victors insights for living

Your are the architect of your own fortune

2011-08-31T15:41:00.000-07:00

In this world you are either successful or unsuccessful in your endeavours. There is no middle ground. You are either up or down. For those that tried and were successful it feels really good. But for many others that attempted to make a sale, build a business, manufacture a product, make a speech, get a job, build a marriage, build a relationship, trade in the stock market and failed, the experience often leaves a sour taste in the mouth.

Those sour experiences shouldn’t mark the end of attempting to join the rank of successful people in the world because failure is not final. Please remain flexible and hopeful.

You will notice that all those events listed above were either activities, relationships, products or services. That is just what they are and no more. In most of them you did not carry out the activity alone. In some cases, it may be that the manner you presented the service or product was wrong hence you did not make a sale. Even if you want to be critical of yourself, be sure to make it a balanced one and don’t be so hard on yourself.

All I am saying is that you should not heap all the blames on yourself for the failures of those endeavours you engaged in. Others played a part too.

It is important that you keep it in mind throughout your ordeal, that the failures you suffered had nothing to do with you as a person. You are not a failure. It is only a dead person who cannot try again that can be called a failure.

I suggest you try again when the things you attempt to do fail. Never give up for you may not know if the next attempt will fetch you the prize you seek. Henry Ford a notable American Automobile manufacturer was quoted as saying “if you think you can or think you can’t you are probably right”. In other words, you hold the key to your own destiny.

In case you feel like giving up, try affirmations, visualise success and give yourself positive self talk to fire you up again to try one more time. It is an established fact, that you develop staying power by refusing to quit. You become successful to the level, you are willing to keep trying and refuse to quit.

You can only achieve the impossible if you had a clear vision, patient, courageous, persistent, enthusiastic, believed in yourself and in the help of God.

To put more energy on your stride, search for these poems titled “DON’T QUIT” and “IT COULDN’T BE DONE” written by Edgar Albert Guest including another one titled “THE MAN WHO THINKS HE CAN” written by an unknown author. Read them, they will inspire you to continue whenever you feel like giving up. Read them and internalize the principles, and your life will change completely.

On a final note, you must believe that you hold the key to your failure or success in this life. Let the realization of this great truth that “whether you succeed or fail it is wholly up to you”, fire your passion to try once more because indeed and in truth you are the architect of your own fortune.

Failure is not final

2011-08-31T15:34:00.000-07:00

The world is made up of successful and unsuccessful people but there is a thin line between success and failure. You may not believe this assertion but the fact of life is that the most successful people are also the people that have failed the most.

People that attempted for instance, to set up a business and failed usually put the blame on themselves. They internalise the experience, lose faith in themselves due to battered ego. Their self worth takes a beating so much they begin to see themselves as failures. Once they come to this level, they give up hope on life, mourn their disappointments and wear dejected looks on their faces.

Their battered ego, make them lose sight of their true capabilities. Also poor diagnosis of their situation, lead to wrong declaration that they are not good enough. If only they could pick themselves up to attempt that thing they failed, their story would change for the better.

For some they give up too soon when their success is just a breath away. This failure mindset must change if they want to be counted amongst the worlds super achievers.

History is replete with men that had tried in various fields of human endeavour and failed. However, there are also some that had failed several times and finally recorded remarkable achievements. Thomas Edison was one such individual who proved that failure was not final but a stepping stone to success.

He failed nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine (9,999) times in the experiment to create the incandescent electric bulb. History has it that when he was asked about the many times he had failed, His response was “…I have not failed. I only found Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine (9,999) ways that the light bulb will not work…”

Considering that the response, came from a man that had over one thousand (1,000) United States patents for various inventions in diverse fields, then you would understand why failure is not final in the life of any person.

You must agree with me that Edison’s determination culminating in various life changing inventions, made life easy for every one living in the 21^st century. His patents include the dictating machine, incandescent electric bulb, phonograph, telegraph, storage battery, telephone and many other inventions.

Thomas Edison was a man that refused to quit despite all odds. A memorable quotation from him on determination explains how his mind worked. He was quoted as saying that “genius is one percent inspiration and ninety nine percent perspiration”. He had the knack to keep trying until success came his way. His life proved that no matter how many times you fail, you can succeed if you keep trying.

For many successful people, what you hear is their success stories. Do not be deceived because for each success recorded, there were equally numerous failures before the eventual single success you got to hear. It is just that the single success is celebrated whereas no one except the person’s involved remembers the number of times they had failed.

This is a wake up call for people who had tried and had given up hope. They should realize that failing was not abnormal or what they had perceived it to be. Failing is in fact a great teacher.

Cheer up! You are not a failure. You may have invested in a business and it did not work out, invested in the stock market and lost money, married and suffered divorce, made a speech and people didn’t give you a standing ovation, tried to engage a woman for a strong relationship but she turned your advances down tried to sell a product and you could not.

Learn not to make all the above catalogue of failures personal. They were just events that happened. Analyse the situation dispassionately and you will notice that you as a person did not fail. Be rest assured that failing is temporal just be resilient and the world will hear of you.

How to overcome the fear of public speaking

2011-08-27T08:28:00.000-07:00

Introduction

The greatest fear known to man second only to the fear of death is the act of speaking to an audience. Some people would rather die than attempt it. Be rest assured that once you know how to do it many doors of opportunity hitherto shut on your face, swings wide open.

You become proficient when you practice any thing you do. You fail to try out new things because it is human nature to fear when you have no experience. To master any activity, field or endeavour, you must practice to drive away fear. Within a short time, the experience you acquired through practising will build confidence and mastery. After which you can even be awakened in the middle of the night and still perform without blinking. Let’s begin.

What is public speaking?

It is an art or the skill of making an audience think your thoughts. It is the God given ability to you as a leader to bring and hold followers close to you. It is the power to persuade and hold spellbound. It is the power to sway men and lead them to do whatever you command.

How to create an attitude of fearlessness

Every human being fears something they have never done before. You fear because you take yourself too seriously. You fear because of other numerous reasons below:

* Worrying about audience rating

You are anxious about how the audience will rate you. You are worried about what you are saying, whether you sound right, the pitch of your voice, whether the audience like you or not.

All these are legitimate worries but to be able to deliver a good speech you must expel those negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones. Believe that the audience like you, that they see you as an expert in the subject you are giving a talk on. That they realise you are more knowledgeable in that area hence you are up there and they are part of the audience. So just face your talk.

* Lack of knowledge of the topic

You become afraid where you attempt to talk about what you do not have much knowledge about. It is only natural that you feel overwhelmed. The solution to this problem is preparation. Know the topic in totality.

* Lack of practice

Lack of practice will put you on the spot causing you to break out in cold sweat even when you are knowledgeable in the area you are speaking on. Your mind becomes so jumbled you will wish you never accepted the task of giving the talk. The only cure for this malady is practice. Practice and organise your talk.

* Memorising

When you memorize the topic, be ready for a disaster if in the middle of the talk you loose the train of thought. Never memorise your talk. Though you can memorise some portion of your topic, it is always better to have summary of your speech. List your ideas in bullet points and practice them long enough it becomes easy to speak on each point naturally.

* Self criticism

When you are openly too critical of yourself as if you lack the knowledge and expertise in the topic, you set yourself up for a fall. Don’t belittle your capacity at all. Assume expert knowledge. Moreover you know enough for you to be the one speaking and your audience the ones listening.

* Audience fright

Imagine you are talking to one person at a time. Select a face you like its appearance and address that face. At intervals pan the audience then pick that face again.

Do not be overwhelmed by the sea of heads and eyes. Most of them are on your side. They are not critical of you moreover they cannot cross over to where you are.

To reduce this fright, come early and mingle with the crowd. Pick some faces amongst them you will address when you mount the podium. You can also run to the stage with great speed to increase blood flow in your system or take deep breath hold it and count up to ten before exhaling. Repeat this ten times as you approach the podium to dispel the rush of energy in your system.

* Break Monotony

Speak slowly and increase your pitch and tone as you go along. Modulate your tone to show excitement, question, a pause or sadness. Let your tone and mannerism display what you are saying. Don’t just stand there to deliver a blank lifeless speech. You are an actor. Enter into the speech and demonstrate the import of what you are saying with great zest. Deliver the speech with a blast and make it memorable for the audience.

* Rigidity

Do not stay transfixed in a place. Do not grip the lectern as if your life depended on it. Move about slowly but not far from the audience. As you speak pan their faces. Never turn your back on them.

Cut off unusual speech mannerisms like eh, you know, that is, eh, em, umm, I mean, you know etc. Just act naturally and do not fidget.

Conclusion

Speaking is just like any other vocation if you have the passion and the determination to become a good speaker you can. All you have to do is to practice by speaking at various occasions, birthday parties of friends, family celebrations, joining your local church assembly as a Sunday school teacher. Offer to speak for free in marriage ceremonies, prize giving day in Schools until you become better and feel less self conscious.

If you want to increase your speaking proficiency, you might consider enrolling in a finishing school or speaker’s academy like Toast Masters International for wider exposure.

Whatever you do, once you begin never quit. You will soon become better at delivering speeches and feel less self conscious if you keep practicing.

Walking by faith not by sight

2011-08-27T08:22:00.000-07:00

The Holy bible defines “faith” as the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. The operating words there are “substance” and “evidence”. The hope for those things you desire will soon make them evident and you will receive them physically.

Faith creates the manifestation of mans inner desires. So whatever you can conceive in your heart and frantically and passionately seek putting unflinching trust in God you can definitely achieve.

Man is the express image of God and can create good or bad whatever he desires. Your imagination is a canvass for painting the explicit need and yearning of your heart. Be assured that what you can clearly paint in your mind, your subconscious mind can reproduce as reality through the help of God.

Your subconscious mind absorbs whatever your imagination paints into it. So guard your heart jealously for out of it emanates the creative genius that can provide you what you desire either good or bad.

You must understand that what you allow to be planted in your heart will grow and bear fruit good or bad. So paint your desires positively with clarity and without any shadow of doubt you will realize it in real life.

Paint fearful, negative poverty stricken evil pictures and deposit them in your heart and daily replay these films, then they will ultimately become your reality.

The law of attraction says, you attract into your life what you can vividly paint in the canvass of your heart, believe you have received, and are grateful to God for their attainment even when you are yet to receive them physically. Holding this position is faith and what you believe, you shall have without any shadow of doubt.

So choose to create in your imagination beauty, peace, love, kindness, greatness, wealth, health, long life and good life rather than frightening images.

Meditate daily in the early hours of the morning and last thing before you sleep at night repeating those virtues in your mind, and soon your subconscious mind will ultimately activate the realisation of what you imagine by giving you ideas to substantiate your faith.

In life, what you see with your inner eyes is what you get. If you trust in the limitless power of God which is in you, then you will have limitless possibilities.

I challenge you to believe in God and YOU will unleash his powers to work in your area of trust and specific need.

Now that you know, put faith to test.

Why you should remain married

2011-08-27T08:17:00.000-07:00

Marriage is a hallowed relationship ordained by God. Two people who love each other make a vow to remain together for life. It is a huge step in a person’s life that should not be toiled with.

Marriage is the bedrock of the human civilization and the institution upon which the continuation of the human race lies. Because of this important reason, it ought to receive the greatest attention it deserves, but this is not the case presently.

The percentage of successful marriages to failed ones, are unbelievable. I do not need to bore you with the actual figures but believe you me it is a source of worry for every progressive person. Hence something must be done to arrest this deteriorating state of affairs. To achieve this and arrest the impunity with which marriages crash nowadays, a case for lasting marriage has to be made.

The following subheadings will enable us to do just that and prove that remaining married is non negotiable. Marriage is a blessing, marriage creates synergy, and marriage is for companionship, it curbs various social vices, it is for procreation, and it is a platform for nurturing excellent children. It helps in the creation of order in the society and builds role models and better citizens.

Marriage is a blessing

From the religious point of view finding a wife is a good thing as the man is said to obtain favour from God. A blessing is the conferring of prosperity or happiness. Marriage is what will confer prosperity and happiness to the couple.

Marriage creates Synergy

Couples work together in all spheres of endeavour to create a better lifestyle and a paradise on earth in their home. Couples give each other both emotional and financial support.

Marriage is for companionship

There is no doubt that Man cannot live alone hence a companion in the person of a woman is great compliment to the man on this planet. Couples give each other wise counsel, a listening ear, warmth in bed, play together and create a bond that makes it difficult for them to be apart.

It curbs social vice

Parents are the greatest examples for their children, so it is appropriate for them to model excellent relationships. If they do so, many social vice such as senseless killings, murders, prostitution, homosexuality, cheating, stealing, broken homes, corruption, bad government etc, can be reduced to the barest minimum.

You may be wondering how all those vices listed above, can be stopped totally or reduced by marriage. The answer is that children will grow up one day to be fathers and mothers. If they grow up in dysfunctional homes, then the society will be afflicted with the pains they carry in their hearts leading to wrong doing.

It is for Procreation

Marriage is for the procreation of the human race on this earth. Without marriage mankind will soon be extinct. This is the most important reason for Mans existence amongst other equally vital reasons. Hence, the home must be conducive for this very important task to go on unhindered.

It is a platform for nurturing excellent children

Without marriage I doubt if balanced well behaved children can be brought up. It is in a marriage setting, that care, love, discipline and moulding of children can better be carried out.

It creates order in the society

Behaviour of the adult population in a society can be measured by the kind of marriages it has. Marriages ensure that the highest levels of moral standards are maintained by couples. Thus creating a stable and orderly society where Law abiding and morally sound adults hold each other accountable.

Marriage builds role models and better citizens

Role models can only emerge from secure homes. Stable homes are happy homes which arise from happy marriages and breed better citizens. Happy marriages therefore create role models and better citizens. To multiply role models and better citizens in our communities multiply happy marriages.

From the above, we can see clearly how inextricable, prosperity on all fronts is tied to marriage. Let’s strengthen the institution to create happiness and prosperity in our lives.

Stubborn hope

2011-08-27T08:08:00.000-07:00

All human beings have hopes and dreams. We all aspire to have a better life, be healthy and strong, look attractive, die fulfilled and go to heaven for religious people or attain a certain height of near perfection for some other religions. Whereas being stubborn can be defined as unyielding, holding tenaciously, immovable.

What roles do goals play in our lives?

We all have goals that matter to us. We all have dreams which are just dreams. You draw a line between a dream and a goal simply by determining what you will give to achieve your goal. Ask yourself this, what rigours are you ready to bear to see your ambition crystallize?

Dreams are intangible phenomenon which can become concrete when you plan your aspirations around them and take determined steps to make them real.

You can make your dreams real

It is you alone that can make any dream you have to come alive. You do this, by taking huge challenges that make you question your natural abilities to actualize them.

Let us consider two goals; the first is that you have a goal of winning a very attractive woman and marrying her but you are not handsome, rich and tall.

While the second goal is to break the Olympic record in 100 meters dash, but you are naturally not well endowed to do this because you lack requisite track and field experience.

In both cases your inadequacies will loom large. But if you have a stubborn hope created by the audacious mentality, you can achieve both goals. How? Your belief gives you the strength to go all out to pursue both goals intelligently.

For the first goal, you will do all within your power to acquire effective communication skills, learn etiquette and ways of becoming attractive to a woman, learn how to speak with conviction, be able to paint a picture of a preferable future, develop enthusiasm, become charismatic and persist until the lady says yes to your proposals.

In the same vain, an Olympic gold medal hope requires rigorous training coupled with several competitions to prepare you for the race. You must be both mentally and physically prepared, hire a first class coach, practice until you become a local champion, represent your locality, move on to competing in your state, win and qualify to represent your country at the Olympics.

In both cases, the discipline to stay focused on the end point, demands great resilience in the face of near insurmountable obstacles. Your stubborn faith sets your courage level to a pinnacle where nothing is impossible for you anymore, though most people will see you as presumptuous.

Mental rehearsal

What do you see? If you envisioned success, be rest assured that you will get it because audacity drives you to the point where your determination to achieve the goals you set for yourself, and prove people that believed you bit off more than you could chew wrong. But more importantly you owe it to yourself to breast that tape.

This unshaken belief is the stubborn spirit. With this spirit your hope can indeed become reality.

SPEECH DELIVERY METHODOLOGY

2011-08-27T08:03:00.000-07:00

Delivery method.

There are various techniques of delivering a speech. As a beginner it is advisable to use the K.IS.S method. This mean you should keep it short and simple.

Follow a simple method of delivery. List your major points on a sheet of paper and follow it step by step till conclusion. Open with an introduction build on this by taking the points you covered in the introduction as the body of the speech and end with a conclusion that restates all you talked about. This method will ensure you do not get lost in the middle of your speech. However when you become better you can adopt other methods which I will not treat in this write up which is purely introductory.

How to start

Start with humour to put a little flavour in your talk. Make the audience laugh to loosen them up and warm up to you. You can ask questions to shock your audience and get them ready to listen to you with rapt attention. You can also draw their mind to something you all share in common, like the apprehension you felt the first day you drove a car or spoke to that lady you later married etc.

How to end your speech

Let your ending be memorable. It may be a simple question, a call to action, appeal to their conscience, or just a restatement of a fact.

Containing fear

The only thing that can reduce the effectiveness of your speech is fear. Ensure you create an attitude of fearlessness when you face the audience. Banish the fear that you are not worthy to be heard by imagining you are the postman delivering a letter that would change their life for the better.

Just deliver the letter (speech) and receive a thank you (applause or a standing ovation) thereafter and enjoy the moment.

Suggestion

What ever you may be feeling, please understand that every human being fears something they have never done before. Even for those that have delivered a speech before, there is usually that increased pumping of the heart as you are announced. There is a rush of adrenalin into your nerves to create the push you need to launch into action be it fight or flight. Please note that it is a natural way of your body preparing you for the occasion. Please manage this extra energy well by either running to the stage or taking ten quick deep breaths to calm your nerves before you get to the lectern.

It is important that you start with a relaxed mind so that every other part of the show will be a success. Don’t take yourself too seriously and become overtly self conscious.

Believe you have something worth hearing, deliver that speech with gusto and receive the applause you deserve for a job well done. When this happens don’t just stand there smile and take a bow before leaving the stage.

Determination

2011-08-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

What is determination?

Determination means; resolve, strength of mind, will power, firmness of purpose, it is a choice you make, a firm judgment. Once you have made up your mind to pursue a goal, you pass from a threshold of uncertainty to certainty. Your mind, mental abilities and the God factor kick in to help you stay focused on that goal.

Made up mind

A mind that is made up has boundless energy that propels it to continue on that chosen part because only the end result of the pursuit will satisfy it. A determined person will go through fire and storm of life to achieve their goals.

Let us illustrate this firm resolve with the example used in the article titled “Stubborn hope” where a goal of winning a 100 meters dash Olympic gold medal goal was set. Having set the goal, hours of practice with an expert coach will become your lifestyle. You must wake up to the track and field day in day out. You must stay with practice until your desire moves from a mere wish to a concrete pursuit which gradually becomes achievable as you continue to practice, enter for smaller competitions, win them and gradually increase the stakes. Enter for your local competition then the state then represent your state move to your represent your country. As you go through all these phases and keep wining, doubt is replaced by various victories and trophies you won with certainty. With huge experience, great faith rises within you that you can enter for the competition and win it.

To be able to go through the rigours of practice, the pains and deprivation of social life, and all the stress with the goal in sight, takes a made up mind.

Unstoppable

That is what determination can do for you in any endeavour you engage in this life. A part of the winning mentality is pure and simple the power of sticking to your goal until it is realized.

Nothing can stop a determined soul. You have become one with your goal so much that it takes on the colour of an obsession. You cannot rest until you reach your predetermined end point.

You are unstoppable because you have chosen to give whatever you are pursuing the very best you have got. You will soon become excellent at that which you have set out to conquer because of the power of determination.

Now that you know this, make determination your friend and most of your life’s goals will become achievable.

Learning to take responsibility for your own behaviour

2009-11-06T13:05:00.000-08:00

Who is to blame for your condition in life today? Most people find it easy to lay the blame on others. But the true answer to the above question is that "you" are responsible for your progress or lack of it in your life. I shall attempt to establish, reasons why most people put the blame of their current state in life on others rather than themselves. I shall proffer solutions, that will enable you make changes that are capable of transforming your life. I shall treat this topic by analysing the following sub-headings: shifting blame, unfair treatment, being unprepared for lives challenges, ill luck, attitude, choices and burning your bridge.

Shifting blame

It is human nature to shift the blame, rather than accept responsibility for anything that is not working.

The greatest flaws of most human beings show up when they are faced with challenges in life. They would find excuses, rather than deal with the reality on ground or tackle any challenge they may be facing head on. You can hear the blame game all around, no matter in which part of the world you reside.

As a remedy to this problem, understand that any challenge you are saddled with, also has a positive side to it, and it is your choice to find it or learn to live with the burden. So quit the blame game and leap forward into a better life by recognizing this truth and taking corrective action.

Unfair treatment

In all societies, people suffer from being unfairly treated, everyday. However, I wish to assert that you may have more cases of this condition, in the least developed countries. Some people may be treated unfairly for no fault of theirs. I will illustrate what I mean. Consider a case where two people who are equally gifted academically, are attending a Job interview to fill one available vacancy. Now for no fault of either of them or their interviewer, one of them will be preferred to the other due to some subjective reasons by the interviewer. Hence, no matter how well mannered and articulate they both are, one of them will obtain a higher score and favoured over the other to secure that job. Even in the Bible, for people that are familiar with the story, the Almighty God favoured Jacob over Esau.

It is natural that sometimes, life deals you a hand which you do not expect and are treated unfairly. When this happens, do not blame anyone. Your response, to this situation is to become more determined to succeed. Just dig into your inner self and activate the resilient nature lying dormant in you, and keep pushing forward until you achieve your aim.

Unprepared for lives challenges

Most people suffer from this Malady, of being ill prepared for lives challenges. They are unprepared for whatever lies ahead of them. They leave everything about their lives, to chance. They prefer to leave things to probabilities, than to plan ahead for challenges and tackle them by superior actions. This behaviour may be ascribed to slackness, carelessness and irresponsibility on that person's part. The remedy for this problem, is to aspire to change this condition by getting a good deal of information and education in the identified area, and taking action by planning and setting goals for your life.

Ill luck

People may argue that there is nothing like ill luck, but in developing countries, this phenomenon seems to be taken out of proportion, and proffered as plausible reasons for most people's failure to amount to anything great in life.

Daily, bad things seems to stalk some people, as all you hear from or about them, is one sad tale after another throughout the year. Irrespective of the ill luck factor, you can rise above this to live a better life, if you maintain a positive attitude to life. Remain optimistic and seek to create a change for a better day wherever you find yourself for therein lies hope for creating a better tomorrow.

Attitude

Norman Vincent Peale in his book "The Power of Positive Thinking" quoting Dr. Karl Menninger a famous psychiatrist said "Attitudes are more important than facts". The renowned Author, deduced that this quotation literally meant that "no matter the enormity of anything you face in life, what is vital is your attitude towards that situation or thing". The above quotation, presupposes that you should have control over your emotions. It is in your power to choose to be sad, cheerful or gloomy. Your attitude has a way of reducing any obstacle to size. If I may borrow this over used cliché, which says that some people describe "a glass of water as either half full or half empty" depending on their disposition to life, become an incurable optimist.

Your attitude is so vital to your success or failure, indeed "your attitude ultimately determines your altitude or how high you climb in life". I suggest that you should examine your attitude to life generally, and change areas that are not encouraging before blaming others as obstacles to your success.

Choices

The choice you make in life is also very essential to your becoming a success or a failure. Watch the choices you make which are merely answers to questions you ask yourself. Therefore decide to ask yourself quality, challenging and bold questions and see yourself move ahead in life. For instance, you can ask yourself this: "Can't I achieve more than I have now?" "Is the best I can do?" "Are people succeeding in their ventures better than me?" Are the successful people living a life of their dreams, doing some things differently from me?"

It is when you ask some crucial questions, that your mind is engaged to find solutions to them. In life the choices you make determines the steps you take, which in turn indicates where you are or people you associate with and or what you become.

So change your associates if you discover that they are not creating remarkable impact in your life. Deliberately, take bold calculated goal driven actions as answers to above questions so that your life can be transformed.

Burn your bridge

Burning your bridge is a military strategy, utilised to motivate soldiers to give over a hundred percent strength to win a battle. You can apply this tactics in your life, by engaging in demanding tasks, which will stretch your power of imagination in an unlimited manner. Please realize that the human mind has the ability to withstand any form of test you pose for it. So ask yourself this question - Do you take up tasking duties or uncomplicated ones?

If your answer to that question is the later, simply change the answer to the former. Be ready to take risks, and have the courage to continue on the part you chose, irrespective of obstacles you may face along the way. Know that obstacles, normally give way to persistence over time.

It is an established fact that when you burn your bridge, being trapped, sends impulses to your brain to release latent energy, which are only supplied in times of danger to get you clear of such danger. Apply this method amongst the others I discussed rather than blame people for your failure. I advise you to burn your bridge to stimulate your sleeping creativity to wake up.

Conclusion

Make up your mind, to find the exact answers for the circumstances you are going through today. To do this, ask accurate questions and give exact answers which will shape the plans you make. It is the execution of those good plans, which will lift you out of whatever deplorable condition you may be facing today.

I advise you to take personal responsibility for your life. You must do it for yourself because no one will do it for you. Please quit the blame game, and take action towards creating a better life today, for it is available to only those who desire it, and are willing to do all it takes to get it.

The ball is in your court, be a renowned player.

Steps to make your goals reality

2009-09-26T15:42:00.000-07:00

Introduction

Goals can be set in virtually all aspects of our lives. You can set spiritual, educational, financial and marriage goals. The lists are endless but our discussion will centre on how you can set realistic goals, pursue and achieve them. Setting goals are deliberate efforts by individuals to channel their energy towards achieving specific goals in chosen areas of their lives. I shall begin by describing what goal setting is, explore the S.M.A.R.T way of setting goals, talk about how commitment helps in ensuring success of your goals and give you suggestions of how to accomplish your goals and finally leave you with a few thoughts about goal setting. Let us begin.

* So what is goal setting?

I describe goal setting as writing a list of things you desire to achieve on a paper, with a step by step method for carrying them out coupled with a completion date, clearly stating when you hope to achieve the goals.
We set goals daily and make plans because of the limited resource called time. Time is equal for everyone on this planet and except you use it creatively, you will lag behind those that know how to maximise it.
To tackle time wastage and maximise its use, we must set goals and make plans to actualise them. There is a simple process of goal setting which is widely accepted and used all over the world. It is captured in this acronym "S.M.A.R.T" which stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time bound. With the aid of "S.M.A.R.T" and one outside this list called "Commitment" there is virtually nothing you cannot achieve.
I shall discuss them one after the other below.

* Specific

A goal must be specific and not vague. What you plan to pursue must be very clear to you or else you will not realize when you achieve it or reach your destination. I will illustrate this by a simple goal of someone that wants to buy a television set. "I want to buy a Television set" This goal is vague and does not qualify as a well set goal. Why do I say this? The reason is that there is no specific type of television mentioned here, no brand, no size or specific time to buy the television is stated. But if I wrote the following instead as a goal, "I want to buy a 24 inches, Sony flat screen Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) coloured television between January and March 2008" it will be accepted as a good goal. The specification of the size, brand, type and time to purchase it will enable me plan for its actual purchase.

* Measurable

A goal must be measurable. You must be able to calculate the time and resources required for the attainment of the goal and ensure they are well deplored. You must be able to measure properly the progress towards the eventual achievement of the set goal. Measuring will enable you to correct your plans if you discover that you may not reach your goal at the pace you were going. I will use a simple goal of saving 1,000 dollars in one month to clarify this point. To achieve this target, you must be able to determine the source of earning this money, your capacity to earn this money, and determine the task to perform within the specified time.

* Achievable

Is the goal achievable or just a wish list of things you know you may not be able to achieve? Have you thought about it carefully and weighed the resources and the potential you have to actualise this goal? What can possibly hinder you from achieving this goal? Answering those questions will enable you to have a clear list of perceived setbacks, to keep you prepared to handle them if and when they eventually occur. It helps to ensure you are not overwhelmed by the pursuit of the goal.

* Realistic

Are the goals realistic or outright unachievable? Here you must ensure that the goals are not just mere dreams or things you know are not possible to realise at the particular time frame you are allotting to them. For instance it will appear outright unrealistic to expect a baby in December from a couple who just got married in September if the woman was not six months pregnant before the marriage. This is not realistic. You must therefore set goals in the ambit of practicality.

* Time boundary

Your goals must have time boundary or else you will not see the need to pursue them diligently. Setting a time limit for each goal makes their pursuit and achievement more definite. Setting a time frame helps to spur you into action. You can also manage the goal attainment by breaking it down into small bits or into daily, weekly monthly, quarterly half yearly or yearly quantity. Then, depending on the length of expected time for their achievement, you may categorize them into short term, middle or long term goals.

* Commitment

Commitment is so Key in goal setting and goal attainment. It is the unseen hand that weaves all the aspects of goal setting for actual performance. The commitment to do is the greatest factor that can make a goal possible or unachievable if every other factor is in their right places. It is a personal choice you must make to work hard and ensure your goals are realized.

To accomplish your goals follow these suggestions:

a) believe you can achieve the goal
b) visualize the completion of the goal before the project begins
c) divide the goals into manageable bits
d) set milestones and give yourself a treat each time you meet a target
d) have the mindset of a finisher and not a quitter.

* Closing thoughts

I shall close by leaving you with these thoughts:
* Goals can be set in virtually all aspects of our lives.
* Goals can be broken down into small bits and pieces to make them less burdensome
* Goal setting is easy and not as cumbersome as most people imagine
* Setting goals help us stay focused and make our lives less chaotic.

I urge every one to imbibe the habit of setting goals. You must realise that the goals you set, shapes the plans you make. These plans in turn influence the actions you take. These actions lead to the achievement of results. It is these results that bring success to us and ultimate fulfilment in life. Therefore, to live a better life set worthwhile goals.

Understanding the journey of self discovery

2009-09-19T10:35:00.000-07:00

Are you helpless?

It is pathetic to hear fellow human beings cry out despondently that they are helpless. Can this pronouncement you made really be accurate. Now take a good look at yourself in the mirror. What do you see? Do you see a helpless wimp? Or do you see a person capable of pursuing his own destiny and winning in life. My task in this article is to go ahead to unravel the total package of that person in the mirror right away.

*What label have you placed on yourself?

The act of putting a label on something for instance is to differentiate it from others in the same category and enhance its worth. So I ask you, what are you worth? Can you accurately answer that question and assess your true value? Let me begin to give you an idea of your real worth. You are blessed with two legs, arms, ears and eyes, a great brain and a mouth.

* Analysis of your personal assets

Let us analyse how powerful those assets are to any human being. On this earth you need your two legs and arms to move about, this means you are not hindered. Your eyes function perfectly which shows you are not blind. You have a head and a mouth. Inside your head is a brain which has been confirmed to be more powerful than the most sophisticated super computer ever manufactured on this planet. It is common knowledge that most people regarded as geniuses utilize less than ten percent (10%) of their brain power. With your mind, you have the perfect equipment to create anything you desire. Your imagination enables you to travel to any place you desire without paying a dime. You have the capacity to say whatever you wish with your mouth and you are capable of influencing a vast majority of people packed in a massive theatre just to hear you speak or sing. You can express your wildest wishes and they are carried out which shows you are not dumb or ineffectual.

* Results of your personal assets analysis

Having analysed the awesome power you carry, you will begin to see your body in a new light. My friend that body you have is so magnificent, so powerful and carefully and wonderfully crafted by the creator of the universe and certified as excellent. Your personal value is immeasurable.

* You were crafted with care and excellence

The creator made you after his own likeness. Do you know the import of that word “likeness”? It means you are like God and so you ought to think, act and speak like God. If you believe that, then you ought not to be limited by anything or circumstances on this planet. If you are “like” God that means you are god. Let us demonstrate my claims. A dog gives birth to a dog, a lion gives birth to a lion hence God cannot but be the father of a "god". Hence you have his attributes and nature and thus become a co-creator with him on this planet. Your comprehension of that simple conclusion should encourage you to take that bold step, that action towards pursuing your unique purpose on this earth.

*Take your rightful place now.

I urge you to begin to take your rightful place in the affairs of men. Just find your unique assignment and pursue it with vigour similar to a laser beam which when focused can cut a bar of iron in two. Friend, you are not helpless you are more than you can readily comprehend. Believe this and new windows of opportunities opens up to you, as your brain which was shut down before opens up and light floods in to chase away the shadows of self doubt and self defeatism to assume the role of a conqueror.

You are not helpless please stand up to take your rightful place. You will excel just believe you can and take action immediately.

Victor Usifo

Readers are Leaders

2009-08-16T13:24:00.000-07:00

Introduction

There is a wide notion that knowledge is power but this assertion is not correct. However, you will be right if you say that the acquisition of knowledge gives you potential power.

Acquiring information in a specific area either by reading or by research gives you a great store of knowledge. You may have a store of knowledge in a specific or diverse area but until you apply it to make a decision that will be beneficial to either yourself or fellow human beings, that knowledge remains dormant within you and unprofitable to everyone.

* How can you acquire knowledge?

You acquire wisdom when you read books, magazines, newspapers, watch documentaries on television, listen to people adjudged to be more experienced than we are, get mentored by experts in particular areas of interest to us, from the internet, from libraries and finally through formal education to mention but a few.

My assertion that readers are leaders may be challenged. However, I wish to open your eyes to the fact that when you read you become a leader. Please follow my arguments carefully.

i) Books are sources of knowledge that enlightens and develops your mind.
A book is a written material whether soft or hard copy. The mission of most authors is to inform you about specific areas where the author has sharper insights or expert knowledge. Reading any book therefore gives you new knowledge in the subject covered by the author.

Let us illustrate my claims by giving a vivid example everybody can easily relate to. Let us assume that you bought a book with a title “EFFECTIVE DRIVING TECHNIQUES THAT SAVES LIFE”. Now this book will teach all the techniques you must apply to become an effective driver and any one that reads and applies what they have read becomes an effective driver.

Anyone interested in updating his or her knowledge in the subject treated in the book will simply buy this book read, digest and apply what you have learned.

As you read and assimilate this book, you enter into the authors mind and extract some new information on the subject treated. This extracted information improves your knowledge bank such that when next you drive a car, you become conscious of the need to drive effectively. You apply this knowledge by reflex action as if programmed.

The insights you acquired by reading the book will enable you to counsel others on this issue of using effective driving technique any where the issue is discussed. As you counsel, lecture or teach others in this particular area you become a leader in that subject and it also impacts on your driving skills.

ii) Reading makes you an authority

Reading has the capacity to empower you. It is a known fact that you can become an expert in any subject you desire by researching it, reading it up and applying the knowledge gained to move ahead of your peers. As you become more knowledgeable you develop into a leader as other people too lazy to apply themselves the way you did by reading, ask your opinion on those areas they perceive you have better understanding.

iii) Why you must read books

I make bold to say that books from what we have discussed so far, are priceless opportunities. To further buttress my submissions above, I declare that the easiest way to lead others in this 21st century is to read books for the following reasons:

1. Books expose you to other cultures enabling you to relate with people from diverse cultures.
2. Books remove ignorance from you and make you highly knowledgeable.
3. Books give you access to millions of authors minds thus making you wiser
4. Books make you better prepared to take opportunities boldly in business
5. Knowledge acquired by reading makes you a role model in your locality.
6. Application of the insights you have makes you a refined person
7. Books help you achieve your purpose due to exposure to good information

iv) Still not convinced?

Reading books expands your mind such that your life will hardly ever remain the same thereafter.If you dare to apply the nuggets of knowledge acquired through dedicated reading of an area you are passionate about, your horizon becomes enlarged and your world expands tremendously.

Conclusion and suggestions.

I urge you to grab a book on any topic you are passionate about and read with an open and inquisitive mind of a baby, eager to either prove my submissions totally right or wrong.

I wish to reiterate the fact, that readers are leaders and urge you to become an avid reader if you desire to become a man of influence in this information age.

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How to control procrastination

2009-07-25T12:12:00.001-07:00

Introduction

This fifteen letter long word, has amongst many factors been the worst cause of mediocrity, indolence and lack of aspiration attributed to a lot of people in our planet. Procrastination hinders many people from achieving anything worthwhile in this life. As a result of this setback, they are unable to archive meaningful objectives mainly because they refuse to take action. They make it a habit, to put off things they ought to do immediately as long as they could, hoping to tackle the job or assignment at a more favourable future, which of course we all know never really comes. So days turns into weeks, and weeks into months, and months into years, but the person remains in the grip of this habit. This process continues until this habit forms in stone and becomes difficult to break. This habit, gains a stranglehold on the neck of its captive, as it totally saps their will to act on anything meaningful thereby, rendering them incapable of initiating and completing any project no matter how easy the task my be.

* Motivation enters

At this stage the need of the captive to this debilitating habit, is for a quick solution that will free that person, to enable him or her live a fulfilled life once again. Because every action that has a beginning, must of a necessity have an end, the application of Motivation with less number of letters, but with a better sound to the ears comes to the rescue. And all that person suffering from this habit needed to do, was to find solace against the total powerlessness they once felt in the vice like grip of procrastination, by being motivated to act.

* How does motivation tackle procrastination?

All the person under the grip of this bad habit needed to do, was just to utilise emotional therapy to cure this problem. The person is simply made to be interested in a vocation, an assignment, a business proposal, a talent discovery or a hobby etc. As this person is engaged in this new found love and gets absorbed and consumed by this new activity, there is a sudden discovery of self. This new habit being formed now creates a reawakening of his hitherto dead sense of living a purpose driven life. As this person comes to terms with the reality of his or her former state, and attempts to shake off the yoke of procrastination, the death knell of procrastination is rung. Since there can never be a vacuum in our minds,a new pattern of positive thought is formed and reinforced, leading to the replacement of the old despicable habit with a better one.

* Enter passion

As day turns into night and a fresh day dawns, complete commitment and passion for the new way of life is ignited and comes to a peak. The person sings a new song of freedom which soon reaches a crescendo as passion overwhelms procrastination completely. The persons new attitude, creates so much difference in his or her former way of life. As motivation stimulates passion, the person regains all lost glory and now rules his or her world. Confidence grows, leading to a bold declaration of independence for ever.

* Freedom expressed

That person hitherto under the influence of procrastination now restored, is motivated and empowered to launch out on their new found vocation or assignment, with total liberty, excellence and zeal to achieve meaningful goals. Having won this battle, that person becomes a shining example of the power of the mind, to achieve whatever it desires unhindered by procrastination. As a matter of fact that person now becomes a crusader, fighting a battle to annihilate this evil by total commitment to excellence and productivity due to passion.

* Advice

To beat procrastination, search your mind and pursue any goal you have chosen with great passion and singleness of purpose. You overcome a bad habit, by replacing it with a better one. Consistent performance of the new habit, stimulated by passion soon replaces the bad one forever. Just dare to create a change in how you respond to internal stimuli, and it will manifest in a changed life. You must realize that your outer world is a mirror of what your inner world transmits.

Make that change now and transit from a person that procrastinates to a goal getter.

Yours in success,

Victor Usifo

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Decision the key to winning in life.

2008-10-13T13:55:00.000-07:00

The key to winning in life and in any endeavour is decision. The day you decide to stop wasting the scarcest resource, time and do something tangible with your life, something changes in your mental thought pattern.

You move from the unknown to the known territory. That decision you made to go to school, to get additional education, to run for a political office, to open that business, to be a teacher, a lawyer, a musician e.t.c is what really makes the difference. You just made a choice. There is popular saying that “it is better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly”.

Decision carries you to the land of opportunities where dreams come true. Why you may ask? Because decision is a well thought out plan, a capital project or a move one makes when one is at crossroads or at the threshold of a new dawn, a new beginning, a fresh start. One yes decision, takes you a step further to the chosen field where you hope to deliver a product or service with a passion for excellence. To lead the field in your niche, you must stand out, rather than live the normal dull routine life you were used to.

You must realize that the reason you were not able to achieve anything tangible in life was because you never really determined to do so. If you give this my assertion a thought you will realize that my claims may be true.

I challenge you today to step out of the regular mould of people and choose to make a difference. Step out of the fold of the faceless humanity and become a face to be noticed.

In closing, recognize that you were born to succeed because when the almighty God breathed into you the breath of life Gen 1:31, he passed a judgement work tested and certified very good.

So step out of the fold of people with no ambition boldly in faith and be the person you were created to be a masterpiece of the creative intelligence called the almighty God.

Yours in success

Victor usifo

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Confidence; the key to fear

2008-10-10T14:32:00.001-07:00

Introduction

What you fear most in your life has an uncanny habit of becoming reality.Fear can be described as false evidence appearing real (F.E.A.R). This acronym defines what fear really is. Fear stimulates a strong belief, that something we do not like or something bad will happen, even when we do not have any real proof or justification for our feelings.Your mind is programmed to absorb everything it sees but it is left to you to select what to believe and what to reject. What you feed your mind with, is what it will believe.

* Why do we fear

We fear the unknown, we fear because we have no real knowledge about a thing. We fear because the human mind relies on experience to achieve confidence. Having identified the cause of fear, we can now move towards finding the solution to fear.We fear because we do not have any record of achievement(s) to rely on in that area or thing we fear. So the key to fear is to dare to do the thing we fear and gain experience in that area or thing you fear.

Let us illustrate the truth of this assertion I just made. Take the fear one gets the first time one attempts to drive. You will notice that this fear gradually wanes and fades away with daily practice until one can drive almost automatically without seeking for where the gear of the car is or where the accelerator or break is. We know almost mechanically what to do with the car and so become very confident and relaxed.

* Gaining confidence

Fear disappears when the mind gains confidence by doing the task we dread. Another common illustration we can readily refer to is that of a toddler who is learning to stand and walk. When you observe the child, you will notice that it fears to stand or walk but that fear does not paralyse it from trying to get up or to walk. From constant practice, that baby step will one day metamorphose into a joyful run.The above scenario plays out in our lives daily as we attempt to do anything worthwhile. My suggestion to all is to do that very thing that terrifies you and master fear in that area. We must not freeze when we are challenged by situations we have never handled before. I urge you not to run from what you fear, but rather run towards the source of fear. You will soon pleasantly discover that the fear was in you to energise you to take action and master that situation you fear.

* Advice
My advice to everyone is to attempt to do great things, make big plans, give that speech, take that medical test, go for that surgery, drive that car, and enrol for that course. Do something, do anything and don’t be immobilized by what you fear. Run towards what you fear, radiate boldness against all odds and soon fear melts away.Stand to be counted, breast that tape, my friend because you are a winner, I say to you fear not.

Yours in success
Victor Usifo

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IDENTIFY YOUR TALENT AND CAPITALISE ON IT

2008-10-07T14:39:00.000-07:00

Identify your competence; know for certain your area of strength. Identification of your natural endowment is paramount in this life. Without this singular act of finding out who you are, what you are blessed with by God to effortlessly deliver, you would be in a very great confusion as one may be likened to a man trapped in an arena with wild animals striving to attack him.

This confused state of the man can be likened to a situation where these wild animals attack the man from all directions. You can imagine the sorry state and picture he would paint as he whirls around in a circle in a bid to defend himself from his predators. He turns around aimlessly and soon becomes worn out thereby falling prey to his wild attackers.

So it is with a man that has failed to seek a clear cut choice out of myriads of life’s activities. I urge you therefore to identify your capability; capitalise on it and bloom in that area.

You know my friend God picked you out for greatness. He said before you were born in Jeremiah 1: 5 of the Holy Bible, He knew you. He, God knew you and planned you to be a positive wonder to your generation. So go to him in prayers and ask for direction. He knows you more than you know yourself. Meet him and he will begin to direct your footsteps to the very thing you were created to fulfil on this earth.

To point out whom you are and what areas of strength may be found in you, ask yourself this question, what is my gift? Begin to look towards those things you do effortlessly, those things that give you joy, those things you do without tiring, things you can even do for free because you enjoy doing them, your hobbies, even chores in your home you do and enjoy may be pointers to what you have been set up by God to fulfil.

Identify this thing and flourish because that originally was God’s agenda for you. Your success is guaranteed in this thing, this area of intense interest is who you are.

Find it and you are on your way to fulfilling it and having an awesome experience.

Yours in success

Victor Usifo
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DECISION DETERMINES YOUR DESTINY

2008-10-05T12:54:00.000-07:00

Introduction

In this life, everyone starts on an equal footing. Except for those whose benevolent parents or relatives left money, everyone must create their own destiny. Henry Ford was quoted as saying “that if you think you can or you think you cannot you are right”. In other words, whatever you choose to make out of your life, it is up to you.

The truth is that life has no friend or foe. It can be good or bad. It is really up to you to choose what to make out of your life. You become its friend or enemy to the extent you are able to master or break its principles.

So what are lives great principles and how do we harness and apply them to live a good life? Lets learn how below.

Ask pertinent questions

One of the great principles of life is that you must decide to do something and make the commitment to accomplish what you have decided to do. To discover the route to take towards achieving your life’s purpose, you may ask yourself some pertinent questions such as: What exactly am I here to fulfil in this life? Why am I alive? Is it just to eat and drink, sleep and wake up, grow old and die? Is it to get married and have children? Or is there more to this life than I can see?

Having asked those soul stirring questions the next step is to answer them frankly.

Give quality answers

Answering those questions for many people is an enormous task. While for others the answer does not matter at all. For a few others, the answer is crucial and could lead to the attainment of anything worthwhile in this life.

Answering above questions becomes critical for a few individuals who have made that decision to become persons to be reckoned with in this life. For them, every minute spent on this planet must count for something.

Time is a wasting asset. Time is valuable and utilised to create a preferred future. Time is quantifiable and attached to achievement of worthy goals. Time must not be wasted because any time used up pursuing a worthy cause or wasted by doing nothing, can never be replaced or recovered.

After giving quality answers to those questions, you must identify the exact vocation you must pursue.

Identify where you belong

After giving quality answers to those questions, you must identify the exact vocation you must pursue.

Consider the above thoughts and identify where you belong. Are you one of those people searching for that “one thing” or are you careless about what the day brings? Any how you look at it and no matter where you fall in, the critical question that arises, is how to move your life from the level it is to a higher level? You owe yourself the task of identifying your place in life and giving the pursuit and realization of your vocation the maximum effort it deserves.

The solution

Decide to make a difference, choose to stand for something and choose to become great. The next thing to do is to start. Have the courage and enthusiasm to pursue your choice passionately.

Following above mentioned steps with dedication to your chosen field of endeavour, will undoubtedly lead to the attainment of your goals. You will achieve your goal if you are determined to do so. Just pursue it with the dexterity of a bulldog after an elusive bone rather than remaining still. The law of motion states that “nothing will move until a force is applied to it”

Make that choice today to create a better future for yourself. Do something valuable with your time or life. Don’t just drift along and live a worthless life.

A word is enough for the wise. Be among the wise and let your decision determine your destiny.

Yours in success,

Victor Usifo.
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ENDLESS SEARCH

2007-04-26T08:22:00.000-07:00

Another day dawns in this endless search for perfection and excellence AT WHAT WE DO.
Come to think of it, what puts food on the table and what gets us up every morning must be really important. This task that we must do day in day out and all round the year had to be worth it. But how many of us really think of our daily jobs as vital and one hundred percent significant and of utmost priority?. Very few. Why is this so? The reason is not far to seek. We treat our jobs as common, as just a job to put food on the table period.

This attitude robs the average man on the street ability to expand to his full capacity and shock the world by expanding his horizon to his full potential. Because he sees his
job as an ordinary job, that desire to stretch one self is therefore absent.

It is a known fact that it is the dominant thoughts we allow to occupy our mind that determines who we become. Imagine you truly believe in the job you are doing, and it is given the value it deserves in your heart, be rest assured that the level of your input and productivity will increase geometrically. The effect will be mind blowing to you and your employers and this will in turn have a far reaching effect on the overall national productivity of your country. This singular decision of just one person to give his or her job the seriousness it deserves will increase capacity to create wealth per employed members of the working class group in that country.

Imagine that you do this inner reflection and choose to be a creative worker rather than a passive employee see the ripple effect of just one person making up his or her mind to quit fooling around and get serious.

My friend you have no other reason to be lackadaisical with your job please come alive and create wealth for yourself first and the nation in general. I can see you are wondering how your decision will create wealth for you? Very simple: effectiveness on your job leads to promotion which means more money and influence for you, translating to a better living standard and improved lifestyle for you and general well being and satisfaction.

So you see my friend, you will really be doing yourself much good if you can heed my suggestion to stop the search leading to no where and get really busy. Ultimately, you can be all that you desire to be and no one can do it for you but yourself.

As your job is really a source or avenue of creating lasting impact on the human race, I urge you to make that change to join the new breed of workers and change our world.

Yours in Success

Victor Usifo

The Beginning

2007-04-16T18:34:00.000-07:00

Introduction

We shall check out the definition of the word "creation" which I will liken to the birth or the The begining of a thing.The Oxford Dictionary defines creation as “bringing into existence”, ”producing by what one does” “giving a new rank to” while
the Chambers English Dictionary defines it as “bring into being" or "form out of nothing", "to bring into being by force of imagination", "to make, produce or form", "to design to invest with a new form,office or character" e.t.c.

From the above definitions, you can see that creation is defined as bringing to life of a thing, an idea, bringing an idea to life by force of imagination or by a persons mental thought.

* My Vision
My vision at victor’s insights for living is to break myths about success and successful people, by the teaching of time tested systematic process for all round success in any field of human endeavor.

I shall show the ordinary person and the rich alike that the total maximization of our their natural abilities are no mirage but attainable to any person that strives for it. Also that coming from a rich or poor background, has absolutely nothing to do with our success or failure as human beings.

I hope to show that the realization of our natural talents will lead to creating a better self and as a result create a better world. As light floods our life,it refreshes our being and our world all of a sudden takes a whole new meaning for the better.

* Mission

My mission is to work towards bringing enlightenment to people in areas I perceive is in darkness. For instance an identified dark area is many people's life, is the lack of Knowledge of their purpose.

It is my sincere hope that this exercise will in no distant future become a bacon of hope for people who are bereft of life changing ideas. The information shared in this media will help to awaken the sleeping giant in most people and enable them to realize that each person has within them the ability to create,renew, recreate and change their lives and the world they live in.

* My Challenge to you

I therefore urge you to do an introspection of the (You) you see, so as to painstakingly follow through a process of continuous recreation of the person you want to become. Why do I urge you to do this? The answer to that question is that the person you dream of and want to become is the real and true You.

My friend You are more than what you are presently. Please strive for the best, try to excel and achieve ground breaking feats into hitherto unknown areas. Be on top, visualize it, dream it and see it actualized.

Have a perfect hatred for your present bottom of the ladder position. Look up and push up for only a few make it to the top while the bottom is crowded. Know for certain that you are destined to win for you are more than this.

Have a victorious mentality and I will meet you at the top to celebrate your new status.

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