Who Does Success Belong To?

This question has been on the lips of many people all through the Centuries.

And it's not like it is very difficult to answer,

it is just that the answer does not seem obvious to many people.

Like I have said here many times, success is imprinted on our DNA.

Every man born of a woman and every woman conceived by another woman has that eternal command - Go ye and succeed

However just like any other thing in life, not all persons choose to listen and hear and then obey that command

For those who obey the command, they turn out to be exceedingly successful and for those who do not obey, well - they turn out to be not quite successful

Are You 18 - 25 Years Old?

I want to tell you something

Right now, you are in the age bracket where things happen - the good, the bad, the ugly and sometimes even the very ugly.

Your hormones are raging wild and you want to taste all the tasteables

You want to impress your mates and show them that you are no baby any longer

You want to prove that you are now a man or woman as the case may be

And so you spend time on social media sites comparing notes

You upload pictures of things that you have never done and claim that they are really from you

You visit the Kardashians' Instagram Pages and you wonder why you are not like them

You visit Jeff Besos' instagram page and you think that he's stinkingly rich and yet he does not know you

Let me tell you something

All those seconds and minutes and hours you spend on Instagram and other social media sites comparing notes with people you don't know and may never get to meet in person and wishing that you were like them is WASTED TIME

It is time you should channel into doing something creative to better your lot in life

One fact you need to allow sink into your brain right now is that social media life is a false life - most people photoshop pictures and post on their handles pretending to be doing what the pictures say but in real life, they are not like that, so when you watch such posts and you get envious or jealous or even angry at your God, you are losing it.

And such a feeling makes you want to taste success in a hurry as a matter of NOW, forgetting that "success is not a destination, it is a journey"

At this age of yours, chances are that you are either in a Higher Institution of Learning or you actually, have graduated.

Now if you're still a student, how are you using your time?

Playing around most of the time?

taking in all junks in terms of food and drinks and the others?

chasing all in skirts or trousers?

having flings here and there, sowing your wild oats?

being a party freak?

having good times, so much fun?

Allowing your mates to convince and confuse you?

And then remembering to read only when the Examination Time Table is released? Yes??

Does anyone still need to ask why you have a certificate but cannot defend your degree?

Does anyone still need to ask why you are unable to make one complete sentence in English without adding a local exclamation or even broken words?

Let's say you are already a Graduate and peradventure you are serving your Fatherland if you're a Nigerian; all that talk about you acquiring skills for a living make no sense to you because your Pastor or Imam has told you that "Your case is different" and that "Companies will locate you in your house and give you an appointment letter"

Your mind is sold to "getting a good job after service" and when you're asked what constitutes a good job, you're like "a good pay with other perks"

The fact that so many other persons who were also told by their Pastors and Imams that their cases were different  but who have spent years waiting for their cases to become different in a world filled with indifference does not seem obvious to you

So you finish youth service and with no other skills except the certificate you're banding around and with no other plan except to "pick up a good job with good pay in a good Company" you start counting the years 1 year, 2 years, 3 years and your Pastor or Imam still keeps telling you that your case is different - but of course it has become.

Then you arrive at that frustration point where you're forced by circumstances to pick up a job quite below your expectations and then you start the 9 to 5 grind at a job you hate with a passion but have to do so as to have a meal on your dining table and your singsong becomes "30 days make 1 meal"

The time to pick sense my friend is NOW

When you're in School, do exactly what you were sent there to do - READ

Don't just cram to pass examinations, read to understand the subject so that you will be able to defend your degree when you eventually earn it

When you're serving, take nothing for granted, learn whatever skill you can "don't just burn the time on your hands, use it effectively"

Arm yourself with Plans A, B, C, and even D so that when the service year is over, you won't only be dropping CVs all over the place, but you'll be busy making a life

Making a good life is a process that comes with patience. You must have to fall in love with the process, you must deploy patience while executing the process

The process is not automatic unless you were born with a golden spoon in your mouth but if you were born without any spoon in your mouth at all, then you've got to establish the process of making a good life and that starts right at this age bracket (18 - 25)

Decide what you want out of life and then go and build it

Today, go and start a side hustle. If you've got digital skills, then deploy them to digital marketing.

The old popular saying that "Slow and steady wins the race" is still very much apt even in the now because like I said earlier - "Life is a marathon and not a sprint"

And right now, drop all forms of competition; just know that you're competing with yourself

Every day, work on improving yourself by 1% and in 100 days time, you would have hit 100%

Decide, Plan, Act, Succeed, rinse and repeat - that's the solid key to success

And if you're 18 to 25 years of age, you are in the best time of life - use it WISELY

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Dr. Jerry - the First Oguzie

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Here's the Video

Who Said It'd Be Easy?

It's not easy

It's hard to change your life

I'm talking about the problem in your life

I don't know how you're handling it but you just have to handle it

because the problem will not just go away on its own,

you've got to handle it.

You can't sleep it away,

you can't drink it away;

you'll wake up from your sleep and it's right there beside you starring you in the face

tormenting you

You'd become sober after your drunken stupor and it will be right there hurting you the more; it's always tugging at the very fabric of your soul, you wish it's not there but anywhere and everywhere you look, it's waving at you and tormenting you

So I'm telling you today to DEAL with your problem;

and the sooner you deal with it, the sooner you get your rewards,

the sooner you get on the other side of it, the sooner you begin to feel fulfillment

The sooner you get on the other side of your problem, the sooner you'd be on the side of self-actualization and your dream becomes a reality

The sooner you get on the other side of your problem, the sooner you'd find out that there-in lies the world of success

The sooner you deal with the fact that you have anxieties, the sooner you'd be a free person

Deal with it, it's not the end of the world

Deal with the problem because when you do, you'd create a solution for it and you just get over it - Deal with it

That you and your children don't have the best of relationships - deal with it

Deal with the fact that you are procrastinating

Deal with the fact that it's hard for you to execute things

Deal with the fact that every time something happens, you're so worried about it

Deal with the fact that you have this attack of nerves (anxiety) every time you're about to reach another level of success

Deal with the fact that you're struggling with your success

Deal with the fact that you feel guilty that you're successful - deal with it

Start working on your dream

Most people don't work on their dreams because of either the fear of failure - they can't handle shame because they don't think it will work out - or fear of success - what if things work out and they can't handle it? -

Again most people don't work on their dreams because they become comfortable with who they are at the present time - that's their comfort zone -

they stop growing,

they stop working on themselves,

they stop stretching, they stop pushing themselves,

they stop expanding and start contracting and they end up becoming cynical about life and they then throw in the towel on themselves, on their family members, on their dreams.

And the other thing is that most people don't feel worthy of success because they did not have a College Degree or they take to heart what other people are saying to them and they do not believe in themselves and so they fail to act on their ideas.

Let  me tell you something my friend

All you need to achieve success is a belief in yourself and your capabilities and a belief in your Creator - Your Silent Senior Partner -

So it's possible for you to choose your future and to create it

but to do that, it's necessary for you to work on yourself and develop yourself

It's necessary that you get the energy drainers out of your life - people who don't want anything out of life, people who are not challenging themselves anymore,

people who are no longer striving,

people who have given up on life,

people who are not growing,

people who have stopped dreaming -

these are the energy drainers you need to extrude them out of your life

It's necessary that you align yourself with people who are hungry for success,

people who are unstoppable,

people who are refusing to live life just as it is (default mode), people who are asking more out of life,

people who would not take no for an answer.

There's this popular saying that "birds of the same feather flock together"

so if you run around with losers, you'll end up a loser.

It's necessary that you get the losers out of your life

If you want to change your life's default mode, it's necessary that you realize that no one is going to do that for you except you

And even though you face disappointments, even though you experience some set backs, it all comes with the territory.

If you are starting something new and you call for meetings and no one attends, even if someone says to you "count me in" and they don't come around, you won't just give up on yourself, you've got to continue believing in yourself, you've got to continue visioning your dreams and goals

and you've got to keep saying "It's never over until I win, until I succeed"

To succeed, you'll encounter difficulties, you'll meet obstacles, you'd fail severally, you'd be disappointed severally, even by your own family and trusted friends,

you'd suffer lots of setbacks,

you'd suffer anguish and pains, defeat will laugh at you most times

but if each you fall down, you rise again, you shall overcome.

The trials and temptations will teach you things that you didn't know you possessed like the fact that you have greatness inside of you,

the fact that you are powerful beyond measure

and the subtle fact that you're greater than your circumstances

and that you can't afford to go through life as if you were a victim when just a little more push would tilt you down the road to victory.

So I want to invite you right now to think about that your dream - yes that dream that won't let you have peace of mind,

that dream that won't let you sleep well,

that dream that makes your heart skip a beat, that dream that you wish you had all the money in the world to chase, pursue and close it in - yes that your dream

I want you to begin to envision it right now, visualize its completion, its attainment

Ten Absolutely Amazing Success Rules From Bruce Lee - Pictorial

And here's the VIDEO 

10 Absolutely Amazing Success Rules From Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media.

Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and European cinema and audiences the way it has over the past four decades.

The influence of East Asian martial arts cinema can be seen today in so many other film genres including comedies, action, drama, science fiction, horror, and animation.....and they all have their roots in the phenomenon that was Bruce Lee.

Lee was born "Lee Jun Fan" November 27, 1940, in San Francisco, the son of Lee Hoi Chuen, a singer with the Cantonese Opera.

Approximately one year later the family returned to Kowloon in Hong Kong and at the age of five, a young Bruce began appearing in children's roles in minor films including The Birth of Mankind (1946) and Fu gui fu yun (1948).

At the age of 12, Bruce commenced attending La Salle College. Bruce was later beaten up by a street gang, which inspired him to take up martial arts training under the tutelage of "Sifu Yip Man" who schooled Bruce in Wing Chun kung fu for a period of approximately five years.

This was the only formalized martial arts training ever undertaken by Lee.

The talented & athletic Bruce also took up cha-cha dancing and, at the age of 18, won a major dance championship in Hong Kong.

Top Ten Tips For Fast Success From Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield is the originator of the Chicken Soup For The Soul books, the wildly successful series that has sold over 120 million copies worldwide

Canfield has also authored a number of books on the topic of personal development and success and gives speeches worldwide to business executives, entrepreneurs and sales executives on how to achieve peak performance.

If anyone has the credentials to talk about success, it’s Jack Canfield.

Luckily for us, he believes in inspiring and empowering others to do the same.

The best thing about Canfield's approach - his methods are clear, concise, and easily applicable.

So, if you're feeling stuck in life, here are ten tips to get you back on track.

1.     Change Your Thoughts -

Your current mindset is what has gotten you to this point.

If you desire change, you need new thought patterns.

Instead of thinking about how you're not qualified for a job, think about what you need to learn to become qualified.

2.     Take 100% Responsibility for Everything in Your Life -

Only by taking full responsibility for your life can you make positive changes.

This approach means no finger pointing, no playing the victim, and no blaming your life on your circumstances.

Forget blaming others. Instead, take action.

3.     Find a Mentor -

You know the old 10,000-hour rule, well you can cut that time down by finding a mentor.

By learning from people who have achieved what you desire, you can jumpstart your career progress. 

4.     Do More Than What's Expected

Don't spend time worrying about the idea that you're not getting paid enough.

Instead, think about what you could be doing that would lead to an eventual increase in pay.

Continue building your skills until you're invaluable.

The big bucks will follow.

5.      Find Your Core Genius -

Look, you're better at certain things than others. It's a fact of life.

So put in time honing skills that fall into your core genius categories, and you will excel at a faster rate.

Top 10 Tips For Entrepreneurial Success by Richard Branson

Richard Branson left school at the age of 16 and set up Student Magazine with one of his friends.

He went on to start Virgin Records in the 1970s and is the founder of the Virgin Group.

In the 1980s he formed Virgin Atlantic airline and the 1990s saw the arrival of Virgin Mobile and Virgin Trains.

He is one of the most successful businessmen in the UK and an icon of entrepreneurship for which he was Knighted by the Queen of England - Queen Elizabeth the 2nd

His latest project is Virgin Galactic, which he hopes will one day become a space tourism company.

Here are his Top Ten Tips for entrepreneurial success:

1.     Follow Your Dream And Just Do It

Follow your dreams, get involved in life, in the things that interest you. If you are going to create a business, make sure it is your hobby, your passion or something that you really enjoy.

You will live a much better life that way. Don't just set out to do something for the sake of making money.

I think lots of people have lots of great ideas, but very few people actually go out and try to put them into practice.

There are lots of people who think that somebody must have done that before, or you'll never raise the money or you shouldn't take a risk in life.

It's the people who say I'm just going to do it, that end up having a chance of having a much more exciting and rewarding life.

2.     Believe In Your Ideas And Be The Best

You definitely need to believe in your idea. There's really no point in doing something in life unless people feel really good about it and proud about it.

You've got to have the passion for it and you've got to be able to inspire other people to have a passion for it too.

If an idea is a good idea you should be able to pitch it in two or three sentences and two or three sentences fit very neatly on the back of an envelope.

There was no point creating a new airline unless it was going to be palpably better than every other airline in the world, you've got to make sure that every aspect of what you do is better than the competition.

3.     Don't Give Up

It's extremely important not to give up. There have been situations in my adventures, like crossing the Pacific in a balloon, where the odds were stacked very heavily against us surviving.

Being an entrepreneur is not that dissimilar to being an adventurer.

You have plenty of situations where your back is right up against a wall and you've just got to work day and night to make sure you overcome the difficulties a particular company finds itself in.

Brush yourself down the next day and move on into something else.

I think I'm reasonably good at dealing with failure and not letting it get me down for more than an hour or two as long as I put everything I can into avoiding it.

4.     Make A Positive Difference And Do Some Good

The first thing to do if you want to become an entrepreneur is basically to have an idea that is going to make a positive difference to other people's lives.

A business is simply that.

If you're running a business you are in a position where you can make a hell of a difference in this world.

I also think it's great for the staff of a company that they can feel good about a company that is actually getting out there and doing good.

5.     Have Fun and Look After Your Team

I 100% believe that it's important to have fun and if you're not having fun anymore, it might be time to move on.

You should have fun from the top down and create the kind of environment that's pleasant to work in.

Make sure that you've got the kinds of people running your companies who genuinely care about people, who look for the best in people and who praise and don't destructively criticize.

People are not that, unlike flowers. If a flower is watered it flourishes and if a flower is not watered it dries up and dies and I think the same applies to people.

What Is Success?

In this Blog Post, I am answering some questions that have been asked by millions of people over time - such as What is Success?, Why is Success Important In Life?, Who Is A Successful Person?, How Can One Achieve Success?

In starting, I would like to mention right away that each and every one of us has the success gene embedded in our DNA and so if any of us is experiencing any challenges in being successful, it only means that s/he has not activated that success gene and therefore needs to do that pronto.

What is Success?

Success is simply the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.

Success is a journey and not a destination

The dictionary describes success as the following: “attaining wealth, prosperity and/or fame”.

Being successful means the achievement of desired visions and planned goals.

Furthermore, success can be a certain social status that describes a prosperous person that could also have gained fame for its favorable outcome.

Why is Success Important In Life?

Life is lived so that we can achieve our utmost desires, hopes, and dreams.

We all see ourselves somewhere in the distant future; we all have goals, dreams, and aspirations. 

Success means achieving those goals; it means that you can get what you've always wanted.

And in a way, being successful is realizing your goals and aspirations; that's why it is so important

Who Is A Successful Person?

A successful person is one who has been able to achieve a balance in work and life. Such a person has mastered the art of maximizing his or her presence where-ever s/he may be.

Successful people are confident and can lead themselves, as well as others.

They have their own vision and mission and seek to bring it to life on a daily basis.

They also know who they aren't and don't waste time on things that they aren't good at or they aren't satisfied with.

How Can One Achieve Success?

There is a very simple format to use in any field of endeavour to achieve success.

a.      Desire

b.      Believe

c.      Visualize

d.      Goals

e.      Plan

f.       Action (Work the Plan)

Achieving goals is powerful and affects our success in life.

When we dare to dream about what we truly desire and set goals in that direction, a powerful shift happens.

Life is now lived with greater direction and purpose.

I shall create more Blog Posts on the 6 Step Roadmap to Success so that all of us can become successful eventually in whatever we are called to do.

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Success Does Not Come To You

So you want to be successful?
You want to have as much money as Bill Gates

You want to be the greatest Surgeon?
You want to be world famous?

How do you want to achieve the success?

By sitting at one place and dreaming about it?
or by hanging out with those you are better than?
or by keeping to yourself?

One thing life has taught me is that if you want success, then you simply have to work and walk towards it because success will NEVER come to you. You are to go it.

Success is like a very beautiful woman, who carries herself so high, she can never fall for the man who has no courage or self confidence, but once she meets that man who is courageous to ask her out and fulfill her dreams and desires, she would be like a pumpkin in his hands.

I ask again, do you desire to be successful, then WORK for it

Period

#DrJTF

No More Excuses

No More excuses

No More doubts

No More "I'll start tomorrow"

No More waiting for Monday.

No more waiting for next week

No more waiting for next month or next year

No more excuses, and no more putting things off

Today you start your new life.

Today you make those changes.

Today you achieve your goals.

Today you succeed.

Today you start directing your subconscious mind and your inner powers to create the life you want.

Today you get your subconscious mind and your inner powers working for you.

Today you tell them exactly what you want and they deliver