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The Greatest Nation You Never Knew

11/15/2017

If I ask you to name one of the great nations in the world, you most probably will mention the USA or China, or UK, or any other country. However, none of these is the greatest nation in the world. The greatest nation is very close to every successful person that has existed. Every person that has achieved success in history has visited and explored the rich deposits in the greatest nation.

The greatest nation is called Image-Nation, popularly known as ImagiNation. With this ImagiNation, other great nations were discovered and developed. Great achievements in history come through the rich deposits of the imagination. There is no lack of resources with imagination. One can build an empire in the depth of ones imagination. Cities of gold can be developed in the imagination. It has no boundary and no limit to what you can achieve in the realm of imagination.

The challenge is to transform the structure developed in the imagination into tangible structure. This is also done through the imagination. The 'how' also lies within the Imagination. Whatever you can build in your imagination is achievable in the physical.

Today, there are metal birds called aeroplane. Today, there are wireless communication between planets that are millions of light-years apart. Today, there are artificial intelligence in most gadgets. These are all products of the greatest nation called ImagiNation.

Test Your Preparedness for Success

10/30/2017

Every normal person would wish to be counted as successful. Definition and interpretation of 'success' varies as the number of persons defining it. In this context, however, I am referring to financial success, where there is money available to meet all of one's needs with no opportunity cost. I refer to a state of being financially independent and free of loans and any form of indebtedness.

There is a simple way to test your preparedness and readiness for financial freedom. To test yourself, answer this question sincerely.

'What will you do if you were given $5 million today?'

I understand that the list will be endless so much so that the money may not be enough. I know that needs are insatiable. Among the items that will make the list include, resign from your paid job, buying a dream home in a choice location, getting on to the much desired exotic cruise holidays, getting a new top of class electric car, etc. Some will include donations to charity.

If all you will do with a gift of $5m is to spend it in improving your lifestyle, then you may have failed the test. This is because the money that seemed to be much at the beginning will soon diminish as time goes on. The money will be spent as fast as it came and the later state will be worst than the former because of difficulty to sustain the false lifestyle created.

If you see the money as seed that must be planted so as to produce more fruit, then you have passed the test and proven that you are ready for financial success. Seed must not be eaten but must be planted. It is therefore important to ensure that a portion of that money must be invested (planted) so as to reproduce itself, as a minimum. Money has deep respect for those who put it to productive use and quickly flies away from those who waste it or make it dormant. This is the reason the rich keep getting richer.

Finally, to prove you are ready for financial success, you do not have to wait to get the money before you decide what to do with it. Decide now what you will do with such money and expect the money to come your way. Money has a way of knowing those who are ready to put it into productive use and will eventually find its way to such persons.

Ideas are better than money

10/18/2017

A popular saying goes this way; ' It is better to teach someone to fish than give someone fish'. Likewise, it is better to have ideas of how to make money than simply to have money. This is the danger of being born 'with a golden spoon'. Anyone born into a wealthy family without being mentored on how to maintain or make money will end up in penury over time.

Never desire to win a lottery if you know you have no ideas of what to do with the big win. Such situation like winning a lottery with no ideas will suddenly introduce one into a false lifestyle that will eventually transform into wreckage once the money is spent. And the money will be spent faster than imagined. Most people that won big money with no ideas had the money quickly spent leaving them worse than their beginning.

The important thing is to desire to have ideas, big ideas. Ideas of your big dreams and what you would like to accomplish that would bring fulfilment into your life. That way, you are eagerly waiting for the money to put your ideas into reality. Believe me, the money will surely come to meet you. Opportunities look for big ideas. Nature has made it so.

Have you noticed that most wealthy persons are frugal with money. They do not spend money carelessly. This is because there is always an idea of what to do with money that comes their way. It's only when there is lack of idea that one spends money carelessly. That, unfortunately, happens with many people that do not have much of it. Without ideas, money quickly flies away to look for where it will be meaningfully invested.

Sit down therefore and think of the things you will do with money that comes your way. However, ensure that such things are things that will bring fulfilment to you and improve your life and that of your environment.

One Thing is Needful For Success

7/14/2016

One thing is needful for success, without it success becomes elusive: you need a sound mind.

A sound mind is a mental state of equilibrium. Creative ideas emerge from a sound mind. Most inventors utilize the power of a sound mind. A sound mind is your ability and capacity to make right decisions. A person under the influence of alcohol or drugs has lost the capacity to make sound decisions and ultimately the ability to create wealth.

The importance of a sound mind for a successful life cannot be overemphasized. The major reason some people can’t sleep is lack of a sound mind. It is also a major reason some people lose their appetite. Without a sound mind, a student cannot retain what he or she reads.

Please continue reading on this topic from my book, A Culture of Positive Change.

There is a Purpose for Our Being

7/14/2016

Purpose is the reason for our being; the essence of our existence. Purpose is what gives meaning to our being. Life therefore seems empty without purpose. It gives direction and focus to our lives. Without a purpose for living, we are tossed to and fro by every political, social, and economic change. There is indeed no direction in life without it. Without it, we are preoccupied with working for our daily need for survival. A life with purpose looks at the big picture beyond just putting food on the table.

Purpose for living removes depression and the desire to give up in life through suicide. Depression comes into people’s lives when they are disappointed with expectations and can’t seem to see light at the end of the tunnel. Without a purpose-driven life, people allow someone else like the government, a rich uncle, or others to dictate the outcome of their lives. Frustration and depression comes when these external influences disappoint expectation.

To find out more about purpose and how to discover your own purpose in life, request a copy of ‘A Culture of Positive Change’.

There is a Sunny Side of Life

7/13/2015

Every person born of a woman can become an achiever no matter the person’s background, physical ability or geographical location. A man or a woman’s only limitation is lack of knowledge as nobody can achieve beyond the level of knowledge available to him or her.

Someone says, ‘Oh!, My government has provided all I need and so I don’t need to suffer myself anymore. I would just work enough to reach retirement age and earn pension and have fun’.

Another says, ‘Greatness is not for people like me: otherwise my father would not have abandoned me’.

Another says, ‘My government does nothing to help alleviate our poverty. If the government could give my community electricity, good road and medical facility, then life could be easier. I wish I was born in another better country’.

The list could go on. Sometimes we look for ‘soft-landing’ to excuse our lack of fulfilment in life. The truth is; no matter the condition, there is a sunny side of life. There is a life of fulfilment and contentment waiting and expecting that we access the right keys to unlock and possess it. This life will have us live to our full potential of what we can achieve. It comes via knowledge.

The good news is that it’s never late to realize this universal truth and move on to achieve greatness. Some persons discover this truth early in life while some discover the truth much later in life. Whatever stage in life you discover this universal reality is never later. Everyone can make his or her life count.

It is a well known fact that every person has the same amount of time on a daily basis. Time is the only equal opportunity employer. Time is a just employer that pays every person exactly the value of his or her input. Time is one thing that inventors and scientists cannot invent or cause to change its mode of operation. No person has the capacity to allocate more time to him or herself. Every person gets the same allocation of time equally. The big question is, ‘what do you do with the time available to you? Each one of us has the same amount of time that JD Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie had. The same amount of time that Henry Ford and Thomas Edison had. The same amount of time that Bill Gates and Jim Rohn has. Each of us can also achieve greatness like these men because we already possess the potential that is needed to achieve it. What is missing is knowing what to do and a desire to apply the principles of achieving successful.

The time available to us is adequate to make our lives count. Time, well invested takes us to the sunny side of life. Our glorious destiny stares at us. It is our responsibility to create our world. No matter our current status in life, it could be better than what it is at the moment.

The principles to unlock the sunny side of life are the same ageless principles used by the ancient Babylonian Merchants to create vast empires. Every great personality has in some way applied the same principles. These principles are explained in my book, 'A Culture of Positive Change'.

The Hidden Opportunity for Wealth

1/14/2015

A couple of years ago, a homeless man, Ted Williams, was a known beggar living on the highways for a decade. He suddenly realised that he had wealth (golden voice) on the inside which could take him out of the highway to a decent living home. He therefore decided to write on a piece of cardboard the following words:

‘I have a God-given gift of voice. I ‘m an ex-radio announcer who has fallen on hard times. Please any help will be gratefully appreciated. Thank you and God bless you.’

Ted would show the write-up to every motorist that passed by him. A reporter drove by and saw the write-up, decided to take a chance by requesting Ted to showcase his ‘golden voice’. Ted spoke with his radio (golden) voice and blew the reporter away. The reporter uploaded the clip on YouTube and the video went viral in a matter of days. The rest of the story can be gotten in the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv-F5JnnGo0

Following the viral video, Ted got multiple offers for jobs and including offers for mortgage. Imagine for a moment that Ted was carrying wealth on the inside of him and for ten years he was living as a beggar on the highways.

There are hidden opportunities available to most people to create wealth and transform their lives. For Ted, although he has moved off the street, there is still a hidden opportunity for him to create even more wealth that will transcend generations. Ted needs to write a book on his story. I am positive that a book titled ‘From Highway to Mansion’ by Ted Williams will be an instant hit. Such a book, if well written will provide inspiration for people in similar difficult situation. Most importantly, the book will be a source of passive income for Ted. He could move on to write other books and secure the prosperity of generations after him.

There are always hidden opportunities around us. Only those that seek for them would find. If you like to draw, there lies a hidden opportunity to create wealth. If you can communicate with animals, there lies the hidden opportunity. If you had an experience you wish no other person should have, there lies the opportunity.

Always open your mind to the hidden opportunities that present themselves every now and then. Success is much closer than you had thought or imagined.

The Power of Choice

1/10/2015

For every normal adult, the freedom to choose is what makes human beings different from other living creatures. How we use this freedom or power of choice has a very vital role in who we become or what we make out of our lives. Every adult has the authority to choose how many hours to sleep in a day, and how many hours to work in a day. We have the power to choose our friends and associations. These choices determine whether we become successful or ordinary. A tree does not have the privilege to choose. Every tree will grow to the full extent of its reach. A tree only stops growing once it exhausts its manure. Human beings do not grow to the full extent of our reach because of the power of choice. Choice sometimes could be a limiting factor for success.

Every person is a product of choices he or she made in the past. Successful people become successful as a result of making the right choices. Likewise, many destinies with potential for greatness have been destroyed as a result of just one wrong choice.

The current United States of America President, Barack Obama was abandoned by his father and later by his mother. His mother left him to the care of his maternal grandparent as she went off to live with her new husband. Obama struggled, as a young adult to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial heritage.

There were two likely choices available to a boy with Obama’s background. One choice was to become a drug addict in other to forget his pitiable story of broken family and abandonment by parents. Another choice was to rise above the discouraging background and decide to be successful anyhow. Thank God Obama chose the latter.

Success is a choice just as failure is also by choice. Someone who desires to be successful must be selective in the choices he or she makes. The outcome of every choice is either positive or negative. There is no neutral outcome for any choice. To be successful, ensure that every choice you make has a positive outcome.

The Law of Diminishing Intent

11/19/2014

The law of diminishing intent is a popular saying that states: the longer you delay in taking action on anything you wish to do, the higher the likelihood that you will never take the action.

The law of diminishing intent is another way of saying that procrastination is a thief of time and an enemy of progress. Take a moment to think back to see if you remember something you had planned to do and you were really excited about it. You had steam in you to get on with the thing. However, all the materials you needed to do this thing was not complete at the time. Maybe you needed some more money to buy one of the materials you needed to get the thing off the ground. You were eagerly waiting for the money to show up so you would be at this very exciting thing.

For some reasons beyond your control, the money is not coming your way as soon as you had thought. You are beginning to lose the steam you once had at doing this thing. The excitement has also dwindled. With every passing day you are less excited at doing this thing that you once were really excited at doing. Even if the money comes now, you may rather choose to channel the money to something else. The steam you had has been completely let off. So what has happened with the steam and excited?

It is called the ‘law of diminishing intent’. Every person is guilty of this very law. The longer there is a delay in doing what you planned to do, the less likely that it would be done.

How do you avoid the law of diminishing intent? It’s simple. Strike while the iron is hot. Don’t delay. Start from where you are with what you have. Don’t postpone making that important phone call any longer. There is no better time to start than now. The first step is the most important and sometimes the most difficult. Grab every opportunity as they come. Do not put off until tomorrow what you need to do today. Utilize the power of now. Act when emotion is high. Every delay reduces the intensity of desire.

The Reason for Success or Failure

9/2/2014

There are twenty-four hours in a day (including night). If separated into three, there are three parts of eight hours each. It is well advised that eight hours sleep is good for healthy existence. It is also mostly agreed that an eight-hour work-day is best and most businesses adhere to this timing. That leaves the last eight hours in every day at the discretion of each individual.

The difference in the life of each individual and the status of every person in life is determined primarily by what each individual does with the remaining eight hours. Put in another way, for emphasis, the success or failure of each individual hinges primarily on what each person does with the eight ‘free’ hours at his or her discretion. While some people will use the remaining eight hours for work, others will use it for play. That is the reason for variation in levels of success or failure. To achieve success in life, you must be able to utilize your eight hours in a balanced way to add value to your life, your family, and your neighbourhood.

Some people argue that in a day, eight hours is for sleep, eight hours is for work, and the remaining eight hours is for play. That is fine if you just want to be ordinary. But if you want your life to be counted among the legends, those who achieved beyond the ordinary, those who refused to be dictated by the economic policies of the government, then you may need to reconsider how best to use the eight hours of your day. It makes all the difference!

You require those eight hours to create balance and harmony in your life. You need those eight hours to study, to be ahead of your competitors. You need those eight hours to spend time with your family. You need those eight hours to maintain good relationships with friends. Most importantly, you need those eight hours to discover who you are and to express who you are. The way you utilize those eight hours is completely decided by you—and they determine who and what you become.

For more on this, get my book 'A Culture of Positive Change'.

Author

John Iroh is a structural engineer. He gained experience over the years from study of successful people, success seminars and voluntary service helping those needing emotional support. He is currently mentoring some people on the culture of positive change.

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Success Nugget 1
Opportunity comes equally to every person but only those prepared for it see it; and only those who act on it get it.

Success Nugget 2
It is better to have ideas and wait for money to execute the ideas than to have money and no idea how to invest it.

Success Nugget 3
To test your prepardness for success: what will you do if you suddenly inherited $1 million?

Success Nugget 4
You have to be mentally prepared to receive success.

Success Nugget 5
Searchers are Finders. Only those who search find.

Success Nugget 6
Success is intrinsically connected to knowledge. To improve on level of success requires to first improve on knowledge.

Success Nugget 7
Success is a process, not an event.

Success Nugget 8
Real Success must have a Successor.

Success Nugget 9
The road to success is often less bumpy if you follow after someone who have attained success.

Success Nugget 10
It is advisable to have a Mentor as you seek to achieve success and to have a Successor after you have achieved success.

Success Nugget 11
Physical and material prospertity is explicably tied to the limit set in your mind: it can't grow beyond it.

Success Nugget 12
Prosperity only stays with a good manager. It quickly vanishes from those who manage it badly.

Success Nugget 13
Success will seldomly remain with anyone who does not understand the value of success.

Success Nugget 14
Don't be afraid to ask. only those who ask receive.

Success Nugget 15
Don't be afraid to knock. Only those who knock have doors opened to them.

Success Nugget 16
Always explore all opportunities that exist in your current job or endeavour before seeking for 'greener pasture' elsewhere.

Success Nugget 17
Physical and material prosperity is inexplicably linked to the limit set in your mind. It can't grow beyond the limit.

Success Nugget 18
Prosperity only stays and remains with good managers. It quickly vanishes from bad managers

Success Nugget 19
Diamonds do not look like diamonds in their raw state. It is usually dirty and impure.

Success Nugget 20
There are no bad jobs. Our attitude make a job either bad or good.

Success Nugget 21
You can be good at anything if you put over 10,000 hours of work into it.

Success Nugget 22
Don’t rest on your laurels once they are won.

Success Nugget 23
If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything accomplished.

Success Nugget 24
All you can do is all you need to be successful. Just do all you can do.

Success Nugget 25
If you do all you can do every day in a meaningful activity, you will become successful in that endeavor.

Success Nugget 26
Hard work does not mean working until you sweat—it
means putting a little extra effort in, after others stop.

Success Nugget 27
Hard work does not kill, it give you leverage.

Success Nugget 28
To every person there are 24 hours: 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for work, and what you do with the remaining 8
hours determines your status in life.

Success Nugget 29
Every person is in a personal race against time.

Success Nugget 30
What you do every day is the value you exchange for a day of your life.

Success Nugget 31
Every day that passes by is one day removed from your life.

Success Nugget 32
When you look back over your life, what you see is the value you have exchanged for the years you have lived.

Success Nugget 33
Unfortunately, time does not wait for us while we sleep or go on vacation. It keep moving and never takes a break.

Success Nugget 34
We can invest our time, spend it, or waste it. Time invested brings the best returns.

Success Nugget 35
When you look back over your life, what you see is the proof of the time you invested. Time merely spent or wasted has little or nothing to show for it.

Success Nugget 36
You don't get paid for the time you put into work; rather you get paid for the value you add into the marketplace within the time. That is the reason someone earns $5 per hour and another earns $50 per hour

Success Nugget 37
If you want to increase your earning capacity, you have to increase the value you add into the marketplace. Improve your skills.

Success Nugget 38
Work harder on yourself than you work on your job. Your earning potential is directly proportional to your ability.

Success Nugget 39
A person’s primary limitation is his or her mentality

Success Nugget 40
You may never understand your potential until a wall separates you from life and death. You will be amazed how easy you will climb over the wall.

Success Nugget 41
Your thinking determines your outcome

Success Nugget 42
The words you speak create the atmosphere around you: be it positive or negative.

Success Nugget 43
Your mind listens to every word that you speak and acts
on it.

Success Nugget 44
It is difficult to succeed beyond the level of your mind’s
aspiration.

Success Nugget 45
As crazy as it may seem—think BIG.

Success Nugget 46
Dreamers are pacesetters. They shape the world. If you
want to go beyond the limit—be a dreamer.

Success Nugget 47
To be successful, you must avoid the companion of
failures.

Success Nugget 48
Do not reveal your dream to a dream killer.

Success Nugget 49
Do not misunderstand yourself when others
misunderstand you.

Success Nugget 50
To be successful, you must do the right thing and not
necessarily the good thing.

Success Nugget 51
Don't be afraid helping someone up the ladder. In making others rich, you inadvertently make yourself rich.

Success Nugget 52
Persistency is good; but if you are still on the road after one week for a two-day journey, you ought to know that you are heading in a wrong direction,

Success Nugget 53
The company you keep determines what accompanies you. Be careful who and what you hang out with or who and what hangs around you

Success Nugget 54
The decisions we take or fail to take may not only affect us but may also affect generations yet unborn.

Success Nugget 55
The greatest nation in the world is not America or Russia or China or UK or any other country. The greatest nation is called Image-nation (known as Imagination). Through it all other nations are formed and built.

Success Nugget 56
There is never a lack of resources to create anything in your Imagination. Empires are first built in the Imagination.

Success Nugget 57
There is no stopping of an idea whose time has come.

Success Nugget 58
To move from being small to being big has this formula: Big=small+small+small+..

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