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  • The 7 Key Principles of Success

    “Success is a journey, not a destination” ~ Ben Sweetland. This is one of my favourite quotes.

    Indeed, success isn’t a destination where you can say, “Now I have arrived at success”; it’s a journey. It is a daily way of living. There is no quick fix or formula for success.

    We’ve all asked why some people are more successful than others.

    I have been researching this question and have come to believe that the following key principles are common among successful people.

    Many other factors have helped people succeed, but they all revolve around these 7 principles.

    There are many ways to measure success. Some people measure it by the wealth they have accumulated, while others measure it by what they have achieved.

    Whatever metrics you choose, the principles mentioned in this article will be useful to you.

    Success is directly linked to Personal development. You cannot be successful without growing as an individual. Personal development is the pathway to success in any pursuit.

    The difference between successful and unsuccessful people is their attitude towards what they want to achieve.

    People who pursue success are usually persistent, highly motivated, and highly focused on what they are trying to achieve.

    Set Your Goals

    “If one advances confidently in the direction of their goals and endeavours to live the life that they have imagined, they will meet with success unexpected in common hours” ~ Henry David Thoreau.

    The principle of goal setting cannot be over-emphasised. You cannot call yourself successful if you have no target to aim for.

    Therefore, it’s important to write down your intended life purpose before you set out to fulfil it.

    All human beings have a God-given task to achieve in their lives.

    Most of us have abandoned or have no idea what that purpose is. Man was not created to live an aimless life. God created you to contribute positively to the human race.

    Dr Myles Munroe says, “The richest place on earth is the graveyard.” This is because the graveyard holds ideas that were never actualised, songs that were never sung, and inventions that were never born.

    Imagine if you and I played our part in making this world a better place. The world would be different and beaming with goodness.

    Goal setting is the first step to take before venturing out to fulfil your God-given purpose. Have something that is directing your life.

    When you write down your goals and read them frequently, they act as a stimulus and motivation to help you move towards achieving them.

    Targets act as reminders. They are meant to be used as a gauge. Most successful people are goal-oriented.

    If you have no goals in life, you are just flowing with the wind, and you can rest assured you will not achieve much.

    Forget About Failure

    “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently” ~ Henry Ford.

    We fail because we accept failure. Many great stories show how successful people never gave up, even when they faced the prospect of failure.

    Treat failure as an opportunity to perfect your act. Yes, in everything that you set out to do, you shall encounter challenges.

    Challenges are there to teach you and make you adjust your approach to achieving your plans. It shows you that this is not the right path to success.

    A word of encouragement to everyone: there is no success without failure. Every successful person has failed at some point. The difference is perseverance.

    When you are starting with your plans, “DO NOT PLAN FOR FAILURE.” Don’t even think about failure; erase it from your mind. When you face failure, treat it as a challenge and take it head-on.

    Failure results from wrong thinking and a lack of persistence. Put on your positive thoughts, and failure will run out through the window.

    Personal success does not necessarily mean you will not face challenges, nor does it mean the absence of failure.

    If you think the journey to success is plain and easy, you are absolutely mistaken. The journey to success requires persistence, smart hard work, diligence, and perseverance.

    If you cultivate the habit of persistence, you will certainly enjoy the insurance against failure.

    “Mastery of the Law of Success philosophy is the equivalent of an insurance policy against failure” ~ Samuel Gompers.

    One of the most common causes of failure is the bad habit of quitting when you face temporary defeat.

    Most of us have made this mistake before. At some point in life, we have quit.

    Take One Step at a Time

    “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step” ~ Chinese Proverb.

    Often, when we start a new project, we try to do too many things at once. There is nothing wrong with multitasking, but the danger is that you may lose focus on your main objective(s).

    So it’s important to take one step at a time. Remember, you are not in a race with anyone. It is your personal achievement program. You set the pace and tone for your progress.

    Your plans may not be clear at the beginning, but as you take one step and one day at a time, a much clearer picture of what you want to achieve will begin to emerge.

    The beauty of setting out your life’s purpose is that you do something that you enjoy doing for the rest of your life.

    The challenges you will face every day will be more exciting as you overcome them. You will look back with pride and joy at how far you have come.

    In this part of the world I come from, we tend to do things for the interim. We are not long-term oriented. People tend to want instant gratification.

    Even our local businesspeople start businesses for daily sustenance; most of them have no succession plan, and they want to live for the now.

    When the owner of the business dies, they die with it. Very few well-established businesses have flourished long after the original owners have passed on.

    I do not want to be in the bracket of those that die with the ideas. I want to create ideas that will live on long after I am gone.

    Avoid Negativity

    Watch out for the negative people in your life. Avoid them and always hang around with positive-minded people.

    Find people who will encourage and compliment what you are doing. You cannot entertain negative thoughts and expect to have a positive outcome.

    Positive thoughts will destroy negative thoughts as certainly as light destroys darkness, and the results will be just as effective.

    Negativity is the mother of failure. I challenge you to think of a successful person with a negative-minded personality.

    One major difference between success and failure is positivity. The more you lean toward positivity, the more success you will achieve, and the opposite is true.

    But then you may ask, “How can I avoid negativity?” See 4 tips to help stay positive. You will find some useful tips and information that you can use.

    Like I said before, negativity is the beginning of all failure. The Bible says you will reap what you sow. If you sow negativity, you will definitely get negative results; equally, if you are positive, you will reap positive results.

    There are very few instances where you reap negative results when you are very optimistic. Avoiding all the negative things in life can help change and enhance your personal success.

    Clarify Your Goals

    The goals you set will not be clear at first. If you wait for them to be clear, you will never start on your journey, and I can assure you they will never be clear from the outset.

    When I first set out to pursue my life’s purpose, it was very hazy, and it only started becoming clearer as I worked through the process.

    Every time I visualise what the end product will be, it gets more and more clearer. It is important, though, to be specific at the very beginning about what you want to achieve; for example, you may have a target to raise, say, US$5 million in five years.

    This is a more specific and measurable target than saying, “I want to raise a lot of money in 5 years.”

    What won’t be clear is how you’ll raise the US$5 million.

    Clarifying your goals as you go is important because it keeps your mind in tune with what you are doing. Keep an open mind, and focus more on the journey than the goal.

    Remember, only with unbounded confidence can you reach the goal.

    Embrace Obstacles

    Big ideas tend to eliminate smaller ideas, so it is best to hold ideas large enough to counteract and destroy all small or undesirable tendencies.

    Big ideas will remove innumerable petty and annoying obstacles from your path. You also become conscious of a larger world of thought, increasing your mental capacity and placing you in a position to accomplish something of value.

    Embrace obstacles; they are part of the journey to success. Obstacles tell us to change something in our plans. They simply show us that this is not the way you are looking for.

    However, through attention, you will finally be able to overcome obstacles of any kind that appear in your path onward and upward, and the only way to gain this wonderful power is through practice.

    Remember, practice makes perfect. Difficulties, harmonies, and obstacles indicate that we are either refusing to let go of what we no longer need or refusing to accept what we require.

    Difficulties and obstacles will keep coming until we absorb their wisdom and gather the essentials for further growth.

    You are Not an Island

    No man is an island. We are all part of one big family: the universe. God always gives us people to be surrounded by for a reason.

    You should not be ashamed or feel inferior to ask for help. In fact, help is everywhere. Seek help where you need it.

    Man is part of one huge universe, and each of us has a different role to play, just as the human body consists of various parts performing different but coordinated functions.

    Support can come through various different forms; if you are in business, it could come through employing people and/or delegating some of your duties.

    You should always endeavour not to live life in isolation. Also, try to surround yourself with helpful people. That is, those that you can learn something from.

    Conclusion

    “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving they make mistakes but they do not quit” ~ Conrad Hilton.

    There is no known secret to success, but believe me, he who thinks big and acts on his thoughts has every chance to succeed more than he who thinks small and does not act on his thoughts.

    I would like to end by encouraging you to try these principles; they may be what you have been missing in your life.

  • 5 Tips to Increase Your Sales

    “One of the best uses of your time is to increase your competence in your key result areas” – Brian Tracy.

    At the core of every business is a sale. A sale is complete only when a customer makes the payment. Many of the strategies to increase sales offline are also applicable online, but not all of them are well adapted for online sales.

    The Internet has changed how people do business. Even small business owners can reach global markets cheaply nowadays, selling anything from apparel and collectables to computer software, services, and coaching.

    On the Internet, everybody can afford to fail and learn fast. Better still, after years of testing and tracking what works online, you can learn from other people’s experiences and cut the learning curve tremendously.

    The best thing the Internet has done is to have businesses exposed to millions, if not billions, of potential customers. The onus is on you to make your business visible. If you have an Internet business, know that your website has the potential to reach millions of people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

    The biggest challenge faced by most business owners is getting and letting those would-be customers know about their products/services and converting them to sales. The kind of business you are promoting matters less; the need to have loyal, satisfied customers is the key to lifelong earnings.

    Imagine how much a loyal and satisfied customer will give you if they keep coming and buying from you. Increasing your sales revenue cannot be done in isolation without promoting your site. In other words, the more traffic your site has, the more chances of increasing your sales.

    Establish a Sound Product/Service

    First things first, you need to have a product/service that you are selling or marketing. If you are an affiliate program marketer like me, you need to find or create a good one.

    Find something that flows naturally from you. Sell or promote something you enjoy doing. If it is just another affiliate program, then don’t expect to have different results.

    Focus on building a sound affiliate program, with the tools and materials to support affiliates in promoting a program easily. After all, affiliates work like clockwork and should be seen as a team.

    Provide them with the right promotional tools, and they will be more likely to promote the program. Click here to learn about the qualities of a good affiliate marketing program.

    Give the customers an option to join the affiliate program after purchase. Satisfied customers are one of the best marketers for any business. They spread the good word through word of mouth. Best of all, they are not paid for doing that.

    Having a good affiliate program is the key to enhancing your sales. There are many people and businesses selling stuff out there. The best affiliate marketers are those who have their customers at heart.

    Offer such incentives as 30/60/90 days guarantees for unsatisfied customers and honour your promises. A good affiliate program or product/services will ensure that you build loyal customers who can extend to buying other products that you are promoting.

    After Sale Follow-ups

    The hardest task in any business is acquiring the first sale. Make sure that, at a minimum, customers’ names and email addresses are collected during every sale.

    You will need this information for future interaction with the customer. To keep in touch with my own audience, I created a mailing list and send out a newsletter once every month. This helps me promote other products and services that my affiliate program offers.

    Most experienced marketers will agree with me that creating a mailing list is one of the best ways of increasing your sales. The trick, however, is not to spam your mailing list. You will also need to respect people’s privacy and learn not to share private information with third parties.

    This effort has been proven to decrease refunds on products and increase customers’ satisfaction.

    Every once in a while, mention a related product that might be of interest to the customers. Write a review and provide real results.

    Such promotion is extremely inexpensive, but very effective in practice. The product can be anything, including an affiliate program.

    I know that creating a mailing list can be very hard, but it is worthwhile when you have a responsive one. There are many ways you can use to create one; others prefer the cheap way of buying one rather than the hard route of creating one from scratch.

    I have a problem, though, with going the easy way when it comes to mailing lists. The chances that you will buy a non-responsive list are very high. You may end up having people unsubscribe from your list as they may feel cheated.

    Apart from sending newsletters to your mailing list, engage them. Especially those who have just bought something from you, find out if they are satisfied with the quality of the product; has the mode of delivery been met; is it what they expected; and many other questions that can help you improve in future.

    By doing so, you are telling your customers that it is not just the money you are interested in, but meeting and satisfying their needs.

    People want to be appreciated when they spend money; add some freebies to their purchases. This will surely guarantee you loyal customers, which will lead to an increase in your sales.

    Up-sell Technique

    One up-sell technique that I find very effective is that, just before a customer checks out to the payment gateway, I prompt for an optional upgrade to a better, bigger, or nicer product for a fairly steep discount. Do not overdo this, though, as some people will just want to get on with what they are buying.

    I recommend just having one optional upgrade and nothing more. It can be very irritating and confusing when you are just about to buy something, and you are receiving a lot of other offers.

    If you have more than one optional upgrade offer, you have to find a better way of promoting the other offers. Preferably, sometime after the first offer has been purchased. You risk losing your first sale if you have to subject your would-be customer to a lot of offers at the same time.

    I would like to mention here that we all have different abilities and techniques; what may work for me might not necessarily produce the desired results for some.

    It is very important that you monitor and possibly document the methods you are employing so as to make better judgment and concentrate on the methods that produce your desired results.

    In affiliate marketing, patience and perseverance are key to increasing your sales. You should learn to treat your online business just the same way as you would treat an offline business.

    One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that online businesses are different from offline businesses. For any business to succeed, you need to learn the tricks of the trade.

    Provide Discount Coupons

    Don’t we all love quality and inexpensive things? Coupons urge customers to come back and shop. Promotional coupons work for both advertising and some forms of joint venture.

    Customers love to know that they get a lower price for what they buy. Coupons make it so real and tangible. This brings me back to the earlier point I made about offering guarantees.

    If you know you are selling a superior and quality product, you will put your head on the chopping board by offering money-back guarantees.

    Believe me, I would rather buy from someone who offers to pay me back if I feel their product is of inferior quality, does not do what they claim it should do, or does not meet my expectations.

    Discount coupons can be provided for bulk buying or whatever marketing reason you can give. But always remember that discounts should not eat into your profits.

    Only give discounts where you can afford them and give them sensibly. Remember that discounts are a cost to your business that should be handled carefully.

    People love discounts as this provides some form of savings. Giving discounts can significantly increase your sales as people will be lured by them.

    Promote With Related Products

    There is no limit as to how this could be accomplished. A joint venture with other businesses or even competitors is feasible as long as it brings a win-win situation.

    One example would be to give away a sample of another product or service as part of the whole package. As long as the sample is relevant to the customer, this promotion could be seen as an added value instead of pure advertising.

    Packaging your products with many related ones gives you the added advantage and spoils the customer for choice. That is why it is very important that you join an affiliate program that has multiple products/services to offer.

    There is no harm in enticing your customers with different products to choose from, provided they are well documented and explained. You should try to help the customer by mentioning the major differences and advantages where possible.

    You are there to offer the customer a solution to their needs. Most people will make purchases if they feel that they are being offered a solution at the right price.

    Let me mention here that the costing of your products is also another important aspect of your business. Do not overprice your products/services. It would be wise to have a little business knowledge before you venture into business, be it online or offline.

    Some people think that high prices mean more money and forget that money is made at the rate of turnover. When deciding on a price, consider all other aspects and come up with a fairly reasonable price that reflects the value of the product you are offering.

    Conclusion

    “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out” ~ Robert Collier. There are many other tactics to increase your sales, but the above tips have been proven to work again and again.

    Choose one at a time and take action. Business success is not instant but a gradual process. Affiliate marketing programs can be a source of high income if managed and nurtured well. I have below some recommended products to get you started. These are products that have been proven by me and are giving me results. Please bear in mind that levels of success depend largely on self-commitment and methods employed.

    Recommended Products

    SFI Affiliate Marketing Program
    TripleClicks

  • Challenges Require Us to Conquer Them

    Success isn’t defined by the absence of obstacles, but by how relentless you are when facing them.

    Life is full of challenges. Every day comes with its own challenges. If you give up, you are acknowledging failure. You are allowing failure to succeed.

    We were designed to overcome all difficulties that come our way. I don’t know what you are facing, but I know that you are solely responsible for your life.

    “How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser” – Lou Holtz.

    It is your responsibility to do your very best to overcome all issues that come with life. If you sit and wait for someone, they will never show up.

    It is entirely up to you to do something about it. Get up and get moving; challenges do not last a lifetime; they last but a moment.

    Challenges are a sign of things to come. They are merely a test of your mental attitude and character. The challenges we go through in our lives help build our character.

    The way you handle your current challenges determines how far you will go in achieving your success. Surely success does not come easily. It does not come on a silver platter.

    If it were easy, we would all be successful, and I am sure that life would be boring. There would be no motivation to live.

    Challenges help us find solutions to life. “Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful” – Joshua J. Marine.

    In your journey to success, you will fail many times, but that should not stop you from reaching your goals.

    Problems are temporary; they are the path to success. You will achieve whatever you set your mind on, but that does not mean it will come without great cost.

    Every good thing comes at a high cost. There is always a price to pay for enjoying long-lasting success.

    One of the biggest problems I have noticed, especially with the current generation, is wanting to cut corners. Wanting to compete with other people.

    Measuring success by possessions and material things. Being envious of other people’s achievements. Just because you have seen your friend seemingly doing well, you also want to do the same. No! Live your own life.

    Learn How to Handle Your Own Challenges

    I believe that there are no problems that are insurmountable. In my life, I have faced some very challenging situations that at times have left me feeling helpless.

    Some of the problems are a result of my bad decisions, and some are not of my own making. But in all, I have learned to handle them positively.

    I remember the first time I lost my job due to restructuring. It was very difficult to comprehend then, and it actually took me some time to open up and start telling people about it.

    I thought it was the end of the world. Maybe the only consolation then was that I was still very young and learning life.

    It took me some time to actually come to terms with the fact that I was unemployed. Young as I was, I had to refocus my life.

    I know that it’s not easy when you have lost your only source of income. But there is always a way out. Sometimes things happen for us to see the other side of life.

    Losing a source of income is not the end of your life, but rather it is the beginning of a new challenge in your life.

    Stop complaining about not having an income and start working on your next big income stream. If you can see the invisible, you can achieve the impossible.

    Start seeing the invisible. If promotion is not coming, what are you doing about it? If you are looking for a huge business contract, are you ready for it? Are you prepared to handle the many responsibilities that come with huge business contracts?

    The thing is, you may be going through challenges right now, but you are not the only one.

    Learn from your current situation and get ready for the next big step in your life. God blesses people he can trust. He blesses people who are ready and willing to take the challenge.

    Keep Moving Forward

    When you are faced with problems, the most important thing to do is to keep moving forward.

    Yes, sometimes it seems impossible to even just motivate yourself, but just keep moving anyway.

    Ever since I took on the journey of personal development, I have learned that not all days are the same. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

    But even in your loss, there is a pinch of victory, because you will have learned how not to fail.

    You may not notice it, but you are slowly growing as you move forward. I like to give the example of my website; every time I successfully publish an article, I know that I am moving forward.

    The more I write, the more I move forward; the more I move forward, the closer I get to achieving my dream of building a reputable and successful personal development and self-growth website.

    For me, the main focus and motivation for this site is to encourage someone to achieve their dreams.

    Look, if I can contribute in a small way, I am more than happy to do that. I am not perfect, but I am more than willing to help.

    And you know this site is also a source of motivation for me; that is why I intend to keep providing free self-improvement content and materials.

    Conclusion

    “Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars” – Brian Tracy.

    I would like to encourage you to take steps that will help you overcome life’s challenges. After all, challenges are what make us grow.

    When you were a baby, you had to overcome the fear of falling when learning how to walk. You were fearless. Get back that attitude and start overcoming your current situation. Bye, and remember to conquer your challenges.

  • The Importance of Committing to a Cause

    When you commit to the people and things that are important to you, your family, or your career, for example, the result is that your relationships will greatly improve. The more stable your relationships are, the easier it is to achieve your goals. The more you achieve your goals, the happier your life will be.

    Therefore, committing to improving your relationships will largely determine the quality of your life.

    This website has become a huge part of my life. It is one of my most treasured assets. Most of the things I do are tailored to have a trickle-down effect on the improvement of this website.

    I am committing my time and efforts to see the improvement and total transformation of the content on a regular basis. The relationship I have built with it over a period of time makes me want to do even more. Such is the commitment I have pledged to see this website succeed.

    However, committing to its success has not come easy. It has come at a great cost. I have had to pay the price of cutting down on so many activities and have dedicated my efforts and energy to this cause.

    “Cause change and lead; accept change and survive; resist change and die” – Ray Noorda.

    Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but by how we react to what happens; not what life brings to us, but the attitude that we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.

    By committing to the improvement of generating valuable content, I have learned so many things in the process and have seen my writing skills improve. If you have been following this site, you will realise that there is an improvement in the presentation and quality of the content.

    I know that there is still a lot of room for improvement, and I will surely keep pushing until I get there. For as long as the commitment is alive, this will be one of the first go-to sites for personal growth and self-improvement.

    This year, I would like to generate more content, published on a regular basis. This means doubling my efforts and improving further on my writing skills. Currently, it is taking me longer than I would like to generate content.

    I want to reduce the amount of time it takes me to write and publish an article, without compromising on the quality of the content. So far, I think I am on the right track. Last year, I learned to write down ideas as they pop up. This has helped me keep track of them.

    This has seen me write down more ideas than I can imagine. Currently, I have more than 33 ideas that need to be translated into articles and published. This is more than a month of content if I have to write and post an article every day. And the list keeps growing rapidly.

    What has lagged behind is the capacity to convert the ideas into content. This is now the area I am working on improving. Let’s hope that a formula will be quickly devised that can help propel me to translate the ideas into content on a much more regular basis.

    If you have noticed, my articles have gradually increased in length. This is a deliberate policy and standard I have put in place. In fact, it is my intention to increase the length even further, so as to fully give me an opportunity to drive my point.

    Perhaps this is one of the major reasons that has caused me to lag behind in delivering content on a regular basis. The policy is to ensure that every article being published meets the minimum standard set.

    To help speed up the process of improving my writing skills, I am taking lessons from “Writing 101: Building a Blogging Habit” this little e-book has been an eye-opener. It has taught me many things, such as practicing writing on a daily basis.

    Let’s hope that the knowledge gained from it will be put to practice for the eventual benefit of the website visitors.

    There are many benefits to be derived when you are committed to a cause. It entails dedication, ability to work hard and bear infinite fortitude. The trust you develop will surely not go without being repaid. The world gives you back what you give it. You cannot expect to reap oranges from a guava tree.

    You cannot expect to get different results if you are doing the same things.

    Committing to a cause will ensure that you give your very best. Because you are committed and believe in the cause, you will surely take the time to do your best. When you give your best, the best comes back to you. The Bible says that one gives freely, yet gains much more.

    Committing to this website has helped change my life. I have seen myself grow not just in years but also in character. Because I believe in what I am doing, I enjoy it. Yes, sometimes I have no motivation or inspiration to write, but I still do something that helps to improve my well-being.

    Conclusion

    I would like to encourage you to make a serious commitment to any cause that you believe in. It could be your family, a charity, or indeed your career. Committing to a just cause will surely help you discover many aspects of your life that you would not have known about.

    I know that there are many things that you can dedicate your life to. Find something that really matters to you and give it a try. Success is committing to give your best no matter what the circumstances are.

    “Commit yourself to a- dream. Nobody who tries to do something great, but fails, is a total failure. Why? Because he can always be assured that he succeeded in life’s most important battle; he defeated the battle of not trying” Robert H. Schuller.

  • Persisting Through the Challenges of Life is Good Preparation for the Rewards Ahead

    Sometimes life gives you what you did not bargain for. You must learn to overcome the many challenges that come your way. If you want to progress and grow, you should not be afraid when you are faced with challenges.

    In fact, adversities prepare you for what is coming ahead. Embracing and conquering your current challenges will help usher you into your destiny.

    “Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” – George S. Patton.

    You must always look forward to the day ahead, knowing you will give it your very best and conquer it.

    I am encouraged by Mr. Hakainde S. Hichilema, the 7th Republican President of Zambia.

    He lost many general elections and never gave up. He was imprisoned and faced one of the most unfriendly governments I have ever witnessed in Zambia.

    In the end, he won an election by a huge margin, defeating the sitting President convincingly. His story is an inspiration to some of us. This is a story of perseverance and a never-give-up mentality.

    Being on the opposing side for 20 years and still having the belief and faith that he would win is just amazing. It shows how much faith the man has in his abilities.

    Well, I guess that is why he is a very successful and respected businessman.

    It takes a lot of courage, determination, sacrifice, and resilience to do what he has done, especially in African politics.

    Some of the folks who joined him gave up along the way and went back to the other side of the coin to sit and dine with the very people they were calling all sorts of names and opposing.

    His story also teaches us many things and makes me believe even more in the principle that “do unto others as you would want them to do unto you.”

    Life can change at the snap of a finger. God is the only one who has the final say in our destiny.

    Never be too comfortable when you hold a position of power, especially in political office. People will only respect you while you still occupy the office. Mostly because of what they can gain from your office.

    The moment you leave the office, and especially if you leave in a disgraceful manner, you will be humiliated. You will be alone. You will realise that all those who sang songs for you will not be anywhere near.

    That is why it is better to leave the scene when people are still clapping for you. That way, they will continue to respect you even long after you leave the office.

    Stay Focused on the Prize

    When you are focused and can see the end of the road, you will be motivated to work until you achieve your goals. No amount of adversity can sway you from achieving your goals.

    Your vision illuminates the path to your success. It is the torch that lights your way. Everything you do is laser-focused and centred on your vision.

    All your efforts and energies are channelled to achieve what you desire.

    The prize for Mr. Hichilema was the presidency, which he finally got after contesting five times. He did not let his suffering get the better of him.

    I am sure that spending all those nights in prison, in what he called a filthy environment, made him even more hungry to achieve his goal.

    It is also a lesson that when you are destined for something great, God always protects you from your enemies. For all I know, he could have easily been harmed or killed whilst in detention.

    Yet, his life was preserved and rewarded for his tenacity and faithfulness. Today, he goes down in history as the 7th President of the Republic of Zambia.

    Hang in There

    The higher the prize, the higher the cost. The more adversity, the higher the rewards. After the storm, the sea is calm.

    Many of us give up just when we are about to experience a breakthrough. That is what happened to those who were alongside Mr. Hichilema.

    They jumped over to the other side, not knowing that he would be President and that they would continue to be on the opposing side.

    If only they had persisted and endured the rough journey with him, they would have been celebrating with him.

    It is always important in life to be focused and believe in yourself and your cause. Life will always throw things at you. Especially when you are destined for a greater calling.

    Conclusion

    “Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”  – William Ellery Channing.

    Follow the desires of your heart and have a vision for what you want to achieve.

  • You Don’t Grow When Things are Going Easy

    “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity” – Albert Einstein.

    “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moment of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenges and controversy” – Martin Luther King Jr.

    As human beings, we have a natural tendency to want to do the easier things in life.

    However, you will realise that if you want to grow and succeed, as an individual, you’d better get used to doing the heavy stuff as well. Doing the things that you are not used to. The things that you like to postpone.

    The things that make you uncomfortable are the things that really help you grow. Not all things are easy the first time. But with practice, perseverance, and patience, they become easier, lighter, and more enjoyable.

    There is usually no growth in times of good. In times of plenty, we normally concentrate on enjoying the rewards. However, life demands that we constantly grow in everything that we do.

    This month, I have dedicated myself to writing and posting 30 articles. I am already behind. Not that I want to give excuses, but this is the reality of it.

    Writing on a daily basis is an unfamiliar territory for me. I have had a few other personal challenges that have hindered my progress, but to talk about them would be giving excuses.

    I would rather pick it up from here and see how far I can go with it. Well, I guess it will be worthwhile to review and measure my performance at the end of the challenge. I take full responsibility for it.

    They say all growth comes from within. The ability to grow is implanted within each and every one of us. If you really want to grow, be it financially or in personal development, you need to start nurturing the seed of growth within you.

    Personal development is like a mustard seed. You plant a small seed, with care and nurturing, it grows into a tree. All things take time, but better things take even longer to produce. 

    They say good wine takes time to mature. The longer it takes, the better the quality. Likewise, if you are working on a good project, you should not expect immediate results.

    You will need to overcome failure and many other obstacles before you see the fruits of your labour. Most of the time, there is a thin line between success and failure. Most people give up just before they strike gold.

    Endurance is Key

    Without perseverance and endurance, there is no success. Without endurance, there is no real growth. If there is a formula for personal growth, I would say, “hard, smart work + persistence + endurance = success.”

    Let’s take a college student as an example. For them to get good grades, they have to work hard, be smart, and endure the long hours of sleepless nights studying.

    When I was studying computer programming, I would study into the wee hours of the night before going to bed.

    As a student, I had to endure the sleepless nights and persistently pursue my studies. Without which I would not have graduated.

    I guess endurance is a measure of how far we are willing to go in order to achieve certain objectives.

    All great inventors had to endure and conquer failure many times. Without endurance, they would not have achieved even the little that has been accomplished.

    You may not realise it, but you have made certain sacrifices and have come out strong. It could be positive or negative; we have all experienced endurance.

    How Motivated are You?

    What contribution are you giving to humanity? Are you spending 8 hours a day doing something that does not inspire you? Are you just doing time?

    What will you leave because you came with nothing on earth? These few questions keep me motivated to continue writing and pursuing my life’s purpose.

    I believe that the most important day in one’s life is when one realises what their purpose is. When they realise why they wake up in the morning and do what they need to do every day.

    There is a saying that the moment you are born, the body begins to prepare for death. When you were born, they dug your grave and put the dirt on the right side. When you die, they will put the dirt on the left side.

    Unfortunately, the reality of life is that many of us will not be remembered after some time. And many of us will not even be known to have ever lived on this earth.

    One day, we will be made to account for the time we spent on this beautiful planet. We, therefore, must make good of it. But to achieve this, we must do things that keep motivating us to achieve our life’s purposes.

    That is why it is important to do things that make you happy on a daily basis. One of the best ways to be happy is to earn a living doing the things that make you happy.

    Conclusion

    “How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser” – Lou Holtz.

    The measure of your Personal growth and development is usually noticed when you are going through challenges. Your resilience and persistence will be put to the full test during these challenges.

  • You Have the Potential for Improvement

    The potential for improvement lies within you. We all have the power to change and make improvements to our lives.

    No matter where you are or what you have done before, there is always room and opportunities for growth; the choice is yours.

    All growth is from within, but it has to be nurtured. Take a seed, for example: given the right nutrients and conditions, it sprouts to become a tree and bears fruit. Whether that fruit is good or not depends on the consistency of the nurturing.

    The same with human beings, but even more so, because human beings have the choice and are in control of what they want. You decide where you want to go and what you want to do.

    In other words, you have free will. You have the will to be or not to be, the will to do or not to do. The earlier you realise in life that the power and the potential for improvement are within, the better for you to lay down a solid foundation for yourself.

    The more you realise that the authority and ability for improvement are within, the more easily you chart your own scope for growth.

    But unless and only if you tap into this inner resource, personal improvement will always remain potential. That is the difference between successful and average people.

    The most successful people have known how to tap into this power to realise their full potential. We have heard about sportsmen and women who were highly rated in the earlier stages of their careers but never got to fulfil their full potential.

    They say the greatest tragedy of the average person is that they are buried with their unsung songs.

    Be a Student of Yourself

    This may sound absurd to many, yet it is true. If you have to succeed, you need to continuously be a student of yourself.

    Yes, a student of yourself. Take time to fully understand your emotions, your desires, and your thought patterns.

    Know your weaknesses and your strengths. Funny as it may sound, some people do not even know what their weaknesses and strengths are. Learn everything you need to know about yourself.

    We are all made differently; I believe that God does not make duplicates. What may work for me might not necessarily work for you.

    Study and know yourself. I have found that writing things down helps me to remember a lot of stuff. I am not super intelligent, so I cannot totally rely on my memory alone.

    That is why I carry a notebook with me most of the time. In this notebook, there are so many things written down.

    I am constantly writing down ideas and the things I am learning every time.

    I have attended so many meetings, and it is amazing to notice that many people do not take down notes. Worse still, they do not carry notebooks to meetings.

    Well, I guess it is just me, but I have noted that taking down notes works wonders for me. Every time I sit down to review my notes, it all begins to flow back. This has really helped improve my productivity.

    Being a student of yourself entails trying out so many things and finding the things that work best for you. Not everything will work for you.

    Like, I recently discovered that playing soft classical music in the background while doing some work actually works well for me.

    Playing high-energy music when doing exercises or when I am keeping fit is very helpful.

    The study of yourself is a lifelong process. It means that you must continuously pay attention to yourself.

    This process also requires some personal time. A time when you can sit down alone and reflect, a time when you can introspect. I usually do this early in the morning and late at night just before going to bed.

    Keep Your Eyes on the Ball

    You cannot hit a target you cannot see. Life is like a game of football; the general idea is to score more goals than your opponents.

    In a game of football, the target is to hit the ball past the opposing goalkeeper. To do that, you must ensure that your team keeps possession of the ball. This can only be achieved by keeping your eyes on the movement of the ball and ensuring that you have control of the ball.

    In life, however, you set your own targets, and you must do this. If you have not yet found your life’s purpose, I strongly encourage you to do so right now and begin to work towards achieving it.

    Unlike in a football match where you outscore your opponents, in life, you will fail many times. Your goal is to keep moving.

    The closer you move towards achieving your life’s purpose, the more progressive you are. This is the only way you can measure your progress.

    Remember that personal development should be measured only by you and not outsiders.

    Just like in the game of football, your opponents are also trying hard to score; you must be prepared to face adversities in life. Do not let what people say about you be a distraction.

    Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and you have no control over what people think of you.

    Consider people as spectators watching a football match; they can only cheer and grumble depending on what they see.

    They have no control of the game, but you have control of the game called life. It is entirely and squarely in your hands.

    What matters most is what you think about yourself. That should be what propels you. If you think you are successful, well and good; enjoy your success.

    Just keep your mind focused on the task at hand. Work to improve on it and give it your very best shot.

    Conclusion

    “Consult not your fears, but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you have tried and failed in, but for what is still possible for you to do” – Pope John XXIII.

    We all can improve our lives. This potential for improvement is God-given. God gave us the power and will to decide what we want for our lives.

  • Everything is Hard Before It’s Easy

    “If I have correct goals and I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything falls into line. If I do the right thing, I am going to succeed” – Dan Dierdorf.

    By nature, human beings want to have easy things in life. Most of us are full of envy when we see our friends driving beautiful, fancy cars and living seemingly comfortable lives in general.

    How we long to arrive at the so-called“easy or soft life” destination without hard work.

    The lazier we become, the further away we drift from the good life. Yes, we can all achieve what we want, and I believe that is what God intended for us all. But achieving your heart’s desires requires you to take bold and right steps, to make bold decisions that require a mindset change.

    Personal development and self-growth require a change in your mind and belief systems. If you are to achieve your goals, there is no doubt that your attitude and mindset have to be in sync.

    Perhaps this could be a great start for you to set your year’s objectives and goals. The key thing is to start somewhere. Start now, plan to succeed at whatever you are intending to do. I believe that everything worthwhile is worth your effort.

    If everything in life were easy to achieve or get, then life would have been very boring. We were designed to work, both physically and mentally.

    I have discovered that nature is neutral. God has blessed us with the same environment; we all have equal access to the environment.

    No one on this earth can claim to have more or less than 24 hours a day; I have never heard of anyone who has more or less air.

    We all experience the same conditions at a given time. We all tap into the same universal resources. We are all products of the same universe. We were all created in the image of God.

    The difference, however, is how efficiently and effectively we use these abundant resources that God has given us.

    The question that one may ask is, how come life seems to be easy for some people? Well, I believe that nothing comes as easily as it seems, and let me just say that life is never easy.

    All good things come at a cost. You must be willing to pay the price before you begin to reap and enjoy the rewards. I know for sure that for you to live a happy and successful life, you must be willing to pay the price and be disciplined enough to delay gratification.

    Most of us want to live in the now and not in the future. We do not want to delay gratification.

    Even the so-called easy life is not as easy as it seems. It may look easy from the outside, but it is not what it seems.

    I remember my early working days, when we used to envy our friends who worked for bigger and “better” corporate organisations.

    We all would be saying, “If only I worked for that organisation, life would be easy”. Yet the people working for the same organisations would be looking elsewhere.

    Condition Your Mind to Start Working

    You will agree with me that everything good is worth working for. It feels very nice when you have worked for something and are enjoying the benefits.

    It gives me much pleasure when I have achieved a target. I have a sense of joy, and my mind is motivated to even work harder. It is, therefore, very important to set goals that are achievable in order that you keep a positive mental attitude.

    Failure should, however, not be an obstacle; it should be viewed as a challenge to be overcome. It should be a learning process.

    Every day of our lives we are constantly pushing ourselves to achieve targets. You may not realise it, but every day of your life you are achieving a target; this could either be positive or negative; the choice is yours.

    You need to prepare your mind for success. Preparing your mind for success is important, as this will also allow you to grow with your success.

    This will require you to take deliberate steps to condition your mind. If need be, you may have to change your friends or get out of some bad relationships. Yes, I mean change your friends.

    Not all relationships are actually beneficial; some can be very detrimental. You may also need to move to a new location.

    Over time, I have personally had to make some drastic changes to my lifestyle. I have had to reduce my inner circle. This has helped me a great deal.

    I am more focused on what I do. Believe me, some relationships can be a distraction to your progress; the sooner you identify them and make the necessary change, the better.

    It may be difficult for you to make drastic changes right now, but if you are serious about shaping your future, find a way to adjust. Do not allow friendship to hinder your progress.

    Your mind plays a key role in determining your overall progress in life. What you feed your mind daily is very important. The Bible says, “For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

    If you hang around people with a positive mental attitude, you are most certainly going to have a positive attitude; the opposite is also true.

    Everything that we do or want to do in life begins in our minds. Our minds are, therefore, the workshop or the engine room for everything.

    Do you realise that everything that is made by man was first conceived in the mind? This is how important our mind is.

    Apart from hanging around with positive-minded people, you could also start reading books and listening to audiotapes that will have a positive impact on your mind.

    Make a deliberate habit to change your mind and ensure that you take action every day.

    There is No Easy Route

    Once you have started pursuing your goals, learn to be patient with yourself. You will keep on falling and failing.

    Every new skill or habit takes time to execute with minimal effort. Keep learning from your mistakes and be open-minded to make the necessary changes.

    I have noticed that most of the younger generation are in the habit of trying to cut corners, especially in the area of financial freedom. They want to start climbing the tree from the top instead of learning the ropes.

    Believe me, it is not worth it. I have yet to find an easy route to success that is not short-lived. Ever since I embarked on doing what I love most, it has not been easy.

    Yes, I enjoy it, but the journey has not been an easy one. I have enjoyed both dry moments and good ones. What keeps me going is the fact that I enjoy writing and believe that these articles are of help to someone.

    I am still very much a work in progress, but impressed with my own progression so far.

    From my studies and personal experience on the subject of self-growth and improvement, I have learned that cutting corners only yields short-lived happiness.

    If you want long-lasting happiness, resolve to do the right things. You will have peace of mind for the rest of your life. The small things that I have achieved so far through hard work make me feel over the moon.

    They may be small, but they actually count a lot to me. After all, success is the total of the small things we accomplish on a daily basis.

    I am not in any competition or race with anybody and therefore will move at my own pace.

    If something is worth its salt, then it is worth your sweat. Everything is always difficult the first time.

    Conclusion

    Everything in life is hard before it’s easy. They say that it takes 21 days to develop a new habit. If habits can be learned, then they can be unlearned.

    You can take advantage of this theory and change your non-productive habits to those that will, in the process, help you grow as an individual.

    The Bible says “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” – Philippians 4:7.

    “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” – Proverbs.

    Having the knowledge that our minds are very critical to our personal development and self-improvement, it is therefore very important that you learn to guard your mind and heart.

  • To Change is to Be Progressive

    “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference” – Serenity Prayer.

    Change comes from within. To ignore change is to accept defeat and acknowledge failure. Successful people are those who embrace change.

    Without change, there can be no meaningful success. Change is an agent for success; before success, there is the “change” process.

    If you intend to succeed at anything you are involved with, you cannot expect to achieve different results if you are doing the same things that make you fail. Change your habits, and it will have a positive impact on your life.

    One of the biggest stumbling blocks to achieving our goals, be it personal, organisational, or indeed financial, is a lack of change in attitude.

    John F. Kennedy once said, “change is the law of life and those who look only to the past and the present are certain to miss the future.”

    I have failed before, actually many times, and I keep failing daily. This does not mean I have acknowledged failure. No, no, no. 

    One of my latest shortcomings is not being able to fulfil the challenge to publish 29 articles in the month of February as promised.

    Have I given up on the challenge? No. The shortfall taught me to set reasonable and achievable targets. The target was reasonable I just did not apply myself.  

    It was a worthwhile target but one that needed a lot of time and dedication to implement.

    However, I reserve it for the future. I now know what adjustments I need to make for a challenge of that magnitude and nature.

    Learn From Every Challenge

    There are many lessons I took from the previous challenge. I will mention just a few here. The biggest one was that I needed a lot of time and dedication.

    But during the implementation period, I was faced with a lot of time constraints. I guess this is usually what happens when you plan to conquer a challenge. Time will always be a constraint.

    I could not devote enough of my time to writing articles, as there were other seemingly more pressing matters to be attended to.

    This is not to negate the importance I attach to this website. In fact, the plan for this website is to grow it to be the number one stop for personal development and self-growth materials.

    It is more of a long-term than a short-term project. However, the other matters were short-term and more of a physical nature, and they really drained my energy.

    I needed to come up with a practical way of writing articles and publishing regularly or better still, daily.

    Unfortunately, I stayed in my comfort zone. I now need to move out of my comfort zone if I have to fulfil the vision and plan for this website.

    It is also my plan to write and post articles that I feel add value to my readers. In other words, I write content for people, and not for search engines.

    With the lessons learned so far, I hope to begin to show that movement out of my comfort zone. I now know without a shadow of a doubt that I do not expect to achieve my goals without a radical change.

    The other lesson learned is that I lost my focus. There were times when I could have written something but lacked total concentration.

    To write valuable content, you need to be relaxed and focused and let your thoughts flow on paper. I needed to make sure that my writing skills were commensurate with the task on the table.

    I know that my friends who are artists will agree with me that you need to be focused and inspired when writing a song, and later on, sing it, exactly the same with writing web content.

    You Have the Capacity to Change

    Do not doubt your ability to change. We all have the capacity and ability to change. 

    If you want to achieve anything worthwhile, you will need to change and adapt your ways and mentality to winning ways.

    There is no shortcut to achieving your dreams. Hard work, or rather smart hard work, is the key.

    The Bible says, “Do not despise the days of your small beginnings” – Zechariah 4:10.

    A journey of 1,000 miles starts with one step in the right direction. Emphasis is on the first step. The first step is as important as the last step. Without taking the first step, there will never be a last one. 

    You will not move a mile if you do not take the first step. Every step that you take counts towards your goal.

    Every small change that you make is important. You have the capacity to make those small adjustments, and before you know it, you will have made bigger meaningful adjustments.

    Any change that you make is progressive. Every one of us can be progressive by changing one thing at a time, no matter how small.

    I know for a fact that all of us have things we want to change. There is no perfect individual on this earth. We all have skeletons in our closets.

    One of the many mistakes we make is wanting to succeed without changing our ways. I find this totally impossible. I believe that success comes with change.

    How To Prepare for the Future

    There are many factors that should be considered when preparing for your future. Some of them are beyond your control. Do not worry about them. 

    However, we must always endeavour to change those things that are in our control and leave the rest to God Almighty. 

    Brian Tracy says “You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude towards what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”

    We all have a chance at succeeding. I also believe that life gives every one of us a second chance.  So for as long as you have the breath of life, you have a chance to make it. 

    A lot of things that will help shape your future are within your own grasp.

    Most of us miss the opportunity that will help shape our own future through foolish decisions and end up making mistakes that come to haunt us.

    Sometimes the mistakes we make can be very fatal. But remember that we all make mistakes, and the most successful people have learned from their own mistakes.

    The most important ingredient to success is to make the change and stop making the same mistakes over and over.

    Decide today to make the change and start moving towards a better life. It is never too late to make the change.

    Start by accepting that you are responsible for your own life. Acknowledge that you owe it to yourself to live a better life and that no one will come and change anything without your consent.

    Stop blaming your parents for what they never gave you; your government for the limited opportunities; your siblings for not sharing; or indeed your spouse.

    You are totally responsible for everything that you do. Go out there and conquer the world. Be the change you would like to see in the world.

    I strongly believe that there is more than enough wealth in the world to go around. There are a lot of things that need to be attended to, and you could be that solution.

    If we all played our part and did what is right,  we could help change the world for the better. The world today is short of so many things.

    You are the solution to some of the challenges being faced. Dig deep within you and unleash that solution that the world is craving and waiting to see.

    Dr Myles Monroe says, “The richest place on earth is the graveyard.” Because buried there are dreams and ideas that were never realised. Songs that were never sung, buildings that were never built.

    Conclusion

    “If we don’t change we don’t grow, if we don’t grow we aren’t really living” – Gail Sheehy.

    In order for you to make meaningful achievements, you must set goals. Goals that are realistic and achievable. 

    As a human being, you should have your own personal development goals; relationship goals; financial goals; and, above all, spiritual goals.

    We must never forget that God loves us all regardless of our ethnicity and what our past holds. Stay blessed and may the good Lord guide you in your endeavours.

  • Decide to Be Happy Everyday and Enjoy Your Life

    “There are two things to aim at in life: first to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind has achieved the second” – Logan Pearshall Smith.

    Every day is a beautiful day filled with joy and happiness, but it is also a beautiful day filled with sadness. Every day is a gift; that is why they call it present.

    If every day is a gift, why do you then decide to live a life of sadness? We live our lives based on the decisions we made in the past. That is why it is better to make the right decisions today that will affect our future.

    I’m not perfect, but every day that I wake up, I thank God Almighty for giving me another opportunity to better my life.

    For as long as you are alive, you have the chance and an opportunity to improve your life and that of the people around you and beyond.

    You may not be in a position to do the things you want to do now, but you have the chance because you are still alive. The fact that you have the breadth of life gives you an equal opportunity to succeed

    One thing I have noticed is that human beings take life for granted. We do not take time to appreciate the fact that we are alive and in pretty good health.

    If you are reading this article, you are even more privileged than most people. It simply means that you have access to a computer and the internet.

    However, you are accessing them; these things cost money, and they do not come cheap. Do you know how many people cannot even come close to thinking about having the privilege you have?

    Yet you continue living a life of sadness. You may not have all you desire, but at least give thanks that you are alive. Life is not just about having all you desire but living happily and enjoying what you have.

    Take Responsibility for Your Decisions

    The biggest weakness we have as human beings is not taking full responsibility for our decisions. We only want to take responsibility when things are going right, and people are praising us.

    Taking responsibility for your mistakes is a sign of maturity. It is a sign of humility. I am proud to take full responsibility for my personal decisions.

    Sometimes it is difficult to accept that I am in a certain situation because of my decisions, but that’s just the truth. If I had made better choices, I would not have found myself in difficult circumstances in the first place.

    Ever since I decided to take full responsibility for my decisions, life has been more fulfilling and enjoyable. What this has done is that before I make a major decision, I think about it very hard.

    I have also learned that deciding to be happy early in the morning makes my day a lot easier to navigate. I know that sometimes people want to mess it up for me, but because a decision was made in the morning to be happy, I stick with it.

    My mind is preconditioned to stay happy, and this flows to my emotions. They say your thoughts influence your emotions.

    When you decide on something and you stick with it, nothing can shake you. Sometimes, things may be thrown at you, but when you have resolved to be happy, you will be, even during the bad and difficult times.

    One of the things I do when confronted with a potentially explosive situation is to just smile, excuse myself and walk away if I can, or better still, just keep quiet.

    It is hard to just walk away at first, especially if you are hot-tempered, but with practice, it becomes easier. It is better to look like a fool and maintain peace than to look clever and create animosity.

    There is no need to allow people to annoy you. Life is too short to be lived sadly. God has given us the ability to choose freely. Choose peace every time you are confronted with negative vices.

    The power to decide is entirely in your hands. I like to make a comparison, say, going out to have fun with friends.

    Most of the time, when something goes wrong, we blame the company we were hanging around with for the decisions we made.

    Yes, they may have played a part, but the final say lies in our hands. If you say no to taking part in an unwanted situation, you can.

    This also goes to being in a toxic relationship. You can either decide to continue in it, or you can get out of it; the choice is yours.

    Learn to Enjoy Your Life

    Life is too short; learn to enjoy it. You can only enjoy life if you decide to, and this decision is entirely yours.

    There are many ways to enjoy life, one of which is to do the things that make you happy more often.

    Most of us do not enjoy our lives simply because of the jobs we do. If your daily job does not make you happy, you are most likely living a sad life.

    The happiest people are those with jobs that make them happy. You can be paid as much money, but without happiness, the job is meaningless.

    You would probably be contributing more if you found a job that makes you happy. Now, a job does not necessarily mean being employed by someone or working for a big corporation.

    You could be self-employed and earning a decent living by doing the things that make you happy. “Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do” – Gerry Sikorski.

    That is why it is very important to know your life’s purpose earlier in your life. This helps in choosing careers that will enhance and help you achieve your goals.

    One of the ways to know what your life’s purpose is is to list the things that easily flow from you. The things that you do with much ease and less effort.

    These are the things that could point you to what your life’s purpose is. It could be that you are gifted at making people laugh; well, go ahead and be a professional comedian. What you are good at will earn you a living.

    The idea is to start living and enjoy your working life. After all, we spend most of our time working.

    If you have made mistakes in the past like me, don’t worry; there is still room for change. You can make the change right now and decide to do the right things for the rest of your life.

    And besides, who has never made a mistake in their life? Forget the mistakes you made, treat them as a learning point, and move on.

    You cannot change the past, but you can positively influence your future beginning this moment by making the right decisions.

    Conclusion

    “You don’t pay the price for success. You enjoy the price for success” – Zig Ziglar.

    I would like to conclude by advising you to make a decision to start living a happy life.

    Get your power back by taking responsibility for your decisions. We all fall, but we get up and press on with life. Until next time, have a blessed and happy life.

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