SUCCESS BREATH

Success Is A Process.

The first step toward success is deciding what you really want to achieve in your life. When you decide exactly what you want, the how to do it will emerge. When Your Heart Decides The Destination, Your Mind Will Design The Map To Reach It.
Success is not automatic. Success is a process...the product of seasons. Success is a systematic approach that involves simple, fundamental steps. Successful do not become success in the ring; They are merely recognized in the ring. Their becoming happens...in their daily routine.
Do you have a Dream? Have you written it down? Have you documented your goals in detail on paper? That may seem trite, but how would you know where to go without a plan? A Plan Is A Written Map To Your Future. Success has a beginning. Losers Focus On What They Are Going Through; Champions Focus On What They Are Going To.
Champions are not born...they become. Champions learn through success and failure...what to ignore and what to pursue. Champions decide what to magnify...and what to minimize. They learn how to focus on Tomorrow instead of Yesterday...possibilities instead of pain. Champions Make Decisions That Create The Future They Desire; Losers Make Decisions That Create The Present They Desire.
Stay in the center of your expertise. What do you love to do? What do you love to talk about? What would you rather hear about than anything else on earth? What would you do with your life if money were not a factor? You Will Only Have Significant Success With Something That Is An Obsession.
Friend, Your joy is determined by doing what you love. For a case study: Jesus perceived His destiny. Jesus knew where He wanted to go. Jesus knew the people who needed Him...what they needed and how to reach them. Jesus understood the dominant divine product of every immediate moment. Champions always reach for the best in life...and refuse to settle for less. Champions stand out from the crowd...and will not accept mediocrity. Champions Are Willing To Walk Away From Something They Desire To Protect Something Else They Love.
Jesus knew His mission. He never wavered from His focus. I really believe that broken focus is the reason men fail. Some people take jobs because they are convenient or close to their home. A teacher once recounted "One man told me he had spent his entire life working on a job that made him miserable. "Then why have you worked there for 25 years?" I asked. He replied, "It is only 10 minutes from my house, and in 3 years I will receive a gold watch. I do not want to leave too early and miss my gold watch.""
Are you fighting disappointment? My book, 'Awaking The Champion In You' is coming soon. If the Candle of Hope is dim, this article is for you.
Farewell, still I come you way again, Benson Adima remains your in-house Motivational Speaker.

7 best pieces of advice I can give you about money

In August, Brandon - a former software developer who doesn't use his last name online for privacy reasons - achieved financial independence and retired at age 34. Today, he writes about money and his own financial journey on his blog the Mad Fientist. Here are his seven best pieces of money advice.

1. Figure out what makes you happy

The first and most important thing you need to do is figure out what is truly important to you and what makes you happy.

This is actually a lot harder than it sounds.

So many people spend money on things that don't add to their happiness and most don't even know they're doing it because they're caught up following the same life script as everyone else.

You don't have to buy a new house just because that's what all your friends are doing, and you don't have to get a fancy new car to impress your colleagues.

You have the power to do anything you want with your life, so don't live someone else's dream. Instead, figure out the life you want to have and then save and spend accordingly.

When I realized that money could buy my freedom - freedom from the 9-to-5, freedom from alarm clocks, freedom from wasting my time on my boss's ridiculous requests - I diverted all of my money toward that goal.

I didn't miss the things I was "giving up" to save for financial independence because my freedom was more important than anything else I could buy.

2. Focus on what you can control

Rather than stress about what's happening in the economy or attempt to predict what the stock market is going to do, instead focus on the things that are within your control and optimize those things.

Investment fees can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars over your investing lifetime, so minimize those fees by investing in low-cost index funds.

Reduce risk and volatility by simply buying all the stocks in the market via a total stock market index fund like Vanguard's VTSAX.

Minimize your taxes (and thus increase the amount you can invest) by taking advantage of tax-advantaged accounts like 401(k)s, IRAs, and HSAs and by using other legal tax-avoidance strategies.

3. Automate everything

Once you've created a simple portfolio of low-cost, diversified index funds and are taking advantage of all the tax-advantaged accounts available to you, set up automated monthly investments and then ignore your portfolio completely.

Humans are terrible investors, so if you can take your brain and emotions out of it, you'll not only be less stressed during the inevitable market drops but you'll also end up with a lot more money.

4. Stop consuming; start creating

Consuming provides temporary happiness but creating provides lasting happiness.

It's easy to come home from work and consume four hours of television, but it's much harder to do something creative like write a blog post, make some jewelry, or practice a musical instrument. Creating is more rewarding than consuming though and can even result in additional income.

When you're on your deathbed, you're not going to look back with pride at the number of hours of Facebook surfing you did or the number of episodes of "Real Housewives" you watched, but you will feel proud of the things you created and put out into the world.

5. Throw your TV out the window

Speaking of your TV, throw it out the window. Or better yet, sell it on Craigslist.

When advertisers constantly bombard you with things you "need to have," you become less happy with what you do have and are more likely to spend money (on things that won't make you any happier).

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When news reporters show you all the gruesome things happening, all in 4K-super-realistic HD, you become more fearful and less willing to get out and explore the world that is now more accessible than ever.

Don't melt into a puddle of fear and unhappiness on your couch and instead go actually live life.

6. Travel to other countries

Thanks to the advertisers mentioned above, Americans perception of what is "normal" is so ridiculously skewed that it usually takes traveling outside of the US to recalibrate yourself.

If you're struggling with your spending and feel like you need more shiny things to be happy, travel to pretty much anywhere else in the world, and you'll start to appreciate the ridiculous luxury you take for granted.

7. Experiment

Finally, experiment with your spending.

As I mentioned at the beginning, it's really hard to figure out what makes you happy.

The things that add to your happiness today may not tomorrow so experiment and avoid locking yourself into big commitments. Try before you buy. Rent instead of own. Borrow when possible and purchase used when not.

The road to happiness (and financial independence) won't be a completely straight line, and you may make some mistakes along the way, but when you focus on lasting happiness and you align your spending with that overarching goal, you'll at least be confident that you're on the right trajectory.

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Charity Of Purpose

Success in life will not fall like a ripe Mango fruit on your laps there are setting practical requirement and responsibilities you are expected to meet and carry out before you can have it.
While garnering my thought toward writing this edition, I open our company e-mail skyhighmotivational@gmail.com only to discover someone had pre-empty my mind by asking a question “what make successful people successful?'
As an advocate of success and with my experience on motivational speaking; I have come to discover that success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals. The principles of course and effect say “if you do what other successful people do, you must get the results that other successful people get”. The results we achieve in life are combination of what we do or what we fail to do. The principle and law of success are the same anywhere in the universe. They have no respect for gender, environment, background, certificate or any prejudice. For example when a farmer sows, a harvest is certain. So the first principle of success we will discus is: CHARITY OF PURPOSE The greatest discovery in human history is that ‘you become what you think about most of the time’. The two facts that more than anything else that determine what happens to you in life are what you think about and what you do with the product of your thinking. A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the roughest road, while a person with no purpose will make no progress on even the smallest road. Until you have a clear picture of where you are going, you are not likely to get there. Purpose precedes prayer, passion and action; so that you don’t spend all your energies in the wrong direction and having arrived at a destination you discover it was the direct opposite of the road you should have traveled. Not many a people can define accurately, what they want out of life, so they live in other people’s expectation of them. Martin Luther King Jr. said “if a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. Abandon yourself to destiny.
Nathaniel Emmons said ‘one principle reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling and divide and shift their attention among multitudes of object and pursue’
John Mason in his book conquering the enemy called average said “There are too many people in too many cars, in too much of hurry, going to many directions, to get nowhere for nothing.
Tim Redmond said “Don’t be a jack of all trades and a master of none”. Instead be like Paul in the historical Bible who wrote "this one thing I do …… I press towards the mark”. What you set your heart on will determine how you will spend your life. Carl Sanberg said "there are people who want to be everywhere at once and they get nowhere”.
How can you get what you want? William Locke answered, “I can tell how to get what you want; you just got to keep a thing in view and go for it, and never let your eyes wonder to the right or left or up or down. And looking back is fatal”. Walt Disney was successful simply because and according to him “I love Mickey mouse more than any woman I have ever known” that is focus – follow one course until successful. Disney attempted to join military service in 1918 he fail; His company Laugh – O- Grams went bankrupt, instead of giving up, Walt packed his suit case and with his unfinished print of the Alice comedies in hand, headed for Hollywood to start a new business, there he fails four times. But today Walt created Mickey mouse, the world most famous carton character. Also Disneyland Park is one of the biggest tourist attractions on the globe. Just a small mouse inspired him. Look! If nothing is pulling you forward, the forces that are pulling you backward will prevailed.
Vic Braden said, “Loser has tons of variety. Champions take pride in just learning to hit the same old boring winners” I strongly believe you will find full happiness when you are in a position of going somewhere wholeheartedly, in one direction without regret or reservation. Do what you do while you are doing it. The more complicated you are, the more ineffective you will become.
Mark Twain said “Behold the fool said ‘put not all thy eggs in one basket’ which is but a manner of saying, ‘separate your money and your attention.’ But a wise man said, ‘put all your eggs in one basket and – watch that basket”. The quickest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. The only one who will be remembered is those who do one thing superbly well. Don’t be like the man who said ‘I’m focused; it’s just on something else. Many people have channeled their energies in living for their society, others live for their organizations, and some for their families and many for what to eat and drink but it’s a pity the stomach is never satisfied. You must make it habit of having a clear purpose, direction, mission and vision of what is expected of you before you can become successful.
Around 1959, Fidel Castro appeared in Havana, the capital of Cuba, with his ragtag army from the rural areas of that island. World leader at the time mocked and ridiculed him. But he overthrew the ruling power in Havana and installed himself as the director of Cuba. Forty-four years later, the great might of the United States government still has been unable to dislodge Castro; neither has anyone been able to stop Castro from exporting his brand of communism into Africa and into the rest of the world. A small Island republic was single–handedly brought into international prominence by the determination and tenacity of one individual – Fidel Castro. He did it largely by being single-minded.
Friends! If you desire to succeed in this life and leave your mark or influence, you must be single-minded. I mean if trans-generational success is your anchor you must learn to pursue one course wholeheartedly until successful. You will succeed!
I rImain Benson Adima your in-house success advocate Farewell for now, till next edition, it promises to be richer and impactful than what you have ever read. Don’t miss it!

Think On A Higher Plane

Henry Ford (1863-1947) once said, "thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few people engage in it." Today I would like to share some thoughts with you on the important subject of "thinking" and I've titled this column "Thinking On A Higher Plane." In the Bible you will find these words recorded in Proverbs 23:7a, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." The Roman Emperor Marcus Arelius once said, "A man becomes what he thinks about all day long." Back in 1957, the late Earl Nightingale wrote and recorded a motivational message titled "The Strangest Secret", which became the only one of its kind to ever sell a million copies. The Strangest Secret is that "We Become What We Think About."
Yes, from King Solomon on down through the ages, the most successful writers, teachers and philosophers have all come to the same conclusion: It is the quality of our thinking that will ultimately determine the quality of our life. At this point, it might be in order to ask you some very pertinent questions. What do you think about most of the time? Is most of your thinking done on a higher plane? That is, do you reach for the stars in your thinking or is most of your thinking done in the gutter? The truth is, we have only to look about us to see where we are and to see what we have to see the fruits of our thinking.

For fear that I may be misunderstood, I want to make it very clear that we don't have to be a religious person to desire a good, decent, honest and moral life. Sometimes we forget that the greatest have as citizens of this free country is the power to choose. Regardless of who we are or what we have done in the past, we can choose the quality or level of our own thinking. Isn't it great to be able to say, "the past is gone" and I can't do anything about it but from this point forward I'm going to improve my life by improving the quality of my thinking? As I said a moment ago, the choice is yours. What is so tragic for me to realize is that millions of people could have more and be much happier if they only knew it.

While its an individual thing, you may ask, "how do I go about it?" While it's not easy, it's very simple. Station a guard at the entrance of your mind. You must be very careful when you select the television programs you watch, the books and magazines you read and the people with whom you associate. In short, if we are to improve the quality of our thinking, we must be very selective as to where we get our information.

It took several years for me to come to the realization that if I'm going to improve my life, when a filthy program comes on T.V., or even the radio, I just turn it off. Its a choice I make because I now realize what it will do to my thinking. How about you? Have you ever given any serious thought to this before? Remember please that "birds of a feather flock together" and you may have people tell you that it does not make any difference what you watch or read or who you spend your time with. But it does. We can trust the words of King Solomon here: "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he."
Jim Davidson is very instrumental " I don't believe in predestined fate. The future is what we chose to create.

5 Simple Steps to Plan Your Dream Life

Once you’ve mastered the art of planning your day, you’re ready for the next level. Don’t begin the activities of your week until you know exactly what you plan to accomplish. Don’t start your week until you have it planned.

Just imagine what life would be like if you took time out every Sunday to plan your week. Come Friday, you wouldn’t be saying, “Boy, did this week fly by. Where did it go? What did I do?” No, if you plan your week before you start it, you’ll know exactly what you want to do, what you want to accomplish and what you need to work on. If you learn to plan your days as part of your overall game plan for the week, the parts will fit much better. Your days will be better. You will be more effective. You’ll be working smarter, not harder.

And when you’ve learned to plan your week, guess what? You’ve got to plan your month! Don’t start your month until you’ve mapped out your game plan.

By developing and following your game plan, your days, weeks and months all become part of a larger plan, a bigger design you develop, a long-term view of your life, a visual chain. You’ll start gaining a greater perspective of it all… because you are planning.

If visually seeing your future is new to you, if you’ve never developed a game plan before, let me offer a few tips. There are two things you need to understand before you create a game plan.

A game plan, a visual chain of your future, is like a spreadsheet. Instead of listing numbers, list activities. It’s like a to-do list.
The technique of developing a game plan can be used for a single day, a single project or a variety of projects that are happening simultaneously.

Here’s how you do it. Game plans work best on graph paper. Take a sheet of graph paper and make vertical columns corresponding to the number of days this plan is to cover. Then on the left-hand side of the paper, write the heading “Activities.” Under this heading, list all the activities to be accomplished within your time frame.

For example, you’ve got one week to finalize a marketing plan. It’s an overwhelming amount of work to complete, but it’s got to be done. So break it down piece by piece. The best way to start is by listing all of the individual components on the left-hand side of the page. Some of these things will need to be completed before others can be started. You need to obtain your market research results before you can determine your target market. You need to know your target market before you can develop your marketing strategy. You need to have your marketing strategy before you can create a budget for collateral materials, and so on.

When you break down the project piece by piece and deadline by deadline, you can be more effective in putting together the appropriate parts of the puzzle—and in doing your own work while delegating the rest.

The final result of developing your game plan is a clear visual presentation of the tasks before you. This method is used quite often in business to coordinate and develop projects of any length. It’s the only way to see the entire project on paper and manage its progress.

Admittedly, game plans are frustrating to create. They’re frustrating because it’s difficult to completely prioritize your life and all your projects. You might go through several sheets of graph paper before you produce the perfect format. But as soon as you develop your first one, you’ll see the value in this discipline.

Keep your game plan in plain sight. Put it up in your office where you can easily look at it. Have a copy of it at home and tape it to the bathroom mirror. Keep a copy in your journal for quick reference. Your game plan will serve as a constant reminder of all you need to do to get where you want to go.

If you’re doing all you’re scheduled to do, game plans are very rewarding. Day by day, week by week, month by month, you’ll see the magic of your dreams and plans turning into reality. You will have an incredible feeling of being in charge of your life, your surroundings and your future. It’s like creating a work of art on the biggest canvas imaginable. It’s creative. It’s beautiful.

This is powerful stuff. To dream a dream, plan for the dream, and then watch your dream turn into reality. Here’s what’s really powerful about creating game plans: You can see your future right before your eyes. So on those days when your energy isn’t up to par, your enthusiasm is a little low, your ambition isn’t pushing you forward and your attitude isn’t on the positive side, use your game plan to see how far you’ve come. Take the time to visualize exactly where you’re headed. On those days, it’s your discipline and visual chain of the future that will push you ahead. People and circumstances might try to set you back, but your visual chain will propel you toward your goals.

Thank You Mr Jim Rohn.

7 Ways to Persist When Everything in You Wants to Give Up

COURAGE: THE CATALIST THAT SPEED UP THE MOVE FOR SUCCESS.

Courage is defined as "a quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty without fear" and "acting according to your beliefs despite criticism". The word comes from the Latin root "cor" and later the French root "cour" meaning "heart".

So courage is a quality that comes from your heart. Remember this point – it means it’s always with you and no one can ever take it away.

Susan Jeffers wrote a very popular book called Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. In the book she says “it takes courage to mold your life the way you want it to be. There are all sorts of real and imagined obstacles that get in the way. They need not deter you.”

But that’s exactly what we do – we let the obstacles deter us and we don’t go after our dreams. Some obstacles will be real (how will I pay the bills?) and some will be imagined (I’m afraid I’ll become a bag lady if I quit my job).

So if there are obstacles, how do we get past them?

Here are 4 things you can do to help move past the fear and succeed anyway:

1. Be yourself. Call it authenticity, finding your life purpose, or doing what you love to do. We spend most of our lives being what other people want us to be and doing what they want us to do. Dare to be yourself.

"It takes courage to do what you want. Other people have a lot of plans for you. Nobody wants you to do what you want to do." -Joseph Campbell

Being authentic or doing what you love to do stimulates excitement and gives you the courage to move forward. If you’ve lost touch with your dreams and you need some time to explore what you love to do, click here for help.

2. Have a clear vision of what you want. If you are transitioning from employee to entrepreneur, you need to have a clear vision of why you want to do this and the results you want to achieve. You need to imagine what your life will look like when you have achieved your dreams. You don’t need to save the world – you only need a clear vision that is meaningful for you. Meaningful enough to feel excitement and have the courage to move forward.

For example, a sister wanted to reclaim her life from a 2 hr/day commute and long work hours. She knew she could accomplish her work without going to the office every day so she submitted a proposal to work from home 1 or 2 days a week. Her boss refused so after careful consideration she decided to become a freelancer and work from home full-time with multiple clients, not just one employer. She envisioned a better work environment where she had enough time to take care of herself and her business.

“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar” – Raymond Lindquist

Ask yourself “why do I want to do this?” until you have a clear answer that feels exciting to you. Maybe you want to have enough time to watch your kids grow up. Or maybe you’re looking for work that is creative and fulfilling. Maybe you want a portable business so you can live in the mountains during the winter and ski every day.

It’s your life. How do you want to live it?

For tools to help you create a clear vision, click here.

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” – Ambrose Redmoon

3. Have a plan and take baby steps. This means take some small action every day toward your dreams. Action is powerful. It helps you build momentum. Even small actions add up over time. Every action adds self-confidence and courage. It won’t seem like much at the time, but over time you will get closer to making your dream a reality.

Often we become paralyzed because there is so much to do and we don't know where to start, or we don’t know how to do something, and then we don’t do anything. So you need a plan. You can make a formal business plan or just a long list of all the things that need to be done. There are tools to help you, one is a Mind Map.

Each day choose one item from your plan (or list) and take one action toward accomplishing that item. If it’s a big item break it into smaller pieces until you find at least 1 thing you can accomplish. You can do more than one thing, of course.

“Courage can’t see around corners, but goes around them anyway.” – Mignon McLaughlin

4. Find support. This means finding a small group of people who can help you succeed. Barbara Sher calls them Success Teams. Napoleon Hill calls them Masterminds, some people call them Dream Teams. Susan Jeffers calls it a Cheering Squad.

Whatever you want to call them, we all need a small group of people who will give us encouragement (courage), inspiration, motivation and accountability throughout the career change process. It could be your spouse, your friends, your sister, or strangers who have been down this path before.

Sometimes the people closest to you don’t want you to change and can’t offer support. Or they can’t offer support because they don’t understand the direction you’re going. But there are millions of people who have done this before – find a mentor, a coach or a mastermind team to help you.

“Courage is being scared to death . . . and saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne

In addition to the tips above, there are many books and CD’s available to give you inspiration and information when you’re making a major life change. Use as many resources as you need, follow the tips above, and keep taking action every day. You’ll get there.