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There was once a wise old man who live on top of a mountain. (I don't know somehow or rather why old wise men always seem to stay on top of mountians) . Whenever the villagers had a problem, they would climb up the mountain and ask the old man for advice. One day, a young man (successful by the standard of the day) decided to climb up and ask the old man a question. Wise man, wise man, "he asked" what makes a man truly great?. The old man looked at him and said, do you sincerely want to know?  Yes, yes the young man said. There was once a Greek man " the old man started a story", who suffered from a deadly disease. Knowing that he was going to die, he was first to join the Army when his  country was in a battle with their enemy. Hoping to die in battle, he would fight and fight and fight exposing  himself in the front line without any worry for his life. Finally when the battle was won, he was still alive!. His General, so impressed with his bravery which c...

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                 Choose What You Fight... In 2018 I once met a very successful business man and I asked him to share his secret with me. He smiled and said to me..., they are quite easy! I started succeeding when I started leaving small fights for small fighters. I stopped fighting those who gossiped about me... I stopped fighting those who do not believe in me, I quit trying to win them over. I stopped fighting over unnecessary issues with my spouse... I stopped fighting for attention... I stopped fighting to meet up with public expectation... I left such fights for those who have nothing else to fight... “And I started fighting for my vision, my dreams, my ideas and my destiny,  my goals, my aspiration, then the result begins to show, I started winning big". That was the day I gave up on small fights. Some fights are not worth your time. Fight to make your visions and dreams come alive! Fight the good fight of fai...

If you can't be a pine on top of the hill, be a scrub in the valley but be the best little scrub by the side of the hill. Be a bush if you can't be a tree, if you can't be a bush, be a bit of grass. If you can't be a muskie, then just be a bass, but be the liveliest bass in the lake. We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew, there is something for all of us. There is bigwork to do and there's lesser to do and the task we must do is the near. If you can't be a highway, then just be the trail. If you can't be the sun be a star, it isn't by size that you win or you fail. Be the best of whatever you are.                 By Douglas Mallock

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It seems to me that people have vast potential.Most people can do extraordinary things if they have confidence to take risks,Yet most people do not.They sit in font of the tell and treat life as if it goes on forever. No horse gets anywhere until it is harnessed, no steam or gas drives anything until it is confined, no Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused and dedicated. Things will not always go the way you want, the unexpected and the undesired may happen. But the question is simple, will you allow those things to stop you  or will you drive on through them and move on to greatness? What you pay for in life is what you don't know, that is why the more you know the less you pay, so seek to know more! Don't get so wrapped up in planning the future that you forget to enjoy the present. Every adversity, every failure, every disappointment, every unpleasant circumstance and experience carries with it the...

For there is a hope for a tree If it be cut down, That it will sprout again And that it shoots will not cease Though it root grow old in the earth (soil) And its stump die in the soil Yet at the scent of water It will bud and put on branches Like a young plant  ******************************************HAPPY NEW YEAR

They both went to the cinema, One was very inquisitive and nervous. Eager to know what will happen next in the movie, the other was calm looking undisturbed. The other still nervous said to his friend you look so calm, why are you not nervous about what will happen next?. He said "because I wrote the script". God knows what next will happen in your life,why are you so nervous about what you can't affect. Keep calm! GOD knows all and He's in  control. He wrote the script for 2018, why not partner with him, so you could experience calmness because your persistency in being nervous could eventually lead to a nervous breakdown. ****************************************** Happy new year to all our followers and viewers worldwide. 

Kick Off the New Year! I love to step outside and watch the first rays of the sun early in the morning. There’s something about the newness of the day that gives me energy. Whether the smell of a new car or the ref’s whistle signaling the start of a game, I love beginnings. The new year is full of hope and opportunity.  Here are some quotes to inspire your new year. To your success! “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” –Abraham Lincoln “Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” –Helen Keller “Success is something you attract by the person you become.” –Jim Rohn “The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.” –G.K. Chesterton “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.” –T.S. Eliot “All our dreams can com...

The most effective influencer humans has is the mind, but humans has the ability to decide if the influence will be positive or otherwise. The activities going on within your mind controls your thought which forms your words, and then your word which forms your actions,  and then your actions which forms your habit and on the long run your habits helps develop your character. Whom you are today as a person depends on how successful your mind had learned over the years and the influence of your environment. As the new year approaches, carve out time to nurture your inner self (mind), your relationship with God and man. Make out personal time to intentionally and consistently feed your mind. Personal feeding of the mind is a strong antidote of external wrong feeding (information). Understand that your success in life is tied down to how successfull your mind is. I am yet to see a man who rises in life beyond the level of his mind set, please if you have let me know via your c...