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If you want to better yoursef and your personality, here are some suggestions.  Do one thing at a time, shoot for one goal at a time.  Live in the present; grasp today fully.  Forget the mistakes of yesterday; let them be gone forever.  Stop nagging yourself and others.  Seek self improvement earnestly.  Cultivate self respect through a honest self-appraisal.  Learn to listen to others, it liberates you from been bias.  Reach out for your goals; If at first you dont succeed, try again.  Venture into conversations, do not be timid even if you make a mistake.  Exercise imagination and initiative to achieve success.  Keep your self image regulated, let it pulse and enthusiasm never fall with despair.  Finally: Never forget to spend a moment every day thanking God that you can feel great about your self. 

YOU CANNOT GET BY PRAYER WHAT YOU SHOULD GET BY CHARACTER & OBEDIENCE A man’s character is his fate Heraclitus Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (US), said: “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” As a clergyman, I have watched pitiably how people self-sabotage themselves by seeking spiritual solutions to character-deficit issues. They look around at everybody as suspects for their predicaments when their greatest demons lurks within them their character. What we often call our destiny is truly our character, and since that character can change, then destiny can be altered. Character is destiny. Is prayer actually EVERYTHING? Many would begin to argue back and forth on this intriguing question, but my main purpose of writing this piece is not to get involved in arguments. Arguments don’t improve the validity of a ‘truth;’ they only determi...

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Who wants to spend valuable time planning and preparing when  you can just dive in , right? Let's just dive in, get to work, and see what happens. Then, let's do it again, because it is sure to be a failure the first time. That's how it works. You can jump in without a plan, but it's going to be a waste of your time since  you will just have to do it over again . Have you ever heard the quote "Failing to plan is planning to fail?" That essentially means if you don't put a plan in place, you can expect to fail each and every time. If you  prefer to do it right the first time , adhere to the 5P rule: Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. In other words, if you want to be a success, you better start planning. Just how does planning help you succeed? Check these reasons out. Planning Creates Focus If you don't have a plan, you won't have a focus. You'll go in numerous directions, trying to figure out what to d...

An effective mindset is one that makes the best use of available resources – your time, energy and efforts – and uses them to create positive change. It’s not about trying to do everything and be everything; it’s making the very best of what you have while enjoying the process of living. Here are seven effective traits and behaviors of such a mindset: 1.  Enjoys and appreciates the present moment. Happiness is a mindset that can only be designed into the present. It’s not a point in the future or a moment from the past; but sadly, this misconception hurts the masses. So many young people seem to think that happiness awaits them in the years ahead, while so many older people believe that their best moments are behind them. The truth is, the greater part of your happiness or misery depends solely upon your attitude towards any given moment, regardless of the events contained within. You need much less than you think you need to be happy, and you usually have a lot more than yo...

African culture is a  noble culture known to take respect for elders sacrosanct. The Nigerian culture also portrays these, the Yoruba ethnic group in South Western region of Nigeria makes respect second-to-none, the younger ones are  not given  chances to disrespect the elderly, even if the person is just one year older. Infact, the Yoruba cultural setting believes your parents are your god (which I believe  is the same with majority of African culture) and due respect should be accorded to them. As a matter of fact, the father is the head of the home, so all due honour and respect must be accorded to him. This fact is also uphold by most religious teachings. Food is one of the main stay for human survival both for the Young and old. Respect is also not left out in this area. In most family settings, wives must accord the husband some respect in serving his food, the man's food is served first before others. What really baffles me in this area is the essence ...

What is a Mindset? Your mindset is the sum of your knowledge, including beliefs and thoughts about the world and yourself in it. It is your filter for information you get in and put out. So it determines how you receive and react information. It’s often used for a specific part in your life, as in “the mindset of an entrepreneur” or “the growth mindset”. And having the right mindset for what you go for is often the biggest factor. Developing the right mindset is then the way learning something new and strip out the most relevant information. Then you develop the beliefs that are most helpful for where you want to go or how you want to be. This belief-system is then your mindset. And I think a good mindset will reflect reality and will help you. But not in that order. I think the order has to be like this: 1. Find the beliefs that are most supportive 2. Check if the beliefs are in harmony with (a potential) reality You want to use your mindset to make a positive change . That...

The three basic mindsets “The most important question anyone can ask is: What myth am I living?” — Carl Jung While everyone’s mindset is unique there are some common types that are useful to be aware of. This includes the Fixed, Growth and Benefit Mindsets which reflect common beliefs people hold about the nature of learning and leadership. A Fixed Mindset is symbolised by the everyday expert. “In a Fixed Mindset people believe their basic abilities, their intelligence, their talents, are fixed traits. They have a certain amount and that’s that, and then their goal becomes to look smart all the time and never look dumb.” —  Carol Dweck A Growth Mindset is symbolised by the everyday learner. “In a Growth Mindset people understand that their talents and abilities can be developed through effort and persistence. They don’t necessarily think everyone’s the same or anyone can be Einstein, but they believe everyone can get smarter if they work at it.” —  Carol Dweck A Benefit Mi...

The nature of mindsets by Ash Buchanan A primer on how our underlying beliefs, attitudes and assumptions create our everyday lives — and our shared world Mindsets shape the lives we lead, the actions we take and the future possibilities of the world we live in. In this primer, we provide an overview of what mindsets are, why they matter and explore a range of practices you can use to be mindful about how and why you use them. What is a Mindset? “Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.” — Mahatma Gandhi Eight principles can be used to describe the underlying nature of mindsets. 1) Mindsets are habits of mind The word mindset was first used in the 1930’s to mean “habits of mind formed by previous experience.” In simple terms, mindsets are deeply held beliefs, attitudes and assumptions we create about who we are and h...

"I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got". You cannot keep a commited person from success. Place stumbling blocks in his way, and he takes them for steppingstone, and on them he will climb to greatness. Take away his money and he makes spur of his poverty to urge him on. The person who succeeds has program; he fixes his course and adheres to it; he lays his plans and executes them; he goes straight to his goals. He is not pushed this side and that, every time a difficulty is thrust in his way, if he cannot go over it, he goes through it. Commitment takes a person to a whole new level when it comes to success Thanks for reading, dont forget to drop your comments so we can serve you better.

Influence Others: Every thing rises and falls on leadership because a person's ability to make things happen in and through others depends entirely on their ability to lead them. Without leadership, there is no team work, and people go thier own way. If you dream big, you will require the teamwork of a group of people, then any potential leaders you select to go with you on the journey will need to be people of influence. That's what leadership is - Influence. And when you think about it, all leaders have these two things in common :They are going somewhere, and they are able to persuade others to go with them. There is nothing powerful than an idea whose time has come. Idea are the greatest resource a successful person could ever have, and when you surround yourself with creative people, you are never at loss for inspiring ideas. If you and the people around you continually generate good ideas, all of you have better opportunities to reach your potential. Fro...