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Assessment by Afere A Lawrence...
As A Man Thinketh I discovered immediately i finished reading this book that i have been missing so much. My thought used to be impure. I used to limit my thinking to what i hear from my traditional parents and what i see in my environment. I could remember a time i had a thought of falling ill, to my surprise, i fell ill. Most of us here in Nigeria limit our thinking to what is happening in our country. We believe that our success lies in the hands of the government so we complain so much about their wrong acts. This is affecting our lives. And now that i know that a man's thought determines his circumstance i have stopped such act of grumbling and complaining. I now know that out of a clean heart comes a clean life. It will interest you to know that i now filter every thought that comes to my mind. I think BIG now. Am the maker of myself via the thought of my mind. My thought has changed my character positively. Even my friends noticed this. This make my friends wonder how soon my life changed.I had to tell them about iigl. Now, i have started thinking for a purpose. Am living my life with a purpose to re-engineer and reform my nation. I want to live my life with a purpose to helping the black race. In conclusion, i must not forget to confess that no sooner i enrolled in your institute than my life changed. Jonathan Livingston Seagull I seriously need to confess that countless of Nigerians are sleeping and waking in ignorance. Our lives have been stereotyped. Culture has eaten our future. The younger ones don't believe there is any future any where. We are societal oriented. We so much care about what society would do when we make steps to attaining our dreams, that's for those who have. just like most gulls in Jonathan Livingston seagull believed that the purpose of flying is to put food in the stomach, that's the believe of Nigerians. We believe that the purpose of life is to acquire( for those that can afford it) circular education, get job, get some money, get married , do babies and die. They don't know that purpose of life is beyond that. These books have imparted so much into my life. My life can never remain the same again. Am seeing life from a wonderful perspective now. I now have a pure and big thought of my future, even for my country. What my eyes are seeing now no longer deceive me. Just as seagull broke his fear to fly higher, i have broken my fear too. I would not let fear kill the dreams i have for Africa. These books have taught me how to extend love to every one. I need to let you know that i no longer have limitations again. Also, am now moving with people of great minds in my school. "he that moves with the wise shall be wise' is what they say. Reading these books is not enough, but applying it immediately to my day to day life. Application of information causes transformation. How fantastic it is to think purely. My thought everyday now is pure. Most of Nigerians are religious. They read their bibles, attend crusade, and so on but don't understand the information they get not to say application. Thank God i heard about this institute. My life is changing. QUESTIONS? Real Magic PART 1 - Content Review I would like like to discuss some points of this book which are most helpful and important to my life. THE POWER OF PURPOSE. Mapping out a strategyto achieve our purpose gives us a successful life. Real magic comes when we are achieving our purpose. it's is my belief that everybody has been given potentials to be used in fulfilling his purpose on earth. The diferrence between the developed nations and the developing nations is "the developed nations strive to accomplish their purpose, while the developing nations strive to make money with any means". This is obvious. My parents are always striving to make more money. They never for once told me their purpose. This is the biggest difference. In attaining our purpose, God is ready to work with us if we ready to. Just as Dr. Wayne writes in his book "if the student is ready the teacher will appear". This has become my daily words. It is our responsibility to plant and water while God's responsibility is to make an increase for us. I have now realized that life is more than going to school for degrees, getting jobs for daily bread, getting married to make babies. Nothing adds more to life than fulfilling one's purpose. It gives direction to life. Moreso, getting our lives to purpose is very exciting. I feel happiest when i motivate young people of my commmunity to motivate themselves. i know where my purpose on earth is taking me to already. Everyday i do things that brings me closer to the achievenment of my purpose. Their is joy in attaining one's purpose. SPIRITUAL BEING. Everyday, i follow his words that says "As a man thinketh, so he is". This makes me a complete man. I think positive all the times. This is the power of the mind. Think positive get positive result. Think negative get negative result. This is the law of sowing and reaping. What you sow in your mind is what you will reap.Just as there is power in the soil, so is our mind. We plant a small seed and we harvest bountifully. This is wonderful! I feel my spiritual life with what the word of God says. I love the bible so much. Look at what it says concerning me This statement confirms that we are spiritual beings that can get everything we need . PROSPERITY To me, prosperity is when God blesses you and you make yourself a blessing to others. our problem in Africa is that we acquire wealth for only our immediate family. This is not prosperity. Dr. waynes defines prosperity as "when God speaks through your hands and smiles upon the earth through you, becaause you are an unconditional giver, a purposeful being asking nothing of anyone, prosperity will be your reward" This is the real and original prosperity. This is what i live my life after. My prosperity is "you give to get to give again" PART 2 - Personal Impact To confess, RealMagic has been very helpful to me. It's indeed an inspirational book that must be read by anyone that wants a change of story. It makes me believe that life has a purpose and a process to follow. Time and chance answer to life. Each step and process prepare me for the next stage in life. Immediately i finished reading Real Magic at the first time, i wrote my purpose just as Dr. Wayne did in his book. I read it to my subconsiousness every day. I make plans and goals every day on how to accomplish it. One thing have come to realize is you may read all the motivational books in this world and still not change or not make it. Why? Action. "You must act now" Dr. Wayne said to me in his book. I plan and i act. i keep trying everyday. I make sure i do what i need to do to get closer to my purpose. This made me form a team in my community that motivates young people to motivate themselves. I used to think life is an accident. I used to good and successful life come by chance and luck. now, i know you can get what you want when you know what you want and you go for it i.e action. It's a testimony that my life is changing everyday. Everyday i sit back and i say thanks to Mr. micheal for establishing this institute that God has used to change my life and the lives of others. RELATIONSHIP. Also, i used to be shy. Now am a free man. I can face anybody. I am now bold. This is a real magic in my life. I now believe that everyone has his or her purpose to attain and they are working towards this. Am no longer a paranoid. Again, i try not to jugde anyone. I also try not to prove anyone wrong. Even i don't criticise again. I now get my relationship to purpose. With real magic, i won't have too much challenges in my marital affairs when i get married later in life. PROSPERITY PART 3 - Summary Mr. Micheal, God is really using you to change my life and others'. How would i have gotten these changes? so much thanks go to you. You are not only imparting into my life but the lives of other nigerians that i go out to impart into their lives too. I know that via what we get and put into action from IIGL, Africa nations will be on top some day. Finally, Real Magic is a book i will never forget in my life. Success Through A positive Mental Attitude PART 1 - Content Review in this part of the assessment, i would like to write out those points i find so meaningful to me. GETTING SUCCESS STARTED. Obviously, it is pma that enables some men to climb to the top and stay there. It is nma that keeps other men at the bottomall their lives. It also pulls other men down from the top when they have reachd it. Moreso, we are poor not becaause of God. With pma, success will be ours. After the success stories of differnt people in this book, i now put my own pma to work so as to attract the success i need. I want to be successful in my life. With my pma, i have desired to be successful. Greatness comes to those who develop a burning desire to achieve their goals. Success is achieved by those who keep trying with pma. I put in effort andwork to achieve my desired goals. "unless your goals are against the laws of God or the society, you can achieve it" And you have everything to gain and nothing to lose by trying. I pasted this to the walls in my room in school and at home to read every time. Also, if you know what you want, you can find a way to get it. In conclusion, a person with positive mental attitude aims high goals and constantly strives to achieve them and he can also change the world. ACTION- The secret of getting things done. ACTION says "anything worth having is worth working for" I read about so many successful people in this book that put in more action. Those who achieved greatness employed this secret of getting things done. "go into action lawrence" i say to myself every time i need to do anything. I don't procastinate. It was Mary Carty that said "Be like a postage stamp. Stick to a thing until you get to your destination." Most Africans embrace information. They lack action. Information does not lead to transformation. Action does. All most of us here do is waiting for someday to become successful. I have employed the secret of getting things done. I don't wait for some day any longer. I plan and work for that someday to arrive. It is obvious that the world is evolving. Africa is evolving too. Transformed leaders are coming up soon in Africa. I am one. IIGL is raising new generational leaders. Even the university i attend here in Nigeria does. We need transformed and godly leaders to return the glorious image of Africa. All we just need to do is ACT NOW. ACTION. The drawing on the drawing board is not a building until it is built. I get myself into action everyday. I use the self-starter. I add step to step just as the woman that walked from a state to another. She got there. I would get there too. It was william James that said "sow an action and reap a habit; sow a habit and reap a character; sow a character and reap a destiny" This is wonderful! I have started already. Am doing it now so i can get their in time. I already act as a leader that IIGL is raising. I coordinate people. I arrange shuttle for the indigenes of my state when ever we are going on break. I help them to their bags in the shuttle. A girl called me "father of all" one time we were going home. I carry myself about with royal mentality because i already know where am going. I need to confess that the biographies in Success Through A PMA are motivating everyday. Even when i don't have money to do certain things, i don't feel depressed because i know it has an outcome. It is the process i must pass. When i discovered a problem in my community concerning the young people, i made a plan to solve it. Purpose is all about solving problems. I discovered that our young people have clumsy future. As a result of poverty, they look into the future and see nothing. But i look into it and saw greatness. Immediately, what did i do? I formed a team that motivates these young people to motivate themselves. Last month we spoke to them about "The power of purpose". They were so happy to hear that they are so important in this world. Most of them mailed to tell us how that day changed their lives. The only shortcoming is these young people are mailing to request for motivational books. This, we can't do for now. But my team still goes into action every time to talk to these young people. We are putting so many programs in place soon. THIS IS ACTION. I don't just read the books IIGL send to me for fun. I read them to become what i want. And also share the information. PMA does not work without ACTION. PART 2 - Personal Impact I now keep my mind on the things i want. I want good health. I want happiness. I want good wife. I want developed Africa. I want peaceful world. I want success. How to get this, i do all i must do. This book makes me believe i am apt to succeed if i do what comes nataurally. My beliefs, relationships, values, goals,are improving every time i read the books sent to me by IIGL. PMA is one of a kind. I awaken the giant in me with these books. I refresh my mind and body always. With PMA, i now do things i could't. I meet with weathy people. Recently, while we were on break, myteam was in the commisioner of education's office. This was great. What any young person can't do. He is going to be a speaker in a lecture my team titled "Role of young people in developing the nation" Am so passionate about the development of Africa. It is my strong belief that it is the young people that will cause a positive change in Africa. So we must start to invest in them now. I seize every opportunity to be a part. A chinese proverb advises "If you plan for a year, plant rice, if you plan for 10 years plant trees, and if you plan for 100 years educate your children" This is applicable to African nations. Am eager to see Africa develop. The development of Africa does not lie in our cicular education, nor on our system of government or our religious. It lies on transformed people. This is the part i want to play. Every day i pray for guidance and direction. I think and grow rich every day. PART 3 - Summary There is wisdom in the book. It has imparted so much into me. Becoming a student of IIGL is a blessing to me. Laurence Seeds Of Greatness Every part of this book was significant to me. Every page of the book
added new The seed of self esteem The seed of creativity The seed of responsibility The seed of wisdom. The seed of purpose The seed of faith The seed of perseverance. The seed of perspective If there was any book I wish I had read, it is 'SEEDS OF GREATNESS.' This book has transported me from ignorance into knowledge. It has lighted my life. It revealed to me the secrets of successful people. Principally, this book has given the will, the way and the success I dream of. All I need to do is to put myself into action. The following points show the impact of this book in the values of my life: The meaning of Total Success Countless Africans like to conceal their plans and don't like to follow the steps of those that have gone before them. We most times believe we don't need people's interference in the fulfillment of our purpose. Never in my life will I fail to ask what I need to know. Planting seeds of ideas Plant apple seeds and you get apple trees. Plant any crop and you will
harvest what that crop produces. Many people who achieve fortune in the world are not born rich. They planted ideas and harvested success. They watered (hard work, conviction, curiosity, creativity, honesty, e.t.c) their ideas and increase was made. God does not even plant for us but he gives us seeds to plant. It is our responsibility to plant this seeds so as to make an increase on the earth. The bible (1 Corinthian 3:6) says 'I have planted, Apollo watered; but God gave the increase,' verse 8b says: 'and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour' I believe that every one has great ideas. If planted could give great life. Our failure to plant this is what brings people poverty. For some past weeks now, I have been planning curiously how I am going to plant my idea. I am pregnant with great ideas on how to change my continent. My purpose has been fully stamped to my mind. I sleep, I dream about it. I walk I think about it. Everyday, every minute I make this planting plan on my mind. I know what my world is waiting for me to give birth to it. This fame will go abroad. To plant my great ideas, I am not heedless of advice. Denis mom gave to him. I am following the lesson of the bible and modeling my thoughts and actions after men and women who have been inactive in their service to others. I am also looking at my IQ as my 'imaginative quotient' rather than my intelligence quotient. Soon it is my belief that so many lives will be transformed via planting my great ideas. Taking responsibility (seed of responsibility) The greatest tragedy in life, as considered by me, is to become less than your full potential, using less than the abilities you have to work with. Waiting for others to satisfy our needs or desires is an act of irresponsibility. Doing this means we don't want the purpose of this world to be accomplished. Our each contribution makes the world a wonderful place. It is up to us to take the actions and be responsible for our consequences. 'Our responsibility: every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.' Wrote John D Rockefeller, Jr This is the major problem of Africa. We don't have the sense of responsibility. We believe what would be would be. That is why we are so indebted to foreign nations. Everything that happens to my life is as the result of my action. I know I'm God created and self molded. The way I mold myself is what I see and others also see. I may read all the books in this life and still remain useless to my world if I lack responsibility. I inspire myself. I read the great books IIGL sends to me and copy of other books I buy. This book spurns me to action. I talk to people who have the vitality I admire about fulfilling my purpose. I'm leading my life; I'm making the necessary changes to be like that. Imagine how many souls would have lost if Jesus Christ didn't take the required responsibility to fulfill his purpose on earth. Imagine if Mr. Michael lightweaver didn't take the responsibility for achieving his purpose. Would any of IIGL students read what they read today, experience the glorious changes or even have a sense of true success that is contributing this world. Everyday I ask myself 'Lawrence what are you waiting for?' PART THREE SUMMARY Your Sacred Self PART ONE - Content Your Sacred Self by Dr. Waye Dyer is another best of his books. In fact,
this book So many points of this book were most significant to me and they were really meaningful. BROKEN DREAMS These words by lauretta burns took me from physical level to spiritual level. I couldn't help it when I saw these words. This is what my bible has been saying to me in psalm 37. 'Commit thy way unto the lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.' This tells me that if I don't commit my ways unto the hands of our divine creator, if I fall into any trouble , I can't blame him. I can't even query him. Until you commit yourself to the divine creator, God, you don't know your sacred self. And if you don't know your sacred self you may fall a victim of this wicked world. It is wonderful that those that have discovered their sacred selves are now spirits and gods. It is only spirits that have access to the Spiritual realm. Our creator is a Spirit and only the spirit can communicate with him. This subject of sacred self is vital if one wants to commune with God and know why he exits and what he exits for. It is a mystery that all we see today were created from those things that were not seeing - inspiration can't be seen. And you get inspired by discovering your sacred self. 'Your, as said in this book by the author, sacred self was never born.' This is true. Our body only houses our sacred self. We came from no-where to now-here. This is wonderful! These knowings have changed my level of thinking. FREEDOM My own definition of success is 'divine ways of accomplishing your purpose and living for eternal.' When we have the knowings that there is a place after death where there is no sin, death, sickness, night, devil. This is the place I want to be after this now-here. Is it possible to think eternal without really knowing who you are? Itνs impossible because it is only the good spirit that reminds you of this. The bad spirit only tell your physical body to live for now. I was in the library some days back. That moment, I was getting exploded with what I see in this book. A girl was sitting next to me. I wrote out this affirmation 'in my world, nothing goes wrong' and gave it to her. She was pretty shocked to receive this. I was happy I obeyed my sacred self by giving her this because she shared her problems with me. She told me about her crumbling relationships with her friends. I was eager to flip through some pages, with her, in this book. And this did her a lot of self improvement. I was really happy for helping her know her self that moment. She told me she was gaining her freedom from that moment. Freedom is described in this book as 'the total absence of concern about oneself.' Freedom gives, freedom does not fight for more. Freedom is all we should strive for. THE WITNESS I now witness a glorious change in my life. My inner self and my physical self now work in unity. It is that inner self that instigates my hand - physical self - to write this. PART TWO - PERSONAL IMPACT & PRACTICAL VALUE. Reading this book, I didn't read it in text or written words but I heard Dr. Dyer's voice talk to me. In the eloquence of his voice he explained the words in this book to me one by one to my understanding. I even heard his smiles. He even called me by my name. 'Lawrence, he said to me, you can be free if you want.' He taught me some very helping points that would help me to be free if well applied. These points relate to every aspect of my life: my relationship, my values, my goals, and my beliefs. The first point he whispered to my hear was; 'BANISH THE DOUBT' It sounded as if I heard it for the first time. Dr. Dyer quoted what Shakespeare said a long time ago: 'our doubts are our traitors.' He also shared his own experience with me when he said: 'I rid myself of my doubts by remembering that there is a valid reason for everything that happens.' Dr. Dyer said to me: 'Lawrence, I encourage you to abandon many of those old beliefs and make a new agreement with reality that is based instead on what you know is your truth. Once you know your personal truth, your reality will be free of doubt.' When he said this I immediately banished every belief my parents told me about my birth. They always tell me that am going to be initiated into a cult that worships an idol that has been in my generation for many generations now. Dr. Dyer's words have helped me to banish that belief. I can't forget this statement that he mentioned in the eloquence of his voice: 'but when doubt is banished, we come to a knowing that leads to creative and inspired solutions far beyond what we believe were possible.' I now know the creativity that lies inside of me. My purpose has been energized. My relationships are working perfectly fine. I don't get angry at anyone because I know they have something valuable to perform in my life. My beliefs have been cleansed. Doubt is gone. FROM TURMOIL TO PEACE. Good news! My life has been peaceful ever since I discovered my purpose I have been aligning my thought towards it. Even in the midst of challenges I still have peace within me. Peace is not physical but spiritual. Peace does not answer to material possessions. It is true that in every moment of our lives we have the option to choose peace for ourselves. My thought is consistently on how I can accomplish my purpose. This has been banning turmoil from my life. I experience a divine peace within. FROM DECEPTION TO TRUTH The bible says 'the truth shall make you free.' The words are so significant to me. I witness my physical self work in truth and union with my sacred self each day. Discovery of my purpose is making me to walk and work in truth. Following the paths of its attainment must be followed in truth. World changers must walk in truth to change the world. Deception repels the accomplishment of our purpose. Deception canνt make us have access to the spiritual realm where we know our sacred self. I think I need to share my recent experience. In my school, students must take exit permit before they leave the school. Before I left the room one fateful morning, I refused to take permit. My room mate asked if I had but I said no. 'What if you're challenged at the gate?' my room mate asked. I boldly told my room mate that I won't be stopped. 'What would you say if you are stopped?' Mark, very inquisitive, asked again. More than 3 times, I boldly said 'I would never deny my studentship at the gate.' For the very first time I was stopped at gate and asked to come down from the shuttle. The first statement I made was 'I am not a student here; I only came to see someone.' I eventually denied my studentship. I felt worst for days. I was not myself. The statement kept coming back to my mind. Tears dropped heavily in my heart. I was depressed. But that day opened a new chapter unto me. God spoke to my heart. He showed me who he was. He told me I can't make it by my strength. My life changed from that day. I left deception to truth. I never experienced that kind of knowings. One great thing about truth is that it brings truthful people to my life. It's true that 'like beget like.' Being truthful makes me associate with people that are committed to change Africa. 'Your sacred self' has made me move from fear to love, from outward appreciation to inner substance, from striving to arriving, from dominance to tolerance, from toxicity to purity even toward an egoless world. I really feel good about myself and my world. PART THREE - SUMMARY Mother Theresa said 'to keep a lamp going we have to keep oil in it.' Dr. Wayne W. Dyerνs book is a book that I must always read to keep my lamp going i.e. my sacred self alive. It is not interesting because it says the TRUTH. This book is very helpful. I have been able to influence some of my friends lives with this book. Every week I write out an affirmation from this book and I paste on my floor in the hostel. I remember some days back, I was communicating with my friends on 'self confidence.' I discovered they put their confidence on material things. I was able to help them, in some ways, discover who they really are. Unconditional Life This is book that took me through the journeys of unusual healings. I couldn't hold myself reading through different and strange diseases and unusual healings that came from positive minds. It's was inspiring. PART ONE - Content Review THE MAN WHO WOULD BE HEALED. Countless of sick people actually rely on medicines for their healing but this chapter of the book took me through the journey of how a sick person can heal himself with his mind. Patients really want to know why they hurt. They want to know why they have cancers and other dangerous diseases. Deepak Chopra, M.D made a surprising discoveries of how a man could be healed with the power of his mind. Healing our diseases, mentally, is real but requires courage and faith. This part of the book makes me understand there is no cure from the outside. But what of drugs and medicines that heal us when we are sick? I asked myself when i meditated on this part. The healing power of our lord Jesus christ does not come from outside. He tells us he sends and would heal our sicknesses. And only those that worship Him in spirit can take part in this healing. You know that worshiping Him in spirit is not from the outside. I remember a time that i was indisposed and i had to visit our school clinic. Precisely 3 months ago. The illness was diagnosed as malaria. And i was administered some
medicines. I wanted a speedy recovery and i quickly took the first dose immediately i got to my hostel. However, that night i went for holy communion service. I was happy
, because i believed, when the pastor said that "today's communion is going to heal our diseases." I banished every iota of doubt within. I know my God heals. So happened
next? I faithfully dumped my medicine immediately i arrived my hostel. Remember i had only taken my medicine once.. and just after the service i was healed and never felt
it again. Did my healing come from outside? We truly have free access to supernatural healing. THE LENS OF PERCEPTION. "One time a man died because of something i said to him," says Deepak. Why did he die because of what Deepak said? I think the man died because of his perception about
what he said. The way we see and view things determine what we get out of it. According to Deepak perception is truly the first and the most important step in turning the raw data of
the universe into reality. This means with our perception posisioned right we can turn our world of healings right. This part of the book shows me how to have a positive perception - enjoy life with what does not terminate it. Our perception is just our eye that serves our minds in any way the mind chooses. It helps us in creating new worlds inside our private universe. THE IMPORTANCE OF FEELING SPECIAL. PART TWO - Personal Impact Before i write further, read this: In my moment of reading this book i watched a new born baby on t.v . She had a complicated heart disease and a foundation was raising fund for her treatment in India. I asked myself when i saw it if she could heal herself mentally? Did she even know she was going through those pains? Was she even aware she had a mind that could heal her? She was in deep pain and this made her cry bitterly! I was deeply sorry for her. Again, i watched on the t.v how Novagin, Anagin and some other medicines seriuosly damaged the bodies of some people. These people were sick and their doctors prescribed these medicines to them and now its reacting negatively on their bodies! Are medicines failing or what? You know there is no negative reaction to healing that comes from within. Conversly, healing that comes from within does not have any negative reation. We can't continue to swallow chemicals and hard drugs that are dangerous to our bodies. You know our creator had made, right from our creation, arrangement for our healings. These healings come from our minds and it is effective. Thank God we are now in the age of mind-building. People are begining to understand and utilize the power within. The words in this book have meaningful impact in the field of healing. They have energized me towards healing myself of any illness. But this takes understanding of how it works for it to be effective for any one. My pastor has not been sick for over 22 years since he understood the supernatural healing. It takes unbeatable and unquenchable faith. However, every chapter of this book has healing words contained in it. What does it mean to be whole? PART THREE - Summary Truly, i've never heard 95% of the names of diseases i read in this book. I wonder that all these diseases exist! I want to say that our doctors only care but don't heal, it is only God that heals. I think this book is a mind-builder. It would be nice for every body to read this in order to possess a right attitude for healing. Awaken The Giant Within PART ONE - Review of Contents DREAMS OF DESTINY. Living our dreams brings us joy and happiness. since our dreams are to affect people's lives positely. So, when we see people becoming happy, just because we are
helping them one way or the other, we are living our dreams. Living a destiny full of dreams begins with a decision. Tony made his own decision to start living his dreams in his 400 square foot apartment. That decision changed
his life positively. How powerful dreams are! Giant dreams can pierce any negative circumstance and any setbacks. I have realized from what i read in this book that we can achieve anything we want if only we dream it and decide to live it. My goodness! This is awesome!. DECISION: THE PATHWAY TO POWER In essence, if we want to change our lives, we must make great and giant decisions. It is in our moment of decisions that our lives are shaped. The decisions that
you're making right now, evryday , will shape how you feel today as who you're going to become in the nineties and beyond. BELIEF SYSTEMS: THE POWER TO CREATE AND THE POWER TO DESTROY Show me a great man and i will show you a man that thinks positively. I strongly believe that we can't go any higher than our belief. Anthony says "Beliefs have the
awesome potential to create or destroy." I don't allow negativity to set in in my life. Every time it tries to i quickly remember the words of our spiritual leader, paul.
He says in the bible " finally brethren, whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report..............., think on these things." What other thing do
we want in life that is not in these words? Wife is good. Mansion is good. Contribution is good. prosperity is good. What else! "think on these things." What we think is
what we get. QUESTIONS ARE THE ANSWERS THE VOCABULARY OF ULTIMATE SUCCESS. Tony says "words.... they've been used to make us laugh and cry. They can wound or heal. They offer us hope or devastation." Oh my goodness! I will always be carefull
with my choice of words. And again, am made to understand that it is common among Americans to always say God bless America. I love this! And indeed God is blessing her! Here, Nigerians are fond of cursing their country. All we say is "Nigeria is bad. Nigeria can't be good. Our leaders are bad. Our leaders are thieves......." Our hatred for this country shows bitterly in our utterances. These words are killing us! If only we knew this! I can't just help the tears drop in my heart when i see the reparcussion of these poor words on my country. Thank God for the light taht has shone upon some of us. I belief Nigeria changers are being raised now. A powerful light has shone upon me via this book. My words can
create a new world. Even our creator created this world with His words. PART TWO - Personal Impact This book has deposited a lot into my life. It has affected , positively, every area of my life. My values , my relationships, goals, and my belieifs. I will always make reference to this book. MY GOALS. FINANCIAL DESTINY PART THREE -Summary This is an invaluable book. I wish i had read it some years back. Success, to me, is not a function of connections. This is basically our belief here. I used to believe it too - that success is a function of those we know. Now, i believe that success is only a function of revelation. And where do we get revelations from? We get revelations from the books we read. Obviously, i've got great revelations from "Awaken The Giant Within." Again, revelations define our destinations. Having read and meditated on this book, i have gotten revelations for my finances, relationship and infact my destination. This book has brought showers of revelations to my life. Psycho-Cybernetics 2000 Part One - Content Review SELF-IMAGE Again, i realized that our self-image is the mental picture or blueprint of ourselves. It is our inner quality. So, i could say that dogs, too, possess self-image. I remember a time i bathed my beatiful dog with pesticide. The application was too much on his skin and it peeled his skin seriously. My extrovert dog knew this damage and immediately became introvert. He wouldn't want to see any one nor bark again. I knew he was in an ignonimous situation all through this time. I was very sorry. After his healing, my dog became lively again. I think he lost his self-image for that period. In Maltz's words " all behaviour - all actions, all feelings, all human capabilities- was defined by self-image. No real behavioral changes could take place unless the self-image was changed." Self-image is a crucial subject that should be thought to our young people in this age. Especially at a time like this where our young people are so crazy about looks. We want to act or behave in consistent with our looks. The position of our minds determines our actions. poor self-image causes poor behaviours. Am now developing a self-image that will enable me to add more living to my life. HOW TO PROGRAM YOUR SUCCESS MECHANISM Success is instinctive. This means we have the natural ability to be successful without learning it. We all have a built-in guidance system. I found this meaningful because it has helped me to program my success mechanism. This has helped me to be self-confident and base my self-image on my own opinion. IMAGINING YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS. The story of Geoff, in this part of the book, really inspired me and made me understand that the word "imagination" is related to the word image: that which is seen. Our self-image is bound up intimately with our imagination. It is based 100 percent on what we imagine to be true. The image and thought we have on our minds preceed our actions. We can consciously use our imagination to change our beliefs. Since the subconscious mind can't tell the difference between a real experience and one that is vividly imagined, then we should all imagine success in all our goals. I now take these four keys to create new atttudes and behaviour: 1. Anything i imagine to be true is accepted as true by my subconscious mind, Our subconsious believes what it sees. FREEING MYSELF FROM FALSE BELIEFS False belief is detrimental to success. If false beliefs keep us from setting big goals , it becomes impossible for us to reach any. False beliefs is a conversant problem among nigerian youths. Our parents have instilled into us beliefs that are errorneous. What we believe conditions what we can do. LIVE LIFE BY YOUR OWN SCRIPT: HOW TO CHOOSE AND SET GOALS. Planning our lives is a worthwhile event and this guarantees a glorious future. Show me a great man and i will show you a man that plans his life. Planning our lives or setting goals is just a way of giving conscious direction to our lives and how to get moving in that direction. In this part of the book, the author opened my eyes and mind to better and effective ways of setting and accomplishing goals. I realized how my self-image could condition my goals. The questionaire in this part of the book is really helpful. This part was most helpful. PART TWO - Personal Impact and Practical Value. This book, i can't deny, has affected some areas of my life. This is what i shall be discussing in this part. SELF_IMAGE GOAL SETTING MOVING AHEAD FROM GOAL SETTING TO GOAL GETTING If this means anything to me, it means setting my goals is not the end and does not make me attain it execpt i act on it. I was moved by this book from a goal setter to a goal getter. Wonderful! I wish you saw how excited i was! PART THREE - Summary This is a book that should be read by all WORLD CHANGERS. It teaches how a nation and people can be self-confident. In this book i encountered life changing words and illustrations. It is worth a book in the library of every world changer. Build A Positive Mental Attitude PMA is a vital ingredient of success. One must depend on it in everything he does. Alot has been written about PMA. it tops the list of success recipe. I love how Napoleon described it in this book and in his other book-- success through PMA. He said " A positive mental attitude is the right , honest, constructive thought, action, or reaction, to any person, situation, or set of circumstances that does not violate the laws of God or the right of one's fellow man." Isn't this great? I love it. It must respect our creator and our fellow brothers and sisters. PMA builds on hope and overcomes the negative attitudes of despair and discouragement. CONTROL YOUR ENTHSIASM. To keep a flame burning we must add fuel. Enthusiasm fuels our will to act. It is the fuel that drives things forward. We need to control our enthusiasm. It stimulates our subconscious. ENFORCE SELF - DISCIPLINE. Self - discipline is when you have to do a worthwhile thing even when it is not convinient. It will be difficult to achieve what we conceive if self - discipline is not in place. It enables us to develop control over ourselves. It begins with mastery of our thoughts, what we really are, what we really do. It is a means of directing our thoughts, controlling our emotions and ordaining our destiny with PMA. THINK ACCURATELY. It is what we think that overwhelms us. We need to nurture ourselves with accurate thinking so as to achieve success. hill said that our mind is like a piece of land. Through diligent, planned work, it can be cultivated into a beautiful and productive garden, or it can be fallow , overrun by weeds sprouting from seed carried by passing birds and wind. All that we achieve are the result of our thoughts. As written by hill, the accurate thinking is based on two types of reassoning:
They work together but they are different. CONTROL YOUR ATTENTION. This is the eleventh principle in this book. It talks about focusing our attention to one definite major purpose. Also, focusing all our resources , time money and mind etc on this "one thing" We should be a man of one thing. INSPIRE TEAM WORK There is no musiician that does all his music alone, plays the drum set, plys the quiter , sings, choruses - all alone. he needs a teamwork to produce a good music. It is of paramount importance that every leader inspires or encourages the heart of his workers. This will make them efficient and effective. With this, productivity will boost. The cooperation of employees is needed to attain success in our field. LEARN FROM ADVERSITY AND DEFEAT. I consider defeat to be a stepping stone to where i want to get to. I also consider every setback as step back.When a sportman that runs or does high jump wants to do it he first step back so as do it well. So setback is a means of preparation. It is a means of learning what you must know in order to succeed. CULTIVATE CREATIVE VISION. Vision is the only thing that differentiate a person from his colleagues. creative vision is a big picture that others cannot forsee that enhances the perception of people and the entire world. The accomplisment of a creative vision is usually a significant contribution to the world.. i believe that the ability to think is the greatest gift of man. What can be conceived can be created. MAINTAIN SOUND HEALTH. If our health is not sound we may not be in a good position to pursue our passion. Sound health is very vital in life. BUDGET YOUR TIME AND MONEY. Time is money, money is time the say. We must harness the two towards our purpose. We must intelligently use them. Planning our time and money is the best way to spend them. USE COSMIC HABIT FORCE. Cosmic habitforces are the powers we apply with PMA when we use the universal laws or principles. They are employed when we use our mind powers. PART TWO. -- Practical values. Napoleon Hill said that our progress towards success begins with a fundamental question : where are you going? For anyone to get somewhere, he must leave somewhere. Giving a detailed answer to this question would help alot in getting where one plans to get to. Personally, the answer to this question is sticked to my heart and mind. I think about it every time. It is a focus that won't let go. It makes it become clearer to me everyday. I have discovered that achieving success in life is not an event, but a process. It can't be accomplished in a day. It is a gradual thing. It is a one-by-one thing. It is a day-by-day journey. Am now part of this process. I read these books . I learn the invaluable words in them. And importantly, i apply and live them. Hill's keys to success is a book that has set a good foundation for my success in life. I love every page of it. I share its words with people. It gives them a new revelation about personal achievement. in life. I love every page of it. I have already started applying its principles where i can for now. It says all about achievement. Again, i apply it to my studies at school. And this is really helping me. I go extar mile in my studies. I establish a mastermind alliance for courses i don't understand. I also apply faith. My self discipline is awesome. In all, i budget my money and time very wisely. Though i don't have any source of income for now apart from my parents but i still spend wisely the pocket money i recieve each time am going to school. I know that the way i handle my resources today determines how i handle them tomorrow. God does not bless wasters. He blesses managers. P rincipally, no matter what i do , or, follow, what helps me most is not when i 'try' or 'struggle' to do things i have to do but it is only possible when i trust the divine power of God. And also when i surrender to it. My last semester's exam's result was a big testimony. I stopped to struggle to pass. I just applied some principles in one of the books and i trusted God for it to work. It did. I have realized that when i struggle to do things i am only manifesting competition. I don't think God wants us to compete with each other. I believe when am faithful to my part God will also be faithful to do his own part. This helps us to manifest anything. PART THREE...Summary. This book is helpful when you read it, learn it, and live it. Also, it is worth passing to others who truly want personal great achievement. I give it 98% rating . Thank you <where ever you are now> Napoleon Hill for your ever indelible wisdom. says much about achievement. Manifest Your Destiny Part 1 - Content Review Consciously, i let the words of Dr. Dyer sink into my heart. Reading this book all alone in my quiet room was a never-to-be-forgotten thrill. Dr. Dyer, indeed, speaks into my heart in this book. THE POWER WITHIN.ε people are still ignorant of it. And nothing good is happening in their lives. It is this power that brings manifestation into our lives. This is the power that makes things work. I watch myself everyday as i consciously utilize this miraculous power. I, too, know that this power works. How do we discover and utilize this power? Dr. Dyer answers this question in this book. It's a big revelation i bet you. BECOMING AWARE OF YOUR HIGHEST SELF. We are all both a physical body in a material world and a nonphysical being who can gain assess to a higher level. When we are conscious of this , we begin to manifest our destiny. The four stages of adult development talked about in this book are what i take serious. The more we grow in life, materially and swpiritually, we move from one stage to another. But for us to really know ourselves we must be enlihtened. TRUSTING YOURSELF IS TRUSTING THE WISDOM THAT CREATED YOU. God is already in us. I trust His words that i read in my bible. Trusting His words means trusting Him, too. I read His word without a smidgin doubt. My God and I are
one. This is a truth. YOU CAN ATTRACT TO YOURSELF WHAT YOU DESIRE CONNECTING TO THE DIVINE SOURCE WITH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. REACTING TO YOUR MANIFESTATION WITH GRATITUDE AND GENEROSITY. PART 2 - Personal impact and practical value This book has been helpful to me. I have started applying it already to some areas of my life. I live in a culture that has a wrong concept of God. People say God is
far far away in the sky, jugdmental, and not personal.This beliefs are so strong. You will often hear people say God is looking down on you fromm the sky. And so we look
up into the sky when we want to see him. We trust in the God that resides in the sky. We are ignorant of that truth taht God is in us. Dr. Dyer write more on this in this book. I thank God for the light that damaged my ignorance. So, from my clear understanding of this book, ability and capacity to manifest this blessing <which is our destiny> is what brings manifestation into our lives. I love this revelation. I now lead my live on the revelation that i ordain my own destiny. I do this perfectly by staying in my heart. I used to believe that our destiny is preordained. I used to leave the responsibility to God. Now i realize that God gives the ability to manifest. And this ability is the power within. God won't appear physically to help. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. This book has opened my understanding to a new dimension of love---------to love unconditionally. This is what i have begun to practice. If we give without love, it profits us nothing. LOVE IS THE ARTERIAL HIGHWAY OF LIFE. Without love we can't commune with God. This one life will soon pass, but only what is done with love will last. This book has increased my belief of love. I can now write about love and not stop. If you want a peaceful life, first want love. Love is the begining and the end. Our purpose in life is to become a totally loving. Let us forget about the mechanical and technical ways of manifesting destiny, love is the only celestial means to manifest it. Give love and you will get back peace, joy, hapiness, riches and wealth. This book is anchored on love. The best gift you can give is an unconditional love. Everything in life, name it---leadership, government, people, giving etc if anchored on love it will produce peaceful results. Love is powerful. It is sharper than any two-edged sword. It can pierce through any challenge- terrorism, poverty, sickness. Love heals. Love can open any door. Love redeems. To be a manifester, in all the 9 princip[les in this book, you must learn to and practice unconditional on evry occasion, at every opportunity. Pause reading. Close your eyes. Imagine yourself in a world where everybody is love. What is the condition there? I do it and the condition there is: No poverty, No terrorism, No war, No homeless people, No hungry people, No disease, No religions, No jugdment and there are millions of people living happily with a divine presence. Do you see that ,too,. In all your getting. Love is the only arterial highway of life. I wish you an unconditional love. Part 3 - Summary Manifesting our destiny is a function of aplied revelation. This book contains indelible revelations. I can't just take my mind off them. It has damaged every ignorance about my destiny. I thank God for this revelations. Keys To Success PART ONE - Content Review. DEVELOP DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE People, unlike years back, have begun to awaken their subconscious to the truth that they exist for a definite reason. This is what differentiates most people from their colleagues. The power of purpose in people's lives is great. If one can develop it, pursue it, and be faithful to it, its result is marvelous. It produces a significant contribution to the world. In truth, definiteness of purpose is truly the starting point of all achievement. It is the only thing that guarantees success. Conceive it, believe it and you will achieve it. ESTABLISH A MASTERMIND ALLIANCE Obviously, a person can't know all and even do all. He needs people that are ambitious to work together for a superordinate goal. ASSEMBLE AN ATTRACTIVE PERSONALITY. USE APPLIED FAITH. GO THE EXTRA MILE. CREATE PERSONAL INITIATIVE. BUILD A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE. CONTROL YOUR ENTHSIASM. ENFORCE SELF-DISCIPLINE. It enables us to develop control over ourselves. It begins with mastery of our thoughts, what we really are, what we really do. It is a means of directing our thoughts,
controlling our emotions THINK ACCURATELY. All that we achieve are the result of our thoughts. As written by Hill, the accurate thinking is based on two types of reasoning: Induction and deduction. They work together but they are different. CONTROL YOUR ATTENTION. INSPIRE TEAM WORK It is of paramount importance that every leader inspires or encourages the heart of his workers. This will make them efficient and effective. With this, productivity will boost. The cooperation of employees is needed to attain success in our field. LEARN FROM ADVERSITY AND DEFEAT. CULTIVATE CREATIVE VISION. MAINTAIN SOUND HEALTH. BUDGET YOUR TIME AND MONEY. USE COSMIC HABIT FORCE. PART TWO. Personal Impact Napoleon Hill said that our progress towards success begins with a fundamental question; where are you going? For anyone to get somewhere, he must leave somewhere. Giving a detailed answer to this question would help a lot in getting where one plans to get to. Personally, the answer to this question is stuck in my heart and mind. I think about it all the time. It is a focus that won't let go. It makes it become clearer to me everyday. I have discovered that achieving success in life is not an event, but a process. It can't be accomplished in a day. It is a gradual thing. It is a one-by-one thing. It is a day-by-day journey. I am now part of this process. I read these books. I learn the invaluable words in them. And more importantly, I apply and live them. Hill's keys to success is a book that has set a good foundation for my success in life. I love every page of it. I share its words with people. It gives them a new revelation about personal achievement in life. I love every page of it. I have already started applying its principles where i can for now. It says all about achievement. Again, I apply it to my studies at school. And this is really helping me. I go the extra mile in my studies. I establish a mastermind alliance for courses I don't understand. I also apply faith. My self discipline is awesome. In all, I budget my money and time very wisely. Though I don't have any source of income for now apart from my parents but I still spend wisely the pocket money I receive each time I am going to school. I know that the way I handle my resources today determines how I handle them tomorrow. God does not bless wasters. He blesses managers. Principally, no matter what I do or follow, what helps me most is not when I 'try' or 'struggle' to do things I have to do but it is only possible when I trust the divine power of God. And also when I surrender to it. My last semester's exam's result was a big testimony. I stopped struggling to pass. I just applied some principles in one of the books and I trusted God for it to work. It did. I have realized that when I struggle to do things I am only manifesting competition. I don't think God wants us to compete with each other. I believe when am faithful to my part God will also be faithful to do his own part. This helps us to manifest anything. PART THREE - Summary. This book is helpful when you read it, learn it, and live it. Also, it is worth passing to others who truly want personal great achievement. I give it 98% rating . Thank you <wherever you are now> Napoleon Hill for your ever indelible wisdom. says much about achievement. NIGERIA - Afere (KTS) copy 10 Secrets For Success and Inner Peace. Nonviolent Communication-A language of Life 1. Discuss the main ideas that you found most important in this book and discuss why they were important to you. Nonviolent Communication, also referred to as Compassionate communication: A language of life shows how to reach beneath the surface and discover what is alive and vital within us, and how our actions are based on human needs that we are seeking to meet. NVC helps us to express our minds in a way that meets both parties needs. I have found the following ideas most important to me as I read this book: Giving from the heart As written by the author, NVC helps us connect with each other and ourselves in a way that allows our natural compassion to flourish. He says that NVC is a way of communicating that leads us to give from the heart. However, giving from our heart helps us to | |
