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Unknown 9:51 am

15 Famous Quotes That Teaches Persistency You Should Always Remember

Struggling to make an impact today doesn't mean you can't succeed tomorrow. Obstacles are exams we all have to pass in order to reach the next phase of our development. There will always be people and situations that will discourage you but a fact is that you won't be the first person to get discouraged. What really counts is if you are going to be like the large majority who quits or are you going to be like the few who venture into the road less travelled. These are 15 famous quotes that teaches persistency you should always remember.

1. Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. -Thomas Jefferson

2. Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. -Zig Ziglar

3. You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. -Brian Tracy

4. Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. -Saadi

5. Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way. -Joel Osteen

6. If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes. -John Wooden

7. Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself. -Saint Francis de Sales

8. Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there. -Venus Williams

9. To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you. -Tony Dorsett

10. Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way. -Joel Osteen

11. Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people. -Cuba Gooding, Jr.

12. Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event. -Brian Tracy

13. It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts. -Robert H. Schuller

14. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. -Helen Keller

15. Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. -Winston Churchill

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Unknown 3:40 pm

Moving Beyond The Grasp Of Past Failures

One thing you need to understand is that failing is finite. Not acting after failing makes it final. Each failure comes with a lesson for you to learn. Sometimes you fail in order to succeed. These are five steps to quickly move beyond past failures.

You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable. -Deepak Chopra

1. Taking Your Failure As A Lesson

What really matters is not you failing but your attitude after failure. Are you going to bounce back or are you accepting your failure as being final. Everybody the world celebrates as at one time in the past failed. Thomas Edison failed thousands of times before his electric bulb finally worked. Your story too can be like his.

Take your failure as a correction to what won't work. Learn ways to prevent it from happening again.

2. Don't Blame Others For Your Failure

Unknown 1:53 pm

Rules of Life

Have you ever thought of getting something out of this world? What expectations are you hoping to get? Are you waiting for it to come to you or you are going to get it yourself? There are some expectations that cannot be waited for only if a move is made to achieve them. These are some of the ways to make it come to reality.

1. Free yourself from negative people

To get anything out of this life you have to stay positive. You cannot afford to stay negative because negativity gives birth to failure. To keep your mind always on positive things, you must stay away from those that say nothing good can ever come out of this life. All what such people see is the crisis around them, they refuse to see good and fail to see it also in people so they try their best to make those around them see through the same telescope they see this life. The more you stay around them the more you loose focus and start seeing things and thinking the same way they do.

2. When you loose, don't loose the lesson.

This world has a lot to offer, both good, bad and the ugly. Someday you see the good, tomorrow the bad and next might be the ugly, but which ever it is you see at a particular time, never you forget the lesson it has to offer. The lesson you get from each will help you fight another day. It will help you get ready for anything that might come your way no matter good, bad or ugly it can be. It will keep you moving forward rather than you drowning in your sorrow over one ugly incident. You would have learnt one thing or two from the previous ones and it will aid you to fight and figure out how to overcome the next challenge that comes your way. Just remember never to forget any lesson this life teaches you no matter how hard it is for you to swallow.

3. Always remember that this life is a risk.

Being scared of the unknown sometimes is inevitable but knowing what the outcome of an event which is yet to occur would be supersedes. When you are scared to take risk in this life when life itself is a risk please tell me how you plan on achieving your aim in life. If you want to go far in this life you can never be scared of risk and taking risk. The more risk you take, the more danger you get to and the more ground and success you cover/achieve. There is a saying that "when one door closes, another is opened". That is risk. You can never see the next opened door if you close your eyes and mind to risk. Everything in this life involves risk taking. No matter how you wish to see it, put it or avoid it, you cannot because it is life itself.

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Unknown 4:51 pm

5 Steps in Bouncing Back After Past Failures

Everyone has once failed and not lived to expectation in one area of life or more. But in most cases, people take their failure as final and make their failure final by refusing to bounce back. These are 5 ways to bounce back from your past failure.

1 Accepting your Past but not accepting it has being final.

The first step in solving any real life problem (whether addiction or a societal problem) is accepting that there is a problem. The first step in bouncing back is accepting the reality that you have previously failed. Most times, people who have problems fail to accept that they have a problem. People who think they are perfect have serious problems. What you shouldn't accept is that your failure is final. There is still something you can do to recover.

2 Believe in Your Abilities

Unknown 7:12 pm

Creating a New Start

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then. -Thomas Carlyle

Have you ever wondered where your life is heading to? What turn it is taking. Do you know where you're going to? Do you like the things life has been showing you? Where are you actually going to? Do you know? If your life is not going the way you planned it, why not take a U-turn right where you are. It is not too late. How do I take the turn you might ask?

1. Making a decision

This is the first step to starting a new thing. Without a decision nothing can be accomplished. Making a decision is the most important and essential part in starting all over again. You might have been on a road and gone past a lot of roadblocks and difficulties but you keep persevering and making yourself unhappy just to satisfy others and hoping one day you will leave all behind. If you have not yet made the decision to leave you will keep persevering and hurting yourself until you finally summon the courage to take the turn then you will but without the decision you won't. So decide now to take the turn and start over.

2. Build up your courage

Unknown 3:32 pm

5 Facts About Life You Might Regret Not Admitting Sooner Than Later

He who cannot change the very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress. -Anwar Sadat

Life is guided by some timeless principles, facts, which governs all activities done in our world. Ignoring these facts may lead to major regrets in the future for not taking the required steps in the past. These are 5 Facts About Life You Might Regret Not Admitting Sooner Than Later

Fact 1: Power for a change lies in you

Humans are the only creature born with a special gift: a gift of choice. While other species only have the ability to react, we were born with both the power to act and react. The ability to act or react depends on our choice of response.

We are born with the power to choose between good or bad, the power to choose between prosperity or mediocrity. For most people, they let their subconscious do the choosing for them; they never take actions, they just run on autopilot. Being proactive, thinking while thinking, should be our focus. Thinking about our actions before carrying them out, should be our goal.

The power of change starts with us being proactive. It starts with us taking control of our thoughts by developing good principles to guide our lives. There is no better time for a change. The best time is right now, today, this hour, this minute.

Fact 2: Your friends influence your decisions more than you think

Unknown 4:28 pm

Creating a Legacy- 5 Characteristics of Great Men

"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds. Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a great and wonderful world." -The Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali

Deep within each one is an inner longing to live a life of greatness and contribution-to really matter, to really make a difference. The ultimate goal of every individual is to create a legacy.
The world has seen many great men and women pass. People like Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King (Jr), Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein and the list continues. All of them still being celebrated to this current day. We all want our name to be on the list someday. Looking at the life of the people on the list, we find that they all had some characteristics in common. These are 5 Characteristics of Great Men.

Creating a Legacy, Characteristics of Great Men, Nelson Mandela

1. Found Their Voice

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lived". -Nelson Mandela

What do you dream about? Is the context of your dream only about you being successful in your field. Creating a legacy results from following your heart and living a life of contribution. It is about discovering your voice, what you stand for. Your voice agrees with your mind, soul, body and your innermost being ; your spirit and then inspiring others to find theirs.

We may doubt our ability to do so, but we have the potential within us. We all do. It is the birthright of our human family (Read 4 Reasons Why Dreams Don't Come To Pass).

2. Believed In Their Dream.

"I have learnt that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it...A brave man is he who doesn't feel afraid but he who conquers his fear." -Nelson Mandela

Unknown 4:56 pm

Putting Yourself on the Fast track Part 3 : Niche strategy, how to make an impression

As described in previous edition of this series, life can be described as a race with some tracks faster than the other. Ever wondered that the same thing doesn't happen to everybody? People are not equal; if people were equal, why will there be variation in students grade or in the salary of employees in an organization. Have you not discovered that they are some people who are specially appreciated in an event.

Developing Niche Strategy

Niche strategy is the capacity of an individual to work on himself that his/her success will be paramount to the success of the organization. For example: how is Barcelona FC without Messi or how is Real Madrid FC without Ronaldo? Both teams look very ordinary I guess. This mean that Messi has built a niche strategy that his success is essential to the success of his team.

Unknown 2:51 pm

Putting yourself on the fast track Part 2 (How)

Everybody craves to be on "lane 1" due to it appears easier than other lane but the fact is that not everybody can be on the lane. In this Part 2, we will be discussing how to put ourselves on the fast track.

Read Putting yourself on the fast track Part 1

#1. Make yourself indispensable

The moment anyone can replace you in any organization or any place you're in; then you are not fast. Make your major goal anywhere you find yourself to be "being indispensable".

Unknown 12:06 pm

Putting your self on the Fast Track Part 1

Life has been given so many definitions by so many philosophers, but one of my favorite is the comparison of life to a race. Life is a race in which everyone runs on tracks. But truthfully speaking, life isn't fair, some tracks are faster than others we have so many variations of people: the rich, the middle class, the poor. How come some people are ahead of others in this race? How come some people get promoted at work while some don't? Is it that some people are just born lucky?

Answering these questions can be the secret in unlocking the doors to our breakthrough in life. Success in life is generally 99% hardworking, 1% luck. Lets discuss one of the secret in putting ourselves on the fast track.

The Multiplication & Addition Effect

Unknown 8:04 pm

7 Things You Should Stop Expecting from Others

The biggest disappointments in our lives are often the result of misplaced expectations. This is especially true when it comes to our relationships and interactions with others.
Tempering your expectations of other people will greatly reduce unnecessary frustration and suffering, in both your life and theirs, and help you refocus on the things that truly matter.
Which means it’s time to…

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations
and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.”
―Bruce Lee

1. Stop expecting them to agree with you.

Unknown 1:32 pm

The 6 Real Life Differences Between The Rich, The Middle Class, The Poor

Everyone desires an increase in the quality of live they live; we all want positive progress in our lives. But for most people, their actions contradict their desire. Progress is as result of change in actions. The primary key we need to move to another class is for us to change our actions. These are 6 Real Life Differences Between The Rich, The Middle Class, The Poor.

"Things don't turn up in this world until someone turns them up."

------James A. Garfield

Unknown 2:20 pm

The 3 Steps To Prosperity Without a JOB

Not having a job isn't the end of the road in life. With the continuous improvement in technology (Automation) and the high percentage of unemployment, the chances of getting a good job is slim. Fortunately, there are so many ways to financial heaven. The situation of not having a job or another source of income is difficult, but there is a way out if diligently heed to the 3 Steps To Prosperity Without a Job.

1. Discover Your Gift or Talent

Unknown 2:58 pm

3 Steps For Living Above The Level Of Mediocrity

Life as we know it sometime doesn't go according to our plan. It is like a tournament where the trophy or medal is our goal or desire but between us and the trophy, there are stages or rounds we have to pass. The challenge is that people spend most of their lives in the huddle stage; only few people actually get the medal. The truth is that you can overcome that huddle, you can achieve your dreams. These are the 3 steps for living above the level of mediocrity.

Ready

Every dream has its requirement, a price which must be paid. Dreams don't happen by mere wishes; you must reposition yourself for the manifestation of the dream. The ready stage is the stage of reservation.

Unknown 2:17 pm

11 Life-Changing Questions You Must Ask Yourself

Keep this list handy. Ask yourself these questions every day–without fail. And then, based on your answers, take action.

1. Who would cry the most at my funeral?

Those are people who love you unconditionally. Start returning the feeling.

2. Do I spend enough time with the people who would cry the most at my funeral?

Unknown 2:34 pm

5 Things You Might Regret Not Doing Sooner

People usually say life is too short for regret. But the truth is that it is too long.
- Sarah Addison Allen

One of the painful things to deal with in life is regret. Knowing that you had the power to make your life better than it is right now can really hurt. But the truth is that everyday we wake up we are given another chance to improve our live. These are 5 things you might regret not doing sooner.

1. Not Taking The Opportunity

Unknown 1:43 pm

The 3 Habits of Highly Successful People

We have all previously read stories on how to be successful in our various field of endeavor but for most of us we are yet to see the success manifest in our live. The problem is we focus most of how attention on imitating the lifestyles of these successful people instead of imitating their habits. Here are the 3 habits of successful people you ignore.

Unknown 11:44 am

How to Make a Difference

Inside us is a burning desire to be great, a desire to be heard, a desire to make a difference, a desire to always be remembered. We have all being placed on Earth for a purpose. We all have a destiny to fulfill. We were made for more and we shouldn't settle for less.

Independent of your field or expertise be it sport, music, business, education e.t.c. God expects you to make a difference in any area you are in. It's not until you have abundant resources or be in a certain social position before you make a difference. Stop giving the excuse that you have to reach certain social height or have abundant resources before contributing. Giving excuses is like wrapping a stone in paper and then expecting it to float. Giving excuses for failing won't make you succeed. These are ways to make a difference.

Be proactive: Don't wait for things to happen; cause them to happen. The only things thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people is for good people to do nothing. When something negative happens around you, what is your response? Do you act to events or just react to them?

Being proactive is about you choosing how to your reaction. Power is developed with action. You might not have the power to end the negative event but there is something you can do that can lead to the solution. Be a force for good anywhere you find yourself. Help people who won't return the favour and you will be surprised to know that you were actually helping yourself.

Little things sum up: Nothing starts great. Every great thing big started small. It is the little things if done consistently that amounts great. The challenge is that most times, we keep waiting for big projects, top jobs to come our way and miss out on the small thing which could have amounted to be great. Start making a difference with the little things you do. Be faithful with it, stay on the course with it and you will be surprise the difference you will make.

Excellence is of importance when carrying out your activities. People are attracted to excellence. Don't do things shabbily because you think it is little and insignificant. It is the little things turn great great things.

Be a problem solver: People who make the difference are problem solvers. They see a problem, they think of a solution and they solve the problem. You can't make a difference without solving a problem. Start by solving the problems in your community. Add value to people around you. Don't shy away from problems; the are stepping stones for you.The greatest regret in life is not failing; it is failing to try.

Be connected to your maker: There will always be somethings you won't understand. You can't do it all by yourself. You must be connected to God your maker. Ask God in prayer and seek him through studying his word for the purpose of your life. If you diligently ask him, he will reveal your purpose to you. After he reveals it to you, stay focused on the course . The road will not be easy but God will not abandon you.

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Unknown 2:19 pm

4 Reasons Why Your Dream Won't Come To Past

Everybody has a dream, a desire for greatness in life. A dream that brings you joy and hope of a better tomorrow. But the truth is that your dream isn't happening yet. How come? You often hear this quote;

" If you can believe it, you can achieve it".

But you have been believing for so long yet you see nothing. What could be the cause? Here are 4 reasons why your dream won't come to past.

1. A Selfish Dream

Unknown 11:19 am

Developing a Winning Team

"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is a progress; working together is success".

Winners create their own path. You can continue doing the things you do and still be a failure. Winning is not just an event, it is a lifestyle that leads to the event. For you to join the winning side, you have to live the winning lifestyle. These are some pre-requisite you need to move to the winning side: