YOU NEED PEOPLE (Part 2)

....continued from You need People!(Part 1)

WHY YOU NEED PEOPLE:

1.     No one knows it all: In life, you may know all, but one. We learn in parts and we know in parts. No human is all - knowing. There is no amount of knowledge you have now that somebody, somewhere didn't contribute to somehow. No matter how much you know, somebody still need to show you the way in some areas. The feeling that you know all is an indication that you are yet to learn. Learning extra than the ordinary is the secret of becoming extraordinary in life.

2.     You can't see your back: No matter how far you can see down the road, you can't see your back. So, somebody still needs to watch your back for you. You can't be everywhere at the same time and that's why you need somebody to speak for you, fight for you, defend you when you are not there. No matter how sensitive and meticulous you are, there are some details that you may still miss.

3.     You can't do it all: In life, you can do all, but one. If you can do all you need to do to achieve greatness, then you are not doing much.

(To be continued)
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THE JOY AND SORROWS OF YAHOO BUSINESS

INTRODUCTION

Obviously, Yahoo business is gradually becoming one of the most populous businesses today done especially through the internet.
People especially the younger generation are trooping into it every now and then. And they seem to be making fortunes from it. You see them all around with exotic cars, living big and inexpensive houses. They always show forth their flamboyance everywhere.A lot of concerns have been raised about the rate at which this business is winning the interest of the young ones.
Some condemn the business sharply while others condone it giving some reasons.
I have personally been concerned enough to take a closer look at the subject matter to understand the impact it makes on those involved either positively or negatively.

THE RISE AND FALL OF MMM IN NIGERIA:the matters arising

INTRODUCTION

MMM became fully operational in Nigeria in 2016. It was embraced my Nigerians and seen as a quicker and easier way of making money. On this ground, it spread so fast like Hammathan fire within a very short time. It dominated the internet and was the talk of the day.

THE RISE OF MMM IN NIGERIA

If you look at the Nigeria today, there are so much confusion and frustrations. You see people living with expectations unmet. People are being compared by circumstances to work extra hard in order to make both ends meet. Yet, the majority cannot afford 3 square meals a day not to talk about other life essentials.
Governmental systems are obviously not doing enough to salvage the status quo. The common man is highly marginalized and disadvantaged in the allotment and distribution of the national cake. This makes the common man so helpless and sometimes, hopeless.
Of course, you know a man can get hungry to a stage whereby he would have no choice than accept anything that promises quick relief without minding the legitimacy of the source.

YOU NEED PEOPLE (Part 3)

....Continued from Part 2...

Who do you need in your life?

You don't necessarily need everybody, but you need someone;

1.     People who understand and accept you for who you are. Those who celebrate, build on your strength and cover up for your weaknesses. You need people that see your weak spots as opportunities for mutually benefitting investments and not people who would take advantage of your weaknesses for their selfish interests.

2.     People who are patriotic in their thinking, who judge and rate you by what you are born with and not who gave birth to you or where and when you are born.

3.     People who believe in you beyond prevailing circumstances.

4.     People who have what you need, those who can be a blessing to you in certain ways using their innate abilities. Those who would complement and complete you with their strengths.

Read also: You need people!(Part 1)

5.     People who need what you have, who you can be a blessing to in certain ways using your innate abilities.

6.     People who could tell you what you need to hear and not just what you want to hear. These are people who are bold enough to confront you with the "bitter" truth you need to achieve greatness. Note that when you are only surrounded by people who always agree with and approve every one of your moves, desires, ideas and opinions, then your fall is imminent.
7- The company of highfliers: When you are surrounded by high fliers and high achievers,you would one day become one.

Read also: Think Big!(Part Four)
8- Those who would be there for you even when it is not convenient and when you are not there.
9. those who are too busy for empty gossips anbackbitingng. If you join them to put others down, one day, they will join other people too to put you down when. Remember, what goes around, comes around.

Read also: You need people!(Part 2)

YOU NEED PEOPLE (Part 1)

Nothing substantial, either good or evil has been achieved outside the platform of relationships. The greatest breakthroughs as well as breakdowns that have happened to mankind have been made possible on the ground of stable relationships whereby two or more like minds connect and commune together to pursue a common goal. 
When people come together to pursue a common cause, their spectrum of resourcefulness is widened and they become better equipped to achieve what a single person could not achieve alone.

In life, no matter your level of physical, spiritual, mental, material and otherwise capacities, you still need people to achieve greater fortunes.

WHY YOU NEED PEOPLE

1.     No one has it all: In life, you may have all, but one. No matter whom you are, what and how much you have, there is still somebody somewhere that has what you don't have but which you need as you live. If what you have by yourself is just enough to achieve all your dreams, then your dreams are too small. Your dreams should be bigger than what you can achieve all alone. This is what stretches you to grow extra and bigger than the ordinary.

(To be continued)
Go to: You need People!(Part 2)

YOUR QUOTA

Every human being on earth is loaded with potentials to solve the problems of humanity. The fact that there are problems all around is an indication that there are solutions only that they lie somewhere in the hearts of men. Each of us carries pockets and packets of medicines to heal the pains of humanity. We are all born to birth something new the world has not seen.

There is a time to be born and a time to die, in between is a time to live and fulfill destiny, but how you live matters. While some live to become inventors of new ideas, models and concepts to better the lots of humanity, others spend a bulk of their lives as spectators - just watching what others have invented. In the cinema house, while some are on stage and behind the stage making things happen, others are comfortably seated before the stage watching things happen.

Usually, by the principle of interdependence, the beauty of one person or profession is meant to be enjoyed by others, yet you must contribute your quota. You can't just be going from one sphere to another enjoying what other people have done without being challenged to add your own. A lot of potentials are being wasted on excuses.

MAKE A NAME OUT OF THE SHAME

       In the production industry, the raw material does not look as beautiful and valuable as the finished product. There are times the raw materials may not even make sense seeing them at the beginning until they have passed through the production process to form the desired product. 
At times, the final product which comes out of the production room as a whole entity was once in scattered pieces until they were assembled and logically organized in a form that is later regarded and valued as a product worth paying for.

Read also: You can still make it

JUST TAKE IT EASY

Have you imagined how in the process of following our drives with passion,we at times drive ourselves off track? We drive too fast and out of fuel without knowing it.

SUCCESS VISA (Part Ten)

Continued from Part Nine....

3.   The Attitude of Faith and Perseverance: Indeed, greatness comes with a lot of challenges and confrontations. There are a lot of battles you fight even when you don't expect to fight. You even fight with yourself at times. You struggle with some attitudes, weaknesses, addictions, obsessions and proclivities. At times you struggle between various options to make sensitive decisions. There are times you may need to step out of your comfort zone when you are not even too sure of survival in the new jungle you are stepping into.

SUCCESS VISA (Part Nine)

Continued from Part Eight....

1.  The attitude of honesty and integrity: If you look around the world today, there is so much confusion everywhere. The sense of morality and values are increasingly being lost. You see people trying to fake it in a bid to make it. You see people playing games in order to make names in the society. Betrayals, backstabbing, breach of contracts, manipulations, and maneuverings, corruption and all sort of societal vices plaguing humanity. You see people offering substandard products and services packaged in well-beautified containers all in a bid to make more profit. They run over people in a bid to increase their turn over. There is deception everywhere and it is now very difficult to know who to trust. People now dealing with high level of skepticism, suspicion, and distrust all because of where we've found ourselves as a society.

SUCCESS VISA (Part Eight)

V - Vision

I - Initiative

S - Sacrifice

A - Attitude

A - Attitude: Indeed, attitude is everything. Your attitude will either launch you to high altitudes in life or place you in perpetual servitude. You mold your attitudes to mold your future. Success or failure is a product of attitude. Once you get it right with your attitudes, success is in view.

Let's take time to X-ray some of these attitudes required for success.

1.  The attitude of humility: Greatness comes in bits, in installments. It comes from doing many small things greatly per time. It comes by laying many small bricks on each other until a whole building is formed. Success is the cumulative result of taking small steps daily towards the achievement of a bigger dream. To succeed in life, you may be required to start very small at times. You may be required to play on a very low key until you've gathered enough momentum to pitch and this requires absolute humility and patience.

SUCCESS VISA (Part Seven)

 ...continued from Part Six on Sacrifice...

1.  Sacrifice of Pleasure: There are some things that count but are not counted by many people. Whereas, there are some things that are counted but do not really count, thus you must know the difference. To succeed, you must know the things that count and treat them with utmost priority. Nothing should count that is not connected to the fulfillment of your vision at the very core. There are some personal desires, cravings, comfort and pleasures that could really be so enjoyable but these could get you trapped and hindered if not checked. If you can't deny your flesh some of the pleasures it desires, your flesh will deny you the treasures you desire.

SUCCESS VISA (Part Six)

...continued from Part Five on Sacrifice...

1.  The Sacrifice of Time: Great things don't come too easily and too quickly, they take time. Never be in a hurry to come on stage when you are not well prepared. Every good performance you see on stage is a product of long hours of unseen labor behind the scenes, but the time spent in preparation will always be worth it at the end if the desired results have been achieved.

Note that you cannot reign well and reign long if you don't train well and train long.

SUCCESS VISA (Part Five)

....Continued from Part Four on Sacrifice visa

1.  THE SACRIFICE OF LEARNING: Your vision will grow lean if you don't learn enough per time and over time. The greatest hindrance to the fulfillment of vision is ignorance and the greatest weapon is knowledge. While it is needful for you to be very passionate about pursuing your vision, don't do so without first arming yourself with the relevant knowledge. True, there are some things you learn on the job, but there are some knowledge and skills you must possess for you to breakthrough.

SUCCESS VISA (Part Four)

V – Vision

I - Initiative

S - Sacrifice

A - Attitude

S - Sacrifice: Life is a market place and everything has a price tag. Once you've placed your orders and made payments, you have a delivery of what and how much you paid for. Life does not cheat and cannot be cheated.

For every vision you are running with, there are specific demands life places on you. When you are able to meet these demands, you mount up in greatness. But when you are not able, you melt down in mediocrity.

SUCCESS VISA (Part Three)

V - Vision

I - Initiative

S - Sacrifice

A – Attitude

I - INITIATIVE: Discovering and defining your vision is not success yet. You have to begin to live the vision every day and for the rest of your life. You must strive to initiate that plan you have on your head. You need to start something irrespective of prevailing circumstances. Don't complain things are not good that's why you couldn't do anything. Do something instead and make things good, better until they are best.

SUCCESS VISA (Part Two)

Continuation from SUCCESS VISA (PART ONE)

VISA:

V - Vision

I - Initiative

S - Sacrifice

A – Attitude

V - Vision: Dream is what could be, while vision is what would be. You need more than mere dreaming to succeed. The heart of a man is full of many desires. So, you need to make a stock count of all your present desires, wants, interests, cravings, and passions and sieve out that "one thing" that makes the difference. You can't really be a difference maker in life if you don't know what really makes the difference.

SUCCESS VISA (Part One)

Nobody is born a success or a failure, we all live to be either successful or as a failure depending on how we lived our lives. Everybody is born with all needed potentials to live a fulfilled life but how much of these potentials we discover and maximized determines how successful and fulfilled we become.

Success and failure are not functions of our background in the real sense, but how well we've discovered and developed ourselves to maximize opportunities for growth around us.

LIVING THE FUTURE (Part Two)

More on steps to self-actualization: (continued from Part One)

1.  Document the picture of the future you have sculptured in your mind. Try to print out the mental picture physically using pictures, graphic illustrations and words that correctly portray the exact image of the future you have created. Be very detailed, simple, specific and realistic in doing this. Keep these information before you all the time in parchments, diaries, wall frames, as wallpapers and screensavers on phones and computers and any other form as applicable.

LIVING THE FUTURE (Part One)

Living every day like the person you want to become in the future is the beginning of fulfillment. A major part of tomorrow is lived today. Thinking that the future is still far ahead is one of the greatest risk ever, it makes you to be taken unawares by the unfolding of life realities.

Let's look at it this way: some hours ago, today was tomorrow, and some hours from now, tomorrow shall become today and today shall become yesterday. So, every tick of the clock brings the future closer than you think and you may be overtaken by events if you are still thinking the days are still far ahead because they are not. To fulfill your dreams, therefore, you must strive daily to beat the time and start living your dreams now.

ON RESPONSIBILITY: being in charge of your life

Motivitals Quotes

Have you imagined why in the same environment where people fail, others succeed? Have you thought of the reason why in the same land where some people fold up their businesses, others keep expanding? 
At times, the same circumstances that get some people frust

UNPLUG: reinventing yourself for maximum productivity.

Motivitals Quotes

As we go through life every day, we are being exposed to different circumstances both good and bad. There are times a bulk of our experiences do contradict and contravene our life expectations. We are often faced with mountains that could look insurmountable, situations that are too bitter to our taste. 
Meanwhile, inbuilt in us is the survival instincts which are being activated in response to those circumstances.
This is when we begin to stagger in order to regain our stand instead of falling when the stormy wind of tribulations blow against us. We tend to struggle to bring our stock of experiences, knowledge and all energies inherent in us to bear in order to overcome the challenge at hand.

True, the determined soul is never ready to give up come what may. To this end, we often find ourselves wrestling with one challenge or the other at a time. In the process, we expend energies either spiritual, physical, mental and otherwise.
 At this state, we become vulnerable in so many ways. If enough effort is not being made to replenish our depleted energy levels as soon as necessary, we may become totally spent and exhausted making us even more vulnerable.

Some people have lost their mind in the process of trying to get things fixed. Some have lost the little they have gathered in the process of trying to gather more. Some have come down with self-hatred in the process of trying to address the hatred from others. 
In the process of trying to put things in place, many have lost their places. Many are still losing more while seeking that which has been lost.

Now, could it be more advisable not to make further determined effort to handle things that are getting out of hand? Not really. The only advice is, be well guided by your heart and your head in balance. 


Read also: Just take it easy!




You need wisdom, and the wisdom is to unplug, go back to your drawing board and look at the setting, again and again, to see what fits and what doesn't.

Motivitals Quotes

It is not enough to make relentless efforts to succeed, you must ensure all your efforts are in the right direction. 
After taking some steps towards achieving a goal and things are not working as planned, try and find out if you are really doing the right thing and no essential part is missing out. Try to find out if there is anything you are doing that you are not supposed to do, or if there is anything you are not doing that you are supposed to do. Then, make amends when and where necessary. Of course, from the things that are not working, you can learn the things that could work.

Read also: Success Visa: walking/working your way to success!

THINK BIG (Part Seven)

Having done all to start the pursuit of your dreams from the preceding series, always remember the following as you go on the journey:

1.  There are potholes ahead: The road to success is never a smooth one, not at all. Your journey will always be checkered with challenges. Things may not go as expected. Friends may fail you. Attacks from both known and unknown sources would come. But remember, if you would fail or succeed, it's a choice you would have to make. God's promises for your life does not make for the absence of obstacles, they only guarantee your victory.

THINK BIG! (Part Six)

 More on How to start:

4.  Documentation: It is not enough to set goals and make plans; you need to document them properly with all details. Don't just keep your goals and your plans in your head because you will forget them either in part, or in whole. Good documentation practices helps in monitoring, evaluation and follow up. It reminds you of the task ahead thereby keeping you always on your toe and on the watch. It also keeps you focused.