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BE POSITIVE “. . . once there is a choice, there is challenge                         - Idris” A beautiful sun rises in the early morning, it sets above the room of a sad and dumbfounded person. He had thoroughly been disturbed by a hurtful re-occurring thought that failed to leave. The thought is about the question, what is the way forward? In our society, the curiosity level of the youths towards wealth accumulation has increased; they want to get rich-quick. They are been disturbed in search of way-out towards personal life fulfillment. This is no more news! Obviously, you are aware of how bad people go about their dubious act solely for their selfish interest. Thereby, letting their wrong wants invalidates their dignity and integrity. Corrupt workers placed their pocket and personal interest above the organization’s interest. Fraud, embezzlement, corruption and malpractices are no more news. Social ills have taking over the day, lack of trust here and there, no one to confide in, mass killings, suicidal actions, racism, insurgencies, ethnic rivalry among others separate us into sides.

THE REALITY - At times, it seems as if the world will crash down into extinction. Doors seem closed and bridges seem to crumble. Life turns out to be harsh, looks terrible, embarrassing, hurtful, deceitful and seems terrifying to continue. Then, it becomes survival of the fittest and denial of the less-privileged. There are four approaches to personal success in life, which we all undertake. If you aren’t in the first category, then you will be in the second, third or fourth category. The choice of your approach to life causes the reality you see. Virtually, every one of us lives to be successful in life, but we trade different route towards the same goal. There are those who live to succeed and are fortunate enough to have surviving means around them, while others are quite unfortunate. Some live care-free towards success, while others live not to succeed at all. Isn’t that amazing to hear? There are also those who live with the wrong mindset towards achieving a successful life. Imagine this: 5% - opportunist life, 40% - chance life, 15% - destiny life, 30% - marginal life, and 10% - ignorant life. The statistics above reveals the type of life-pattern embraced by people towards success in life. This is so alarming! Where do you belong? Think about this! But do not be worried, here is the good news, BE POSITIVE! The way-out – Situations warrant actions and all actions are preceded by thoughts. However, he who has power over his thoughts possesses control over his actions. Just as Zig-Ziglar has rightly said, “you are what you are and where you are because of what’s gone into your mind”. The thought decisive-power lies in you. The power to choose what to think and what not to think about resides in you. For in within us lies the power to be successful and the power to fail. It’s a matter of choice, Remember; the purpose of hardwork is to achieve success. Hardwork devoid of success is a wasted effort. Both success and failure are present at the commencement of a task. It depends on you to work towards the outcome you desired from these two possible ends. Your job is to decide between being positive or negative about situations and events that happen around you. When you are positive, it makes you feel good and excited about yourself. But, when you are negative, you feel the other way round. John C. Maxwell wasn’t wrong when he said that everything that is created was actually created twice; first created mentally (vision), before created physically. So, to act positively; think positively. To adjust your attitudes, first adjust your thoughts. Take note: Your expectations affect your perceptions, while your perceptions affect your actions. If your expectation is faulty, then your perception will be faulty and your actions will be wrong. How do you manage your thinking? What challenge are you currently facing? The current problem hurts more because of your refusal to change your thinking about it. Yes, there is difference between observing a situation or an event as a problem and challenge. When you see it as problem, you unconsciously create a roadblock in resolving it. But, when you perceive it as a challenge, you are a step close to resolving it. Problem tells you, “you can’t solve me”, while challenge tells you “yes, you can, if you try to”. Consider this; two certain men were laid off work from a company. The first man felt the end of the road has come, while the other man sees it as an opportunity to gain better appointment. So, how do you perceive your own misfortunes? Always remember that every disappointment is an opportunity. These two men faced the same situation with different thoughts. You live in your thoughts. Why you act the way you do is answered by what thought dominates your mind. Most of our actions are determined by the subconscious mind. Do you know that there are thousands of events happening around you that you’re seldom aware? William James once said, “the power to move the world is in your subconscious mind”. That’s actually amazing! Subconscious mind stores every bit of your experiences. Your subconscious mind is a very useful tool in making the essential turning point in your life. So, Increase your sense of alertness and stay focused. Unleash the power of imaginative thinking of your subconscious mind. Make plans, generate new ideas, be upright and be happy. You need to think straight, to think right. Money-making shouldn’t take the front seat in your goal-setting in life. I am not saying making money is bad, but never put it first in your priority. John C. Maxwell, in his book, titled; “Talent is never Enough”, cited a study carried out by Robert J. Kriegel and Louis Patler over 1500 people over twenty years that shows how passion makes the significant difference in a person’s career. “At the outset of the study, the group was divided into Group A, 83% of the sample, who were embarking on a career chosen for the prospects of making money now in order to do what they wanted later, and Group B, the other 17% percent of the sample, who had chosen their career path for the reverse reason, they were going to pursue what they wanted to do now and worry about the money later. The data showed some startling revelations: 	At the end of the 20years, 101 of the 1500 had become millionaires. 	Of the millionaires, all but one-100 out of 101- were from Group B the group that had chosen to pursue what they loved. I am not trying to bore you, but only trying to let you see reasons why you should worry less about money and be positive about life, generally. What should be your first goal is to search for that career-path which ignites both your passion and area of interest, before you start to think about making huge money. A wise saying goes thus, “find something you like to do so much that you’d gladly do for nothing. If you learn to do it well, someday people will be happy to pay you for it.” However, work on your excessive spending and your general expenses. Excessiveness in anything brings about destruction in due time. Don’t forget that whatever worth doing at all, worth doing well. When you garbage in, you’ll definitely garbage out. Never be in haste, the right tune will play itself at its right time. So, be relieved of fantasies and unneeded stressors, Be Positive and keep succeeding.

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