A wise man pegs down the wings of riches by sowing into other peoples' lives and by investing.
Life as an asset should appreciate and not depreciate, so watch what you do with your life as what you do determines its marginal propensity to appreciate or depreciate.
It is only a fool that will see a good thing and not run after it.
Life is like a GAME that has no rematch, you either win or you loose. So play to WIN.
The life you live is a function of the choices you made.
Friday, July 18, 2008
MORE STEPS.....................
Be Willing To Ask For Help: Whenever the need arises, never hesitate to ask for whatever you need on your road to success. Do not allow fear prevent you from asking for help. Any refusal to your request will not make you become less of who you are, it will only make you more determined to want to achieve.
Be Thankful: For every goal accomplished on your road to success, always remember to be thankful no matter how small the feat may be. For being thankful open doors to more opportunities. TRY IT, IT WORKS
Be Prepared: Like the Boys' Scout motto 'be prepared' for you never can tell when opportunities will come knocking on your door. For you to understand the mystery behind preparation and opportunity, study how Les Brown became a disc jockey. Imagine if Les Brown had not been prepared, would he had been able to utilize the opportunity that catapulted him into limelight.
Be Focused: Fela Durotoye once said that when you are focused on one thing, you become blind to all other things. Focus does not give room to any form of distraction no matter how small. Focus means doing the right things, it means seeing only the end of the matter which is success.
Inspite of all the steps stated so far, the basic and most important thing is to
1. Discover yourself.
2.Know who you really are.
3.Know what you can do best and exactly what you want from life.
Be Thankful: For every goal accomplished on your road to success, always remember to be thankful no matter how small the feat may be. For being thankful open doors to more opportunities. TRY IT, IT WORKS
Be Prepared: Like the Boys' Scout motto 'be prepared' for you never can tell when opportunities will come knocking on your door. For you to understand the mystery behind preparation and opportunity, study how Les Brown became a disc jockey. Imagine if Les Brown had not been prepared, would he had been able to utilize the opportunity that catapulted him into limelight.
Be Focused: Fela Durotoye once said that when you are focused on one thing, you become blind to all other things. Focus does not give room to any form of distraction no matter how small. Focus means doing the right things, it means seeing only the end of the matter which is success.
Inspite of all the steps stated so far, the basic and most important thing is to
1. Discover yourself.
2.Know who you really are.
3.Know what you can do best and exactly what you want from life.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL LIVING
With the little knowledgw I have gathered, I've come to realize that success is not about dreams and aspirations only, but it takes a whole lot more than that. Having a dream is just the starting point and it does not determine one's success in life.
Many people have different opinions about how to become successful in life. Below are some of my own steps to living a successful and fulfilled life.
1) Having A Vision: this is the very first step towards success. Vision helps you to understand what you want in life, it helps you to have a clear picture of how you want to live your life. There is the need for you to have a clear cut vision, so as to know exactly what you want. In my own opinion, I think having a vision is more powerful than having a dream. Dreams can sometimes be wishful thinking, but vision is a clear cut and well defined dream.
Futhermore, dreams come and go but visions are embedded in our hearts, thus making it impossible to forget. So, if you want to be successful in life, the first step is to have a CLEAR CUT AND WELL DEFINED VISION of what you want.
2) BELIEVE IN YOURSELF: This is very important if your vision is going to become a reality. Most times, our visions are bigger than us and we begin to think of our inadequacies. If you cant believe in yourself, then you can never pursue your vision. Be confident that you have whatever it takes for your vision to materialise. If you can come up with a vision as beautiful, powerful and wonderful as that, then you have the empowerment to achieve it.
3) ASSOCIATE WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE: The kind of people we associate with determines how far we will go in life. Like a verse in the bible says "evil communication corrupts good manners". So also, the friends we keep can make or marr us. Some friens are vision killers while some will encourage you and help you bring out the best in you. So always make it a point of duty to surround yourself with the right people.
Note; it is not every dick, tom and harry you discuss your vision with.
To be continued..................................
Many people have different opinions about how to become successful in life. Below are some of my own steps to living a successful and fulfilled life.
1) Having A Vision: this is the very first step towards success. Vision helps you to understand what you want in life, it helps you to have a clear picture of how you want to live your life. There is the need for you to have a clear cut vision, so as to know exactly what you want. In my own opinion, I think having a vision is more powerful than having a dream. Dreams can sometimes be wishful thinking, but vision is a clear cut and well defined dream.
Futhermore, dreams come and go but visions are embedded in our hearts, thus making it impossible to forget. So, if you want to be successful in life, the first step is to have a CLEAR CUT AND WELL DEFINED VISION of what you want.
2) BELIEVE IN YOURSELF: This is very important if your vision is going to become a reality. Most times, our visions are bigger than us and we begin to think of our inadequacies. If you cant believe in yourself, then you can never pursue your vision. Be confident that you have whatever it takes for your vision to materialise. If you can come up with a vision as beautiful, powerful and wonderful as that, then you have the empowerment to achieve it.
3) ASSOCIATE WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE: The kind of people we associate with determines how far we will go in life. Like a verse in the bible says "evil communication corrupts good manners". So also, the friends we keep can make or marr us. Some friens are vision killers while some will encourage you and help you bring out the best in you. So always make it a point of duty to surround yourself with the right people.
Note; it is not every dick, tom and harry you discuss your vision with.
To be continued..................................
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
It's being a while since i last posted here. Guess pressures at work is taking it's toll on me.
This past sunday, one of my aunts asked me to put something, kind of a write up together for her programme. She is a motivational speaker and she runs a programme on the radio. I was able to come up with something like this, i just hope it will encourage anybody that stumbles on it.........................
MY DESTINATION
Have been going down this road for a while now
And I can’t help but think
When will I get to my destination?
Coz am tired and weary
And I really want to give up
Seems like this journey will never end
Seems like it will take forever
Seems like I may never get to my destination
Seems like…………………..
But I know I can’t throw in the towel now
Just have to hold on
Coz it won’t take long before I get there
No matter how long the journey may seem
I will hold on, coz I will get to my destination.
My destination is the top
My destination is recognition
My destination is to affect peoples’ life
My destination is a fulfilled life
My destination is a glorious one
So am not going to give up
Coz I know that it’s just a matter of time
I will get to my destination.
So am going to hang in there
In the nick of time
Everything will fall in place.
This past sunday, one of my aunts asked me to put something, kind of a write up together for her programme. She is a motivational speaker and she runs a programme on the radio. I was able to come up with something like this, i just hope it will encourage anybody that stumbles on it.........................
MY DESTINATION
Have been going down this road for a while now
And I can’t help but think
When will I get to my destination?
Coz am tired and weary
And I really want to give up
Seems like this journey will never end
Seems like it will take forever
Seems like I may never get to my destination
Seems like…………………..
But I know I can’t throw in the towel now
Just have to hold on
Coz it won’t take long before I get there
No matter how long the journey may seem
I will hold on, coz I will get to my destination.
My destination is the top
My destination is recognition
My destination is to affect peoples’ life
My destination is a fulfilled life
My destination is a glorious one
So am not going to give up
Coz I know that it’s just a matter of time
I will get to my destination.
So am going to hang in there
In the nick of time
Everything will fall in place.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The Value of A True Friend
Today would have been another typical week day of work from 8am to 6pm, except for a a guy i came across on the net.
I had fun discussing with him and during the course of our discussion, i understood the value of real frienship.
Friends actually can help you remain focused or just divert your focus to something entirely different from your attention from your goals and objectives in life depending on who you decide to associate with or get close to.
Sometimes in our lives we may be going down the wrong road and just at the nick of a time a friend just calls your attention to what you are doing wrong, and that can really help from us from doing something that could be detrimental to our life.
Friends are always the ones we run to whenever we are in trouble, whenever we need a shoulder to cry on or just somebody to listen to our thoughts even when they dont make sense.
Some friends can be as close as a family(sister or brother), they are the ones that remember your birthdays, the ones you hang out with, the first people you call when you are happy and still the first people you call when you are down.
They are people you can trust with your with your inner most secrets and your deepest fears.
You share jokes with them, you laugh together and even cry together, you lean on each other and draw strength from each other.
I just cant imagine how this world will be without such people. I bet it will be a very boring and lonely place without such people as friends in our lives.
Suffice to say then that friends are meant to be appreciated and not taken for granted.
You can always appreciate your friend with a text message, card, taking him/her on a suprise outing, buying gifts for them and most importantly having a listening ear no matter how senseless what they have to say might be.
I have friends that have actually helped me to shape my orientation and values, cannot but appreciate them on this page
omowunmi osholeye, vivian nwachie, ifedolapo adaramoye, oritseshemaye ojuyah, sulaimon ohimine. The world is always on a sunny side for me whenever you guys cross my mind. Love you and thanx for being a friend.
Omore you really are like a sister.
I had fun discussing with him and during the course of our discussion, i understood the value of real frienship.
Friends actually can help you remain focused or just divert your focus to something entirely different from your attention from your goals and objectives in life depending on who you decide to associate with or get close to.
Sometimes in our lives we may be going down the wrong road and just at the nick of a time a friend just calls your attention to what you are doing wrong, and that can really help from us from doing something that could be detrimental to our life.
Friends are always the ones we run to whenever we are in trouble, whenever we need a shoulder to cry on or just somebody to listen to our thoughts even when they dont make sense.
Some friends can be as close as a family(sister or brother), they are the ones that remember your birthdays, the ones you hang out with, the first people you call when you are happy and still the first people you call when you are down.
They are people you can trust with your with your inner most secrets and your deepest fears.
You share jokes with them, you laugh together and even cry together, you lean on each other and draw strength from each other.
I just cant imagine how this world will be without such people. I bet it will be a very boring and lonely place without such people as friends in our lives.
Suffice to say then that friends are meant to be appreciated and not taken for granted.
You can always appreciate your friend with a text message, card, taking him/her on a suprise outing, buying gifts for them and most importantly having a listening ear no matter how senseless what they have to say might be.
I have friends that have actually helped me to shape my orientation and values, cannot but appreciate them on this page
omowunmi osholeye, vivian nwachie, ifedolapo adaramoye, oritseshemaye ojuyah, sulaimon ohimine. The world is always on a sunny side for me whenever you guys cross my mind. Love you and thanx for being a friend.
Omore you really are like a sister.
Friday, July 27, 2007
HOW MUCH IS YOUR TIME WORTH?
I thought this might be useful to any entrepeneur that happens to read.
It's an old cliche that we all know and understand, but to what extent do you really apply it in your business?
For example, do you make a phone call when an email would do just fine?
Sure, there's something to be said for spending a little extra time building rapport with your clients, but phone calls often stretch out into ten, twenty, thirty minutes when taking five minutes to craft an email would have gotten the job done.
Remember, your clients and strategic partners are busy too -- they may appreciate the efficiency of an email instead of a phone call.
On the other hand, are you an "email person", who insists on going back and forth via email, when a phone call is clearly necessary to iron out the issue? If something is going to require a lot of back-and-forth, a phone call may be more efficient.
If you're trying to come to an agreement about something and you exchange more than two rounds of email, it's time to just pick up the phone.
What about picking up checks from clients? Entrepreneurs are always in a hurry to get paid, it seems, and again, there's something to be said for building rapport with clients. But often, picking up a check may mean the only person you actually speak to is the receptionist at their office. Is it really worth an hour of your time to say hello to their receptionist and get paid 1-2 days sooner? Just ask them to mail it to you.
How much is your time worth?
Have you figured it out? If not, you should. To figure the minimum, figure out how much money you're making per year and divide it by 2,000. To figure the maximum, consider how much you make for your most productive time -- closing a deal, a speaking engagement, billable client time, etc. Somewhere in between there is the real value of your time.
There's a saying which I recall reading somewhere (I thought it was Harvey Mackay, but I haven't been able to track down the quote):
Don't pay someone $25 an hour to do $7 an hour work.Plug your own numbers in there. Maybe it needs to be, "Don't pay someone $50 an hour to do $20 an hour work." You're the first number. Whatever your time is worth, think about each and every activity that you're spending time on on a regular basis. Could you outsource it to a bookkeeper, a virtual assistant, a web designer, a copywriter, a part-time employee, your spouse or even one of your kids?
It's very difficult for most entrepreneurs to relinquish that control and delegate, but it's one of the best ways that you can ultimately increase your income while decreasing the number of hours you work.
Remember - most resources are potentially unlimited. There's no limit to how much money you can make (someone can pass up Bill Gates, right?). There's no limit (other than self-imposed) as to how many customers you can have, or employees, or locations, or products or anything else.
But there are only 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, and you have to spend some of that time sleeping, eating, playing, relaxing and growing with yourself, your friends and your family.
Time is an entrepreneur's most precious resource, because it is the only one that is truly scarce. Be stingy with it.
It's an old cliche that we all know and understand, but to what extent do you really apply it in your business?
For example, do you make a phone call when an email would do just fine?
Sure, there's something to be said for spending a little extra time building rapport with your clients, but phone calls often stretch out into ten, twenty, thirty minutes when taking five minutes to craft an email would have gotten the job done.
Remember, your clients and strategic partners are busy too -- they may appreciate the efficiency of an email instead of a phone call.
On the other hand, are you an "email person", who insists on going back and forth via email, when a phone call is clearly necessary to iron out the issue? If something is going to require a lot of back-and-forth, a phone call may be more efficient.
If you're trying to come to an agreement about something and you exchange more than two rounds of email, it's time to just pick up the phone.
What about picking up checks from clients? Entrepreneurs are always in a hurry to get paid, it seems, and again, there's something to be said for building rapport with clients. But often, picking up a check may mean the only person you actually speak to is the receptionist at their office. Is it really worth an hour of your time to say hello to their receptionist and get paid 1-2 days sooner? Just ask them to mail it to you.
How much is your time worth?
Have you figured it out? If not, you should. To figure the minimum, figure out how much money you're making per year and divide it by 2,000. To figure the maximum, consider how much you make for your most productive time -- closing a deal, a speaking engagement, billable client time, etc. Somewhere in between there is the real value of your time.
There's a saying which I recall reading somewhere (I thought it was Harvey Mackay, but I haven't been able to track down the quote):
Don't pay someone $25 an hour to do $7 an hour work.Plug your own numbers in there. Maybe it needs to be, "Don't pay someone $50 an hour to do $20 an hour work." You're the first number. Whatever your time is worth, think about each and every activity that you're spending time on on a regular basis. Could you outsource it to a bookkeeper, a virtual assistant, a web designer, a copywriter, a part-time employee, your spouse or even one of your kids?
It's very difficult for most entrepreneurs to relinquish that control and delegate, but it's one of the best ways that you can ultimately increase your income while decreasing the number of hours you work.
Remember - most resources are potentially unlimited. There's no limit to how much money you can make (someone can pass up Bill Gates, right?). There's no limit (other than self-imposed) as to how many customers you can have, or employees, or locations, or products or anything else.
But there are only 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, and you have to spend some of that time sleeping, eating, playing, relaxing and growing with yourself, your friends and your family.
Time is an entrepreneur's most precious resource, because it is the only one that is truly scarce. Be stingy with it.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
How many times have u ever wondered;
Can i amount to something in life?
Can i ever make a headway in life?
Or how many times have u heard people tell you that;
You can make it,
You have what it takes and so on
Normally your response is usually "you think so or thanks anyway, but i dont think so.
The truth of the matter is that you can always make a headway, you can always amount to something in life as long as as u take the fear factor away.
Fear is one of the weapons that we allow to make us believe that we are inadequate.
And one of our greatest fear is not that we cannot make it, but that we are afraid of our capabilities and abilities.
We will rather not look inwards afraid of what we may find there.
Once we are able to overcome this fear, you will discover that you are capable beyond tour own measures, and that the word impossibility exist as long as you think you cant.
One of the greatest things that God has done for us is to give us a mind and a sound mind he has given us.
The mind is a fertile ground for any seed, depending on the kind of seed you are planting on it.
Everything thing that you are or have become is what you are on the inside.
If in your mind, you see yourself as inadequate; then you are definatelty inadequate.
Likewise, if your mind you see yourself as a competent person, an achiever; then you are definately an achiever.
The mind is like a battle ground where every battle that must be won must first be won in your mind.
You actually have what it takes to be want want you want to be as long as you believe it , you can actually achieve it.
All you have to do is to feed your mind with positive stuffs and not junks and you will be suprised at how positive you will be on the outside.
Life is too short for you not to make the best of it.
Achieve your dreams and do what you have always dreamt of doing.
Remember, whatever you want to be, let it be grounded in your mind first and you will be amazed at the results that will folllow.
If you believe it, you can achieve it.
Can i amount to something in life?
Can i ever make a headway in life?
Or how many times have u heard people tell you that;
You can make it,
You have what it takes and so on
Normally your response is usually "you think so or thanks anyway, but i dont think so.
The truth of the matter is that you can always make a headway, you can always amount to something in life as long as as u take the fear factor away.
Fear is one of the weapons that we allow to make us believe that we are inadequate.
And one of our greatest fear is not that we cannot make it, but that we are afraid of our capabilities and abilities.
We will rather not look inwards afraid of what we may find there.
Once we are able to overcome this fear, you will discover that you are capable beyond tour own measures, and that the word impossibility exist as long as you think you cant.
One of the greatest things that God has done for us is to give us a mind and a sound mind he has given us.
The mind is a fertile ground for any seed, depending on the kind of seed you are planting on it.
Everything thing that you are or have become is what you are on the inside.
If in your mind, you see yourself as inadequate; then you are definatelty inadequate.
Likewise, if your mind you see yourself as a competent person, an achiever; then you are definately an achiever.
The mind is like a battle ground where every battle that must be won must first be won in your mind.
You actually have what it takes to be want want you want to be as long as you believe it , you can actually achieve it.
All you have to do is to feed your mind with positive stuffs and not junks and you will be suprised at how positive you will be on the outside.
Life is too short for you not to make the best of it.
Achieve your dreams and do what you have always dreamt of doing.
Remember, whatever you want to be, let it be grounded in your mind first and you will be amazed at the results that will folllow.
If you believe it, you can achieve it.
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