange for money. The richest people in the world owns personal business they run. A civil servant should consider per time business around their skills. If you have no skill, learn one and sell it to those who need the service.

4. Car, House, Not Your Asset. This phenomenon was formerly popular in the developed countries with mortgage service for citizens. Now that the wind had blown to Nigeria, it is high time we talked about it. Most people think car is an asset. They think having a personal home is an asset yet it is not. An asset is anything that put money into your pocket. i.e. generate income for you. A liability is anything that take money out of your pocket. Be warned. You can never find this definition in your dictionary. If your car does not generate income for you, it is a liability. Simple. If your house does not generate income for you, it is not an asset. It is a liability. Hope you get the gist.? Never forget this lesson. It will determine your ability to create wealth and be happy in life.

5. If You Want To Be Rich, Keep More And Spend Less. This is a discipline you must build. Learn to save. What you save will save you in time of financial crisis. What you save will make you profit from taking opportunities that may arise suddenly in the future. With this, you can grow your wealth.

6. Learn To Create Ideas To Solve Your Money Problems. Whenever you are faced with money problems, think about anything you can sell to raise the money. Think about service you can render to attract the money you want.

7. Work To Learn, Don’t Work For Money: If you are working for somebody, set a goal to become better, wiser and smarter. The better you are, the more you attract favor and opportunities to yourself. If you work for money, you will end up in frustration because money is never enough. Develop your self and multiply your skills. You will never be a loser.
That is the curtain raiser for the financial lessons.

Timeless Lessons From 7 Principles Of The Eagles

2009-07-20T01:52:00.000-07:00

This topic is hot and has great life-changing impact. The first time I learnt about the 7 principles of the eagles was from a request by readers of Monday Tribune calling on the columnist of the financial tribune inspirati section-Lanre Oyetade to repeat his previous write up on this topic.
Yes. I made effort to get the full gist when he responded positively to the clarion call of the loyal readers.
It seems the lessons from the 7 principles of the eagles is timeless. Why I said so is not far fetched. Just recently, it was repeated again on the said column through popular demand.
What are these principles that makes the eagle so special. What lessons can we derive from them.
I will recall each principles and lessons we can all learn from the 7 principles of the eagles in a simple and easy to understand way.

1. The Eagle Flies At High Altitude And It does Alone. This is an amazing principle of the eagle which very few people can cope with. The eagle is not found among sparrows or other smaller birds. The eagles flies in altitude only one kind of bird can fly-the eagle. Never with other birds and never in flocks. What is the lesson here? If you ever want to do something great in life, learn to be alone and when you are with people, share your time with people of same ambition and desires

2. The Eagle Has Strong And Unbelievable Vision: This vision is so sharp to the extent that it can capture objects 5 kilometers from the air. No matter the obstacle, the eagle focus on its prey and does not back out until the prey is captured. Many obstacle will appear to distract you in life. Stay focused and never allow dissenting views and voices to deter you from your vital goals in life.

3. The Eagle Eats Fresh Prey. Vultures can feed on dead animals but not the eagle. The eagle is so choosy and special that it feeds on fresh prey only. What is the import of this principle to you? Stale information will never do you good. Update yourself regularly with fresh information from reliable sources. Research your subject areas and use it for maximum benefit.

4. The Eagle Gets Excited In The Midst Of Storm. Other animals can run from adversity but not the eagle. The eagle loves gathering cloud. In fact, it thrive best in the midst of storm and winds. How often do you allow opposition to discourage you? Learn from the eagle. Use life’s storm to be better, wiser, greater, wealthier and healthier. Challenges should be your stepping stone to your success and not to your destruction. Jesus Christ went to sleep in the midst of the storm instead of fretting like the disciples. Learn to rest and soar during the time of storm in your life. That is the secret of the eagle.

5. The Eagle Tests Before Trusting. There is a saying that says ‘trust but verify’. I believe it was coined from the principle of the eagle. This principle is peculiar to the female eagle which subject the male eagle to vigorous testing before allowing the male to mate with her. This principle could be applied in our relationship with others especially when we want to enter one kind of agreement or partnership with others. Test the commitment of people before you trust them with your time and resources.

6. The Eagles Prepares For Training: The male and female eagles takes the baby eagle to a mountain top at high altitude to prepare it for the challenge of flying at great heights. When the baby eagle is released, the free fall at first is frightening but the mother eagle soon come to the rescue and the process is repeated again until the baby eagle can fly alone at high altitude in the manner of the parents. Challenges of life are inevitable. It is a training period for higher responsibilities. The better you are at managing your battles in life, the wiser and more responsible you become. Preparation is vital for future success.

7. When The Eagle Feels Weak, And About To Die, He Retires To A Place Far Away In The Dark. The eagle does this to shed old wind and grow new ones. Stress and fatigue is part of life. There is need to learn how to retire to a quite place for periodic retreat and strategic thinking with planning. The freshness gained from such practice improves productivity and quality of life. It also prolongs life. Take time to refresh. It is and indispensable tool for success and longevity.

Do Your Home Work If You Want To Be Rich

2009-06-08T01:34:00.000-07:00

Robert Kiyosaki has written books which has caught my fancy. I had learnt basic financial intelligence from his widely celebrated best-selling title: Rich Dad, Poor Dad.
No. I don’t intend to say much about that book now. This one I want to talk about was released in 2001. I had seen the title on pages of specialized financial publications and heard about it on adverts.
I Eventually Got My Copy
Fortunately for me, I was able to raise the money to buy my personal copy in 2009. The lessons are as fresh as when it was first written in 2001. Think about words like ‘If you want to be rich, don’t go to school’. That is too radical for a juvenile mind to understand. What about this ‘If you want to be rich, do your home work’. Okay, if that one too is radical or difficult to understand what about this too ‘My banker don’t ask for my report card’. Then what does my banker ask for? He also went on to say ‘money does not make you rich’. Ooh! Then what makes one to be rich?
You may not have all the gist in this difficult to resist financial tips goldmine for anyone who desires true and winning financial success.

61 Insights For Your Home Work
These quotes are culled from the book ‘Rich Kid, Smart Kid’ . They will open your eyes to fully discover the secrets to financial success.

1. For the first time in history, many well-educated people are facing the same economic difficulties that less educated are facing.
2. In the industrial age, the rules were go to school, get good grades, find a safe, secure job with benefits, and stay there all your life.
3. In the information age, the rules are go to school, get good grades, find a job and then retrain yourself for that job.
4. To keep up with change, you need to relearn everything every 18 months
5. In the information age.what you learned is important, but not as important as how fast you ran learn, change, and adapt to new information
6. In the Industrial age, the smart kids went on to become doctors and lawyers. They made the big bucks.
7. In the Information age, the people who make the big bucks are the athletes, actor and musicians. Many of the doctors and other professional people are actually making less than they did in the Industrial age.
8. Instead of hoping to find a good job with a big company, more and more students are starting their own business in their dorm rooms.
9. Home schooling is no longer a fringe form of alternative education. Today, the number of kids being educated at home is increasing by 15%.
10. A person does not need to go to college to learn facts. He can learn them from books.
11. Imagination is more important than knowledge
12. Money is an idea
13. Financial intelligence is not about how much money you make, it’s about how much money you keep and how hard that money works for you.
14. Too many people work too hard for money and slowly kill themselves in the process
15. Too many people think about working harder rather than about how to have more fun and enjoy this great gift of life
16. 85% of a person’s success in life is due to ‘skill in human engineering’. The ability to communicate and get along with people is much more important than technical expertise
17. Your true education begins when you leave school
Read On

How To Write An Attractive And Compelling C.V.

2009-05-25T03:14:00.000-07:00

Your C.V. is your sales presentation when hunting for any job you want. The way you package yourself will determine the kind of response you receive from your prospective employers.
Not many people can successfully sell themselves through this medium. Some C.V’s. flying around are so badly packaged that it never impress employers. Those without grammatical errors have nothing to differentiate them from others.
In order to grab the best job you so desire, you must write your C.V. attractively and make it irresistible.
This article is to reveal the secret techniques many job seekers never knew exist. They are not common and very few people could dare to implement the techniques.

Before laying the techniques bare before your eyes, let me bring to your notice what someone wrote about getting any position you want. ‘
He says ‘It is very easy to get any position one wants providing one has eh ability o fill it and make the right sort of approach in applying for the position’.

Now, let us get to business. Here are the winning steps to follow in writing an attractive and job pulling C.V.

1. Decide what position you desire: This is where to start. Edwin C. Barnes decided to become the business partner of Thomas Edison before he work for his company. The opportunity he sought came 5 years after he has worked as a cleaner in the same company. He grabbed that opportunity when it came calling. Thomas Edison promptly made him his sales manager. Decide ahead what kind of position you seek.
2. Accurately grade yourself in the following 17 principles of success:
i. Definite major purpose
ii. Self confidence
iii. Initiative
iv. Habit of saving
v. Imagination
vi. Enthusiasm
vii. Self-Control
viii. Covering Extra Mile
ix. Pleasing Personality
x. Accurate Thinking
xi. Concentration of Effort
xii. Cooperation
xiii. Profiting From Failures
xiv. Tolerance
xv. Golden Rule Application
xvi. Health Habits
xvii. Master Mind Applied

Score yourself marks in %.

3. State your age, nationality, schooling, work experience, email address, GSM number.
4. Send names and addresses of references
5. Write a covering letter stating
i. The C.V. sent
ii. The Position you seek
iii. Ask for opportunity to offer your service free for at least 1 month

6. Neatly type-set the C.V. without grammatical errors
7. Attach a recently taken photograph of yours.

Pitfalls To Avoid
1. Never apply for any position above you personal ability, education, race and experience
2. Do not make the mistake of grading yourself too high
3. Insincerity will kill your effort

Finally, remember that there is always a place for someone who sincerely follow he habit of rendering more service and better than that for which he is paid to do no matter how many depressions may come and go.

How To Get The Job You Want Anywhere You Desire

2009-05-18T02:29:00.000-07:00

How To Get The Job You Want Anywhere You Desire

The global recession has unleashed unto the world a precarious situation of severe job loss. Many young people currently in college are trained to pick up job in areas that matches their skills. The problem is, those who are in jobs are being retrenched by companies to save cost and survive the recession.
The ghost of unemployment is on the high rise. What hope is there for you as a job seeker?

Think Out Of The Box

Is it possible for you to still get any job you want in this seemingly difficult world unemployment situation? Yes. That is why I am writing this piece to open your eyes to creative principles that can land you the job you want.

Warning…………
If you are not ready to do what is unconventional and imaginative, don’t bother to read further. These job hunting techniques I want to reveal to you are not what the job seekers out there are doing. They are proven methods that work at all times if they are faithfully applied.

Get The Job You Want In 8 Simple Steps
Before I go into the proven secrets of getting any job you want, let me relate to you the life story of a young job seeker who used creative methods to get the CEO of his prospective company to want his service so desperately that he was engaged even before going for his national youth service.
This story I want to relate to you was narrated by the CEO of the company. Enjoy it……
‘I met Abdullahi in February 1996. No, I didn’t me him. He wrote me a letter from Kano, which he sent by courier. The letter reads:
Dear Sir,
I have just read the January 1996 edition of your un-put-down-able magazine; and I was most impressed by the practicability and workability of the ideas it espoused, especially those contained in the 6 Great Ideas To Brighten Your life in 1996; Roger Dawson’s You Can Get Anything You Wand and Ziglar Teachers You How To Set Goals to mention but a few.
It was after I was trough with it that I went back to the book I was reading-Enthusiasm Make The Difference By Norman V. Peale-where I read an idea which I believe if put to use by your organization will boost your sales, lead to production of top-flight managers in Nigeria who will better manage the Nigerian economy and also improve our lots.
I am 26-year-old graduate of Economics from Bayero University, Kano. I will be going for service in either late May or early June, so this leaves us with at least about 4 months to test the practicability or otherwise of this idea.
It will cost your organization nothing but a letter of introduction and a few unsold copies of your reputable magazine Success Digest. This idea has worked miracles in the United States of America, and I believe it can also work wonders in Nigeria.
I will give you a sketch of the idea when we meet-if you would give me an appointment to see you, Sir. I could be reached through….
I am presently in Kano, but I’ll be in Lagos in the first week of February 1996.
I patiently await hearing from you.
Kind regards.
Abdullahi Lawore.

That was the master piece written by this smart young Nigerian unemployed graduate. The CEO was so impressed that he promptly reached for the phone and contacted this ‘genius’ Abdullahi. He promptly gave him an appointment to see him in Lagos.
After their meeting in Lagos, the CEO has this to say about the subsequent events…
‘The young man left my office only to turn up with a comprehensive detail of his strategy for selling Success Digest. Again, it was an arresting piece of information he put together. I couldn’t resist the urge to tell him to go ahead to practicalize his dream. That was how Abdullahi Lawore found himself a job.
Should I tell you the end of the story? After this pre-national youth service freelance job placement, the CEO hired Abdullahi after his youth service. No one wants to lose a smart and diligent enterprising go-giver.

How To Get The Job You Want In 8 Simple Steps

1. Self Belief: No one can get any job he desperately desires without proven self belief. Think about the content of the letter the young man used as an example above wrote.
2. Prompt Action: When you have something to offer, act on it promptly. Express your desire and service you wish to offer in a creative and concise way as to make your offer irresistible.
3. Applied Faith: Without faith, you cannot bring to life what is not yet in existence. You want the job you want right? You must believe that you can get it. Imagine yourself doing that job the best way you could.
4. No procrastination: When idea comes to you, the best time to implement it is immediately. Don’t waste time. Contact the authorities you want to work for. Remember that the young man never waited for job vacancy advert before acting on his idea.
5. Go Extra Mile: Do something unusual to create an irresistible impression in your prospective employer. Don’t be afraid to sacrifice some amount to get across to your employer speedily e.g. using courier or speed post.
6. Handle Rejection Carefully: on your way to implementing your ideas, not everybody you contact will accept your proposal. Learn to handle rejection carefully.
7. Focus On Service Before Reward: Concentrate on what you want to offer. Build your interest in the special service you have to offer. The reward will surely follow in droves.
8. Package an attractive C.V. that forces your prospective employer to fall over themselves for your service. This is how to be in control of your job hunting exercise.

I'll be talking on How To Write An Attractive C.V. in the next issue....stay tuned

52 Proven Path To Abundant Success

2009-05-11T02:29:00.000-07:00

Discover The Simplest Steps To Motivate Yourself For Life-Time Achievement

The truth is, many people desire success and achievement but they are soon frustrated by lack of correct and timely information. If you really seek easy steps to life-time riches, here they are in a box…

1 No One Drift To Success. Understand that the person who acts with purpose and a plan attracts opportunities
2 Learn How To Live Your Own Life. Name any highly successful individual you know. You will find out that they are unique in what they do. You have the prerogative over your mind. Exercise it. It is the only unchallengeable right you have.
3 Motivate yourself To Achieve Success. How do you get this done? Develop a burning desire for something you wish to have in order to reach a greater goal. Stop wishing. Decide definitely that you will have it.
4 Budget Your Time And Income. The successful person budgets time, income and expenditures. This skill will empower you to be disciplined.
5 Create Strength Out Of Struggle. Struggle is a clever way through nature compels humanity to develop, expand and progress. Without it, success is unthinkable. Begin to see struggle and difficulty as your opportunity to fully realize your dream.
6 Be Sincere To Yourself And Others. Sincerity is a trait that pays off in self-satisfaction, self-respect and spiritual ability. Others can easily detect your sincere disposition. It will sustain you through difficult periods.
7 Be Hopeful At All Times. Hope is the raw material for building success. It transforms into faith. Faith into determination and determination into action. Hope never make ashamed. It has great powers and possibilities.
8 Cultivate Patience. Patience has been described as the courage to change the things you can, the willingness to accept the things you cannot and the wisdom to know the difference. Patience is a positive force to direct your destiny. The power of patience strengthens you to overcome obstacles.
9 Be Flexible. Flexibility means the ability to bend mentally and physically to adapt one’s self to any circumstances or environment while maintaining self-control and composure. This is the first trait of a pleasing personality.
10 Imbibe Enthusiasm. ‘Enthusiasm is the radio wave by which you transmit your personality to others’. It is more powerful than logic. Know for sure that nothing great is ever achieved without enthusiasm. It is the winning skill to get others to accept you and your point of view.
11 Use Your Personal Magnetism. Here is the secret to influencing others and making friends. You can get people to find it difficult to resist you even on initial contact with this skill. Everybody has a measure of personal magnetism. Learn to use your own profitably.
12 Have Confidence In Yourself. Out there are people who are ever ready to shout you down and kill your dream. Self confidence is the only means to make your subconscious mind to work for you. Remember that your subconscious mind believe everything it is told. Use your subconscious mind to build your self confidence.
13 Strengthen Your Strength Of Humor. Develop a cheerful disposition. It will make you more likable and attractive.
14 Exhibit Creative Showmanship. You can get yourself into the heart of others by simply paying special attention to niceties of courtesy and politeness. You’ll be more appreciated if you appreciate the values of others.
15 Choose Your Goal. About 2 out of every hundred people actually know what they want from life. These are the leaders in every walk of life. They make life pay off on their own terms. Decide precisely what you want, how much of it you want and when you want to have it in possession.
16 Use Your Personal Initiative. Personal initiative is the only cure for procrastination. There is no more destructive human habit than procrastination. Take voluntary action daily towards achieving your goal. This is personal initiative.
17 Get The Job You Want. The best job offered you may not be the one with the highest pay. Always think about the future and what you really want to become when hunting for job.
18 Smartly Get Your Promotion. Though not in the conventional way. A creative way to get unusual promotion is to offer more and better service than is expected of you.
19 Be Resourceful. If you cannot do a task, find someone who can do it so that you still achieve your results. You will be marked out as a good executive material.
20 Lend A Helping Hand. One of the surest ways to achieve your own success is to help others to attain theirs. Almost anyone can contribute to those who are less fortunate.
21 Live Harmoniously With Others. If you can’t get along harmoniously with others, you cannot be successful. Follow peace with all men. Even without it, no man can see the Lord.
22 Let Others Help You Achieve Success. It is certain that success will come more quickly if you learn to use the education, experience, ability and influence of others.
23 Welcome Help From Others. In your time of worry, you cannot think clearly. This is the time to seek the aid of others whose minds are not clouded by fear and worry.
24 Work With Your Team. Cooperation is indispensable in your home, your job and your social life. Learn to induce friendly cooperation from others.
25 Operate Under The Force Of Humility. No. Humility is not a negative virtue. All of humanity’s greatest advances whether spiritual or material has been based on it. No matter what your goal is, humility is a powerful and positive trait you need to achieve personal success.
26 Boost Your Self Esteem. One of the most effective ways to boost your self esteem is to find some persons as models whose achievement you would like to equal or exceed.
27 Wake Up To Meet Your Positive Self. If you aspire to the higher planes of success in life, you should become better acquainted with that great, powerful, positive self who lives in your body.
28 Acquire The Power Of Positive Mental Attitude. Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, your mind can achieve. Learn to positively take possession of the power of your mind and direct it to ends of your own choice.
29 Tell Yourself ‘I Can Do It’. Remember that you cannot stand still. You must move upward towards success or downward toward failure. The choice is yours.
30 Practice The Habit Of Optimism. Optimism develop from good sense of humor, hopefulness, ability to overcome fear, contentment, positive mental attitude, flexibility faith, decisiveness and enthusiasm. Instead of worrying about the bad things that might befall you, spend a few minutes everyday enumerating pleasant events that will happen tomorrow.
31 Control Your Mental Attitude. Your mental attitude can be controlled by a burning desire, close association with people who are positive minded, daily devotion and definite directives.
32 Appreciate The Value Of Positive Thinking. A positive mind attracts opportunities for success while a negative mind repels opportunities and never take advantage of them when they arise.
33 Let Habits Work For You. All of us are ruled by habits. Reorganize your habits and build success habits by concentrating your effort on whatever the desire.
34 Think Accurately. Accurate thinking separates facts from fiction. Facts are also separated into important and unimportant ones. Accurate thinkers know that emotions are not reliable. Accurate thinkers protect themselves through the power of reason and rules of logic.
35 Cultivate Creative Vision. Creative vision reveals new ideas, concepts and plans. It operates through the sixth sense. This is the way to discover new inventions and products. New breakthroughs are impossible without creative vision.
36 Concentrate Your Effort. Most successful people have mastered the skill of concentrating on a single thing at a time, instead of spreading their efforts over many fields.
37 Have An Open Mind. Intolerance is a two edged sword that cuts off opportunities and lines of communication. Open mind helps you to develop vision.
38 Recognize Blessings In Failure. Surely, failure sometimes becomes a blessing. If often opens new doors to opportunity. It also provides firsthand knowledge of the realities of life.
39 Learn From Defeat. There is adversity in life. However, each adversity comes with the seed of equivalent benefit. Defeat bring people under a spirit of humility so that they can acquire wisdom and understanding.
40 Overcome Fear To Reach Your Goal. Fear is an obstacle to success. It is your responsibility to control fear and turn it into useful tool for your success.
41 Discipline Yourself. According to Benjamin Disreali-former British Prime Minister who developed his willpower to its greatest capacity after repeated failures, ‘The secret of success is constancy of purpose’. You should turn on the full powers of your will and take complete control of your life.
42 Stop Making Failure Out Of Your Children. Napoleon Hill’s step mother gave him the best chance to take a shot at responsible living. She created time to build him up in skills he never thought he could acquire. History shows the great success he later achieved. Learn to give your children reputation to live up to irrespective of their mistakes today.
43 Identify The Spiritual Power Of Grief. Sorrow can serve a highly useful spiritual purpose. It can break old, unproductive habit. It is also a medicine for the soul and mind.
44 Look In The Mirror. There is a man who can help you attain your life’s success. You must learn to depend upon him and get acquainted with him. Check him out in the mirror.
45 Never Surrender Your Emotion To Mean People. No one can make you angry or hurt your feelings without your cooperation. If anyone offend you, forgive and put your hurt behind as quickly as possible. Your state of mind is something you can control completely. Never surrender it to intruders who envy you and are determined to get you offended.
46 Use The Unbeatable Master. Faith is the unbeatable master. Choose faith instead of fear. Condition your mind to believe. Put your faith to work. Active faith knows no fear. No self-imposed limitations. With faith, you’ll be mightier than disaster, stronger than failure and more powerful than fear.
47 Give Thanks Everyday. Whatever status of success you may attain, remember that you did not do it alone. Some people contributed to it. Show gratitude to God and those who have helped you one time or the other. By so doing, your personality will become more courtly, dignified and gracious.
48 Close Your Door Against Unpleasant Experiences. Your experiences-good or bad are not important in themselves. What counts is your reaction to those experiences.
49 Be Contented. We brought nothing into this world and it is certain that we can carry nothing out. Be contented with whatever you have while working to attain your desired goal.
50 Not Too Much, Not Too Little. Seek happiness. Success is not all about riches. Money alone cannot bring peace of mind. Strive to be the master of money and not its slave.
51 Take Time To Assess Yourself. Critical and sincere self-analysis is very important. When often neglected, it is possible to derail from your target and be distracted so find time to review your activities and lifestyle.
52 Apply The Golden Rule. Life is a boomerang. What you sow, you shall reap. Be ready always to do to others what you want them to do unto you. Show love and kindness to others. By so doing, you too will get affection from them.

Maintaining Honesty and Integrity by Jim Rohn (excerpted from Cultivating an Unshakable Character)

2009-05-04T01:30:00.001-07:00

What has honesty and integrity got to do with success? In today's world, these are values not often appreciated and it cuts across all shades of life. Government tactically ignore it in burning national and global issues. In the place of work, those who dare to keep these virtues are looked upon as misfit-fools. But here is a reminder to the necessity of these values if you really desire true success. You will make them your inseparable companion. Find what Jim Rohn has to say about this evergreen concept......

For a leader, honesty and integrity are absolutely essential to survival. A lot of business people don't realize how closely they're being watched by their subordinates. Remember when you were a kid in grammar school, how you used to sit there staring at your teacher all day? By the end of the school year, you could do a perfect imitation of all your teacher's mannerisms. You were aware of the slightest nuances in your teacher's voice - all the little clues that distinguished levels of meaning that told you the difference between bluff and "now I mean business".

And you were able to do that after eight or nine months of observation. Suppose you had five or 10 years. Do you think there would have been anything about your teacher you didn't know?

Now fast forward and use that analogy as a manager. Do you think there's anything your people don't know about you right this minute? If you haven't been totally aboveboard and honest with them, do you really think you've gotten away with it? Not too likely. But if you've been led to believe that you've gotten away with it, there might be a good probability that people are afraid of you, and that's a problem in its own right.

But there is another side of this coin. In any organization, people want to believe in their leaders. If you give them reason to trust you, they're not going to go looking for reasons to think otherwise, and they'll be just as perceptive about your positive qualities as they are about the negative ones.

A situation that happened some years ago at a company in the Midwest illustrates this perfectly. The wife of a new employee experienced complications in the delivery of a baby. There was a medical bill of more than $10,000, and the health insurance company didn't want to cover it. The employee hadn't been on the payroll long enough, the pregnancy was a preexisting condition, etc,etc,..

In any case, the employee was desperate. He approached the company CEO and asked him to talk to the insurance people. The CEO agreed, and the next thing the employee knew, the bill was gone and the charges were rescinded.

Then he told some colleagues about the way the CEO had so readily used his influence with the insurance company, they just shook their heads and smiled. The CEO had paid the bill out of his own pocket, and everybody knew it, no matter how quietly it had been done.

Now an act of dishonesty can't be hidden either, and it will instantly undermine the authority of a leader. But an act of integrity and kindness like the example above is just as obvious to all concerned. When you're in a leadership position, you have the choice of how you will be seen, but you will be seen one way or the other, make no mistake about it.

One of the most challenging areas of leadership is your family. Leadership of a family demands even higher standards of honesty and integrity, and the stakes are higher too. You can replace disgruntled employees and start over. You can even get a new job for yourself, if it comes to that. But your family can't be shuffled like a deck of cards. If you haven't noticed, kids are great moral philosophers, especially as they get into adolescence. They're determined to discover and expose any kind of hypocrisy, phoniness, or lack of integrity on the part of authority figures, and if we're parents, that means us. It's frightening how unforgiving kids can be about this, but it really isn't a conscious decision on their part; it's just a necessary phase of growing up.

They're testing everything, especially their parents.

As a person of integrity yourself, you'll find it easy to teach integrity to your kids, and they in turn will find it easy to accept you as a teacher. This is a great opportunity and also a supreme responsibility, because kids simply must be taught to tell the truth: to mean what they say and to say what they mean.

Praise is one of the world's most effective teaching and leadership tools. Criticism and blame, even if deserved, are counterproductive unless all other approaches have failed.

Now for the other side of the equation, we all know people who have gotten ahead as a result of dishonest or unethical behavior. When you're a kid, you might naively think that never happens, but when you get older, you realize that it does. Then you think you've really wised up. But that's not the real end of it. When you get older, you see the long-term consequences of dishonest gain, and you realize that in the end it doesn't pay.

“Hope of dishonest gain is the beginning of loss.’ I don't think that old saying refers to loss of money. I think it actually means loss of self-respect. You can have all the material things in the world, but if you've lost respect for yourself, what do you really have? The only way to ever attain success and enjoy it is to achieve it honestly with pride in what you've done.

This isn't just a sermon, it's very practical advice. Not only can you take it to heart - you can take it to the bank.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

Multiple Skills For The 21st Centurey:Multiple Streams Of Income For Unlimited Wealth

2009-04-23T09:34:00.000-07:00

That was the topic of the lecture I delivered to a selected group of University Students at the campus on the weekend Sunday 19th April, 2009.
The students were highly motivated and desperate to learn about personal development tips and how to be on top of their personal finances.
Their enthusiasm was infectious and that impressed me so much that I asked them to tell me some of their desires. I already knew that every normal human being have desires which they will be ready to do anything legitimate to achieve. Previously, I had learnt that human desires are many and cut across all races and religion. Men are the same every where in terms of what they want in their life time. So in order to practically engage my audience, I put it across to them to say their desires. I pointed at nine people who listed the following desires one after the order……..

1. Success
2. Good Health
3. Serve God
4. Be wealthy or rich
5. Authority/Power
6. To Be Loved
7. To Be secured
8. To own Business
9. To Look beautiful/decent/presentable

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Okay. Enough of that.
What I shared with those group of students who cared enough to devote their evening to learn about financial education and personal development that can empower to start generating life time income right from the campus so that they can attain financial freedom is what you will get in this write up.

So what were they taught in that sensational and unforgettable moment?

13 Top Skills For The 21ST Century
There are skills compatible with the information age. Whatever vocation or profession you may belong, you need multiple skills to survive in the 21st century. Every skill you acquire have a cycle and season. If it is up today, it may be down tomorrow. A good example is the current global meltdown in the stock market.
Once there is no more demand for the service your skill can provide, you stop earning sustainable income from it. That can hut your finance and negatively affect your family. You want to be able to put food on your table so that your wife and children can feed well and live a good life but if your single source of income is blocked what can you do? I don’t wish that for your enemy.
Smart people in the 21st century knows that what they need to bullet-proof themselves from poverty and attain financial security is to acquire multiple skills and earn multiple streams of income.
These 13 Top Skills naturally attract income that could swell your bank account so let’s consider them one after the other………..
Skill 1 Entrepreneural Skill: You need to learn to make money one way or the other. You want to be rich or wealth. Wages can make you comfortable but you only be wealthy when you make profit. The only way to profit is through entrepreneurial vocation. Every profession has its entrepreneurial side. Explore it. It is a vital skill for the 21st century. Learn to create wealth through business enterprise.

Skill 2 Internet Skill: Every top money earners and highly rated professionals in every field are internet savvy. You want to get to the top right? You need to acquire internet skills. You don’t have to know everything but know basic concept of how it works and how you can use it profitably.

Skill 3 Computer Skill: This is closely related to internet skills. Get familiar with basic computing skills. Enroll for a computer training class. It is one of the vital machine you cannot ignore in the 21st century. Learn how to operate the computer by yourself. There is a way you can operate the computer without typing skills if you are scared of taking typing lessons. Money will follow this skill. It is guaranteed. Top companies want people in their organization in specific fields but they must be able to use the computer machine. So empower yourself and make yourself attractive to your prospective employer.

Skill 4 Writing Skill: Can you talk? Then you can write. Put down your thought down on paper. You can do this easily and inexpensively. You can afford to get a pencil and jotter right? So learn to write as if you are talking. That is what I am just doing as I write this article for you to read. It is as if I am talking to you. Are you following? Ok.
Know certainly that some people are right there waiting for you to share your knowledge with them. Writing it down makes it easy for these people to learn from you through your books when you are not physically there. There are software you can use to translate your voice to letters and simple book people can read. It is a time tested skill that generates life time income if you master the skill.

Skill 5 Sales Skill: No one get to use your service if you don’t offer it to them. When you sell successfully, you will make money. When you make money, you can earn profit. On vital skill you must acquire is how to sell yourself successfully through life. Napoleon Hill has done justice to this topic in his book-Think and grow rich. Leave a comment on this post at the comment link if you wish to get a free copy of the powerful, life-changing book.
Skill 6 Budgeting Skill: A vital skill you can certainly not afford to ignore in the 21st century is how to budget your time and money. Determine in advance how you want to spend your money before you get it physically. You can double your income instantly with this skill. You will be empowered to be more productive and highly effective. Most income earners fail in their quest to be financially secure and free because of lack of this skill.

Skill 7 Copy Writing Skill: How do you attract people to beg you for your service or product? It is through persuasive writing skill. Your offer must be compelling and crowd pulling. It must grab the attention of the readers. This is the secret behind the success of newspapers and highly successful publications. It about knowing powerful words that sell and make your offer irresistible. You need to learn this skill. With this singular skill, your clients will keep on asking for more.

Skill 8 Money Management Skill: No matter how much you earn if you don’t know how to manage it, you cannot expect to become rich or wealthy. It is easier to spend money than to manage it. Your attitude to money is vital to your financial success and the only way to attain such lofty height is to learn how to manage money. It is a time tested, proven strategy for creating and building wealth. You should master this skill. It will empower you to generate income for life. I shall elaborate more on this very soon.

Skill 9 Marketing Skill: Getting your prospective clients to know about your service or product and getting it into their subconscious mind until they are consumed with the desire to exchange their money for your service is what marketing is about. People must be exposed to what you have to offer before they can buy it. If they don’t know about it, they won’t buy it. If they don’t buy, you won’t make money.

Skill 10 Public Speaking Skill: Some folks find it very difficult to stand before people to talk. They are scared to hell just because they lack the ‘know how’. If you want to truly make friends and positively influence people, this is a vital skill to acquire. Some doors cannot be opened for you until you acquire this skill. It will connect you with people you never imagined you can meet in your life time. Apart from that, this industry is a multibillion dollar income generating niche.

Skill 11 Organizational Skill: Learn to get people to do certain defined project within a limit of time. This skill will position you for leadership automatically. It is about using the talent and time of others to achieve a target. In your case it could be to make more money.

Skill 12 Farming Skill: Not the type you are thinking about. Simple gardening is the most popular aspect of this skill. What about keeping a backyard poultry or snail raring? This skill puts you in control of the king of food and meat you eat and it is vital for your good health and long life.

Skill 13 Cooking Skill: People like good food. It adds pleasure to life and guarantees satisfaction. There are recipes that keep those who eat licking their fingers while they ask for more. Special recipes once you know them are needed by other people hanging out there. They will be ready to pay you to teach them how you do it so effortlessly to the delight of others.

There you have it. Multiple skills that guarantees you continue to generate a life time income.

I had promised to elaborate on money management skill earlier in this write up. So let us talk about it but succinctly.

7 Money Management Skills Guaranteed To Put You OnThe Path To Wealth

These are the money habits of the rich. You need to adopt it from today to spice up your personal finance.
1. Value It. What is the value of money to you? Do you know that you can get rich on one dollar a day? You can replace that with the currency of your country wherever you might be reading this piece. At the rate of 20% interest, one dollar will be $1million in 32 years. So that one dollar in your hand is a money seed. It is a potential million. Don’t waste it. Value it.
2. Control it. You should be able to determine where your money goes. Do this in advance. Write it down. Get a ledger book for your expenditure so that you can track how you spend your money. You will have information of how usefully you have been spending your money.
3. Save It. Expert advice that you save at least 10% of your profit or wage. Pay yourself first. By saving money, you are laying the foundation for your wealth. The money you save will save you. The money you save must have a purpose. In summary, if you don’t value money, you won’t make the effort to control it. If you don’t control it, you won’t be able to save it. If you can’t save it, there won’t be any surplus to invest. That leads us naturally to the 4th money skill you must acquire.
4. Invest It. There are investment vehicles you can use to multiply money. Stock market investment and real estate guarantees a life time of passive income. Learn to invest. This is what you should use your savings for.
5. Make It. This is the entrepreneurial side of money. This is the path to regular income and profit. With wage, you earn income but with making money, you can generate profit.
6. Shield It. The rich set up corporation to protect their wealth. You should think about that after you had successfully reach step 5.
7. Share It. Bill Gates foundation is currently sharing his life time wealth with poor African Countries to fight polio virus and malaria scourge. This is how to put wealth to work. Use it to empower others and add value to their lives. Make them live comfortably through humanitarian services. Bill Gates has estimated that for the next 100 years, he will keep on spending money without having to work for money again. He earn $3million per day.

Yes. There is it. The hidden money management skills you had always wanted to know. I hope you’ll give yourself the chance to profit from this life-changing information. Take ACTION and take practical steps to implement them personally.

Success Secrets Of The Great

2009-04-17T05:14:00.000-07:00

What makes the great become so powerful? Enormous success power is not born with anyone. It is a skill acquired through life. You too can set yourself on the springboard of success used by the great of all ages. Here are the tips in simple A,B,C, form.

Abhor Failure
If you want to succeed , you must start well. What you do from the word go will determine to a larger extent what will happen to you. I mean whether you will succeed or not.
You must abhor failure if you want to succeed in life. Failure is very friendly. It is very, very easy to fail. It costs you nothing to fail. What I’m saying is that you must hate failure. Make it your enemy and you will be making a good start.

Be Yourself
You are a unique being that’s why you are different from others. That is why you bear a name peculiar to you. You have talents and gifts which God the creator has given you to excel so make sure you know yourself. Some people call that one self discovery.

Create Something
Yes! Folk, you can create something unique and peculiar. You can create a business opportunity, a good, a service, a model or any other thing you could imagine. You have the innate power. As a student, you can create a formula like Philip Emeagwali; as an entrepreneur, you can create a fast selling magazine like SunnyOjeagbase(Success Digest). Create something to give to others and success will be trailing after you.

Desire Success

As a man thinks in his heart so he is. If you desire to succeed, you shall succeed. You cannot have anything except you first desire it. Napoleon Hill spoke about it, Sunny Obazu repeated it. W.F. Kumuyi spoke about it in 4Ds of success. Great men who have succeeded in their vocations mentioned it. As simple as eating food is, you do not do it except you first desire it.

Enlist With Successful People
You cannot do what you want alone. You cannot achieve greatness in isolation. What you need is in the hands of other people. If you are a student, join the group of brilliant students in your class who knows better than you do. If you are an entrepreneur, join business groups which meet your standard. You will gain a lot from others and make life long contacts.

Frugality Is A Must
Be a good money spender and keeper. Waste no money. Money makes wealth but both of them are shy. If you know how not to waste money; if you know how to manage money; if you know how to handle money, you are on your way to success and wealth acquisition.

Gratitude
Learn to say thank you to God for your life everyday. Thank Him for the gifts He has endowed you with which money cannot buy. I mean good health and the ability to do what you are doing now. Learn to thank those who have helped you before, those who are helping you now and those whose favour you anticipate in the nearest future. This matters a lot.

Hone Your Skills
Do you know how to read? Continue to improve on it. Do you know how to sing? Improve yourself daily. Do you know how to communicate effectively? Go after better communication skills. If you know how to teach, make sure you are getting better on the job. Do not be discouraged. Keep on moving. Keep on growing in it and success shall be following after you.

Industry Is Vital
Success can never come near a lazy man or woman. If you are a time waster you cannot succeed. An hour wasted on unprofitable or unproductive activities is an hour far from success. Work steadily, work consistently, work with enthusiasm, work with dignity. You shall soon get there. The world shall soon celebrate you.

Just Do It
Whatever your hands find to do, do it with all your might. Do not be ashamed of any legitimate work that can earn you income. Continue working with diligence and that will be your stepping stone to greater heights.

Kindly Say No
You will have occasion to say no to irrelevant things in your life. Do not shy away from the truth. Kindly say no when it is necessary. Proposals that negate your dream and life goals shall be presented to you. Friend, learn to say No.

Love At All Times
Life will be empty without love. It is the essence of giving. It is demonstrated by giving what you have to others. It may be a service or product. It may even be your time, money or counsel. When you give to others, nature will set circumstances in motion to reward you for your benevolence.
Jesus Christ gave His life to save man from sin. He became the most talked about personality over the ages. Napoleon Hill gave “think and grow rich “ to the world; his legacy keep on enduring changing men’s life daily.

Mean What You Say
The words of your mouth will play a major , significant tangible role in your success in life. Be a man of you words. Be firm to say yes when you mean to say so and say No when you mean it. What I’m saying is that you must be honest and trustworthy. People do not like those who deceive them. Be predictable. Have integrity! In other words, let your yes be yes and your No be No.

Never Doubt Your Ability
If you do not have faith in your ability, you cannot go far. Believe in God and believe in yourself too. An unstable man cannot receive anything good from God. You can do that thing you have been dreaming about. It does not matter how long it might take you to achieve it. Stay connected! Stay motivated! Stay believing! You are able. David conquered big Goliath in the Bible. You can overcome your failures too. Have faith in God. Try that idea and you shall make it.

One Step At A Time
Do not rush things in life. Move step-wisely and with compact organizational ability. Do not be in haste. Take one step at a time. By so doing you shall prolong your life and conserve a lot of energy for future exploit.

Persistence Will Help You
Is there any uncompleted project being undertaken by you? Is there any goal you are yet to accomplish? Is there any product you have not succeeded at launching? Is there any subject you are yet to fully understand as a student? Don’t give up! Keep on working. Continue to read and study until you make it. You might need to double your effort or solicit for more assistance. You might need to engage the service of another person better than you. Move forward. Don’t be discouraged by the temporary setback. You shall have the desired breakthrough and excellent success if you are persistent.

Questions Surely Lead To Breakthrough
He who ask shall receive. If you cultivate the habit of asking questions, you are on your way to unlimited success. Ask questions! It might be your torchlight to stardom. How can I improve on my performance: how can I get what I want; who can bail me out of my predicament; who will buy my products; who can I assist? These are powerful questions that can change your life’s fortune.

Remain Focused
Never be distracted. Do not be moved by people who does not share your vision. Leave them where they are and march forward. They will surely celebrate your success with you when you eventually get there.

Stay Refreshed
Life is full of battles, pressures and it’s twin sister called anxiety. You can be free from these great giants and killers by making the Holy Bible your companion. It contains great messages that will keep you refreshed, relaxed, rejuvenated and reinvigorated. Do not neglect this book of books. It is the root of success and dominion for millions of achievers the world over.

Trust In The Lord
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. You cannot do anything without Him. Always look up to Him for help. He can make a great difference when other things fail. Remember that those who trust in God shall be like mount Zion that cannot be moved but abide forever.

Use Your Opportunity
Never refuse any opportunity that comes your way to showcase your talent, skill, gifts or service. Do not withhold your service from those who need it. As you help others, you are sowing seeds that will grow into a great tree of success.

Vengeance Is Ruinous
Has anybody offended you? Please forgive! Don’t take it to heart. Make your mind known to the person as quickly as possible and forge about it. Don’t avenge yourself. Let God fight for you. The path of vengeance might be too rough for you. It will surely affect your health, depress you, distract you, demobilize you and even elevate your blood pressure. It will be disastrous if you allow the ghost of your offender to hunt you. Keep calm, cool and peaceful.

Wait On The Lord
God has a divine plan for your life. He has timed the events of your life. His time is never too late. He will give you good things of life in His own time. He surely makes all things beautiful in His time. Don’t forget that they that wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount with wings like eagles.

X-Ray Yourself
The x-ray reveals things that are hidden. Regularly check up on yourself. What is your attitude to life, people, relationships, friendship, partnership or commeradeship. Is it positive or negative? Is it cordial? Is it benefiting? Is it encouraging? Think about these things and make correction where necessary.

You can’t Beat God Giving
Hmm! Do you want to prosper in life? Do you want riches and God’s favour, do you want open doors in the midst of closed doors, do you want to achieve your goals with jet speed? Give to God. This you can do in tithes and offerings. Special occasions will arise when you’ll need to demonstrate your love for God. Give and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down and shaken together shall men add to your bossom.

Zion Is A Place To Dwell
Mount Zion typifies a place where people meet with God. It might be in the church, special retreats, seminars or revival meetings. Do not neglect these programs. They are powerful avenues to making it big in life.

Reaping a Multiple Reward by Jim Rohn

2009-04-14T01:27:00.000-07:00

For every disciplined effort, there are multiple rewards. That's one of life's great arrangements. In fact, it's an extension of the Biblical law that says that if you sow well, you will reap well.

Here's a unique part of the Law of Sowing and Reaping. Not only does it suggest that we'll all reap what we've sown, it also suggests that we'll reap much more. Life is full of laws that both govern and explain behaviors, but this may well be the major law we need to understand: for every disciplined effort, there are multiple rewards.

What a concept! If you render unique service, your reward will be multiplied. If you're fair and honest and patient with others, your reward will be multiplied. If you give more than you expect to receive, your reward is more than you expect. But remember: the key word here, as you might well imagine, is discipline.

Everything of value requires care, attention, and discipline. Our thoughts require discipline. We must consistently determine our inner boundaries and our codes of conduct, or our thoughts will be confused. And if our thoughts are confused, we will become hopelessly lost in the maze of life. Confused thoughts produce confused results.

Remember the law: "For every disciplined effort, there are multiple rewards." Learn the discipline of writing a card or a letter to a friend. Learn the discipline of paying your bills on time, arriving to appointments on time, or using your time more effectively. Learn the discipline of paying attention, or paying your taxes or paying yourself. Learn the discipline of having regular meetings with your associates, or your spouse, or your child, or your parent. Learn the discipline of learning all you can learn, of teaching all you can teach, of reading all you can read.

For each discipline, multiple rewards. For each book, new knowledge. For each success, new ambition. For each challenge, new understanding. For each failure, new determination. Life is like that. Even the bad experiences of life provide their own special contribution. But a word of caution here for those who neglect the need for care and attention to life's disciplines: everything has its price. Everything affects everything else. Neglect discipline, and there will be a price to pay. All things of value can be taken for granted with the passing of time.

That's what we call the Law of Familiarity. Without the discipline of paying constant, daily attention, we take things for granted. Be serious. Life's not a practice session.

If you're often inclined to toss your clothes onto the chair rather than hanging them in the closet, be careful. It could suggest a lack of discipline. And remember, a lack of discipline in the small areas of life can cost you heavily in the more important areas of life. You cannot clean up your company until you learn the discipline of cleaning your own garage. You cannot be impatient with your children and be patient with your distributors or your employees. You cannot inspire others to sell more when that goal is inconsistent with your own conduct. You cannot admonish others to read good books when you don't have a library card.

Think about your life at this moment. What areas need attention right now? Perhaps you've had a disagreement with someone you love or someone who loves you, and your anger won't allow you to speak to that person. Wouldn't this be an ideal time to examine your need for a new discipline? Perhaps you're on the brink of giving up, or starting over, or starting out. And the only missing ingredient to your incredible success story in the future is a new and self-imposed discipline that will make you try harder and work more intensely than you ever thought you could.

The most valuable form of discipline is the one that you impose upon yourself. Don't wait for things to deteriorate so drastically that someone else must impose discipline in your life. Wouldn't that be tragic? How could you possibly explain the fact that someone else thought more of you than you thought of yourself? That they forced you to get up early and get out into the marketplace when you would have been content to let success go to someone else who cared more about themselves.

Your life, my life, the life of each one of us is going to serve as either a warning or an example. A warning of the consequences of neglect, self-pity, lack of direction and ambition... or an example of talent put to use, of discipline self-imposed, and of objectives clearly perceived and intensely pursued.

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

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The Power Of Contentment

2009-04-06T00:47:00.000-07:00

Virutues are to be acquired and imbibed in our lives so that we can achieve our goals and live happily. You can set goals, take step to implement them and even succeed at it but if one virtue that I will reveal to you shortly is missing, there is no guarantee that your success will be permanent.
Contentment is a golden virtue that guarantees success.

Someone once said that the inventory of the richest man in the world who lived in happiness at that time include the following:

1. Happiness through helping others

2. Sound health by temperate living

3. Love and respect for manking

4. Engaging in labour of love

5. Daily prayers not for riches but for more wisdom

6. Speaking no guile of anyone.

7. Sharing blessings with those who desire them

8. Being in good terms with conscience

9. Freedom from greed

10. Working in concert with natures' laws

As I ponder over these virtues, I see contentment written all over it. In the bible, we read in 1 Timothy 6 verse 7 that 'we brought nothing into this world and it is certain that we can carry nothing out'. Living in contentment means accepting your present situation and living happily in it while looking forward to better days ahead.

The power of contentment will work for you when you seek not what is not yours. You want to work hard to merit your own blessings and wealth. The power of contentment makes you to stay in good and sound health so you can live long to enjoy the fruits of your labour. This is a vital key to success. Use it for maximum profit.

7 Proven Secrets Of Success

2009-03-27T04:56:00.003-07:00

Success have many definitions. Some attribute it to achieving a set objective. Others think success is about how broad your financial asset is. Better view of success is on how many people you have influenced positively or helped to reach maximum self-actualization.
There is an uncommon area about success which you must be familiar with. 7 top secrets of real success shall be examined.

1. Series Of Unexpected Problems: The real secret of success must have an element of unexpected problems. When Joseph had a dream of becoming great, he never expected that along the way, he would be framed up. Those who are successful in life face several unexpected problems. When you start something new, you will experience turbulence. Your desire for success will attract difficulties you never imagined. Your will must be tested. The Wright brothers were arrested and imprisoned as lunatics when they declared their breakthrough about ‘flying machines’. Know for sure that when you start toward a new goal or project, you will make mistakes which will cost time, money and emotion. Mistakes help you to develop the knowledge, skills and character needed to succeed. Problems, reversals and temporary failure are unavoidable path you must transit on your way to success. Nelson Mandela never expected to be imprisoned for 25 years when the anti-apartheid struggle began. He developed sound character and powerful temperament which contributed to his being elected South Africa’s president and now a celebrated world leader. If you want real success, expect unexpected problems.

2. Understand How To Respond Effectively To Problems And Learn To Unlock Your Mental Powers: You are an emotional being. When problem comes, they either overwhelm you completely or build you up. Your response to problems your face on the way to life’s success is absolutely in your hands. You cannot predict the events but you can control your response. You are responsible. One of your winning strategies when problems come your way is to be strong. Never get angry, lash out or blame others for your problems. Such attribute end up making you depressed and irrational. Your ability to respond effectively to problems as they come is a critical part of the equation. Understand that strong people prepare ahead by expecting problems on their way to success. Weak people are dismayed and shocked when problems come. Here are few strategies to help you respond effectively to problems:
1.. See Yourself as a problem solver.
2. Remember that you will get a greater opportunity to solve bigger problems by solving the one at hand
3. Decide to be big. Big people solve big problems. Little people solve little problems.
4. Develop Great confidence in yourself. Confident people are those who have effectively dealt with the greatest number of problems, large and small in their fields

3. Calm Down And Think In Terms Of Solution: Here is the next consideration for real success. You should be able to resolve in advance that you will remain calm no matter what happens to you. Preprogram yourself mentally to deal with problems calmly. Being calm empowers you to be in control and more objective. Thinking in terms of solution means you are ready to take necessary action to immediately control any damage , minimize risk or go ahead whatever the cost. Remember that Jesus Christ face the cross with utmost calmness. He never argued with his accusers and persecutors. He was maltreated and seriously beaten but said nothing evil against His captors and executors. The kind of success He enjoyed thereafter is phenomenal and unprecedented in history.

4. Clarify Situation Of Things: This strategy will ensure that you stay focused on your goal. A very easy way to clarify situation of things when you encounter problems is to ask questions. What exactly is the problem? Double check your facts. Sometimes, the solution to a problem may be hidden in the problem itself. Your problem may be an opportunity in disguise. The imprisonment of Joseph in the bible connected him with the king servants who later recommended him as a problem solver. Prior to that time, he had settled in his heart the fact that he committed no crime to warrant the ill-treatment and injustice done to him. He had confidence and was strong. You will be in better control of situation when you clarify issues and have all the facts.

5. Express Yourself In Positive Language: The use of positive language is very vital for your success. ‘A man shall eat good by the fruits of his mouth.’ When you express positive words in hard times, you are only laying the foundation for sure success. Positive words have the power to unlock hidden potentials and bring about extraordinary results. Instead of saying problems, a popular counselor advised that you use the word ‘challenge’ instead. You can also use ‘opportunity’. This will enable you to have positive emotion for psychological balance. Your language is a seed. Your results in dependent on your confession.

6. Stay On Course: Do you know that problems come to distract you from reaching your destination? If you chicken out, you will never count among the successful people in your field. You need to persist through the inevitable setbacks, detours and turbulence until your arrive at your destination. It if your job to learn to navigate through the difficulties with calmness, clarity and complete self confidence.

7. Spend Sometime Alone: Being alone empowers you to develop your innate potential and discover your real self. It is the time you have the opportunity to draw out your hidden qualities. It is the only time you may have to reflect on your situation, review past events and project into the future. Great determination is on of the direct benefit of setting time apart to be alone. By so doing, your success will be guaranteed. These are the real secrets of success.

6 Great Skills To Improve Your Life

2009-03-16T01:04:00.000-07:00

Old skills and teachings cannot sustain you in the new millenium. It is unfortunate that some folks still hang on to the old skills they acquired long time ago. The truth is that we are no longer in the industrial age. We are now in the information age. The new millenium demand new skills. You must find a means of acquiring skills that will improve your life in the new millenium and make you relevant to the system and above all put money in your pocket.
I have found 6 proven skills guaranteed to make you better and your life fulfilling.
Here are they in the words of Jim Rohn:

I believe that in the 21st Century it is so important to have multiple skills. But what I also find is that if you are already in sales, network marketing or have an entrepreneurial business (or plan to in the future); you can gain the needed skills for the future while you create your income now.
Here's my short list for on the job training, so that you can learn while you earn.

1) SALES
I began my journey with sales, which of course dynamically changed my life back at age 25. The first year I multiplied my income by five. I was raised in farm country. I knew how to milk cows, but it didn't pay well. But sales altered the course of my life, learning to present a valid product in the marketplace, talk about its virtues and get somebody to say "yes." And then give them good service.

2) RECRUITING
Then came recruiting, how to expand my business, build an organization. We have all heard the question, is it better to have one person selling a $1000 or have 100 people selling $10? If you ask me, I'll take the 100 at $10. Recruiting, the ability to multiply your efforts, once mastered, is one of life and leadership's greatest time management resources.

3) ORGANIZING
Then I learned organizing. Keeping your own schedule can be difficult at times, but now you are having to balance multiple tasks and people to get maximum results. But you will find that the payoff is massive once you have tapped into the synergy and momentum of group dynamics and teamwork.

4) PROMOTION
Next is promotion. First it's the spring campaign and then the fall campaign, and then it's this month's objective's campaign. You never know when it's going to click for someone to want or need to buy from you or be a part of what you are doing, so having the offer or the special or the contest going when they're ready can make all the difference.

5) RECOGNITION
Then it's the recognition. Some people work harder for recognition than they do for money. It's the chance to belong. Getting people to do something that ordinarily on their own, they wouldn't think of doing. They could, but they don't think of it. You come along with a little promotion for this month or this quarter and everything changes for them, and I found that paid big money.

6) COMMUNICATION
Then I learned communication. How to do the training, how to do the teaching, and probably the greatest gift of all is learning how to inspire with words. Inspire people to see themselves better than they are; all of those gifts, all of those skills. Being the voice that tells them they have made a wise decision and here's why.

Now, I believe with just this little short list I've given you, you'll be equipped. We've all watched what has happened the last 15 years. The guy had one skill - the company downsizes. His division is eliminated and since he only had one skill, now he is vulnerable. He's wandering around saying, "Oh my, the last few years I should have taken some classes that would have taught me a couple of more things and I wouldn't be here in this vulnerable position."
So my admonition -- learn some multiple skills, or should we say, back-up skills for the 21st Century and no better place to learn them than in what your already doing now.

6 Ways To Plan For Your Life

2009-03-05T08:48:00.001-08:00

My mentor have a way of communicating with me irrespective of the distance between us. In one of his recent message to me, he reminded me of why i need the power of planning to attain my desired success. What are the necessity for planning? How can one go about it? What is the usefulness of plans. How does it relate to my life purpose? By the time i was through with the tips and secrets of planning, i have become a better individual with new insight and power.

I want to share with you in this post some of the insights i got from the less talked about secrets of amazing success. Enjoy.

'All good things in life are upstream, but the natural flow of life is that downward, negative pull. To combat that downward pull, you need a plan, a map to help you reach your desired destination.
As we all know, our results are only as good as our plan. My mentor, Mr. Earl Schoaff, taught me that it's not what happens that determines the major part of our future, because what happens, happens to us all. Instead, he taught me that the key is what we do about it. If we start the process of change by developing a plan, doing something different in this next year than we did the previous year, it won't matter how small those efforts start. Start doing different things with the same set of circumstances - the ones we've always had and cannot change - and see what miracles occur. If we start the miracle process and change ourselves, then everything changes. And here's what is interesting, the difference between success and failure is so subtle. Let me explain by giving you my definitions of failure and success. Here it is: Failure is a few Errors in judgment repeated every day. The man says, "Well I didn't walk around the block today and it didn't kill me, so it must be okay." No, no, it is that kind of error in judgment that after six years has him out of breath and panting as he walks from his car to his office. You can't make those kinds of mistakes; it will end up costing you.
Now, here is my definition of success: A few simple Disciplines practiced every day. Do you see the distinction? A few disciplines... Here's a little phrase we've all heard, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." And my question to you is, "What if that's true?" How simple and easy is that plan?
The fact is, when you look at successful people, you will almost always discover a plan behind their success. They know what they want, they work out a plan that will get them where they want to go, and they work their plan. It is the foundation for success. We as humans have the unique ability to affect change in our lives; it is through our own conscious choice when we engage in the miracle process of personal development that we are able to transform our nature and our lives.
So, what are some good ideas on developing a plan that will work well and take you to the finish line powerfully and in style? Here are some major points to keep in mind:

1. Develop the Plan for You. S
ome people are very detail-oriented and they will be able to follow an intricate plan closely. Others are a little more "free-wheeling" and not really "detail" people. That is okay too. In all the years of my speaking to audiences worldwide, people have asked the question, "what plan is the right plan?" And my answer, the plan that fits you. Your plan, the one you develop that is unique to you and for you. You see, each of us is unique and motivated by different factors and you've got to develop one that is right for you and fits you. Some plans will not be as intricate as others but we all must have a plan, along with goals in that plan, to move us along the program. If you are a free spirit type, don't tell yourself you are going to spend 2 hours a day with a book and tapes and journal. It probably won't happen and you will get discouraged! Whatever your personality, your strengths and your weaknesses, develop the plan around them! This is not a one-plan-fits-all proposition.

2. Establish Times to Spend Working on the Material.
It may be every Sunday night. It may be 20 minutes each morning. It may be in the car listening to the CDs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Whatever it is, set the times and do it. In your step-by-step plan, put down points that you can accomplish every week. They should be specific and achievable. Develop the discipline and take those steps every day, which will move you closer to your goals and where you want to be.

3. Keep a Journal. Take notes.
It may be on paper, it may be on a micro-recorder. Mr. Schoaff taught me not to trust my memory, but to write it down, to find one place to gather the information that affects change. And that advice has served me well all these years. Record the ideas and inspiration that will carry you from where you are to where you want to be. Take notes on the ideas that impact you most. Put down your thoughts and ideas. Brainstorm with yourself on where you are going and what you want to do. Record your dreams and ambitions. Your journals are a gathering place for all the valuable information that you will find. If you are serious about becoming wealthy, powerful, sophisticated, healthy, influential, cultured, unique, if you come across something important write it down. Two people will listen to the same material and different ideas will come to each one. Use the information you gather and record it for further reflection, for future debate and for weighing the value that it is to you.

4. Reflect. Create time for reflection --
A time to go back over, to study again the things you've learned and the things you've done each day. I call it "running the tapes again" so that the day locks firmly in your memory so that it serves as a tool. As you go through the material in this plan, you will want to spend time reflecting on its significance for you. Regularly set aside time - here are some good guidelines for times to reflect: At the end of the day. Take a few minutes at the end of each day and go back over the day - who'd you talk to, who'd you see, what did they say, what happened and how'd you feel, what went on. A day is the piece of the mosaic of your life. Next, take a few hours at the end of the week to reflect on the week's activities - I would suggest at least one half-hour. Also during that weekly time, take a few minutes to reflect on how this material should be applied to your life and circumstances. Take a half day at the end of the month and a weekend at the end of the year so that you've got it so that it never disappears, to ensure that the past is even more valuable and will serve your future well.

5. Set Goals. Remember that your plan is the roadmap for how you are going to get to your goals, so you have to have them. Of all the things that changed my life for the better (and most quickly), it was learning how to set goals. Mastering this unique process can have a powerful affect on your life too. I remember shortly after I met Mr. Shoaff, he asked me if I had a list of my goals, and of course I didn't. He suggested to me that because I lacked a set of clearly defined goals that he could guess my bank balance within a few hundred dollars... and he did! Well, Mr. Shoaff immediately began helping me define my view of the future, my dreams. He taught me to set goals because it is the greatest influence on a person's future and the greatest force that will pull a person in the direction that they want to go. But the future must be planned, well designed to exert a force that pulls you towards the promise of what can be.

6. Act. Act on your plan. What separates the successful from the unsuccessful so many times is that the successful simply do it. They take action, they aren't necessarily smarter than others; they just work the plan. And the time to act is when the emotion is strong. Because if you don't, here's what happens - it's called the law of diminishing intent. We intend to act when the idea strikes us, when the emotion is high, but if we delay and we don't translate that into action fairly soon, the intention starts to diminish, diminish and a month from now it's cold and a year from now it can't be found. So set up the discipline when the idea is strong, clear and powerful - that's the time to work the plan. Otherwise the emotion is wasted unless you capture the emotion and put it into disciplined activities and translate it into equity. And here's what is interesting: all disciplines affect each other; everything affects everything. That's why the smallest action is important -- because the value and benefits that you receive from that one little action will inspire you to do the next one and the next one... So step out and take action on your plan because if the plan is good, then the results can be miraculous.'

How To Exclusively Manage Your Time And Double Your Income

2009-02-27T08:34:00.000-08:00

One of the factors that distinguish between the rich and poor, the leader and the follower, the masses and the wealthy is effective use of time. To become great in life, you will need to learn how to effectively manage your time for high productivity personally or professionally.
Just by effectively managing your time, you can achieve your goals faster and double your income if you are in business.
Here in this article, i bring to you time management tips from experts who have mastered effective use of time. Here we go as i invite Brian Tracy, Denis Waitely, Vic Johnson and Jim Rohn to give share their time tested, proven time management tricks....

From Brian Tracy:

I always give the principle of: Begin the day by "Eating That Frog." It basically says that if the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog, then you will have the satisfaction of knowing it is probably the worst thing that is going to happen to you all day long. And your "live frog" is your most important task. Now there's two corollaries to that. The first one is if you have two frogs to eat, eat the ugliest one first and the second corollary to that is if you have to eat a frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it too long.
So the key to high performance is to plan every day the night before, in advance, and set priorities for it. And then say, "If I can only complete one task on this list before I was to be called out of town for a month, which one task would it be?" And whatever that is, it becomes your frog and the next morning discipline yourself to start in on that task, the most important thing on your list, and do only that until it is complete.
If you can develop that habit, you can double and triple your productivity, you'll take full control of your life, you'll eventually become wealthy, and the personal feeling of pride, accomplishment, discipline and achievement you get will be absolutely extraordinary. It is one of the most important of all lessons to learn, and one of the hardest things to implement if anybody has tried to do it.

From Denis Waitley:
Stop watching in prime time and start living in prime time. Prime time is 7-11 p.m. EST, when all of America is watching other people making money and having fun in their professions. So if you want to watch other people making money, having fun in their professions, which gets their ratings up so they make more money, go ahead and do things that are tension relieving, instead of goal achieving. But if you truly want to live YOUR life in prime time, then write in prime time, have intimacy in prime time, talk with your children in prime time, live and do in prime time instead of unhooking and engaging in tension relieving activities. Every book I've written has been written 7-11 p.m. weekly and on Saturdays. And why? Because I am earning money the rest of the time, and I don't have time to write a book except in prime time.
So stop watching and use the television set as an appliance. It has doors on it. Close the doors and use it like an iron. When you need to iron your clothes, bring out the TV set.

From Jim Rohn:
Regarding the television, I knew a guy who wasn't doing too well and he wanted some advice from me. I knew he had a television set and knew he watched a lot of television, so I asked, "How much did that television cost you?"
He said, "About $400."
I said, "No, you're mistaken."
He said, "No, this television set cost me $400."
I said, "Well, that's to buy it. To watch it, I am sure it is costing you about $40,000 a year to watch."
He finally got the message and he called his brother-in-law, who had a pickup, and he and his brother-in-law hauled his television out of the house. His brother-in-law did say, "Well, you can just shut it off."
And he said, "No, for now I don't trust myself, Jim Rohn is right. I'm not going to let this television set cost me $40,000 a year anymore."

From Vic Johnson:
My biggest tip would be in an area in which I struggle a lot. About 15 years ago, I heard someone say to never handle the items in your inbox more than one time. So I adopted that for email. Now I get over 300 emails every day, even though I have all kinds of filters, some of them going to other people, etc. My biggest challenge is to touch that email only one time. Either I forward the email, I return the email and delete it or drag it to a folder for action by someone else or delete it. If you continue to have to go back and revisit that email over and over trying to make a decision, that's time -- that's wasted time -- plus it's on your mind until you get rid of it. So if you are in a profession and you handle a lot of emails and you're still getting a lot of items in your inbox, only touch them one time.
Jim Rohn
www.jimrohn.com

How To Have More And Become More

2009-02-22T23:44:00.000-08:00

The present situation of yours may be undesirable. You can do something about it. You can become better and wiser. There is a miracle in developing yourself. According to Jim Rohn, you can have more than you've got and become more than you are. Let's find out more about this.
'One day Mr. Shoaff said, "Jim, if you want to be wealthy and happy, learn this lesson well: Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job."

Since that time I've been working on my own personal development. And I must admit that this has been the most challenging assignment of all. This business of personal development lasts a lifetime.

You see, what you become is far more important than what you get. The important question to ask on the job is not, "What am I getting?" Instead, you should ask, "What am I becoming?" Getting and becoming are like Siamese twins: What you become directly influences what you get. Think of it this way: Most of what you have today you have attracted by becoming the person you are today.

I've also found that income rarely exceeds personal development. Sometimes income takes a lucky jump, but unless you learn to handle the responsibilities that come with it, it will usually shrink back to the amount you can handle.

If someone hands you a million dollars, you'd better hurry up and become a millionaire. A very rich man once said, "If you took all the money in the world and divided it equally among everybody, it would soon be back in the same pockets it was before."

It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development

So here's the great axiom of life:

--TO HAVE MORE THAN YOU'VE GOT, BECOME MORE THAN YOU ARE--

This is where you should focus most of your attention. Otherwise, you just might have to contend with the axiom of not changing, which is:

--UNLESS YOU CHANGE HOW YOU ARE, YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE WHAT YOU'VE GOT--'

To Your Success,
Jim Rohn

For more on Jim Rohn's best articles, go to www.jimrohn.com

Keys To Finding Your Genius

2009-02-02T02:36:00.000-08:00

There is a genius in everyone but the sad thing is that most people never know or understand this home truth. In this post, you will enjoy the ageless wisdom of Jim Rohn, a personal development coach and America's most successful inspirational speaker.
Enjoy it.

'Change Your Beliefs. It is up to you to do the work of changing your beliefs. And when you do you will be opening up new worlds - literally! Win the thought battle, which will help you keep negative beliefs out and positive beliefs and thoughts in. Feed your mind with information that will change your belief. But also ask yourself if you are doing that with belief. The truth is that you have an amazing mind with a capacity for learning that is beyond your comprehension. You must believe this. And when you do, you will be unlocking the potential of your mind!

Get the Right Knowledge. Words--if they are not true--are meaningless. I hear children say, "I read it in a book." But is it true? Just because someone says it or writes it, doesn't mean it is true. As learners, we want to get the right knowledge, not just information or opinions. It is our job to seek out information and knowledge and then test it and run it through our minds to see if it is true, and if it can be rightfully applied to our lives in order to make them better and help us succeed. We need to weigh and measure what we learn in order to gain the right knowledge. And when we do, we will be unlocking the potential of our mind!

Become Passionate about Learning. This will take some work, but the only way to do it is to begin learning about things that have an immediate impact in your life. When you learn about a new financial concept that helps you earn money or get out of debt, that will get you fired up. When you learn about a way to communicate that helps you sell more product, that will energize you. When you learn about how to interact with your family in a healthy way and your relationships get better, that will inspire you! Become passionate about learning. And when you do, you will be unlocking the potential of your mind!

Discipline Yourself Through the Hard Work of Study. Learning will take work. Until someone comes up with modules that can plug into your mind and give you instant access to knowledge, you are on your own, and that takes work. The process of learning is a long one. Yes, we can speed it up, but it is still a process of reading, listening, reviewing, repetition, applying the knowledge, experiencing the outcomes, readjusting, etc. Simply put, that takes time. Slowly but surely, when you discipline yourself, you gain knowledge and learn. And when you do, you will be unlocking the potential of your mind!

Learning is possible, no matter what your age. You are never too young or too old. Your mind was created to learn and has a huge capacity to do so. This week, make a commitment to unlock the potential of your mind!'

Jim Rohn

How To Identify And Use The Mysterious Rule That Affects Everything You Do

2009-01-19T00:27:00.000-08:00

I know you will be wondering what I’m up to in this article. What I have for you cost one man many years to discover through painstaking research. In fact, after making the discovery, he did not keep it to himself. He recognized the power of the secret in all the activities of man and nations including the economy of the world. The universal application of this mysterious rule motivated him to share it with the world. Since then, those who have been fortunate to know about the rule have applied it to their lives with tremendous positive results.

This Secret Covers Every Aspect Of Your Life

It does not matter what category of human endeavour you belong now. Just as the rule affect a student, it also affects a banker. It governs the activities of an accountant. It does not leave out a businessman. It rules all that the husband does at home. It does not leave out the wife.
If you like to call this rule the essential tool for personal success. It could be called the power to be your best. It is a Vital Tip For Effective Living. Those who are priviledged to know this principle has had their situation changed from grass to grace. Nonentities had been turned into celebrities by simple awareness and application of this rule. You can apply it to profitably manage your finance. You can use it to maximize profits in your investment. You need to do away with trivial things and focus on essential things at every stage of your life.

The Pareto Principle And Your Life

Pareto was the man who discovered the mysterious rule I promised to share with you. The rule is called the 80/20 rule. It explains that 80% of all human activities is responsible for 20% of the outcome. 20% of all human activities is also responsible for 80% of the outcome. Let me explain better. 80% of your knowledge is derived from 20% of the books you read. You only get 20% knowledge from the remaining 80%. This is to say that out of every ten books you read, you learn most from just two of them. You can therefore significantly increase your knowledge base by identifying these 2 books and concentrate more on them to get maximum benefit.
As a businessman, 80% of your profit is derived from 20% of your customers. Among 10 customers you have, 80% of your sales is from 2 of them. These 2 are your loyal customers. They will patronize you no matter what. If you concentrate on keeping them and making them satisfied at all times, they can help you grow your business.
You can use the Pareto principle to effectively manage your time. 20 percent of your daily activities give you 80% of satisfaction and good results. Just identify those activities and focus on them.

How To Benefit From This Rule

Once you identify the activities that give you the best results, focus on them and give them priority in your life. If reading and writing gives you the best result and satisfaction in your daily activities, focus on them and develop your skills in these areas. You will grow to become a highly influential author, writer and leader. The power of focus will open the door for you and enable you to make great discoveries sometimes extraordinary.
Think about this again. 20% of your activities give you 80% of your results and reward.

How To Apply The 80/20 Rule To Everything

Vilfredo Pareto who discovered this principle in 1895 noticed that people in the society seemed to divide naturally into the ‘vital’ few and ‘trivial’ many. The vital few represents the top 20% in terms of money and influence and the trivial many represents the bottom 80%.
The average person procrastinate on the most valuable and important tasks. They busy themselves instead with the least important things that contribute little to results. I hope you are not like those who appear to be busy but achieve little results. You may have observed that the most valuable tasks you want to do each day are often the most difficult and complex. The joy is that they yield the highest pay off and reward.
Before you begin any work, determine if it is in the top 20% o the bottom 80%.
Here are simple steps to follow in order to apply the 80/20 rule to your life:

(1) Resist The Temptation To Do Small Things First: don’t forget that whatever you choose to do over and over again eventually becomes your habit. Habits are very difficult to break. If you start your day on trivial things, you will eventually develop the habit of starting and working on low value tasks. The results you get from that ends up in the 80% below average reward. Get started on the most important tasks daily and you will be motivated to do more by the time you start seeing the great reward.

(2) Think About Starting And Finishing Your Daily Task Before Hand: You get enough motivation by just thinking about starting and finishing an important task. The motivation you get empowers you to overcome procrastination. The valuable reward you get subsequently from your effort makes you feel satisfied and happy.

(3) Manage Your Time Well: Time management is life management. It is also personal management. Managing your time well gives you absolute control over events and life’s circumstances. You control what you do next. The key determinant factor of your success in life and work is your ability to choose between important and unimportant tasks.

(4) Discipline Yourself To Start On Important Tasks: The place of discipline cannot be ruled out in your quest to applying the 80/20 rule in everything you do. Effective and productive people usually discipline themselves to start on the most important task before them. They force themselves to get the task done first whatever it is. They therefore accomplish more than the average person. They are also more complacent and happier. Adopt this as your way of working.

To Your Success,

Benard Solomon

How To Become A Superior Thinker And Predict Your Future

2009-01-12T00:18:00.000-08:00

‘For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy one of Israel, I returning and rest shall ye be saved: in quietness and I confidence shall be your strength and ye would not’
(Is. 30:15)

Not thinking is responsible for most people’s failure. Many had abandoned their goals because they cannot think. If you cannot think, you cannot plan. If you cannot plan, you cannot succeed. Thinking generates great ideas. Ideas rule the world. If you want to be great and highly successful, you must renounce mental laziness and think.

Can you mention anything good in this modern, information age that did not come to being through thinking? Henry Ford was a great thinker. He gave the world moving machines popularly called automobiles today against all odds. The Wright brothers were great thinkers. They gave the world flying machines- the airplane despite the resistance and persecution they had to endure. Thinkers see beyond the present.
Bill Gates is a great thinker. He left medical school as a result of superior thinking. He was what all the professors in the medical school and science could not see in the seventies. He followed his idea about the future of the computer. What is the result of that? The information age. The PC is a common machine today in homes and offices. Without his superior thinking, such could not have been possible. His superior thinking has not only made him successful, it has made him the richest in the world since he was forty.
The more you are able to think, the better your life becomes. You change your lifestyle. You generate extraordinary ideas and get uncommon results. You suddenly become visible. People begin to see you as someone who can solve their problems.
Okay, this is my question to you. Do you think? If you are not thinking, you will be an under achiever. This write up is to make available to you simple steps you can take in order to start thinking instantly.

4 Great Steps To Powerful Thinking

Here are the four powerful steps to take today so you can start thinking your way to superior performance and extra ordinary achievement.
(1) Create A Quiet Place

(2) Create A Conducive Time

(3) Concentrate Your Thoughts

(4) Convert Your Ideas Into Implementable Action

Create A Quiet Place

This is very difficult for most people. You may find it easier to stay among people talking the whole day. Let me tell you the truth. You are wasting your life. Do everything possible to create a place where you can be alone daily and periodically. Once you identify the place, your subconscious mind will begin to work on you to take the next step.

Create A Conducive Time

Just creating a place will not get you there. You must find a time when you can be alone and be at ease with yourself. This time should be your best time of the day. While for some it is during the day, for others, it is at night. Set this time to be the time you concentrate mostly on anything you are doing.

Concentrate Your Thought

You will need a writing material to do this. I have never seen a tool as cheap and readily available as the common pencil and paper.
Write your thought down on pending issues during your time of concentration. The thoughts and ideas you generate become tangible. More stimulation will come to your mind to generate ways of bringing the ideas to pass.

Convert Your Ideas Into Implementable Action

The world will not know about the ideas you have if no step is taken to actualize it. Turn your ideas into simple plan and turn your plan into action. Do it one step at a time. This is how to become a superior thinker and predict your own future.

3 Vital Attributes Of A Superior Thinker

You could either be a superior thinker or an inferior thinker. A superior thinker gets great ideas and results. The opposite is the case for an inferior thinker. A superior thinker ends up being a philosopher whose postulations affect the present and future.
Let us consider the following Factors and how they contribute to superior thinking.

Consider The Consequence

A superior thinker thinks about the consequences of doing or not doing something. He is able to think accurately of the consequences of his actions.
Your actions and inactions matter. They are responsible for the results you get in any given circumstance. Better decisions are taken when you give due consideration to the anticipated results of your actions.

Think Long Term

Dr. Edward Banfield of Harvard University carried out a research for more than 50 years. In his conclusions, he remarked that ‘long term’ perspective is the most accurate single predictor of upward social and economic mobility in America. He reasoned that long term perspective turns out to be more important than family background, education, race, intelligence, connections or virtually any other factor in determining your success in life.
One impact of time horizon on your behaviour and choice is phenomenal. Take a long view of your life and career and you will make much better decision about your use of time and the activities you engage in. You will be ahead of other people who give very little thought to the future.

Have A Clear Future Orientation

Long-term thinking improves short-term decision-making. Successful people often have a clear future orientation. They know where they want to be. They know where they are going. They know why they are doing what they do. They think five, ten, and twenty years ahead into the future. Careful analysis of their choices and behaviour is their past time. They make sure that what they do in the present is consistent with the future they desire.
Brian Tracy gives a lucid explanation of the benefit of long-term thinking. Here him:
‘In your work, having a clear idea of what is really important to you in the long term makes it much easier for you to make better decisions about your priorities in the short term. By definition, something that is important has long-term potential consequences. Something that is unimportant has few or no long-term potential, beneficial consequences. Before starting on anything, you should always ask yourself, what are the potential consequences of doing or not doing those tasks’.
Future Intent Influences And Often Determines Present Actions
‘The clearer you are about your future intentions, the greater influence that clarity will have on what you do in the moment. With a long term vision, you are much more capable of evaluating an activity in the present and to ensure that it is consistent with where you truly want to end up.’

How To Change Your Thinking And Unlock Your Full Potential

2009-01-05T00:15:00.000-08:00

You have full responsibility for your life. The way you think play a major, significant role on whatever you become in life. Greatness is an offshoot of how you think. So is under-achievement and failure. As a man thinks in his heart so is he. Do you know that the way you think and feel about yourself including your belief and expectations about what is possible for you determines everything you do and everything that happens to you? Do you know that when you change the quality of your thinking you can change the quality of your life?
There is one thing I know you have complete and absolute control over in the universe. That is your thinking. You are the only one who decide what you are going to think in any given situation. Your thought have powerful influence on your feelings whether positive or negative. All your actions spring from your thoughts and feeling which in turn determines the result and reward you get.

Get More Power Through Positive Thinking
You will have more power and influence if you learn to think positively against all odds. Positive thoughts enhance your life. It empowers you and make you feel stronger and more confident. Positive thinking have measurable constructive effects on your personality, your health, levels of energy and creativity. Happiness is a by-product of positive thinking. The more positive and optimistic you are, the happier you will be in every area of your life.

Get Negative Thoughts Out Of Your Mind
For you to stay positive always, you must get negative thoughts out of your mind as fast as possible. Negative thoughts bring opposite results to positive thinking. It dis-empowers you and make you feel weaker and less confident.
Negative thoughts take your power away whenever you think or say something negative.
Negative thoughts make you angry and defensive. You feel frustrated and unhappy. With time, negative thinking can make you physically ill and poison your relationships.

See the damage negative thinking does to you in summary.
(1) It renders you powerless
(2) It makes you angry and defensive
(3) You feel frustrated and unhappy
(4) It makes you physically ill
(5) It poisons your relationship

Do you see that list? Those 5 powerful effects of negative thinking can shorten your life.
You now have the responsibility to eliminate negative thinking from your mind permanently. Brian Tracy says ‘ the elimination of negative emotions is the most important single step you can take toward health, happiness and personal well-being.’

Decide To Choose Positive Thoughts TodayUse the law of substitution to eliminate negative thinking from your mind and replace them with positive thinking. The law of substitution says ‘ your mind can hold only one thought at a time- positive or negative’. You can substitute a positive thought for a negative thought whenever you choose. You can apply the law by deliberately thinking about something positive whenever you want to cancel out a thought or feeling that makes you angry or unhappy. Remember that your thought and feeling determine your actions which in turn form your habit. The law of habit says ‘ any thought or action that you repeat over and over will eventually become a new habit’.
Thinking and responding repeatedly in a positive way helps you to take control over your conscious mind. Very soon, it becomes automatic and easy to think and act in that manner. Your will power is developed as a result of that singular process. You can go ahead to develop new habits of thinking and acting in a positive way.

You Can Starve Your Negative Emotions To Death
If you think you cannot do away with negative thinking, perish the thought. The secret I want you to know is that all negative thoughts have been learned. You started learning them in your childhood. When you were born, you had none of them. In short, you can unlearn them just as you initially learned them. What has been learned can be unlearned. You will be amazed how quickly you can do away with negative thoughts once you decide on it right now. A great expert on success says ‘ you can learn any habit or skill that you consider to be either desirable or necessary. You can learn positive constructive ways of thinking about people, money, health and other things to cancel out negative ideas that limit your potential and interfere with your success’.
Another secret you should discover about negative ideas is that they are based on false premises. A new information will surely change such perception and make you change your thinking in an instant’.
Negative emotion cannot survive without your cooperation. You can starve your negative thinking by the application of the law of emotion. The law states that ; a stronger emotion will dominate and override a weaker emotion and whichever emotion you concentrate on grow and become stronger’. Any emotion you dwell upon for a long time eventually dominate your thinking.
Withdraw your emotion, anger and attention from the person or thing that makes you sad and watch the negative thought give way. This technique will work wonders for you. It is a promise. Try it.

Decision-Proven Magic Key To Success

2008-10-24T03:09:00.000-07:00

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Why do so many people fail perpetually and end their lives in frustration? What is the common enemy which every man must practically conquer? What is the quickest path to set feet on the pedestal of fortune and fame?
Several years ago, an analysis of over 25,000 men who had experienced failure was conducted in the U.S. In that prolonged study, it was discovered that lack of decision was the major reason responsible for their failure. In this one life you have, it is expedient for you to acquire the skill of taking prompt decisions on every area of your life. Your decisions should be timely, profitable and life enhancing. You need to build your capacity to take definite decisions so you can effortlessly overcome procrastination-the chief cause of under-achievement and failure.
The ability to take prompt decisions which are rarely changed will empower you to make fortunes beyond your wildest imagination. Such is the experience of hundreds of people who had accumulated fortunes well beyond the million dollar mark.
Widely recognized Internet personalities like Jimmy D. Brown, Yanik Silver, Jim Rohn, Robert Kiyosaki and others to numerous to be mentioned speak glowingly of the successes they had recorded and the fortunes they had created for themselves and others over the years through the power of decisions.
Jim Rohn told a story about his former associates who kept wondering how he became so rich and successful within a short space of 5 years. He took a decision to be rich. He learned money management skills and how to run successful businesses. They refused to change their own ways and remained in the valley of indecision as regards those subject matter. While he became so rich and highly respected 5 years later, those former associates of his remained poor, frustrated and miserable.
Taking prompt decision exert great impact on you it changes your level and rating among others. It moves you forward and makes you fulfilled years after sowing the seed.
Here are other vital points you need to consider as you make effort to positively apply the teachings of this article:
(1) Majority of people who fail to succeed are generally easily influenced by the opinion of others

(2) Opinions are the cheapest commodity on earth

(3) If you are influenced by other people’s opinions. You will not succeed in any undertaking

(4) Keep your own counsel by reaching your own decisions and following them

(5) Take no one into confidence except your frustrated associates

(6) Thousands of men and women carry inferiority complexes with them all through life, because some well meaning but ignorant person destroyed their confidence through ‘opinion’ or ridicule

(7) Don’t disclose your purpose if you need facts or information from other people to enable you reach decisions.

(8) Keep your eyes and ears wide open and your mouth closed if you wish to acquire the habit of prompt decision

(9) Understand that genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence

(10) Remember that if you talk about your plans too frequently you may be surprised when you learn that some other people has beaten you to your goal

It is now your duty to start taking decisions that will improve your life and make it count.

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Specialized Knowledge-The Ultimate Magic Key To Success

2008-10-16T07:58:00.000-07:00

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Have you ever asked yourself why so many professors in our universities earn average income and end up with little money while some others who never pass through the wall of the Universities end up creating fortunes for themselves and others thus becoming really rich with great capacity to employ more professors to work for them? What is the difference between general knowledge and specialized knowledge? Why do millions of people misconstrue knowledge for power? Is knowledge really power? Are you uneducated because you had little schooling?

There are millions of young folks making waves on the cyber space and in the real world today with dazzling skills never known to most university students and graduates. What makes the difference is specialized knowledge. It is the ultimate magic key to success.

Bill Gates left the university to seek after specialized knowledge in personal computers and software application. His ideas were strange to the academia. Few years after, he created a thriving business from that idea and specialized knowledge to make the world a better place to live.

Oprah Winfrey is the richest black woman in business. She is highly specialized in participatory and broadcast journalism-a talk show model never thought at the conventional school.

Li Ka Shing was a former Chinese refugee who was forced to drop out of high school. Several years later, he became ‘Asia’s most powerful man’ with about $23 billion in personal fortune. The secret of his success? He leveraged on his specialized knowledge of plastic business and production.

Millions of people think that ‘knowledge is power’ but that is not so. It is only potential power. Knowledge becomes power when it is organized into definite plans of action to achieve a predetermined goal.

If you want to succeed in anything at all, you must seek specialized knowledge in that area. For example, knowledge will not attract money unless it is organized and intelligently directed through practical plans of action to the definite end of accumulating money.

How To Get Specialized Knowledge

You need to understand that schooling is not the same as being educated. You should take personal responsibility for your education. To become educated is to develop from within. According to Napoleon Hill, ‘an educated man is not necessarily someone with abundant general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so develop the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent without violating the right of others.

With a lot of self discipline, you can develop yourself to achieve any goal you set for yourself through specialized knowledge cheaply through correspondence courses and night schools. There are currently thousands of courses on the internet for serious minded individuals who may wish to change their career, earn more money or improve themselves for optimum performance.

Vital Steps To Organizing Your Knowledge

The knowledge you acquire must be organized and put into use for a definite purpose through practical plans to give you great value for your effort.

Before taking a particular course for instance, determine the reason why you want to take the course and decide where you want to take it.

Understand that knowledge-acquiring period never ends when you finish school. Learn to develop your learning curve as Jim Rohn puts it. Keep it higher and higher over time. You will smoke out wiser, better, richer and healthier.

Vitamins For The Mind In Consideration Of Specialized Knowledge

(1) Anything acquired without effort and without cost is generally unappreciated and often discredited

(2) Specialized knowledge plus imagination are ingredients of successful enterprise

(3) Specialized knowledge plus planned presentation can accelerate your promotion beyond expectation

(4) Specialized knowledge is the key to prepare you for personal service sales plan that creates fortune

(5) Knowledge paves the road to riches when you know which road to take.

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How To Develop Winning Money Management Skills

2008-08-18T10:24:00.000-07:00

Is it true that more money will yield more fortune? Not certain. The life stories and habits of the wealthy doesn't support the popular believe that the more you earn, the rosier your life will become. If money were to create life fortunes, lottery winners could have remained very rich years after hitting the big buck. What about great boxers whose fortunes has suddenly nose-dived? Hollywood celebrities of yesteryear are currently living in abject penury as a result of lack of money management skills. You surely don't wish to remain in the rat race all your life.
Robert G. Allen in his book multiple streams of income emphasize on the need to acquire good money management habits as the wealthy people do so that you can become wealthy and financially free. Your money habits will determine your financial future. Your money habit is the key factor to your character money- wise and your financial destiny. You will continue to experience long term lack and financial short comings as long as you remain unlearned in the skills of profitable money management.
Now back to Robert Allen. His book spoke much about what you should do with the money you earn during your working years...

6 Profitable Ways To Effectively Manage Your Hard Earned Money
Throughout Your Working Years So That You Can Gracefully Retire To Enjoy...
Money Habit 1: Value and Control It
The very first skill you must acquire is to value the money you earn. The money in your hand is likened to a seed. That seed could germinate and grow several money trees that will yield durable fruits in the future.
Do you know that the single dollar in your hand is a potential one million dollars? You call that an exaggeration? Okay listen to this. Recently an analysis was done in the United States to know the actual value of a dollar several years ago as compared with its current value at the New York exchange. That one dollar was estimated to be more than $1 million. The money was put in instruments that overgrew inflation over the years.
You can now see why you must not undermine the value of that naira in your hand?
To practically achieve this goal, you must as a matter of urgency get acquainted with how you spend every dollar you earn.
Strive to know more about your personal account. Categorize your expenditure outlets and spend your income in that order. Have a record of your personal finance in a durable book.
I learnt this lesson very early enough when I started my working career. I quickly bought a hard cover ledger book where I record my money spending habits to keep track of how my income is being spent over the years. The mere knowledge of how I spend my salary in the last 5 years has opened my eyes to several other things like the determination to take my financial future out of the hands of Government. I feel a kind of confidence and measure of power of that knowledge which has helped me to acquire financial discipline. I now know the true meaning of asset and liability.
Anything you spend your money on without the prospect of making more money is a liability. Period!
Money Habit 2: Save It
This one is not new to most civil servants. They know how to do this very well. Nevertheless, I must point your attention to how to do it for maximum benefit. Your savings should be a tangible percentage of your salary. Financial experts suggest you save up to 10% of your income and if you can do better than that, good for you.
One thing you must however work against is to allow your savings to be eaten up by inflation.
Your goal should not be only to save but to ensure that your savings is not left at the mercy of inflation. Keeping devalued money is not worth the effort.
You should adopt the principle of saving sufficient amount capable of sustaining you and your family for 3 months even if you are not paid your salary. The left over should be channeled to the next money management habit...
Money Habit 3: Invest It
This is what most income earners never know how to do well. Some out -rightly avoid it for fear of losing their hard earned money and yet what they did not know is lacking is the right information on how to be smart investors.
I have taken it upon myself to speak to some senior civil servants on this matter; what I discovered left much to be desired. Some who invested put their monies on enterprise that will keep them enslaved after retirement. When are you going to enjoy your life if you still continue the same way you worked for Government after retirement? Your strength diminishes with old age so you must learn to invest your money in money instruments that has the potential to multiply the money while you rest.
Robbert Kiyosaki an American financial expert spoke extensively on the 7 levels of investors that I will share with you briefly to further sensitize and empower you to put your financial destiny in your hands.
Level 0
These people have no money to invest. They either spend everything they make or spend more than they make. There are many 'rich' people who would fall into this category. Unfortunately this zero level is where about 50% of the adult population would be categorized.
Level 1: Borrowers
These people solve financial problems by borrowing money. Often they even invest with borrowed money. Their idea of financial planning is robbing Peter to pay Paul. They live their financial lives with their head in the sand like an ostrich hoping and praying that everything will work out. While they may have a few assets, the reality is that their level of debt is simply too high. For the most part, they are not conscious about money and their spending habits.
Level 2: Savers
These people put aside a 'small amount of money usually in a regular basis'. The money is in a lower risk, low return vehicle such as a money market checking account, savings account or certificate of deposit.
They often save to consume rather than to invest ( e.g. they save for a new T.V., car, vacation etc). they believe in paying in cash, they like the security of money in the bank.
Level 3: Investors
There are 3 different types of investors in this group. This level of investor is aware of the need to invest. Generally they are intelligent people who have a solid education. They make up what we call the middle class. However when it comes to investing, they are often not educated....
Level 4: Long Term Investors
These investors are clearly aware of the need to invest. They are actively involved in their own investment decisions. They invest in their education before actually buying any investment.
If you are not yet a long-term investor, get yourself there as fast as you can. This means that you sit down and map out a plan. Get control of your spending habits. Minimize your debts liabilities. Live within your means and then increase your means.
Level 5: Sophisticated Investors
These investors can 'afford' to seek more aggressive or risky investment strategies because they have good money habits, a solid foundation of money and also investment savvy. They are focused, not usually diversified. They often buy investment wholesale rather than retail. They are well educated in the world of investing and actively seek new information.
Level 6: Capitalists
Few people in the world reach this level of investment excellence. In America, less than one person in a hundred is a true capitalist. A capitalist's purpose is to make money by synergistically orchestrating other people's money, other people's talents and other people's time. It is the capitalist that provide the money that create the jobs, the business, and the goods that make a country prosper. These are the Kennedys, Rockyfellers, Fords, J. Paul Gattys etc.
There you have it; my menu on the 7 levels of investors. Read it over and over again to know where you belong and how you can improve on your money habits. Let's now continue with money habit skills....
Money Habit 4: Make It
Making money is entirely different from investing it. This is the entrepreneurial side of money. If you are not an entrepreneur yet, learn to become one. Everyone will need to create multiple streams of income in the future. The truth is no matter what profession you belong, the present world economy does not favour a monolithic career in a single life time. The crave for downsizing and re-engineering or reform globally by government and private establishments necessitate that you retrain yourself and acquire more money making, marketable skills.
Opportunities abound in computer communication technology for whosoever cares to improve his family financial fortune. You must learn the skills of being your own boss, even if you are working for a solid corporation and plan on retiring there. The world is just too insecure to make long term plan with one company.
You can make money from what you are good at. Get on purpose. Do what you love and the money will follow.
Money Habit 5: Shield It
Making money is one set of skills. Keeping it is another. As you work toward your financial goals, you will need to learn how to preserve the wealth you are creating.
You must learn how to get your homes, cars and business entities out of sight through corporations, trusts and family partnerships to build a financial fortress around your assets. Do not create problems for your wife and children after your death. Make sure they do not fall prey to greedy relations who went to reap where they did not sow.
Money Habit 6: Share It
This is the last money management skill I will share with you. Remember the story of Harvard University which was rated the best in the world. Most of its facilities are not from the American Government but from wealthy Americans. You multiply what you have now through giving. The more you give, the more you too continue to receive. It is better to give than to receive.
Be a consistent giver. Pay your tithe regularly and consistently. Identify the needy around you and show them mercy. Remember that the ultimate purpose of having money is to help others.
Dear friend, here again is the summary of money management skills that will guarantee you a financially free future:
(1) value it
(2) save it
(3) invest it
(4) make it
(5) shield it
(6) share it
These are proven, timeless principles for personal wealth creation and financial freedom. You may decide not to apply these principles if you have inherited a fortune from your parents. If you however want to be a self-made individual, that is the way to go. You owe it to yourself to live a comfortable life with peace of mind.

Concentration-The Magic Key To Success

2008-08-18T04:46:00.000-07:00

Success is like a mystery to most folks living on this planet. It is very disturbing to the untutored why some should have everything life offers while others live in abject dissatisfaction and underachievement. You may find yourself in this group of the frustrated. The magical secret to success is what I want to reveal to you in this article so that you too can understand the quiet and powerful tool the super successful have been using to climb the ladder of great achievement. You don’t need to be extraordinary and super to apply this key. Ordinary people like you have used it to achieve extraordinary results. Think about new invention or trend. Think about any new discovery. Think about any new cloth in vogue. Think about any new method of solving a nagging medical problem. Think about any new way to doing things to achieve greater and faster result. This magic key is the secret behind them all. Anyone who will may apply it usefully to transform his life and fortune. This magic key will unlock the door to unbelievable riches. It will unlock the door to fortune and fame. It is very easy to use this magic key to unlock the door to physical health and well being.
This magic key unlocks the door to education and unleash your hidden potential. It is your gateway to any position you may ever think of or imagine in life. This magic key will make you powerful just as it has done to brave men and women who applied it in the ages past. Marie Curie applied it and won the Nobel Prize twice- one in Physics and another in Chemistry.
If you are a messenger presently in a very low position and desire to become great in life and be in a better position, this magic key will help you to achieve that goal. Napoleon Hill used that key. He became a most celebrated author of Think and Grow Rich. His life was transformed from that of an ordinary errand journalist to a super human being who got the attention of political leaders of his age. His ideas still continues to transform the lives of countless people who desire riches and want to run businesses of their own. Bill Gates used this magic and became the world’s richest man at 40. Warren Buffet used this magic key and became the richest investor of all ages. Think about it. What could have been responsible for the widely acknowledged success of Donald Trump in real estate business but for this magic key. All these people accumulated vast fortunes and wealth.
This magic key cuts across all facet of human life. It will unlock the prison doors and turn hardened criminals into agent of change and dependable human beings. This magic key turns misery into happiness.
The question now is what could this magic key be?
This magic key is Concentration. It is a 13 lettered word. Very simple but powerful. It has a tremendous power that transforms life like a tornado in action. Concentration I’m talking about here means your ability to fix your attention on a particular thing you want to achieve and thoroughly familiarize yourself with that subject until you have mastered the nitty-gritty of the matter and move ahead to achieve your goal. You say no to any form of distraction whatever the sacrifice may be. Think and Grow Rich is a world’s best seller today. Very few people are there who know that it took Napoleon Hill 25 years to discover the principles espoused in that life-changing book.
Concentration in your ability to do away with destructive habits and build new ones guaranteed to make your life better. Concentration helps you to achieve complete self mastery. You attain a high level of discipline, have great power to control your thoughts and direct them to a definite purpose in life.

How To Automatically Condition Yourself To Acquire The Power Of Concentration
You need to vital supplementary keys to automatically condition yourself to attain the power of concentration.
The first principle is ambition. You need to be ambitious before you can use the power of concentration. Living aimlessly in life will keep you at the low ladder of success. You will remain a nobody and people will continue to look down on you. That is certainly not the kind of life you want to live. You want your life to count. You want to be a source of blessing to others. You want to have everything you want in life and be comfortable. You want to move to the next level in your career. You don’t want to remain uneducated. Have ambition. Aspire to be great. Take steps to improve yourself then attaining the power of concentration will not be difficult for you.

The second principle is desire. Desire is a chief factor and foundation for any successful enterprise in life. It is like a fuel that drives your car. It is the stimulant that awakes your imagination. Desire starts any good thing you can think of in life. When you combine desire with ambition, you are ready to automatically condition yourself to attain the power of concentration. That is it for you. The magic key of concentration works. Rise up and start to use it to improve your life and future.

To Your Success
Benard Solomon