START RIGHT DAILIES® II (Fri, Sept. 6, 2013)

BE ENCOURAGED!

"If history has taught us anything, if we can be absolutely certain about anything, its that regardless of your circumstances, you can turn your life around and be incredibly successful, wealthy and influential" - Kay D

VERBAL SCARS

Please take note: Endeavor to read all the way down to the last sentence. It's very important.

There was once a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.

The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, 'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound will still be there.

I strongly agree with Lucius Annaeus Seneca that, anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. Anytime you are irritated and you're at the verge of speaking (out of anger), please remember this story I have shared with you today. 

And please take note, a verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

God richly bless you and may we be better and stronger in dealing with our anger.

FEATURED POEM (Thurs, Sept. 26, 2012)

   POEM OF THE DAY

"What we know for sure is that metaphor is the raw uranium of poetry, and that an urge to say that one thing is like something else is one of the earliest markers of the poetic spirit, the nascent poet" - Tony Hoagland

 “DONT QUIT”

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, 

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, 

When the funds are low and the debts are high, 

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, 

When care is pressing you down a bit, 

Rest, if you must, but don't you quit. 

Life is queer with its twists and turns, 

As every one of us sometimes learns, 

And many a failure turns about, 

When he might have won had he stuck it out; 

Don't give up though the pace seems slow 

You may succeed with another blow. 

Often the goal is nearer than, 

It seems to a faint and faltering man, 

Often the struggler has given up, 

When he might have captured the victor's cup, 

And he learned too late when the night slipped down, 

How close he was to the golden crown. 

Success is failure turned inside out 

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, 

And you never can tell how close you are, 

It may be near when it seems so far, 

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit 

It's when things seem worst that you must not quit. 

- Author unknown

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(C) Thu, Sep 13, 2012

 

 

Sunday, July 8, 2012

VERBAL SCARS

Endeavor to read all the way down to the last sentence. It's very important.
There was once a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, 'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound will still be there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.

Anytime you are irritated and you're at the verge of speaking (out of anger) please remember this story I have shared with you.

Always remember that, you have every right to write angry letters but please never mail them. For "anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it"~Lucius Annaeus Seneca

God richly bless you and may we be better and stronger in dealing with our anger.

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(C) Sun, Jul 8, 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

LESSONS FROM THE PAST: ECHOES OF THE FUTURE

This is excerpted from my full piece "LESSONS FROM THE PAST: ECHOES OF THE FUTURE".

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends soon, but that we wait so long to begin it"  - W. M. Lewis

In this piece, I try to summarize some of the key lessons from the past that has translated ordinary lives into prominence. We all can live that life (I believe) and it starts by knowing these;

1.FIND A PASSION; your PASSION -

It could be a craft, a knack, or an act or arts. Whatever it is, find it. And remember, fulfillment is finding "what greatly inspires you and equally serves others"

2. START -

Start! Yes start! Start is an important stage of the process. You will have to necessarily start somewhere. You may not know clearly and exactly what to do but start with the little you know. And remember, the more you do, the clearer the picture gets and the better you become.  "The secret of getting ahead is getting started" - Mark Twain

3. DEDICATION -

Hidden in the meaning of 'Dedication' is discipline, commitment, hard work and determination. Decide you're going to make it work (because you really can) and make it your 'articles of faith'. Thomas Edison said "I have

successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb" after failing a 1000 times. Abraham Lincoln sharing a similar story with Mr. Edison in both private and public life also said “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” Remember, that failures are only permanent if we stop trying. I believe that there's no failure until you give up and
accept that as your reality. Don't ever quit, work till it finally works.

4. EXCELLENCE -

Pay attention to details. Always aim for the bull's eye, be spot on. Strive for perfection. Remember, everything can be better, so keeping pushing the limits. Always ask how else can this be better than it is? And keeping improving it

5.YOU WILL ALWAYS NEED HELP -

Instead of building walls, build bridges.

You will always need somebody or a team. There's absolutely no success story or drama with a lone actor not even the "Can do all things GOD" (the omnipotent God). He, by Wisdom chose the concept of the 3-in-1 God with angels and mankind to demonstrate this all important lesson, that success is a team work. Remember, everybody is best wired for something. Somebody can do better/best what you are wondering about and struggling with. Find the appropriate team to aid you. Be friendly, approachable and teachable.

6. INTEGRITY & RESPECT -

Integrity and respect goes together. Its either your integrity will earn you respect or your respect for people, time and truth will earn you integrity. Remember, people will always treat you the way you treat them and yourself.

7. KNOWLEDGE -

Knowledge goes beyond information. It's information with understanding (basically how to work or use the information gotten). Knowledge is attained from schooling (which can be self schooling or being schooled) as well as, life's experience.

How much you know will always determine how much you can do. Always seek knowledge about the things you want to do. And make the 'knowledge seeking quest' a habit. Remember, the more you know, the wider the extent of your limit.

It's important to note that, while you can't go back and make a brand new start, you can start from now and make a brand new end.

Your life of novelty, leadership, passion and a perfection of craft begins here. I wish you well.

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THE CULTURE OF UNDERSTANDING 1

"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding"~Proverbs 4:7 KJV

 What this means is that, without understanding, wisdom will be mythical and an act of magic. It also means that, regardless of what you have or know without understanding it can be useless to you. This is why understanding becomes necessary as a way of life.

Let's begin with UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF
Whatever, you don't understand, will only be fictitious, inexplicable and strange to you and that includes yourself.

Have you ever considered why human beings come into the world with nothing except a body and have to leave the world also with nothing, this time not even their bodies?
This is it, you don't need to come into this world with anything apart from what you already came with (and that is Yourself). "YOU ARE ALL YOU NEED TO HAVE" (I wish I could make these texts echo in your heart).

Your greatest and priceless possession on earth is yourself (no two ways about that). Your passion and mission; your craft and intelligence; combined with your efficiency and adaptation are all found in yourself and wrapped in your physiology (which adequately rounds up your one-of-a-kind personality).

Please ponder over these;

1. Understand that you did not come into this world to fit into a certain system or standard. You came to this world to be UNIQUE. And so, do not alter your uniqueness just to fall in line with what some people needlessly refers to as "the ideal".

Infact YOU ARE THE IDEAL. Empiricism have adequately proven that you are the only one (ever to live on earth) that has the complete set of your chromosomes and genes. From your height to your size, from your temperaments to your aptitude and even your smile, no one can ever be like you. So please don't trade that uniqueness (which makes you a world wonder) for anything.


2. Understand that it is needless and sinful to want to be like somebody else rather than your unique self. If Mr. Shakespeare was right that "all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players..." then, we are all not playing the same role. Our custumes ( our bodies or our physiology) and props (our intellect, temperaments, talents, skills and even experiences) like all plays are designed according to our roles. Unfortunately, you cannot play any role better than the one your make-up originally supports. So why plague yourself with stress, and short circuit yourself by being somebody else?

Be absolutely confident and glad about yourself because your birth was not just another wonder on earth but also, God manifesting His awesome self in another matchless way (and that's you).

3. Get better by the day. One of the essentials of time is that, it effects growth. The passing of days and years, warrants maturation. God put us into time so everyday we could get better. Develop yourself and keep refining it by the day. Perfection comes by practice. Seek knowledge about who you are and the things you want to do (I recomend to you the bible because that's my source), study it to gain understanding and then, practice what you discovered.

4. Appreciate everybody and despise no one. This is a common question I ask, if we are all in God's image and likeness how then does God look like? Individually, we are all a perfect manifestation of another feature and description of God, but collectively, we represent Him and His magnificent glory.

We are all special people. Absolutely no exception. What makes us special is our difference and variation. Like a jigsaw, we're all unique. And together, we fit perfectly into 'that picture', God's Big Idea.

No wonder right after God instructed us to love Him on all counts, the next instruction was to love our neighbors like ourselves. [Matthew 22:37 - 39]. We are all a representation of God on earth. Hence loving our neighbors like ourselves is same as loving God. This will not only put you in right standing with God but will also create an atmosphere of peace and tranquility around you and an enabling environment around us all.

Remember, life (your life) was originally designed to be enjoying and not stressfull. It was intended to be fulfilling and not disheartening and the solution is in UNDERSTANDING. For what you don't understand you can't appropriate.

Get the full detail in "How to start START"

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FEATURED DEVOTIONAL (Wednes, Sept. 26, 2012)

"The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur." ~Vince Lombardi

  

Exodus 14:15 (GNT)

The LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out for help? Tell the people to move forward.
When Moses stood before the Red Sea with Pharaoh's army in hot pursuit, the Bible tells us that he cried out to God. But God asked him, "Why do you cry to Me?"

God told Moses, "Tell the children of Israel to MOVE FORWARD.

You've got to MOVE FORWARD. You've got to ADVANCE. You've got to IMPROVE. You've got to get BETTER. That's God's natural sequence for your life. That's why HE put you into TIME.

Get better by the day. One of the essentials of time is that, it effects growth. The passing of days and years, warrants maturation. God put us into time so everyday we could get better. Develop yourself and keep refining it by the day. How do you do that? Knowledge and practice. You know perfection comes by practice. Seek knowledge about who you are and the things you want to do (I recommend to you the bible because that's my source), study it to gain understanding and then, practice what you discovered.

ENOUGH of pleading prayers all the time. "God, help God, please God, do something about my problem!". Get UP and MOVE FORWARD in your education; MOVE FORWARD in your walk with God and even men as well as, in your pursuit of purpose and financial stability.

I pray our today will be better than yesterday. Rise Up buddy and move forward!

BASICS: THE INELASTIC STROKES OF EVERY ACHIEVER

Unarguably, this is what our basic school teachers should have taught us. However, in most occasions, we have to travel through even tertiary education to discover this. In trying to explain this, I like how Mr. W. M. Lewis puts it. He said, "The tragedy of life is not that it ends soon, but that we wait so long to begin it"

To make significant and considerable progress in any area of life, there are inevitable and inelastic strokes you must take. Indeed, they're not easy but worthwhile. They're equally not instantaneous but gradual. Here, I try to summarise 7 inelastic BASIC truths I believe everybody must know.

Your life of novelty, leadership, passion and perfection of craft begins here.
I wish you well.

1.FIND A PASSION; your PASSION -

It could be a craft, a knack, or an act or arts. Whatever it is, find it. And remember, fulfillment is finding "what greatly inspires you and equally serves others"

2. START -

Start! Yes start! Start is an important stage of the process. You will have to necessarily start somewhere. You may not know clearly and exactly what to do but start with the little you know. And remember, the more you do, the clearer the picture gets and the better you become.  "The secret of getting ahead is getting started" - Mark Twain

3. DEDICATION -

Hidden in the meaning of 'Dedication' is discipline, commitment, hard work and determination. Decide you're going to make it work (because you really can) and make it your 'articles of faith'. Thomas Edison said "I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb" after failing a 1000 times. Abraham Lincoln sharing a similar story with Mr. Edison also said “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” Remember, that failures are only permanent if we stop trying. I believe that there's no failure until you give up and accept that as your reality. Don't ever quit, work till it finally works.

4. EXCELLENCE -

Pay attention to details. Always aim for the bull's eye, be spot on. Strive for perfection. Remember, everything can be better, so keeping pushing the limits. Always ask how else can this be better than it is? And keeping improving it

5.YOU WILL ALWAYS NEED HELP -

Instead of building walls, build bridges. You will always need somebody or a team. There's absolutely no success story or drama with a lone actor not even the "Can do all things GOD" (the omnipotent God). He, by Wisdom chose the concept of the 3-in-1 God with angels and mankind to demonstrate this all important lesson, that success is a team work. Remember, everybody is best wired for something. Somebody can do better/best what you are wondering about and struggling with. Find the appropriate team to aid you. Be friendly, approachable and teachable.

6. INTEGRITY & RESPECT -

Integrity and respect goes together. Its either your integrity will earn you respect or your respect for people, time and truth will earn you integrity. Remember, people will always treat you the way you treat them and yourself.

7. KNOWLEDGE -

Knowledge is KEY. It goes beyond information. It is basically how to work or use the information gotten. Knowledge is attained from either self schooling or being schooled as well as, life's experiences. How much you know will always determine how much you can do. Always seek knowledge about the things you want to do. And make the 'knowledge seeking quest' a habit. Remember, the more you know, the wider the extent of your limit.

Don't forget, while you can't go back and make a brand new start, you can start from now and make a brand new end.

START RIGHT DAILIES® I (Tues, Sept. 26, 2012

Many years ago, I came across what I'm about to share with you today.
It's brief. It's a very fascinating quote from Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen, 1993. And like i did sometime ago, I urge you to do same. Read it over and over again. Find strength and a renewed energy from it.
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"An Exceptional View of Life,"
"I wasn't old enough to play baseball or football. I was not even eight yet. My mom told me when I start baseball, I wouldn't be able to run that fast because I had an operation. I told Mom I wouldn't need to run that fast because when I play baseball, I'll just hit the ball out of the park. Then I'll be able to walk". ~Edward J. McGrath, Jr.
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THE LION REALITY I

WARNING: In this world, you either choose to roar or you're roared at.

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THE LION REALITY

There's a beautiful reality called The Lion Reality. It is a reality of utter grace and elegance. As a matter of fact, it's a reality where you rule and exerts total dominance.
The big question is, what is The Lion Reality?
It's important to understand that, reality is a subject of mindset. This is how one of the wisest men in Jewish tradition, Solomon son of David puts it in one of his writings “...As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he...” - Proverbs 23:7. What this means is, whatever you think is real becomes real to you and whatever becomes your thoughts becomes you. Isn't that simple?
I love James Allen's opening remarks in his book As a Man Thinketh he writes;
“Mind is the Master power that molds and makes,
And Man is Mind, and evermore he takes
The tool of Thought, and, shaping what he wills,
Brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills: —
He thinks in secret, and it comes to pass:
Environment is but his looking-glass”

Without mincing words, your reality is simply your mindset. Mr. Henry Ford says it better forme. He says, “Think You Can, Think You Can’t; Either Way, You’ll Be Right!”

Having introduced you to the subject of reality, now let's take an expedition into the animal kingdom and take a good look at the Panthera Leo. Panthera Leo is the binomial (or botanical) name for the Lion.
This is five things I noticed about the Lion;
1. The Lion is very ferocious.
Among the carnivorous animals, the Lion is arguably the most ferocious. His razor-shape teeth and claws coupled with his effectual vision and agile strength makes it extremely deadly. Anybody who ventures into a lion den is cautioned to do so with extreme caution even if, you are heavily armed and protected. You might not come back the same.
2. The Lion is an epitome of grace and elegance.
It almost sounds like an irony. How can such a vivacious beast be so graceful and
imposingly elegant? Well, that is another remarkable characteristic about the Lion. In countenance, the Lion is a powerfully built immaculate muscular animal. It's steady and majestic body swings coupled with it's short and usually uniform fur gives this giant cat a graceful demeanor. It's a sight to behold,  to see a lion in it's prime towering over a cliff with the savanna winds thrusting through its furs.
3. The iconic mane and roar of the Lion
The mane is one of the most visible unique identifiable traits of a lion. Yes, there are exceptions, for example the Tsavo lion is maneless. Yet, the conventional lion is noted for its mane. The mane is the Lion's iconic look and it gets bigger during confrontation.
There is no beast that can produce a sound that could for a moment be mistaken for the roar of the Lion. The Lion has a habit of stooping his head towards the ground when he roars, so that the terrible sound rolls along like thunder, and reverberates in many an echo in the far distance.
Owing to this curious habit, the roar can be heard at a very great distance, but its locality is rendered uncertain, and it is often difficult to be quite sure whether the Lion is to the right or the left of the hearer. Amazing isn't it?
4. The Lion is never a coward
It will be very amusing to even think that the Lion is timid. It's never the case. The Lion is very courageous and audacious. This trait about the lion gives it another very important characteristic worth noting. The lion's courage and audacity makes it very confident and sometimes, very intimidating.
5. The Lion is a skilled hunter
I want to place emphasis on the fact that, the Lion is not just a hunter but a skilled hunter. It is instructive to note that, the animals they hunt are some of the fastest on the planet. With strategy and tact they are able to crush their prey. They survey, pick their spot, calculate and coordinate their actions, seize the opportunity and drive with alacrity and precision.

The Lion rules and dominates its environment. It's called The King of The Jungle.

Please take note, top performance in any area of your life is not a subject of luck. You can also dominate and rule. You can also be effective in every area of your life. It first starts by cultivating the right mindset. Don't forget that, whatever you think is real becomes real to you and whatever becomes your thoughts becomes you.

Now let me introduce you to the mindset that makes you rule and dominate 'your jungle'
1. Embrace your uniqueness
Your most valuable and potent tool is yourself. You are what everybody isn't. Your totality remains a world wonder. Your inclinations, tendencies, intelligence, efficiency and adaptation are your unique iconic traits. Do not alter your uniqueness. Stand in the mirror and tell yourself "I am a world wonder." Then from today, live your life with that mindset. Make yourself the ideal you already are. Let people rather wish they were like you.
This is how you start ruling your jungle.

Join me on THE LION REALITY II as we unravel 14 other keys that will translate anybody into the realm of champions.

"No matter the economy of the jungle, I can never eat grass. It's not pride, that's who I am" - The Panthera Leo