THE POWER OF GRATITUDE

Gratitude is an art of giving thanks. It's a way of saying thank you for what you've done. Showing appreciation, helps open the person up to do more and also help the person have a sense of fulfillment.It gives the person a feeling that you are happy with his or her input,contribution or even gift. A simple ''thank you'' can go a long way in putting smile on a person's face. It can make someone's day. It can help in marriage to keep the home in harmony.

A recent research carried out in Georgia indicated that showing gratitude in marriage is a way to keep the home in peace especially in difficult times. During turbulent times especially times when the family is struggling to make ends meet,couples tend to be more critical, defensive and sometimes aggressive, but showing appreciation can go a long way in mitigating the situation. The study also show that gratitude helps to reduce arguing between couples.

A simple compliment like "you look beautiful", "thank you for being there", "you are the best", can put  a smile on someone's face. Women generally like compliments,so complimenting her regularly will open her up and she will become more obsessed with you.

Kids are not exempted from this. When you appreciate them for the little they have done,they come to you often and they are very excited to do more.

Gratitude can come in the form of resources like gifts, an outing, your time or even kind words from your heart. Now go out there and put a smile on someone's face by expressing gratitude.

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NUMBER ONE REASON WHY SO MANY PEOPLE NEVER SUCCEED

So many people never become successful in life, not because they are marked for failure but because they give in to life. The number one reason why most people never succeed in their field or venture is: because they QUIT! . Most people quit. People never realize how close they were to success when they quit. Some people quit even before they get started. Some people start a new venture, they experience their first setback and they give up. Instead of spending time to learn new skills , work on their self and develop their minds, they get frustrated and they give up. Others who start a business, enjoy and flourish in the presence of little success in their business and they are on. The moment they experience temporary loss and setback, they give up.

The popular niche "Winners never quit and quitters never win"  cannot be truer. Those who succeed in life are those who persist and keep going when others are quitting.

If you must be a champion, you must be willing to go through something. Nothing good comes on a platter of gold. Anything worthwhile will require time, will require learning new skills . As popular speaker ''Zig Ziglar say ''to get what you never had, you must become the person you have never been''

Although I must admit that sometimes, things become really frustrating,sometimes it feels like the world is falling down on you. Things may become really awry but the best thing to do is not to quit but to persevere.
Going through challenges help build your character, it help you learn new things about your venture, above all it helps you learn new things about yourself. At the end of pain is success.

This is what you must do when you start a new venture; first identify your reasons for starting the venture for example a business. You must have a strong reason for going into business, your WHY must be big enough.
Secondly; you must set goals for yourself. Goals will help you stay on track.

Identify your WHY, write it down. Write out your goals as well. Whenever you feel like quitting, always review your WHY for starting.

If you can persevere, keep learning and keep taking action steps, ultimately you'll succeed.

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MARK ZUCKERBERG AND PRISCILLA CHAN WELCOME NEW BABY

         

World youngest billionaire and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg welcome his first baby on December 2. He and his wife Priscila Chan welcomed a baby girl who they named Max.

 As a way to commensurate her presence into into the world, Mark decided to give 99% of Facebook shares to charity,estimating about $45 billion.

 When asked what prompted him to give out such fortune early in his life on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg replied   "Two main ideas have led us to start early. First is that we have a lot to learn and giving, like anything else, takes practice to do effectively. So if we want to be good at it in 10-15 years, we should start now. Second is that any good we do will hopefully compound over time. If we can help children get a better education now then they can grow up and help others too in the time we might have otherwise waited to get started".
Mark Zuckerberg currently sits on the 16th position on the world's richest people's list

THE CONSPIRACY OF THE RICH

 

The popular saying "the Rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer" is no longer new to most of us anymore.

The Rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer. This is as a result of the inefficiency in the system. The Rich understand the law of wealth and they act on it,the poor do not know about this or  ignore  it and thereby they are at the detriment of the Rich guys.

The Rich understand the law of wealth and applies it.
"The law of wealth states that to be wealthy,you don't work alone,you must work with people".
The Rich understand this law and apply it.

They use the system of leverage to make themselves richer. This they do by buying the time,energy and intelligence of the poor and middle class and using it to make themselves richer while given them salary.

Ironically some people think they own a job ,but actually the job owns them. They are slaves to their boss. Take example Warren Buffet - world ardent investor who only meet with his board of directors twice in a year. Buffet employs smart guys who manage his business for him while he may be on a beach having a nice time with his family. Yet Buffet is still  the richest investor on planet earth.

The Rich will always be richer, because of this fact. The poor and middle class use their intelligence, skill and time to make money for the rich,and out of the money they made they will be paid a percentage of it.

Some people who earn up to $100,000 think that they are well to do. The truth is; before you can be paid $100,000 ,your intelligence, skill and time put into your work is x10 of what you are paid.

These Rich guys most of the time are not well educated,no college degree,or some of them are high school dropouts. The likes of Henry Ford, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates and many others are example of this fact. They are not well educated with all the book knowledge but they leverage on the intelligence of the poor and middle to make themselves richer.

Knowing this fact alone,it has become imperative to mind your business. Work for yourself and your dreams rather than for your boss.

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5 BOOKS EVERY ENTREPRENEUR MUST READ

5 BOOKS EVERY ENTREPRENEUR  MUST READ!

As we have probably heard times without number, leaders are readers. One uniqueness of successful entrepreneurs is that they are readers. They are always learning and improving their skills. If you consider yourself an entrepreneur,then these five books must be be in your personal library.

1. THINK AND GROW RICH (by Napoleon Hill)

Think and grow rich

This book written by Napoleon Hill in the year 1930 is a landmark today and has been impacting lives of people round the world. It is considered as one of the best personal development book of all time. In this book, Napoleon Hill explained the philosophy of the mind and how it can be used to amass great well. Having analyzed hundreds of men that were successful and thousands of people considered failures,hill delivered articulately the principles of getting everything you want in life (including riches). As at the time of Hill's death (1970), Think and Grow Rich has sold over 20 million copies. By 2011, over 70 million copies had been sold worldwide.

2. THE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON  (by George S. Clasons)                                                                                                                                    In this book George Clason  dispenses financial advice through a collection of parables set in ancient babylon. This book written in the 90's focuses on teaching you how to save a part of your income first before you spend on expnses,live below your means,control your expenditure and judiciously make your money produce more money for you. :It's a must read for every entrepreneur as it really propel the idea of 'pay yourself first' propagated by most financial experts.
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3. RICH DAD POOR DAD (by Robert Kyosaki)                                                                                                                                

 Robert Kyosaki is no doubt one of the best selling authors of all times. Having being taught two different lessons by his poor dad and rich dad about money,he collected the ideas together and put it into this book "Rich Dad Poor Dad. This book focuses on teaching financial literacy - what the rich and the poor teach their children about money,business ventures,difference between an 'asset' and a 'liability'. In this book, Robert Kyosaki goes on to explain 'that your house is not an asset'. This has been frowned upon by some people including bankers who claim that your house is an asset.This book has been a  New York Times bestseller and has sold over 26 million copies.

4. CASHFLOW QUADRANT (by Robert Kyosaki)

Cashflow Quadrant is written in succession following Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kyosaki thoroughly explained the four ways in which  we receive income and the different values associated with each quadrant. This book will open your eyes to  where you are presently on the quadrant and it will also serve as a guide on how you can move to where you desire to be. You can get this book here at richdad.com 

5. THE POWER OF SELF DISCIPLINE - NO EXCUSES (by Brian Tracy )

                                

Without self discipline,no other principles of success can be applied effectively. In this book Brian Tracy literally put into writing ways to stop procastinating and start doing. According to Mark Twain "there are are a thousand reasons for failure, but never a good one". Brian Tracy will teach you how to stop sabotaging yourself and start applying self discipline in every area of your life - family, business, leadership,finance,learning and many more. "Self discipline is the ability to do that which your ought to do even when you do not feel like doing it"

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IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL YOU WIN

Have you given up??? 
Have you accepted defeat as part of your conditioning and no longer stretching yourself?? Are you among those that say "well I tried it before, it doesn't work". Well it may be true it didn't work out for you,but that doesn't mean it does not work. The fact that it works for somebody else means it's working, maybe you just haven't applied the right techniques or maybe you haven't persisted long enough. For the saying goes" you can't get the right results using the wrong techniques ". Maybe you need to step out of your comfort zone and dig in ,learn how the process works. In this current world, nothing is impossible- who thought that metals could fly in the air today, who ever believed that cars could ride in water, well today it is a reality. Do you also know that cars can drive themselves now even without a driver?? Shocking right!! But it is already in place now. So what do you think? That you can't achieve greatness?? That you can't do more than what you are doing currently?? I'm sorry to break your heart my Dear, but you can do exceedingly great things. I don't know what you have been told about yourself, I don't know who has told you " you can't make it ", is it your father ,your mother, sister,brother, friends, colleagues or even you telling yourself that you can't succeed? I implore you today to believe in yourself as nobody can stop you unless you stop yourself. I don't care if you have failed before ,well you are not the only one many great people today have also failed - the likes of Thomas Edison who failed over 1,000 times before he could invent the light bulb which is now beneficial to his generation and people round the world, the Wright brothers who were thrown in the asylum for having the idea of making an aeroplane, Oprah Winfrey who had multiple challenges growing up ,became pregnant as a teenager,or even Dangote the popular one you know who failed five times before he  finally became the richest black man in the world, or even the incumbent President Gen Buhari who failed on three different occasions but persisted for 12 and he finally broke through, so you see you are not alone if you have encountered setbacks before. As Winston Churchill says "success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm". Whatever you put in mind to do, you can do it. Be willing to pay the price for that which you want, network with the right people and persist long enough (doing the right thing consistently but using different techniques) . You deserve greatness! YOU CAN SUCCEED! STAY POSITIVE, Give gratitude for seeing today, believe in yourself, believe in your future, work hard to create the future you want,nothing good comes easy. YOU'RE BORN TO WIN....  #beinspired