Wednesday, November 25, 2009

WHO ARE YOU?: Defining moments in life

One of the most fundamental questions that men have asked over the ages is the question of self-recognition,relevance and significance.  Often you would hear : Who am I? Why am I here on earth? or What the Earth am I doing here?  These seemingly funny questions are those you should be able to provide an answer to by now...if you have been following this blog.  In a short statement you should be able to clearly tell somebody what you are all about, your assignment, your purpose and projects you've embarked on to carry these out. 

Giving an answer to the question of who are you?  is one of the defining moments in a man's life because it would henceforth determine what you do, who are your friends, what activities you indulge and generally your life path changes according to the defined adventures you've set for yourself.  It is very important that you decide to on your dominant definate goals.  You really need to have a sense of destiny.  You should be going somewhere, a miracle going somewhere to happen!

Who you are has alot to do with your goals, vision and purpose for life.  You should be doing something daily that is leading you to your destiny, to your desired future.  Who you are could be seen from your speech,dressing,walk,talk and choice of friends.  If you are an eagle you would stop hanging out with chickens, because your destiny is not to be pecking food from the ground but to be soaring in the skies to limitless lands beyond the sight of the ordinary man!

Come friends, get a life! Get something that drives your day, get something that makes you wake up in the morning and shout " God is good!".  Get goals, pick up your forgotten dreams, they are real!  I believe in your dream!  Listen friends, if God gave you that dream, be sure He will keep His part and deliver it to you...yeah, yeah...you might be going through the fire right now...but know that gold goes through the fire to be refined,purified and bring out it's real beauty!  You are a gold and you don't even know it!...You are blessed beyond expression and you don't even know it!...You are destined,configured and delivered to this Earth for success in all frontiers of life and you...don't...even...know...it!

It would be an utterly disgraceful thing if you fail to deliver the future!  How can I know who I am?  Thanks for asking that question.  The following are simple steps I recommend you follow and you'll be on your way to discovering the awesome individual that you are:

1) To know the purpose of a thing ask the manufacturer--God. So pray and ask God...He will tell you.  Most of the time He has already built into you ques to who you are. They can be found in your natural talents and dispositions, things that you can do easily.

2) Get a mentor.  Who do you admire in the business world? Who do you want to be like?  Who is that individual of great success that you dream to be like?  Make them your mentors by studying their biographies,listening to their tapes and books.

3) Pursue self-developement seminars and programmes.  Knowledge is the vital ingredient to self-discovery,so to discover who you are, attend motivational seminars, get tapes of reknown speakers,teachers and motivational speakers.  You can't avoid this on the path of discovering who you are.

4) Take Action!  This is the most vital part of self-discovery. You need to put into practise all the things you've been learning from your mentors,seminars and books because a statistic shows that we learn better when we practicalize what we learnt, they sink deeper into our subconscious mind when we act on what we know.  Remember that it isnot what you know that matters but what you do with what you know that counts.

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Recommended Reading : Success Is Who You Are (Sam Adeyemi), Make That Move (Abiodun Mabadeje), Understanding Your Potential, In Pursuit Of Purpose (Myles Munroe), Seven Things To Get To Your Future (John Obuku)

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

WINNERS NEVER QUIT & QUITTERS NEVER WIN!

This is one of the most motivating words we have heard throuhgout history and how true these words are!  I have come to know that life gives to the persistent man what he wants.  You'll never make any significant impact without having the winner's mentality!  Yeah, there is a mentality for the winner and the same is true for the looser!  What are the projects that you have been pursuing and have relented due to obstacles on your way?

The act of winning is one that the individual has to settle in his heart that he has gotten the victory already, that failure is not an option.  Disreali said "everything comes if only a man will wait,I've brought myself by long meditation to the conviction that human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it and nothing can resist a human being who even stakes his existence for it's fulfilment".  The winner has a believing attitude while losers have the doubting attitude-they question their abilities to succeed in life.

Don't quit!...it might just be that last blow that would finally crack the nut of your success.  Don't quit!...It might just be that final dig that would expose the oil well you've been looking for all your life.  Don't quit because persevering is the only route to success!  You only get to your success by hanging on, holding on and keeping on!  Don't accept failure because you are destined for success!

On the road to success you'll find people and things that would distract and discourage you but know this, the fact that you are facing opposition is proof that you will succeed!  Get like-minds that have dreams, follow people that are going somewhere, know that God is determined to fulfill your destiny.  Afterall He's the giver of that destiny! You didn't create yourself, he formed you and custom-made you for your assignment. Know that your assignment is geographical and to a particular set of people.

Know this, you are unstoppable!  You are the best for your assignment! Nobody else can fulfill it better than you!  You are a solution to a problem that's why God located you where you are! Winston Churchill was called to a make a very important speech in an event he stood up said "never never never give up" and went back to his sit--that was one of his greatest speeches.

Keep holding on and never give up, you will succeed!

Recommended Reading: Winners Never Quit,Quitters Never Win! (Robert H. Schuller)

CREATIVE NEW YEAR RESOLUTION!

As the  new year draws closer, one thing constantly impresses my heart-- What are my goals for next year? What are my new year resolutions? How would I go about creatively making and acting on them? Because I have come to know that many people make resolutions on 1st January and by 31st January they've abandoned completely their resolutions for that year.  This I feel is very tragic.

So friends, how do we go about organizing ourselves and planning effectively for the new year?  Because you can be efficient in drawing out a plan but ineffective in its execution; efficient is doing things right while effective is doing the right thingsMy major definative goal for next year is to be efficient and effective about my new year resolutions and creatively execute them.

Now I have designed a simple plan to executive my goals for next year (because new year resolutions are actually goals for the year), and it goes thus:

1) Write out all my goals and plans for the year 2010

2) Divide the year into 4 quarters i.e. every 3 months- Jan. to Mar, Apr to Jun, Jul to Sept., Oct to Dec   2010.

3) Divide these goals into 4 parts and allocate them to each of the quarters for the year.

4) Concentrate all efforts on the goals for a particular quarter so as to ensure effectiveness in execution.  To allow maximum use of time.

5) Monitor and measure progress at the end of each quarter and note areas of accomplishment, improvement and correction.

The Creative New Year Resolution is to ensure that goals-setting and attainment is more interesting and simple to implement. It also ensures that these goals becomes a part of the individual.  A wise saying goes, I think its Albert Einstein that said it--" to continue to do the same thing the same old way and expect a different result is one of the defination of insanity".  It's very important you try and work on making goal-setting and goal-execution your habit, because a saying also goes " we form our habits and our habits form our future".

Happy goal setting and execution! Take Charge!

Recommended Reading: Goals! (Brain Tracy)

Monday, November 23, 2009

THE POWER PRINCIPLE OF POSSIBILITY THINKING

Hello friends, another wondeful week, though it's billed to be a brief one, due to the upcoming holiday. I wish you all a stress-free and fun-filled week.  There is another power principle that I want us to deliberate about today,it's the power of possibility thinking.  Throughout these series you would by now be acquinted with the power of your thoughts, the power of visualization and having a goals or dreams for your life. 

This power principle of possibility thinking has it's roots in the strangest secret in the world which is " you become what you think".  This means we are guided by our thoughts, because our thoughts originates from our ideas.  So I ask : what are your ideas, what are the dominant thoughts that rule your mind?  Your present realities are as a result of the dominant thoughts in your mind.  Earl Nightingale said "you are where you are because that's where you really want to be, even though you deny it". 

Possibility Thinking is seeing the good in everything that happens to you.  It is looking for opportunities in the obstacles.  It looking for creative ways to go round a present challenge.  Possibility thinkers then to look for the good in everything that happens to them, and they do find them!  On the other hand, Impossibility Thinkers do exactly the opposite!  No wonder they always see negativism being reflected in their lives.

Your thoughts becomes your realities.  You become what occupies your mind most of the time, because actions originates from thoughts in our minds that becomes so strong that we eventually act on them.  Remember the words from the Bible, "as a man thinketh so is he", this is at the bottom of the principle of possibility thinking.  The possiblity thinker ponders on the realization of his dreams, he has hopes and expects to get the results he's looking for, and eventually he carries out actions, and things most of the time falls into place to give him exactly what he desires.  Remember the strangest secret in the world.

So friends, what are your dominant thoughts? Becareful because you might just see them in your life!  Instead of thinking negative, think positive.  Instead of saying "I don't think I can become rich", say "I know I will definately become rich". There is power in positive confessions, because the Father will confirm the words of our mouth.  The ancient text also says "death and life are in the power of the tongue and he that loveth it will eat of it's fruits"...so be careful on what you say and think about, this is very vital, very very vital.

Just believe and succeed!  You can get that goal you are pursuing, it is possible.  You can get that admission it is possible, people that have gone ahead of you and that have it, are humans like you.  In order to develop a possibility thinking mentality, the following are my suggestions:

1) Listen to mentorship tapes daily.  Intense listening to motivational/inspirational tapes cannot be over-emphasized.  It is said that intense listening to motivational and self development tapes is equal to university education.

2) Read personal development books daily.  The principal ingredient for empowerment is knowledge.  Personal development and leadership books form an important part of your personal library.  Books maketh the man, books shapes the man and books gives drive for your goals and aspirations.

3) Make positive confessions to yourself everyday.  Wake up everyday and pray to God then bless yourself by saying positive things to yourself.  You can look in the mirror and beginning to say to yourself "I am blessed, I capture what I picture, I picture success and possibilities to all my endeavours and I'm blessed by God".  These are powerful internal motivators that would spur you to peak performance for your day.

4) Believe that all things will work together for your good.   Believe that your life is in the hands of the Supreme Being, our Father, and He has good thoughts for you, thoughts of peace, of  hope and that He will give you an expected end.  Have this settled deep within you that God desires the good for you out of every situation.

5) Develop your personal relationship with God.  He is our manufacturer and He alones holds our future in His hands.  God is not worried about your future, infact, your future is God's past! He is in control.

There are so much possibilities for you if only you can see them...think and act positive in all situations knowing that ultimately YOU WILL WIN!  S-T-A-Y  C-O-N-N-E-C-T-E-D!

Recommended Reading : Moving Ahead With Possibility Thinking (Robert A. Schuller)

Friday, November 20, 2009

DREAMING ON PAPER: Unlocking the power of visualizing

All through these series on Inspiring Moments we have been talking about dreams, goals, vision and having clearly written down plans for our life.  In this 21 century, we cannot survive and make meaningful impact if you don't have a direction for our life.  You need to have specific,measureable,achieveable,realistic and time-bound goals and plans for your life...you can't escape this if you are really thinking about making any meaningful impact with your life.

Dreaming on paper is simply taking a good note book or journal and clearly writting down your plans and visions for your life.  There is a Law of Visualization which gives birth to the Law of Recognition, the Law of Visualization says anything you visualize for a long time and have pictures of it around you that you look to always will eventually manifest in your life. It may sound strange but people that have applied it in their lives has seen results that amazed them,all because they had pictures of their dream cars, houses, places they want to visit in life around them always. 

You can practice it by having a scrap book where you paste pictures of your dream cars, dream house places you would love to visit in life. Pray about this to God because it's Him that would make them come to pass, remember what the scripture says,"commit your ways into the hands of the Lord , delight yourself in Him and He will bring it to pass" also " the heart of a man deviseth his ways but it is the Lord that directs his paths".  Let me state here categorically that you cannot achieve good success without God!  You can't because ultimately all your goals should be used to glorify him.

The next step is the most important one, TAKE ACTION, nothing you know will be of importance if you fail to take action. Nothing!  Go ahead now and pick a paper (a notebook and journal is preferrable) and write your Life Goals, your vision for next year, your new year resolutions! You can do it!  Success is a journey, take my hands as we go along together.

See you at the top! Take Charge!

Recommended Reading : The Principles and Power of Vision (Myles Munroe)

THE LAW OF RECOGNITION

Hello friends, it's a beautiful day! And thank God it's Friday!  The world is full of mysteries,principles and laws that governs how well we live.  You might be wondering by now, why does John loves talking about principles, laws, secrets and formulars for success? Hmm, worry no more because I've found from research that by asking the right questions, you will get the right answers.  You are where you are today because of the questions you've asked so far. 
Life will give you the answers if only you ask the right questions.
The Law of Recognition states that "everything you need in life is already around you waiting for your recognition".  Everything you will ever need to succeed in life and to achieve whatever goals and plans you've set for yourself is already around you waiting for you to recognize and utilize them.  Most of our needs and wants are already built into the people and things that surrounds our daily lives, you just have to recognize and maximize them.

One of the mistakes we make is judging a book by it's cover, that is to say, we overlook and underestimate the abilities and capabilities of things and people around us.  Built in that your friend is a great leader,partner and supporter of your vision.  You have people around you that can be very good business partners.  Around you are great music talents that you can develop,refine and harness for mutual benefits in terms of impact,fame and fortune.

One of the latest happenings that buttresses the law of recognition  is the current demands for antique materials like old pendulum clock-believed to have magnetic value of some sort that could avoid radar and sensor detection;old coca-cola bottle-believed to be made of pure crystal; Nokia 3310-believed to have same magnetic properties etc.  All these attest to the fact that we have gold around us but we don't know it.  I believe in your family house there are antique items of immense economic value, if only you can recognize them.

This law is far reaching than we could ever imagine, there are businesses that are around you waiting for your recognition.  One way of making money is by solving a problem for someone, there are problems in Nigeria, which one of them are you solving? Look at a problem and create a business out of it by providing a solution to it, then you will be on you way to wealth and success.  There is no crowd at the top because only few men are willing to pay the price of success.  The price of success is hardwork, risk and leap of faith called action!

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Recommended Reading: The Law of Recognition (Mike Murdock),Start With What You Have (Sam Adeyemi)

Thursday, November 19, 2009

THE STRANGEST SECRET IN THE WORLD (Part 2)

This world is governed by principles and governing laws which are true all the time, they are inflexible. Examples are the Laws of Gravity-anything goes up must come down, Achimidie's Law of  Floatation-anything that has an hollow can float on water and Isaac Newton's Quantum Theory -an object will be in a state of rest until an external force is applied to it.  There are several of these laws that are time-tested.  So is this strangest secret it in world.

This strangest secret is - You Become What You Think AboutThis is the key to success and also the key to failure.This secret was even started by the greatest speaker that ever lived and He is alive, the young Jewish teacher Jesus, he said "when you pray believe that you have received what you ask and you shall have them", "out of the good treasure of the heart a good man brings out good treasure...and out of the bad treasure in the heart a bad man brings out bad treasure...", all these points to what you think about!  The Bible also states "as a man thinketh so is he"...Mark 9:23 if thou can believe, all things are possible to him that believeth"..."as ye believe so shall it be done unto you". You cannot rise about the level of your thoughts.

The human mind is the last unexplored continent, it is a standard equipment from God that reproduce to us whatever we plant into it.  Haven't you imagined why we go through school and various trainings to acquire skills that would form the foundation of our future endeavours-- your mind is your greatest asset!  If you plant thougths of failure into your mind, it would take it and yield failure in your life!  If you plant thoughts of courage,faith,lofty goals and great achievements, these would be birthed into your life in just a matter of time.

One of the newest definations of success I've found is this : Success is the progressive realisation of a worthy ideal.  If you plant thoughts of success in your mind, and meditate on that continually and it becomes a dominant thought in your mind, friends, it will come to pass in your life, and the same goes for thoughts of failure.  This Strangest Secret In the World has being ignored by men throughtout ages, maybe because of it's simplistic outlook...you may wonder, how can my thoughts affect my life?  Your actions are as a results of meditated thoughts, that's why the ancient text but it this way "if you lust after a woman in your heart you've already committed fornication".  See, thoughts are that powerful !

Throughout all the ages, wise men, teachers,great minds and philosphers have disagreed on many things but it's on this one thing they've all have similar conclusion. Check this out : Marcus Aurelius ,the great Roman Emperor said "a man's life is what he's thoughts make of it". Disreali said "everything comes if only a man will wait,I've brought myself by long meditation to the conviction that human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it and nothing can resist a human being who even stakes his existence for it's fulfilment".  Ralph Waldo Emerson said " a man is what he thinks about all day long". William James said that "the gratest discovery of my generation is that men can alter their lives by altering their attitudes...if you only care for a result, you will almost certain attain it...only if you wish it strong and long enough".

To apply this secret only believe and succeed.  Remember, we become what we think about most of the time...if you think about nothing, you will become nothing!  If you think about being wealthy, you will be wealthy in due time because, your mind would think on how to device strategies to achieve your dominant thoughts.

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Recommended Listening: The Strangest Secret In The World-mp4 ( Earl Nigthingale)