Thursday, April 23, 2009
Meditate
Realize that you can only do one thing at a time. It helps to distinguish between important and
urgent things – learn to prioritize. You need to adopt a new attitude and approach to your life.
You must realize that your own wellbeing is just as important. You need to spring clean your life
and adopt a new interest in your own wellbeing, let go of the old and start anew with a clear head
through prayer and meditation. Give yourself some quality time and attention because it is crucial
that you make some personal time available on a regular basis. You need to strive for a balanced
life. A balanced life is a happy and stable life. If something is not balanced, it lacks synergy that
is necessary to make it function smoothly and efficiently. If your life is not balanced, you may
find it falling apart around you. In the same way, if you concentrate too much on any one area of
your life, you will neglect other important areas of your life such as your health. You really must
work at getting the balance right. Pray and meditate daily. Ask through prayer and meditation
and remember to release everything to the universe.
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Persistence is the Mother of all Success
Read books. All successful people I know read books. It’s their curiosity that drives them to read.
They constantly seek new ways to become better. They listen to inspirational and educational
audio CDs that feed them with the right thoughts in specific areas. They pray and meditate. Make
sure you spend much of your time in the presence of quality people who are strong in the areas
that you are weak in. One thing that you have to do daily is to ask yourself, “What is it that I want
to achieve and where do I want to go?” Day by day you will get closer and closer to your own
personal goals. Will it be easy? No! It will be difficult. It will be challenging. Keep going, even if
it does not seem to be making much of a difference during the first few months. If the dream is
big enough the problems really do not matter. In fact, as you begin to renew your mind, the first
thing that you may experience is a feeling of resistance from your old way of thinking. Keep the
moment up and your old thought patterns will begin to lose their grip. Soon you will begin to see
a chain reaction of outward benefits because the process of inner- change is always followed by
results in an outward expression. You will meet the right people and discover the right
opportunities, you may even start to see opportunities that were right in front of you all along.
Promise your self you will never give up.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
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They constantly seek new ways to become better. They listen to inspirational and educational
audio CDs that feed them with the right thoughts in specific areas. They pray and meditate. Make
sure you spend much of your time in the presence of quality people who are strong in the areas
that you are weak in. One thing that you have to do daily is to ask yourself, “What is it that I want
to achieve and where do I want to go?” Day by day you will get closer and closer to your own
personal goals. Will it be easy? No! It will be difficult. It will be challenging. Keep going, even if
it does not seem to be making much of a difference during the first few months. If the dream is
big enough the problems really do not matter. In fact, as you begin to renew your mind, the first
thing that you may experience is a feeling of resistance from your old way of thinking. Keep the
moment up and your old thought patterns will begin to lose their grip. Soon you will begin to see
a chain reaction of outward benefits because the process of inner- change is always followed by
results in an outward expression. You will meet the right people and discover the right
opportunities, you may even start to see opportunities that were right in front of you all along.
Promise your self you will never give up.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Affirmations
You can also fast track your goal achievement by using the combination of visualization and
affirmations. Affirmations are simple statements repeated to yourself silently or aloud. They are
used in spiritual prayers and mantras. Now they are being used by all people from all walks of life
to improve their lives. They can be performed any where and at any time. Affirmations influence
thoughts that support your goals. Be careful however, not to become an “armchair affirmations
narrator” as taking no action while narrating affirmations hoping for the miracle to happen will
yield zero results. You have to narrate your affirmations based on your set goals, vision and a
written plan. Ensure that your affirmations are short and positive. Never use affirmations that
begin with any negative words such as I don’t want … it’s impossible to…, use instead, positive
affirmations such as I can do this… I am calm… I will succeed… I am organized. Affirmations
can be repeated several minutes in the morning and just before going to sleep.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
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affirmations. Affirmations are simple statements repeated to yourself silently or aloud. They are
used in spiritual prayers and mantras. Now they are being used by all people from all walks of life
to improve their lives. They can be performed any where and at any time. Affirmations influence
thoughts that support your goals. Be careful however, not to become an “armchair affirmations
narrator” as taking no action while narrating affirmations hoping for the miracle to happen will
yield zero results. You have to narrate your affirmations based on your set goals, vision and a
written plan. Ensure that your affirmations are short and positive. Never use affirmations that
begin with any negative words such as I don’t want … it’s impossible to…, use instead, positive
affirmations such as I can do this… I am calm… I will succeed… I am organized. Affirmations
can be repeated several minutes in the morning and just before going to sleep.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Visualization
To speed up your goal attainment why don’t you use the power of your mind; it’s easy and it’s
fun. It’s like day dreaming. Visualize what you want.
Visualization is using your imagination to see yourself in a situation that has not happened and
seeing yourself achieving that which you want. Top athletes use visualization as part of their
training programme to achieve top performance. For a successful visualization, always visualize
your goal as if it is happening now, make it real in your mind, and make it detailed. Visualize for
three minutes at least twice a day in the evening just before you sleep and in the morning after
waking up. Remember this equation as you visualize: I X V = R.
Where I stand for Imagination, X for Combined With, V for Vividness, = for Creates and R
for Reality.
“Imagination Combined with Vividness Creates Reality.”
Your mind creates your reality because success is all in the mind.
Do not accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of
your mind. Tap into your greatness. It is your birth right.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
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fun. It’s like day dreaming. Visualize what you want.
Visualization is using your imagination to see yourself in a situation that has not happened and
seeing yourself achieving that which you want. Top athletes use visualization as part of their
training programme to achieve top performance. For a successful visualization, always visualize
your goal as if it is happening now, make it real in your mind, and make it detailed. Visualize for
three minutes at least twice a day in the evening just before you sleep and in the morning after
waking up. Remember this equation as you visualize: I X V = R.
Where I stand for Imagination, X for Combined With, V for Vividness, = for Creates and R
for Reality.
“Imagination Combined with Vividness Creates Reality.”
Your mind creates your reality because success is all in the mind.
Do not accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of
your mind. Tap into your greatness. It is your birth right.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Focus On Your Strengths & Succeed
Focus is the ability to concentrate all your energies and resources on a specific matter where you
have the greatest chance of success in the shortest space of time. Identify one area in your life in
which you perform well. A skill, talent or hobby that you know or you are told by other people
you do well. Make a plan to get better in that one skill area. Forget your weaknesses develop and
focus your skills and work on them every day and remember that your success will be in direct
proportion to the effort that you put into your skill area. Dedicate yourself to lifelong learning and become the student for life. Life long learning in this report does not confine itself to reading
books but it includes all types of learning and development, training and practice or any other
activities that you may be involved in. When you develop your skills and focus single-mindedly
on them you will achieve anything that you want in life. Your vision and goals have to be clear in
every detail in order for you to focus on them. When you hold a magnifying glass at a certain
angle that focuses the sun’s rays onto the leaf, what happens? The leaf catches the fire and burns. That’s the power of focus. That’s the power you have at your command when you learn to focus your ideas and intentions.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
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have the greatest chance of success in the shortest space of time. Identify one area in your life in
which you perform well. A skill, talent or hobby that you know or you are told by other people
you do well. Make a plan to get better in that one skill area. Forget your weaknesses develop and
focus your skills and work on them every day and remember that your success will be in direct
proportion to the effort that you put into your skill area. Dedicate yourself to lifelong learning and become the student for life. Life long learning in this report does not confine itself to reading
books but it includes all types of learning and development, training and practice or any other
activities that you may be involved in. When you develop your skills and focus single-mindedly
on them you will achieve anything that you want in life. Your vision and goals have to be clear in
every detail in order for you to focus on them. When you hold a magnifying glass at a certain
angle that focuses the sun’s rays onto the leaf, what happens? The leaf catches the fire and burns. That’s the power of focus. That’s the power you have at your command when you learn to focus your ideas and intentions.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Commitment is an Essential Ingredient to Success
While you are reading this report, you may think that you lack education and you do not even
know your skills or that you are not gifted like other people. Don’t worry, because most people start off with very few advantages in life. In fact most successful people started with nothing and did something about their lives. All what is required of you is follow through on your commitment to your project, a promise that you have made for your self, what ever it is. Stop procrastinating and learn how to handle complacency by getting out of your comfort zone and start doing things you have never done before. Most people start, try and fail at a lot of things
before they find the right situation for their talents and abilities. Avoid low- flying people and surround yourself with successful people. Everything you will ever achieve you are going to have to do yourself by learning from those who have travelled the road. No one will do it for you. You will have to do it yourself. Ignore discovering that great idea some day and keep learning and growing, trying many things, concentrating on that vision and you will eventually succeed.
Remember that opportunities are like a football in a football game. If you don’t run to kick the ball, it just lies there and has no effect on the score. To succeed in life, you need to be committed and to take action and never give in.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
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know your skills or that you are not gifted like other people. Don’t worry, because most people start off with very few advantages in life. In fact most successful people started with nothing and did something about their lives. All what is required of you is follow through on your commitment to your project, a promise that you have made for your self, what ever it is. Stop procrastinating and learn how to handle complacency by getting out of your comfort zone and start doing things you have never done before. Most people start, try and fail at a lot of things
before they find the right situation for their talents and abilities. Avoid low- flying people and surround yourself with successful people. Everything you will ever achieve you are going to have to do yourself by learning from those who have travelled the road. No one will do it for you. You will have to do it yourself. Ignore discovering that great idea some day and keep learning and growing, trying many things, concentrating on that vision and you will eventually succeed.
Remember that opportunities are like a football in a football game. If you don’t run to kick the ball, it just lies there and has no effect on the score. To succeed in life, you need to be committed and to take action and never give in.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
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Belief Make Things Happen
I talked a little bit about how you can create a burning desire and mentioned that it is the benefits that you will enjoy that will motivate you to take action and to keep you going towards the realization of your goals. The missing ingredient in the above statement is belief. No amount of effort on your part will assure your success, not even luck will work without belief. You see belief makes things happen. Similarly, it does not matter how much faith, trusting and belief you have, if you do not take action or make any conscious effort to achieve whatever you want,
nothing will happen or change in your life. Belief has to be complemented by action and effort towards the attainment of your goals. Take action, make preparations for what you want to achieve, make phone calls, prepare a business plan, research, visit your bank manager or interview relevant successful people. Do something towards the direction of the goal you want to achieve. Remember nothing will happen until you take action. Sometimes success can seem hard to find. There are things that keep us from moving forward in a positive way. It is not that you don’t work hard. It is not always due to lack of energy or enthusiasm either. It is the way we see the world and ourselves in it. It is all about self-belief and making sure your beliefs are based in your own reality. Your beliefs could be holding you back, why don’t you kick-start your belief changing system by replacing the following barriers from
your life: hate, jealousy, anger, judgmental with the following; Forgiveness, Acceptance and Love. If you cannot forgive a person no matter what a person has done you may be blocking all good things that you deserve. You have to accept people for what they are, as they are, accepting events especially bad events that may have happened in the past and accepting situations and circumstances that you cannot change. Love is most probably the most important principle of all. Nothing in the world is more powerful than love. Belief creates your life. Faith is believing in things that you have not yet seen to the point that you act on them until they come into being. It is through faith that people experience personal growth and success. Faith is active belief. It is belief mixed with expectation and action. Have you ever
expected to fail in some project and you failed? You tell yourself there is no use going on with the project, you are doubtful, but you decide to give it a try. When you do not succeed, you confirm your belief by saying, “just as I expected.”
That is faith.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
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nothing will happen or change in your life. Belief has to be complemented by action and effort towards the attainment of your goals. Take action, make preparations for what you want to achieve, make phone calls, prepare a business plan, research, visit your bank manager or interview relevant successful people. Do something towards the direction of the goal you want to achieve. Remember nothing will happen until you take action. Sometimes success can seem hard to find. There are things that keep us from moving forward in a positive way. It is not that you don’t work hard. It is not always due to lack of energy or enthusiasm either. It is the way we see the world and ourselves in it. It is all about self-belief and making sure your beliefs are based in your own reality. Your beliefs could be holding you back, why don’t you kick-start your belief changing system by replacing the following barriers from
your life: hate, jealousy, anger, judgmental with the following; Forgiveness, Acceptance and Love. If you cannot forgive a person no matter what a person has done you may be blocking all good things that you deserve. You have to accept people for what they are, as they are, accepting events especially bad events that may have happened in the past and accepting situations and circumstances that you cannot change. Love is most probably the most important principle of all. Nothing in the world is more powerful than love. Belief creates your life. Faith is believing in things that you have not yet seen to the point that you act on them until they come into being. It is through faith that people experience personal growth and success. Faith is active belief. It is belief mixed with expectation and action. Have you ever
expected to fail in some project and you failed? You tell yourself there is no use going on with the project, you are doubtful, but you decide to give it a try. When you do not succeed, you confirm your belief by saying, “just as I expected.”
That is faith.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Discipline Yourself To Think Positive Thoughts
Those who harbor the second-best attitudes are invariably second-best doers. Those who shuffle down mediocrity believe they are worth little, so they receive little; they believe they cannot do big things, so they produce little things; they believe they are not important and this shows in how they talk, walk and how they act. If they do not readjust their negative self-image they grow smaller and smaller in their own estimation, since others see in you what you see in yourself, you
grow smaller in the estimation of people around you. You need to change this negative self-image about yourself and start thinking positive thoughts, start trusting your instincts that you are worth much and you will receive much. Discipline yourself to think big and trust that you can handle big and difficult assignments and that you will succeed. Learn how to control your negative thoughts. When your mind says you can’t do something, refuse to listen to it. Don’t express your negative thoughts in words, tell your mind and say it loud that you are going to do what it takes to get the job done. Many people procrastinate because they
have made up their minds that they are going to fail. If you are one of these people, the most important thing you can do today is to stop believing what the procrastination demon has been telling you. As human beings we are unique because of our ability to change to become more than what we are. But before we can change, we must be able to accept full responsibility for everything we do.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
grow smaller in the estimation of people around you. You need to change this negative self-image about yourself and start thinking positive thoughts, start trusting your instincts that you are worth much and you will receive much. Discipline yourself to think big and trust that you can handle big and difficult assignments and that you will succeed. Learn how to control your negative thoughts. When your mind says you can’t do something, refuse to listen to it. Don’t express your negative thoughts in words, tell your mind and say it loud that you are going to do what it takes to get the job done. Many people procrastinate because they
have made up their minds that they are going to fail. If you are one of these people, the most important thing you can do today is to stop believing what the procrastination demon has been telling you. As human beings we are unique because of our ability to change to become more than what we are. But before we can change, we must be able to accept full responsibility for everything we do.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
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Harnessing The Fear of Failure
Fear and doubts will always arise because as you go through the various stages in your success journey, you meet new things that you have never confronted before. I am not aware of any cure for getting rid of fear and self-doubt forever and never having to face it again. Rather, I know that you can deal with fear and self-doubt whenever it arises. The truth therefore is that fear will never go away as long as you continue to grow. You need to understand that you will always experience
fear whenever you are on unfamiliar territory. To succeed you must learn to take calculated risks and take that leap of faith trusting that what you want to accomplish will materialize. The only way to become the best in your field and to be successful is to harness the fear of failure and get out and do it. Build yourself up, and develop more trust in your ability by handling whatever comes your way, read relevant books in your field, attend seminars, listen to audio CDs of people
who are successful in their fields and identify the principles they have applied to make them successful. Do not let fear hold you back from personal growth – fear nothing and no one and take responsibility for your life.
Fear and inertia are two of the most devastating factors that will keep you poor for the rest of your life.
fear whenever you are on unfamiliar territory. To succeed you must learn to take calculated risks and take that leap of faith trusting that what you want to accomplish will materialize. The only way to become the best in your field and to be successful is to harness the fear of failure and get out and do it. Build yourself up, and develop more trust in your ability by handling whatever comes your way, read relevant books in your field, attend seminars, listen to audio CDs of people
who are successful in their fields and identify the principles they have applied to make them successful. Do not let fear hold you back from personal growth – fear nothing and no one and take responsibility for your life.
Fear and inertia are two of the most devastating factors that will keep you poor for the rest of your life.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Values
Values
We all have a hierarchy of values. The goals that you set yourself are supported by your value
system. You see, do and associate with things that support your values. In the hierarchy of your
values, you have prioritized your values. If money or wealth in your hierarchy of values is rated
number seven while entertainment or love of children are top on your hierarchy of values,
without fail, you will spend money according to your value system. You will invest in
entertainment and ensure that your friends know that you are a good entertainer. You will always
seek out entertainment. Similarly, if your top value is the love of children, children will become
your wealth. You will have a career working with children or you may be blessed with plenty of
children of your own. Fortunately you can change your value system. You see values are like
habits they can be changed. However, you may have to learn how to do things differently and in
new ways, and value new ways of looking at the world. In order to decide what values you want
to prioritize, you must first understand what is important to you, what you believe will bring you
a better life and what you consider to be right and will make you happy. The choice is yours, you
can choose new options, new directions and new habits.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
We all have a hierarchy of values. The goals that you set yourself are supported by your value
system. You see, do and associate with things that support your values. In the hierarchy of your
values, you have prioritized your values. If money or wealth in your hierarchy of values is rated
number seven while entertainment or love of children are top on your hierarchy of values,
without fail, you will spend money according to your value system. You will invest in
entertainment and ensure that your friends know that you are a good entertainer. You will always
seek out entertainment. Similarly, if your top value is the love of children, children will become
your wealth. You will have a career working with children or you may be blessed with plenty of
children of your own. Fortunately you can change your value system. You see values are like
habits they can be changed. However, you may have to learn how to do things differently and in
new ways, and value new ways of looking at the world. In order to decide what values you want
to prioritize, you must first understand what is important to you, what you believe will bring you
a better life and what you consider to be right and will make you happy. The choice is yours, you
can choose new options, new directions and new habits.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Friday, March 13, 2009
You create your life with your Self-image; Self-confidence & Attitude
Self –image
What is self-image? Self –image are beliefs about us that have been formed from past experiences especially in early childhood. Once an idea or belief about ourselves is formed in our minds, it becomes “truth” and we proceed to act upon it as if it were true. What has self-image to do with success? Everything. If you have a negative self-image and negative self worth and you feel you do not deserve good life you will not be able to pursue your unique talents. People who feel undeserving, who doubt their own capabilities or who has a poor opinion of themselves rarely succeed in life. By understanding your self-image and learning to modify and manage it to suit your purpose, you will succeed in life.
Self-confidence
By reading this special report you have acknowledged that wherever you are in life at this moment, is not exactly the place you want to be. Something needs changing. Until now you have not been able to take the steps to change it. Could it be that you lack confidence, lack of assertiveness or afraid of making a wrong decision. Your beliefs could be holding you back. You can break through the blocks by identifying, defeating and unlocking the inner barriers to your success. If you ignore the signs of procrastination long enough, you will eventually become totally nonfunctional and just exist. Build self-confidence by destroying procrastination through action.
Attitude
Your mental attitudes shape your view of life, as it influences everything you do. You are aware that you talk to yourself all the time, and what you say to yourself has a strong influence on who and what you are, as it affects your actions, behaviour and decisions. If your mind is absorbing continual thoughts about something or if you are thinking about something continually, it will accept these thoughts as true and make them beliefs. Your subconscious mind will then get to work to make them a reality, attracting the events, circumstances, situations and people you think about. If you focus on your thoughts repetitively, vividly visualizing the worst case scenario, doom and gloom – be prepared to witness epiphany, the fulfillment of your prophecy with frightening and hair-raising accuracy. Your thoughts become things; they become reality – no bad luck; no bad days; no bad spirits – YOU ATTRACT WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT, GOOD OR BAD.
Change your thoughts and your life will change. Focus on good things and good things will come to you.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Take Responsibility For Your Life
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE
Take and accept hundred percent responsibility for everything you are and everything you will ever be. Refuse to make excuses and stop blaming other people for your failure. Stop complaining about other people and things you are not achieving in your life. Never criticize other people for anything. If there is anything in life you do not want it is up to you to change it. You are in charge of your life.
- Decide what you want
- Develop a plan
- Take action
Decide what you want
Success and happiness are not matters of chance but of choice – you choose what you want in life.
This is the first step to getting the things you want in life. The reason why most people do not get what they want is they have not decided what they want, they have no goals and they have not taken any action towards what they want. They refuse to take calculated risks. They believe in wishes and luck that if only such and such could happen. In life such wishes never materialize. Some believe that the government owes them something, their employers owes them that promotion. This is pure ‘entitlement mentality.’ These people are disillusioned with their lives because they have no clear idea in their minds of what they want in life and how to achieve it. If you are not making any head way in your life, it is possible that you do not have a clear vision, purpose and goals in life. Do not worry, if this is you, because by the time you finish this special report, you will know what you have to do.
Develop a Plan
It is all well and good that you have written down your goals, but the equation is incomplete and will be of little benefit towards your success. Your written goals have to be supported by an intense burning desire to achieve them. How do you create this burning desire? There is a difference between a burning desire and worry. I am not advocating that you should worry about what you want, but I am urging you to develop an unshakable belief that will excite and inspire you to accomplish your goals. Write down all the rewards, advantages and benefits you will derive from achieving your goals. These will stimulate your desire and motivate you to accomplish all your goals.
There is no hard and fast rule to develop an action plan. You can use mind mapping or brain storming for creating a detailed to-do list for achieving your goals. Through this process, you can determine what information you will need to gather; people you need to talk to; how much money you will need to raise; which deadlines you will need to meet and what small steps you will need to take for each and every goal.
Once you are done with your mind map, convert your to-do list into daily action list. Organize them in terms of their priority and slot dates by which to start and finish each step and goal.
The difference between a dream and a plan is that a dream expresses a desire to achieve something while a plan expresses a method for accomplishing the dream.
Take action
The only way to start is to start. Do not procrastinate and postpone getting started. Do not think about the difficulty, obstacles or unpleasant features of the task, just start. Jump right in and get going without a lot of deliberation. The moment you start providence moves in too, and all sorts of things begin happening that would never have occurred. A stream of unforeseen events, circumstances, situations and material assistance come your way.
When you take action, you trigger all kinds of things that will inevitably carry you to success. People with similar goals become aligned with you. You begin to learn things from your experience that which cannot be learned from listening to others or from reading books. You begin to get feedback about how to do it better, more efficiently and more quickly. Things that once seemed confusing begin to become clear. Things that once appeared difficult begin to be easier. You begin to attract others who will support and encourage you. All good things begin to flow in your direction once you begin to take action. It’s true the defining moment of taking action always gets the miracles going - it’s magical. Try it.
Open a special file marked ‘goals accomplished’ and file all the information you will gather on a specific goal; your research notes, minutes you took with companies, notes you made with people you talked to; dates of appointment and dates of telephone calls you made. Once after a quarter, half yearly and year end, go through the list of your achievements no matter how small they may look in your eyes, this will inspire you to persevere when the going gets rough.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Take and accept hundred percent responsibility for everything you are and everything you will ever be. Refuse to make excuses and stop blaming other people for your failure. Stop complaining about other people and things you are not achieving in your life. Never criticize other people for anything. If there is anything in life you do not want it is up to you to change it. You are in charge of your life.
- Decide what you want
- Develop a plan
- Take action
Decide what you want
Success and happiness are not matters of chance but of choice – you choose what you want in life.
This is the first step to getting the things you want in life. The reason why most people do not get what they want is they have not decided what they want, they have no goals and they have not taken any action towards what they want. They refuse to take calculated risks. They believe in wishes and luck that if only such and such could happen. In life such wishes never materialize. Some believe that the government owes them something, their employers owes them that promotion. This is pure ‘entitlement mentality.’ These people are disillusioned with their lives because they have no clear idea in their minds of what they want in life and how to achieve it. If you are not making any head way in your life, it is possible that you do not have a clear vision, purpose and goals in life. Do not worry, if this is you, because by the time you finish this special report, you will know what you have to do.
Develop a Plan
It is all well and good that you have written down your goals, but the equation is incomplete and will be of little benefit towards your success. Your written goals have to be supported by an intense burning desire to achieve them. How do you create this burning desire? There is a difference between a burning desire and worry. I am not advocating that you should worry about what you want, but I am urging you to develop an unshakable belief that will excite and inspire you to accomplish your goals. Write down all the rewards, advantages and benefits you will derive from achieving your goals. These will stimulate your desire and motivate you to accomplish all your goals.
There is no hard and fast rule to develop an action plan. You can use mind mapping or brain storming for creating a detailed to-do list for achieving your goals. Through this process, you can determine what information you will need to gather; people you need to talk to; how much money you will need to raise; which deadlines you will need to meet and what small steps you will need to take for each and every goal.
Once you are done with your mind map, convert your to-do list into daily action list. Organize them in terms of their priority and slot dates by which to start and finish each step and goal.
The difference between a dream and a plan is that a dream expresses a desire to achieve something while a plan expresses a method for accomplishing the dream.
Take action
The only way to start is to start. Do not procrastinate and postpone getting started. Do not think about the difficulty, obstacles or unpleasant features of the task, just start. Jump right in and get going without a lot of deliberation. The moment you start providence moves in too, and all sorts of things begin happening that would never have occurred. A stream of unforeseen events, circumstances, situations and material assistance come your way.
When you take action, you trigger all kinds of things that will inevitably carry you to success. People with similar goals become aligned with you. You begin to learn things from your experience that which cannot be learned from listening to others or from reading books. You begin to get feedback about how to do it better, more efficiently and more quickly. Things that once seemed confusing begin to become clear. Things that once appeared difficult begin to be easier. You begin to attract others who will support and encourage you. All good things begin to flow in your direction once you begin to take action. It’s true the defining moment of taking action always gets the miracles going - it’s magical. Try it.
Open a special file marked ‘goals accomplished’ and file all the information you will gather on a specific goal; your research notes, minutes you took with companies, notes you made with people you talked to; dates of appointment and dates of telephone calls you made. Once after a quarter, half yearly and year end, go through the list of your achievements no matter how small they may look in your eyes, this will inspire you to persevere when the going gets rough.
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Goal Setting
Goal Setting
Our lives are affected by several factors, one of which is the environment, where we live, the parents we have, the school we attend and our friends all play a role in our lives. We are shaped by events and circumstances that happen in our lives. Knowledge or lack thereof also shapes our lives. Out of all the factors that affect our lives, nothing has the power of transforming our lives for the good, than our thoughts and the decisions and actions that we take.
By knowing your purpose in life, you now know why you exist. The knowledge of knowing your vision, where you are going and where you want to be and to be doing and the decision that you take will motivate and inspire you to practice goal setting.
You are not going to start brainstorming and writing down anything and everything that comes to your mind, but you will be guided by the seeds of thoughts that you are thinking and planting. These seeds could be your dreams, things that you want and think about a lot, material possessions you would like to have, your career of becoming a doctor or singer and places you would like to visit. Remember there are no limits, except those that you set for yourself. Therefore do not limit your life by disallowing yourself to imagine great possibilities for fear that you may not achieve them.
Here is what you need to do! Write down all your short and long term goals.
Prioritize your goals
Select ten goals from your list and start writing reasons why you want to achieve those goals. Next select three goals that are more pressing in your life and convert them into specific and measurable objectives and act on them with the belief that you will achieve them. Your goals have to be clear in every detail in order for you to achieve your goals. Include all possible details, colour of the car you want, make and model; the location of the house you want, number of rooms, furniture and any other vivid details, then provide a date by which you expect to own whatever it is that you want. For those who are new in this science, it is recommended that among your small goals such as passing that exam, getting higher grades, landing that first job or getting that promotion, that you should include ‘Big Goals’ that will stretch you, because this science works whether you want to create a button or a mansion, it works whether you believe in the law of attraction or not. Once you have written down all your goals, both large and small, make sure to read your goals at least twice a day- morning and evening. Write your goals on a 3x5 card, the size of your business card and keep them in your wallet.
Justice Mandhla
Life Long Learning
Justice Mandhla is the author of Goal Setting and he spends most of his full-time writing day researching common strategies used by successful people.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Our lives are affected by several factors, one of which is the environment, where we live, the parents we have, the school we attend and our friends all play a role in our lives. We are shaped by events and circumstances that happen in our lives. Knowledge or lack thereof also shapes our lives. Out of all the factors that affect our lives, nothing has the power of transforming our lives for the good, than our thoughts and the decisions and actions that we take.
By knowing your purpose in life, you now know why you exist. The knowledge of knowing your vision, where you are going and where you want to be and to be doing and the decision that you take will motivate and inspire you to practice goal setting.
You are not going to start brainstorming and writing down anything and everything that comes to your mind, but you will be guided by the seeds of thoughts that you are thinking and planting. These seeds could be your dreams, things that you want and think about a lot, material possessions you would like to have, your career of becoming a doctor or singer and places you would like to visit. Remember there are no limits, except those that you set for yourself. Therefore do not limit your life by disallowing yourself to imagine great possibilities for fear that you may not achieve them.
Here is what you need to do! Write down all your short and long term goals.
Prioritize your goals
Select ten goals from your list and start writing reasons why you want to achieve those goals. Next select three goals that are more pressing in your life and convert them into specific and measurable objectives and act on them with the belief that you will achieve them. Your goals have to be clear in every detail in order for you to achieve your goals. Include all possible details, colour of the car you want, make and model; the location of the house you want, number of rooms, furniture and any other vivid details, then provide a date by which you expect to own whatever it is that you want. For those who are new in this science, it is recommended that among your small goals such as passing that exam, getting higher grades, landing that first job or getting that promotion, that you should include ‘Big Goals’ that will stretch you, because this science works whether you want to create a button or a mansion, it works whether you believe in the law of attraction or not. Once you have written down all your goals, both large and small, make sure to read your goals at least twice a day- morning and evening. Write your goals on a 3x5 card, the size of your business card and keep them in your wallet.
Justice Mandhla
Life Long Learning
Justice Mandhla is the author of Goal Setting and he spends most of his full-time writing day researching common strategies used by successful people.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
What is Vision?
Vision
What is vision?
Vision is your ultimate accomplishment and fulfillment of your purpose. It is the better life you are dreaming about. It is the financial freedom you want. It is doing what you want to do when you want to do it. It is a destination. It is a result.
One way of looking at life is all about getting new and better or different results. Your health whether poor or good is a result, your weight thin or fat is a result, your bank balance is a result etc.
It does not take a rocket scientist therefore to figure out that if you want new, better or different results in an area of your life, you need new, better or different way of thinking and of doing things. So how do we create results? Our results are a product of our actions. We choose our actions based on our thoughts. So our thoughts become actions then become results.
Vision is similar to pregnancy; it starts as a seed, an idea or a thought that is planted. The desire to erect a beautiful building is an idea or thought that existed in our minds first before conception of the building took place. The more you think and do something about this thought it begins to grow and develop. Finally the seed is ready for birth. The labor and delivery takes place and the seed manifests itself where everyone can see it. What started as a thought or idea will grow and develop into reality. Our thought processes are like seeds growing in the soil of our brains. If the soil is infertile, the seeds will not grow. If the soil is fertile the seeds will grow into giant trees that sustain life. The moral of the story is that if you are planting seeds of wealth, those seeds need to be planted in a fertile brain that will support their growth.
In order to achieve the desired result one must, however, have a step-by-step blueprint of how to lay the foundation, support the structure etc. In order to realize your vision you need to set up goals that will guide you in the realization of your vision.
Life Long Learning
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
What is vision?
Vision is your ultimate accomplishment and fulfillment of your purpose. It is the better life you are dreaming about. It is the financial freedom you want. It is doing what you want to do when you want to do it. It is a destination. It is a result.
One way of looking at life is all about getting new and better or different results. Your health whether poor or good is a result, your weight thin or fat is a result, your bank balance is a result etc.
It does not take a rocket scientist therefore to figure out that if you want new, better or different results in an area of your life, you need new, better or different way of thinking and of doing things. So how do we create results? Our results are a product of our actions. We choose our actions based on our thoughts. So our thoughts become actions then become results.
Vision is similar to pregnancy; it starts as a seed, an idea or a thought that is planted. The desire to erect a beautiful building is an idea or thought that existed in our minds first before conception of the building took place. The more you think and do something about this thought it begins to grow and develop. Finally the seed is ready for birth. The labor and delivery takes place and the seed manifests itself where everyone can see it. What started as a thought or idea will grow and develop into reality. Our thought processes are like seeds growing in the soil of our brains. If the soil is infertile, the seeds will not grow. If the soil is fertile the seeds will grow into giant trees that sustain life. The moral of the story is that if you are planting seeds of wealth, those seeds need to be planted in a fertile brain that will support their growth.
In order to achieve the desired result one must, however, have a step-by-step blueprint of how to lay the foundation, support the structure etc. In order to realize your vision you need to set up goals that will guide you in the realization of your vision.
Life Long Learning
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Decision Making
As promised here's my input on decision making!
Decision
What they did not teach you in school is that making a decision means committing to achieving a result. It is a promise that you make to yourself to achieve a result. It is not important to know how you are going create a result. What is important is deciding now on taking a new decision that will change your life. Most people take decisions without deciding where they want to go. That is why in a short period of time, they get caught up in all sorts of problems. Because they were not clear from the onset when they decided to take a decision where they want to go, when they meet challenges and obstacles along the way, they don’t know which the right direction to follow is. They go with the flow because they are directionless. They become part of the mass of people who are directed by events, situations and circumstances in the environment instead of their values. My advice is stop associating with mediocre people who discuss minor things and who are not making any worthwhile progress in life. Avoid your beer drinking friends who consume 24 pack of beer every weekend discussing nothing but sports and women, avoid those unprofitable gossiping sessions about your neighbor and start surrounding yourself with winners. Winners discuss strategy, they discuss plans on how they can double their income in the next 12 months, how to start a second income stream. Winners join business clubs, mastermind groups, toastmasters. They talk progress and development, they discuss non-fiction books, educational audio CDs and DVDs to help each other to succeed.
Making and taking decisions is a long life learning process.
Let a Professional Resume Writer help you get an Interview for that Job
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Decision
What they did not teach you in school is that making a decision means committing to achieving a result. It is a promise that you make to yourself to achieve a result. It is not important to know how you are going create a result. What is important is deciding now on taking a new decision that will change your life. Most people take decisions without deciding where they want to go. That is why in a short period of time, they get caught up in all sorts of problems. Because they were not clear from the onset when they decided to take a decision where they want to go, when they meet challenges and obstacles along the way, they don’t know which the right direction to follow is. They go with the flow because they are directionless. They become part of the mass of people who are directed by events, situations and circumstances in the environment instead of their values. My advice is stop associating with mediocre people who discuss minor things and who are not making any worthwhile progress in life. Avoid your beer drinking friends who consume 24 pack of beer every weekend discussing nothing but sports and women, avoid those unprofitable gossiping sessions about your neighbor and start surrounding yourself with winners. Winners discuss strategy, they discuss plans on how they can double their income in the next 12 months, how to start a second income stream. Winners join business clubs, mastermind groups, toastmasters. They talk progress and development, they discuss non-fiction books, educational audio CDs and DVDs to help each other to succeed.
Making and taking decisions is a long life learning process.
Let a Professional Resume Writer help you get an Interview for that Job
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Your Purpose in Life
Your Purpose in Life
Understanding your purpose in life is the start and foundation upon which your life must be based. What is your purpose in life? Your purpose in life is within you, it is that unique talent, the gift that you possess that nobody else in the world has. What you do, love and have passion for is your purpose in life. Build your life around your unique talents and strengths and reinforce them through practice and learning. Find a career, hobby or business that draws on these strengths. When you do that, you will be more productive, more fulfilled and more successful in doing what you love to do every day. Tiger Woods loves playing golf and he is paid for playing the game that he loves. You can do the same with your life.
Have you found your purpose in life? Find your purpose in life and then take a decision of what you want to do with your life.
Next time we shall dicuss about taking decisions!
Until next time - Cheers!
Let a Professional Resume Writer help you get an Interview for that Job
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Understanding your purpose in life is the start and foundation upon which your life must be based. What is your purpose in life? Your purpose in life is within you, it is that unique talent, the gift that you possess that nobody else in the world has. What you do, love and have passion for is your purpose in life. Build your life around your unique talents and strengths and reinforce them through practice and learning. Find a career, hobby or business that draws on these strengths. When you do that, you will be more productive, more fulfilled and more successful in doing what you love to do every day. Tiger Woods loves playing golf and he is paid for playing the game that he loves. You can do the same with your life.
Have you found your purpose in life? Find your purpose in life and then take a decision of what you want to do with your life.
Next time we shall dicuss about taking decisions!
Until next time - Cheers!
Let a Professional Resume Writer help you get an Interview for that Job
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Monday, February 2, 2009
Life Long Learning
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Seasoned readers will tell you that reading different books on a specific subject reveals
different perspectives on the subject. They will tell you that it is the smallest distinction
that may make the biggest difference in understanding the subject under review. By
reading broadly you will come across authors who can explain a certain principle in a
certain way that will “make a light go on in your mind” – so it is with this special report.
The purpose of this special report is to inspire you to take action and become successful.
The second purpose which is the most important for me is to share with you my own
experiences and research from reading books of successful people. My main focus on my
research was identifying the principles that make successful people to succeed in life.
This special report is my attempt in highlighting the most common principles, habits and
actions I identified through reading biographies and life stories of successful people.
My overall impression is this… no two successful people use the same principles,
practice the same habits and take the same actions to be where they want to be in life.
Successful people try different methods and techniques and they encounter different
obstacles and challenges. One common factor I discovered among all of them is the fact
that they all persisted in their fields and never gave in, until they found what worked for
them.
So let’s get started.
Introduction
Whether you know it or not you have the power within you to change your life - for better or for
worse. You see, the universe stops and listens when you ask. Things that happen to you be they
positive or negative – you invited them into your life through your thoughts. Ever head of the
saying; ‘what you resist, persists. What you fear perseveres’ You should also be familiar with the
phrase ‘like attracts like’ or ‘Birds of a further flock together’ the above phrases testify to the
existence of the ‘Law of Attraction.’
These pages contain time-tested principles that will ignite the spark within you and transform the
way you live life, the way you look at life, the way you respond to challenges and problems as
well as how you respond to events and circumstances in life. Be prepared to enter into a new
dimension, a new plane of your life, and learn powerful ways about values and principles that will
open doors to new possibilities. This report will assist you in making your dreams come true
while shedding light on entirely new way of looking at and understanding the true nature about
life. If you read and apply the principles laid out in these pages, your life will undergo an amazing
transformation through the substance and content of this special report.
Any reader who is prepared to put in a little effort will come away from this special report with
not only an understanding of the basics of some important principles of success but also some
appreciation of the value of self development. This special report teaches principles not taught in
schools. It is knowledge about choosing new options, new directions and new habits.
These principles provide an alternative to just sitting around waiting for the day you win the
lottery or passively waiting to see where life takes you next – just existing.
Next week I would like to discuss about "Our Purpose in Life." Don't miss the next issue.
Let a Professional Resume Writer help you get an Interview for that Job
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
Seasoned readers will tell you that reading different books on a specific subject reveals
different perspectives on the subject. They will tell you that it is the smallest distinction
that may make the biggest difference in understanding the subject under review. By
reading broadly you will come across authors who can explain a certain principle in a
certain way that will “make a light go on in your mind” – so it is with this special report.
The purpose of this special report is to inspire you to take action and become successful.
The second purpose which is the most important for me is to share with you my own
experiences and research from reading books of successful people. My main focus on my
research was identifying the principles that make successful people to succeed in life.
This special report is my attempt in highlighting the most common principles, habits and
actions I identified through reading biographies and life stories of successful people.
My overall impression is this… no two successful people use the same principles,
practice the same habits and take the same actions to be where they want to be in life.
Successful people try different methods and techniques and they encounter different
obstacles and challenges. One common factor I discovered among all of them is the fact
that they all persisted in their fields and never gave in, until they found what worked for
them.
So let’s get started.
Introduction
Whether you know it or not you have the power within you to change your life - for better or for
worse. You see, the universe stops and listens when you ask. Things that happen to you be they
positive or negative – you invited them into your life through your thoughts. Ever head of the
saying; ‘what you resist, persists. What you fear perseveres’ You should also be familiar with the
phrase ‘like attracts like’ or ‘Birds of a further flock together’ the above phrases testify to the
existence of the ‘Law of Attraction.’
These pages contain time-tested principles that will ignite the spark within you and transform the
way you live life, the way you look at life, the way you respond to challenges and problems as
well as how you respond to events and circumstances in life. Be prepared to enter into a new
dimension, a new plane of your life, and learn powerful ways about values and principles that will
open doors to new possibilities. This report will assist you in making your dreams come true
while shedding light on entirely new way of looking at and understanding the true nature about
life. If you read and apply the principles laid out in these pages, your life will undergo an amazing
transformation through the substance and content of this special report.
Any reader who is prepared to put in a little effort will come away from this special report with
not only an understanding of the basics of some important principles of success but also some
appreciation of the value of self development. This special report teaches principles not taught in
schools. It is knowledge about choosing new options, new directions and new habits.
These principles provide an alternative to just sitting around waiting for the day you win the
lottery or passively waiting to see where life takes you next – just existing.
Next week I would like to discuss about "Our Purpose in Life." Don't miss the next issue.
Let a Professional Resume Writer help you get an Interview for that Job
Justice Mandhla is the author of What they did not teach you in school: Life Long Learning Tips to land a job straight out of school and he spends a great deal of his full-time writing day researching and writing about job search strategies.
See more at www.mystudent4life.com
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