Achieve all your dreams !

A definition of failure, by Jim Rohn

2009-12-09T22:58:00.003+01:00

You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.

Jim Rohn

Risk taking

2009-11-30T10:09:00.001+01:00

There is a Risk in non-risk taking ...

D. K. OLUKOYA

The value of talent and education by Condoleezza Rice

2008-09-17T14:55:00.000+02:00

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

Condoleezza Rice, American Secretary of State under Georges Bush Jr, Administration

Taking Risks

2008-09-15T17:53:00.001+02:00

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

Muhammad Ali, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion

Success is not to be pursue

2008-09-02T19:46:00.001+02:00

Success is not something you pursue. It is something you attract by the person you become...

Jim Rohn, motivational speaker and Business Philosopher

Life by Dale Carnagie

2008-08-29T21:54:00.000+02:00

All life is a chance. The person who goes farthest is the one who is willing to do and dare.
Dale Carnagie, Writer

Kind Regards,
Emmanuel
"Let the feast, begin !"

The employee's mistake !

2008-08-26T15:55:00.000+02:00

The worst way to earning one's living is to sell one's time. That's what an employee does ...

Christian Godefroy

Kind Regards,
Emmanuel
"Let the feast, begin !"

Keep on Sleeping..., poverty is watching you !

2008-08-21T17:02:00.000+02:00

I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
And there it was, all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
When I saw it, I considered it well;
I looked on it and received instruction:
A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest;
So shall your poverty come like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.

From the Bible, New King James version, Book of King Salomon's Proverbs, chapter 24, verses 30 to 34

Kind Regards,

Emmanuel
"Let the feast, begin !"

Goals, Goals, Goals

2008-08-12T11:28:00.000+02:00

"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going",
Earl Nightingale, Motivational Speaker

Kind Regards,
Emmanuel
"Let the feast, begin !"

Stop planning for summer, plan for the future !

2008-08-12T11:25:00.001+02:00

There are two ways to face the future. One way is with apprehension; the other is with anticipation.
Jim Rohn, motivational speaker and business philosopher

I often ask the following questions to people around me:
"What are you planning for the next 15 years ?", "What do you want your lifestyle to look like in 2025 ?", "Have you decided what you want to see yourself doing as a job ?"
When asked this question a lot of people just feel confused, embarrassed. They are not comfortable about these questions. The answer is generally vague; most of the time they don't give me any answer.
But if I ask them "by the way, what are you planning for next summer holidays ?" Immediately they feel enthusiastic giving me details about the places they have planned to visit next summer holiday.... ;-)

I always find it fascinating that people better plan for their summer holidays than they plan for their lives ! what a shame !

They have no idea of what they want for themselves nor have they any idea of what will occur to them in the years to come ! Actually, nobody knows anything about what will happen to him (or her) in the future. Indeed no one is able to guess precisely what is going to happen tomorrow.
Nevertheless, YOU CAN DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT YOUR LIFE TO LOOK LIKE in the future, can't you ? You can (and must) shape your life ! Don't let the society shape it for you !

Today people unfortunately care more about spare time hobbies and amusements than more serious matters concerning their lives. When it comes to think and design our own lives, we have no idea of what to do. We just apprehend instead of anticipating. A lot of us are building a family, they have a 20 years-long bank loan for buying their house and are just waiting for retirement in some decades. Nothing else !
They think their actual job is safe and secure and they keep on thinking such thoughts until the day they come to be announced that their company has to lay of hundreds of people due to economic issues ! That was the case of some banks during the sub-prime crisis.

We have to anticipate and design our lives instead of moving from place to place just when a given event occur in our life or we don't like anymore our current lifestyle.

If you don't plan your life, chances are you are involved in someone else plan; and Guess what they have planned for you ? Not much !

Kind Regards,
Emmanuel
"Let the feast, begin !"

Dream Big Dreams !

2008-08-06T09:10:00.001+02:00

Dream Big Dreams ! Imagine that you have no limitations and then decide what's right before you decide what's possible.
Jim Rohn

Kind Regards,
Emmanuel
"Let the feast, begin !"

Wages vs Profits by Jim Rohn

2008-07-24T15:10:00.001+02:00

Profits are better than wages. Wages will make you a living; profits can make you a fortune.
Jim Rohn, Business Philosopher

Kind Regards,
Emmanuel
"Let the feast, begin !"

Which kind of the 3 are you?

2008-07-24T14:16:00.000+02:00

Last Friday, I was attending a night vigil prayer and something came out of the sermon of the pastor straight to my mind and it made me feel very good. What was it ?
At a given moment the pastor quoted a quite well known adage :
" There are 3 kinds of people on the face of the earth :

Those who are just there, waiting for something to happen,
Those who struggle to make something to happen,
And those who ask themselves "Oh, What has just happened ?"

".
;-).
You might be wondering why did I feel so good ? ;-).
It is because, I totally agreed with him ;-). I said something similar to a friend of mine a couple of day before that.
Now the question is : Which of the three groups of people do you think you belong to ? ;-)

Kind regards,
Emmanuel
"Let the feast begin !"

Life is a choice !

2008-07-23T19:54:00.000+02:00

Life is a choice !, a friend of mine, in high school, told me some decade ago.
Indeed, LIFE IS A CHOICE ! It should be so, shouldn't it ? This seems quite obvious to any of us but let me ask you a little question : Have you Really chosen your current lifestyle ?
I mean, the life, you are living now, is it your choice ? Are you enjoying it ? Are you enjoying your current work ? Are you living the ideal kind of life you would have liked to ?
Another very fundamental question is the following : Have you got dreams ? If so, do you think you are currently on the way to definitely achieve them ?
Put another way the question is : Do you REALLY think the life you are currently living IS DRIVING YOU TO YOUR LIFE GOALS ?

It is unfortunate hearing people complaining about their lives while not doing anything to change it. A lot of people spend hours in the subway going to [or coming from] work every day, work on stressful projects they don't like, get back home very late in the evening and so on.
Some people work very hard and have no time to spend with their family. Some other are always complaining about their salary. They go on working -though complaining about- their boring job, even not always well paid.
As a matter of fact, they don't like their lifestyles; meanwhile they are not doing anything for change : what a pity !

They are not choosing their life, they are just suffering it. They are suffering it because the society we are living in is choosing their life for them !
Let me turn it another way like this: If you don't choose your life, the society you are living in will choose it for you; that is it ! And it might even be chosing it for you at the moment your are reading this article[by the term society I am not talking about any company, I just mean : the large social and organized group of people we are living together in].

But tell me : why not choosing your life instead of suffering it ? Why not struggling to find a path to YOUR WAY ?
Dear reader, the good news, I have got for you today is : YOU CAN (and should) CHOOSE YOUR LIFE; if it is not going the way you would have liked it to, YOU CAN CHANGE it, ruling it on the path you need to achieve your dreams, the path to experience self-contentment and happiness.

The FIRST STEP for this A STRONG WILL. The will of what ? You should HAVE THE REAL WILL to attain your life goals; I mean your long-term vision, your dreams !
Now the question is : have you got dreams ? You might have understood that before the first step, we just mentioned above, the STEP ZERO in life achieving process is for you to HAVE A DREAM; I mean, a long-term vision that will be driving your day-to-day work and decisions thoroughly and progressively to the dream you dream of. You should know that dreams are as essential for your life as oxygen is! I give details about life dreams in another article.

Kind Regards,
Emmanuel
"Let the feast begin !"