There is a common misconception that has gone on for decades that knowledge is power.
Well, here is the truth.
In this our present world, knowledge can never and will never be equal to power.
Applied knowledge is the true source of power.
The world does not pay you or care for what you know, you would only get paid for what you do with what you know.
It is what you do with what you know that generates power for you.
Applied knowledge = Power
Don't wait for things to happen. You should go out and get them done..
Don't sit and watch life pass you by.
Don't sit and wait for job... Start something, anything, as long as it is constructive and useful to others.
You can dream and set vision from now till the next decade.... but If you don't act, then that is what it would remain.. A DREAM.. A VISION.
You must know that Action is the bridge that links our dream and Reality together.
By all means ACT..
Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle’s nest rested.
The eagle’s nest contained four large eagle eggs.
One day an earthquake rocked the mountain causing one of the eggs to roll down into a chicken farm located in the valley below.
The chickens knew that they must protect and care for the eagle’s egg, so an old hen volunteered to nurture and raise the large egg.
One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born. Sadly, however, the eagle was raised to be a chicken. Soon, the eagle believed he was nothing more than a chicken.
The eagle loved his home and family, but his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and noticed a group of mighty eagles soaring in the skies.
"Oh," the Eagle cried, "I wish I could soar like those birds." The chickens roared with laughter,
"You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar."
The eagle continued staring, at his real family up above, dreaming that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his dreams be known, he was told it couldn’t be done.
That is what the eagle learned to believe. Soon, the eagle stopped dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken. Finally, after a long life as a chicken, the eagle passed away.
You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle follow your dreams, not the words of a chicken.
~Author Unknown
A group of skiers, who camped on a skiing camp, went all at once to ski. John, a very adventurous skier,
wanted to try a steep slope so he asked, “Does anyone want to ski down that slope?”
The entire crew looked at each other in fear and shook their heads, “Nope.” John, fearless of the steep slope, went on it for hours. One of his skies broke and it was turning dark. So he decided to walk back.
For hours he walked, but his way back he couldn’t find. He fell through a crack and wounded his arm. His blood froze like a frozen river. He walked and walked, but he wouldn’t find the camp.
He walked when he couldn’t ski, he crawled when he couldn’t walk. When his legs were numb, he dragged himself with his hands. When his hands were numb, he zigzagged his body forward like a snake.
But every move forward was painful. He wanted to give up. But he kept at it. Seventeen miles he crawled leaving a red trail from his wound.
Then he said, “I can go no further.” He lay still hopeless on the cold snow and his body froze like a piece of frozen chicken. Minutes later, he died.
Next day, the storm was clear. Skiers woke up and one step from the camp they found a body. It was John’s body.
~Told by Dr. Robert Gilbert
“No matter what circumstances you are going through, you might be a step away from attaining your dreams. Think again before giving up.”
~Andres Lara
Lucky is the man, whom the Demon of Ambition harnesses and drives through life. This wonderful little coachman is the champion driver of the entire world and of all history’’
Lucky you, if he is your driver. “He will keep you going until you do something worthwhile—working, running and moving ahead. “And that is how a real man ought to be driven.
This is the little Demon that works in men’s brains, that makes the blood tingle at the thought of achievement and that makes the face flush and grow white at the thought of failure. Every one of us has this Demon for a driver, IN YOUTH AT LEAST.
“Unfortunately the majority of us he gives up as very poor, hopeless things, not worth driving, by the time we reach twenty-five or thirty.
~Arthur Brisbane
“We don’t beat the reaper by living longer. We beat the reaper by living well and living fully. For the reaper is always going to come for all of us. The question is: What do we do between the time we are born, and the time he shows up? Because when he shows up, it’s too late to do all the things that you’re always gona, kinda get around to.
~Randy Pausch
“[Now] it’s time for you to move on to what’s next. But you must not let anything deter you from taking those first steps. [D]on’t spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity. Recognize that there will be failures, and acknowledge that there will be obstacles. But you will learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others, for there is very little learning in success.”
“Then, as you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map and begin to draw your own. When Dell got started, it didn’t come with a manual on how to become number 1 in the world. We had to figure that out every step of the way. And with each new product and new market, the industry “experts” said we’d fail. Through the chorus of naysayers, we emerged as a world leader in servers, and we continue to gain momentum.”
~Micheal dell
The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape. … We can’t fix every problem — corruption, natural calamities are part of the picture here — but the ones we can we must. And because we can, we must. Because we can, we must. Amen!”
~BONO(U2)
“Really when I look back at it I wouldn’t change a thing. I mean it was so important to me to lose everything because I found out what the most important thing is – To be true to yourself. Ultimately that’s what’s gotten me to this place. I don’t live in fear, I’m free, I have no secrets, I know I’ll always be okay because no matter what, I know who I am.”
~Ellen (Degenres)
“I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. I know that sounds completely nuts. But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. There are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name. They all travel as if they are pack dogs and stick to each other like glue. The best people want to work the big challenges.”
~Larry Page(Google)
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something --your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever--because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference.
~Steve Jobs
You might never fail on the scale I did. But some failure in life is Inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all. In which case, you fail by default.”
We do not need magic to change the world; we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.
~JK Rowling
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
~Steve Jobs
“You’re going to find naysayers in every turn that you make. Don’t listen. Just visualize your goal, know exactly where you want to go. Trust yourself. Get out there and work like hell. Break some of the rules and never ever be afraid of failure.”
~Arnold Schwarzenegger
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer- contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife and his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said “yes,” but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career. When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. "This is your house," he said, "my gift to you." What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.
Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well. So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points, we do not give the job our best effort. Then, with a shock, we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized that, we would have done it differently. Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, "Life is a do-it- yourself project". Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.
~Author Unknown
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity.
No amount of money will make u happy if u aren’t happy with urself.
Without a struggle, there can be no progress
~Frederick Douglass
If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me
~Bunyan
Never deprive the world of your mission. There is something you and only you was meant to do.
failure to do this implies that you are depriving the world of your brain power, mental capacity and the immense deposit inside you.
The world as we knew it 10 years ago no longer exist. D present world is a new one.
It is a world filled with opportunities and avenues to wealth for those with their eyes wide open.
Only the bold, daring, skilled, visionary and the creative will survive in this new world.
This is no longer a world of B.Sc, MSc degrees. U must back ur degrees with those qualities mentioned above..
Or else you would find yourself irrelevant in the scheme of things.
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Science without humanity
Knowledge without character
Politics without principle
Commerce without morality
Worship without sacrifice.
~Mahatma Gandhi
Which of these 7 sins is prevalent in your society today?
Someone who does not have a life aim is wasting one of the most valuable assets any body could have.
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.
The moment you decide your life's aim, your subconscious mind starts to work and ensures that it brings about what you want.
It begins to open ur inner eyes to opportunities in ur chosen aim.
It then begins to connect you to people who can help u achieve it.
~I. N
Whatever you do, you need courage.
Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell u
that u are wrong.
There are always difficulties arising that tempt u to believe your critics are right.
To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs.
Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
~RWE
Our joy lives inside us.
Most people expect others to give them joy or better still they expect to derive joy from things.... (Wishful thinking)
The truth is that.... Each person's joy lives in them and not in things.
Your joy begins to manifest when you start to appreciate your oneness with everything else that was created (flowers, plants, water, birds, mountains... and other humans).
Many theories have been professed relating to the existence or non existence of God.
Whichever side of d divide u find urself, just av it at d back of ur mind that .... That there is an Intelligent Unseen Spirit that created u.
And if u are conscious, then whoever created you is also conscious.
Meaning, U derive ur consciousness from ur Creator.
Hence, If u are real, then God is more real.
There is a source of everything u see.
D truth and absolute truth is that nothing can exist on its own without been created.
Everything you see was created from the unseen. There is an Unseen Source from which everything in this world originated from.
This Unseen Source has been called many names but irrespective of what you call Him, it doesn't take away the fact that....
THERE IS A SOURCE
"Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. Remember this, too! Big ideas and big plans are often easier—certainly no more difficult–—than small ideas and small plans.”
~ Culled from … The Magic of Thinking Big (A book)
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
The key to success is not through achievement, but through enthusiasm.
~Malcolm Forbes
Success is doing, not wishing.
Take Action!
~Tom Hopkins
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
~William Feather
Inspired Nation
No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.
Be Different and Make a Difference!
~Charles K. Adams
All that we call "life" is simply a time slot allocated to individuals.
Don't waste yours.
Don't spend it living someone else's life.
Don't let your parents, family use your slot for you.
Don't spend your slot working for money... rather let money work for you.
Spend your time on things that truly matters
Remember, your time is already ticking from d day of ur birth.
Use it wisely ....
You were consciously designed and created by God. Your life is not an accident that just happened.
Your life started because God wanted you to come to the world and play your part.
There is a particular thing that only you can do and that is why there is no other person like you in the entire 6 billion world population.
Find your purpose ... your passion... your reason for coming here...
“We don’t beat the reaper by living longer. We beat the reaper by living well and living fully. For the reaper is always going to come for all of us. The question is: What do we do between the time we are born, and the time he shows up? Because when he shows up, it’s too late to do all the things that you’re always gona, kinda get around to.
~Randy Pausch
One of the duties of the leader is to lift up those who are not able to advance themselves.
“Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.”
~Leadership in Roosevelt way
In life, if you don’t risk anything, you risk everything.
When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you.
Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.
There isn’t anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were.
There are 3 doors that God made to access the subconscious mind.
1) EYES
2) EAR
3) THOUGHTS / IMAGINATION.
Your ability to use these three doors determines where you end up in life (destiny)....the reason why pple say... (Ur destiny lies in your hands) bcos u control these 3 things.
Over the course of the coming weeks, we would be exploring how to use these 3 doors effectively.
STAY TUNED
“No matter how dramatic d end result, d good-to-great transformations never happened in one fell swoop. There was no single defining action, no grand program, no one killer innovation, no solitary lucky break, no miracle moment.
Rather,d process resembled relentlessly pushing a giant heavy flywheel in one direction, turn upon turn, building momentum until a point of breakthru & beyond
~Gud 2 great
You cannot change what you refuse to confront.
Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly.
Too many people buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have to impress people they don’t know.
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.
~Unknown
We bemoan the loss of our forests. We worry over our dwindling resources of coal and oil. We decry the waste in our factories. But the greatest waste of all, we pay no attention to—the waste of our own potential mind power.
~Professor Wm. James
“To every man there openeth
A way, and ways, and a way.
And the high soul climbs the high way,
And the low soul gropes the low:
And in between, on the misty flats,
The rest drift to and fro.
But to every man there openeth
A high way and a low,
And every man decideth
The way his soul shall go.”
—JOHN OXENHAM.
Always look up to the brighter side of life.
In life, you would always find one or two reasons to be sad but guess what... if you can also look carefully, you would also find one or two reasons to be happy.
~Inspired Nation
Happiness is not determined by what’s happening around you, but rather what’s happening inside you.
Most people depend on others to gain happiness, but the truth is, it always comes from within.
“You can do as much as you think you can, but you’ll never accomplish more; if you’re afraid of yourself, young man, there’s little for you in store. For failure comes from the inside first, it’s there if we only knew it, and you can win, though you face the worst, if you feel that you’re going to do it.”
—EDGAR A. GUEST
“The primary cause of success in life is the ability to set and achieve goals. That’s why the people who do not have goals are doomed forever to work for those who do. You either work to achieve your own goals or you work to achieve someone else’s goals.”
Measuring your life daily against written goals is a fundamental of success.
~Maximum Achievement (A book)
Many great enterprises that can be seen around started small.
Some organizations with mighty buildings started in a tiny rented room.
Where you start never matters... What matters is the vision inside you..
Remember, your external environment MUST inadvertently shape itself to your internal environment.
It might take time depending on how big the vision you carry is but it will definitely do just as water must flow back to its source no matter how long the journey is.
So, "Never despise your days of little beginnings.... "
Success is rarely, if ever, an overnight phenomenon. What u see as success us d result of years of effort, failures and restarts.
The only thing that can fuel such a long drive to success are passion and commitment.
Until passion becomes your driving force in your business venture, you would find it hard to remain in business.
don't be driven by money.. If money is driving you, then you would easily become frustrated when faced with obstacles.
“Be sensible to know that there is something more than money needed to win a respectable position in the world…………”
“‘I hope, my lad,’ Mr Whitney said, ‘you will prosper and rise in the world. You know in this free country poverty is no bar to a man’s advancement.’”
“Whatever you do, you will be more successful if you do it with honesty, fairness, and to the best of your ability.”
The fact that you woke up today, is a sign that your maker hasn't finished with you yet.
Every day that you see above the ground... is a good day.
Life is the best gift. It was given to you without any exchange... Enjoy the gift.. Use it wisely.
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL...
