Levels of Love

Never under estimate the power of love.

Love is the singular emotion of power; that can make or mar the progress pattern of life.

Never under estimate that power.

Speaking of love in marriage, these are very important levels or call it BLENDS OF LOVE necessary for a fulfilled love life.

First level: DUTY

Love in its mature state comes with it certain duties expected of both parties in love.

For the husband, the providing basic needs of the home, leadership, mental and physical involvement in family activities. Sex is also a duty for both parties.

For the wife; respect, organising meals, clothing and comfort of the family and more are duties of critical attention.

Second level: FRIENDSHIP

This is that stage of intercession.

For example; after a particular fund has been released for family up-keep for two weeks, may be in just four days the total fund has been expended.

The wife on this level of love should be able to intercede for more, with carefully crafted words of love.

The husband on this level of love should also accept the plea of his spouse without much agony.

Intercession is that comfort of being able to approach the husband or wife to change his or her mind on a matter.

If you always know better than your partner, you are not in love.

Third level: TOTAL EMPATHY

Do you think for or about your spouse?

This is the level of active thought for your spouse.

For example; Mr. A leaves for an important six hour meeting without breakfast, know that he is not such a person who likes to always eat out, his wife Mrs.B, calls the nearest restaurant to place an order in his name to be delivered to Mr. A 's office immediately after the meeting.

Wao! What a deposit of Love!

That is active thinking- Total empathy.

Knowing when your spouse needs a thing, before they even know it themselves and making plans to prepare it.

Kindly note; for a heaven on earth experience in life, purpose and family the three levels must run in harmony.

Love provides. Love observes duties.

Love intercedes. Love forgives.

Love is actively thing.

Love is life.

THE IMPERFECT ME!

Many seek a perfect client, others a perfect boss. Some look forward to see a perfect organisation.

Looking deeply into my life and series of event that have characterised my history, I seek a perfect me, who will be blameless, flawless, spotless and without wrinkle. Think I should do better than what I’m doing presently.

Stories of how many fall short of divine expectation are in my face, even the threat of being alone, without support physically torch my soul, sometimes due to my mistakes or should I call it the cycles of life. I don’t know what.

When do I attain perfection?

I remember the story of a young saxophonist, who at an event made a beautiful rendition, “too skilful for a young lady”, was the expression on the face of everyone at the event.

 The master of the ceremony soon announced that the young saxophonist has been awarded a life time scholarship in any institution of her choice with regular stipend to follow; more cash gifts were also given to her.

In a long while, I have not experience such dramatic gesture towards a mere mortal.

But her countenance was noticed to reflect an unhappy state, when asked why. She said (while pointing an old man sitting in crowd), “that man in blue is not happy”. Who is he? “He is my master” she answered.

 The moral of this story is that: No other accolade makes sense but the masters’.

While we live in this mortal casing, we cannot attain perfection.

 However, we should strive to please the master only.

  Pursue with the last drop of breathe the leadings of the master.

Finally, never judge the servant of another man, for to his master he stands or falls.

At Least One Friend

At Least One Friend

An old man turned to me and asked,

“How many friends have you?”

“Why, ten or twenty friends have I”

And I named off just a few.

He smiled a knowing smile at me.

“But think of what you’re saying.

There’s so much that you don’t know!

A friend is just not someone

To whom you say “Hello”!”

“A friend’s tender shoulder

On which to softly cry,

A well to pour your troubles down

And raise your spirit high.

A friend’s a hand to pull you up

From darkness and despair,

When all your other so-called “friends”

Have helped to put you there!

A true friend is an ally

Who can’t be moved or bought,

A voice to keep your name alive

When others have forgotten

But most of all a friend’s a heart,

A strong and sturdy wall,

For from the hearts of friends there comes

The greatest love all!

So think of what I’ve spoken,

For every word is true.

And answer once again, my child,

How many friends have you?”

Awaiting my reply

I smiled at him and answered

“At least ONE friend have I!”

-Author Unknown

In Pursuit Of Righteousness

In Pursuit Of Righteousness

Purity is the hallmark of godliness. 

Purity is not a life without filth, but a proof of constant cleansing.

This however, is not a stamp for an unrighteous life, rather a proof of a down payment for the pursuit of a life without grunge; it’s the supreme God giving excuses for our infirmity.

My head bow, humbling my heart for the unimaginable amazing grace greasing my path to stay righteous and pure. What a wonderful God! 

Our motivation to pursue righteousness should not just be to escape the end-time event or horror, but also that our testimony of Christ will not be evil spoken.

How to walk in this pursuit

·         Don’t live in denial

·         Never tempt yourself

Self Gentleness

One form of gentleness we should practice is towards ourselves. 

We should never get irritated with ourselves because of our imperfections. 

It is reasonable to be displeased and sorry when we commit faults, but not fretful or spiteful to ourselves.

Some make the mistake of being angry because they have been angry, hurt because they have hurt, vexed because they have been vexed. 

They think they are getting rid of anger, that the second remedies the first; actually, they are preparing the way for fresh anger on the first occasion.

Besides this, all irritation with ourselves tends to foster pride and springs from self-love, which is displeased at finding we are not perfect.

We should regard our faults with calm, collected and firm displeasure.

We correct them better by a quiet persevering repentance than by an irritated, hasty, and passionate one.

When your heart has fallen, raise it gently, humbling yourself before God, acknowledging your fault, but not surprised at your fall.

Francis de Sales, “A Mother’s Heart”

Love Vs Obligation

A house is a house until love comes through the door and love intuitively goes around sprinkling that special extra that transforms a house into a very special home for very special people:your family.

Money,of course,can build a charming house,but only love can furnish it with feeling of home.

Duty can pack adequate sack lunch,but love may decide to tuck a little love note inside.

Money can provide a television set, but love controls it and cares enough to say no and take the guff that comes with it.

Obligation can cook a meal,but embellishes the table with potted ivy trailing around slender candles.

Duty writes many letters, but love tucks a joke or apicture or a fresh stick of gum inside.

Compulsion keeps a sparkling house. But love and prayer stand a better chance of producing a happy family.

Duty gets offended quickly if  isn't appreciated. But love learns to laugh a lot and work for the sheer joy of doing it.

Obligation can pour a glass of milk,but quite often love will add a little chocolate.


Author Unknown

The Makings of a Great Story

I love the story of Joseph. I think it's my favorite. There are many people who love this story. What makes it such a great story?

See if this lines up with your thoughts: I love how his brothers hate him. I think it's great that they plot to kill him. It's really cool how they decide to throw him in a pit. It's moving to read how his father's heart breaks at the report of Joseph's "death". Being sold to slavery must have been so cool! Getting to ride those camels...

That's not all! It gets better! He gets to go to prison for something he didn't do! He's put in chains. I love to read how he helps this guy who forgets about him for 2 years! Ah, what a story...

Are these the parts of this story that make it great to you? Of course, there are those other elements. There's the love of his father. He gets a great coat of many colors. He has awesome dreams of the future. He's put in charge of the household of Potiphar. Then, he's given charge of the jail! Ultimately, he's brought into the king's presence, and obtains the most powerful position in the kingdom.

Too often we forget that these are elements of the same story.

A few years ago, I had the pleasure of having dinner with Mark Bouman, a missionary from Cambodia. He has some stories. Someone he doesn't know gave him $100,000 to build a school for the government in his country. At another time, he was in a group of people who raised $250,000 for the mission field in 15 minutes. He told about how 2 major league baseball players each gave several hundred thousand dollars to his missions work.

Great story, right?

The missionary also told how he and his family stood on the street in front of his house as a jeep with a mounted machine gun came around the corner shooting everyone that was outside. His family got inside in time. He told of the raw sewage that surrounded the school. He told of fleeing the country with his family at night. he told of how his house was the only thing between two warring factions. He told of machine guns being pointed in his face as his family watched.

Guess what... Same story.

What's your story? There's a consistent pattern in the "great" stories. It's the pattern of God's faithfulness. What makes God's faithfulness so evident is the obedience of his people. The story of Joseph and the story of Mark Bouman (the missionary) are stories of men. They're just people like you and me. Their lives have effected untold thousands.

Whether I realize it or not, my life has all the makings of a great story. I have a key roll. No matter what circumstances are in front of me, all I have to do is obey what God commands. It may or may not involve prisons, camels or machine guns, but that doesn't make a difference. My Dynamic Lifestyle of Worship is not contingent on comfort, ease, or convenience. It's a decision I make. I will give God my life. All of it. I will offer him the highest form of worship: my obedience.

Right there are all the makings of a great story!

Credit to Pastor Greg Lathe (the author) and my friend Charles Dayo Oluyori, who forward the story to me.God bless you sirs.

Wisdom but bitter

For some people, the only true action towards change is the one they lead. Wake up, this isn't BC, it's AD. Quit hating on everything (one).

Life does not revolve only around your idea.

The earlier you recognise the all-important input of other men, the faster you realise and live in greatness.

Nothing is absolute in itself.

Everything- idea, doctrine, innovation, beliefs, ideology, and teachings- will require balance.

Balance at some point may not necessarily be in the middle.

The wisdom of the biblical King Solomon may not work in the days of Barack Obama.

The same secrets that took Tiger Woods to the top should never be discarded, because he failed.

Take the success secret, leave the rest. Learn the tricks of the tiger, but never enter the woods.

There is no War General without a scar.

There are no iron-clad rules in life. Be flexible.

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not the bend beyond normal.

Life should  be expressed within a family structure, however when you are single greatness begins.

Kindly do yourself a favour, do not wait for the structure before you succeed.

If do not succeed because someone treated you bad, you may soon find out you sold your birth right to an offence.

If plan A fails, remember the alphabet has 25 other letters.

Give no one the opportunity to make you angry.

Anger is for the fool.

Talk less.

Cheers.

Silent Night

Great day.
It will shock you that I m not about composing another christmas song or something..
Silent nights occur in everyones life and there may be season of some quiets.
The approach to the difficult seasons of life determines what you are made of.

Silent moments are those challenging moments of life you dont want to return to.
If this moments are recourrent in your life it means there is something you should learn but you have not.
Brace up to learn.
Document the lessons and experience as you grow.
Nothing is as difficult as it first appear.
Never violate your internal guidance system.
Be real with yourself. Never say you are not wrong.
Simply learn and move on.

Your journey to greatness begins when you can tell yourself the truth without killing yourself.
As we learn in life our mistakes should be minimal.
Learning preceed reigning.
Never run from the bitter truth.
People upgrade your life when they tell you the truth.
You are more blessed if you can agree to change.
Am changing 360 degree from now. So much lessons.

God is ever faithful.
He will never tell you to jump only to pull off the mattress.
Always remember that you are in safe hands.

Peace to my soul.

LOVE AND LIFE

Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you build till the end.

by Jumar Life is about trusting your feelings and taking chances, losing and finding happiness, appreciating the memories, learning from the past, and realizing people change by Jaimie To be honest with you, I don't have the words to make you feel better, but I do have the arms to give you a hug, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about, and I have a heart; a heart that's aching to see you smile again. by Caila I'll always remember... I'll never forget, how you took my breath away, the first time we met. No matter what happens... no matter what we do, I'll always remember the first time I saw you. by Zenki I'll always be beside you until the very end, wiping all your tears away, being your best friend. I'll smile when you smile and feel all the pain you do, and if you cry a single tear, I promise I'll cry too. by Leighann You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel by Unknown   Sometimes what you want isn't always what you get, but in the end what you get is so much better than what you wanted by Caitlin Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met. by Cristina W. Why is it that we love the ones who ignore us and ignore the ones who love us? by Steph  Most times you do not walk into love but just find yourself in it. Love is the best thing in life.  by Ayodolapo

Quotes are life

Great day a friend shared this with me in a mail this week and I found it helpful, so I think every should be bless by them.

Here are a few quotes about wealth that I feel the urge to push into your face this morning

·        If you don’t see the need for an extra income, please just get it at least for the fatherless and motherless. Godfrey Ogbuehi

·        “Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.” Oscar Wilde quotes (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)

·        You aren't wealthy until you have something money can't buy.” Garth Brooks (American Country singer)

·        “Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time” Margaret Bonnano

·        How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy

·        The No. 1 rule is to know the difference between an asset and a liability. The rich focus on their asset columns while everyone else focuses on their income statements. The more money that goes into my asset column, the more my asset column grows. The more my assets grow, the more my cash flow grows. And as long as I keep my expenses less than the cash flow from these assets, I will grow richer, with more and more income from sources other than my physical labor.            Robert T. Kiyosaki

·      Money isn't everything...but it ranks right up there with oxygen. Rita Davenport

·     “[The] ideal client is the very wealthy man in very great trouble.” John Sterling quotes

·     Happiness is a positive cash flow. Fred Adler

·     Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin

·     Anyone who says money can't buy happiness just doesn't know where to shop.

·     Fortune does not change men, it unmasks them. Suzanne Necker

s

LIVING YOUR DREAM

Dreams are the mental pictures of a preferable future.

Living without such burning desires for better days ahead, is dangerous.

Living without a goal is living like a goat.

Live for something higher than you.

A man can only emerge a success only when he decides to live for something higher than him. If you will run from the challenges of today you will not enjoy the pleasures of tomorrow. Tomorrow belongs to those who a willing to deny self for the joy of tomorrow.

Live deliberately.

There are no accidents or coincidence in life.

Never live like a mistake, allowing life to roll bye anyhow. It’s the most dangerous way to live.

Learn to create your world. Get on the driver seat of your life.

If you will live your life anyhow, you will end up a surprise, but not a pleasant one.

I often ask who taught us those bad pronunciations. May be we did not learn how to live deliberately, learning the rudiments of the language.

Life is to be lived deliberately

Take steps towards the big goal each day.

Success is a product of calculated steps.

Right things done daily, compound into success.

Take steps today.

Build relationships for the future.

People are precious; you cannot afford to lose a friend.

The future is locked up in people you meet and the books you read.

Save for the future.

Cultivate the habit of saving for the future. Set aside funds for raining days.

Be financially intelligent.

Develop skills for the future.

Skills will elevate and project your persona.

Among the skills of the future is ability to speak and write well.

Kindly give yourself this wonderful gift of the future, get a coach today. Live for the future.

Live each day like tomorrow.

Dont wait for the future to come, start living it now!

Dress for the future. Dress your dream.

Talk the future. Live in it today!

The Icon is gone: Steve Jobs of Apple in history

"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius and the world has lost an amazing human being," Apple said. "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives."

What a great loses to technology as Steve Jobs bow to the battle against pancreatic cancer. To fans of Apple from America to Australia gather to pay tribute to a man who transformed the phone, music and computing industry.

What a short and eventful life. The world will not forget Jobs in a hurry.

Apple co-founder and former chief executive Steve Jobs has died at the age of 56.

 The pioneering businessman, who was the mind behind the revolutionary iPhone and iPad devices, had been battling pancreatic cancer.

He stepped down from his post as Apple's chief executive in August saying he could no longer handle the job due to his illness.

Mr Jobs, who lived in Silicone Valley, California, died on Wednesday surrounded by his family. Apple said it was "deeply saddened" by the news.

A company spokesman said: "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.

"His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts."

A statement released by his family added: "In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve's illness."

The father-of-four started Apple Computer with high school friend Steve Wozniak in his garage in 1976 but was forced out a decade later. He returned in the mid-1990s and transformed Apple into one of the world's most powerful companies.

Just two months ago the frail-looking businessman resigned as the company's CEO due to his health, but said he would continue to play a leadership role. He was replaced by Apple's chief operating officer, Tim Cook, and took the role of chairman of the company's board.

Mr Jobs, described by many as an industry oracle who revolutionised computing, survived pancreatic cancer in 2004 before receiving a liver transplant in 2009. He had taken three spells of leave over the past several years, with the most recent spell in January.

Steve Jobs works and words live with us forever, reading through some of his speeches and quotes I could tell he was a man deep and truly great. Greatness is from the heart, communicated in words, demonstrated in deeds. A tireless worker and visionary, you have stamp your stamped your feet on the sound of time and heart of men forever.

I found his words enriching, kindly read:

COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 2005

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.''

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.''

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

"Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem. It's ad hoc meetings of six people called by someone who thinks he has figured out the coolest new thing ever and who wants to know what other people think of his idea.''

"And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.''

INTERVIEW WITH FORTUNE MAGAZINE, 2000

"In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.''

"My position coming back to Apple was that our industry was in a coma. It reminded me of Detroit in the '70s, when American cars were boats on wheels.''

INTERVIEW WITH WIRED, 1996

"These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that. But it's a disservice to constantly put things in this radical new light - that it's going to change everything. Things don't have to change the world to be important.''

INTERVIEW WITH PLAYBOY MAGAZINE, 1985

"I don't think I've ever worked so hard on something, but working on Macintosh was the neatest experience of my life. Almost everyone who worked on it will say that. None of us wanted to release it at the end. It was as though we knew that once it was out of our hands, it wouldn't be ours anymore. When we finally presented it at the shareholders' meeting, everyone in the auditorium stood up and gave it a 5-minute ovation. What was incredible to me was that I could see the Mac team in the first few rows. It was as though none of us could believe that we'd actually finished it. Everyone started crying.''

COMMENT TO NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER WHO ASKED ABOUT JOBS' HEALTH, 2008

"You think I'm an arrogant [expletive] who thinks he's above the law, and I think you're a slime bucket who gets most of his facts wrong.''

INTERVIEW WITH WIRED, 1996

"These technologies can make life easier; can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that. But it's a disservice to constantly put things in this radical new light - that it's going to change everything. Things don't have to change the world to be important.''

INTERVIEW WITH FORTUNE, 2008

"We don't get a chance to do that many things, and everyone should be really excellent. Because this is our life."

INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW YORK TIMES, 2003

"Design is not just what it looks like. Design is how it works."

INTERVIEW WITH THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 1993

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me."

INTERVIEW WITH INC MAGAZINE, 1989

"You can't just ask the customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

Steve Jobs died 5^th October 2011.

Sources: MSN and Telegraph.

The Psychology of Success

Success is purely a product of well calculated steps, nothing just happen.

The instrumental force of success is in the ability to utilise the mind.

Never allow yourself reduced to a physical job handler, kindly don’t delight in it.

The best of men knows that success in a mind game.

The psychology of success is THINK, FEEL, and ACT.

When you think it, you feel it, when you feel it, you act it!

 Take time to invest in your mind.

Concentrate on an idea it will yield result.

Every picture that stays long enough on your mind will attract its material equivalence.

The human mind is structure to attract the object of focus from the mental realm to the material universe.

Our lives is practically dominated by the things will think, feel and do.

Get rid of the junk, let start succeeding on a higher scale.

My secret love for President Barack Obama

As a black skin young man I could not imagine how much dignity was brought to my race when one man took the courage of stepping into the waters where only the mighty could swim, full of sharks and dared the impossible.

 He through the boldness of his soul took the high and mighty in contest, many thought he will only make a few noise here and there, then he will just be history, but he seems to have seen the future through the eye of the great Martin Luther king jnr who prophesy the today that we live in. Martin Luther in a speech said he has seen the future, just as dramatic as it seems the world and America today, have a black man sitting and governing from the white house.

I only saw a movie of a black man on the race for the president of the world power-united state of America. Little did I know that some day it will soon become the experience of our days? A black man of Kenyan origin, born and raised in white family will rule the world power, which made him the most powerful human on earth and commanding the highest honour of all times.

This is a mystery!

I love this man Barack Obama, the 44^th president of the united state of America.

I love him for his:

Boldness: The cowards die a million times before their actual death. Boldness has some genius in it.

Wealth of knowledge: knowledge is power; it will differentiate who wins and who loses.

Panache: Barack is in a class of his own. Style is an attracting force; anyone could be pulled by this force.

Gift of the mouth: the mouth is a defence. Carefully crafted and well spoken words are an adornment on the neck of the speaker, priceless, more than the finest of gold.

Hospitality: great leaders touch a heart before they ask for a hand, Barack knows how to make friend out of a total stranger he is meeting for the first time.

Never take defeat seriously: he never gave up fight. He knows how to calm the storm.

Believe: you can tell a man will succeed from his looks, so much believe radiate through him, America could not but trust him. He believed the words of Martin Luther king Jnr. You could tell in his speech, just like mlk!

Strategic: how more strategic a man can be? He took off the terror leader of the 9/11, with no trace before hand, taking the world by surprise.

Discipline: not one cigarette since the white house.lol.

Finally my secret love lessons exposed!

Many more later............. I love you Barack!

7 laws that will change your life.

1.       Law of Instruction: Says that extra-ordinary results have in its foundation extra-ordinary instructions beyond the intelligence and activity of men.

Get your instruction right, location is important to sowing and reaping.  Harvest is geographical.

2.       Law of Saturation: says that an entity posses’ dominion over an environment only after its voice has saturated the environment concern.

 Saturate your immediate environment with your materials or advert.

3.       Law of Connectivity: says that the soul of men have being structured to only draw towards pleasure and friendship.

Connect with the people you are sent to first. Be friendly.

How you connect in different environment is dynamic and location specific. Study your environment and never be weary of trying something new, it may just be it.

4.       Law of Visual appeal: says that abilities and character is often judged at first sight.

 Your attire should reflect who you are and what you do.

5.       Law of Request: says that there are no commitments unless there is an asking.

Always ask for what you want from the people.

6.       Law of the Inner code: says everyone has an encoding that must be decoded to enjoy the inner treasure within them.

The people your sent to have an un-written code within them they see things in a particular way.

7.       Law of Total harvest: says that for a bountiful harvest all available harvest tools must be utilised. Involve your whole faculty in a strategic way.

How to Develop a Winning Attitude

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it." -Henry Ford

Man's ability over all other creatures on this Earth is the ability to think. All successful people use this talent to improve their lives and control their own destiny.

Only you can take the initial step toward the unleashing of the power within your own mind. The power is awesome and at times can be frightening.

However, man has abilities of the mind that many people cannot or would not believe.
The first step in using your true mental abilities is understanding the seven triggering mechanisms that guarantee success.

1. Passion - All truly successful people have a driving force within them that sets them apart from others. A desire, an energy that gives them the fuel to reach their true potential.

This force is a part of them 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It never subsides. Their total existence is sustained for the fulfilment of their goals.

The passion within this individual to achieve has been so deeply implanted, that their mental power is driven by this force and will not let them do anything other than achieve.

2. Belief - "They can because they think they can"-Virgil. You will only make $100,000 this year if you first believe you can. If you do not believe you can you are telling yourself you want it, but it is truly not obtainable.

The truth of life is that man's limits are self imposed by what the mind is given to believe. If you expand your belief of your own abilities, you will also expand your true realm of accomplishment.

A man of whom all are aware, lived his life with adversity, but he constantly believed he could achieve.

* Failed in business at age 31
* Was defeated in a legislative race at age 32
* Failed again in business at age 34
* Overcome death of sweetheart at age 35
* Had a nervous breakdown at age 36
* Lost an election at age 38
* Lost a congressional race at age 43
* Lost a congressional race at age 46
* Lost a congressional race at age 48
* Lost a Senatorial race at age 55
* Failed to become Vice President at age 56
* Lost a Senatorial race at age 58
* Was elected President of the United States at age 60


With all the adversity that faced him, President Abraham Lincoln had no reason to continually try other than the fact that he believed it was his destiny and measure of success to accomplish this task.

"Man is what believes" -Anton Checkhov

3. Strategy - A strategy is your game plan of life. The road map you will use to accomplish your goals, ambitions and desires.

Just to believe you can earn $100,000 a year is not enough, you must design a strategy that gives your life direction and navigates you toward success.

The key to strategy is to design a proper strategy to achieve your success without the detours of life, to find the shortest distance between two points.

4. Clarity of Values - Man must first determine which things in life are most valuable to him. He must determine his feeling about such things as patriotism, pride, love, freedom, excellence, ownership and tolerance.

These are values in society, the moral, ethical and fundamental judgements that we, as individuals, deem important. Without a clear system of values for ourselves, it is impossible to believe in something with a passion that has no value to us.

Once we have established our individual value system we are then able to determine how we can achieve success based on our priority of values. What must we five up in one hand to accomplish what we desire on the other.

Without a value system we can never move forward for we may be trading without increasing our potential for success.

5. Energy - Without the physical vitality to take action, nothing would ever come of our system to this point.

The passion could build, our belief of accomplishment could be overwhelming, we could have the best strategy or map to achieve the ultimate value for our own life, but if not for taking the first step, nothing could ever be accomplished.

Great success cannot be separated from physical, spiritual and mental energy that allows us, compels us, to accomplish the most with what we have to work with.

Physical energy comes from the strength of the body itself fuelled by our intake of nourishment. It is therefore important that we fuel our engine with premium fuel (good eating habits), not low grade regular (junk food).

Our spiritual and intellectual energy evolves from our environment and it is therefore important that we assess our own personal environment to maximize the energy that we can obtain.

6. Bonding Power - We have all known people that have exhibited the ability to get along with anyone and everyone.

The ability to be a chameleon is truly the ability to connect with and bond with others.

The ability to build rapport. Being able to deal with others as Mr. Robbins says "To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."

7. Mastery of Communication - Take charge and run your own mind. No longer allow our mind to run our lives, but rather take charge of our own mental abilities and cause them to work for our own accomplishment of success.

Adjustment

The secret of great men is the ability to adjust to prevailing forces and then flourish.

Men may not be born great, but men evolve.

Some entrepreneurs, who didn't adjust to the evolution of the age moving from type writer to the computer, such got their fingers burnt in the fire of regret. When men do not shift with ideas they are left behind and lose their glory.

That was the tale of a friend’s father who uses to be a flourishing entrepreneur using the type writer for business and selling wholesales, but he refuse to change with the computer age.

 He had in store large shipment of outdated equipment worth millions that no one desire to purchase or take as a monument. His business did not only sink, he sank with the business and the entire family was left to suffer. He made a ship wreck of himself and his family vision. What a sad story to remember.

Man is not finality, but a possibility, in the womb of patience and perseverance is life is breed. To ignore the power and potency of the principle of adjustment is to be dead while breathing.

Disorder causes pain. When pain is felt it's a proof of disorder something is not in its proper place. If pain must stop we must adjust.

With a little experience about the fundamentals of the camera, I learnt that proper adjustment of the lens must be done to focus on the object; at some point the person in waiting just want the picture done but the expert by experience will insist on focus. When proper adjustment is done then the job is eighty percent done.

Such is our lives, if only we make the adjustments necessary at every change in the click of time, living will be without stress.

Adjustment will require a diligent search, kindly give it the best of your thinking and time, life will pay you in due season.

There are no time wasted in preparation, so also there no time wasted in adjusting, rather it saves time and deliver from the pain and agony of life.

Making the right adjustment may just be mental and not necessarily physical; this is the most important adjustment because everything changes in the direction of the mind.

Our minds are the helm turning the TITANIC ship of our destiny.

Only mad men don't change their mind. That was the strongest quote for adjustment I and a group of friends shared while we were in the college.

 It motivated us never to feel bad changing our minds and adjusting to prevailing instructions. I have learnt by experience that if I didn’t want to lose my mind adjustment is crucial.

Adjust, time is running out!