SET YOURSELF

No one arrives anywhere by chance. Show me a man who is about to embark on a journey, I will show you a man who is consciously making preparation. 

Have you seen a man who suddenly arrives at work without any CONSCIOUS preparation? Permit me to say therefore...

If you do not set yourself to go somewhere, you will never arrive there.

If you do not set yourself to do something you will never get it done. 

No man leaves his house for work unconsciously and then sees himself suddenly on his desk; I may not know your destination but when I see your direction, I could predict your destination. In the same vein every journey to success is a function of a CONSCIOUS ENGAGEMENT. 

Success and failure are very predictable, because those who desire them leave traces. 

The truth is, if we don't set ourselves to be great we are already setting up ourselves to end average. 

As a business man, if you don't set yourself to be successful you are invariably setting yourself to fail. Same applies to every other endeavour in any area of life. 

                                            

Let's see a man called Abraham in the text below...

...and they (he and his household) went forth to go (set themselves) into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came...Genesis 12:5

Where did they set themselves to go? Canaan.

Where did they arrive? Canaan. 

Did they set themselves for Canaan and later arrived at Canada?

Did they set themselves for Canaan and later arrived at Cambridge? 

Where you are today, believe it or not was your set up. If it must change, then you need to reset yourself. 

Every failed endeavour (career, business, relationship, marriage, health, finances, etc) failed because we consciously set it up to fail. If you would be sincere, you knew when it started. 

The good news is, it does not matter what has failed or what is not working, if you are genuinely interested to arrive at a better destination then you can reset yourself to arrive  there. 

Stop complaining about the past failures, stop complaining about people, you are the captain of your ship (life) and only you can set the sail.

Hey! Look ahead, what can you see? Do you see Canaan? Then it is time to SET YOURSELF to arrive.

Till when next you visit this blog, SET YOURSELF for greatness.

DON'T LOOK BACK

 Emotions are very powerful; but this power could either be a booster or a weight on the path to success. Some people have used emotions to take giant steps and other people have also refused to take steps because of their emotional state. 

A wise man once said: COMMITMENT IS STAYING LOYAL TO WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO LONG AFTER THE MOOD (emotional state) YOU SAID IT IN HAS LEFT YOU. 

Have you ever seen people start certain things passionately and a few blocks down the line, they are beginning to consider walking away? What changed? Their emotions.

Someone would say, challenges grew bigger, right? But at the point of making the decision to commit, how come it seemed as though ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE and then suddenly it's beginning to be circumstance based? Emotions.

Greatness is never birthed by unstable emotions. FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE TASK IS A DISCIPLINE YOU DEVELOP, IT IS NOT WHAT THE TASK OFFERS YOU. The task will never remain the same, the challenges won't grow smaller, there would be bends along the road, bumps and pot holes alike, but you make a conscious decision to be in charge of your emotional state. STOP BEING EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE! 

You see, the road to success is long and demanding already but when we allow our negative emotions to get in the way, it makes it even longer. Friends, receiving insults is part of it...being disrespected is definitely part of it...not being appreciated...sudden changes that you didn't anticipate...the list is endless. WILL YOU GIVE UP? WILL YOU LOOK BACK? 

WILL YOU STAY COMMITTED? 

Some people stopped going to the GYM because the trainer is too hard on them, now they look twice as big than their first appointment at the GYM. Why? They don't just feel respected...who was to gain in the process? The trainer or themselves? 

Behind every divorce is an uncontrolled emotion.

Behind every business failure are negative emotions.

Behind every failure in life is self pity (a destructive emotional state).

Why are you always quick to walk away? Why do you keep 'giving-up' on things?

What am I saying? if the goal is yours and the dream is yours, keep your negative emotions out of the way AND REACH FOR YOUR DREAM! 

Stop complaining about people, because you would meet people everywhere. The world was not created for you alone. So, DON'T YOU LET ANYBODY OR THE TREATMENT YOU RECEIVE FROM ANYONE STOP YOU FROM REACHING YOUR GOAL!

Joseph had every opportunity, I mean justifiable opportunities to be bitter and hateful but he knew that feeling good is a DISCIPLINE , not what life or people would offer. Did he succeed or not?

David, haven been anointed, preparing for kingship, had an enemy chasing him, yet he refused to be bitter...even when the temptation was so high, all he did was to keep alive but patiently waiting for his time.

If we don't keep our emotions on check, we would soon check out on our greatness. 

Jesus gave a man a task...and the man said, he had his Dad's funeral to attend to and then, he will be back, guess what Jesus said...

...let the dead bury the dead: but go...(and do your assignment) Luke 9:59-60

How hard? Do you think Jesus was insensitive to his plight? 

Jesus was simply teaching him to not allow 'the good' distract him from 'the task'. 

In conclusion, Jesus said

...NO MAN, HAVING PUT HIS HAND TO THE PLOUGH, AND LOOKING BACK, IS FIT (QUALIFIED) FOR THE KINGDOM...Luke 9:62

Average people run average emotional lives...great people run powerful emotional lives. 

YOUR EMOTION IS YOURS...ONLY YOU CAN KEEP IT IN CHECK, WHEN IT TRIES TO GET IN YOUR WAY TO GREATNESS! 

Till when next you visit this blog...DON'T LOOK BACK!

MAXIMISE YOUR LIFE

An Iroko tree will never grow half the size less than it was supposed to grow. Water bodies flow maximally, sometimes they so flow that they cause flooding. Think about time for just a second, it does not stop, I call it the dedicated workman. You can choose to party or go for funeral, work or sleep, make progress with your task or whine...TIME WILL NEVER STOP being TIME. 

For some strange reasons only human beings live life but not to its full potential; and to think we are the only creation that was made in the likeness of God, makes me even wonder more. Just imagine God's potential and imagine the potential of another being (you and I) created in His image? 

The question is ARE YOU MAXIMISING YOUR LIFE or are you living less than you were created for? 

If you die today, can we fully list out what's going down the grave with you? The things, you were too lazy to birth for the benefit of the world? The Industries? The Medical Centres? The Schools? The Businesses? The Books? Ideas that were never explored? etc. 

But the question is not when we die...the question is by the time you retire for the day, could you confidently say I fully unveiled my potential for today? 

YOUR GOALS FOR THE DAY IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO FOR THE DAY, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY ALL THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED DURING THE DAY. This is where we start living less than our potential. 

Friends, it begins from now...empty yourself daily. Don't go to bed with daily potentials that were never maximised. Let me say this, PROCRASTINATION IS A MYTH...it doesn't exist. How? Every day has a potential, moving things forward (procrastinating) simply means you are living your yesterday in your today. There can only be one December 1st 2013, doing December 1st related business on December 2nd 2013, is you loosing one day of the month/your life. 

It's time to MAXIMISE YOUR LIFE!  

Jesus said

...but I have a baptism to be baptised with and how AM I STRAITENED TILL IT BE ACCOMPLISHED! Luke 12:50

No wonder 33 years OF STRAITENED LIFESTYLE is today still imparting the world after over 2000 years. 

You too can out live your existence. Start MAXIMISING YOUR LIFE!

DRIVE YOUR DREAMS 1

Between every location and an intended destination is a distance. A distance that must be covered if you actually desire to move from your current location to your intended destination. 

Although this distance appears to be physical...you need to Mentally go the distance before it can physically materialise in your world. 

This distance is underscored by Work, Sacrifice, Sweat, Focus, Dedication and everything between. 

I need you to lock that dream down mentally: When you do, hard work no longer looks tasking because mentally you already finished the work. 

Friends, don't try to begin a move you haven't finished already. Don't try to go a distance you haven't finished...because in all fairness, you will not complete it. 

Your body cannot stretch beyond your mental vision of how the body is meant to stretch for a given task. 

I need you to mentally see that dream as already achieved. If you lock that image mentally...you will never miss that dream. 

When you act unsure, the dream is not locked-in; when the work demands of your goal wearies you, that dream is not locked-in. 

The difference between an achiever (A) and an underachiever (UA) is simple....

(A) sees the dream as already achieved (mentally) and then he goes to work...whereas the other, (UA) sees the dream as a "to-do" before he goes to work. 

When challenges come up...(A) sticks to his game...because he already saw the dream as achieved while (UA) suspends the dream because to him it's on his "to-do" list. 

What do you now say about your dream? 

"Done" or a "To-Do"?

For as a man thinks in his heart...so is he. Not so he shall be...but...so is he. 

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

PUT YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS 4

It is true, you must have failed several times; it's true you are fed up already and you are considering quitting but how do you eventually become your dream after quitting?

I need you to know...that it is possible that your dreams can come through. It is possible to turn your life, business, family and every current but temporal situation around.

Let me tell you something you already know...

There are two kinds of people in the world...there are those who go about TALKING about opportunities and possibilities....there are those who are BUSY DOING something about the opportunities and possibilities. 

"What is possible will always be potential" but "what we do about what is possible is what makes what is possible, become a reality".
The woman with the issue of blood knew it was possible for her to be healed by Jesus...and she did something about that possibility. 

Don't try to tell me what you think is possible...show me by your actions...because what you do is the only proof, you believe in what you say is possible. 

If your circumstance must change, there is only one person responsible and that person is "You". 
It's time you take full responsibility for the current as well as the future outcomes of your life...because...the easiest way to become a "Nobody" is to do "Nothing". 

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

PUT YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS 2

Let us try to solve a fundamental problem in the school of Achievement. The pathetic bit is that those who have the problem don't even know they have a major problem...because there is always a sentimental justification to it. 

So what then is this problem? 

I call it the lazy man's philosophy - "nobody wants to help me". 

What is help? 

Help is a 20% boost that makes your 80% reach 100%. 

Your 80% constitutes: 10% of initiative and 70% of NON-NEGOTIABLE PERSONAL INPUT OR EFFORT. 

From the above definition, you will see that to begin anything in life...you don't need Help [20%]. Go and get busy about your 80% first...then with or without the 20%, you are already on your way to achieving whatever it is you have set your mind on. 

A lazy man interprets it the other way around: He believes Help is 80% and his input is 20% and so he sits all day saying...

"I don't have anybody"

"I don't know anybody"

"I need capital"

and then days turn out to weeks, weeks turn into months and months turn into years...a full grown adult has decided to be his own problem. 

Stop Planning Your Life Around Someone else's "Help" because Help is usually not an obligation.

Nobody...Nobody...even those who have promised to help you...those who once helped....NOBODY OWES YOU ANYTHING. 

Stop sitting around....Go and ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE. 

These days I hear lazy and irresponsible religious people talk about "Destiny Helper". They pray it, they sing it. Let me say this...

Something sounds "religious" or "spiritually deep" doesn't necessarily make it True. 

Okay...if you succeed who is the first beneficiary? Is it your uncle? How about when you turn yourself into a liability...who suffers the most? Your Cousin? 

Jesus once had a conversation with a man who literally sat down at a spot for 38 years in the name of "No helper". Jesus asked...

Jesus: Will thou be made whole?

Impotent Man: Sir, I have no man...

John 5:1-9 [KJV, paraphrase are author's]. 

How long have you been holding back? 

  

You OWE YOURSELF 80%...GO AND PAY YOUR DEBT!

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

PUT YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS 1

So...someone has been busy all year, justifying their inaction, justifying their lack of initiative, justifying their liability status to those around them, justifying they don't have a job....is that you? 

So...what's this story of yours? 

I came from a poor background?
I don't have the right education?
My parents didn't send me to school?
From a broken home?
My job sucks?
I need capital?
My siblings don't care about me? 
It's too hot?
It's too cold?
The Government?
The Economy? 

I can't do that kind of job

I'm a female?

I'm a single Parent?

I'm a Teenage mum? 

I'm not tall?

I'm not beautiful enough?

I'm black?

I'm white?

I'm under 30?

I'm over 40?

What exactly is your story?

Have you ever observed "stories" and "results" never see eye-to-eye? You are either the friend of one or the other. 

Excuses pay no bills...Excuses don't go to the Medal stand. Excuses don't earn you your spot. 

There was a man, named Abraham...and at age 75, God gave him a specific instruction: 

"...Lift up NOW thine eyes, and look (DREAM) from the place where thou art (Dream from YOUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE) Northward...Southward...Eastward and Westward (Dream Big)..." Gen. 13:14 (KJV paraphrase are author's)

It starts from where you are...not when things change...no...right there...in this your current story...right in your current predicament-Start Dreaming again. 

Yes, it wasn't your fault you lost the job, it wasn't your fault the application was declined...but the story doesn't end there. 

You've got to dream again!

You might not be responsible for where you are today but your dreams are responsible for where you will end tomorrow. 

Zero dreams will produce a zero future. 

No one can dream for you! 

If you don't want to be lame...quit playing the blame game. 

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

UP YOUR PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS: DEMAND DYNAMICS 3

When you take a good look at yourself, with everything you are going through and have been through in life...are you still hopeful? Do you really think that goal/dream/Vision is still within your reach? Do you still EXPECT yourself to reach it?

Your past or present circumstance is only as powerful to stop you to the degree of powerlessness of your hopefulness and Personal Expectation.

How Powerful is your Hopefulness? 

He was called the Dreamer: Joseph had specific and clear dreams about whom he was going to be in the future; however, he had the experience of Slavery, wrongful imprisonment but with his sense of Hopefulness still alive ...he dared speak to his guys..."when you go back out there tell your boss, Pharaoh about me". 

The Favour he asked from his fellow inmates at their release had nothing to do with his release but had everything to do with his boyhood dreams. 

He saw clearly everyone (the sun and the moon and the eleven stars) bowing before him...

Ruth had a dream of being a loving wife and mother; and then suddenly death struck...attempting to deny her of that dream and soon she became a widow. 

But why would a widow stick around and still follow her bereaved widowed mother-in-law into a strange land? I call it the "Audacity of Hope". She faithfully served her mother-in-law but with her eyes opened. 

When Boaz showed up, she was guided accordingly and had her matrimonial dreams fully restored. 

Why are you giving your past so much power to stop your colourful future? 

Do you allow the pain of yesteryears to blur your vision of a bright and colourful tomorrow? 

Set yourself free...deliver yourself from that emotional prison. 

You have made the 299th unsuccessful application, so what? Make the 300th one. 

Your last business failed and you lost money...so what? Listen up, start a new one. 

I don't care how many failures or setbacks you have had...it's not a good enough excuse to pack up and live below your original dream/vision. 

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

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!

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!