Success on Steroids: Recent Episodes

Jonah Mungoshi

Create positive impact through action. Motivation and inspiration content to get you to take purposeful innovative and resourceful action towards your most important goals.

Many people dream about working for themselves. Many so-called experts will tell you that you will not succeed unless you work for yourself. Is there any truth to this? Is it advisable to leave the security of your job to pursue an uncertain future as a self-employed person or running your own business?

In this session we unpack these questions. And we also share practical tips on how to make the transition from being employed to being self-employed or to become a business owner.

If you’re starting you have little money, you don’t have many connections, you need to offer excellent customer service.
2.If you’re already existing as a business and you want to retain customers, you want loyalty from those customers
3.The biggest opportunity that I see in this country right now is that of providing exceptional customer service.

1.Success Habits outright determine your fate.
2.At first, we have to make effort to learn our habits, we are controlling what we need to do in order to learn the habits.
3.When you look at your life, what new things have you started, say in the past year, or even since the beginning of the year?

1.Are you using your mind to enhance your effect on earth, to help you to achieve your God given potential
2.So think about it. The things that affect us the most are generally abstract.
3.The starting point is your mind nowhere else. If you are defeated in your mind, then forget about winning elsewhere

If you really, really want to attract money, then you better start making investments.
2.If money was a person looking at the person that you are, your character would it be attracted to you?
3.What are the things you have that are bringing you money even if you are asleep? Even if you go on holiday, it still brings you money and that is now what I call passive income.

1.Everything in life that is men made starts as a thought, thought is creative.
2.Change what you say. Words are prophetic, there is self fulfilling prophecy. What you say with your word is a declaration you’re making to the universe.
3.Take a look at how you can change your thinking process. That’s one of the major prices that you have to pay for your progress.

1.Look at yourself with an appreciative perspective. Appreciate where you are now
2.Change your frame of thinking. Because guess what? A “I have zero mindset” disallows you from taking advantage of what you have
3.Get real, and looking at yourself realistically means being humble

1.The idea that the circumstances are not perfect, has held back people from achieving what they could have achieved
2.Don't wait for the time to be perfect, you do what you need to do right now right here with what you have.
3.If you abandon comparing yourself to other people, chances are you’ll start on the road to curing yourself of the perfection syndrome

1.Only you can manage you. Manage the actions that you take within the 24 hour period, you can manage the decisions that you make.
2.Start by doing the big tasks, you will have adequate space and time to put in the smaller tasks.
3.Don’t be afraid to take on tasks that take you out of your comfort zone.

1.Embrace or accept your feelings without judging them.
2.Be able to express your feelings.
3.Remember to use appreciation and gratitude therapy

1.Persuasion is the key to successful leadership
2.There ceases to be persuasion without consistency. Consistency = a key ingredient for persuasion

1.If you are in any shape, or form interested in creating a better future than your current present, then you need to pay particular attention to your actions today
2.What is it that you are doing right now that ensures that your tomorrow will be better? Start now!
3.It’s what you’re doing with what you have, that determines where you’re going to be tomorrow.

1.INTENSITY = attacking a task with everything you’ve got
2.What you achieve is remarkably different from what is achieved by somebody who’s doing the ordinary.

1.All things Skiri reDhora. A 90 day intensive programme with Jonah Mungoshi
2.Reaching your God given potential by acting constantly for 90 days
3.Testimonials from current members of Skiri reDhora

1.The amount of effort put demonstrates the level of seriousness
2.There is power in writing down intention, key to commitment
3.Current results, what has been achieved should be used as a guide to know where you are going.

1.Your thoughts will determine your level of energy.
2.Face failure, cease to rationalize it but accept and learn from it
3.I’ve resilience is key for creativity generation amount of creativity that I generated is unbelievable

1.You are creating yourself on a day to day basis as a result of the decisions you are making and the actions you are taking.
2.Discarding your old habits and put in instead new habits.
3. Why wait for crisis for you to change

1.An attitude of gratitude sets your thinking, it influences your mind
2. Without gratitude, you cannot expect real success in life.
3.Expressing gratitude is excellent for your physical well being, your body actually produces chemicals that will make you sick when you're worried

Commitment - the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause or activity etc.
Most people fail or achieve mediocre results because they lack commitment
Start with a declaration, "I will ......."
Limit your commitment to 1 or 2 major actions that you will definitely take to progress
Support your commitment with evidence - what have you done in the past that makes your commitment credible
Start taking action NOW!

1. Your situation will not change unless and until YOU change
2. Five major reasons why people don't transform and what you can do to overcome these
3. Decide on the most important change you will make in 2022 and start taking action
4. Change your habits to change yourself

1.Consistency is directly correlated or related to the success that you achieved consume
2. if you keep changing, then chances are you’ll just be achieving mediocre success
3.Sometimes we don’t get the results that we want. But in the process we grow, we learn important lessons that we can then build on

1.If you’re going to be self employed, avoid complexity. Go into a business where you understand what is happening
2. Don’t rush blindly into a business because everyone is doing it.
3.Avoid “get rich quick” schemes

Ways to make money
legally – EMPLOYEE, SELF
EMPLOY, BUSINESS
OWNER, INVEST.
People who generally
tend to get promoted
and get paid more
money, given more
responsibility upfront
pretty good at managing
themselves
How you present yourself
is parallel to the amount
of income you attract.

1.What you believe about money will influence how much money you make or don’t make.
2.Take out beliefs that are negative, that restrict you from making the money
3.Money that you make is a result of how the world measures the value you’re providing.

1.Abundance means plenty fullness. And scarcity means shortages. Not enough.
2.Mindset tends to attract what you get in your life.
3.Comparison seldom provides a positive mindset and removes appreciation for the wealth that’s present

Daring
Calculated risks
Bigger than problem
Possibility mindset
Understand scaling up
Driven by a cause

1.DON’T allow fear to hold you back from taking the actions you need to move forward
2.Fear is a CURSE, especially when it stops us from pursuing our God given purpose
3.Conquer your fears whilst adhering to PRINCIPLE, shying away from doing anything that is sinful, illegal or immoral

Identify and deal with
your worst enemy - YOU
Let go of objects that are
hindering your success,
which include your habits,
characteristics etc.
Stop finding excuses and
blaming external forces
Examine YOUR habits.
Take responsibility and
BREAK FREE from your own
weaknesses today

1. Purpose is your reason for existence. 2. There has never been someone exactly like you, there will never be someone exactly like you. And what that says to me is that this precious one shot only life you are living is so unique, that you therefore have a unique mission that only you can achieve.

The positive difference that only you can make in the world is your purpose.

Breakthrough! Now there is a concept that appeals to many people. The idea of breakthrough is appealing, it's enticing. It's seductive. And why is that the case? I guess it's because breakthrough implies instant success.

So, what is breakthrough? I look at breakthrough as, “an instance of achieving significant success in a particular sphere, or activity”. Alternatively, you could look at breakthrough as, “an intentional event that positively changes the course of your life going forward, and ensures that things will never be the same again for you”.

In 2002 and 2003, I failed dismally. In fact, looking back at my life, the two failures I experienced during this period are arguably the biggest failures I have ever achieved. Yes, I know I achieved the failure. And I'm totally proud of those failures.

Hello, welcome to the half hour with Jonah Mungoshi. And today we are talking about Failing Forward.

Let me take you back to the year 2002. So, there I was August 2002, in a massive auditorium in San Antonio, Texas in USA in front of an audience of about 2000 people. Boy, was I going to dazzle them with my brilliance! I had prepared a knockout speech. I was ready to mesmerize them with my eloquence,

Depending on your response, your setback can be a setup for your comeback. Are you facing a crisis right now in your life?

Your response to a crisis determines whether or not you emerge from the crisis stronger
In many instances crises usher in breakthroughs
Don’t waste your crises
A crisis can help us to change our habits, build afresh and identify opportunities as we look at situations from different perspectives

There comes a time in our lives, when the very foundation of our existence is shaken. Like a bolt from the sky, you are struck by calamity, by catastrophe by a challenge so big that you begin to question almost everything about your own life.

How do you recover from such a setback?

Every thought you hold in your mind, every decision you make and every action you take is a cause set in motion and as sure as night follows day you will have to live with the consequences. 95% of the people I have encountered do not achieve the success they desire because of their choices. Which group are you in - the 95% percent or the 5% who make decisions that clearly demonstrate their commitment to their success?

Do the results from your hard work match the effort and time that you put in? Do you find that some people who work half as much as you do achieve twice, thrice or even four times as much.

4 principles of working hard effectively
7 commandments of working smart

How do I make sure that when I start taking action, when I've set goals, I continue to take that action? How do I sustain my efforts? How do I maintain my drive? How do I stay motivated? That is the number one question that I get from most people who are on this journey of self-improvement.

1. The bigger your answer to WHY the more sustainable your motivation becomes
2. Push factors
3. Pull factors
4. Sources of motivation

Pragmatism
Passion
Purpose

Six Steps for getting Started

Five minutes, just give me five minutes of your life right now. And I promise you, I will share with you six practical, actionable steps that you can start taking right away, that will positively impact your life.

The power of why
The power of your words
Clarity (big picture & next step)
Environment
Accountability
Get uncomfortable