Just When Things Are Great - They Crash

I was just thinking about how sometimes things go south just when they seem like they're on track, then things get really good right after they are bad.

Everyone has a positive and a negative side, which side wins (or wins most often)? The stronger the positive, the stronger its negative resistance...

Like exercise - I know it's good for me, but just when I get going, it rains, or I don't feel like getting up early, or something happens in my business early in the day, etc.

Resistance builds, even as the good things in our life start to build.

I have several projects for work, websites and stuff. Things are quiet for ALL of them at the same time. Then things pick up and I am swamped with business.

These projects are so different it seems the odds against this would be impossible. How can websites for Health + Psychology, Industrial Filtration, Automotive, Investing, Electronics ....all slow down and speed up at the SAME TIME?

But then I realized it's not the stuff, the businesses or websites. It's me.

Positive and negative go hand in hand. The stronger the positive, the stronger its negative counterpart. Like a plane on a runway, the faster it goes the more resistance it encounters. But it needs that resistance to take off. If it slows down, the resistance goes away, but it can't fly.

Fight your way through your resistance and you'll ALWAYS get to the positive. But you have to EXPECT it to happen.

I have learned to be happy when I see resistance - it shows me that I'm on a positive track.

We get the strongest resistance to the things we want most. If you want to be happy, you also have to "be" your fundamental darkness.

You have to recognize how negativity shows up in your life. It can be devious...if you're totally laid back you may never see what bothers you. It's almost like you have to push things a little bit to get them to show up.

If things are too 'smooth' I know I need to try harder.

Sounds metaphysically groovy, I know, but it's true.

I also figured out that my PERSPECTIVE drives this ebb and flow.... the things I think are my faults can be my best strengths. If I'm stubborn about something I'm 'dense, inflexible and arrogant'... but when I turn out to be right, I am 'determined, confidant and resolute'....

It's human nature to protect myself when people try to show up my faults -especially when I'm trying to hide them from myself.

People withdraw when they get criticized. They start to feel threatened. They stop listening and pull back.

I know that my life's reflected in my environment, and my environment is reflected in me. I used to hate my job and it showed up in me while I was at work, then people picked up that negativity in me, but I felt justified and got defensive...a bad cycle.

I had to make the situation better.

It started with ME changing - not the world around me. I had to find the courage to do this.

wisdom...

courage...

compassion...

Responsibility starts with YOU too, become the change you want to be. If YOU change your environment MUST change to reflect it.

You help yourself by changing for the better... you're the one person you can definitely influence...

Michael Mack manages http://www.poweresteem.com A site for self improvement

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Okechukwu Donald Chigbu,Empowers people for success and wealth creation.
Visit his site at www.okeychigbu.comHe is also the founder www.reachouttoall.com, a ministry to a godly and successful life.

Are you doing the right thing?

Do you strive to do the right thing in any affairs of our your life.
In some cases people tend to believe that doing the right thing sometines may cause you lose one or two 'temporal' material things.Why do i call it a temporal material thing? Because what you achieve by playing the 'fast guy'when you should do what is right has an effect on your integrity and your climb in life.
What actually makes you do the right thing?It is character.
Character will always push you to do the right thing no matter what the crowd is saying.
To understand it better,look at this quote by Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.'Cowardice asks:is it safe?Consesus asks:is it popular?Character asks:is it right?.
Always do the right thing and you will not regret it.
In conclusion,ponder on this story from The Word from today-a daily devotional guide

'During the final play-off of the U.S Open,Bobby Jones'ball ended up in the rough just of the fairway.As he set up to play his shot,he accidentally moved his ball.He immediately turned to the marshals and announce a foul.The marshals hadn't seen the ball move;neither had anyone in the gallery.So they left it up to Jones whether to take the penalty stroke.He did.Later when someone commended him for his integrity,Jones replied,'Do you commend a bank robber for not robbing a bank? No,you don't.This is how the game of golf should be played at all times.'Jones lost the match that day by one stroke,but he maintained his integrity.His character was so well-known that the United States Golf Association's sportsmanship award came to be named The Bob Jones Award.'

Always do the right thing,it pays to do it .


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Don't Loose Hope

Are you loosing hope because you have not yet met your expectation? Don't!
What is forthcoming is far better than what you are seeing now.Your tomorow is still better than your yesterday,just keep persevering,as long as you are 'working and walking' according to the purpose of God in your life,there is hope for you.
You may be saying i have put in all my best yet i am not seeing any result,it will come in due time,remember there is a time to sow and a time to reap,and as i believe you are sowing hardwork as your seed,you will reap the harvest which is success in due season.
Remember how long it took the Isrealites before they entered the Cannaan land,yet they still entered it irrespective of all the difficulties they encountered.
Am i saying that you will stay that lenght they stayed? No,but just using it to tell you that your due season will come.
And God will not forget your labours and efforts.
Keep Persevering,
You will laugh at last.



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Some Mistakes To Avoid

As I am committed to motivate and empower for success,I present to you three mistakes to avoid

Some people do make some mistakes as they grow in life,and those mistakes if not taken care of will hinder your progress in life.
Without wasting time lets look at some of them.
1 Keep Longing for yesterday:Some people do always expect the way things happen yesterday to be the same with today,remember what the bible says that it is not wise to ask why were the old days better than these.(Ecc 7:10).And God instructed us through prophet Isaiah by saying that we should forget the former things,do not dwell in the past that He is doing a new thing.
What i am saying is that whatever that has happened is past,do not dwell on them,if there is something you need to learn from it,learn and move on with the future,because your tomorow will be better than your yesterday.

2 Longing for some future destination: Do not think that when you get to a particular level in life that it is when you will derive the type of happiness you want. No ! Your happiness and satisfaction should be on a daily basis.
The bible says this is the day the Lord has made;let us rejoice and be glad in it.(Ps 118:11)
Each day that comes you ought to achieve something and at the end of that day you sit back and rejoice because of the achievement of that day.Take proper analysis of your daily activities,if there is anything you are doing that will cause you to feel that you have wasted that day,turn from it,because God wants you to rejoice for each day that He has made.

3.Thinking that your abilities are limited: Do not limit yourself,the bible says that i can all things through Christ who gives me strenght.God has endowed you abilities to achieve a lot,do not limit Him,because His supply abilities and strenght is not limited by His power but by the extent you are willing to go.
A story was told of some students who have been studying and preparing very hard for a semester exam,but to their suprise,on the day of the exam,the lecturer entered and told begin by saying,i know how hard you have been preparing for this exam,and because of that,i am willing to offer a 'B'to anyone who will skip writing this exam,many were happy and accepted the offer,he now handed the question paper to the few that insisted on writing the exam,and when they opened it,the message reads: Congratulations,you have just recieved an 'A' in this course,keep believing in your self. From this story you can learn that it is not good to settle for a 'B' when God has given you all it takes to have an 'A'.You can do all things through God.

Correct these mistakes today,and you will see chaanges.
Thank you for taking time to read through,till i come again, keep progressing.
Drop you comments because they are welcomed

Okechukwu Chigbu

Why are you not having it?

I am starting again with a question as usuall.
I hear people say,how i wish i have this,how i wish i can do this,how i wish this,how is wish that. Why are you just wishing? Why can't you have it.
You have all it takes to have or do,awaken the sleeping gaint in you.
Let me give you a little tip for you.
In business and marketing world, there is a tool called SWOT analyis,this tool helps marketers in planning and setting goals.Each letter stands for;
S-Strenght
W-Weaknesses
O-Opportunities
T-Threats.
Strenght and Weakness are Internal factors while Opportunities and Threats are external factors.
Internal because they are within you and external they are outside you.
You may be wondering what it has to do with you.
Well,I will say apply this marketing tool to your life in this way;
Find out your Strenghts,you have a lot of them,energise them and put them to work.
For your Weaknesses which may include things like fear,doubt etc overpower them and use them as driving force,
Opportunities are all over around you,sharpen your inner vision,see them and utilize them.
Then those your Threats,defeat them and move ahead.

I feel i should go further,but let me stop here to give you time to ponder over it.

For me one of my driving force is with these keywords; DREAM,ACT and ACHIEVE.
I don't know about you.
Just stick to this blog,as i am committed to motivate you to success.
See you again.

Okey Chigbu

Do You want to grow?

If your answer to the question above is Yes,then you have to embrace change
Let me take your mind back to the just concluded US election,won by Barack Obama.
A lot of factors contributed to the success of his winning.But my area of concentration is on Change. And that happens to be one of the captions which he used during his campaign which the citizens embraced a lot,because they felt there are things that need to be changed.
What am saying in essence? Am saying that change is very vital in your growth in life.
Many see change from different angles.i hear things like it is not how we used to do,
its not how the peolpe of the past did it,is not this is not that.
Waoo! who said that system should not be changed.
Remember that God said,i will do a new thing,meaning changing what you were before to another thing.He aslo brought
into existence things that were not existing before.That is change.
The inventors of mobile phone,aeroplane,cars etc,invented them because there is need to change from the old type of phone box,stop walking on foot for a long distance etc.which in turn made life easy.
For you to grow from the level you are to the next level you desire,you must embrace change.
Are there things you need to start doing and some you need to stop doing to make your life better,do it.if you are sleeping too much,minize it;time is money,change from that life of procastination and get to work,do you keep friends that do not impart positively into your life,change them.
Any change you have to make to improve your life,do it without hesitation.
I don't mean to shout on top of your head,but in conclusion,i say CHANGE WHAT YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THAT WILL IMPROVE YOUR LIFE.


Okey Chigbu

WHY YOU MUST DEFEAT YOUR ENEMY

Who is the enemy?
Your neighbour? No, Your colleague? No, Your relations back home? No. Your enemy is FEAR.Why
-Because Fear is an enemy of progress.
-Fear is a success destroyer
-Fear is a killer of dreams and visions
-Fear is a torment.
-Fear can kill physically like in the case of Lagos bomb blast years ago,many people wasted away out of fear.

And on the other hand,most of the things you fear about dont even come to reality.
Fear is the oposite of Faith. Faith is that which makes you believe that you will succeed even when you have
not actually seen the
physically evidence,In other words,it has a positive attitude to circumstances.
While will always bring a negative evidence or picture to your imagination,
giving you a negative attitude to circumstances.

With the above facts,it therefore becomes necessary that you must overcome that fear.
Replace that fear with faith.
Go ahead,conquer,win.
Success awaits you.



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