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 WHAT IS FOCUS? Focus is a critical element - the power many of us overlook, ignore, and side-track; yet capable of actually changing the equation of our life for the better. In this article, I shall tinker with highlighting how focus determines our future as well as helping us to create our fortune(s). To gain access in life, you do not necessarily need a bunch of keys. You only need the right key for the right door. In essence, you do not need too many keys like a janitor experimenting and/or going through a trial-and –error process, dissipating your energy, mental resource(s), intellectual capability, emotion(s), social capital, economic power, and ability to grant favours. What you need is to fully pour your attention and devote your resources in a certain direction to deploy with specificity, determination, and ‘power’ for the door you are zero-ing on to open; or, shall be opened and, also, the barriers shall be broken down and be consumed with the po...

Born in Australia, his parents were third-generation welfare recipients used to being poor. Peter attended elementary school in Adelaide. Because of a learning disability, he found it difficult to understand and assemble words. Consequently he was labeled stupid by teachers who were either too busy or didn't care enough to find out why he struggled. One teacher in particular, Miss Phillips, would make Peter stand in front of the class where she would berate him with, "Peter Daniels, you're a bad boy and you'll never amount to anything". Of course this did nothing for his self-esteem. As a result, he failed every grade in school. One of his earliest career choices was to become a bricklayer. A few years later, married with a young family, he decided to go into business for himself. The first venture failed miserably and he was broke within a year. Undaunted, he saw another opportunity and channeled his energy into making it a success similar fate awaited him; h...

The secret to success is available to anyone who cares to find. There are no magical formulas to prosperity. To prosper, you simply need to study what works and what doesn't. I hope you're getting the message that achieving what you want in life doesn't require magical formulas or secret ingredients. It's simply focusing on what works versus what doesn't. However, many people focus on the wrong things. Those who live from paycheck to paycheck every month have not studied how to acquire financial intelligence. They had focused more on spending instead of acquiring a strong asset base for the future. Funny enough the informations needed for your success abound everywhere around you. Successful people write them in books; it's in their audio/video recordings; their biographies; in magazine/television interviews such as, Forbes and Success Magazines. Contrary to popular belief people think rich and successful people do not really share their success secrets. Th...

Life doesn't just happen to you. It's all about your choices and how you respond to every situation. If you are in the habit of continually making bad choices, disaster often occurs. Your everyday choices ultimately determine whether you end up living with abundance or living in poverty. The more you learn about yourself- how you think, how you feel, what your purpose is and how you want to live- the more you will be inclined to making right choices that will lead to the fulfillment of your ultimate purpose. Instead of just working hard every week, you will begin to make better choices based on intuition and instinctively knowing the right thing to do. It is this higher level of awareness that determines your daily quality of life. Many people today are concerned about their lifestyle. Phrases like, "I'm looking for a better quality of  life", "I want to do better", or "I just want to simplify my life", are now commonplace without them re...

Many wait for things to happen in their lives without taking actionable steps towards the fulfillment of their ultimate purpose. If  there's  an ultimate rule to success in life it is this: Instead of waiting for things to happen, make them happen.  Stop complaining about things in your life you're not happy about. If there is something in your life you don't like, it is up to you to change it. Stop complaining about the intensity of your challenges or the circumstances surrounding your upbringing, your environment, the economy or your position. You're completely in charge of your life. From now accept complete responsibility of everything you are , and anything you will ever be. Refuse to make excuses or to blame other people for your problems and shortcomings. Develop a highly independent, self-responsible, self-starting mentality. See yourself as the boss of your own life. See yourself as a completely in charge of your physical health, your financial well-being, ...

Failure is one of the most feared occurrence in life and also the most counter-productive. Failure is an occurrence not a destination. No one wants to fail. We are daily overwhelmed by the fear to fail at our dreams, the fear to fail at achieving a goal, the fear to fail at what we know and the fear to fail at what we do not know. This most feared enemy have lead millions of people to abort their big dreams and to settle for less. This doesn't have to be your story. I have shared with you here, eight lessons I have learned from this enemy that will certainly make your story different from that of others. 1. Failure Makes You Strong The more the number of times you fail at a thing the stronger you become at it. There's an inner strength that comes with failing if viewed the right way. It is the strength that wants to make you try again. The strength that comes with the zeal  to find out ways to do it right. 2. Failure Spurs Creativity The next thing that happens to a ma...

Recently Mark Cuban was asked what he would do if he lost it all. What will he do first? "I would get a job as a bartender at night and a sales job during the day", Cuban said on the podcast. "Could I become a multimillionaire again? I have no doubt" Why does he feel that way? Success is almost impossible -in any field-without solid sales skills. Here's why. To many people, the world selling implies manipulating, pressuring, cajouling-all the used-car-salesman stereotypes. But if you think of selling as explaining the logic and benefits of a decision, then everyone-business owner or not- need sales skills: to convince others that an idea make sense, to show bosses or investors how a project or business will generate rate of return, to help employees understand the benefits of a new process, etc. In essence, sales skills are communication skills. Communication skills are critical in any business or career-and you'll learn more about communication by ...

In every age whatever is earned and gained is based on the improvement of what is already on ground. Every dispensation is being controlled by a superior idea. Creativity is gold. The human creativity is the ultimate economic resource for every generation. Nations and business empires are built out of creativity not from the readily available resources. In fact, creativity is the most priced human possession in the market place. By all means get creative. Here are seven ways to help you enhance your creative abilities in the right environment to become highly valued and sort after. 1. Make it Neat A neat space can spur your creativity in a way you wouldn't imagine. If I can say this; the neatness of your environment will ultimately determine the neatness of your thoughts. Your mind can think farther, faster and better in a neat space than one that is void of this quality. 2. Make it Colourful This is all about the psychology of colour . There are certain colours that just ...

Let's get one thing clear: While money may not be of ultimate importance, it still ranks up there with oxygen in giving you life. Hence, the need for you to handle money with intelligence and intention. With that in mind, let's look at the six foundation habits that will help ease your financial pressures as we round up our course on finance management. 1. Develop a Positive Attitude about Money. Attitude is important when it comes to money. In fact, attitude is the driving force in your subconscious mind. Attitude shapes your self-talk and ultimately your financial reality. If you constantly say to yourself, "I'm broke, I'm broke", your subconscious mind hears these negative words and sets up your actions to be consistent with the message. If instead it hears, "I'm building wealth, I'm building wealth", it sets up your actions to become a wealth builder. These messages are sent to your brain and are heard as absolute truth whether they ...

Here are thirteen choices you can make to maximize your talent for productivity and high performance: 1. Belief lifts your talent. 2. Passion energizes your talent. 3. Initiative activates your talent. 4. Focus directs your talent. 5. Preparation positions your talent. 6. Practice sharpens your talent. 7. Perseverance sustains your talent. 8. Courage tests your talent. 9. Teachability expands your talent. 10. Character protects your talent. 11. Relationship influence your talent. 12. Responsibility strengthens your talent. 13. Team-work multiplies your talent. Make these choices and you can become a talent-plus person. If you have talent, you stand alone. If you have talent-plus you stand out. Excerpts from "Talent is Never Enough" by John. C. Maxwell.

I have failed a number of times in my life and I have grown to be grateful for it because, failure has the capacity to teach us what success can't. It is not the emotion behind failure that propels one to do better in life but the sheer will not to repeat a mistake again and like Thomas Edison puts it, "It is learning another way not to do it right". Many are left contained in the mold of failure by the emotion of inefficiency and incapability that it brings. It is not until you learn to embrace failure that you know what it takes to overcome fear. What I am saying is, the fear of failure puts us in a box. It incapacitates our creativity and willingness to step out of the norm, to do what we really want to do. Many dreams have been killed, crippled, left unfulfilled by the fear to fail at them. The truth is, you can never encounter success by staying within the circumference of your comfort zone. Success as never been born within the four walls of fear. In fact, w...

As we begin to round-up these series. The next few posts will be based on principles that briefly explains all we've been discussing in the past few weeks. To get yourself equipped on any and every principle written here, do well to read our previous discussions. Here are "The 9 Smart Saving and Spending Tips" to help you begin a life of financial discipline and abundance: 1. Prioritize long-terms goals : Don’t wait till graduation before you start saving money for your future. Live for the future and not for now. 2 . Make scale of preference : Characterize your needs in their order of significant importance. 3. Delay self-gratification : Be patient; don’t spend your money in a hurry in a bit to self-gratify your immediate needs. 4. Stick to a budget : ...

Peter Drucker, the father of modern management said, "There seems to be little correlation between a man's effectiveness and his intelligence, his imagination, or his knowledge...Intelligence, imagination and knowledge are essential resources, but only effectiveness converts them into results. By themselves, they only set limits to what can be contained". The talents (gifts) of most people are greater than their person. By this I mean, the talent of some people are greater than other important personal attributes, such as, character and commitment. As a result, they often fail to rise to the level of their talent. More important than your talent is the ability to develop true character, effectiveness, creativity and passion. The key choices you make- apart from the natural talent you have- will set you apart from others who have talents alone. This is the key to success. Your areas of strength (talent) is maximized only by the efforts you put to it .  It is these e...