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You'll never be the best at everything. You may even be the best at most things, but to be at the top of your game,  you have to stay present at the moment. When you start failing the right way, you'll begin to see patterns that will lead you to the right direction. For that, you need to focus. Life puts difficult obstacles in front of your vision of success, because you need to gain a new perspective on yourself, your situation, and the world before you're ready to win. You will he too weak to take on some of those challenges, but by putting up your fight, you will gain the strength to overcome the obstacles ahead. You may be so scared that you'll have to decide whether to fight it out, run away from the problem, or stay where you are. You are designed to be afraid. Fear protects you from danger, but don't run away from discomfort. Work is uncomfortable. Sacrifice is uncomfortable. Success is uncomfortable. You will look back at the challenges that y...

24 hours. 1,440 minutes, 86,400 seconds. We all have the same number of seconds, minutes, and hours in a day. The difference is what we choose to do with them. How did you spend your weekend? Did you spend it partying? Watching TV? Talking about meaningless gossip?. Or did you follow through with your commitment of doing what's necessary to reach your goals. Many people in this world won't have the privilege of seeing another morning, so don't waste yours. When you wake up tomorrow, be fired up about your life. When my feet hit the floor, the clock starts ticking for me and I know I'm not going to waste a second doing something that's not valuable to my end goal. I have zero time for Gossip. Zero time for Negativity. Zero time for Television. Zero time for Doubt. Zero time for BS. You have greatness within you. You have the choice to change the direction of your life. I don't care if you are broke, if you dropped out of school, or if you'v...

Keep your thoughts positive and surround yourself with like minded people. People end up in the same circle because they compliment each other, keep each other honest and accountable, and fill in the gaps. None of us can be everything, and that's why it's important to select the people around you wisely. It can mean the difference between exceeding your expectations for your life or forever wondering what could have happened. Whether you like it or not, you will attract people that are like you. If you like to relax, you'll found yourself surrounded by the relaxed people. If you like to hustle and live a busy, exciting life, you'll run into people who are moving just as fast as you are. Look at the people who you spend most of your time with. They are a direct reflection of you. Do they bush you to be more, to break your own barriers, to take control of your situation? These are the kind of friends you need, and you should keep these people around. If the fi...

Climb high, not so the world can see you; but so you can see the world. Success comes not to those who steps on others to elevate themselves, but to those who lift people up in order to build a network of strength and community. As a leader, it is your responsibility to hold it all together, to withstand all the bullshit that's constantly thrown at you, and to solve the problems that can make or break the success of everyone involved. You have to cultivate the ability to extract positive energy from negative situations every single time. I'm not going to lie to you and say I hope we all make it, but I will say that if you're out there grinding countless hours for the right reasons, then I hope the best for you. I respect anyone who's working themselves to the bone and lifting up those around them. The view from here is clear as day, but I'm not on the stop just because I've arrived.  This is not the top. We're just getting warmed up.

No money, can't find time, limited resources....all EXCUSES. When you begin to learn, you start to understand that there are opportunities that can be yours from continuing to learn. The more you learn you realize that what you know so far is just a fraction of the knowledge that is readily available to you; its begging for you to take it in and utilize it. Knowledge is Power. Do everything you can to create something great from it. If you failed in High School or   College, who gives a shit? Your Grades don't determine your Intelligence. Stop making excuses and take control of your life. When you've reached a dead end on your road to success, stop and remember that this is not your limit. It's time to strengthen yourself so that you can take on the next obstacle. Sometimes work means locking yourself away with some books, google, and a pen and paper. Take some time to build the foundation of yourself so that when you're ready, you can expand your ...

There will be those days that you will feel like staying in bed. Days you can't find the motivation to keep going. Days you feel like giving up.  No matter how big the storm,  you need to find the energy to keep building your future. The storm will pass, I can promise you that.  It doesn't take any energy to be a quitter, but it takes all you have inside of you to be able to push yourself. Find your purpose, find your why, find what makes you happy. Get up every with your goal in mind, and be ready to take on the hard times ahead.   This is your journey, your road, so make it your success. Every bump in the road, every wrong turn, every person that turned their back on you, every naysayers that said you couldn't, it's all a part of the process.  Believe in yourself, trust the process, and keep on moving forward!

It's not luck and it's not resources. It's following the fundamental rules of success. I had the same formula for success 4 years ago working out of the basement as I do today. 4 TIPS ON SUCCESS: 1. Start NOW. Not tomorrow, not in an hour, right f*cking now! If you have time to read this post then you have time to start investing in yourself. Tomorrow is the second biggest reason for failure next to the thought of "I can't". 2. Stay POSITIVE. Success is 50% knowledge and 50% how hard you work your ass off. No matter how things get - you have to remember, its all a part of the process. Go to sleep with determination and wake up with your game face on. Be ready to give your 100% no matter what. On the good days, on the bad days, day after day after day. 3. Keep IMPROVING. The best of today will be forgotten tomorrow if they do not evolve and keep getting better. This is true everywhere in life. In Human Nature and in Mother Nature, you have to kee...

Change is one of the most difficult thing we face in our lives. The bigger the risk we take, the more change we will undergo, and with every risk comes the chance of loss. Whether realize it or not, we avoid risk because we are designed to avoid loss. Losing what we have in our lives — possessions or money, status, family, or the roof over our heads — is a huge factor in the decisions we make on a daily basis. As you know, every small decision you make ultimately make up your life. Most people will never be where they want to be in life for two reasons. It's not lack of knowledge, it's not that they don't have the resources,  or credentials, it's a matter of will power and taking risks. Failure is apart of the equation to success, but regret isn't. You WILL lose some things, but you will do so in exchange for even better things, or a fresh start, or a new perspective on life. Regret is the only thing worse than failure. Live today as you want to: no r...

The greatest gift in life isn't monetary or physical gifts but purpose of living and purpose of breathing. The richest man by my definition isn't the man who could buy a generation but a man who could give a generation PURPOSE of doing greater, breathing finer and living with love amidst their brothers. A man in darkness isn't a man of evil nor born by the devil, he is a man battling with the battle of his own. He might be mistaken as an enemy because of the trails of his shadow but he is not battling his battle to please anyone rather for his conscience and his coming generation. No matter the color of your battle, remember that there is a PURPOSE behind every battle, its not an interrogative question but an evaluation for your conscience. Stand up and fight, if you don't no will, its your battle fight and win, you are a conquerer but don't get carried away by the passerby's of the battle, DON'T FORGET YOUR PURPOSE.

As a man, your life have different departments that must be driven by goals setting if you want to succeed in life because failure to set goals in one area of your life can affect the other areas of your life negatively if you are not careful the way you are living your life. I want you to know that God is interested in all area of your life, he does not wants you to succeed in one area and fail in other areas, that is why you must make sure you practically apply goal setting proven and timeless principles to every aspect of your life in achieving all round success. It is so important to power every aspect of your life with goal setting, so that you can become a total man whose successes cut across every compartment of your being. Therefore, i will be sharing with you in this article, some areas you need to set goals and sustain your life success till eternity. These are the following areas you need to apply the principles of goal setting and they are: 1. Your Spiritual Life: ...

A lot of factors go into creating a successful life. However, the first place you have to start is with your thoughts. Your moments cannot create what your mind cannot conceive. Until you shift your paradigm you will never see what is truly possible for your life. We are all called to greatness but very few will pay the cost to produce a life of greatness. Here are 4 tips to figure out what your greatness is : 1 . Define what success means to you One of the main reasons that so many people are not experiencing success is because they do not really know what success is. While I could offer you many definitions, success is essentially having the resources you need to reach your full potential in life. Notice that I did not say that success was having a big house or a luxury car. Those are the products of success but success is not things. Success is the fulfillment of purpose and the maximization of your potential. Success is not about what we accumulate but what we add to the wo...

In life, you always need the motivation to complete a task or to reach your goal. Motivation is what drives you to achieve your targets. If a person is demotivated they would never be inspired to reach their goals. The world is a strange place people often demotivate others to pull them down at these times you need to be motivated. Failures are a part of life and they can be highly demotivating causing you to give up. It is not a big deal if you bail because everyone fails at some point in their lives but it is a big deal if you get completely demotivated and decide to give up on your dreams and goals. People often need motivation in life to continue working towards their goals. Life always gives people challenges and in order overcome those challenges a person needs to be motivated. Motivation is something that keeps you going despite all the struggles that you face in life. If a person is not inspired or motivated they will never reach the goal because there won’t be any drivi...

Everybody has goals. Maybe you want to run that half marathon coming up in six months, or you want to finish up your degree and go for a promotion. Whatever you are working towards it is important to continually take steps towards success and find ways to improve yourself along the way. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. You might reach an unexpected roadblock, or a task you need to complete might be much more difficult than you expected. When this happens, it’s easy to get discouraged, and lose your motivation. It’s so important that you don’t let this happen. Every step that you take towards reaching a goal doesn’t just get you closer to accomplishing something. It’s also a step towards self improvement. If you are feeling like giving up, try a few of these motivational tips below: 1 . Keep a jar of accomplishments: If you are active on social media, you have seen a post suggesting that people start a jar of blessings. The idea is that whenever something good hap...

If you ask most people whether they would like to be considered a winner or a loser in life,they would most assuredly reply that they would like to be a winner.But this begs the question,"WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WIN IN LIFE?"In some things it's easy to define a clear winner.But i like to believe,however,that to truly win in life is not to over achieve in one area but to succeed in maintaining balance achievement in numerous areas. Once you have defined what it is that you would like to achieve,you have to prioritize them,and let other,non-important areas drop off the chart.Commit to developing a plan to succeed in a balance of areas.Exercise your will i.e YOUR CHOICE.Dwight D.Eisenhower said"The history of free men is written not by chance,but by choice-their choice". For those who become winners,the reflect on what they desire to achieve,make a plan and decide to eliminate the rest. However,having a written plan is as good a preparatinn as you can get.Spend s...

You can look around and notice a vast sea of people drifting through life. Nine times out of ten you can bet that a majority of those drifting are not present. They’re not focused on the power of what they can do right now, but are instead wrapped in either regrets of yesterday, the joys of yesterday, the worries of tomorrow, or the wonder of tomorrow. Whether good or bad, they are focused on everything else but right now. I’m guilty of this myself. We tend to take right now for granted, and so we find ourselves looking back and wondering where all the time went; again, still looking somewhere else but now. If you want to start elevating your life to another level, it’s time to start focusing on how much power you have right now and staying in that moment. This moment is the only thing that can set up the kind of tomorrow you truly want. Here are 4 things you can do to start elevating your life and truly living a moment-centered, motivating life. 1. Find your purpo...

1. Stop spending time with the wrong people. It’s useless spending time with people who don’t know your worth. 2. Stop running from your problems. Face them head on. 3. Stop lying to yourself. 4. Stop putting your own needs on the back burner. Yes, help others; but help yourself too. 5. Stop trying to be someone you’re not. Don’t change so people will like you. Be yourself and the right people will love the real you. 6. Stop trying to hold onto the past. You can’t start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading your last one. 7. Stop being scared to make a mistake. Every success has a trail of failures behind it, and every failure is leading towards success. 8. Stop berating yourself for old mistakes. Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come. 9. Stop trying to buy happiness. The things that really satisfy us are totally free – love, laughter and working on our passions. 10 Stop exclu...

I wish I had known these  profound distinctions between *Intelligence* and *Wisdom* a long time ago... Worth reading on ... 1. Intelligence leads to arguments. Wisdom leads to settlements. 2. Intelligence is power of will. Wisdom is power OVER  will. 3. Intelligence is heat, it burns. Wisdom is warmth, it comforts. 4. Intelligence is pursuit of knowledge, it tires the seeker. Wisdom is pursuit of truth, it inspires the seeker. 5. Intelligence is holding on. Wisdom is letting go. 6. Intelligence leads you. Wisdom guides you. 7. An intelligent man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows that there is still something to learn. 8. An intelligent man always tries to prove his point. A wise man knows there really is no point. 9. An intelligent man freely gives unsolicited advice. A wise man keeps his counsel until all options are considered. 10. An intelligent man understands what is being said. A wise man understands what is left unsaid. 11. An intellig...

Many of us manufacture our own unhappiness, of course not all unhappiness is self-created, for social conditions are responsible for not a few of our woes. Yet it is a fact that to a large extent by our thoughts and attitudes we distill out of the ingredients of life either happiness or unhappiness for ourselves."four people out of five are not as happy as they can be" declares an eminent authority, and he adds,"unhappiness is the most common state of mind". Whether human happiness strikes as low a level as this, I would hesitate to say, but I do find more people living unhappy lives than I would care to compute. Since a fundamental desire of every human being is for that state of existence called happiness, something should be done about it. Happiness is achievable and the process for obtaining it is not complicated. Anyone who desire it, who wills it, and who learns and applies the right formula may become a happy person.It is a pity, too, for there are so many pr...

It is a serious thing for someone to be irrelevant to life while he is still living. Such an individual is not longer relevant to the present situation. Such a fellow has lost is vision.Let me make myself clear from the outset. It is not only the dis-abled people that are irrelevant to life. No, not so.Because we have so great number of dis-abled people out there who are relevant to life. In their very form and state, they are of great benefit and value to the world around them.Irrelevant individual? You will know them when you see them, such fellow has the hall marks of expiration conspicuously featuring in his haggard and rotten lifestyle. Such fellow life is full of good intentions but void of definite action. Ask him when he is going to buy is own car, he tells you he is going to buy the latest car in town. What is he doing presently to achieve this? Absolutely nothing.! Ask him when he is going to further his education, very soon he says. It was the same response he gave five ye...

Looking around at my close friends, I realized that none of us knew how to love ourselves. We preached about self-love and taking care of ourselves, but in practice, none of us did. I think the saddest part was that none of us even knew where to start. None of us knew how to 'self-love,' so we faked it. We faked loving ourselves. Isn't that just the craziest thing?. We were so busy seeking that love in others that we stopped looking for it within ourselves, and that was our biggest mistake. I've always felt a strong need to please others, to make others happy, even if it meant sacrificing my own happiness and mental health. And I think a lot of my friends felt the same way. We were all strong, resilient people, and yet when it comes to loving ourselves, we fell short. We knew how to bring smiles to the faces of strangers, and yet we faked our own. We live in a generation full of people who don't know how to love themselves. People who are beautiful, hands...

Time follows a very structured pattern. Sixty seconds make a minute, sixty minutes make an hour,twenty four hours make a day, and so it goes into weeks, months and years. Nature follows a pattern to grow from stage to stage. This is also reflected in successful people. They follow a success routine. They involve themselves in a pattern of lifestyle which they follow come rain, come shine. You leave them and meet them in a few weeks they are involved in that activity that brings result. If anything, they could be seen improving on it. So to be a success you need to get your own rhythm and routine. If you do things haphazardly, be certain your results will be irregular. This is the reason people say it does not work. They work one week and stop for two, then resume three days  then stop again. To have momentum and consistent result you need to build consistently for a while. So get your success rhythm. It takes discipline and time but the results will be worth it. There will...

Hope is a terrible emotional driver of action. What keeps you moving isn't just your passion about that job or the pleasure you derive from that relationship. With all the bumps you hit your legs on every time you walk that journey. The only thing that fuels you to not stop walking is hope. Hope that tomorrow is gonna be better. But then, this same hope that gets you going everyday can stop you going when you allow it overcome your analytical sense. Hope that all will be okay when you actually don't do anything to make everything okay. Hope that everything will be alright when you actually don't work to make everything all right. Hope that God will do it when you're supposed to be there doing it is you allowing your emotional being "hope" overcome your analytical being One thing you should never forget is that zero will always equal zero anytime anywhere any day. Thanks to science When you hope. Do not stand at the point of zero and hope a mi...

Have you ever closed your eyes and wished for a problem or challenge to disappear? If you've ever done that, did it work? I doubt. I am here to remind you that not matter how you run away from challenges, not matter how you wish for it to disappear, not matter how you try to pretend and live in denial that it's not there, the fact remains that it will be there waiting for you. It will keep pursuing you until you confront it with courage. When you stop running and face your situation with courage, it will bow before you and you would come out victorious and successful. The solution comes when you face reality and ask " what can I do to solve this", "how do I achieve this". This will take us to today's topic: The Power of Action Success comes to those who take Action. Don't let fear of the unknown deter you. Don't be afraid to make mistake because they take you steps closer to the success story. It is at the place of doing that result...

After series of events, experiences and encounters, I have come to realise that no human being was created by mistake or to be ordinary. We are all uniquely designed by our maker to do exploit and impact our world. No wonder the first appointment he gave man was to go and dominate. Enough of wallowing in self-pity, blame game, confusion and excuses. You have to decide to make the best out of the opportunity that has been given to you. Only the living can plan for tomorrow but don't die before your actual time of departure from the earth by giving up on life. Make adequate use of the time you have today. Be intentional about your life. Have a vision, set goals and put in place strategies to achieve these goals. You can do one at a time as this aids clarity. It is only a man with a goal that can attain something. Let me rephrase, it is only a man with a destination in mind that gets there. If you don't have a target, then how do you achieve something. Do you know yo...

This came to mind today and I wouldn’t hesitate to share. Many are alive but not living. Many are caged or confined in the walls of “what people will say” and they end up not living. The moment you step out of the circle of "what will they say’’, then you can start living to your full potential. There are so many potentials locked in and wasting away because of fear of what people might think or say. The society has turned some into the 'living dead' but Believe me, you owe no one an explanation for the way you chose to live and run your life provided you aren’t encroaching on their boundary. Never allow yourself to become so afraid as to live to please people because you will come out miserable. Love yourself enough to live a life of happiness and fulfillment. Don’t be buried even before you die. Let your light shine, let men and women hear your voice, let them feel the warmth of your abundance. Don’t allow the grave swallow your untapped resources and p...

Repositioning takes place in the mind, then manifests in your attitude, appearance, actions, and words. It is a continuous process of discovering new ways to take charge of situations. The more strategic you are about your plans, the more successful your efforts would be. The mind is a powerful tool and a spiritual connection to conquer and achieve success in life and in your business.  Success or failure starts in the mind which is why it’s pertinent the mind is renewed and repositioned often. For a man to achieve his goals and set targets, he must first conquer in his mind. The determination to succeed is always settled in the mind first before actions. Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals. It is the ability to fulfill your desires, goals, and aspirations with effortless ease. This means you don’t need to labor, rather you work smartly and intelligently to achieve success. We ne...

Growing up as a young boy, I used to think first class is met for some special people. I used to think academic excellence is not for everyone. I used to believe some were born to fail. Many students struggles academically and it's so disheartening they could not find the way out. I realized there are keys the successful people have used which hath to be revealed. 1 VICTORIOUS MINDSET. As a man thinketh  in his heart so is he .  You are a product of your thoughts and imaginations. If you can think well, then you can live well . Don't start a battle you have not won in your heart Sun Tzu says " victorious warriors win first and then go to war while  defeated warriors go to war first and seek to win". God can only bless you and fill your cup to the level of your mindset. Let your purpose be discovered from your outset ,know what you want and believes on what Christ can do through you. 2.  HUNGER FOR ACADEMICS EXCELLENCE Whatever things you don...

Stop wishing that you were different. Open your eyes and realize there’s beauty, not misery in that mirror. Nothing about you needs to change physically except the perception you have of yourself. Who cares that your past isn’t pure, who’s is? Who cares that your soul has been scared, who’s hasn’t? Just because your past has been damaged doesn’t mean your future has to be worthless. You’re not alone. Nobody’s perfect. Perfection is something that can only be faked, not lived. No matter how well it’s covered up, underneath it all we are all beautifully damaged in someway. I think it’s about time for you to stop rejecting your reflection. I think it’s time for you to start OWNING everything that you are. Erase those stupid untrue rules that you put on your worth. You don’t have to be a certain size to be beautiful. You don’t have to be liked by everyone to feel significant. You don’t have to have everything to feel like nothing is missing. Comparison is the thief to all JOY. Al...

Today I write to encourage all those who were once in love but later saw their relationship crash. Whether they walked out of the relationship by themselves or that you were the one who caused the break up, I am here to let you know that you can find love again. Recently I chatted with a man and a lady at two separate instances. Being both victims of what seems to them unfair after having invested so much into their relationships for years, they vowed never to fall in love again. That's the experience of so many people out there. I know some people are still regretting falling in love. Perhaps you are still cursing them for leaving you after all you did for them. Maybe you're now very bitter at guys or ladies, almost taking it personal with them. I must say I really sympathise with you. But please, before you make up your mind not to love again, I would like you to consider the following: 1. Love is mutual and reciprocal: In a relationship, one person alone doesn't ...

FOR THE LADIES, During your 20s, men are trooping and everyone wants to marry you. They are all over you. Your WhatsApp doesn’t rest. Your messenger is filled up. If you breath on Facebook, you will get 400 likes and 350 comments. You can’t walk on the street without ssshhh ssshhh. Your breasts are very comely at this time. Your lips are succulent and your legs are smooth. Even if you are ugly, it doesn’t show much at this level of your life because everything is still standing tall. The backside is still very nicely shaped and bouncing properly. Now, the mistake most of the ladies make is this: 1. At this level, you easily dump guys in relationship. Any little thing, you break up. In your mind, there are many fishes in the ocean. Over 20 other guys are bothering you for relationship, so you can easily hook up with another guy. After six months, you break up again and start another one. You are like hot akara. You cannot bend down and build a solid relationship nor learn how to...