Wednesday 31 May 2017

THE PATH TO GUARANTEED INCREASE

I do not seem to get this Maths question, the little girl said angrily. 

It is almost three months and the business is yet to pick, said James to Jane. 

I can see you have a story of what 'seem' not to be working which is currently making you feel discouraged. I have good news for you, because today will be the last day, you will ever be stuck on your task or dream. Let us see a very simple scripture to help:

''...I ASSURE you, most solemly I tell you. UNLESS a grain of wheat falls  into the earth and dies, it remains (just one grain; it never becomes more but lives) by itself alone; BUT IF IT DIES, IT PRODUCES many others and YIELDS A RICH HARVEST...'' John 12:24

Wow! Rich Harvest, now that is mouth watering, right?

1. Be TOTALLY IMMERSED (Fall into the earth):
Have you ever wondered at people who want to excel in a task but who do not want to give their all? Can you imaging how effective the grain of wheat will be, if it is partly immersed in the earth and partly outside? Would it yield a rich harvest?
How much of you is immersed into that assignment? How much are you sacrificing? Dear friends, I tell you, it will take a TOTALLY IMMERSED attitude towards our task before we would strike the core of our rich harvest.

2. Be numb to distractions (..and die..):
When Something is dead, it is no longer sensitive to what goes/happens around. How boring? Yes, but that is what it takes. When a student claim to be reading and they have got their eyes on the TV at the same time, can such a student make an 'A'? They might have the potential but if they do not apply themselves properly to their task, that potential will never be realised. It is time to be 'dead'. Stop distracting yourself. When you say you are going to work, ''go to work'', when you say you are going to the Library, please do study...leave the sports papers and the DVDs alone.

Why should you settle for less when you can have a rich harvest?

Every seed has a potential to becoming a forest, but until it is properly planted, it would never maximise its potential.

YOUR LIFE IS A SEED!

Till when next you visit this blog, KEEP YIELDING A RICH HARVEST WITH YOUR ASSIGNMENT AND YOUR LIFE. 

JUNE THEME: UP YOUR PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS


Dear Friend,


Congratulations and welcome to a brand new Month!



If you accidentally find yourself on the 3rd floor of a 7 storey building engulfed in a fire outbreak; what are some of the things that would come to your mind? 



Amongst alot of things...one thought will be so loud in your head "I DON'T EXPECT MYSELF TO DIE TODAY" and with such a thought, escape ideas will start flooding your mind. 



When you have LOW EXPECTATIONS of yourself, you will hardly push yourself; when you have HIGH EXPECTATIONS of yourself, you will amaze yourself.



In this new month we will be considering the theme, UP YOUR PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS.



Show me an Individual who is Driven, I will show you an Individual with High and Powerful Personal Expectations of Himself. 



Welcome to a brand new Month!

Sunday 28 May 2017

NO WEEKENDS 5


"The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest and have nothing". Pro. 20:4 (KJV).  

Anything that excuses you from being diligent today, will destroy your economic future tomorrow. I don't care if it is an inheritance gotten, a privileged upbringing, a loving parent, the weather, the Government of the nation where you reside, etc. 

If it excuses you from exerting yourself productively both physically and mentally, it will soon reduce you to a beggar.

Some people will tell you, "at your age, you should not be doing this"..."considering you are a Masters degree holder, you should not be working at such an establishment"...Friends ignore such counsels because soon, when you are in need..they will not be there for you...trust me...if you listen to them...soon you will be a beggar. 

I have one advice for you...you that think, you are over qualified for where you are today...

Whatsoever (Big, small, temporal, menial, casual, oil company, Government worker, hair stylist, barber, fashion designer, store keeper, painter, cleaner...job)...whatsoever (positive and value adding job)...whatsoever (your degrees and qualification notwithstanding) thy hand findeth to do, DO IT WITH THY MIGHT...Eccl. 9:10 (KJV paraphrase are author's). 

Stop being lazy...go out there and do something...go and get busy! Or else...soon...you will start to beg...look around you...take a careful look around...are you seriously happy with your finances? Those who advice you otherwise, when last did they send you money? 

For you spending hours online...burning useful cash on Data bundles...and yet you don't have a job, my prayer is you will lose your phone...so you can focus. How has Social Media helped you? What value has it added to you? How much are you earning and how much are you blowing on Data? 

Something might be cool...doesn't necessarily mean, it adds value to you. 

Before you start to beg with your swag...before...you start to blame everyone and everything...before it looks like you are under a curse...

Humble yourself now and tell yourself the truth! 

NO MORE WEEKENDS!

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

Wednesday 24 May 2017

INSIDE OUT

Have you ever thought? Where does the feathers of a bird come from? Life was designed in such a way that everything we would ever see on the surface of the earth must come from within. Child birth...from within, Trees come from underneath the soil (it does not grow from the top). 

Every material thing seen on the earth today, first started as an idea (from within) in someone's head. Somewhere along the line we missed it, because circumstances have forced us to think on the reverse. We now want to fix things from the surface...If anything is not working , it has nothing to do with what the present circumstance suggest, it has got everything to do with the unseen origin. 

YOU DO NOT KILL A TREE BY CUTTING OFF ITS BRANCHES, YOU KILL A TREE BY UP-ROOTING ITS ROOTS.

Everything you will ever experience in life, will come from your inside...and everything you are yet to experience in life is because you are yet to conceive it from within.

Children do not come from societies. No! You birth them. Societies do not put feather on birds, they grow from within! It is time to stop playing the blame game. Giving excuses for not being where you are supposed to be. Your success or happiness is entirely up to you...I dare you to start fixing your inside, start with your negative thought life and cultivate a positive mental attitude. Remember:


EVERY THOUGHT WILL PRODUCE ITS MATERIAL EQUIVALENT IN REALITY
Start dreaming afresh, start seeing your next level. I know you are in debt, I know your case looks impossible, I understand your CV is not what you desire it to be; I put it to you, if you dwell there, it ain't going to change either. It is time to create new things. See yourself above those challenges, see yourself coming out of debt, see yourself having the best of relationship and family life, see yourself getting married, etc.

IT COST NOTHING TO IMAGINE, WHY ARE YOU NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT?

Final note: Just like every expectant mother is mindful of her unborn baby, and will do everything to guard her baby, the same way you need to guard your vision (what you conceive of your life and circumstances) jealously. There will be distractions, oh yes! there will be. Why? The state of your bank account will affect your new thoughts of wealth, the fact that you have failed six times, will challenge your new success thought life on that professional exam...but you must not give up!

Hold that positivity firm enough on your inside and before long your present circumstance will run to catch up with your inner reality.

It is AS A MAN THINKETH IN HIS HEART...not as HIS CIRCUMSTANCE/SOCIETY SUGGESTS but as HE/SHE THINKETH. 

Until when next you visit this blog, KEEP CHANGING YOUR WORLD BY BIRTHING FRESH AND POSITIVE IMAGES OF YOUR LIFE!

Sunday 21 May 2017

NO WEEKENDS 4

 Average men work to produce fruit during harvest; Great men work to produce fruits all year round. 

Joseph didn't stand out because he made Egypt to profit during the days of plenty...No! Joseph stood out because he knew what it takes to be productive during 7 years of famine.

In today's world...when you build a ship or any automobile...it is tested in a "Test rig" before it is certified for use, but when Noah built his ark...there was no Laboratory, nor Rig for his ark to be tested...yet...it stood the storm for 40 days.

Friends, It's time to deploy yourself fully into your craft...because if you are giving just enough, there is coming a time...when 100% will become the new average.

Jacob was soooo good at his job, that he could literally determine what kind of offspring will be produced. 

They used to say...Isaac prospered in the days of famine...It's important to note that...in the days of famine, Isaac and his men dug wells...NOT WELL...WELLS...they produced their own water so they can sustain their crops. What you call Irrigation  today was first started by Isaac. Gen. 26:12-22. 

Let's put this in perspective: Abraham dug wells, the  Philistines seized it; Isaac dug AGAIN the wells: They dug the first well, it was seized; they dug the second well, it was also seized. By the end of the third well those who hated them knew they couldn't stop them. 
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They dug those wells...manually, not with some digging or borehole technology. They dug those wells in the days of scarce rainfall (famine).
It's a shame without Technology, humanity was used to work ethics that out lived their existence...but these days, technology has heightened our laziness. 

Don't just "Dream Big"...but be ready and be willing to "Work Big".

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

Wednesday 17 May 2017

EMPOWER YOUR LITTLE STEPS BY A POWERFUL THOUGHT LIFE

Success is not by accident, it is never a product of chance. We can set goals, write them down but until we start taking deliberate steps in the direction of achieving those goals, we might never walk in their reality.
Should you desire a change in any area of your life, THE FIRST SIMPLE STEP is to DELIBERATELY CHANGE YOUR THINKING about the situation, challenge or task.  Hold a possibility mentality...SAY TO YOURSELF, IT IS POSSIBLE! Why? The human brain only goes to generate ideas that are consistent with our mental state. The day you tell yourself, I CAN BE PHYSICALLY FIT; your brain will suddenly start generating potential ways of achieving the reality of that mental state. The same way, when someone decides to be suicidal, it is the brain that comes up with the possible ways to achieve such a thought.                                                                                                                                                        So we need to pay attention per time to our mental state. It will interest you to note that, situations do not bow down to big steps; situations bow (respond) to your mental state. 
Once you smash every opposition mentally, suddenly your small steps now looks like massive steps. The truth is, it was not about your steps but your mental state as at the time such small steps were taken.  

Joseph did not get out of the prison by a legal representative, No! He saw himself as a man meant for the palace and then he simply sent his CV ahead of him.

David without a sword told Goliath, 'I will cut off your neck (1 Sam. 17:46)' How? He saw Goliath's head on the floor (mental vision of the situation) even before he swung his sling. (1 Sam. 17:50-51)

The woman with the issue of blood did not have to see Jesus for a one-to-one counselling nor for personal prayers; '...for she said within herself...'(mental state) [Matt. 9:21]. Remembebr Prior to this time, no one had been healed that way, so 

your mental state does not have to conform to conventionally acceptable patterns

Not necessarily big steps but POWERFUL MENTAL STATES. I dare you today to change your mentality concerning what you desire to change and see how much results your seemingly small steps will deliver. It is your turn for a turn around. 

Welcome to a realm of UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES!

Till when next you visit this blog, KEEP EMPOWERING YOUR LITTLE STEPS BY DEVELOPING A POWERFUL MENTAL ATTITUDE.  

Sunday 14 May 2017

NO WEEKENDS 3


Years ago, I read a book titled "AN ENEMY CALLED AVERAGE". 


Lately, I have come to conclude THE real ENEMY is not AVERAGE, because AVERAGE is just an output of some type of input. 

The real enemy is "HALF-HEARTED" Commitment. It's a commitment that doesn't stretch you.

A prophet died indebted and the creditors were to take his two sons as slaves: Elisha, the man of God asked the widow what she had? In her response, she said,  she had nothing but a jar of oil...Elisha gave her a specific instruction: 

"Go borrow...vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; BORROW NOT A FEW (Don't hold back..go all the way).." 2 Kings 4:3 (KJV Paraphrase are author's). 

Now, she did what was instructed, however, God could only fill as much vessels as she gathered. By the time the vessels were all filled, the miracle in the oil stopped. She sold them and paid off the debt of her dead husband.

WHAT IF SHE GAVE HER ALL and got twice or thrice as much vessels as she initially gathered? 

Friends, God CANNOT BLESS YOU BEYOND YOUR STRETCH. Elisha asked her to go beyond the vessels she had...He said "GO ABROAD","BORROW NOT A FEW". 

There is a deluge of Success coming your way...but it will demand a STRETCHED Commitment. 

Don't tell me "I believe I can make it to the top" until you tell me, how much you want to sacrifice: How much of your time, resources, sleep and comfort that you want to give up for your dream. 

Why waste valuable time in the name of "it's a weekend"? Let your Productive input to your goal go beyond week days. 

Ordinary men talk about "hours of input", Average men talk about "diligence" but men who reach out to the world talk "Sacrificial Commitment".

No one is to blame for your level of success!

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

Wednesday 10 May 2017

WHO ARE YOU?

You stepped into a function, you introduced yourself. 'Hi, my name is...' When children step out of the womb and arrive on earth, they are given names. As a professional, you met someone whom you think could drive potential business opportunities your way, you leave a business card. Why all these naming and identification at various levels?

YOUR IDENTITY IS A LINK TO YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Does it shock you, how sometimes you are moved to favour those who bare the same first or last name? Some people have got jobs just because of their surnames. Permit me to say...

OUR IDENTITY ALSO CREATES OUR REALITY

In the pursuit of destiny, the challenges and questions of life are only here to ask us two basic questions: 

1. Who are you?
2. Is your everyday mentality in alignment with who you say you are?

Before destiny can be maximally realised, there has to be a mental introduction of who we are. Now, when we attempt to be in pursuit of destiny without a proper definition and understanding of who we are, we end up with 'identity crisis'. Little wonder most organisations have a motto.

Identity in destiny is simply 'What are you saying about yourself in relation to your assignment, position or engagement'? 

It is so funny that people address us by our identification. If you say your name is Esther, nobody calls you Joan. YOU ARE ONLY PERMITTED TO BE CALLED WHAT YOU CALL YOURSELF. 
Identity does not have to be just names. Identity reflects in our 
  • outlook, 
  • appearance, 
  • self carriage
  • conversation
One of my mentors said, as a young black American growing in the poorest of places 'I learnt to dress as a PROSPECT not a SUSPECT'. He gave a definition to his appearance and today, he is one of the foremost inspirational speakers - LES BROWN.

David came to visit his brethren but he carried his identity (He had a mentality of himself that reads 'challenges do not phase me') and he carried himself in alignment with that consciousness; guess what? People called him what he called himself and within a short time, king Saul heard about him.                                                                                                Can you imagine a prisoner (Joseph) submitting his CV for a potential government opening. Yes, he was in custody but his mental identity was 'I am a man sorted after by kings and rulers'. It was only a matter of time before his circumstances changed to catch up with his mental identity. 

Until our mental Identity changes of who we are, our present realities would remain the same.

Hey! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK LIKE IT, THINK LIKE IT!  Did David looked like he could physically face Goliath? Did Joseph (prisoner in a foreign land) look like he was heading for the throne? They both HAD A MENTAL REHEARSAL - VISUALISED IT ENOUGH TO BEHAVE LIKE IT...guess what? There circumstances changed, why? As a man thinketh...so is he. (Pro. 23:7a)






If you have a business challenge, family crisis or you are a single desiring a fantastic relationship, maybe you are in debt, etc. It is time for a change! But change must come from INSIDE-OUT not OUTSIDE-IN.

John 1:22-23 '...who art thou...what sayeth thou of thyself...?

Till when next I see you, KEEP RENEWING YOUR IDENTITY

Sunday 7 May 2017

NO WEEKENDS 2


You will never change your life until you change something you do DAILY. The secret of your success is found in your DAILY routines (commitments). 

What you do daily, over time becomes a habit and the quality of your habits today will determine the quality of the outcomes of your life tomorrow.  

There is what I call "Passive (Unseen) Habits" and there is what I call "Active Habits". 

Passive Habits refer to your Mental/Psychological Routines; for instance, when things don't go your way...how do you feel internally? There is no one who is born "easily irritated" - I don't think so. People practice being easily irritated by being (Passive Habit) easily irritated repeatedly...and over time it now looks like a "default character".

Active Habits refer to "seen Habits". It's usually a routine action from you that is visible to all.

Our daily routine is usually a combination of both Passive (unseen) and Active (visible to all) habits. A Qualitative Commitment therefore is a product of a Qualitative Passive habits and Qualitative Active habits. 

Until both habits are in sync success is never in view. 

Hannah always prayed (Active Habit) for a child but until her countenance (a facial display of internal emotions-Passive Habit) changed, Samuel never came. 
"...so the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance WAS NO MORE....NO MORE...sad..." 1 Sam. 1:18 (KJV, paraphrase are author's). 

When your Active habits contradicts your Passive habits, your commitment will yield no fruits. 

A house divided against itself cannot stand. 

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

Wednesday 3 May 2017

SUCCESS BANKING

So we are gradually running a cashless society; we all carry our debit cards most of the time: we pay for stuff online, at the till, at the corner shops. What makes it possible? Why does your bank honour your request everytime you place that debit demand? 

It is possible because in times past, you have made financial deposits; so everytime you have a supposed financial challenge you can make financial withdrawals from your financial institution. Has anyone ever been in a position where you thought you had some money and you wanted to use your card and you were told 'you have insufficient funds'? It is not that you do not have funds, but they are simply insufficient. If you take that a bit lower, can you imagine confronting a financial challenge with zero deposit in your account?

 Now it is exactly the same way life works. What we do today with the challenges we face are deposits into our success account. Have you ever wondered why some people give up too soon and others stick to making things work?

David was before Goliath and all he told Saul was, 'I have deposits of success that I can withdraw from in order to take care of  this 'Goliath expenditure''
David's size was not commensurate with that of Goliath's but you can not question the size of his previous success. Jesus was before Lazarus' 4 day old grave...he made withdrawals by saying 'Father, I thank you because you hear me always' hence this case also is affordable. 

However, those who do savings and put money aside, do so CONSCIOUSLY. Now some one might be having one form of challenge or the other, it is important you stand firm and ensure you come out successfully because when YOU do, it becomes a deposit. THE more success deposits we make today, the better perspective we create for tomorrow's challenges. Listen! OUR EVERYDAY VICTORY LIFESTYLE IS CRITICAL TO OUR TRIUMPH TOMORROW. 

STOP GIVING UP! STOP ACTING WEAK! STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR YOUR POSITION! STOP SPEAKING NEGATIVELY!

It is time to take every challenge as a job...and you know every job comes with a pay, when you get paid where does it go to (into your brother's account or yours)? So, get excited at new challenges because you are just about to visit your success bank in order to do some success banking.

Believe it or not, there will always be life's expenditures (battles/challenges), we just can not afford to not be productive in our daily economic engagements. NO MORE HANGING OUT WITH THE WRONG CROWD who only sit and talk about challenges (and discuss negative issues). Hey! It is unprofitable for you! Get out of that club and sign up for the club that takes on challenges head on, not because it is easy but because they must make fresh success deposits, their SUCCESS ACCOUNT must not run dry. 
I hear some one say, 'How do I start'? 

Start with the small things, Why? If £1 is too small to be saved, £1000 will also be too small to save. Start with planning today (how small?). What will you be doing in the next hour? What are you supposed to be doing by 1p.m? Develop a plan and stick to it; it will reinforce your drive to take on the next day. 

As you plan, make a decision not to ignore any challenge that comes along, face it and address it. Someone got you upset yesterday, call them up today and talk about it...ignoring them or keeping a straight face does not make any deposit to your credit.

Remember: YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO MAKE FINANCIAL WITHDRAWALS THAT ARE ABOVE YOUR FINANCIAL DEPOSITS! IF YOU DO NOTHING, YOU WILL WITHDRAW NOTHING!

Until When next I see you...KEEP EXCELLING and KEEP BEING A ROBUST SUCCESS BANKER!

Monday 1 May 2017

NO WEEKENDS 1


Just anyone can start a process but not everyone commits to the full demands of the process. 

A wise man once said 

"Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do occasionally" 

Behind every average achievement is also an average degree of commitment; behind every phenomenal achievement is a phenomenal degree of commitment. 
A Project becomes suspended when commitment goes on vacation. A dream becomes a wish when commitment to its pursuit is absent. 

In the school of Success, everyone begins the class but sooner or later, everyone's commitment begins to distinguish them from the rest of the class. 

No one gets a prize for starting a race; neither does anyone earn a degree on the first day of a degree program.  

What then is the currency for commitment? 

Time.

Anyone who commits more time to practice will beat you to the game, your skill, talent or potential notwithstanding. 

1. What are you working on at the moment? 
2. What quality of outcome do you desire...average, outstanding or phenomenal? 
3. How much DAILY time investment do you really think can produce that quality of outcome?

When you work out #3, then give TWICE AS MUCH DAILY; that's the true definition of going the extra mile. 

"...whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain (double of what is asked)..." Matt. 5:41 (KJV, paraphrase are author's). 
Do you really want to excel in all you do? 

I will politely suggest...

Go the "extra mile". 

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!