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2009-10-12T06:51:00.000+02:00

BUILD YOUR SELF ESTEEM, A STARTER GUIDE TO SELF IMPROVEMENT

2009-08-09T15:42:00.000+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

So how do you stay calm, composed and maintain self esteem in a tough environment? Here are some tips you may to consider as a starter guide to self improvement.

Imagine yourself as a Dart Board. Everything and everyone else around you may become Dart Pins, at one point or another. These dart pins will destroy your self esteem and pull you down in ways you won’t even remember. Don’t let them destroy you, or get the best of you. So which dart pins should you avoid?

Dart Pin #1 : Negative Work Environment
Beware of “dog eat dog” theory where everyone else is fighting just to get ahead. This is where non-appreciative people usually thrive. No one will appreciate your contributions even if you miss lunch and dinner, and stay up late. Most of the time you get to work too much without getting help from people concerned. Stay out of this, it will ruin your self esteem. Competition is at stake anywhere. Be healthy enough to compete, but in a healthy competition that is.

Dart Pin #2: Other People’s Behavior
Bulldozers, brown nosers, gossipmongers, whiners, backstabbers, snipers, people walking wounded, controllers, naggers, complainers, exploders, patronizers, sluffers… all these kinds of people will pose bad vibes for your self esteem, as well as to your self improvement scheme.

Dart Pin #3: Changing Environment
You can’t be a green bug on a brown field. Changes challenge our paradigms. It tests our flexibility, adaptability and alters the way we think. Changes will make life difficult for awhile, it may cause stress but it will help us find ways to improve our selves. Change will be there forever, we must be susceptible to it.

Dart Pin #4: Past Experience
It’s okay to cry and say “ouch!” when we experience pain. But don’t let pain transform itself into fear. It might grab you by the tail and swing you around. Treat each failure and mistake as a lesson.

Dart Pin #5: Negative World View
Look at what you’re looking at. Don’t wrap yourself up with all the negativities of the world. In building self esteem, we must learn how to make the best out of worst situations.

Dart Pin #6: Determination Theory
The way you are and your behavioral traits is said to be a mixed end product of your inherited traits (genetics), your upbringing (psychic), and your environmental surroundings such as your spouse, the company, the economy or your circle of friends. You have your own identity. If your father is a failure, it doesn’t mean you have to be a failure too. Learn from other people’s experience, so you’ll never have to encounter the same mistakes.

Sometimes, you may want to wonder if some people are born leaders or positive thinkers. NO. Being positive, and staying positive is a choice. Building self esteem and drawing lines for self improvement is a choice, not a rule or a talent. God wouldn’t come down from heaven and tell you – “George, you may now have the permission to build self esteem and improve your self.”

In life, its hard to stay tough specially when things and people around you keep pulling you down. When we get to the battle field, we should choose the right luggage to bring and armors to use, and pick those that are bullet proof. Life’s options give us arrays of more options. Along the battle, we will get hit and bruised. And wearing a bullet proof armor ideally means ‘self change’. The kind of change which comes from within. Voluntarily. Armor or Self Change changes 3 things: our attitude, our behavior and our way of thinking.

Building self esteem will eventually lead to self improvement if we start to become responsible for who we are, what we have and what we do. Its like a flame that should gradually spread like a brush fire from inside and out. When we develop self esteem, we take control of our mission, values and discipline. Self esteem brings about self improvement, true assessment, and determination. So how do you start putting up the building blocks of self esteem? Be positive. Be contented and happy. Be appreciative. Never miss an opportunity to compliment. A positive way of living will help you build self esteem, your starter guide to self improvement.

Empowering Your communication Skills

2009-07-31T06:40:00.000+02:00

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By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

The Blarney Stone is a historical stone, or actually part of the Blarney Castle in Ireland where it was believed that kissing the stone can grant you the gift of gab. Yeah, it seems strange in this day and age, but who are we to question tradition? It's not like I'm saying that Santa Claus doesn't exist (OOPS!).

There is so much to know about conversation that anyone, even I, could ever realize. You can go though watching talk shows; radio programs; clubs dedicated to public speaking; ordinary conversations; certain rules still apply when it comes to interaction through words. It may sound tedious, I know, but even though it's your mouth that's doing the work, your brain works twice as hard to churn out a lot of things you know. So what better way to start learning to be an effective communicator is to know the very person closest to you: yourself.

1. What you know.
Education is all about learning the basics, but to be an effective speaker is to practice what you've learned. My stint as guest at every Toastmasters' meeting I go to taught me that we all have our limitations, but that doesn't mean we can't learn to keep up and share what we know.

2. Listening.
It's just as important as asking questions. Sometimes listening to the sound of our own voice can teach us to be a little bit confident with ourselves and to say the things we believe in with conviction.

3. Humility
We all make mistakes, and sometimes we tend to slur our words, stutter, and probably mispronounce certain words even though we know what it means, but rarely use it only to impress listeners. So in a group, don't be afraid to ask if you're saying the right word properly and if they're unsure about it then make a joke out of it. I promise you it'll make everyone laugh and you can get away with it as well.

4. Eye Contact
There's a lot to say when it comes to directing your attention to your audience with an eye-catching gaze. It's important that you keep your focus when talking to a large group in a meeting or a gathering, even though he or she may be gorgeous.

5. Kidding around
A little bit of humor can do wonders to lift the tension, or worse boredom when making your speech. That way, you'll get the attention of the majority of the crowd and they'll feel that you're just as approachable, and as human to those who listen.

6. Be like the rest of them
Interaction is all about mingling with other people. You'll get a lot of ideas, as well as knowing what people make them as they are.

7. Me, Myself, and I
Admit it, there are times you sing to yourself in the shower. I know I do! Listening to the sound of your own voice while you practice your speech in front of a mirror can help correct the stress areas of your pitch. And while you're at it you can spruce up as well.

8. With a smile
A smile says it all much like eye contact. There's no point on grimacing or frowning in a meeting or a gathering, unless it's a wake. You can better express what you're saying when you smile.

9. A Role Model
There must be at least one or two people in your life you have listened to when they're at a public gathering or maybe at church. Sure they read their lines, but taking a mental note of how they emphasize what they say can help you once you take center stage.

10. Preparation
Make the best out of preparation rather than just scribbling notes and often in a hurried panic. Some people like to write things down on index cards, while other resort to being a little more silly as they look at their notes written on the palm of their hand (not for clammy hands, please). Just be comfortable with what you know since you enjoy your work.

And that about wraps it up. These suggestions are rather amateurish in edgewise, but I've learned to empower myself when it comes to public or private speaking and it never hurts to be with people to listen how they make conversations and meetings far more enjoyable as well as educational.

Personal Questions for Self Improvement

2009-07-31T06:03:00.000+02:00

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By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

Be all you can be, but it's not always in the Army. I often see myself as somewhat contented with my life the way things are, but of course it's hard to think of anything else when where are real issues to be discussed.

Still I aspire for something deeper and more meaningful.

So we're all pelted with problems. Honestly it shouldn't even bother or even hinder us to becoming all we ought to be. Aspirations as kids should continue to live within us, even though it would be short-lived or as long as we could hold on to the dream. They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks… or can they?

1. What do I really want?
The question of the ages. So many things you want to do with your life and so little time to even go about during the day.

Find something that you are good at can help realize that small step towards improvement. Diligence is the key to know that it is worth it.

2. Should I really change?
Today's generation has taken another level of redefining 'self', or at least that's what the kids are saying. Having an army of teenage nieces and nephews has taught me that there are far worse things that they could have had than acne or maybe even promiscuity. So how does that fit into your lifestyle?

If history has taught us one thing, it's the life that we have gone through. Try to see if partying Seventies style wouldn't appeal to the younger generation, but dancing is part of partying. Watch them applaud after showing them how to really dance than break their bones in break-dancing.

3. What's the bright side in all of this?
With so much that is happening around us there seem to be no room for even considering that light at the end of the tunnel. We can still see it as something positive without undergoing so much scrutiny. And if it's a train at the end of the tunnel, take it for a ride and see what makes the world go round!

4. Am I comfortable with what I'm doing?
There's always the easy way and the right way when it comes to deciding what goes with which shoes, or purse, shirt and whatnot. It doesn't take a genius to see yourself as someone unique, or else we'll all be equally the same in everything we do. Variety brings in very interesting and exciting questions to be experimented. If you are comfortable with what you are doing and it is a good thing, then no matter what anybody thinks or says does not really matter. You are the most important person as far as you own personal decision is concerned.

5. Have I done enough for myself?
Have you, or is there something more you want to do? Discontentment in every aspect can be dangerous in large doses, but in small amounts you'll be able to see and do stuff you could never imagine doing. You are the most important factor as far as your own world is concerned, give yourself the best, food, clothing, shelter that you possibly can afford. Work harder and smarter to give yourself better things of life, there is a proverb in my country that says, "What the bird eats, it will fly with"

6. Am I happy at where I am today?
It's an unfair question so let it be an answer! You love being a good and loving mom or dad to your kids, then take it up a notch! Your kids will love you forever. The same goes with everyday life! If you are not happy with where you are do something now to change it to what you want.

7. Am I appealing to the opposite sex?
So maybe I don't have an answer to that, but that doesn't mean I can't try it, though. Whether you shape-up, change the way you wear your clothes or hair, or even your attitude towards people, you should always remember it will always be for your own benefit.

8. How much could I have?
I suppose in this case there is no such things as having things too much or too little, but it's more on how badly you really need it. I'd like to have lots of money, no denying that, but the question is that how much are you willing to work for it? The truth is that you can have as much as you ever desire, but there is always a responsibility attached, be willing to invest, work harder and smarter, and you will have as much as you ever wanted to have in life.

9. What motivates me?
What motivates you? It's an answer you have to find out for yourself. There are so many things that can make everyone happy, but to choose one of the many things that do may be the hardest part. It's not like you can't have one serving of your favorite food in a buffet and that's it. Just try it piece by piece. Success and wealth comes doing what you like, because you will be happy doing it. the more you do it the more of it you will know, and the more skillful you will become. This will always take you to the level of expertise and acceptance in the real world and that is the signal of real success.

10. What Really Makes You Tick?
So? What really makes you tick? You can be just about anything you always wanted to be, but to realize that attaining something that may seem very difficult is already giving up before you even start that journey. Always remember, that self-improvement is not just about the physical or philosophical change you have to undergo, but it's something that you really want.

Make Money in 3 hours

2009-07-22T23:35:00.002+02:00

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welcome to 3HourProfits.com - Where we will show you how you can make more money in a week online using step by step methods, than most people make in a month at their regular jobs. Our program goes to work within 3 hours which means you're able to Start Making Real Money Today!

Our Concept Is Simple: Deliver What We Promise!

Chances are you're just like I was a few years ago, trying to find success online only to end up losing almost every single time.

I know what it's like to want something more, because I've been there. And I know what it's like to try almost anything online just for the chance to get ahead in life.

I want you to realize that I am just a normal everyday person like you, I am no different in anyway. Just 3 years ago I was putting in about 40 to 60 hours a week working full time and barely made enough to keep my head above water. Being married with 3 children, I was always behind on bills and I was only averaging about $2,800 a month before taxes.

There were nights I couldn't even sleep - I would try to, but I would constantly have these tension headaches right above my eyebrows that would never stop. I would lie there awake thinking that there had to be more to life than this.

Like you, I would search the internet night and day for answers - and I would try program after program while hoping to find something that actually worked. You know - a program that actually delivered what it promises.

I struggled for over a year and literally lost thousands of dollars which didn't help my situation. I had felt like I failed my wife and my children, and felt completely lost.

During the next six months of that period, I started to just give up. I thought this was it, this was going to be the way I lived for the rest of my life. Then something happened one night - It was about 2:00am and I was sitting at the kitchen table in complete darkness just thinking.

Something came to me. I finally realized that there were just a few very important things that are needed to be successful online. Things that almost every program I have ever tried never pointed out in detail. Things that would end up changing my life.

I immediately grabbed a notepad, turned on the light and started writing things down. For three weeks I did research, took notes and tested things out. Needless to say, the results were a staggering difference to my past failures.

In my three weeks of testing I had made a total of $3,700 online!

Here's What amazed me the most - I was still working full time at my job so I was only able to test these methods out by working just a couple hours a day. That was it - just a couple hours a day, and I still produced a larger income than my full time job was paying.

Over the next few months I tested more and more, and achieved even greater results. It was like a blindfold was lifted from my eyes, a blindfold that many of the programs out their keep tied very tight.

Over the last two years I have used these methods, and not one single time have they ever failed me. I decided to call it 3 Hour Profits, because that is literally how fast these techniques are able to produce a real online income.

They are bullet proof concepts that will work every single time, and they only take two to three hours a day to put in place. The best part is they work immediately and you are able to use them no matter what schedule you have to work around.

So what does that mean for you?

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Creating An Online Business

2009-07-15T22:09:00.000+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

There are many different online business that you can create and in this article today we are going to look at a couple of different types. This article focused on creating online businesses and the different types that you can create.

The first kind of businesses that you can create when looking to create an online business would be a website which serves a particular niche in the market. Many people have done on this and this is often done by trying to find an underserved niche, building a website, and then profiting off of this small but profitable match. A great place to find more information on this particular topic would be www.findhotniches.com. Here the author has created a website which finds underserved niches which you could potentially build a website around. When you're building a website, you're going to want to find cheap keywords that you can use to help build your business as well as create good content. By creating the content and then creating back links between yourself and other websites, you'll be setting yourself up to have a high page rank with Google. By using AdWords to bring traffic to your website and then also developing your natural search engine traffic through building up a website, you will have built yourself a very solid business. This is just one way of creating online business.

Another way to you can build and create an online business is through eBay. This is an area which was particularly hot several years ago and still remains a solid business proposition. Many people are able to make a full-time income on eBay. You will need to find a wholesaler where you can get products at a discount to sell on eBay. The general idea when working on selling on eBay is to find a drop shipper. A definition of a drop shipper is a wholesaler sells you a product and will ship the product to a customer. You will buy the product at the wholesale price and then make money on the difference between what you buy the product for and sell the product for on eBay. Using the wholesaler allows you to focus on selling the product without worrying about stocking the product. You do not need to worry about any sort of shipping or backend but you will want to make sure that everything gets sent out. If there are problems with shipments, the customer will be coming back to you and not to the wholesaler to. If you go to worldwidebrands.com, you will find the best wholesale shipping directory on the Internet.

These are two of the different ideas in creating an online business. There are many ways to make money on the Internet but these are two proven methods. You will not have to use a lot of money up front to create these particular online businesses and these businesses can be something that you will have great deal of success with.

A Financial Planner may be your Best Gift to Yourself

2009-07-13T21:51:00.001+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

There are many ways in which you can plan for your financial retirement. The first step in making the right moves is always the step that involves actually creating a plan of action that you can follow as a family. Many people focus too much on the now or too much on the later and have a great deal of difficulty when it comes to creating a happy medium for savings and investing.

Throughout our lives we will have both long and short-term goals that need to be assessed, addressed, and often revisited. Whether you need to find a way to pay for your children to attend college, home improvement projects, or a method for saving for your retirement you can find information and assistance for all these things and so much more if you seek the services of a qualified financial advisor.

A good financial advisor will help you find that balance that so many people and families lack. He or she will also help you assess your means in comparison with your long and short-term needs in order to see where your funds would experience the greatest return in order to suit your specific needs with minimal risk. It is important to remember that going with a financial planner or advisor does not eliminate the risks that are an integral part of investing but it does help you learn to better calculate those risks.

Investing is a risky business. Learning how to weigh the odds and go for the prize is the best way to earn the biggest possible return on your investment no matter how modest your investment may be. We are all starting from different means, isn't it amazing to know that we could all end up with very similar abilities when all is said and done and we are living out our 'golden years'?

Good financial planning is the key to success when it concerns your financial retirement. With so few people around the world adequately prepared to retire it is great to know that there are options and assistance that is available to help you get started on your retirement no matter how late in the game it is. Even better is the knowledge that limits are lifted a little once you reach the age of 50 and retirement is much more eminent. This allows those who got a late start on their retirement planning or who have hit a speed bump or two along the way the opportunity to 'catch up' on their investing and work up to the place they need to be in order to establish a more comfortable retirement for themselves and those they love.

401 (k) plans offer some of the best retirement benefits your money can buy at the moment. They certainly allow you to make the maximum possible investment for your money. If you aren't taking your company up on their offer to match your investment in a 401(k) then you should seriously rethink that thought. Seriously, you're throwing away free money.

When it comes to the murky water of retirement investing it helps to have a guide to get you through. Utilizing the services of a financial planner may be the best move you've ever made in your life when it comes to the financial health of your family and your retirement.

The A B C of Internet Business Success

2009-07-13T09:00:00.002+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

The first truth I want you to hold on to is the fact that nothing good comes free or cheap: looking for free stuffs? Then you are not ready for a big success. Good success will cost you something, and it is not something that will not pinch you, it will cost you something that will sometimes pain you. That thing may be your money, time, sleep, denial of too much freedom to socialize with others and so on. From the onset I am telling you to be ready to pay the price for success if you are going to make anything out of your internet businesses.

COUNT THE COST:

It will cost you money; internet business is an investment, much like the real world, it takes time for your investment to yield meaningful interest. If you want a quick result on your investment, you have to invest another thing.
And that thing is your time; it takes time for the investment to grow, but as you mix your monetary investment with time investment, it will quicken the rate of returns. You must be ready to take time to work it out, as you put in more time, your profit will increase with less time duration. The more time you give to the development of your internet business the less time it takes to bring dividends and profit.

Another thing to invest is your talent; whatever God has given you is a seed to be used as investment to your advantage. Capitalize on that talent, use it in the pursuit of your internet profit and money quest, whatever your talent, you can make use of it to profit even as an internet business man or woman. Your talent is your power to rocket you up to the space of successful living, use the talent to rake in unlimited amount of money not just ones in a while but all the time.

THE INSTRUMENTS OF SUCCESS

Success in any endeavor is almost impossible without a mastery use of some indispensable tools. The effectiveness of the tool used will affect the outcome of the job done. The very first thing I want to do in this write-up is to give you the tools that will help you make a success of your businesses.

The first instrument or tool is this, a payment processor. This tool will help you to buy stuffs, collect money for things you offer for sale on the internet and so on. They are very many, we have paypal, clickbank, elertpay, libertyreserve and so on. If you are operating from Nigeria, I want to introduce you to the best payment processor in Nigeria called fastecash.com. It’s free to join and you can join now and in the next few minutes you can be the proud owner of a fastecash.com account.
All you need to do is to click on this link http://www.fastecash.com/register_new.php?cid=successgalore1965
And you will be up and running with your account. You will need to fund this account to use it; the money in it is yours, much like your bank account. You will need to upgrade your account to premium or classic if you want to use it to sell your information products as a Nigerian, you can sell stuffs and collect the money in naira or dollars even while you sleep. This system will do the job for you, just put in your product and all necessary information, and forthwith, you will continue to rake in your profit.

I encourage you to stop right now and just register with them right away before it is too late, who knows they may decide to change their mind to begin charging people for joining, why not join now while it is still free?

Another powerful instrument for your online success is a forum. I want you to know that there is a lot powerful information that is freely available in forums. Now, there are many forums out there, but I can only recommend two that will really help you make the most of your online businesses, these two forums are compulsory for anyone who really want to succeed in the least possible time online. The reason been that there are so many internet gurus posting opinions on these forums, these gurus spend a good time with their business associates, friends and loved ones on these forums that I want to introduce to you.

The best forum on planet earth that I know is found at http://www.warriorforum.com you will want to visit that site now and register for free, a rewarding and last blessing awaits you which you will never forget.

Register today with www.naijanetwarriors.com, it is one of the best internet forums in Nigeria. Almost all the internet gurus in Nigeria post powerful articles that will help up-coming internet business man like you. You have the opportunity to contribute to other people's posts, ask questions from the very best internet brains in Nigeria and get ready answers free of charge. You can also advertise for free in the free advertisement zone.

The third forum is called warrior forum found at www.naijapals.com, this is the best business forum on planet earth, you cannot afford to overlook this big opportunity to join the best brains in internet matters on earth. You have a lot to learn by joining the two forums mentioned above, all for free. Do it now and learn more directly from them.

BASIC INGREDIENTS TO INTERNET WEALTH

1. One super idea
2. Your own personal e-mail address/addresses
3. A merchant account to enable you process and receive credit card payments, you need one from your locality (Nigeria), another one that can cater for your international clients.
4. A domiciliary account that will help you to keep international currency which can be run from anywhere in the world.
5. A firm focus on one thing, the internet is full of various attractive things that can distract your attention from the main thing. You need a high level of discipline to be able to cope with the very high level of attractive businesses; you cannot do everything at the same time.
6. Pick one or a maximum of three ideas from the ideas shared in this e-book; follow it with full focus and serious hard work.
7. Show an undying interest on any business you decide to go for.

The Easiest Way To Start Making Money Online

2009-07-13T08:48:00.001+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

If you want to make money online, especially as a beginner, your best bet will be to sell information and then learn other things along the way. You see, people want information. You are reading this report right now because you want information and anyhow you look at it, information sells. For example, if you could sell an information to people about how to “Quit Smoking” , I can bet you will make your cool cash because there are people out there who want to stop smoking. What about weight loss, diabetes, how to save fuel, how to look good, how to make more money and so
on.

When you sell information, you make money!

That point established, we now begin to encounter some really serious issues concerning making money from information. Let me itemise them, so that you can easily follow my trail of thought and flow with me as we construct your “17day money in the bank system”.
1. What information do I create?
2. How Do I create the information?
3. Where & How Do I Sell It?
4. How Do I Deliver the Information?

Although, I can easily expand this course outside these 5 areas, I will restrict myself to these and turn them into an easy money making blueprint for you, using one of the sneakiest methods on the planet.

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Personal Integrity - Pathway to Success

2009-05-03T22:17:00.000+02:00

Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." And William Shakespeare said, "Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself."

These two giants knew what they were talking about and they were right in their assumption. Integrity which may be define as the quality of having a sense of honesty and truthfulness in regard to the motivations for one's actions is indeed the royal pathway to personal and professional success.

Personal integrity demands that we follow the path of our convictions and that we remain true to our values. It may not always be the shortest and easiest route but it is the only one that will prevail in the long run.

One of man's greatest asset is his word. It is sacred and, no matter what the circumstances are, it should not be placed in jeopardy. It is the basis upon which trust and confidence are built and it is the hallmark of a man of integrity.

We do live in a world where, for some, all that matters is the results and we have seen the effects of that shabby thinking. Giant corporations on the brinks of disaster and CEO's in dishonor or in jail.

A strong structure needs a solid foundation. So does a successful personal and professional life. The corner stones of that foundation are honesty and truthfulness. A lack of integrity may win a battle but chances are extremely high that it will lose the war.

Lasting success depends on long term thinking. It depends on quality thoughts, deeds and behavior. It depends as much on personal integrity as it does on efforts and quality planning.

When we look at the men and women who have positively affected the affairs of man, we see honor, truthfulness, courage and integrity. There are no exception to that rule. Great accomplishments are the results of quality individuals. People who had the essence of character and nobleness. Not of people who would lie for convenience or cut corners for expediency.

Our actions and the results of those actions are a reflection of who and what we are. We recognize a tree by it fruits. People of character will produce grand and worthy achievements and those of low moral will leave a trail of disaster and destruction.

There are no shortcuts to personal and professional success. It requires planning, efforts, focus, dedication and above all integrity. It is that personal integrity that will cement all those elements together. Without it, everything is bound to crumble sooner or later.

A person can be highly gifted and intelligent but without a strong moral core, all that is moot. When ambition and greed rule disaster is sure to ensue. A man without strong personal integrity is like a ship without a rudder. That person will be guided by whatever tide, current and wind that comes his way. Not only will he never reach port but he will also be a menace to anyone on his path.

To ever hope to enjoy both personal and professional success, an impressive bag of tools is necessary. Among these are desire, confidence, focus, talent, dedication and above all personal integrity with all that it entails. A person may build a great life without some of these tools... but it cannot be done without integrity.

Dr. Raymond Comeau aka Shamou is the Author of ShamouBlog and Administrator of Personal Development for Personal Success Forums.

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When Something Isn't Working - Try Something Else

2009-05-01T08:50:00.000+02:00

When you are not succeeding in what you are doing, chances are there are a number of processes taking place.

First of all, there is the possibility that you are about to succeed if only you do not give up. It is often not so much about something going wrong with the method you are employing to achieve the goal. One may actually be applying the best method and at the right time. Persistence and perseverance becomes an important tool to getting the job done. Remember the parable of the persistent widow recorded in the Bible (Luke 18:1-18). The widow literally wore the judge out till she got justice in the end. When we persist in the project or whatever we are aiming to achieve, success comes in eventually and in due course. What does this mean for the individual, an Organisation and a nation as a whole? It means we need persistence in what we are doing. That is the key to achieving our goals.

There are instances where we are not succeeding in our area of life primarily on the basis of wrong knowledge or information base. Ignorance, it is often said, is a disease and the lack of it often leads to the 'death' of a people or a nation. No one builds a house without first of all counting the cost. You need to 'spy out your land' in order to have the competitive edge. An Organisation or business wishing to increase its market share will have to acquaint itself on where it can have the comparative advantage in order to achieve its goals. This will have to be accomplished by acquiring knowledge of the market. It also involves an Organisation setting up a research and development outfit or repositioning the already existing outfit to gather current and relevant information about their target market in order to have success. This could also take the form of paradigm shift in mindset and attitudes.

Thus having the persisting attitude is very important to the success of an Organisation as well as having the relevant knowledge base and the right paradigm.

There are however, circumstances in which it is not prudent to embark on a project. Persistence in this case will only lead to waste of time and resources which could be put to other equally important activities. This is more evident when the above processes have been used with some degree of consistency. It is important to notice that there are some activities or project that is not worth embarking on. A good discerning heart will save the Organisation the time and resources. Under such circumstances, it is clear that trying another option becomes the best choice.

All that is required is a good discernment and the relevant information base to be able to embark on a project and be successful.

Emmanuel Donkor is a budding copywriter and an entrepreneur who is committed to seeing men and women rise to their highest potential in life. As a copywriter, Emmanuel Donkor is committed to putting up well-researched, informative as well as educative articles that will inspire people to achieve their best in life.

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Mindset Tips - Are You Allowing Logic to Rule Your Life Or Are You Listening to Your Heart?

2009-05-01T08:47:00.000+02:00

Before I came to my apprenticeship with John Assaraf, I had absolutely no reason to believe that John would take me under his wing. How could I? I had absolutely NO ties to the personal growth industry. Logic would clearly say in a run on sentence, "Sean! You have ONE more year to get your college degree and you're thinking of joining a program by this dude you don't even know for a couple thousand dollars and giving up everything you've been doing in school the last 4 years for the hope that he'll take you under his wing?! Don't be foolish!"

That logical idea reflects the thoughts that were going through the minds of friends and family when I made my choices to not go back to school and to join the Having It All Challenge. And it's easy to understand where they were coming from with the perspective of me being foolish. But what about now looking in hindsight?

The fact is that whenever you take risks in life, logic will most always win by saying that you're making a bad decision. Your heart may be telling you to do one thing, but your mind will counter it by making excuses.

It'll say "well the chance of you achieving your dream is very unlikely. Here are all the reasons you won't succeed..."

I have to ask though...

HOW WOULD ANYONE ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS IF THEY LISTENED TO LOGIC ALONE?

I don't believe they would.

Look, I'm not saying that we shouldn't listen to our logic. It has good points. But ultimately when you're living in integrity and true to your life's purpose, it is your heart that will lead you.

Logic is really good at creating fear for the unknown. When you're letting that rule your life, you are out of your heart space.

When logic is bringing attention to potential obstacles and allowing you to see another perspective with no emotion attached to it though, that's great! Observe it as it will help you in your journey...Just be sure that it is ultimately guided by your heart.

Now I'm curious,

What's your burning desire?
What's your burning passion?
What's your heart telling you to do right now?
Is it telling you to change careers?
Is it telling you to get out of a relationship that isn't serving you?
Is it telling you to go on an adventure?

Ask yourself if the path you are on is serving your life's purpose and if you are truly happy doing what you're doing.

I'm serious!

Stop reading right now for a moment and think about it.

Listen, sometimes we do have to undertake delayed gratification and be involved in things which are not EXACTLY what we want. There are many situations where those scenarios are preparing us for what we truly desire.

But we also have to be careful that we don't mistake delayed gratification as being a replacement for our dreams. There are people who have been living in delayed gratification for 40 years. Don't let that be you. And if it is you, think very deeply about what I'm saying here and how you could change your life by tuning into your heart.

Make sense?

I hope you'll ask yourself the questions I've written, and when you do, listen to your heart for the answer.

For more mindset transforming tips and ideas for creating an extraordinary life, I'm inviting you to visit http://www.TheMindsetApprenticeNow.com

Join me and other voracious learners as we learn from the direct mentorship of thought leaders who are changing the world.

From Sean Patrick Simpson, The Mindset Apprentice.

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Motivate Yourself - Don't Be a Quitter, Discover 3 Key Steps to Get and Stay Motivated

2009-04-28T20:19:00.000+02:00

One of the biggest obstacles to success is the time factor. Everybody desires a change for better in any given area of their lives: health, finances, self esteem or personal relationships. But not all of us have what it takes to stick to a plan and walk it out.

The truth is that great ideas will not change our lives overnight. On the contrary, the changes we choose of our own will always happen gradually. And their outcome depends on how motivated we are and how motivated we will stay throughout the process.

Let's face it. Being enthusiastic about a new idea for a few days, or even a week, is easy. Anybody can do that. It is when the going gets tough and when it turns out to be harder than we imagined that we lose momentum and eventually give up on our new project.

If you are a giver-upper, here is good news for you: You can change that bad habit-because that is what quitting is all about-and learn how to achieve your goals successfully.

Acquire a Vision

Long term projects cannot succeed if they are chosen randomly as a whim of the moment. You might have very good ideas, but you need to take them one step further if you want to implement them successfully.

First ask yourself who you are and who you want to become.

You might not be aware of it, but God has already laid out a wonderful plan for your life. You were not placed furtively on this planet to survive as good as you possibly can. The Bible states you are His masterpiece created to walk in a life He has already prepared beforehand (Ephesians 2:10).

So all you have to do is connect with God and flow with His program!

Fix Your Thought Life

Most of us make the mistake of focusing on externals when we implement changes in our lives. We neglect working on our mindset, the very place where wrong thought patterns will cause our endeavor to fail.

If those wrong thoughts are not dealt with, they will lead you to quit just as they did in your previous projects. Because the thoughts you have today will determine your life tomorrow.

The most powerful way to change wrong thought patterns is by studying the Word of God-the Bible-and finding out what God has to say about your situation. And that leads to key number 3:

Have Faith

Somebody once said, "Faith can move mountains." And it does. Faith is the most important factor when it comes to achieving success in life.

You might say, "But I don't have a strong faith!"

That's easy to solve: Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. It is when you diligently seek God and His way of operating that you will come to see yourself as the one He created you to be: A victorious overcomer.

You can find out what God's plan is for your life and change the course of your life forever. Learn how to flow with God's plan for your life, and how to successfully develop the talents He has given you with my free e-course "7 Steps to Consistently Change Your Life" and e-book "The Power of Self-Directed Learning" at http://www.Self-DirectedLearningForSuccess.com

From Bettina Langerfeldt, who teaches people how to pursue their God-given gifts and talents by designing their own education with self-directed learning.

© 2008 Freedompioneer

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Looking Only Unto Jesus

2009-04-19T22:36:00.001+02:00

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By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

What you see has a lot to do with what you get in life, and this has a lot to do with your destiny. Seeing is so important that it is impossible to get anything in this life without first seeing it in your mind. This may be a conscious effort or an unconscious effort, but the truth is that nobody gets anything without first seeing it.

When God called Moses, he couldn’t do much because he focused only on himself, not on God, so he asked several questions, he even asked God to send somebody else. In Exodus 7:1 God spoke to Moses, “…See, I have made thee a god to pharaoh…” Meaning that God was saying, get your eyes off yourself; get them off your weakness; get them off the enemy’s power; and focus on my words.

When you focus on yourself, you will see weakness, failure, defeat, inadequacy, and shame. Why? No one is perfect, you cannot afford to focus on those imperfections, and they will lead you to more failure in life. Those who focus on themselves always experience poverty and death. You are not to focus on the mountains of problems either, you are more than the problems of life; you are more than the pains you are passing through. Stop allowing these things to rule you or dictate your pace in life. It is time you stopped complaining about what you do not have and start believing God for them, and start seeing them as if you have them already.

Let’s learn from Moses and see how he complained before God even before he commenced the assignment given to him by God.

Number one, Moses complained to God when he was called and said “…who am I that I should go to Pharaoh…” Exodus 3:11 he was looking at his inability instead of looking at the ability of Him who has called him. Do not look at yourself; the Bible says “looking unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith.”

The second complaint of Moses was this, “…What shall I say unto them?” Exodus 3:13. Speak the word of God to your circumstances, say I shall not die, speak the word of God and say, I shall not fail. Say good things no matter what happens, even when you are dying say the things that you desire to happen and it will happen. Never say anything that when it happens you will not be happy. Moses said, “What shall I say to them?” Do not ask that kind of question, say to them (your troubles), I shall overcome, I am more than conquerors.

The third complaint of Moses was this, “…But behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice…” Exodus 4:1-9. To you I proclaim that you should go and do what God says. Speak to your problems, they will obey you; speak to your situation, don’t speak about it, speak to it. When you speak about it, you are telling people the facts of the matter, but when you speak to it, you are telling it what you want it to do to you. When you say, “I don’t have money” you are speaking about your situation. But when you say, “But my God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” then you are speaking to your situation. Do you get what I am saying?

The fourth complaint of Moses was this, “…I am not eloquent…” Exodus 4:10-12. The reply of God is very clear to him and to us now, God said, “I will be thy mouth” you have to understand that God doesn’t save by anybody’s eloquence. However you speak, God hears you and will respond to your words in due time, make sure you speak when it is convenient and when it is not. Your words are seeds, they are not wasted, and they work even as God’s word works.

The fifth complaint made by Moses was very bloody; very bad, hear it “…O my Lord, send I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.”
Never tell God he made a mistake to create you or call you.
Never tell God to leave you and look for someone else.
Never tell God you cannot do what He has called you to do.
Never tell God you are too weak to obey Him.
God became very angry with him as a result of this foolish reaction. Moses lost something of value for making this mistake, God had to look for Aaron to come and help, Aaron eventually became the high priest and his sons forever. Moses’ children became disqualified; their names were not even heard. Be very careful not to complain before God, it has far reaching implications.

The sixth complaint was understandable because pharaoh has increased the burdens of the people of Israel instead of releasing them, so Moses complained before God, read it in Exodus 5:22, 23
“And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore has thou so evil entreated this people? Why is it that thou hast sent me?”
He queried God’s call upon his life because of temporary failure. This is a warning to you, in life, there will always be a time of temporary failure, never look back or complain when you fail. David said, “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil” Temporary defeat is not equal to failure.
Please note this truth, the fact that God has called you, or told you to do that thing does not mean that you will not face challenges and failure. There will always be problems, difficult tasks, but you will overcome at last. When the going get tough, look unto Jesus. Stop looking unto yourself; you will fail more when your focus is on you.

The seventh complaint was the last; it taught Moses how to focus and what to see. In Exodus 6:30 we read,
“And Moses said before the Lord, behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall pharaoh hearken unto me?”
God gave him a powerful answer, He said, “See, I have made thee a god to pharaoh.” It is the same thing God is saying to you today, “behold, I have made thee a god to all your problems.”

Every one of us makes the complaints highlighted above, and the reason we do is that we never got our eyes off ourselves; we refuse to see what God wants us to see; we magnify the problems more than God’s ability in us. The moment God told Moses to begin to see himself as a god; he never gave another complaint in his life afterwards. He moved as a general that he was, he spoke with boldness, and he shook pharaoh and all Egypt with his words.
See yourself too as a god to all your problems

Devoring Your Devorers

2009-04-10T14:51:00.001+02:00

Law Of Attraction

2009-04-10T14:50:00.001+02:00

Law of Attraction

Wealth is like a beautifully lady, the only way to get it is to woo it and get it attracted to you. Any good thing you may ever desire in life is not only possible it is realizable; all you need to do is to learn the art of purposefully attracting them to your life.
You can be anything you so desire in life; you can have anything you may ever wish for, and it is super-easy to do, all you need to do is learn the laws of attraction. I have a great e-book which can help you to understand more of these things.
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The Power of Persistence

2008-11-17T18:58:00.005+01:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

One of the most important factors of success in the universe is persistence. This is the ability to stick your neck out on something you believe in despite all the contrary circumstances. To every call in life there is always a time of wilderness experience, a time of difficulties, challenges and temptation when one seriously considers giving up what one is doing.

Even our Lord Jesus christ came to a point in His life and ministry (or business), that He really wished the cup would pass over Him. Persistence is not the absence of difficulties, it is going ahead doing what you believe inspite of difficulties, oppositions, discouragement, lack of flow of finance and all forms of evil that is hell bent in making you to pack it all up.

Let me assure you that there will be opposition and discouragement along your way if you are going to do anything worthwhile. Valuable things and accomplishment have a way of attracting forces of opposition and difficulties especially in the beginning. Learn to face life; to face difficulties; to face opposition with a determination to not only complete the task at hand but to finish it gloriously. Right inside of you is a creative power inbuilt by God to overcome every difficulties, you have that thing in you that can win any battle in life.

Please do not ever forget this, you are more than that task, you can do all things, as long as you are alive you are equal to any task. Never give up, you can make it big, so face it and do it, never fall short of accomplishing that thing you set out to do in the first place.

Creating Wealth

2008-11-08T20:14:00.002+01:00

Written by Grelohi

Research carried out more than two years ago in the United States of America, showed that more than one hundred billionaires were been made yearly. 80% of these billionaires were business owners!

The above statistics simply points to one fact: you can never be truly wealthy working for someone else. The best way to secure your future, is to own a business of your own. Wealth creation starts from the inside of an individual. It is a function of the mind. Whatever you think on your inside will manifest outside. To be a wealth creator, you must have achievable goals and dream big.

Creating a product or service will enhance your wealth creation profile.You may want to ask, where do I start? You must start from with what you have! Never you despise your gift or talent. “A man’s gift will always make a way for him” Five ways of getting Wealthy·

Through InheritanceIt is common for individuals to inherit their parent’s wealth, after their demise. The danger of acquiring this type of wealth however is that such wealth can be spent carelessly, since the individual didn’t labor for it.·

Working for others: One may be lucky to get a job with the federal, state or local government.It may even be a private establishment. The above facts do not however count toward your goal in creating wealth, because you only end up enriching those you are working for.·

Stealing or Cheating PeopleLot’s of lazy folks follow this ignoble path, and end up becoming wealthy. The problem though, is that they never get to enjoy such ill gotten wealth. Any wealth acquired through dubious means only bring sorrow and pain to the individuals who acquired them.·

Invest in Various Business Opportunities: Investment makes money works for you. Your money multiplies when you invest it. You must however put into consideration, what the various returns on investment can give you when making your investment decisions. Before embarking on any business investment, you must consult a professional and update yourself in the area you wish to invest in. If you don’t have a long-term investment strategy in place, you may fall into the money trap. What are the various investment opportunities available to the average entrepreneurs? They are lots of opportunities in the investment world for one to choose from:¨ Global stock¨Government bonds¨Mutual funds¨Common stocks¨Treasury bills¨Oil and Gas¨Housing and real estate¨Gold/SilverInvesting in business opportunities is one of the safest ways of creating wealth.Remember to always monitor your investment.·

Starting Your own profitable business: This is one of the surest ways of creating wealth. You must however find a business to start, by identifying people’s need. Do a little research by finding out those who are already selling similar products or offering the kind of service.Find out why people are buying their product. Find out how much they are selling. After finding out the above facts, you then go ahead to source fund for your business. This can be achieved by
>> Getting loans from friends and relatives
>>Getting loans from banks
>>Personal savings
The issue of the type of business (sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability), must have been settled before now.
On a final note, you must seek advice before you register your business.

ROAD SIGN ON YOUR WAY TO CREATE WEALTH¨
Learn to handle frustration¨ Be passionate about wealth creation
Passion + Profitability=Wealth¨
Handle rejection¨ Be focused and creative¨ Give more than what you expect to receive¨ Continually update yourself with current trend

In closing, I would love to share this thought provoking story.Two friends Visited India on vacation.While there, they saw lots of people walking on bare feet.One said to the other, “See the level of poverty!” But the other saw a shoe factory.He returned home and began designing shoes, and not only established a shoe factory, which made him a multi-millionaire.

Principles Of Success

2008-10-25T01:06:00.001+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

(1) Identify a human need:-

Lasting success is easy and possible if your life is based on meeting a human need. The basic human needs are food, clothing, health, home (habitation) and happiness. Any business be it service or production that caters for any of the above mentioned will surely get the approval of the people and this means good business for you. If your business is good, then your pocket will be good too. You have to study your environment and your people, see what is the pressing need in your society and help provide the service or product. To meet this need, you may have to be trained in the technology of producing that product or service; you may become an apprentice for some time. You are to do everything that it requires of you.
In the area of meeting the food need of human beings (and indeed all the basic human needs) there are a lot of areas where innovative people like you are needed. People are needed in Agriculture, food processing, animal feeds concentrate etc. Human needs are many and insatiable, but you have the responsibility of discovering that area of need you can help meet for reward that can bring in millions.

Innovation of Strategic method:-

We are in the era of information technology, many people are millionaires today because they have come up with methods of doing business better and are teaching people this methods of how to perform better in their chosen businesses. There are better ways of doing things, if you can study life and come up with strategic methods of doing things better, cheaper and faster then you are in a good business.
In 1996, I got some computer software that introduced our school to new methods of teaching some aspect of mathematics. In the CD Rom, we were taught the whole process – that was an innovation. You have to pray, study the word and meditate upon the word of God. Through meditation, God will open you up to new ideas. This is the reason I took you through the deep teaching of the real you in the earlier chapters. In those chapters, I pointed out to you the importance of your heart and of your thinking process. There are new ways of doing things (business, inclusive of service and production), that will be easier, cheaper, faster and better than the conventional way. Discover these methods and teach them to the operators of these business for cool cash, in this case you will establish and run a consultancy outfit

Setting Plans for Immediate Action:-

Can you imagine the task before the Biblical Noah? When he was told to build an ark that would house all the animals on earth (male and female) the ark would house all these animals for the time space of about one calendar year (or twelve lunar month). For Noah to build such Ark demanded a lot of planning and praying. It must be an ark that would cater for the needs of those animals that thrives only on greens (or vegetations), it would cater for those other animals that feeds on other animals. And none of the animals must be an endangered specie; they must all be cared for and made to survive beyond the time they would spend inside the ark. The most difficult part of this assignment is that all the animals would not be on hunger strike. I studied my bible and found out that Noah and the animals were inside the ark for at least one full year. Many of the animals would not survive a day without water, they must have enough ventilation, must be able to freely move about, some soil of earth must be provided inside the ark for some that needs to hide their eggs inside the soil, and those that needed frequent visit to rivers or ponds must have a kind of an environment that is very close to their ideal natural habitat. And yet, there must be room enough for reproduction and expansion. How was he able to plan for the disposal of human and animal wastes in the same Ark for one year at an age when there was no water system of flushing our human wastes. How did he plan to keep the Ark fresh? What did he do to keep it from smelling bad to prevent an outbreak of diseases? How did he prevent the lions from eating up all other less powerful animals? How was he able to preserve their food and some other perishables at an age when there was no refrigerator and or electricity? Think of all the task and assignment before Noah, nobody can make a success of it without proper planning. On the lighter mood, I watch a movie, my children compelled me to watch it, the title of it was ‘king Kong’. If king Kong was real and Noah had to take both the male and female into the ark, can you imagine how big the ark would be? Even at that, this Kong must survive inside the ark for one full year with all their needs met and without endangering other species of animals. Can you imagine, a few days inside the Ark when the rain was heavy, if Noah suddenly remembered that proper arrangement was not made for some specie of animals, so he then needed to go out to get some materials, the whole expedition would have been a failure. That is how you will understand that Noah really had everything planned out before the rain. Noah definitely needed a lot of wisdom. One thing is to have wisdom to build the ark, another is to have the necessary wisdom to woo the animals to enter the ark; and yet another thing is the wisdom to domesticate the wild animals (without removing their wild nature). Think about the task before Noah. If Noah was given five hundred billion dollars, I doubt if such an ark can be built today. Even if you build it, what of the wisdom needed in getting all specie of animals and birds into the ark and yet arranging and putting each of them into their natural habitat inside the arc. How did Noah make it, how did he succeed at this assignment? Noah set up a plan for immediate action. It is impossible to fail if you plan properly. Plan your life, plan your business and you will not fail. Part of planning is having a time table; you must be able to pencil down what you intend doing from the time you wake up till the time you would go to bed. As you plan your time, be determined to follow your own plans, there is no need to plan if you will not follow it. Planning can help you to make a good success of your life, so plan. Noah succeeded because he followed God’s plan in building the ark.

THE GOD FACTOR IN SUCCESS

2008-10-04T12:36:00.003+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

God is a God of success. If you read the Bible from Genesis 1: 1-2, you will see the success of God from the very beginning.

In the beginning GOD created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, let there be light: and there was light.

In the beginning, when God created the heaven and the earth, three things happened: number one, the earth became formless; number two, the earth became void; and number three, darkness covered the earth. It was a period of confusion, but God was not confused, neither was He disturbed: He only spoke and success followed. A good look at the universe will convince you that God is a big success. Yes, He is a super success. No matter from which perspective you look and consider what success really is, God is really the biggest success. He is rich, and everything is in super abundance in the universe. Lets consider the riches of God in this our universe; as we do this you will observe with awe His wisdom, power and orderliness.

This earth contains about seven continents; they are Africa, America, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America. Each of these continents is a very large mass of land containing different types of living and non-living things, many countries and nations are in these continents. Apart from Antarctica (which is another mystery on earth), all other continents house millions of people of different ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds. Apart from these, there are many islands that stands alone and do not belong to any continent. Many rivers, seas and oceans surround the earth, mountains, vegetations, and a lot of natural resources are hidden in the depth of the earth. All these were created by the Almighty God and belong to God. Psalm 24: 1. The resources on earth cannot be fully comprehended; they are beyond the comprehension of any single human being no matter how brilliant he may be. Beyond the earth, we have the moon; the moon orbits the earth and revolves round it. Few people have traveled to the moon, the discovery of those men reveals that the moon is not habitable by any living being and besides the gravity of earth is different from that of the moon.

Now our earth and moon belongs to a solar system, this consist of the sun and nine planets, this earth is just one of them. There are some planets in this solar system that are far bigger than the earth in as much as one thousand times. Some planets have about eighteen moons orbiting them; and you know what? None of these planets can support any type of life apart from our planet, earth. Scientists have sent space probes to many of these planets and found out that the conditions in all these planets cannot support plant or animal life. Water does not exist in liquid form in many of these planets; some are extremely hot while some are extremely cold. The earth is the only planet found to be conducive to support plant and animal life. Another interesting thing I want you to know is the existence of asteroid belt. Containing many asteroids. Our solar system is very big; the size of it is beyond human imagination. Now when I first learnt of this I was dumbfounded, what is it? That the sun of our solar system is just a star, it belongs to a galaxy of stars called the ‘milky way’. This galaxy have about one hundred billion stars and our sun is just one of them. Do you know that this our sun even though it is a million times bigger than the earth, it is not considered as one of the big stars in the milky way galaxy. Another thing is that some of those stars may also have their own solar systems with planets orbiting them. Scientists even claimed that some stars have been discovered to have one or two planets orbiting them and that many other stars may have more than nine planets in their solar systems.

Are you following me with understanding? This is God’s creation, how big, how vast? That is not all; the Milky Way is not the only galaxy of stars in the universe, there are about one hundred billion observable galaxy of stars, and each of these galaxies also have about one hundred billion stars. WOW! Can you do the mathematics? Find out in one minute the number of stars there is in the universe, (that’s just a joke anyway). The truth is that God’s creation is so vast, so rich, there is an abundance of all things, and you can’t know everything God has created. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 8: 17

Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

Requirement For Victory In Life's Battles

2008-10-03T23:22:00.002+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

The first requirement for victory in life’s battle is THE WORD. You must be full of the word. Jesus Christ, the Lord said ‘if you abide in me and my word abide in you, you will ask anything and it shall be done unto you’. The word of God is very essential to victory in life’s battle, it is the sword of the spirit {See Ephesians. 6:17 and Hebrews. 4:12}. The word is one of our weapons of warfare, and it is not carnal; but mighty through God, it is an offensive weapon used in attacking any problem. I have not seen the problem that can stand in the face of the word of God: one’s you lift up the word in the face of that problem, it must bow. Some claim that they use the word and it does not work, well, the word works. You have not used the word of God long enough that is why you think it has not worked. I have seen it work again and again, and that may be the reason God commanded me to name the ministry “The Word Works Ministry”.

God’s word is His work. The apostles said “… we will devote ourselves … to the ministry of the word” Act 6:4. To do the works of God: which includes winning the devil in battles. You must devote yourself to the word of God. The word of God is the work of God. Now, follow me. Some people asked Jesus in John 6:28
“What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus said in John 6:29 “This is the work of God that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.

God had sent His son Jesus, and Jesus is the word of God. When you believe the word, when you speak the word, when you devote yourself to the word, then you are doing the works of God.
If you read Genesis Chapter 1, you will observe that the major instrument used for creation was the word. No effort was recorded, no other work was mentioned other than “…And God said, let there be … and there was …” The only work God did apart from the word was the creation of man (and woman). Firstly, He spoke, “Let us make man …”. Secondly, he moulded the image with dust of the earth. Thirdly, he breathe on man, and man became a living soul. Apart from man, all created things (and beings) were spoken into existence
Though faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things, which are seen, were not made of things which do appear. Heb. 11:3

And the Bible says God rested on the seventh day. The work He did was the word he spoke. This is the reason why many of us preachers get very tired after finishing sessions of preaching and prayers. Those who are involved in deliverance will agree with me that they get tired after the deliverance session, because they use God’s creative word in the process.
If anyone is sick, speak the word and God will work the works of healing. If anyone is poor, speak the word and God will work the works of prosperity. If anyone is dying, speak the word and God will work the works of life. If anyone is bound, speak the word and God will work the works of deliverance. In the battle of life, speak the word and victory is SURE because God will work each time you speak the word of God, then God is ready to be at work. Using water, spiritual materials like candles, cross, oil for spiritual battle will not give you victory. Victory comes when the word is proclaimed by faith. The word is the work.

Healing, prosperity, deliverance are works only the word can do. Even the greatest miracle on earth, salvation is made possible only through the ministry of the word. Follow the word and the spirit of God will use you greatly. Have you ever seen where someone got saved through the use of candle or anointing oil? It is only through the word that a criminal can be transformed to a saint. There is a place (though) for the anointing oil, anointed handkerchiefs e.t.c. Follow the word and you are set and ready for miracles, be filled with the word and the spirit will overshadow you. If the word of God is removed or taken away, almost nothing is left of the work of God. No word, no work, know the word, and know victory

Quotes On Difficulties

2008-10-02T04:01:00.002+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
Theodore N. Vail

You can't fly a kite unless you go against the wind and have a weight to keep it from turning a somersault. The same with man. No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and is prepared to assume responsibilities.
William J.H. Boetcker

Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.
Ronald E. Osborn

No matter how difficult the challenge, when we spread our wings of faith and allow the winds of God's spirit to lift us, no obstacle is too great to overcome.
Roy Lessin

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.
Ann Landers

Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed, it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the smooth road.
Source Unknown

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Henry Ford

For every mountain there is a miracle.
Robert H. Schuller

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.
Washington Irving

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
Orison Swett Marden

The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Norman Vincent Peale

Widom: - The Vital Key

2008-09-29T17:47:00.002+02:00

By Adenuga S Joseph

Perhaps the most important aspect of maintaining your success is the need for wisdom, sound wisdom is very essential if anyone will attain to any degree of success in life. In the same vein, wisdom is highly needed to maintain and improve upon the success attained. The Bile is very clear on the need for wisdom, hear God speak to you from Proverbs 3: 13-16

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. The above passage taught us that happy is the man that finds wisdom, you can be that man; and if you are not happy now it may be an indication that you do not have wisdom. Notice that he said, “that finds wisdom”. This implies that wisdom does not fall on people, you go for it, you search it out until you find it. Nobody gets wisdom by accident or chance, its not gotten ones and for all, getting wisdom is an ongoing process, you continue to find it, to discover more and more of it. The mystery of wisdom is that the more of it you find or discover, the more eager you become to find out more. This is true, the more wisdom you have, the more you will want to learn about it. Wisdom is better than money, if you have money and lack wisdom, you will soon go back to square one to begin again.

Have you ever noticed that it was wisdom that helped David to maintain his success? From the record of the Bible, David started making public success the day he killed Goliath. His success was so outstanding that the of Israel sang the song, “Saul killed his thousands, David his ten thousands”. This great success stirred up jealousy in the heart of Saul, but 1Samuel 18:5 says

And David went whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

David through the grace of God attained to a high level of success by winning a very crucial battle/war for his country, Israel, he was able to maintain this success only through wisdom. This wisdom was so conspicuous that he was accepted in the sight of all the people of Israel and all the servants of Saul (his competitors). We read also in 1samuel 18:14-15

And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the Lord was with him. Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

Through wisdom, Saul was afraid of David. If you are wise and behave yourself very wisely, even your boss will be afraid of you especially when such boss have something against you. Wisdom breeds respect, wisdom brings acceptability and love. In verse 30 of the above passage we read,

...That David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

To David as for all successful people all over the world in all ages, wisdom was the principal thing that brought honour, acceptance and good name. You will find out that David was growing and increasing in wisdom with the passing of each day because the above passage stated that,
David behaved himself more wisely... This implies that the wisdom he later displayed was more than the previous ones. Meaning that he truly grew in wisdom, and understanding – oh what a grace. No wonder, the Bible revealed that he was a man after God's heart: No wonder, he fought more battles than many other kings of Israel yet never lost in any battle or war: No wonder, he was so rich that he gave more money towards the building of God's temple than any other man in his lifetime.

Wisdom not only helps you to become successful, it makes you to be able to maintain your treasured success. I am glad to tell you that you too can have this type of wisdom. How can you contact this type of wisdom that David displayed? Let's see a passage in 1Corinthians 1:24
But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption.
God has made Jesus to be wisdom unto us, you have wisdom if Christ is in you. Colossians 2:3 says,

In whom (Christ) are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

That is the way God has done it, that in Christ Jesus should be hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge in heaven and on earth. In fact verse 9 of Colossians 2 shows us that,
In Him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.
This means that Jesus Christ is the Carrier of all of God's wisdom and understanding; all the fullness of the Godhead is residing in Him. The amazing thing about it is that this is to the pleasure of God the Father. Colossians 1: 19 states it clearly that,

For it pleased the Father that in Him (Christ) should all fullness dwell.

If you have accepted Christ into your life as your Lord and Saviour, then you have the wisdom of God on the inside of you. The Bible says, “He that have the Son have life...” If you do not have Christ, and you are not born-again, then you do not have this wisdom – what a shame; what a waste of destiny. The result is clear, that the principal instruments with which to maintain your success will be lacking, that is if you are able to attain success in the first place. To rectify the situation, you need to give your life to Jesus Christ today as your Lord and Saviour for tomorrow may be too late. Confess to him that you are a sinner by nature and can by no means save yourself and you want Him alone to be your Lord. We are taught in John 1:12 that,

But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the Sons of God even to them that believe on his name. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

All He wants from you is to believe and receive Jesus Christ into your life. You will be born of God through His Holy Spirit. Your human Spirit will receive the LIFE OF GOD from the Spirit of God to make you born again into the family of God. That is why we read in the very passage of scriptures above that,
“which are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
It is not a process of been born into humanity but into divinity. Not of blood, so it is not passed down through heredity. That is the reason Jesus did not have a wife nor a biological son, He passed the nature of divinity down to us through the ages with only one condition for qualification which is faith in Him. The fact that I am born again does not cover my children who have attained the age of accountability. They must have their own personal touch with Him. Do you understand the point I am trying to make here? If you do and you decide to give your life to Jesus in exchange for the very life of God, then pray the following prayer out loud.

Dear Father in heaven, I come to you today in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Your word says that anyone that comes to you , you will in no wise cast him out. I know and confess that I am a sinner by birth and by nature; I believe in my heart that Jesus Christ is Lord and I confess with my mouth that He died but God raised Him from the dead for my justification. Thank you my Father God for giving your Son to die for me, I accept Jesus Christ today as my Lord and Saviour and His sacrificial work for me on the cross of calvary. Thank you one's again for saving me, I am now born-again into your kingdom and happy family because I am now in Christ Jesus.

If you make that decision today for the first time please do not hesitate to email me now for further encouragement at successdimensionchurch@gmail.com. Or phone any of my number below
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Maintaining Your Success

2008-09-27T02:07:00.003+02:00

By Adenuga S Joseph

Perhaps the most difficult and challenging task on earth is to know how to go about maintaining an attained success. By experience and also by observation of successful men and women that lived on earth, attaining to a life of top success is not as difficult as maintaining such life of success till death. There are so many examples of people in the Bible who attained to top success but were not able to maintaining the flow (of success). Saul, the first anointed king of Israel who was anointed by one of the best prophets that ever lived on earth, Samuel, could not maintain his success but died a most shameful death with his sons on the same day. Even his daughter Michal who was given to David died childless, the only woman ever recorded to have died childless in the Bible. If we study it well, we shall soon find out that disobedience, lack of patience and refusing to carry out instructions to the last details were the characters that spelled Saul's waterloo.

In other words, to maintain an attained success, you must be obedient to the WORD of God and His commandments. His words as recorded in the Bible must be your law, these words must be considered the core of your life. Patience is very important to maintain your success: waiting patiently is a virtue that can heal all wounds (physical, spiritual or emotional). You must also be a man or woman that gives much attention to details in everything and especially every commandments of God. These are qualities that was lacking in the life of king Saul of Israel that led to his fall from grace to grass. May that never be your own portion in life in Jesus name.

Nebuchadnezzar was a king that also attained to a high success as a result of hard work and determination, he became so successful that during his own time, Babylon became the greatest nation on earth. Many kings of other nations considered him their own leaders, so he was a type of the king of kings. Nobody could doubt his success and affluence and he knew it and allowed it to get into his head. As a result of this, PRIDE came into his heart and lets see what happened to Nebuchadnezzar in Daniels 4:30-33
The king spake and said, Is this not Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will. The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagle's feathers and his nails like bird's claws.

He attained a very uncommon and unusual level of success because God had mercy on him. The sad thing is that, unknown to him, all his success was released unto him by God, so he became proud, and this undo him and humiliated him. The Bible says in John 3:27 that
...A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
As Nebuchadnezzar began to boast and to proclaim that, "I have built... by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty". God had to show him how to be humble so that you and I can learn from his mistake. Humility helps you to maintain the success. See what Nebuchadnezzar said after his humbling experience, that is after he had learnt to give God alone all the glory with humility of heart. It is written in Daniel 4: 34-37
And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes into heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High God and I praised and honored Him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest thou? At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counselors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his judgment: and those that walk in pride He is able to abase. Pride is a major hindrance to maintaining a life of success, you have to discover through Nebuchadnezzar's experience that pride will lead to your fall. The truth is this, no matter how high you have attained, you will fall to the ground if you are too proud and will not give glory to God.

Pride is a major hindrance to maintaining a life of success, you have discovered through Nebuchadnezzar's experience that pride will lead to your fall. The truth is this, no matter how high you have attained, you will fall to the ground if you are too proud and will not give glory to God. In fact, the higher you've gone. The more catastrophic the fall and the more shame you will get at the end. So dear reader, watch it, and be humble, give the glory to God for all things that you think you have (even through hard work), for all was given to you by God. Everything you have by any means was given to you by the Almighty God see 1Corinthians 4: 7.
Who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Glorify God for your success, thank Him for every increase, appreciate Him for every lifting and I bet you will be promoted all the more. The more you humble yourself before the Almighty God through praise and positive appreciation , the more you will enjoy your success and your wealth. (See 1Peter 5: 6,7)

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you.
Samson was another man who attained a very high sounding success militarily but could not maintain the success for a long time because of his insatiable urge or drive for sex. Dear reader, sexual perversion can lead to falling from your successful position to the ground floor, which is a most shameful failure. I have seen or heard about many successful people whose doom were sealed by an act of illicit sexual relationship. To maintain your success, you have to keep yourself pure and holy- discipline is the watchword.

SUCCESS - WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

2008-09-27T01:07:00.002+02:00

By Anne-Marie Ronsen

Success is more than economic gains, titles, and degrees. Planning for success is about mapping out all the aspects of your life. Similar to a map, you need to define the following details: origin, destination, vehicle, backpack, landmarks, and route.

Origin: Who you are

A map has a starting point. Your origin is who you are right now. Most people when asked to introduce themselves would say, "Hi, I'm Jean and I am a 17-year old, senior highschool student." It does not tell you about who Jean is; it only tells you her present preoccupation. To gain insights about yourself, you need to look closely at your beliefs, values, and principles aside from your economic, professional, cultural, and civil status. Moreover, you can also reflect on your experiences to give you insights on your good and not-so-good traits, skills, knowledge, strengths, and weaknesses. Upon introspection, Jean realized that she was highly motivated, generous, service-oriented, but impatient. Her inclination was in the biological-medical field. Furthermore, she believed that life must serve a purpose, and that wars were destructive to human dignity.

Destination: A vision of who you want to be

"Who do want to be?" this is your vision. Now it is important that you know yourself so that you would have a clearer idea of who you want to be; and the things you want to change whether they are attitudes, habits, or points of view. If you hardly know yourself, then your vision and targets for the future would also be unclear. Your destination should cover all the aspects of your being: the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual. Continuing Jean's story, after she defined her beliefs, values, and principles in life, she decided that she wanted to have a life dedicated in serving her fellowmen.

Vehicle: Your Mission

A vehicle is the means by which you can reach your destination. It can be analogized to your mission or vocation in life. To a great extent, your mission would depend on what you know about yourself. Bases on Jean's self-assessment, she decided that she was suited to become a doctor, and that she wanted to become one. Her chosen vocation was a medical doctor. Describing her vision-mission fully: it was to live a life dedicated to serving her fellowmen as a doctor in conflict-areas.

Travel Bag: Your knowledge, skills, and attitude

Food, drinks, medicines, and other travelling necessities are contained in a bag. Applying this concept to your life map, you also bring with you certain knowledge, skills, and attitudes. These determine your competence and help you in attaining your vision. Given such, there is a need for you to assess what knowledge, skills, and attitudes you have at present and what you need to gain along the way. This two-fold assessment will give you insights on your landmarks or measures of success. Jean realized that she needed to gain professional knowledge and skills on medicine so that she could become a doctor. She knew that she was a bit impatient with people so she realized that this was something she wanted to change.

Landmarks and Route: S.M.A.R.T. objectives

Landmarks confirm if you are on the right track while the route determines the travel time. Thus, in planning out your life, you also need to have landmarks and a route. These landmarks are your measures of success. These measures must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time bound. Thus you cannot set two major landmarks such as earning a master's degree and a doctorate degree within a period of three years, since the minimum number of years to complete a master's degree is two years. Going back to Jean as an example, she identified the following landmarks in her life map: completing a bachelor's degree in biology by the age of 21; completing medicine by the age of 27; earning her specialization in infectious diseases by the age of 30; getting deployed in local public hospitals of their town by the age of 32; and serving as doctor in war-torn areas by the age of 35.

Anticipate Turns, Detours, and Potholes

The purpose of your life map is to minimize hasty and spur-of-the-moment decisions that can make you lose your way. But oftentimes our plans are modified along the way due to some inconveniences, delays, and other situations beyond our control. Like in any path, there are turns, detours, and potholes thus; we must anticipate them and adjust accordingly.
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Rule Your World Part 2

2008-09-26T00:29:00.002+02:00

If you are a Nigerian or you've visited Nigeria of late you cannot but notice the bold slogan of Glo Communication Network which reads "RULE YOUR WORLD". I love it, this leaves no one in doubt as to who is in charge in your own world. You are the one in charge, not your enemy, or the devil himself, but YOU. When God created man in His own image the first thing He told man was not a commandment to be holy or good; it is not even a commandment that we should serve Him faithfully; it is a blessing. We read this in Genesis 1:26

And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

God's first word to man was a blessing, a prayer of goodwill. God want you to have dominion over all the earth: to have dominion in your world. To rule your world you must be a man of wisdom. Nobody can rule anything well without wisdom. The ability to rule your world is in deeper knowledge and understanding. Wisdom and understanding are one of the greatest treasures anybody can purchase in this present world.

As you read this I want you to always remember that power without wisdon is like tea without sugar. Wisdom is power that no force on earth can overcome; when you are full of wisdom you are full of God.

Rule Your World Part 1

2008-09-26T00:19:00.002+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

Your world is your area of influence, it is your domain, where your territory of influence begins and end. In real life this includes your body, soul and spirit; it includes your plans for your own future; your home; your wife or husband; your children; your business or job; even up till your spiritual environment.

In this write up, my intension is to motivate you and provoke you to the level where you want to take control of your life and not just leave things to chance or luck.You need to realise that when God created man, He gave him power to be
(1) fruitful
(2) multiply
(3) replenish the earth
(4) subdue the earthand
(5) to have dominion over all the other creatures:- whatever they may be, fish, birds, creaping things and all animals.

This is clearly telling us that it is the will of God for man to have success, power and self improvement. The Bible says in IIIJohn2 that God wish ABOVE ALL things that you and I prosper and be in health. Anything that goes contrary to that is not of God. The responsibility lies on us, you and I, to develop ourselves, to increase our power and become more successful to rule your world you have a lot of responsibilities, most things we think are up to God are really up to us. If you do not act God will not act, if you move, heaven will move with you. Heaven helps those who help themselves. You are in charge of your life, that is your world.

Please note this and note it well, you are in charge, not the devil, not your boss, not your country or your president. You are the one who rules: whatever happens to you is an effect of a course which you have initialised. By creation every human being have the power to rule his word according to the word of God. So my friend, take action, RULE YOUR WORLD. To be continued...

My Own Definition Of Success

2008-09-26T00:05:00.004+02:00

By Adenuga Sunday Joseph

There are many definitions of Success as there are many people on the face of the earth. The idea that I am trying to sell to you in this article is summarized as follows, "You too can become as successful as you ever desired."Success is the ability to set a goal and accomplish it in record time.
The synonyms of success are achievement, accomplishment, victory, triumph, hit the target, winner, sensation, and so on. The opposite of it is failure. What one considers a success, another may see as nothing meaningful or important. For example, a man that set out to climb Mount Everest is going to consider himself a success only after climbing the highest mountain on planet earth.Failure to accomplish this feat will point out to our man that he has not succeeded yet. Though presently, he may be a millionaire, but something is lacking, a goal yet to be fulfilled, this will cause a lot of heartache until that mountain is subdued, he doesn’t see himself as a success. As long as he has not climbed the great mountain, he continues to battle, plan and preplan so that he can eventually succeed. To me, climbing Mount Everest is nothing of value to me (because my interest is in something else), but it means a lot to our man who has set a goal to conquer the greatest mountain on earth.Success therefore is the accomplishment of a purpose (or goal) that brings fulfillment, joy and satisfaction to a man. We must remember also that what a man consider a success, another man may see as a child’s play.

When I was growing up (as a youth in the secondary school), I use to consider as unserious those other students whose goal in life was to excel and become stars in the field of sports. Every time they went out for practice was wasted as far as I was concerned then. Little did I know that with each practice, they were getting nearer to their life’s purpose and goal; they were getting nearer to their success; they were accomplishing their life’s vision as they went out early in the morning. I remember that I always pitied them and their parents for such waste of time, now I know better.Success is not just accumulating a lot of money (although many people consider those who are rich as successful): Many strikingly rich people actually died lonely and unfulfilled in life. Many of them have been further destroyed because of large volume of money they do not know how to manage due to lack of vision. Success brings true joy (it is not money that brings joy), I have seen many people who are not so rich who have a lot of sense of accomplishment in life. I know that a truly successful person cannot remain poor in life, but I also know that money is not the only yardstick to measure how successful any person is in this life.

Success is not a destination but an adventure that continues to get better each day as you discover more secrets of how to better achieve your set goals with ease.Success is not luck or winning large amount of money in a lottery. Many lucky winners of such lotteries have ended up really broke and some have died most miserable and shameful death because of their inability to maintain such life of affluence that they got from winning lotteries. Friend, sudden wealth has led more people to early grave than poverty. Poverty has helped more people to be wiser and better in life than sudden wealth. In fact, sudden wealth is very dangerous and should not be sought after. Go for real success that comes out of hard work and careful planning.Success is not just becoming the leader of a group, organization or nation. Many leaders are not truly successful; we’ve had leaders like Adolf Hitler in this world that killed about two million Jews, his end was shrouded in mystery.

Success is not popularity or acceptability of an individual in the society, although true success always attracts many people; most of them are ready to idolize the successful one. Such successful people always know how to manage the praise of men without allowing it to get to their head.

Success is discovering God’s goal and purpose for your life and pursuing the same until you have accomplished it to the maximum, and make a mark in that God’s chosen purpose for your life.

Success is the ability to exhaust your entire God given talents and gifts to make this world a better place than you met it. We are talking here about the real meaning of success, it is the ability to put smiles on the faces of those whose lives touch yours; it is the ability to make men (and women) better than you met them. No matter how rich you are, if you make people bitter instead of better than you met them, then with all your money, you are a big failure. A successful life is that which leaves others with a desire to do something worthwhile with their own lives too. I assert again that success is beyond the accumulation of wealth; it is the ability to raise up many other successful men. It is the ability to produce many other millionaires. The success of Moses became established as he was able to produce a Joshua (a successor), Elijah produced an Elisha. Jesus, the greatest success that ever happened to mankind has raised us up as successful disciples of His. We are destined by His word to tread upon serpents and scorpions; we are the ones that will put the devil to shame in these last days. Jesus Christ is alive through us in this generation; we are the miracle workers; and we are called to do those things that He Himself had done when He was here on the earth. See John 14: 12

"Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do: because I go to my father."

A success without a successor is a failure in disguise. Are you surprised at that statement? If you succeed beyond measure, and have billions of dollars, when you die, except you have a good successor, all those wealth will be squandered and wasted. If you want to know how successful Jesus was, look around you, every Christian you see is a testimony to the success of Jesus. What? Jesus who neither bought a land, nor build a house, nor own a car. He didn’t even own a donkey not to talk of owning a fast horse, yet he is the greatest man that ever lived. Why is this so? Because he has millions of successors, those who carry on His God given purpose on earth. The purpose of destroying the works of the devil in the lives of innocent people who are bound by the forces of evil. This wonderful Jesus did not get married, produced no biological children, yet have turned many sons of men to become sons of God. We are changed from ordinary mortal to supernatural beings, we are giving to have the very life of God, we are translated from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of God and now the kingdom of God is within us. What a great success Jesus is.To be the president of U.S or Nigeria is a success, but you see that is just the beginning of the show of success. Performing your duties in such a way that many people’s lives will be better because you are president is the REAL SUCCESS that we are talking about in this article.

In other words, if your success is a selfish ambition, a selfish wish for millions of dollars so that you can have something with which to oppress others, then you are not on the real road to the good success the Bible talks about. In Joshua 1:8, the last clause says, "…and then, thou shall have good success." This implies that God do not consider some successes as good. God had to qualify the type of success Joshua should go for, not the selfish, ‘me alone’ success, but the God’s type of success called the good success that will make other people better.Any ambition that does not consider the well being of other people may be considered by people as success, but it is not a good success in God’s eyes.

From years of experience as a pastor as well as an observer of nature, I have found out that people who became extremely rich did not start out to accumulate such large sums, most of them started out by helping to meet human need. Most of them started with a consuming passion in their heart to help produce things that will alleviate the suffering of people. While been faithful to this honorable passion, they have made millions (and some of them) even billions for themselves.Consider your life and your way, if you don’t have the welfare of others in mind in your quest to become rich, though you may hit it and become rich, you may not enjoy the money and if you do, it may not last long. Bill Gates was said to be obsessed with the idea of wanting every home to have a personal computer, the result is his stupendous wealth.

Success becomes so sweet when you see others thriving and doing well as a result of your own personal input. Such success brings a sense of accomplishment, a satisfaction of a job well done, and an inner joy that glows, sometimes inexplicable. When you see a successful man or woman, you’ll know that there is something about him/her that you cannot explain; you know its not his money; not his properties; not his physical attraction; there is a magnet around him. You are sure its there, but you may not be able to lay your hands on what it is.

What I am passing across goes beyond having a fat bank account, it gets to the mountain top of joy and satisfaction; it is the level of perfect peace that comes with a knowledge that your life counts. Not only that; you are also contributing positively to building other peoples lives, and the satisfaction of a job well done.Good success is always concerned about the good welfare of other people, while selfish success (that does not last) always concern itself about how to get other people’s money at all cost without giving anything of value in return.

Good success is talking about what to contribute to make this life a better place than I met it; it is thinking of what to do to make others happy. Good news, you can be that person, you can be successful too. You have what it takes to climb to the top and come out successfully. There are no two ‘YOU’ on earth, you are the one and only you, and God has a purpose for bringing you on board (the earth) at this point in time.