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.

YOUR KINGDOM

...For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mothers' womb; and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men; and there be eunuchs, which HAVE MADE THEMSELVES eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake... Matt. 19:12 KJV

Every glorious destiny will place a personal demand on its owner. It is therefore no coincidence that some will end up as huge successes and others end will up average. 

The 'c' part of the above text is so instructional. In every individual lies the power to make relevant changes for the sake of their dreams, purpose or goals. Success is deliberate and its pursuit is very intentional. No man can guess his way to any destination, neither can a driver assume a route to a location. 

The question is 'What are you making yourself'

A wise man once said, 'Failure to plan is planning to fail'. This simply implies that our activity or inactivity is a preparation for a destination or an outcome (positive or negative).

If a student studies, S/he is planning to pass their exams and if a student refuses to study, S/he is also planning to fail their exams.

If you decide to read one book a month, listen to tapes and CDs relevant to your assignment, What would you have made yourself in the next one year in relation to your dreams?

If you decide to work-out 30 minutes a day for the next 6 months and keep an eye on your diet, What would you have made yourself in relation to your fitness dreams?

If you keep listening to those who have failed marriages and relationship by keeping them as close allies, watch it, your relationship might just be on its way down. Interestingly, this is a circle I have witnessed a lot of times.

Those who push for higher degrees and Diplomas, if you look closely, their inner circle is filled with friends/family members with the same goals or have achieved the same goal.

Those (men and women) who eventually walked out of their marriages, most times have been in close ties with people who don't have value for qualitative family life, this could be through direct contact or TV Shows. 

It's the same for a man who hits his wife and a woman who shows disrespect to her husband. 

What are you making yourself?

I charge you today, to start being conscious and aware of the lifestyle you lead. Some people desire to be financially stable but they keep engaging in unhealthy shopping lifestyles. Would their dreams be realised? Your guess is as good as mine. 

WAY FORWARD

1. Keep your eyes continuously focused on the 'Kingdom of Heaven' (Your ultimate goal, vision, dreams and aspirations)

2. Consciously build habits that will enhance the actualisation of that Kingdom. 

The good news is, IT IS IN YOUR POWER to make the relevant changes you need. So why not accept personal responsibility and take charge of your destiny?

You will not fail!

Till when next we come your way...focus on YOUR KINGDOM.

PROTECT IT

You know, I have heard of people who can't stand criticism from either fellow competitors or from spectators. The truth is, that is life for you. There are those that will never like you, regardless of what you say or do, they just don't like your face. So, it is of no use trying to prepare a 'defence speech' neither should you feel bad for yourself. 

The painful part is, some potentially great dreams have been lost because those who had the dreams could not withstand criticism. Friends, it is your dream and in as much it is yours, ONLY YOU CAN PROTECT IT! 

If it means cutting off from certain 'do nothing and negative friends or relatives' - PLEASE PROTECT IT! If it means you stop watching certain shows, programs or even the News on TV- PLEASE PROTECT IT!

Friends, you better get ready to loose certain relationships, certain ties and certain hobbies; it's not because of you hate anyone nor you are feeling too special about yourself but for the demand that comes with the fulfilment of your dreams and purpose in life. 

Some people have lost brilliant opportunities not because they ain't qualified but because they lost their preparation time, practice time and rehearsal time to a 

1. Show on TV,

2. Some girl time hangout 

3. Boys night out

Anyone who does not have respect for your purpose and greatness in life is not qualified for a relationship. If they show little or no regard for your passion, you have no business chilling with them. 

Let's look at the beginning of Israel's problem which I think most of us can connect with.

...and the Children of Israel journeyed...600,000 on foot that were men...and A MIXED MULTITUDE went up also with them...Exodus 12:37-38 (KJV)

Let's see the same scripture in another translation:

...the Israelites moved on...600,000 on foot besides their dependents. There was also A CROWD OF RIFFRAFF TAGGING ALONG... Exodus 12:36-38 (The MSG) 

MIXED MULTITUDES (riffraff tagging along)

No wonder the journey was filled with so much negativity. 

How can they go up with a crowd of riffraff?

Do you remember Abraham and 'Lot' ?

The question is...

Have you been carrying a mixed multitude in the name of 'friends' from Work/Church/Childhood? 

Till when next we come your way keep PROTECTING IT.

THE DEMAND: AVERAGE OR GREAT?

The race of life comes one inch at a time; there are those who stay in the race just for the records and there are those who want to win the race; both parties think differently and hence they commit to different types of discipline.  

The question here is, are you just in the race FOR THE RECORDS or are you in the race so as TO WIN? 

In other to win in whatever race you find yourself, be it financial, career, spiritual or marital, all you need to do is to stay ahead of your competition. Competition does not suggest some other person in the race, it simply suggest staying ahead of what you consider your best. If 100% seem to be your best, stay ahead by giving 110%. You need to become your own competition. 

Someone said, it is not easy...Yes! I wish I could tell you living average is easy, I wish I could tell you being an underachiever is easy. Friends, there is always a price to pay, whether you want to live average or you want to be great. The only difference is one price comes before the other. 

When you live easy, life will turn our hard but when you commit to seemingly hard but rewarding disciplines, your life will turn out easy. 

If you choose to live average, you would enjoy pleasures today and get the pain tomorrow. If you choose to live great, you will get the pain today and have endless pleasure tomorrow. 

So in whatever way you look at it, you must pay something for whatever you decide to do. 

How do I then stay ahead of the Competition?

Get tough on yourself! Place the demand of greatness on yourself! Great people are ordinary people who just seem to put great demands on themselves and average people are ordinary people with average demands on themselves. 

Can you imagine an orange juice without the process of 'squeezing' of the juice? Can you imagine keeping fit without going through the rigors of exercising and working out? It is time to stay ahead of your competition. It is time to leave your average lifestyle and aspire for something more than average. 

You would amaze yourself if only you knew, how much of your potential that could be realised by placing great demands on your self. 

Paul Said:

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown....therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly...I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize... 1Corinth. 9:25-28 (NIV)

Paul said, 'I strike a blow to my body...that I will not be disqualified for the prize'

It is time to place new demands on yourself...demands to make you stay ahead.

Do you feel overweight? Place a new demand on your lifestyle that would empower your being fit.

Do you feel financially down? Place a new demand on yourself for services that can generate income.

Are you struggling with that subject? Place a demand on yourself that would increase the number of hours you study which will in turn address the challenging areas of the subject. 

No matter what you do, do not just be in the race...STAY AHEAD of the competition and you can only do so, by placing the relevant demand as it applies to your objective. 

Till when next you visit this blog, place a demand on yourself FOR GREATNESS and NOT FOR BEING AVERAGE!

CHANGE INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT 1

"We can't solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them" - Albert Einstein 

Everybody desires to be successful but not everyone truly wants to pay the price. Greatness will never change to meet you at your low energy level...we are the ones to change who we are if we are really interested to achieve greatness in what we do. 

It doesn't matter what your goals are...it doesn't matter how big or how small, whom you may or may not have shared it with; the truth is,  if you are not willing to change who you are today, that dream does not have a chance to become a reality.  

That dream is suppose to put a demand on your sleeping hours; It is suppose to put a demand on whom your friends should be; it is suppose to put a demand on how much time you spend watching TV; how much time you spend taking selfies and putting it up on Social Media; it is suppose to put a demand on the quality of books and articles you read and stock on your Personal library. 

So...what's it going to be? Do you really want "this"?

If it is yet to place a demand on who you are today...you need to rethink your strategy. 

During the 2016 Olympics 400m race, Shaunae Miller had to dive in order to deny Allyson Felix (the  reigning Gold medalist as at the time) the Olympic Gold for that race. 

Shaunae Miller knew if she would obtain the gold, if she would beat Allyson Felix, she will need to change the way she finishes her race. 
Jesus told  Nicodemus

"..Except a man BE born again...he CANNOT SEE the Kingdom of heaven..." Jn 3:3 (KJV). 

Who do you need to BE...in order to SEE the fulfillment of your dreams? It's time to Change into Something Different. 

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER 4

Life will always deliver to us in accordance to what we have fully developed on our inside. If you aren't attracting your desires it is not because you don't wish/desire them but it is because it is yet to be fully developed internally. 

As powerful and Omnipotent as God is...he only moves in our circumstances based on what is happening on our inside...

Apostle Paul puts it this way...

"...Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, ACCORDING TO THE POWER THAT WORKETH IN US.." Ephe. 3:20 (KJV paraphrase are author's). 

The question is how much power do you have on your inside? How absolute is your Faith? 

Stop doubting yourself...stop being timid. Because, until you are settled on your inside, you cannot attract or secure God's help. 

It's time to be very definitive about what your goals are. Be clear with an absolute degree of certainty that you are going to commit whatever it will take to make it come through. This is how you build power internally. 

Haven't you heard...?

"...For let not that man think he shall receive any thing of the Lord...a double minded man is unstable (powerless) in all his ways..." James 1:7-8

Doubtful thought patterns short circuits your internal power generation and as such disconnects you from the power that is meant to supply your every need. 

An orderly thought pattern is what precedes an orderly lifestyle. 

Be your best by being powerful on your inside. 

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER 2

A mother once gave N500 to each of her two daughters and asked them to go buy 3 specific items from a bargaining market. 

The 17 year old went and picked just the 3 items and paid N500 for them; whereas the 15 year old went with the same amount of money bought the same 3 items by negotiating a good bargain on each piece of item and eventually bought 4 additional items. 

Same money, but different outcomes. 

I know I got you thinking about your negotiating and bargaining skills, but the real question is...

Your time: How much do you really get done?

How much do you really accomplish within a day as against how much could you potentially achieve if only you managed your time better? 

Don't allow conventional time wasters to put a definition to how much you can get from your day (week, month, year or even your life).

If you can not plan your 24 hours and consciously execute your master plan, you can't possibly plan the next 24 weeks of your life. 

Stop wasting your life! Stop short-changing your capacity! Stop being an underachiever! 

Do you know as sophisticated as you think a computer might be, your brain is still more than that computer and the programs that run it? Why waste your potential and capacity by wasting your time? 

It's time to BE MORE! It's time to DO MORE with your time. It's time to PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER.

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!

PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER 1

Every great physical structure/system today, first began by a planning process yesterday; and all effective and robust planning procedures will always begin with a SITTING DOWN process. 

Jesus said...

"...for which of you intending to build a tower (Great Venture), sitteth not down FIRST, and counteth the cost..." Lk. 14:28 (KJV paraphrase are author's)

Success in any given venture is not by accident; if it comes accidentally, it will definitely leave you accidentally. Success in any given venture is a product of CONSCIOUS and DELIBERATE efforts. 

"Sitting down" is a conscious exercise. 

There is no special challenge any where...you only need to call yourself to a "personal board meeting" and then honestly sit down to map out a solution, after which you take necessary steps in the direction of your desired objective. 

You have been hanging out with everyone else...it hasn't profited you much, why not try to hang out more with yourself, look inwards, engage your mind and start digging for personal answers to your challenges? 

If it will be great it will not happen by chance.

If it will be successful it will not happen by luck.

If it will stand the test of time it will require the discipline of "sitting down first". 

It's a brand new week...have you sat down to map out in detail what you want to do this week?

Stop running around like everyone else...as a matter of fact, productivity is not synonymous with activity.

It's time to sit down and build working systems for your life. It's time to PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER. 

You will not fail!

Good morning and Happy New Week!