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Talent is Not Enough.
Talent is not enough.
You need discipline.
You need dedication.
You need character.
More men have failed, not for lack of talent but for lack of character.
When Parents Get Old …
Let them grow old with the same love that they let you grow … let them speak and tell repeated stories with the same patience and interest that they heard yours as a child … let them overcome, like so many times when they let you win … let them enjoy their friends just as they let you … let them enjoy the talks with their grandchildren, because they see you in them … let them enjoy living among the objects that have accompanied them for a long time, because they suffer when they feel that you tear pieces of this life away … let them be wrong, like so many times you have been wrong and they didn’t embarrass you by correcting you …
LET THEM LIVE and try to make them happy the last stretch of the path they have left to go; give them your hand, just like they gave you their hand when you started your path!
(“Honor your mother and father and your days shall be long upon the earth”.)
Truth behind Covid
This is why the Fifth Agreement is so powerful: “Be skeptical, but listen.”
Having an open mind doesn’t mean just any old thing can walk in and take over. You must have guardians at the gate of your mind while maintaining the willingness to accept new information.
Be mindful of who you’re around and what you absorb. Be resilient. Be authentically you. Listen to God and your intuition.
What is happening today in communication and the media is this in real time.
Choose wisely what you listen to.
Know Everything
When people talk listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should be able to go into a room and when you come out know everything that you saw there and not only that. If that room gave you any feeling you should know exactly what it was that gave you that feeling.
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Advice of the Day
1. If you have dream go chase it because it’s not coming your way without effort.
2. You can not move forward if you are stuck and focused on the past.
3. Be so busy improving yourself that you don’t have time to pay attention to anything or anyone that distracts you from your growth.
4. Don’t use your Energy to worry.
Use your energy to believe, create, trust, glow , grow and heal.
5. Most times you have to go through something that absolutely destroys you so you can figure out who you really are.
6. Speak less, observe more. Not everything needs a reaction.
– Remember, Your attention is a currency. Use it wisely.
7. Never be embarrassed to struggle. There is absolutely no shame in working hard to get what you want.
– Remember, People opinions don’t pay your bills.
8. Some people will judge you for changing. Others will be celebrating you for growing
Choose your circle carefully
9. Work on things people can’t take away from you.
Things like your Mindset, Character, Personality, Transparency , and your entire being.
10. Struggle is temporary, sacrifices are like investiments. Give up the short term comfort for the long term win. Be Focused and stay patient.
Lessons We Learn From The World
1. Dr. Ben Carson said, “I struggled academically throughout elementary school yet became the best Neurosurgeon in the World in 1987”
*LESSON* : Struggling is a sign that you are on a verge of success. Don’t quit yet.
2. Oprah Winfrey said, ” I was raped at the age of 9 yet I am one of the most influential women in the World”
*LESSON* : Don’t let your past decide your future.
3. Bill Gates said, “I didn’t even complete my university education but became the World’s richest man”
*LESSON* : School does not make you rich. School is only suppose to Polish what will make you rich, not make you Rich.
4. Joyce Meyer said & I quote, “I was sexually, mentally, emotionally and verbally abused by my father as far back as I can remember, until I left home at the age of eighteen, yet I am one of the most influential preachers in the World”
*LESSON* : Let your past push you, not define or limit you
5. Christian Ronaldo said, “I told my father that we would be very rich but he couldn’t believe me. I made it a reality”
*LESSON* :Your words rule your life. If you mean what you have said, each word will come to pass. You get what you say.
6. Hear Lionel Messi!, “I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training and still became one of the World’s best footballers”
*LESSON* : Believe in your dream. Don’t let your pain tell you how your future will look like.
7. Steve Jobs penned, “I used to sleep on the floor in my friends’ rooms, returning Coke bottles for food, money, and getting weekly free meals at a local temple, I later on founded Apple Company”
*LESSON* : That you are small today doesn’t mean you will be small tomorrow. Keep trusting God.
8. Former British PM, Tony Blair said & I quote, “My teachers used to call me a failure, but I became a Prime Minister”
*LESSON* : Don’t let someone’s else’s opinions of you become your reality.
Awesome Life Tips
HOW TO BE ALWAYS HAPPY IN LIFE.
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1. Always remember that there is nobody on this earth that does not have problems. You are not the only one that has problems.
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2. Challenges are part of life. It is only a dead man who has no challenges.
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3. There is no problem that has no solution. There are solutions to the pains you are passing through.
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4. The way you picture yourself in your mind can affect your happiness. Picture yourself as a valuable and beautiful person. Avoid low self-esteem and inferiority complex.
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5. Don’t mind what people say about you. Some people are sadists. They can just say somethings just to make you feel sad.
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6. Make friends with reasonable people who make you happy. Do not make friends with people who make jester of you or laugh at you over your challenges.
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7. At your leisure time, keep yourself busy with your favorite hobbies like sports, games, watching movies, surfing the internet, playing computer games, etc.
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8. Do not allow anyone to intimidate you with money and material things. A poor man today can become rich tomorrow. Change is constant.
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9. No matter what you are passing through today, do not give up. As long as there is life, there is hope.
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10. Be very prayerful. Pray without ceasing. Prayer is a catalyst that can speed up your blessings to come to you on time.
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11. Be courageous to go for what you want. Life is all about risk. If you don’t take a risk, you will not get the desires of your heart.
Never change your originality for the sake of others. Because no one can play your role better than you.
You are the best. So be yourself…
Be Humble; It Costs Nothing
Dolly Chaiwalla once said: “At the peak of my career, I was traveling on an airplane.
A simple, unassuming gentleman in a big shirt and pants sat next to me. He looked like someone from the middle class and well-educated.
Other passengers recognized me and were chatting with me, but this gentleman seemed unaware of my presence. He was quietly mumbling to himself, occasionally glancing out of the window. When tea was served, he sipped it in silence.
I smiled at him, trying to start a conversation. He looked at me, smiled politely, and said, ‘Hello.’
We started talking, and I brought up tea and reels, asking, ‘Do you watch reels?’
The gentleman replied, ‘Oh, very rarely. I watched one many years ago.’
I mentioned that I worked in the chapri industry.
He responded, ‘Oh, that’s nice. What do you do?’
I said, ‘I’m an influenza.’
He nodded, ‘Oh, that’s wonderful!’ and went back to mumbling.
When we disembarked, I shook his hand and said, ‘It was nice traveling with you. By the way, my name is Dolly Chaiwala!’
The gentleman shook my hand with a smile and said, ‘Thank you… it was nice meeting you. I’m MC Stan(the chairman of chapri rap club)!’
That day I learned that no matter how big you think you are, there’s always someone bigger.
Be humble; it costs nothing.
So, my friend, remember to stay humble in your career journey. It doesn’t cost anything, and you never know who you might meet along the way!
