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The Blessed Life Life as God intended
Success principles
In Jeremiah 29 vs. 11, God spoke some words that will forever ring in my spirit
because these words changed my paradigm in a significant way. Having grown
up under challenging circumstances there was an ingrained belief hidden in methat life was not meant to be good for me. It could be fine for others but not me,
I felt that there was no one who was really interested in my success. As I went
through school these feelings were further established when I just did not seem
to excel in my academics. I would switch off every time a challenge seemed togo beyond my mind; I never developed a fight that would go against failing at
an assignment. I would accept that as my part in life, even during my years in
school I would find myself settling in to being in the lowest classes and that
constantly communicated that I will always be at the back end of life.
This however began to change when I became a Christian I began to see that I
had a significant part to play in building a better world. The discovery of
purpose brought about the discovery of Gods thoughts about me that He is
thinking thoughts of good and not evil and that God wants to bring me to anexpected preplanned prosperous end. I had to make up my mind whether God
was good or bad or a mix of both depending on whether or not He was in a
good mood. If He was good then I was ready to serve him and discover His
plans for my life. If God was bad or unpredictable I was not ready to follow
Him as that was what my life was already. Religion had taught me that God
was a senile unpredictable old man who was waiting to punish me for
everything I did wrong. But my quest for the truth of the word and my coming
to a church that taught the truth helped me to change my paradigms about Godand about my life.
This is where I began to discover that life is governed by principles that were
initiated or put in place by God. God tells Joshua that as you go into the
Promised Land there is a prerequisite to prosperity and good success, which is
meditating on the book of the law and keeping it in your
mouth. This way you will be able to glean from it theprinciples that you need in order to fulfill your worthwhile
God-given ideal, purpose or destiny. I am a firm believerthat Jeremiah 29 vs. 11 applies to every human being ever
to be born on this planet. God has a plan for them just as He
had a plan for Joshua and the nation he was leading. I then settled this in my
heart that if God is thinking about me I want to know those thoughts and I want
to fulfill them. This is when success was born in me. Psalm 92 vs. 4-5 made it
clear to me that I will triumph at the work of Gods hands and that His thoughts
are very deep.
I want to encourage you with this that God is thinking about you; discover His
thought book and pursue the things written in that book and do them and you
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will see success in your life regardless of your background and how bad the
current situation is. My prayer is that you will be inspired and motivated by thismanual to start your walk of success. You are not doomed to failure until you
decide you are, there are no curses for failure in your life except the one you
decree over your own destiny. The principle is you attract what you believe
about yourself, as a man thinks in his heart so is he, you will prosper and walk
in health in proportion to the prosperity and success that is in your soul. The
eight lessons that you will go though in this manual will help you condition
your heart and mind for success in every area of your life. There are practical
sections that will help you think through some important components of your
journey, take time to think and write your answers in the fill in section. I also
encourage you to buy yourself a good success journal or open a success folder
on your computer. Begin to journal or document the thoughts and events that
will begin to happen in your life as you have begun a significant journey and
you will never be the same again.
PrefaceResearch and surveys done say only about 2-5% of all people succeed in life;
these are startling statistics that I hate with all my heart. It is my life mission to
change this by bringing more people to a place where they are successful inlife. I firmly believe that life is governed by principles and a careful study of
ones life will help in discovering why you are where you are and how you can
get yourself to the desired place of success.
Follow these principles and you can change your destiny,
you are not doomed to failure by some curse or some bad
luck on your life. You are the master of your own destiny.
Never relegate your personal growth, development and
success to somebody else. Joshua 1 vs. 8 tells us that if you
do the word and meditate on it day and night YOU will
make YOUR way prosperous and YOU will have good success. Its up to younot the government, the economic conditions or your family background, its up
to you. Interesting to note that your success does not even depend on God
because if it did rest on God, then we would all be successful because that isHis desire. We have a significant part to play in what happens in our own lives,
we have to take responsibility for our lives. This lesson works along with
another, which helps you understand why we go through certain storms and
painful experiences on the way to our appointed blessing. Destined forgreatness is a lesson you also need to do for yourself as you develop your
success paradigms.
Let us begin with a definition seeing we are dealing with an interesting subject.
Success has many definitions and thats fine. That does not mean there is awrong or right definition, you need to have a clear picture of what you want to
achieve in life and for us in this lesson the most basic understanding of success
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is being able to realize that dream or desire. We will also help you develop that
goal a little more so that it has a greater level of significance to you and othersaround you. For someone success might be a big house, two cars a wife and
two children. To another success might be a huge multinational conglomerate
that hits billions in annual profits, and yet another might see success as
becoming a president of a country, or simply having a mud hut on a plot and
some cattle. Success can be the realization of any these ifthis is the set goal. A house wife who set out to be that is
successful, one who wants to be a postman and becomes
one is successful and a millionaire who sets out to be one is
successful. These principles will help you achieve success
in your life. But if this manual is successful it will provoke
you to see beyond just your own life, to the impact you can
have on many others around you. Our success is measured by our ability to get
you out of your personal box into a paradigm that will measure success by the
significance you can pass on to others. A good man or woman leaves aninheritance for his childrens children.
Success defined= The progressive realization of a
worthwhile ideal (set vision)
Success begins with a focus to achieve something
but it does not end until lives are changed by the
success. Napoleon Hill says A successful man is
not lonely because he has helped many others arrive
at the place of success I believe that real success will result in many lives
being impacted not just the seeker of the success, there must be a spill over thatcauses many to be blessed. God said to Abram the ultimate result of what I amdoing in your life is through you shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.
If you arrive at success and you are all alone then your success is not real but
its empty and void of real life.
Examples in the Bible of people that pursued a worthwhile goal that was ablessing to many
1. Genesis 24 vs. 21-24; 39-46; 56 (Vision. Get a wife for the master so that the
blessing can be generational) When Eliezer succeeded we were blessed becausethe Hebrew nation was birthed through that lineage
2. Genesis 39 vs. 2-6; 21-23 (Vision, run Potiphers house, run the prison, run
the nation so that Israel can be preserved and multiplied in preparation for Gods
agenda to be fulfilled)
3. Joshua 1 vs. 7-8 (Vision; get the nation to possess the land so God can
establish His covenant with His people)
Read these stories and see how the pursuit of a worthwhile goal can be a
blessing to many other people besides you. The Bible is a collection of storiesthat impacted the destinies of many other people.
This manual as I have already stated, is designed to help you develop a new
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success paradigm in you mind. 3rd
John vs. 2 You have to prosper (succeed) in
your soul before you will prosper in your life. God gives us a promise that aswe commit our works to the Lord He will establish our thoughts. This literally
means the plans that we will put together will be made successful as we commit
them to God. Proverbs 16 vs. 3
As we get ready to start the first lesson it is time to decide that
you are a part of the minority. You are a part of those that are
successful. Decide that failure is not your portion and that
Gods thoughts about you will come to full manifestation.
Decide that you will never be serious about failure again.
People that never fail are people that never try anything. There is nothing
wrong with failing as long as you dont repeat it. Learn from every failure and
move on, do not settle in the rut or trap of failure. Your past is not an indicator
of your future. In the first lesson we will talk about vision and I want to say thisfrom that lesson sight is the ability to see things as they are; vision is the
ability to see things as they should be
If you have made this decision then you are ready for the lesson today. Mark
this day in your journal as the day you made an important decision. I guarantee
you that if you will take these lessons seriously and diligently with
determination and resolve that within the next 30 days you will be living a
transformed life, you will never be the same. These principles have been used
by thousands of other successful people and your name will be added in thehall of the successful. Both in the Bible and in human history we see people
apply these principles knowingly and unknowingly and they saw success in
different areas of life. Romans 12 vs. 1-3
Clearing your mind is an important part of laying good foundations for
becoming a successful person. This personal assessment will help you to locate
yourself and areas you need to work on. Do take time over the next month toanswer these questions and review your answers with the purpose of
discovering some paradigms that you nee to change. Try not to rush through thequestions but be brutally honest with yourself and if possible have your mentor
or someone close to verify some of your answers.
Enjoy your journey to self-discovery and you will be glad you took this step.
The benefits far out weigh the pain of doing the exercise and by the way, there
will be pain and there is a cost to doing this exercise, but remember there isnothing for free in this world. Success will cost you. Are you willing to pay the
price?
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SELF-ANALYSIS TEST QUESTIONS
Do you complain often of "feeling bad," YES___ NO___ and if so, what is the
cause?
Do you find fault with other people at the slightest provocation? YES___
NO___
Do you frequently make mistakes in your work? YES___ NO___ and if so,
why?
Are you sarcastic and offensive in your conversation? YES___ NO___
Do you deliberately avoid the association of anyone? YES___ NO___ and if so,
why?
Do you suffer frequently with indigestion? YES___ NO___ If so, what is the
cause?
Does life seem futile and the future hopeless to you? YES___ NO___ If so,
why?
Do you like your occupation? YES___ NO___ If not, why?
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Do you often feel self-pity? YES___ NO___ if yes why?
Are you envious of those who excel over you? YES___ NO___
To which do you devote most time, thinking of SUCCESS, or of FAILURE?
Are you gaining or losing self-confidence, as you grow older?
Do you learn something of value from all mistakes? YES___ NO___
Are you permitting some relative or acquaintance to worry you?
YES___ NO___ If so, why?
Are you sometimes "in the clouds" and at other times in the depths of
despondency? YES___ NO___
Who has the most inspiring influence upon you? What is the cause?
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Do you tolerate negative or discouraging influences, which you can avoid?
YES___ NO___
Are you careless of your personal appearance? YES___ NO___ If so, when and
why?
Have you learned how to "drown your troubles" by being too busy to be
annoyed by them? YES___ NO___
Would you call yourself a "spineless weakling" if you permitted others to doyour thinking for you? YES___ NO___
How many preventable disturbances annoy you, and why do you tolerate them?
Do you resort to liquor, narcotics, or cigarettes to "quiet your nerves"? YES___
NO___ If yes, why dont you try willpower instead?
Does anyone "nag" you, YES___ NO___ and if so, for what reason?
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Do you have a DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE, YES___ NO___ and if yes,
what is it, and what plan have you for achieving it?
Do you suffer from any of the Six Basic Fears? YES___ NO___ If yes, which
ones? (See below)
The six basic fears are fear of POVERTY, CRITICISM, ILL HEALTH, LOSS OF LOVE, OF
SOMEONE, OLD AGE and DEATH
Have you a method by which you can shield yourself against the negative
influence of others? YES___ NO___
Do you make deliberate use of autosuggestion (Self suggestion or speaking to
yourself) to make your mind positive? YES___ NO___
Which do you value most, your material possessions, or your privilege of
controlling your own thoughts? YES___ NO___
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Do others easily influence you, against your own judgment? YES___ NO___
Has today added anything of value to your stock of knowledge or state of
mind? YES___ NO___
Do you face squarely the circumstances, which make you unhappy, or sidestep
the responsibility? YES___ NO___
Do you analyze all mistakes and failures and try to profit by them or, do you
take the attitude that this is not your duty?
Can you name three of your most damaging weaknesses? What are you doingto correct them?
Do you encourage other people to bring their worries to you for sympathy?
YES___ NO___
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Do you choose, from your daily experiences, lessons or influences, which aid in
your personal advancement? YES___ NO___
Does your presence have a negative influence on other people as a rule?
YES___ NO___
What habits of other people annoy you most?
Do you form your own opinions or permit yourself to be influenced by other
people?
Have you learned how to create a mental state of mind with which you can
shield yourself against all discouraging influences? YES___ NO___
Does your occupation inspire you with faith and hope? YES___ NO___
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Are you conscious of possessing spiritual forces of sufficient power to enable
you to keep your mind free from all forms of FEAR? YES___ NO___
Does your faith help you to keep your own mind positive? YES___ NO___
DO you feel it your duty to share other people's worries? If so, why? YES___
NO___
If you believe that "birds of a feather flock together" what have you learned
about yourself by studying the friends whom you attract?
What connection, if any, do you see between the people with whom you
associate most closely, and any unhappiness you may experience? Could it be
possible that some person whom you consider to be a friend is, in reality, your
worst enemy, because of his negative influence on your mind?
YES___ NO___
By what rules do you determine who is helpful and who is damaging to you?
Are your intimate associates mentally superior or inferior to you?
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How much time out of every 24 hours do you devote to?
Your occupation? ____Sleep? ____
Play and relaxation? ____
Acquiring useful knowledge? ____
Plain waste? ____
Personal development? ____
Who among your acquaintances,
1. Encourages you most? ___________________
2. Cautions you most? ________________
3. Discourages you most? ________________4. Helps you most in other ways? _________________
5. Develops (equips) you the most? _________________
What is your greatest worry? Why do you tolerate it?
When others offer you free, unsolicited advice, do you accept it withoutquestion, or analyze their motive?
What, above all else, do you most DESIRE? Do you intend to acquire it? Are
you willing to subordinate all other desires for this one? YES___ NO___ Howmuch time daily do you devote to acquiring it?
Do you change your mind often? YES___ NO___ If so, why? Do you usually
finish everything you begin?
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Are you easily impressed by other people's business or professional titles,
college degrees, or wealth? YES___ NO___
Are you easily influenced by what other people think or say of you?
YES___ NO___
Do you cater to people because of their social or financial status?
YES___ NO___
Whom do you believe to be the greatest person living? In what respect is this
person superior to you?
How much time did you devote to studying and answering these questions? (At
least one day is necessary for the analysis and the answering of the entire list.)
If you have answered all these questions truthfully, you know more about
yourself than the majority of people. Study the questions carefully, come back
to them once each week for several months, and be astounded at the amount of
additional knowledge of great value to yourself, you will have gained by thesimple method of answering the questions truthfully. If you are not certain
concerning the answers to some of the questions, seek the counsel of those who
know you well, especially those who have no motive in flattering you, and see
yourself through their eyes. The experience will be astonishing.
Welcome to the success principles
Great! Now that you know yourself better you areready to go through the rest of the manual. I guarantee
you your life will never be the same. Let this manual
be your friend for the next few months, think on and
review this information often until you are very clear
about who you are an where you are going.
If you have any questions or you need clarification please communicate withme on pastorxtremegmail.com I also recommend that you get a book called
Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill and you will further understand thepersonal assessment above. Here we go on the principles enjoy and God bless
you as you lay a good foundation.
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1. Visualization
See something
Sight is the ability to see things, as they are vision is the ability to see things, as
they should be.
Proverbs 29 vs. 18 When people do not accept divine
guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law isjoyful.
The most outstanding ingredient of successful people is
their ability to vision or visualize their life; do you see
clearly where you are going? In order to succeed you must see yourself achievesomething. The reason most people fail in life is because they have no goals,
dreams, aspirations that they are going after. To have no vision is to have neverlived.
Exercise one; Take some time to think about your vision in as
much detail as possible and write it down in a good notebook or
Journal. Create a vision corner
Principles of vision (Habakkuk 2 vs. 1-4)
1. The principle of documentation (write the vision)2. The principle of simplification (make it plain)3. The principle of shared vision (give it to heralds)4. The principle of participation (they may run)5. The principle of timing (an appointed time)6. The principle of patience (wait for it)7. The principle of faith (It will certainly come)
You can change your life by changing your focus (thinking, vision). A real
significant vision is one that will move you so that you will begin to pursue it
with all your heart. When Abram had the vision of his life being a blessing he
packed his bags and began to look for a land he had never seen
Positive thinking will bring positive results and negative thinking brings
negative results (you reap what you sow) develop the ability to visualize life asyou would want to live it, begin to think positively about your vision.
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You become what you think about (Proverbs 23 vs. 7) what are you filling your
mind with? Look at your personal library and get rid ofthings that are not enhancing your vision. Your library
(book, tapes, CDs, movies) should stock all the
necessary material to help you realize your vision.
The number one reason for failure in life is broken
focus. What is breaking your focus and distracting youfrom fulfilling the above stated vision?
2. Imagination
Create a world in your mind
Think the picture into existence, God said He would do exceeding abundantly
above what we ask, think or imagine. Wow that means I have to have an image
or picture of the life I want to live and what success looks like to me. Now that
you have exercised number one, you have a basic picture of your vision, now
you can do number two
Exercise two: Dedicate at least 30 minutes a day to look at thevision and imagine how it will look like when you complete it
Plan and write and think again until it takes shape, develop
your thoughts and keep writing, when you exercise your
mind by using your imagination, you develop what is
called creative imagination.
Synthetic and creative imagination: Synthetic imagination is taking what
already exists and making something out of it. Creative imagination is using
your mind to bring into existence something totally new, like a new business,product, medicine, instrument or invention that will be helpful for humanity.
Praying in the Holy Ghost allows your mind to connect with God the author ofall great purposes and your ability to be creative will increase. God used this
same principle in creating the world.
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When your body is submitted to the mind and the mind to the spirit and the
spirit to the Holy Spirit you will tap into amazing creative ability
It is in praying in the Holy Ghost that God ideas are
birthed and it is in that place that they are developed.
A great imagination is a great tool (Ephesians 3 vs. 20)Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty
power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more
than we might ask or think.
1 Corinthians 14 vs. 2-5 and vs. 18
If I pray in an unknown tongue my spirit prayeth but...
I thank my God that I speak...
Do not accommodate negative imaginations (Romans 12 vs. 22-26) close your
mind to and reject thinking that leads to defeat and failure. Successful peopleare success minded
Exposure is important. The cycle of poverty says you go to a dingy place to
do your hair, to buy cloths, to get medical treatment, to eat etc.
This will keep you in the place of limited vision and exposure. You need tobreak out of that cycle by going out to see what is available. There is a world
out there full of things that will open your mind to new realities. Where
possible, take time to go to places you have never gone to before and see what
you have never seen before and do what you have never done before.
3. Faith
Great achievers have a tenacious faith that refuses to fail
Habakkuk 2 vs. 4b the just shall live by his faith
Believe that this will happenBegin to expect and anticipate that the thing you are planning and
dreaming about in your mind to happen
Exercise three; Refuse to think negative thoughts about yourvision. When negative thoughts flood your mind speak the Word
to yourself and replace the negative thoughts with the Word (listsome scriptures that will help you deal with the fear that will attack you)
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Establish that there is no way that it can fail by using the Word of God as your
foundation
And you beloved building up yourself in your most holy faith praying in the
Holy Ghost Jude vs. 20
Maintain a joyful attitude to life because the joy of the Lord is your strength
Create confessions adapted to your vision and desires and speak them toyourself daily; this will help you focus your faith and effort to the set vision.
It also helps to read and listen to the life stories of other achievers so as to
inspire your faith that you can do great things. Have mentors that you follow
after, that can inspire you to greatness. Get some inspirational people around
you and keep the fire burning.
4. Desire
You must have a burning desire to succeed
You will never have significant success at anything that
has not become an obsession
Proverbs 18 vs. 1 It is your desire for success that will
motivate you to make some important decisions to
separate yourself from all distractions.
The desire of the righteous shall be fulfilled
Psalm 112 vs. 8
Desire is a powerful force that causes men to rise and do great things (Proverbs
13 vs. 12) desire is a powerful motivator
Exercise four; Write down one thing that you desire the most,
write an action plan on what you will do to make it happen and
set a date by which it should be accomplished
Your desire to succeed will help you create the discipline to follow through oneach point and so end up with a clear way forward.
NOTE; Without self discipline you will not go far. You have to be able to
discipline yourself to go through each of the lessons carefully and do theassignments given as that is what makes the difference between the great andthe small. The discipline to do the uncomfortable things that bring greatness
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We can see if you really desire something by how much you go after it. The
proof of desire is pursuit. I have often said to young people wanting to getmarried "you dont really want to get married do you? This question is
designed to provoke them to see that if they did want to get a person to marry
they have to pursue the person.
5. Diligence
Hard work and determination is important; decide to
never give up
The diligent hand shall be made fat/rich (Pro 4 vs. 4-5)
Wealth gotten by diligence increases (Proverbs 13. vs. 11)
Exercise five; Lack is a result of slack. Identify areas in your life
where you have been slack and develop an action plan on how
you will change that. Communicate this with your mentor
In the first section, you went through a lot of questions about your personality;
this is where those questions are important. You need to identify areas that you
must work on in order to improve your performance. Its never easy to say hard
things about yourself but it will help you know the areas that need the most
attention. In fact successful people are in the habit of checking themselves
often. It would do you good to do that self-assessment exercise at least twice ayear.
Meeting a need: You have something that someone else needs. Find out what
it is and who needs it. Diligently develop that area
and place a monetary value on it and you are in
business.
Successful business is about mutually rewarding exchange;
you could be good at typing, administrating, planning or
managing. Knowing what you are good at and developing that
area will lead to success.
Children of rich people seldom become rich or grow the
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wealth they inherit because their parents do not allow them the privilege of
working hard and developing diligence necessary to becoming successful.
6. Meditation
Mutter or speak to oneself
You will need to speak into your own life in line with whatGod is doing in your life and that which you desire. This
principle is closely related to principle one and two and the
result is principle three will happen. When you meditate on
your vision your imagination comes alive to the possibilities
of the vision becoming a reality and faith is developed that
will make it happen. Do not underestimate the power of
meditation also known as autosuggestion. Speak to yourself
and get the vision so established in your spirit that no other
reality is acceptable.Joshua 1 vs. 8
Psalm 1
Exercise six; develop a daily discipline of speaking the Word of
God to yourself. Create confessionals that are full of the Word
and speak them consistently (if you need help example can beprovided)
Psalm 119 vs. 99
Your spirit is impacted most by the words that you speak to yourself
1 Timothy 4 7s.a. 14-15
What you meditate on becomes established in your heart and your mind willcreate a road map to make it happen. The thoughts that dominate your mind the
most become the guideline to the reality that you will live.
Think of yourself as a success by filling your mind with success thoughts and
meditations.
Read Genesis 24 verse 63
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7. Get information
You need to be well informed about
the area you desire to see success in
Proverbs 24 vs. 3-7
Proverbs 15 vs. 22
Go after the knowledge that is needed
to make you proficient in the vision and
vision related areas
Story lesson
A true story is told of a man whowanted to work for his uncle who
owned an oil well. The economy was in
a slump so the man said if I work for
my uncle on the oil well things will be better for me. Oil wells were doing well
at that time. He decided to apply and on receiving a positive response he would
sell his farm and go to his new job. The uncle responded by saying you do not
know anything about oil so I cannot employ you. The man had set his mind on
the new direction so he enrolled in a college and for a year learnt all he could
about oil drilling.
When he eventually qualified, his uncle said, Fine, come andstart work. At this he immediately put the farm on themarket and eventually got a buyer. While talking to the buyer
he explained that there was a part of the farm where he could
not get the grass to grow and the water there was undesirable
for drinking because it was murky and dirty. The buyer who
was going to use it for ranching said it was fine and bought
the land. It was then discovered that there was a great deposit of oil in the
section where the water was undrinkable. So he bought a farm for just over
US600 and made millions from it.
The moral of this true story is: you can sell something for peanuts because you
do not know the true value of it. You need to get as much information aboutwhat you have. A similar story happened recently in Zimbabwe. Villagers in
the Marange area had always used the shiny stones around them to shoot birds
and to build walls and so on. Little did they know that their area was full of
diamonds? It was only recently that it was discovered that what we were
playing with could change our lives forever. What area do you need to get some
knowledge in that will change your life?
Moral. What you do not know about your desired area of function will costyou. Learn as much as you can.
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Exercise seven; referring to your vision, list three areas of
specialized information that you will need to have in order to
succeed. Create an action plan on whom, how and when this
information will be acquired
The difference between success and failure often is what you know.
In some areas you do not need to know everything as long as you know who
knows what you need to know. Get journals, periodicals, books, audios andvideo teaching of the area you are pursuing and fill your mind with that
knowledge. Find out all the meetings where there will be conferences and
public addresses about your area of pursuit. This principle is closely related to
the previous on meditation.
8. Company
All great people are selective about who they keep company with
John Maxwell teaches a law called the Law of theinner circle Those closest to you determine your level
of success. So you need to be selective about who
enters your personal space. Your desire for success is
your motivation to make some quality decisions about
who you will spend time with and who you will invest
time with. Have you ever noticed that some
relationships are a cost and some are an investment?
Proverbs 18 vs. 1 (Through desire)
Bad company corrupts good morals (1 Cor 15 vs. 33)
Proverbs 15 vs. 22
You need to build relationships that build your destiny
You need people that will encourage you, rebuke you, instruct
you, equip you, celebrate you, question you and challenge you.
Exercise eight; Do a relationship audit. List your top 15
relationships and ask whether these are positive or negative
relationship. Draw up a schedule on which relationships you willinvest in, when, how and what you expect from that relationship.
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Its cho i c e-not chance that de t e rmines your dest iny
When you begin to see success you need to keep pressing in by going back
to number one and go through all the lessons again because ''Success stifles
innovation'' When you succeed dont settle in it press on to the next level.
#Learn from people around you and keep growing
#When you achieve success its because there are things you have done well but
to achieve more success you have to create new things
#Positive energy helps you to create more, hang around some
people that are saturated with positive energy so that you can
create more.
#What are the people around you adding to your success? Ifthey are not adding they certainly are subtracting
#Share success material with people and your children and friends and inner
circle
#Create a culture of success around you by using the right language and the
right visual aides and reading and viewing material
Special notes
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Success is not a destination it is a process that I am committed to going
through. I am committing myself to going all the way in the trip. I will fulfill all
that I have written above and as I do I know I will succeed in life. I will see theprogressive fulfillment of my personal vision.
Name: ___________________ Date: ________ Signature: ______________
After you have become successful dont settle down; move from success to
significance.