The ThinkSmart Podcast: Recent Episodes
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There are thought patterns that cripples our capacity to break new grounds and become successful and there are thought patterns that places us in a conscious state of productivity and success. This podcast is aimed at moving it's listeners from the former to the latter.
Excellence doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be above average! It's an attitude, a way of life, a habit not an act.
As with our everyday goals like keeping fit, eating right and maintaining body weight, real life success requires the right amount of will power and self-discipline.
You will always have a GOOD ENOUGH excuse to fail. It then falls on you to decide whether to fail and make excuses for your failure or choose to succeed despite the GOOD ENOUGH EXCUSES.
The reason why most times we find ourselves stagnated to a fault and unable to move forward is because we have not opened another page. We haven't found CLOSURE.
If you need to cry, grieve and wail so that you might find closure and be able to move on with life, then its OK to cry. Cry out your situation and you will come out much more stronger.
There are five basic keys to personal success, when you own and know how to use them success becomes a give. In fact, IT BECOMES INEVITABLE.
Nobody really cares until you BECOME! Do not wait for their permission to be great, people will talk you down but do what you need to do still.
You need not care about what people will say when you show up, what they will feel and how they will accept the new you because of course they do not really care, so why care?
You owe it to yourself to be great, NOBODY CARES!
One big mistake you should avoid is to think that success is an event. Often time when we fail and get frustrated, it is because we expected success to come as an event. When you understand the difference between "event" and "process", you will pride in your tiny steps.
In setting and achieving clear cut goals, you will need to thoroughly understand three things.
1. The What
2. The Why
3. The How
Without understanding them, it will be difficult to achieve any goal.
You are built for much more than an average life. You cannot afford to live your within the confines of limiting beliefs and be the best you can be.
You can increase the odds of success, multiply your chances and probabilities of winning by following the simple strategies in this episode.
To transit from where you are to where you ought to be, more than anything else you need to be strong-willed (Persistent) to make the transition happen. This episode discusses kenneth Graham's journey to achieving success through persistence and having quality people around.
As much as happiness is relative, you can still find it if you know how to set your goals and achieve them.
Purpose is the intent for the creation or existence of a thing. That purpose is meant to be clear to the carrier, else, there is no fulfillment.
Your self-ideal represents 'where you want to be', your day-to-day reality represents 'where you are'. My submission is that these two will always contend for the better part of you with you being the judge. You are faced with either allowing the contention break or make you.
If you never ask questions and you love your comfort zone, listen to this and your sins are forgiven. Dare to be different from the pack, dream different, ask effective questions.
How far have you come in the new year? What have you achieved? What are you on the track of achieving? Lets get reflective.
You forgive someone not because he/she was right or because you so love him/her. You forgive because you so love yourself that you cannot compromise you inner peace. That is selfish, and it's a good thing to do.