You Already Have What it takes to Succeed

“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.”- Brian Tracy

Have you ever bothered to take a close at your neighbors? If you have, you will discover that they have exactly the same physical endowments like you have even though the shapes and sizes may differ but the numbers are exactly the same if none of your has any disability. If therefore, your neighbor is busy getting things done and you are not, whose fault? Everything you need to succeed is already in you. The will and determination to engage your endowments for productive purposes is what makes the difference.

To achieve anything great or worthwhile, you must resolve, no matter what life hands you, to carry on. When life hands you a lemon, it is left to you to make lemonade out of it. It is not the cards you are dealt that win the game of cards. It is how you play your cards that determines who wins the game. Here is the good news! With all your physical endowments, you were created for greatness. Therefore, there is nothing that can stop you from achieving the greatness for which you were created. The key is to learn to use what you have to get what you want because everything you need to succeed, you already have.

Get busy right now because……..!!!

“No pains, no gains. To get the prize, you must pay the price.”

“If we are born poor, it is not our fault, but if we die poor, it is!”…… Bill Gates

Why You Must Maintain Good Health

“Men will spend their health getting wealth; then gladly pay all they have earned to get health back.” –Mike Murdock

The first wealth is health so it is imperative to maintain good health at all times. Many people in the name of business have ruined their health. Some have found it impossible to get their health back even with all the money they made. Many are even willing to give all the money back in exchange for good health. The bad news is that it is always too late for this. It is in your best interest health-wise to balance your work schedule. You need a healthy mind and body to be able to work. This you can do by eating good and balanced food in the right proportions at the right time. Avoid doing anything in excess. Smoking, taking drugs and drinking alcohol will help to shorten your life and productive years. Listen to your body signals and form the habit of seeing a Doctor when the signals are not good. Divide your day into three parts of 10 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep and 6 hours for extra-curricular activity. This is the best way to stay healthy.

 

The Economics of Time-Wasters Vs Time-Savers

Do you work in an office? Do you believe you work very hard but get little results? The simplified table below can help you make the changes you need to be more productive in your use of time. All these may vary from person to person depending on their separate activities but the examples below can act as a good guide in carrying out your own exercise.

ACTIVITY Going to work Office prayers Meetings Telephoning Lunch breaks Receiving visitors Travels Procurement Selling Office paper work

TIME-WASTERS Taking long routes Using slow transportation Entering traffic jams Long sermons Congregational prayers Testimonials Exorcising Meetings in distant locations from work place Large group meetings Lack of meeting agenda Arguments Lack of focus for meeting Talking about trivia on phone Long conversations Talking socials at work Receiving incessant calls Taking lunch breaks at distant locations Taking multiple-course meals for lunch Taking lunch with a large group of people Receiving any and all kinds of visitors Welcoming visitors at all times Engaging in endless conversations with visitors Frequent and long distant journeys Slow transportation Making all journeys personally Aimless shopping Unplanned buying Discussing trivia with suppliers Window shopping Unplanned selling Discussing trivia with buyers Dealing with distant and far flung customers Piling up routine paper work Doing everything yourself Over-centralization of work Delayed decisions Lax approach to paper work Undue procrastination

TIME-SAVERS Live near your work place Avoid traffic jams Use fast transportation Private individual prayers Prayers outside working hours Prayers before work time begins Schedule meetings preferably within working environment Encourage only small group meetings Have a clear and written agenda Avoid unnecessary arguments Focus only on what is important Screen all in-coming calls Talk only business at work Limit your conversations to not more than 2 minutes per call Switch off your phone at crucial work hours. Take light and fast lunch Eat somewhere near-by if not convenient in your work place Eat lunch alone or in a group of 2 to 4 Skip lunch if you can Screen all visitors Receive visitors only at designated periods Discuss briskly and business-like with visitors Reduce frequency of journeys by making only those that are absolutely necessary Learn to use more of the telephone, fax and e-mail Send subordinates if any on less important journeys Use fast transportation if affordable Deal more with customers and suppliers not too distant from where you operate Plan and budget for all purchases Deal mostly with near-by suppliers Be business-like in all discussions Contract out supplies if practicable Order for procurement to be supplied to site Plan and budget for all sales Be business-like in all discussions Deal more with near-by customers Use distributors if convenient Treat paper work as due Delegate as much as convenient Trust and rely on others Avoid procrastination Time yourself Use dead-lines Make quick decisions