“I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions” Proverbs 8 vs. 12.
According to Solomon David; king of Israel in Biblical times “Getting wisdom is the most important thin you can do, whatever else you get, get insight” Proverb 4 vs. 7. Another translation says; “Wisdom is the principal thing therefore, get wisdom and with all your getting (strength) get understanding.
What is wisdom?
The knowledge of God in operation in the life of mortal men is wisdom. The understanding of the operation of revelation sense is wisdom. Wisdom is having knowledge of what to do at every point in time. Wisdom is working and walking under the shadow of the most high God. Wisdom is abiding by the instructions of God on all issues that relate to your life. Wisdom is overcoming obstacles as if they never existed.
The ability to turn challenges into stepping stones to attain higher heights is wisdom. It is being able access the mind of God before taking any major step in life. Wisdom is flowing with the rhythm of the heartbeat of God. Wisdom is such level of higher knowledge and understanding that is too high for many to easily and fully comprehend. It is a higher form of mental capacity that many cannot give themselves to what it demands to attain it (Psalm 139 vs. 6). It is not about intellectual capability; otherwise all scholars would have it. It is all about revelation (a higher form of inspiration). Wisdom is divine; it is a gift from God.
The Wisdom of Solomon has nothing to do with the age of Methuselah. It is not how old you are, but how wise you are. Divine wisdom is not a function of age, but a revelation from God handed down to a willing mind. Please note that the world is a fast developing, advancing and dynamic place that wealth and prosperity are not to be found in just knowing he principles of wisdom, but in clear, strong and definite application of these principles of divine wisdom.
BENEFITS OF DIVINE WISDOM GREATNESS
The greatest men that ever lived are the wisest men of their time. Jesus Christ was described as the epitome of the wisdom and the power of God by Apostle Paul in 1Corinthians 1 vs. 24. No wonder at the very young age of twelve he was found in the midst of Doctors of Philosophy hearing them and asking them questions and all that heard him were astonished at his answers and understanding Luke 2 vs 42 47.
Anthony Robbins is another man who became great through the use of divine wisdom. Before he contacted divine wisdom he was a poor young man living in a worn out apartment.
However, after his encounter with divine wisdom, he became a millionaire at the age of twenty four, he founded nine companies and he is the best selling author of Unlimited Power, a book now published in thirteen languages around the world. He is full of such wisdom that today he is considered America’s leader in human development training as he is committed to assisting people achieve personal and professional mastery. He has devoted more than half his life to helping people discover and develop their own unique qualities of greatness.
Abundance: King Solomon the author of the book of Proverbs was the richest man of his time because he was ‘baptized’ with the wisdom of God. Money making is the result of wise trading which can only be attained by the application of wisdom. Abundance and wealth are products of divine wisdom. It is not everybody that knows how to multiply the good things in their hands. Wisdom is the mother of multiplication of wealth. If you give ten fresh Nigerians graduates one million naira each today to start life for a two year period, the wise ones amongst them would have multiplied theirs or at least have something tangible to show for it, but the foolish ones among them will be in debt before the end of the first year, in the same country under the same economic conditions. So, it is not your location that is affecting you negatively, it is your level of understanding which is function of wisdom. That is why I keep telling undergraduates to discover themselves and know what they want out of life before they leave school.
Intellectualism: The simple reason why big people do silly things these days is just because they lack adequate knowledge and understanding. The ultimate expression of knowledge is wisdom. At the age of twenty four when many are still learning in school, Anthony Robbins had become a millionaire. At the age of twelve when many children are still under the tutelage of their parents; Jesus demonstrated such level of wisdom and understanding that baffled Doctors of Law, Rabbis and Philosophers. (Luke 2 vs 40, 46 & 47 & John 7 vs 14 – 16). Remember, Jesus said in John 14 vas 12 that if you believe in him, you will demonstrate greater wisdom than he did in his own time. The wisdom of God is very much available for your use today.
HOW TO ACCESS DIVINE WISDOM
· Strong Desire: To desire is to want something. To crave for it with intensity. Desire can be describe as something you long for with passion. A strong desire therefore is an essential requirement for accessing divine wisdom. It is only what you desire that you can acquire, no more, no less.
Open your mind only to the inspiration of God. There are three voices around you in the spiritual realm; your voice (intellectual wisdom), the devil’s voice (diabolical wisdom) ad the voice of God (divine wisdom). Have you ever imagine what God is thinking about you? He is thinking of how to awake the inner man in you, so that you will begin to use your talents to populate his kingdom on the earth.
· Meditation in Quietness: Wisdom comes mostly in quiet moments of thinking. If you want God to make you great, set aside at least twelve uninterrupted hours every week for deep thoughts on how to solve your problems and overcome your challenges or one whole weekend (Friday to Sunday) every month to plan and ponder how to advance your life to the highest level. Your level must change this year. However, many people cannot do this, hence they will be struggling and sweating with the same routine every year; meanwhile, they thought they are making progress! Three days of every month is not too much for the person that really wants to be distinguished in this life. We are so many in this world (approximately six billion human beings) that it takes a man of wisdom to be outstanding. It is not how far, but how well. If you are well done, your results will speak for you.
· Study: If you can study the book of Psalms and Proverbs twice in one month, you will contact divine ideas that will launch you out and you will be able to operate the wisdom of God on a higher level. I did not say read, I said study; line by line so that you can catch the revelations behind the verses. If you can ponder upon the truths in those books of the Bible, you will experience a systematic transformation that will put you in charge of the situations of life.
Remember, you are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139 vs 14) and the wisdom of God is your heritage. You must never fail!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
ARE YOU A TRADER OR AN INVESTOR?
Surely you must have heard the word: trading stocks, trading futures or even trading options. You also must have heard it said: investing in shares. So the question is: Are you a trader or an investor? Are you investing in a stock or a company? That may sound like confusing question, but it is an important distinction and can get you in trouble if you don’t know the answer? First, let’s be clear that either answer is okay. The problem arises when investors confuse one with the other or start out investing in a stock, then change their minds when something goes wrong.
Let me explain the difference between investing in a stock and investing in a company. If you buy a stock you are buying because you sense a price movement for some reason (through technical analysis, market/sector news, and so forth) you are interested in profiting form a price movement and, most likely, selling and moving on to another stock. Furthermore you have no real interest in the company behind the stock other than it is in the right place at the right time.
However, if you invest in a company you have done a thorough analysis of the company and believe it has long-term potential for growth. You also understand what the company does and its position in its market, if the price drops, you know why and can determine whether this is a short-term situation or a change that will have a long-term impact on the stock’s price.
A person who buys a stock is more precisely a trader while a person who buys a company is an investor. A trader may not hold a stock very long or may hold it a long time, depending on its performance. An investor buys a company with the intent of holding on to the stock for a long time.
As long is the tock’s price is performing well, neither the trader, nor the investor has much of a problem. However, when the stock’s price starts failing, that’s a different ball game.
The smart trader has an escape plan in place to prevent small loses from becoming big loses. The trader has no emotional attachment to the stock, so getting rid of the loser at a predetermined point is easy.
Many traders find that dumping a stock when it has fallen 7% or 8% is a good way to keep loses small. If you set your sell level higher say at 2% or 3%, you are in danger of letting a normal market blip trip your sell signal, only to see the stock and market rebound.
The problem arises when the trader decides they really like this stock and don’t want to give it up so easily. In other words, they’ve quit being traders and become investors. The don’t know enough about the company to make intelligent decisions about whether to hold the stock or let it go. They are no longer smart traders and they aren’t smart investors. Any decision they make as an investor at this point will be a guess.
The investor is probably better off when things go bad, but only if you have the courage of your convictions. If the stock price drops, reassess the company and the market. Did you miss something? Has something changed? Or is now the time to add to your holdings?
Don’t jump on the “sell at 7% loss” rule if you truly believe in the company’s long-term potential. If you become a trader a this point, you are robbing your future. The common denominator therefore is that it is okay to be either a trader or an investor, just don’t try to be both with the same stock. The question therefore is: When is the best time to sell a stock?
Let me explain the difference between investing in a stock and investing in a company. If you buy a stock you are buying because you sense a price movement for some reason (through technical analysis, market/sector news, and so forth) you are interested in profiting form a price movement and, most likely, selling and moving on to another stock. Furthermore you have no real interest in the company behind the stock other than it is in the right place at the right time.
However, if you invest in a company you have done a thorough analysis of the company and believe it has long-term potential for growth. You also understand what the company does and its position in its market, if the price drops, you know why and can determine whether this is a short-term situation or a change that will have a long-term impact on the stock’s price.
A person who buys a stock is more precisely a trader while a person who buys a company is an investor. A trader may not hold a stock very long or may hold it a long time, depending on its performance. An investor buys a company with the intent of holding on to the stock for a long time.
As long is the tock’s price is performing well, neither the trader, nor the investor has much of a problem. However, when the stock’s price starts failing, that’s a different ball game.
The smart trader has an escape plan in place to prevent small loses from becoming big loses. The trader has no emotional attachment to the stock, so getting rid of the loser at a predetermined point is easy.
Many traders find that dumping a stock when it has fallen 7% or 8% is a good way to keep loses small. If you set your sell level higher say at 2% or 3%, you are in danger of letting a normal market blip trip your sell signal, only to see the stock and market rebound.
The problem arises when the trader decides they really like this stock and don’t want to give it up so easily. In other words, they’ve quit being traders and become investors. The don’t know enough about the company to make intelligent decisions about whether to hold the stock or let it go. They are no longer smart traders and they aren’t smart investors. Any decision they make as an investor at this point will be a guess.
The investor is probably better off when things go bad, but only if you have the courage of your convictions. If the stock price drops, reassess the company and the market. Did you miss something? Has something changed? Or is now the time to add to your holdings?
Don’t jump on the “sell at 7% loss” rule if you truly believe in the company’s long-term potential. If you become a trader a this point, you are robbing your future. The common denominator therefore is that it is okay to be either a trader or an investor, just don’t try to be both with the same stock. The question therefore is: When is the best time to sell a stock?
PASSION,PURPOSE AND PURSUIT
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it” Von Goethe
According to John Ruskin; “No one is without a divinely appointed task and the divine means for getting it done”. The problem with most people however is lack of passion to pursue their task, vision or purpose to a conclusive end. Passion will enable you to keep your daily focus. Passion will enable you to stay committed to the task that will make you bring your vision to reality. Passion for success will help you keep your eye on your predetermined end-result despite the challenges that might come up, which must be surmounted.
Real Life Examples
Thomas Edison (1847-1931), one of the outstanding geniuses in the history of technology tried ten thousand times before he could come out with the right formula that made the electric bulb. There were famous story about him that after he tried nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine times to perfect the light bulb and had not succeeded, someone asked him: “Are you going to have ten thousand failures?” He answered “I did not fail; I just discovered another way not to invent the electric bulk”. He was passionately combined to achieve a break through. If you can hold on long enough, you will definitely break-through! Whatever you want to achieve in life; don’t give up, your success is on the way.
The Wright brothers (Orville and Wibur Wright) persisted with their experiment to invent a machine that could carry human beings and still fly, despite the fact that scientists at that time could not accept such possibility. In 1903 they achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled flight of an airplane, thus ushering in the age of heavier-than-air flight. They were also the first to build and fly a fully practical airplane in 1905. And, because of the pioneering efforts of the Wright brothers, we now have aero planes flying across the globe and other sophisticated machineries like rockets conveying Scientists to the moon. Scientific facts surrounding the issues confronting you can change, if you have the passion and the belief to persist long enough on your task. The Wright brothers did, and the result is evident to all today.
The legendary Greek Orator; Demosthenes, who was born with a speech defect, but later became (albeit arguably) the greatest Orator of all time, cultivated the art of public speaking by going to the shore of the Aegean sea in ancient Greece to strengthens his voice by shouting into the wind for hours at a time. To improve his diction, he practiced speaking with pebbles in his mouth. To over-come his fear, he practiced with a sword hanging over his head. To clarify his presentation, he studies the techniques of the master communicators of his time. Today, more than two thousand years later, the name Demosthenes is synonymous with oratorical eloquence.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) was a British Statesman and novelist. The first time he made a speech in the House of Commons he was booed off the stage. His maiden effort was such a flop that evens his best friends prophesied he would fade from politics. But Disraeli was determine not be disgraced, so he practiced to master the art of public speaking. He then trained his mind to memorize facts and figures and vowed; “I’ll make them listen to me. When next I talk, they’ll Clamour to hear me again.” And actually the other politicians did listened to him, for he became a great speaker with convincing power and one of the best known British Prime Minister, a friend of Queen Victoria and was raised to the peerage. For many years, he was one of the most influential men in the world, because he had the passion to change his fortune.
Nelson Mandela and his freedom fighters committed their life to the struggle against apartheid i.e. racial segregation in South Africa. They preferred to suffer incarceration because of the course they passionately pursued, than to be a free men in Apartheid South Africa. And they were justified as the wall of apartheid could not stand the resoluteness of the freedom fighters. They had passion for freedom.
The challenges and the eventual success of Abraham Lincoln is another classic example of passion at work. Abraham Lincoln persisted with his vision and political aim despite many defeats, until he became the president of United States of America. At age twenty one, he failed in business. He lost a legislative race at age twenty two. He had another business failure again at age twenty four. He lost his wife at age twenty six and had a nervous breakdown at twenty seven. He contested and lost congressional election at age thirty four and thirty six. He lost senatorial race at age forty five and forty nine, having failed to become vice president at forty seven. Finally, my brethren, because he refused to accept failure as final, he emerged the president of the United States of America at age fifty two. There is power in the passionate pursuit of vision!
Brain Tracy is regarded today as a distinguished and accomplished speaker and writer worldwide, yet he still devotes ten days a year to improve his already prodigious speaking skills. He has the passion to maintain his top level performance despite being one of the best in his field. It takes passion maintain his top level performance despite being one of the best in his field. It takes passion to maintain top level performance for a long period of time.
Finally, Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) despite her visual and hearing impediments helped and inspired many handicapped people. She once said “it is better to have no sight, than it is to have no vision”. Vision is the number one catalyst needed to turn your daily activities into productivity. If a blind woman had vision in her lifetime; what is the problem with you that you cannot wake up to face reality and surmount your challenges?
According to John Ruskin; “No one is without a divinely appointed task and the divine means for getting it done”. The problem with most people however is lack of passion to pursue their task, vision or purpose to a conclusive end. Passion will enable you to keep your daily focus. Passion will enable you to stay committed to the task that will make you bring your vision to reality. Passion for success will help you keep your eye on your predetermined end-result despite the challenges that might come up, which must be surmounted.
Real Life Examples
Thomas Edison (1847-1931), one of the outstanding geniuses in the history of technology tried ten thousand times before he could come out with the right formula that made the electric bulb. There were famous story about him that after he tried nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine times to perfect the light bulb and had not succeeded, someone asked him: “Are you going to have ten thousand failures?” He answered “I did not fail; I just discovered another way not to invent the electric bulk”. He was passionately combined to achieve a break through. If you can hold on long enough, you will definitely break-through! Whatever you want to achieve in life; don’t give up, your success is on the way.
The Wright brothers (Orville and Wibur Wright) persisted with their experiment to invent a machine that could carry human beings and still fly, despite the fact that scientists at that time could not accept such possibility. In 1903 they achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled flight of an airplane, thus ushering in the age of heavier-than-air flight. They were also the first to build and fly a fully practical airplane in 1905. And, because of the pioneering efforts of the Wright brothers, we now have aero planes flying across the globe and other sophisticated machineries like rockets conveying Scientists to the moon. Scientific facts surrounding the issues confronting you can change, if you have the passion and the belief to persist long enough on your task. The Wright brothers did, and the result is evident to all today.
The legendary Greek Orator; Demosthenes, who was born with a speech defect, but later became (albeit arguably) the greatest Orator of all time, cultivated the art of public speaking by going to the shore of the Aegean sea in ancient Greece to strengthens his voice by shouting into the wind for hours at a time. To improve his diction, he practiced speaking with pebbles in his mouth. To over-come his fear, he practiced with a sword hanging over his head. To clarify his presentation, he studies the techniques of the master communicators of his time. Today, more than two thousand years later, the name Demosthenes is synonymous with oratorical eloquence.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) was a British Statesman and novelist. The first time he made a speech in the House of Commons he was booed off the stage. His maiden effort was such a flop that evens his best friends prophesied he would fade from politics. But Disraeli was determine not be disgraced, so he practiced to master the art of public speaking. He then trained his mind to memorize facts and figures and vowed; “I’ll make them listen to me. When next I talk, they’ll Clamour to hear me again.” And actually the other politicians did listened to him, for he became a great speaker with convincing power and one of the best known British Prime Minister, a friend of Queen Victoria and was raised to the peerage. For many years, he was one of the most influential men in the world, because he had the passion to change his fortune.
Nelson Mandela and his freedom fighters committed their life to the struggle against apartheid i.e. racial segregation in South Africa. They preferred to suffer incarceration because of the course they passionately pursued, than to be a free men in Apartheid South Africa. And they were justified as the wall of apartheid could not stand the resoluteness of the freedom fighters. They had passion for freedom.
The challenges and the eventual success of Abraham Lincoln is another classic example of passion at work. Abraham Lincoln persisted with his vision and political aim despite many defeats, until he became the president of United States of America. At age twenty one, he failed in business. He lost a legislative race at age twenty two. He had another business failure again at age twenty four. He lost his wife at age twenty six and had a nervous breakdown at twenty seven. He contested and lost congressional election at age thirty four and thirty six. He lost senatorial race at age forty five and forty nine, having failed to become vice president at forty seven. Finally, my brethren, because he refused to accept failure as final, he emerged the president of the United States of America at age fifty two. There is power in the passionate pursuit of vision!
Brain Tracy is regarded today as a distinguished and accomplished speaker and writer worldwide, yet he still devotes ten days a year to improve his already prodigious speaking skills. He has the passion to maintain his top level performance despite being one of the best in his field. It takes passion maintain his top level performance despite being one of the best in his field. It takes passion to maintain top level performance for a long period of time.
Finally, Helen Keller (1880 – 1968) despite her visual and hearing impediments helped and inspired many handicapped people. She once said “it is better to have no sight, than it is to have no vision”. Vision is the number one catalyst needed to turn your daily activities into productivity. If a blind woman had vision in her lifetime; what is the problem with you that you cannot wake up to face reality and surmount your challenges?
Thursday, October 23, 2008
The Wonders of Faith
Faith can be defined as your trust and confidence in your inherent ability to be successful. Faith s your belief that your hopes and inspiration will fine fulfillment in the nearest future. Faith can be also be defined as the art of believing God for what you have not seen, so that you can experience what you believe him for, in the nearest future.
With faith in God, you will start on the road that leads to the achievement of your goals. The need to possess an expectant attitude, so that you can see the manifestation of your heart desire, cannot be over emphasized in the school of faith. For, it’s your positive expectation that will energize you to work with determination towards your goals. Faith will bring out the best of you. Faith is optimized and it is the pre-determinant of success. It enables us to use our resourcefulness to infinitely greater advantage. Faith is therefore the first principle of success.
How to activate your faith.
Every human being has a measure of faith. The fact that you are working or even looking for work to do is a demonstration of your faith that you want to success alone is not enough to achieve outstanding success. You need to turn your wants into a passionate desire that must be backed up with smart work. Faithlessness, on the other hand is to fold ones arm and be waiting for manner to fall from heaven. However, that you have read this article thus far is a pointer that you want to be motivated to success. Therefore, you can activate your faith in the following ways:
Be a reader and a learner
When you study, you are exposing yourself to knowledge. And knowledge that is properly applied is power. When you study you are enhancing your know-how, which will in turn increase your ability to succeed. It is therefore, in your best interest to study, learn and improve your self in the area you intend to succeed and be a pace setter. The reading culture in this paced modern society of ours is to say the least, poor. Most get easily discouraged when they are confronted with voluminous periodicals, not minding the importance of the subject matter to them and their businesses. Hence, mediocrity is promoted because of lack of adequate knowledge.
If you are a reader, n matter how old you are, you will be young at heart. You will have required knowledge and you will be inspired to seize opportunity for advancement of your life and that of others. Wisdom is not really a matter of age, but a function of and the constantly application of knowledge. A man that does not read is no better that the one who cannot read. Develop your reading and learning habit. According to Mike Murdock, if you are forty and you are serious about your finances, you should have forty books on financial planning and prosperity. Look at this example. When a person first gets converted to the Christian faith, for instance; he or she has surrendered his natural life for Christ supernatural life. That experience is what Christian preachers’ term being “born again.” However he has to study and learn the principles, laws and other requirement that will enable him to live the kind of life Christ lived. Those requirements are the covenants of God that will bring the power and the blessing of God to bear on the person’s life. For instance, you must be a giver (i.e. a blessing) to receive the abundant blessing from God as stated in Malachi 3 vs. 10. You must realize the need to honor your parents; so that your days might be long (Ephesians 6 vs. 2-3) you must serve God continually, so that you will be prosperous (Exodus 23 vs. 25) Like Jesus of Nazareth. For, Jesus himself wasn’t poor; other wise he would not have had a treasurer keeping is money for him as revealed in John 12 vs. 4-6. Therefore, if you are a genuine Christian and you will are still wallowing in abject poverty, you don’t understand the principles of Christ! For poverty is never synonymous with holiness.
The principle that learnt through reading is not just to be kept in mind. They are to be practice and applied to real life situation, if you want to reap the full benefits of studying. So, just as ignorance is never an excuse that can be pleaded at law, so also, ignorance is not an excuse for failure. And the only way to banish ignorance is through learning. When you have adequate know-how, your faith and chances to succeed will increase. Faith is a mind thing that is translated into action in order to produce the desired results. Also, prosperity beings in the mind and it is impossible while the mental attitude is hostile to it. It is fruitless to work for one something else, because everything must be created mentally first and is bound to follow its mental pattern, because happening in the physical are conclusion of the spiritual realm.
Associate with Successful People
There is something inspiring about successful people, that if you associate long enough with them will make you to develop faith that you too can become successful. Success is contagious and failure too is contagious. If you hope to be successful learn to spend quality time with the people who are successful or people who are inspiring for success. Distance yourself from pessimistic and negative minded people. Despite what many people see in the society as an unstable economy, many entrepreneurs by sheer creativity and that faith are expanding their businesses by believing that things can work-in this country. The problem is not the economy, but your state of mind as regard the economy. That is why in the same economy and doing the same business, some are making it while other are failing in it. Make your choice, because your success in this life is a product of your personal adventure.
When you have faith in God and in your ability to succeed and you put into practice the principles you have learned through study and positive associations with aspiring individuals you will succeed. Success is a product of faithful actions in the right direction. You have no choice but to succeed
With faith in God, you will start on the road that leads to the achievement of your goals. The need to possess an expectant attitude, so that you can see the manifestation of your heart desire, cannot be over emphasized in the school of faith. For, it’s your positive expectation that will energize you to work with determination towards your goals. Faith will bring out the best of you. Faith is optimized and it is the pre-determinant of success. It enables us to use our resourcefulness to infinitely greater advantage. Faith is therefore the first principle of success.
How to activate your faith.
Every human being has a measure of faith. The fact that you are working or even looking for work to do is a demonstration of your faith that you want to success alone is not enough to achieve outstanding success. You need to turn your wants into a passionate desire that must be backed up with smart work. Faithlessness, on the other hand is to fold ones arm and be waiting for manner to fall from heaven. However, that you have read this article thus far is a pointer that you want to be motivated to success. Therefore, you can activate your faith in the following ways:
Be a reader and a learner
When you study, you are exposing yourself to knowledge. And knowledge that is properly applied is power. When you study you are enhancing your know-how, which will in turn increase your ability to succeed. It is therefore, in your best interest to study, learn and improve your self in the area you intend to succeed and be a pace setter. The reading culture in this paced modern society of ours is to say the least, poor. Most get easily discouraged when they are confronted with voluminous periodicals, not minding the importance of the subject matter to them and their businesses. Hence, mediocrity is promoted because of lack of adequate knowledge.
If you are a reader, n matter how old you are, you will be young at heart. You will have required knowledge and you will be inspired to seize opportunity for advancement of your life and that of others. Wisdom is not really a matter of age, but a function of and the constantly application of knowledge. A man that does not read is no better that the one who cannot read. Develop your reading and learning habit. According to Mike Murdock, if you are forty and you are serious about your finances, you should have forty books on financial planning and prosperity. Look at this example. When a person first gets converted to the Christian faith, for instance; he or she has surrendered his natural life for Christ supernatural life. That experience is what Christian preachers’ term being “born again.” However he has to study and learn the principles, laws and other requirement that will enable him to live the kind of life Christ lived. Those requirements are the covenants of God that will bring the power and the blessing of God to bear on the person’s life. For instance, you must be a giver (i.e. a blessing) to receive the abundant blessing from God as stated in Malachi 3 vs. 10. You must realize the need to honor your parents; so that your days might be long (Ephesians 6 vs. 2-3) you must serve God continually, so that you will be prosperous (Exodus 23 vs. 25) Like Jesus of Nazareth. For, Jesus himself wasn’t poor; other wise he would not have had a treasurer keeping is money for him as revealed in John 12 vs. 4-6. Therefore, if you are a genuine Christian and you will are still wallowing in abject poverty, you don’t understand the principles of Christ! For poverty is never synonymous with holiness.
The principle that learnt through reading is not just to be kept in mind. They are to be practice and applied to real life situation, if you want to reap the full benefits of studying. So, just as ignorance is never an excuse that can be pleaded at law, so also, ignorance is not an excuse for failure. And the only way to banish ignorance is through learning. When you have adequate know-how, your faith and chances to succeed will increase. Faith is a mind thing that is translated into action in order to produce the desired results. Also, prosperity beings in the mind and it is impossible while the mental attitude is hostile to it. It is fruitless to work for one something else, because everything must be created mentally first and is bound to follow its mental pattern, because happening in the physical are conclusion of the spiritual realm.
Associate with Successful People
There is something inspiring about successful people, that if you associate long enough with them will make you to develop faith that you too can become successful. Success is contagious and failure too is contagious. If you hope to be successful learn to spend quality time with the people who are successful or people who are inspiring for success. Distance yourself from pessimistic and negative minded people. Despite what many people see in the society as an unstable economy, many entrepreneurs by sheer creativity and that faith are expanding their businesses by believing that things can work-in this country. The problem is not the economy, but your state of mind as regard the economy. That is why in the same economy and doing the same business, some are making it while other are failing in it. Make your choice, because your success in this life is a product of your personal adventure.
When you have faith in God and in your ability to succeed and you put into practice the principles you have learned through study and positive associations with aspiring individuals you will succeed. Success is a product of faithful actions in the right direction. You have no choice but to succeed
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Perfecting your imperfections
“Practice is the best of all instructors”::::: Publilius Syrus.
Research conducted in different parts of the world has shown that many successful and happy people do what their natural body system (including their mind and spirit) is best suited for. They are (always) at the center of their God-given profession; trading their natural skills. They are traders of their talent.
They do what they know best. They are also in their natural habitat during performance of their act. That is why well over 90% of basketballers (both male and female) are tall. So also the best preachers are orators and all scientists have inquisitive minds.
Interestingly, everybody have one natural gift or the other. That means everyone has a talent e or she can trade with. There is something of valve in every human being on the earth. God will not send anyone to this world without (inherently) equipping the person with the necessary tools of survival and distinction.
Your natural gift could be tangible, such as your physical appearance, it could also be intangible such as an idea or a burning desire in your mind (brain). I t could even be the manner of your communication or how you handle issues (mindset). Whatever it is, there is evidently a desire yearning for the expression inside of you, which if properly tapped into can bring about unending financial progress in your life. For example, many authors are still collecting royalties on their works even at old age. However, the intensity of the yearning could subside if you refuse to act on it. It is not my wish, however that you get to that stage and hence I am writing this piece.
Since every human being has a ‘talent’ to trade, the greatest challenge confronting each individual therefore, is to be able to locate his or her talent and natural gift. So, self-discovery is the greatest avenue for successful living.
Now to locate your talent
1. Inspiration
This is the stimulation or illustration of your mind and your creative abilities to execute a profitable idea, and if the idea is properly worked on, it could land you in wealth and fortune.
Have you heard of the multimillion-dollar business of Kenturkey Fried Chicken started by a retired army officer, Colonel Sanders? He got an idea (inspiration) about a uniquely fried chicken recipe. He believed the idea could work. Before then his restaurant was going bankrupt because the main highway was routed elsewhere. So, when he got his first social security cheque, he decided to make more selling his special chicken recipe. Despite his initial setbacks, today Colonel Sanders is a multimillionaire.
So what idea (inspiration) have you received recently? How are you going about executing those ideas? Never allow any profitable idea die within you. Ask questions. Look for ways to make it work. Learn whatever you need to know to make the idea work. If Colonel Sanders have not taken action on is idea, he might still be relying on the meager social security cheque, instead of becoming a millionaire. Learn to work on your inspiration.
2. Interest
Some person has special interest in crying out certain activities outside their normal day work. Those activities give them great pleasure and satisfaction and they excel in them (relative) ease. If you are one of those people, such activities could be your talent.
Chinue Achebe (Lecturer, Author and Poet) gained admission to the then university college Ibadan (now university of Ibadan) in 1948 to study medicine, but along the line he discovered his true interest and switched to literature and graduated with a second class degree. Today, he has become famous and won many awards writing novels by responding to his innate interest. Do not allow your normal day’s job becloud your inherent interest. Ask yourself what drives your interest. What are you willing to do that even if you are not paid for, you will continue to do? Wherever your interest lies is where your “real” money is. Your interest is your gift and your talent. Until you truly discover yourself, you are only surviving. It is time to begin to live purpose driven to life, which can only come via self-discovery of your “personal interest”.
How to enhance your talent
1. Training
Training is the art of teaching a person to perform a particular skill well. Your raw talent (whether you are an orator, a sport person or a naturally intelligent person) requires training. Your raw skill needs to be refined and harnessed for optimum performance. It is when crude oil becomes refined petroleum that is has greater valve. Training is a process of transformation i.e. transforming your raw skill into sophistication, for your profiting.
However, athletic or tall you may be, you cannot call yourself a great basketballers without undergoing rigorous training. Training is all about practicing the necessary skills to achieve competence in the art. The attainment of excellence performance is time consuming, but I’ll advice you to be ready to take the time.
Brain Tracy despite being a very accomplished speaker, still devotes 10 days in a year to improving his already prodigious speaking skills. Constant practice is one of the secrets to becoming masterful at anything.
2. Concentrated attention
If you give it what it takes, you will get what you want. The perfection of every art is time consuming. Therefore, you need to concentrate your attention and time to the achievement of a singular purpose. Jack of all trade is a master of none. But Jack of one trade will be a master of one. You can get to the top with your talent if you stay focused on perfecting your skills. All that Tiger Wood does is golfing; all other activities are delegated. This clearly shows that when your talent is given the required “brushing” you will shine like a star.
The essence of this write-up is to make you to take massive, focused and congruent actions that will lead you to achieve overwhelming results. This article is about you producing results! Simple.
3. Unremitting In Effort:
If your thirst and desire to attain excellence, which is a vital key to success, is strong enough, you will not relent in your effort at taking consistent action towards the attainment of your desire.
Success in life is all about taking action toward the desired direction. After being inspired, you must translates inspiration into success. Action is it that produces successful results. If you don’t get it right the first time, try the second time. If you still don’t get it right, try again. Keep working it until it works. Go for a counter attack and try it again. Afterall, Thomas Edison (Scientist) tried 10,000 times before he could come out with the right formular that produced the electric bulb. There is a famous story about him that after he tried 9,999 times to perfect the light bulb and hadn’t succeeded, someone asked him, “Are you going to have ten thousand failures?” He answered “I didn’t fail; I just discovered another way not to invent the electric bulb”. He was unremitting until he succeeded. When you have the will, there will always be a way.
When you enhance your talent to a brilliant level, and you work hard with a continuous desire for perfection, you will be standing where your mates are seated. Wherever they are standing, you will become outstanding and even if some of them are outstanding too, you will stand out, you will become the standard to measure their performance! Nothing will be strong enough to stop your forward march. My greatest desire is that anybody that read this piece will strive for and still make great impact this year.
According to Michael Masterson, there is one secret to becoming masterful with your talent. And that is to practice…and then practice… and then practice even more. Your will succeed!
Success in life is all about taking action toward the desired direction. After being inspired, you must translates inspiration into success. Action is it that produces successful results. If you don’t get it right the first time, try the second time. If you still don’t get it right, try again. Keep working it until it works. Go for a counter attack and try it again. Afterall, Thomas Edison (Scientist) tried 10,000 times before he could come out with the right formular that produced the electric bulb. There is a famous story about him that after he tried 9,999 times to perfect the light bulb and hadn’t succeeded, someone asked him, “Are you going to have ten thousand failures?” He answered “I didn’t fail; I just discovered another way not to invent the electric bulb”. He was unremitting until he succeeded. When you have the will, there will always be a way.
When you enhance your talent to a brilliant level, and you work hard with a continuous desire for perfection, you will be standing where your mates are seated. Wherever they are standing, you will become outstanding and even if some of them are outstanding too, you will stand out, you will become the standard to measure their performance! Nothing will be strong enough to stop your forward march. My greatest desire is that anybody that read this piece will strive for and still make great impact this year.
According to Michael Masterson, there is one secret to becoming masterful with your talent. And that is to practice…and then practice… and then practice even more. Your will succeed!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Determination
“People only see what they are prepared to see”:::::
One ability that can distinguish you from the crowd is to develop yourself to possess the will power to make yourself do the most important things you have to do when it ought to be done. Self-discipline is the starting point of a successful career. The ability to delay gratification and to avoid much pleasure, in order to concentrate on the more important assignments of your career and life is curial if you must be outstanding.
In many cases, it’s is the determination to continue to chase one’s purpose aim in life that enables one elicits desired result. When you stick to a task, you will eventually get the result you desire. The ability to stay on the task till result is accomplished is a test of your mental and intellectual discipline.
Many people are zealous about their career at the beginning, however as the year or time progresses and they get financially secured; they lose steam and begin to take things easy.
The truth however is that in order to reach the summit of your career, you have to keep the fire burning. You must be passionate and persistent to overcome every obstacle on your way to the topmost top.
Remember, HE WHO DOESNOT ADVANCE AUTOMATICALLY FALLS BACKWARDS OVER TIME, HE WHO STOP PROGRESSING WILL BE OVERWHELMED WITH THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE, HE WHO CEASES TO BE GREATER WILL SOON BECOME SMALL, because, to be stationary(in your career, personal business endeavors) is to be static. Never make your life a bus stop to mediocrity. God has packaged you for success. You only need to see well, by keeping the larger picture of your prosperous future in mind, so that you can start acting like someone who is headed for a great future.
Watch your attitude
Your attitude is the reflection of your mindset. The greatest invention of the twenty first century is the discovery that man’s attitude determines his success in anything he sets his mind to do. The outward is always an expression of the inward. What you will become in your life is constantly being design in your mind. Your mind is the architect of your life. What you are able to build in real life is the product and outcome of the construction work going on in your mind. Hence, if you want to come out top in the race of life, work diligently and conscientiously on your mind and always give expression to the thought of your mind by the diligent work of your hands. It is the effective and efficient combination of your thoughts plus your work that will grantee you success. Success is a product of your thoughtful actions in a purposed direction. Note that the mind is the place for setting priorities, while the body is to ensure prompt execution of plans. Successful people take hold of opportunities promptly because they are prepared in their mind and are ready with their body. How? They stuff their mind with knowledge and they eat digestible/natural food moderately.
Be wary of wrong association
I will tell you this “If you want to fly with the eagles you can’t continue to scratch with the turkeys.” Get around with the right people. Develop your contacts. Seek for the sharper minds to associate with. Your associations with great minds will rub-off positively on you. Begin to associate with the kind of people that you look up to and would be proud to introduce to your friends. By keeping company with optimistic and result oriented people your performance will improve. That is why almost every major change in the people you live with or work with.
Take action
Success is the effective and efficient completion of assigned task to the level of the expectation of the one who gave the assignment. Therefore the best plans in the midst of the right associations will not amount to anything without a corresponding appreciate action. Work your thoughts. God as an assignment for you on this earth. Have you discovered it?. If so, how passionate are you in satisfying the yearnings of God for your life? Start doing something about your situation where you are with what you have. Don’t wait for the best time this is the right time. Have you taken stock of your accomplishments in regard to your aspiration when the year began? Whatever the result you can still do more within this year if you start to take action immediately. Begin to work your thoughts and work your talk. I pray that before the end of this year your success will be evident to all.
One ability that can distinguish you from the crowd is to develop yourself to possess the will power to make yourself do the most important things you have to do when it ought to be done. Self-discipline is the starting point of a successful career. The ability to delay gratification and to avoid much pleasure, in order to concentrate on the more important assignments of your career and life is curial if you must be outstanding.
In many cases, it’s is the determination to continue to chase one’s purpose aim in life that enables one elicits desired result. When you stick to a task, you will eventually get the result you desire. The ability to stay on the task till result is accomplished is a test of your mental and intellectual discipline.
Many people are zealous about their career at the beginning, however as the year or time progresses and they get financially secured; they lose steam and begin to take things easy.
The truth however is that in order to reach the summit of your career, you have to keep the fire burning. You must be passionate and persistent to overcome every obstacle on your way to the topmost top.
Remember, HE WHO DOESNOT ADVANCE AUTOMATICALLY FALLS BACKWARDS OVER TIME, HE WHO STOP PROGRESSING WILL BE OVERWHELMED WITH THE CHALLENGES OF LIFE, HE WHO CEASES TO BE GREATER WILL SOON BECOME SMALL, because, to be stationary(in your career, personal business endeavors) is to be static. Never make your life a bus stop to mediocrity. God has packaged you for success. You only need to see well, by keeping the larger picture of your prosperous future in mind, so that you can start acting like someone who is headed for a great future.
Watch your attitude
Your attitude is the reflection of your mindset. The greatest invention of the twenty first century is the discovery that man’s attitude determines his success in anything he sets his mind to do. The outward is always an expression of the inward. What you will become in your life is constantly being design in your mind. Your mind is the architect of your life. What you are able to build in real life is the product and outcome of the construction work going on in your mind. Hence, if you want to come out top in the race of life, work diligently and conscientiously on your mind and always give expression to the thought of your mind by the diligent work of your hands. It is the effective and efficient combination of your thoughts plus your work that will grantee you success. Success is a product of your thoughtful actions in a purposed direction. Note that the mind is the place for setting priorities, while the body is to ensure prompt execution of plans. Successful people take hold of opportunities promptly because they are prepared in their mind and are ready with their body. How? They stuff their mind with knowledge and they eat digestible/natural food moderately.
Be wary of wrong association
I will tell you this “If you want to fly with the eagles you can’t continue to scratch with the turkeys.” Get around with the right people. Develop your contacts. Seek for the sharper minds to associate with. Your associations with great minds will rub-off positively on you. Begin to associate with the kind of people that you look up to and would be proud to introduce to your friends. By keeping company with optimistic and result oriented people your performance will improve. That is why almost every major change in the people you live with or work with.
Take action
Success is the effective and efficient completion of assigned task to the level of the expectation of the one who gave the assignment. Therefore the best plans in the midst of the right associations will not amount to anything without a corresponding appreciate action. Work your thoughts. God as an assignment for you on this earth. Have you discovered it?. If so, how passionate are you in satisfying the yearnings of God for your life? Start doing something about your situation where you are with what you have. Don’t wait for the best time this is the right time. Have you taken stock of your accomplishments in regard to your aspiration when the year began? Whatever the result you can still do more within this year if you start to take action immediately. Begin to work your thoughts and work your talk. I pray that before the end of this year your success will be evident to all.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Prosperity Consciousness
Good thinking, Good product
-----Japanese proverb
The prevailing poverty that pervades many parts of the world today is basically a product of uninspired thinking that manifests in poor execution of activities of the generality of the people from top to bottom. Good thinking always delivers good products says a Japanese proverb. The solution to poverty and mediocrity is “scientific thinking” i.e. having the ability to harmonies your thoughts with that of the omniscience in order to bring innovative solutions to your live and societal challenges.
Nothing could be as innovative and more result oriented as creative thinking. Some of us just need a little bit of one great truth to break through in life. If you are a business owner, what you need is a little bit of the great truth to excel like Warren Buffet. If you are a politician, you need a little bit of the great truth like Abraham Lincoln to serve well.
If you are a spots person, you just need a little bit of the great truth like Michael Phelps to be outstanding.
Seed of innovation
God has placed a seed of innovative solution inside everyone; we only need to look inward enough to bring it out. The remedy to everyone’s challenge is inside of them. The solution to everyone’s problems are inside of them, that is why imported solutions that is not properly adapted to our domestic peculiarities will not be perfect for the setting in our great county. A clear example is China, which is am emerging power in the world today. China has overtaken the United States as a giant in sports by winning this year Olympics and the Paralympics. What’ more? China is today a fast growing
economy n the world at a time when United States Government is offering palliatives to their distressed financial institutions.
Creative thinking
One of the greatest things you owe yourself is never to permit thoughts that are contrary to your aspirations any space to grow in your mind. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life (Proverbs 4 vs. 23).
Permit only harmonious thoughts in your mind that are compatible to your aims and aspirations. Before you can lift yourself out of poverty, you must lift your thoughts to prosperity consciousness, because, your destiny is shaped by your thoughts. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he: and has he continues to think, so he will remain (Proverbs 23 vs. 7). Understand that you will always become what you wish to become, when your habitual thoughts corresponds with your heart desires. A stronger motive will always drive out the lesser. If prosperity consciousness is strong in you, poverty will loss its grip over your live. Think wealth only.
The worst think about poverty is the poverty mentality, which prevent talented people from giving their best to the task at hand. Everyone must do their level best to be very rich and outstanding. Great people always have an urging to do more, to accomplish more, to push more, to advance more and to cover more ground, albeit legally. If you do the same thing, you will get the same result. We can all shine in this world. Your shinning in your profession will never disturb my shinning in my writing vocation.
The sky is wide enough for all the birds in the world to fly at the same time. So also, the world is big enough for us all to shine. Shed all the weight of negativity holding you down. If negative news as propagated in the print and electronic media tends to blur your world view and perspective, stop listening to them and concentrate on the “Good –news” i.e. the scriptures. Concentrate your mind on what you need to do and do everything you need to be as successful and as wealthy as you ought to be.
Great accomplishments in life are never a product of luck, but a product of deliberate and disciplined choice that is backed up with affirmative and thoughtful actions.
The process
The mere fact that so many people continue to rise every year out of poverty should convince anyone that there is a way that leads to abundance: you only need to learn the steps. It is only what you learn that you will know and it is what you know that will make you known. The only way to enjoy abundance is to align you thoughts and consciousness with that of omniscience, omnipotent and omnipresent God. Make the scriptures your companion. Cram it, if need be. Recite it as often as you can. Apply it with faith.
Hold on until you get hold of your desires. Real prosperity is not an instant occurrence, but a process that delivers in stages. God will never bless you beyond what you can manage.
Therefore, you need to structure you prayers according to the level of your financial management skills or ask God to increase your money management sense. Be scripturally realistic and stop asking God for what you are not prepared to
manage well.
-----Japanese proverb
The prevailing poverty that pervades many parts of the world today is basically a product of uninspired thinking that manifests in poor execution of activities of the generality of the people from top to bottom. Good thinking always delivers good products says a Japanese proverb. The solution to poverty and mediocrity is “scientific thinking” i.e. having the ability to harmonies your thoughts with that of the omniscience in order to bring innovative solutions to your live and societal challenges.
Nothing could be as innovative and more result oriented as creative thinking. Some of us just need a little bit of one great truth to break through in life. If you are a business owner, what you need is a little bit of the great truth to excel like Warren Buffet. If you are a politician, you need a little bit of the great truth like Abraham Lincoln to serve well.
If you are a spots person, you just need a little bit of the great truth like Michael Phelps to be outstanding.
Seed of innovation
God has placed a seed of innovative solution inside everyone; we only need to look inward enough to bring it out. The remedy to everyone’s challenge is inside of them. The solution to everyone’s problems are inside of them, that is why imported solutions that is not properly adapted to our domestic peculiarities will not be perfect for the setting in our great county. A clear example is China, which is am emerging power in the world today. China has overtaken the United States as a giant in sports by winning this year Olympics and the Paralympics. What’ more? China is today a fast growing
economy n the world at a time when United States Government is offering palliatives to their distressed financial institutions.
Creative thinking
One of the greatest things you owe yourself is never to permit thoughts that are contrary to your aspirations any space to grow in your mind. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life (Proverbs 4 vs. 23).
Permit only harmonious thoughts in your mind that are compatible to your aims and aspirations. Before you can lift yourself out of poverty, you must lift your thoughts to prosperity consciousness, because, your destiny is shaped by your thoughts. As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he: and has he continues to think, so he will remain (Proverbs 23 vs. 7). Understand that you will always become what you wish to become, when your habitual thoughts corresponds with your heart desires. A stronger motive will always drive out the lesser. If prosperity consciousness is strong in you, poverty will loss its grip over your live. Think wealth only.
The worst think about poverty is the poverty mentality, which prevent talented people from giving their best to the task at hand. Everyone must do their level best to be very rich and outstanding. Great people always have an urging to do more, to accomplish more, to push more, to advance more and to cover more ground, albeit legally. If you do the same thing, you will get the same result. We can all shine in this world. Your shinning in your profession will never disturb my shinning in my writing vocation.
The sky is wide enough for all the birds in the world to fly at the same time. So also, the world is big enough for us all to shine. Shed all the weight of negativity holding you down. If negative news as propagated in the print and electronic media tends to blur your world view and perspective, stop listening to them and concentrate on the “Good –news” i.e. the scriptures. Concentrate your mind on what you need to do and do everything you need to be as successful and as wealthy as you ought to be.
Great accomplishments in life are never a product of luck, but a product of deliberate and disciplined choice that is backed up with affirmative and thoughtful actions.
The process
The mere fact that so many people continue to rise every year out of poverty should convince anyone that there is a way that leads to abundance: you only need to learn the steps. It is only what you learn that you will know and it is what you know that will make you known. The only way to enjoy abundance is to align you thoughts and consciousness with that of omniscience, omnipotent and omnipresent God. Make the scriptures your companion. Cram it, if need be. Recite it as often as you can. Apply it with faith.
Hold on until you get hold of your desires. Real prosperity is not an instant occurrence, but a process that delivers in stages. God will never bless you beyond what you can manage.
Therefore, you need to structure you prayers according to the level of your financial management skills or ask God to increase your money management sense. Be scripturally realistic and stop asking God for what you are not prepared to
manage well.
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