Wednesday, July 29, 2020

WEALTH AND EDUCATION QUOTES

1. An educated person is not the person who can read and write.
2. Education is more than just the ability to read and write.
3. The richest person in the world today is not the person who knows how to read and write most.
4. The foundation of success is the wealth in you. Explore yourself and dig out the treasure within you.
5. What you know can make or Mar you. So be careful of the kind of information you allow to hit your celeberal cortex. And what you don't know can equally make or Mar you. What do we do then? Simple; hunger and thirst for the right information from the right source.
6. Aisha, a seven month old baby on her cot struggling to reach her toy, thought me that we can surmount the obstacles or huddles on our way to getting what we want if we don't give up trying.
7. It is easier to teach a person who wants to learn than to teach a person who is being forced to learn.
8. Success in learning is determined by interest. Both teacher and learner must be interested in what is to be taught and learned.
9. To be a great teacher requires more than the knowledge of the subjects to teach.
8. There is no child that is uneducable.
9. As a teacher or trainer, don't underestimate the potential abilities of a pupil who does not understand what you are teaching.
10. The best way to teach a child is to repeat as many times as possible until it sinks.
11. Every Child is a potential guru. As a teacher it is your responsibility to bring it out of him or her.
12. Even children have things that worried them. And these things can affect their concentration. That means, they also need your words of comfort at such times.
13. As a teacher it is unethical to lose interest in a child who finds it difficult to learn what your teaching.
14. Your worst student today can be your best student tomorrow.
15. The best way to get a child to learn is to provide the reason why the child should learn.
16. In teaching and learning of all types, interest is king.
17. In order to grab the attention of your students, tell them stories and keep them at suspense. Tell them that the end of that story will be revealed during the lesson. And make sure you keep to your promise.
18. A child will always learn what you are teaching him or her.
19. As a teacher, you are a role model to your students. Your behaviour speaks louder to them than your voice.
20. Be careful, children are expert manipulators.
21. For you to be able to teach the children, you must be teachable yourself.
22. Great teachers are great listeners.
23. Allow the children to take decision. Let them fail if possible and show them the right thing to do.



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THE WEALTH IN YOU QUOTES

A popular saying goes thus, "The poor gets poorer and the rich gets richer". Why is this so? The reason is that the poor has poverty mentality while the rich has abundance mentality. The poor man believes he is poor and he engages in acts that get him impoverished and he remains poor. While the rich believes he is rich and is meant to remain rich and as a result he engages in acts that get him enriched and he remains in abundance.
"No condition is permanent" This has been scientifically proven. It can either deteriorates or ameliorates. No condition is permanent but conditions don't change; it is human beings that change. If you change, your conditions will change. When you change your interpretation of events, then your life will be changed.
Things are not always the way you think they are.
Your interpretation of events are based on your preconditioned mind.
Your behaviour is controlled by your beliefs.
Things will not change until you do things differently.
Some times, in life, it is not about what you know but what you do. Some people know much but they don't do anything with what they know. Some know just a little but they do much.
Do that which you are called to do even if you think you are not ready. We learn better by doing.
I can do anything I want to do if I put my mind on it.
You cannot be a failure until you accept that you are one.
You can do anything you want to do if you put your mind on it.
"God can do all things including giving you riches but you will die poor if you don't work".
"A person who is ashamed of doing what he has chosen to do will eventually die unfulfilled".
"Give your heart to your work and your work will take care of your heart".
"I cannot do it! I cannot do it! Have you tried it"?
"I have tried it so I have found out that it doesn't work". That sentence may sound familiar. The fact is not that it doesn't work. The fact is that you gave up trying"
"Saving money can shield you from lack but it cannot always make you rich" The best way to get rich is to make money, save it and then invest it. Then save the returns and invest more.
Be careful when you take decisions. Things do change.
Something hurting may have happened to you, but don't get stuck to the hurting thoughts. Consider it a bye gone and keep living your life. Remember, you've got a lot to do in your life.
You are alife today. Hurray! You still have a chance to be who you want to be.
Someone may have mistakenly or premeditatively done something that hurts you. Why are you still thinking about it? Don't let it wear you down. Go ahead and do your job. The more you think about it the more the person wins.
Don't allow your past failures to scare you from your future success. Success may lead to failure if you mismanage it.
Don't make conclusions about your life base on the negative circumstances you are facing currently.
You are more powerful than you think.
Yes! Once again, I said, you are more powerful than you think.
The legendary Celine Dion in one of her songs said " I never knew I can go through all this and still stand" To her, it was an unbelievable experience. She thought her negative circumstances was going to destroy her, but far from her thought, she some how survived it.
As you pursue your dreams in life, some times, you will encounter coordinated disgrace, coordinated shame, psycho-spiritual cum mental abuse channeled toward getting you to undermine your inborn intelligence. But the good news I have for you is that no amount of disgrace, no amount of shame, no amount of hardship, no amount of loneliness or whatever negative circumstances you have gone through or that you are going through will be enough to stop you. I know what I am talking about. You can go through it all and still stand strong.
Failure can be a source of shame and disgrace. Temporary poverty can be a source of disgrace and shame. Desertion by friends and loved ones can be a source of disgrace and shame. Denial or denouncing by a lover can be a source of disgrace or shame. How do you survive this negative experiences. Don't struggle with it. Accept it the way it is. It has come and it has come. There is nothing you can do about it. If you give in to it. It wins. But if you accept it and look it on the face, it will diffuse away. Don't hide from your source of disgrace else it will strengthen itself against you. Believe what is right. Do what is right and if the disgrace or shame endures, pursue your dreams even in the midst of shame and disgrace.
                                        
                                          "Are you God?"

What is your first interpretation of that question? Or what came to your mind first when you read that question?
Are you God that you have concluded that you cannot make it in life? Are you God that you call yourself names that do not befit you?
Are you God that you think that your situation will not change? 
Are you God that you think that you are a failure?
Are you God that you have started looking down on yourself just because you are going through some challenges today or because of the challenges you have gone through in the past?
Are you God that you don't want to let go the thoughts of the mistakes you have made in the past?
Are you God that you think your sins cannot be forgiven?
Are you God that you think you cannot mend your ways?
Are you God that you think life is over?
Are you God that you think that your sickness will not go?
Are you God that you think that your hardship will endure forever?
Are you God that you think that your enemies have won the battle over your life?
Are you God that you think that you are not intelligent?
Are you God? No! you are not God. God can do all things through you
If you allow him.


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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF



"Everyone around may say; No! You can't. But if you say, yes I can, then you are right"               ---------Emeka Agbedo



I believe strongly that the indispensable first step to becoming successful in life is to believe in yourself against all odds. I mean against all internal and external opposing thoughts and suggestions. Believing or having a total confidence in yourself is the biggest secret to getting things done in life. It has also been the fundamental human trait which helped a lot of those who are successful in one area of their life or the other. In short it is responsible for what you have been able to achieve in life so far. It has worked and it is still working for many of us though we are unaware of it.
It is usual that each time we are asked to mention or list the characters or traits that one needs to possess in order to be successful in life, the list always look like this; persistence, determination, being positive, honesty, working hard/studying hard, save for the rainy day, doggedness, and lots more to be mentioned.
Now, there is no doubt that the above mentioned traits are exactly what we need . However, one fact that many of us are yet to know is that those traits, though are straight to the point, they are not going to produce results or be effective if the subject or the person who possess them do not believe in him or herself.
Each and everyone of us has been able to do whatever we have done since all our lives because we believed we can. The truth is that no one can be persistent if he does not believe he can be. No one can be determined if he or she does not believe he or she can be. None of us can be positive if we do not believe we can be. And you can't work or study hard if you don't believe you can .
The undeniable truth here is that we were all created with the psychological, physical, emotional, spiritual and other requisite abilities to accomplish most of our dreams in life. No wonder Napoleon Hills once said, "that whatever the mind of a man can conceive and believe, it can achieve".
Now, believing alone cannot make things happen if they cannot happen. For instance, believing that you can raise a person who has been dead for over three months ago from death is an irrational belief and it cannot happen no matter how long you may believe it. It cannot happen because you don't have the ability in you. Are you Jesus?
The basic reason why you "can" is not just because you believe, but because you already have the ability in you. Believing in yourself ie believing in what you already have in you is what you need to tap from that ability which is already in you. The formula is; if you believe in it, then you can have it. Mohamed Ali, an American heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medal holder during his life time as a boxer believed in himself so much and it helped him throughout his career as a boxer. That time he used to refer to himself as "the greatest". He believed in himself because he knew he had the abilities in himself. During that period, each time he was interviewed by the media, he used to tell his opponents and fans "I am Mohamed Ali. I am the greatest". And truly he became one of the greatest boxers in the world.
The importance of believing in yourself aka self confidence is that it stimulates optimism in those who possess it. If you believe in yourself, it arouses in you the sense of a positive outcome.  It kindles an emotion that inspires you to work harder. When you already know that you can achieve what you are trying to achieve, you will find it difficult to give up. In other words, people who believe in themselves do not easily give up on their goals or dreams. Believing in yourself will incite a never-say-never attitude in you. The fact is that some times, people who believe in themselves do fail. Yes! They miss their targets once in a while. But the good news here is that they don't use that as an excuse to give up. They do fail but they don't see failure as final. They see failure as a feedback. They see failure as a lesson. So, though such people fail, they will not give up. Rather they will change their techniques. They will look for the right way of doing what they want to do. And if they keep trying, they will at the end of the day get what they want.
Even if you are in a tight situation, and you believe you are going to come out successfully, there are 95% chances that you come out of it successfully. The reason why believing in yourself works miracle is because it gives you the impetus to take action (s) toward that which you believe is possible to happen.
Red alert! What you believe is what you get. So, be careful of what you believe about yourself. You have to make sure that you don't harbor wrong believe in your mind especially about yourself. There are people who have these wrong, negative and limiting beliefs about themselves. When they are unable to accomplish a task, what they normally say is; "I know it isn't going to workout. I know it is going to fail. I know myself. I know I cannot do it" Look! That is a very destructive mentality . I don't know the person who may posses such a mentality, but what I know is that he or she does not know the truth about him or herself. In case you the reader is one of such people, the truth is that you can accomplish most of the goals you set for yourself and even add more if you are willing to give it all it takes. My parting shot; when you believe in yourself, miracles will happen in your life.
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HOW TO ACTUALIZE YOUR DREAMS



There are litanies of challenges that almost every one of face in life. And one of the biggest of all these challenges is that of actualizing our dreams. Most of the time we encounter challenges which sometimes make it difficult for us to actualize our dreams. And that is why each and everyone us of become happy each time we create a dream and realize it. I am pretty sure that many of us already have dreams that we want to actualize. And yet there are some here who in the future will create dreams which they will like to bring to fruition. Also, many of us have at one time or the other tried to make a dream a reality but failed. So, for this reason, we are going to talk about "How To Actualize Your Dreams". We are going to look at a tested and trusted six practical steps to actualize your dreams.

1. Know who you are.

 
In order to actualize your dreams in life, you need to know who you are. Knowing who you are is key to actualize your dreams in life. This is because when you know who you are , it will enable you to create a dream that resonates with you.
knowing who you are is a great asset when it comes to creating and actualizing a dream. When you know who you are it will enable you to know your core competence. The knowledge of yourself will enable you to be abreast with your strength. You will agree with me that it is easier to reach a dream that has to do with what you can do. A dream woven round your area of strength.
To know yourself also means to know your weaknesses. I would also contend that knowing your weakness is a great asset. I consider it a great asset in the sense that when you know who you are then instead of wasting your time struggling to do what you cannot do, it is better to channel it towards your area of competence. For more importance of knowing who you are. Read "Who are you?


2. Have a dream, an aim or a purpose.

The very important first step to actualizing your dreams is to have a dream, an aim or a purpose. When you create a dream, a signal is usually sent to your subconscious mind to give it the information about what you want. And subsequently your subconscious mind will focus on that dream. The dream will give you a sense of direction. It will serve as a sign post to where you are going. The reason why some people keep doing something new and keep succeeding is because they create dreams and work hard and smart to realize them. And on the other hand, the reason, why some are not making progress is because they do not have any dream that they are to work on. And due to lack of dreams, they remain stagnant.
Every multinational companies or organisation we see today started as a dream. Large corporations like Microsoft, Apple, Dangote group, Mcdonalds, Facebook, Glo Nigeria, Western Union and many others started as a dream in the mind of the founders.
The above mentioned companies were like the dream you have in your mind right away as you are reading this article. So, don't discard that dream in your mind. It is a microcosm of what is capable of becoming a conglomerate in the future.

3. Develop yourself. 


I always say that "The best development in life is the development of yourself". To develop yourself, means to engage in self development activities. It means learning new skills. Developing yourself  is another important action that you will take to enable you accomplish your dreams in life. We all know that no one was born with the whole information or knowledge he needs to be all that he or she wants to be in life. So, in order to realize your dreams or goals in life, there is need to garner information that will help you accomplish them. 
I learnt about a 35 years old man who suddenly developed interest in dancing and choreographing. He never danced professionally before. But his passion for acrobatic dance grew beyond measure. And one day he woke up and decided to look for a dancing school. He found one and started learning how to take dancing steps from the scratch. He started to practice dancing even during his spare time. And after a period of six months he graduated from the dancing school and he started dancing during shows. 
When he told some of his colleagues about going to a dancing school, some of them thought it was insane to think of going to dancing school at the age of 35. But here he is today participating in shows as a dancer.
What he did was that he developed himself by learning dancing skills which was what he needed to become a dancer.
This applies to everyone of us. To actualize any dream, we need certakn skills. Once you create a dream, you determine the type of skills that the dream requires and you go ahead to acquire them.

4. Start with what you have. 


It was Zig zigla, an American life coach who said that, "You don't have to be great to start but you have to start to be great". There is  no perfect time to do what you want to do. The secret is, just go into the game once you have enough information to get you started. The truth is that we learn by doing. That is; we learn faster by doing that which we want to learn.
In order to accomplish your dreams at the record time, it is imperative to know that it is practically impossible to have all that one requires before one goes ahead to work on one's dreams. That is to say, you don't need to have everything needed before you set out on the journey to actualuzing your dreams. The bottom line is , start with what you have where you are. The fact is that once you start, the rest of the requirements will take care of themselves. 
Don't be afraid of starting small. Just like many other projects that started small but are at their peak today, you too can start small today and become big tomorrow.

5. Get a role model.  


Whatever you want to do today, there are people who are already experts and role models in it. That is; there are people who have done so well in that area and beginners look up to them. What you need to do is to study the life these people or meet them in person and ask them questions and they will always willingly provide answers to your questions. So, in order to actualize you dreams, you need to get a role model. The role model will help you avert mistakes that you would have encountered if you don't have one. The role model will help navigate you through some challenges that are inherent in the kind of dream you are pursuing. 
Depending on your area of specialisation,  below are few people that we considered to role models.

1. Less brown
2. Mark Zuckerberg
3. Larry Ellison or Oracle corporation 
4. Genevive Nnaji An actres

Form partnership. 


In order to accomplish your dreams, you need to liase with others who are in the same field with you. When you enter into an agreement with a person who does what you do, it will lead to information sharing between or among the partners. When you are in partnership with someone, you can take advantage of the person's networks. And your partner(s) will also take advantage of your networks. And that will help you in actualizing your dream.
We have witnessed even big companies merging together to form a formidable structure in the form of a company. A partnership that will take a larger share of the market. 
As a beginner, it is important to combine with someone else who you think can be of use to you. Depending on the terms of the agreement, some time a partnership deal has an expiration dates after which the partners go their separate ways. But before the the partners must have taken the advantage inherent in it.

                       DREAM WORKSHEET

Fill out the dream worksheet and follow them up practically.

My dreams are:
(A).................................................................
(B).................................................................
(C).................................................................

What I need to do to actualize them
(A).................................................................
(B).................................................................
(C).................................................................
(D).................................................................
(E).................................................................

(Good luck in your journey to accomplishing your dreams)



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DON'T LOOK DOWN ON YOURSELF



Have you ever felt, Oh! Why am I worthless? Have you ever felt, oh! I am a "nobody". You feel, "Why are things not working out the way they should for me"? You have tried several things and none of them seem to be going your way. And when you look around you, you see people rolling out drums for having achieved what you wish to achieve. And you feel diminished the more. You feel, what a hell is this? And you will say to yourself, life sucks. If you have felt that way before, let it be known to you that you are not alone. Lots of people out there have also found themselves struggle with similar heart wrenching thoughts.
Now, the truth is that what makes you feel that "nobodyness" in you is the "somebodyness" which exist and is still alive in you. If there is no sense of "somebodyness" in you, you will  not feel like a nobody if things don't work out your way.

Some people don't get things done and they are not bothered. There are some people that are not producing result, yet they they don't give a damn. 
"Naturally, the case is worse for those who do not know and they don't know that they don't know". It is the same for those who don't know and they don't bother that they don't know.

Now, there are two ways to this;there are those who are not getting things done and are not bothered. This set of people are not bothered because they feel that they are already lost in life. To this set of people, nothing matters. They are hopeless and they don't intend to do any thing about it. That is on one hand.
Then on the other hand, there is yet this other set of people who don't bother when things don't go their way. For this set of people, they don't bother, and this is not because they are hopeless or that they do not care. This set of people don't bother or look down on themselves because they understand the vicissitudes of life. This group of informed souls is aware that failure is not final but just a feedback. You find out that though this set of people failed to get things done as expected, they will not give up or resort to looking down on themselves. The will not begrudge themselves because they know that he who fail today will succeed tomorrow.
May be in your case, you are not producing the result you expect and you are not okay with it. This situation doesn't go down well with you because you want or you expect that you can do better or even the best. So, what this implies is that you are not worthless.  And the reason why you are not worthless is because you don't like the outcome of your efforts. 
You don't like the fact that you are not producing the kind of result that you want and you wish that it is different. Therefore, it doesn't warrant you looking down on yourself. What the situation warrant is dusting yourself and start looking out for opportunity to Wright the wrong. Re-strategize. Once you are convinced that the object of your target is worth it, you don't change your focus, instead you change the methodology.
The fact is that when you look down on yourself, you will see yourself as an empty vessel. You will begin to under value yourself. And when you feel that you have little or no value, you will automatically lose motivation and as a result become incapacitated to move on. And that is tilting towards more experiences that will strengthen your negative perception of yourself.
Now, what are those experiences that have the potential to make you look down on yourself?
Sometimes you look down on yourself because of how others treat or have treated you.
When some people around you such as your spouse, your colleagues, your acquaintances and sometimes strangers treat you with disdain. Talk to you disrespectfully, you may be forced to look down on yourself. You may be forced to start thinking that something is wrong with you as a person which in most cases is not true. Although sometimes, your own disposition or demeanor may be responsible for how others treat you, however, in the majority of cases, it may not be a reaction to your action but a transfer of aggression or an outright show of ill manners by a person towards you.
In most cases you are not responsible for the ill treatment meted out to you. Sometimes, it is someone who has inferiority complex or a person who has emptiness in him or her that is trying to transfer it into you. So, you don't have to look down on yourself. Remember, your self worth is indestructible. Below is a quote I saw somewhere. I guess you may like it. It says,

"You are going to meet a lot of mean and disrespectful people in your life. Don't let them hurt you. Don't let their bitter and evil words break the surface of your skin. Keep your dignity, remain true to yourself, be the better person. They need help. It's not up to you to fix them or put up with them. Just smile and walk away".

For me, I view such negative actions toward me as a normal break which can come from anyone and targeted to anyone and it can only affect me if I allow it. Sometimes I tell people not to own certain derogatory remarks made at them. Don't take it as an attack premeditatively designed for you. You never can tell. May be it is straying comment looking for a person who is receptive to it. And even in some cases when the comment is meant or designed for you, it is a wise decision to shake it off you and move on instead of looking down on yourself. 

Another factor that can make you to look down on yourself is when you expect much from people and they fell short of your expectation of them.
All of us are human beings and it is a fact that no human is an island. No individual lives in a complete isolation. Which means that in one way or the other we interact with one another. And as a result of this inevitable coexistence among everyone of us, either by omission or commission, willingly or unwillingly, we tend to engage in acts that may lead us to expect certain things either tangible or intangible from people who are in our contact.
Again, we know that everyone of us is a bundle of imperfection. And this makes us susceptible to disappointing others(falling short of other peoples' expection). And others falling short of our own expectations too.
Now, in order to shield yourself from disappointment from people which may lead you to looking down on yourself, you must bear it mind just like we just read that everyone of us is an imperfect being and are prone to disappointing others. The button line is, don't expect much from people in spite of whom the person may be to you. However, even when you hinge your expectation on someone which you must, it will be a wise decision to be prepared for the shock that may ensue as a result of "unmet expectation" from people. So, having pre girded yourself with such a shock absorbing mindset, it will be easy for you to experience disappointment or "unmet" expectations without causing you to look down on yourself.

Another factor, that can make one look down on oneself is the result of medical examinations. Some time ago, I was opportune to meet someone whose self perception deteriorated within a twinkle of an eye. This was a guy who prior to the the time he received the result of a medical investigation, oozed out enthusiasm. He was a vibrant personage. A very sociable fellow. However, all these attribute got lost by the time he got the result of a medical examination. His sudden withdrawal from his social circle and the subsequent slump into a depressive mood made people to ask what the issue was with him. It was later discovered that he was diagnosed of a rare medical condition.
As a result, this one time man of courage, began to look down on himself. This was a person who has always known how to get things done. But as days went by, his self confidence continued to ebb. 
Now, this could have happened to anyone. And for me, it would be unfair to conclude that his sudden change in perception of himself was uncalled for.
What I would say is that in such situations, we should understand that being diagnosed of a terminal illness is not the termination of one's life.

I remember a story told by Steve Jobs of Apple on his health problems. In year 2005, in a speech he presented during a graduation ceremony in Stanford university, he told a story about him being diagnosed of a rare type of prostate cancer which was confirmed by the doctor as inoperable. And due to the rarity of the said cancer, he was adviced by his doctor to put his house in order in preparation for a journey of no return. He said that the diagnoses created panic in his family. He felt bad, however, he went for another diagnoses which it's result stated that the cancer can be operated and remove surgically. So, he went for the operation, and it was successful. And after the operation, he lived many more years. 
In the said speech, he said something that should encourage anyone who may be or may have found him or herself in such a situation. He said that "death should not be feared because it is a debt which everyone must pay". Rather we should be concerned about what we are here to do on earth. Even at the face of the diagnose, he continued to work as the CEO of Apple. He focused more on living a lasting and impressive legacy behind than focusing on the fear of death.
So, don't allow unfavourable results of medical examination make you to look down on yourself. 

My own humble opinion is that instead of slumping into despondency, you should find more ways of engaging yourself in things that can benefit humanity starting from the people around you. Also, try and pursue your dreams if you have any with the last drop of your blood. Remember, the truth is that you are more powerful than you think.so don't look down on yourself.



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THE VASTNESS OF THE WEALTH IN YOU



Have you ever wondered why you have been able to achieve what you have been able to achieve in your life today?
Have you for once inquired into the reason why the person next to you have been able to produce the result that he or she is enjoying today?
Have you heard about the richest person in the world?
Have you heard that a person is the most beautiful girl in the world?
Have you ever wondered why a poverty-stricken, 12-year-old boy from a war ravaged country of Africa or middle east who found himself  in the midst of fortunate kids from well to do families in Europe and America would outsmart his mates academically?
Have you ever also wondered why a child from an influential home could out-perform all his or her mates and become the best pupil academically?
The reason simply is because every one of such people cited above including you possess great wealth in them.
You don't need to wonder again, Dude; because they wouldn't have been able to achieve what they have achieved if they do not already have the potential to achieve it in them. In other words, you, me or any one else have been able to achieve whatever we have been able to achieve only because we have the wealth in us. We have the abilities in us. We have what it takes in us.
I said every one of us possess "wealth in us". Yes, I said "Wealth" .You heard me right. And you may be wondering how come human beings possess wealth in them. For a clarification and to quell your curiosity, let us try a definition of wealth.

What is wealth?


Whenever we hear the word "wealth" what readily come to our mind is the abundance of  physical assets such as cars, money, house and other material possessions.
Now, according to an online dictionary, wealth simply means the abundance of valuable possessions.
Mark that phrase,"Valuable possessions"
That phrase, valuable possessions do not mean only material possessions but include other intagible possessions.
So, when I say that there is wealth in every one of us, what I mean is that there exist inside everyone of us abundance of valuable possession.
The word "valuable" means priceless. Something that is very important. And it is not just that we have all these in us, but we have them in abundance.
Before we go ahead, i would like us to take a look at two synonyms of wealth.
There are many synonyms of wealth, but these two are apt to the context we are discussing and will help to give more insight into how wealth exist in every human being.
The two synonyms are;
Well-being and
Resources
Well-being is a sound state of health. It is not a material wealth but it is a state of health that can be transformed into material wealth. No wonder they say that health Is wealth. This means that it is people who are in a state of well-being that are able to generate wealth. It means that people who are healthy possess wealth.
On the other hand, human resources is also not a material wealth but are qualities, virtues or attributes possessed by man which when utilised can generate or be transformed into physical or material wealth.
Now, real wealth is not the material wealth which we normally focus on.
Real wealth are those wealth in raw form such as well-being and human resources.
Many people struggle in life because they focus on the material wealth rather than on the real wealth which are in the formless state.
People who possess material wealth are those who have been able to make a good combination and the right manipulation of the real or formless wealth in its raw state and transformed it into the physical wealth.
And that is why I have always said, that, "The foundation of success is the wealth in you"
May be you are one of those who believe in fate like I do. But fate cannot produce wealth without substances.
And if fate is responsible, why is it that my village has not produced the richest man in the world? Or is it that people from my village are not fated to be the richest person in the world? But mind you, there is abundance of wealth in everyone of us though in a formless state but can be transformed into the tangible wealth at any time. And one day someone from my village will be the richest person in the world. That's by the way.
Now, nature made us to be strong enough to do things that astound us. We are intrinsically made with unfathomable wealth and abilities. The wealth and abilities that we cannot exhaust within the period we are to live on earth.
I know about a man called Roger Banister, a British athletes who at that time was a medical student. In the year 1954, he shattered world record in athletics. He was able to complete a mile under four minutes. A feat that was considered impossible before he did it.
What about Edmund Hillary, the New Zealand mountineer who in 1953 was able to reach the summit of mount everest after several attempts by others failed. And after he broke the jinx, more people have been able to climb and reach the summit of the everest successfully.
Another fellow who exhibited the existence of wealth in him was Thomas Edison. The man who persisted in inventing the incandescent lamp despite failing 9,999 times before getting the lamp correctly. There are many others who have utilised the wealth in them.
The raw or formless wealth that the people mentioned above possess are; Discipline, courage, self confidence, wisdom, well being and etc. All the above mentioned wealth in their raw or formless form were transformed into physical or material wealth for the people mentioned above. If they were not healthy (well being), disciplined, courageous, wise and etc, they won't have been able to accomplish all that they accomplished. 
All the above examples are what man's physical abilities can accomplish through the use of the wealth in them if given extra exertion.
Truly,  it was an extra exertion of the ability in them that made them to produced the extra effect. But there wouldn't have been an extra effect if the wealth do not exist already. So, extra effect was produced because there exist in the system an unexplored or an unsed wealth in a formless state.
What about man's mental or psychological abilities. I have read that man's mental abilities are so vast that an average person uses only 3% of his mental abilities within his life time.
Albert Einstein coined an equation(e=mc2) that defied every effort by the most intelligent physicists to solve. But that was not a feat beyond human capacity to unravel. For after ten good calender years of thinking and brainstorming Einstein, the genius himself was able to solve the equation. An equation that revolutionised the way scientists and technologists think.
The question is, "where did the ability to solve the equation come from? Of course,  it didn't come from any where outside the human brain which seems to be the sit of the real wealth in us. Which connotes that there exist in the brain of each and everyone of us unexploited powers or abilities which are ready to do their work  and be transformed to physical wealth if evoked.
What about the human ability to endure or bear hardship or pain or discomfort of all types?
What about the human ability to put up with or endure shame and disgrace of or all types and intensity?
What about the ability to insist on getting what you want in spite of the difficulties or the challenges that come with it. Inspite of the sacrifices that it demands. And inspite of the length of time that it requires?
The truth and nothing but the whole truth is that these abilities exist in us. And it's not that they just exist, they are action-ready waiting for us to call them up and be transformed into material wealth.
Once again, these abilities are inside of us even in excess but we never called them to action. And that's why they never worked for a lot of us.
Now, if all these raw wealth exist in everyone of us. Why is it that some people fail? People fail because of the way they are programmed.

Programming.


The majority of our problems lies with how we are programmed.
Some time ago, I took an introductory course in computer programming. In that course, we learnt how to configure or shape the computer. Not the physical structures or hard wares, by the soft wares aspect of the computer. The course is all about programming the computer. That is; giving the computer modus operandi, limits or scope of what it can or should do and what it cannot or should not do.
Originally, thecomputer has the potential to work in other ways but it won't make use of such potential powers because of the way it has been programmed. And so , it can only work in sync to the way it has been pre-programmed. It can only work according to the way it is programmed.
We human beings operate in a similar form. We perform to the extent at which we are programmed to perform.
The programming of every human starts from the day he or she was born. We are programmed by what we heard, what we saw, how we were treated and how others were treated.
All that experiences became our reality or our model of what life is all about. They become our model of how to act. Such experiences peogrammed us and dictates how we react to events. Our programming dictates how we respond to issues ranging from criticism to commendation. From success to failure. It controls how we go about pursuing our dreams.
It controls the amount of effort we put in while trying to reach our dreams and maximize the wealth in us. It controls how we percieve others. It controls how we relate to others. It controls how we view other peoples' opinions about us. It controls our resistance to discomforting situation. It controls what we do in order to overcome challenging situation.
Everything we do is controlled by how we are progeammed to do things.
Like the computer, we possess other abilities or potentials to do more than we are doing currently, but we are limited by our programming codes.
Like we saw in the examples of people who were able to achieve beyond the so called "normal" by exerting extra effort, it is also possible for you to achieve extra by exerting extra effort because ability and the ability to exert extra effort and achieve extra exist in you. The nitty-gritty here is that there are extra abilities in you. There is an unexplored area or a fallow ground in you. You are only limited by your programming. You can do more if you change your programming codes or syntax to give room for producing the extra wealth which exist in you.






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HOW TO GET THINGS DONE

In life, each and everyone of us would want to be productive. Whatever you do, it is imperative that you produce results constantly. Whether you work at home or outside home, whether you are self employed or you work for someone. Whether you are a boss or an employee, you need to be productive.

When we talk about getting things done, we are talking about meeting targets.  We are talking about achieving goals. It means delivering quality services to our clients at the record time.



In order to get things done, some people make use of what is called "To Do List". Where they list all they need to accomplish for the day. To such people, getting things done entails successfully completing every item in their "To Do List".



Today, we are in a world that is awash with all kinds or sources of distractions and interruptions. It is without doubts that whatever you do and wherever you are, you are exposed to one source of distraction or the other. However, in spite of a all these distractions and interruptions, there are still steps that if you follow diligently you will be able to get things done. And not just getting things done, but getting good things done at the record time. Take a look at the following points. Let's go.

1. Go straight to the task.

Like I said earlier, there are litanies of tantalizing distractions littering our spaces. So, if you want to beat such distractions, what you need to do is to ignore them and go straight  to the tasks before you. If you are one of those who use "To Do List", your focus should be fixated on the first item or the first task on your list.

2. Stay away from the social networks

This particular point feature in almost all other articles similar to this. However, many of us fail to live up to the advice. When it comes to visiting social networking sites during working hours, many of us are culprits. Like you quite know, it is easy to say, 'let me update my page'. And once you are there, you may see links which you may be tempted to click on. And as you already know, once you click on such links, it is most probably that you see other links that may interest you. And that's how you go wild forgetting that you have some tasks before or ahead of you. Remember that your intension initially was to just update within five minutes. But now the five minutes has turned to one hour. And if care is not taken, it might even take your two or more working hours.


The University of Maryland, in collaboration with Total DUI (a non-profit group), recently released a compilation of reports and statistics on social media addiction in the US. It revealed that 18 percent of users can't go beyond "a few hours" without checking Facebook and 61 percent of users check their newsfeed "at least once a day." Of iPhone users, 28 percent check their Twitter feed before getting up in the morning. It's estimated that the average American spends nearly one quarter of their work day browsing social media for non-work related activities.



In order to get things done, the best bet is, don't go there at all. Don't open your email box if your job is not there. Don't log in to your social network account.



In the report released by The University of Maryland, in collaboration with Total DUI (a non-profit group), between 60 and 80 percent of Americans admit they don't go online for anything necessary, but rather to kill time or be entertained. For bigger businesses, this means if one thousand of your employees spend just one hour per day "cyberloafing," it could cost you $35 million each year. To make matters worse, numerous studies have revealed that just checking certain social media sites can make a person feel less happy. Now you might have unhappy employees as well as less productive ones.


Every social networking site is a double edged sword. It is sweet and sour. It can make or Mar your productive life. For those who are into Internet marketing or online business, social networking sites are havens of opportunities. This is because they connect with their potential clients through email services and networking sites. However, that well said, it is of prime importance to note here that even those who use the social networking sites for business should be disciplined in their way of using it. The fact is that without being focused, it is easy to stray once on face book platform or any other social networking site. The way out is, like I said earlier, don't visit such site if that is not where your job is. And that will help you to eschew social media addiction.





So, if you must work online, you must be ready to ignore pop ups and other adverts that jostle for your attention on Web pages as you browse through the Internet. Not just to ignore pop ups but to guard or protect oneself from negative stories that can impact negatively on one.

One of the trusted ways of getting things done which we have seen in the life of the world's greatest achievers like Thomas Edison "is to keep trying". As long as what you are trying to do has been done by some one else or even if it has not been done by any one, the truth is that it can be done by you if you stick to it. This means that in order to get things done, you must not give up. You must keep working on your target. Ask questions.

3. Switch off the internet.

It is not possible to get things done if you are always on the Internet doing what you are not suppose to do. The Internet is not a place to go all the time. Most time you need to work offline especially if your work is not online. Like it was pointed out in point number two above, there are many sources of distractions and interruptions on the Internet.

4. Do not welcome casual visitors during your work hours.


In order to get things done, we must not entertain visitors during our work hours. This applies to working at home and those working outside home. As long as it is with in the range of your work hours, don't fix any appointment that has nothing to do with your job. Your working period should be visitor-free.

In several occasions,  I have heard people complain of entertaining visitors during work hours as the reason they were unable to meet their targets or get things done.

Such excuses are not cogent. Your boss or your client or even your spouse will not give you thumbs up for that excuse. Even in rare case when you must welcome visitors due to the urgency  or importance of the reason for such visit, you need to allocate specific time that will not interfere with your day's job.

5. Don't give up.


Sometimes we don't get things done because we give up too soon. For instance, if some people work on a goal once or twice and they don't succeed in it, they give up trying. And remember that as long as you give up trying, you can not get things done. 

What I have found out is that some people don't get things done not because what they are trying to do is undoable but because they decided to throw in the towel may be as a result of impatient or lack or motivation.
What I believe is that the longer you work on a project, the better your experience. And the better your experience, the nearer you are to getting it done.

6.Believe in yourself


Many of us don't get things done because we look down on ourselves forgetting that God lives in us. And when you look down on yourself, you lose confidence in yourself. And when you lose confidence in yourself, it means you don't believe in yourself. So, Don't look down on yourself.

Like I have always said consistently in other articles, to believe in yourself means to believe that there are abilities in you to carry out successfully, one task or the other. That is what Albert Badura calls "Self Efficacy". Self efficacy according him, is the act of believing that one has the ability to do what one wants to do.

When it comes to believing in oneself, what I have discovered is that when one believes in oneself, it gives One the impetus to work harder on a project despite the number of times that one fails. In other words, if you believe that there is enough powers inside you to enable you succeed in what you are doing, you will be motivated to do whatever it takes to help you get the thing done.


When you believe in yourself, that is, when you believe that there is power inside you to enable you carry out a task successfully, you will not be tempted to hang the booth no matter how many times you fail or the difficulty or the challenges you are facing in the project. The fact is that when you believe in yourself, you will start seeing failure as set backs or obstacles that can easily be overcome. So, the best bet, like I always say is, you must believe in yourself and in the God that lives in you because when you do so, it will help you to get things done. And not just getting good things done, but getting things done at the record time.

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