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When you put a recipe together to prepare a bolognaise sauce for your spaghetti for instance, it is not one ingredient that determines the final outcome and the end of your preparation. It is a combination of different ingredients mixed together in the right proportion that will produce a sauce that is palatable. In the same token to be successful in any enterprise there are ingredients that must be mixed together in other to ensure success in that endeavour either personal or professional. Now it is your responsibility and mine to identify these ingredients and mix them in the right proportion to produce an extraordinary success.

Success in any enterprise is not the result of just a single ingredient at work in the process of achieving your goals and objectives but rather a combination of different ingredients working together to produce the kind of results anticipated. There are without doubt basic components that are foundational and relevant in the pursuit of success irrespective of areas such as personal, family and relationship, business and career, financial, physical and health that you seek to succeed in and I’d like to refer to these basic components as building blocks.

Here are a few building blocks for success in any aspect of your life:

• You have to know exactly what you want
• You have to be action oriented
• You’ve got to have the ability to stay focus
• You have to set goals
• You’ve got to have a positive mental attitude
• You’ve got to have success motivation
• You have to be persistent and
• You have to follow through on your objectives.

Please, don’t be astonished because of the simplicity of this list you can literally shatter barriers that would have otherwise hindered your success. You can begin your quest for success in any aspect of your life with these basic ingredients and add more to this list as you progress and aspire to take on more objectives or goals in your life. I would love to have your thoughts on this, please share your most important ingredient for success.

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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“If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.” Jim Rohn

Achieving your personal and professional goals either short or long term involves deciding what exactly you want to do with your life. This is an intricate part in formulating your goal setting strategies. Once you have finished your goal setting exercise you will have to break them into smaller and manageable tasks to be completed as you set out to achieve your objectives. Embark upon your goals once they are in place. Do not procrastinate but rather take action immediately.

Having daily and weekly sets of goals are the best ways to have a manageable list. As a result you will always be in the position of consistently moving towards your ultimate purpose. As everyday will provide you with opportunity, it is of great importance that you also learn to create opportunities that will help facilitate the fulfillment of your goal. This will create a feeling of accomplishment on your part thus motivating you to set more goals.

Here are some indicators that should be taken into consideration in setting goals and achieving them.

Attitude: Attitude plays an important role in setting and achieving your goals. You must ask yourself if there is any part of you or your mind that is holding you back toward the completion of your goals. Do you exhibit actions that are incongruent with your goals or that impair your plans all together? It is imperative to take immediate action to address the situation before it completely sabotages your efforts. Solutions may include developing a positive mental attitude by reading and listening to motivating and uplifting materials, enlisting the help of a coach that can hold you accountable for your actions.

Education: Most of the times we are not adequately equipped to accomplish some of our goals. For instance, starting a work from home business will need some kind of skills and information that one may not necessarily possess right now, however these skills can be acquired through formal or self education. Consequently, we must continually acquire information and expertise through out our lives so as to address new objectives, challenges or demands placed upon us. Jim Rohn remarked, “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” Education is a key in achieving your goals. If your goals require that you have a certain kind of prerequisite or specialization or demand the acquisition of certain skills, make it your priority in getting the appropriate formal or self education so as to advance your goals.

Self-Discipline: Self-discipline is often defined as the ability to get yourself to take action regardless of your emotional state. Jim Rohn said, “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” It is improbable that you will ever achieve anything worthwhile without self-discipline. It is not enough to have goals but it’s equally important to stay discipline by consistently taking action in spite of the challenges toward bringing those goals to fruition. Brian Tracy articulated in a profound way by saying, “Your ability to develop the habit of self-discipline will contribute more to your success than any other quality of character.”

Financial Situation: Personal financial situation always play a major role in achieving your goals. Have a realistic goal on how much you really want to earn. You also must be able to create plans or strategies by which you will be able to reach your earning potential. It’s of importance that in setting your goals you should also take into consideration your financial capabilities. For instance if your goal is to attend four major ‘Success Empowerment Seminars’ in the next calendar year that will provide you with information and skills that will enhance your intellectual capacity as well as move you in the direction of your anticipated goals thus your financial ramification must be taken into consideration.

To start achieving your lifetime goals, set a quarter of a century plan, then break it down to 5 year plans then break it down again to 1 year plans, then 6 month plans then monthly plans, then weekly, then daily. Then create a to-do list for the day. Always review your plans and prepare for contingencies.

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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The law of expectation states, “Whatever you expect with confidence becomes your own self fulfilling prophecy.” Expectation is what you are anticipating and looking forward to come to pass. We all have expectations in life either personal or professional, weather these expectations are achieved is another thing. What are your expectations in life? For most people their expectation holds too many uncertainties to say the least. With that said, if your expectation was not met you can do one of two things either you change that expectation or you allow the situation to frustrate you.

Unmet expectations or lack thereof have caused tremendous troubles for a lot of people. Most individuals have abandoned their dreams and aspirations because of unmet expectations. The road for success is not without you having expectations. Therefore, your capacity to change your expectation is crucial to your overall success motivation. Here are 7 ways to change your negative expectation to positive one.

Change your focus: What is your focus? Change your focus to change your expectation. If your outcome is not what you expected, you can alter that outcome by changing your focus to produce your desired expectation. It is important to understand that what you focus on is what you bring into your life. As a result it’s important to focus on what you really want and nothing else.

Develop a very clear vision: Most people never take the time to develop a vision of what they expect for their lives, on the contrary, most of the time life is treated like a dress rehearsal. It’s improbable to expect what you have not clearly defined. Consequently, to change your expectation you have to clearly define what you expect.

Disrupt the process: If you intend to change your expectation you have to simply disrupt the process that creates the patterns of your negative expectation. Processes such as negative thinking habits and self-talk. These kinds of practices can produce unwanted expectation. Take action to disrupt negative practices, develop and enhance the practices that will move you in the direction of your anticipated expectation.

Lear what to do: Learn what to do. It’s amazing how many people actually learn to do something about their situation. These individuals are willing to learn what to do that will move them to the right direction. You apply the same strategy that is not working or at its best its producing outcomes that are not in harmony with your expectations.

Enlist the help of a mentor: I can not stress this enough. The help of a mentor or coach is invaluable. Your relationship with this individual is no that of comrades but associates that will hold accountable to your actions. He will to help you to strategize a course that yields your expectation.

Change your attitudes: Attitude is everything. To change your expectation you have to change your attitude, for this will affect how you see things. With a negative attitude toward your project will produce negative results. A positive attitude is the key.

Finale

This list by no means is exhaustive. Create positive expectation of your intents by making legitimate decisions. Nurture your expectations by never settling for anything less than what you desire and that serves your best interest. Whenever you want to change your expectation take immediate action to apply these few tips to produce what you are expecting.

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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I am thrilled to share with you that I have achieve my goal of having 100 posts on my blog. At this time I’d like to extend my heart felt gratitude to all those that made this journey worthwhile and a success. Thanks to my readers and those who took the time to comment and share their thoughts on the various posts that resonated with them. I appreciate you all.

On the other hand, I have been contemplating on the subject for this 100th post and my heart has geared me toward this subject: Burnout: A Potential Danger for Success Motivation. It is obvious that most people have or are experiencing burnout on their success journey be it personal or professional. Burnout will short circuit your progress and hinder your success hence it is important to avoid or deal with it efficiently the moment you are experiencing it. Now, let us examine what burnout is.

Burnout Defined: According to Merriam Webster Dictionary, burnout is, “1. Exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration and 2. A person suffering from burnout.”

Further definitions:

1.    It is a state of being extremely tired or ill, either physically or mentally, because you have worked too hard.
2.    It is the psychological exhaustion and diminished efficiency resulting from overwork or prolonged exposure to stress.
3.    It is the exhaustion that result from excessive demands which may be self-imposed or externally imposed by families, jobs, friends, value systems or society which depletes one’s energy, coping mechanism and internal resources.

When you are experiencing burnout problems seem insurmountable, everything looks bleak. Burnout for instance can be compared to the point at which a rocket has used up all of its fuel and has no more energy or power. This power is generated because the fuel has gone through a process of conversion that now provides the needed energy for its activities.

Lets translate that into man’s world. Imagine when all the elements that are necessary to provide the needed strength, motivation and aptitude in other to function and perform are used up it will result to burnout. This could easily leads to frustration in view of the fact that when in conditions like this your productivity will drop dramatically and you will be far from achieving your desired goals and objectives.

Burnout symptoms: The burnout symptoms can vary from individual to individual, but the following are some warning signs that indicate and determine if an individual is on the verge of burnout. There are physical and emotional symptoms and they can include the feelings of:

• Emotional exhaustion
• Detachment
• Irritability
• Feelings of Depression and Isolation
• Physical Fatigue Frustration
• Failure
• Despair
• Cynicism
• Apathy
• Lack of desire
• Decreased productivity
• Increased absences and/or tardiness
• Feelings of Anger and resentment

The first step to getting help is to acknowledge that you need assistance and slow down. The second step is to seek out professional help and guidance through a partner or family members, trusted friend, therapist, or workplace employee assistance program. The journey to success can be challenging, but it is also empowering and life changing. Whatever you do take it a day at a time and do not work yourself to the point of burnout.

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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In this post, I will look at five tips for great success. When a piece of instrument comes from the factory all its functionalities are set to the default position. But the ability to function according to design is built within it. It is your responsibility to adjust those functionalities for optimum performance. At this time, when that instrument does not function according to design it is said to have malfunctioned and its operation said to have failed because the purpose for its designed was not fulfilled. Conversely, when it functions according to designed it is said to function well and its operation termed successful. Therefore, great success is the ability to function according to design.

You are built and designed to succeed not to fail. Make a declaration that you are loaded with innate capacity, you are ordained to be a success, to operate by design, not by default and to have great success. You are loaded with potential, that’s the potential to be what you have not yet become, to do what you have not yet done, to go where you have not yet gone for you possess the potential for manifestation.

To have G.R.E.A.T success is to function according to design. Here is what the acronym G.R.E.A.T stands for:

G – Goal oriented: A goal is one of the most important ingredients in achieving a great success. If you must have a great success and contribute to the successes of others, then you cannot afford to live a sporadic and haphazard life. For that reason you must be goal-oriented.

R – Result oriented: To have great success you have to be result oriented. What this implies is that you can’t afford to be a wandering generality. You refuse to live by chance but choice. You expect to obtain results from all your endeavors from personal to professional. Hence, to be successful you must be result oriented.

E – Expectation oriented: The law of expectation states, “Whatever you expect with confidence, becomes your own self-fulfilling prophecy.” With that in mind, please understand that expectation is the act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event that is about to happen. To have great success you’ve got to have positive expectation.

A – Action oriented: Without taking action your goals will amount to nothing. The life you are going to live and the measure of success you will achieve are all being decided by the action you are taking right now. Consequently, in having a great success you’ve got to be action oriented.

T – Time oriented: To have great success you have to be time oriented. Set a time frame for the goal: for next week, in four months and set a time limit for your goal, allocating enough time to achieve the goal, while inadequate timing can frustrate the progress and execution of your goal.

You function by design when you are goal, result, expectation, action and time oriented. Having great success does come with a price and it is G.R.E.A.T (goal, results, expectation, action and time). You must have great success because you were designed for success. Go for you dreams and aspirations. Victoria Acerta!!!

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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Developing the mindset of a champion. What is the striking difference between champions and non-champions? The answer is simple. It is their mindset; the way champions think separates them from the rest. With the past and present programming of failure and defeat it has become apparent to deprogram and reprogram your mindset for success and extraordinary achievement. However, the mindset of a champion cannot be developed overnight. There are series of events that leads to that state of mind. Anyone can actually develop a champion’s mindset and become a champion in their personal and professional endeavors. This is not something reserved for the elite but for anyone that is determined to undergo the process and commit to the developments of a champion’s mindset.

Please, understand that you do not necessarily have to be an Olympian with a gold medal or a world renowned heavy weight boxing champion but you can become a champion nonetheless when you confront and dethrone the giants in your life that militate against your personal and professional success. When you set goals and embark on achieving them, when you are able to do what you do in the face of insumountable challenges, when you become what the naysayer think you are unlikely to become you are a CHAMPION. When defeat and discouragements were imminent but believed in what was possible you are a CHAMPION. You believe in your own abilities to make it happen and refuse to allow your prevailing reality determine your tomorrow you are a CHAMPION. In spite of the odds against you, you came out an outstanding success you are a CHAMPION.

So what is a mindset and how is a mindset developed? What makes you possess a mindset that produces amazing success every time you attempt something? Well, let us examine a number of things that comes to mind.

What is a mindset? The America Heritage® Dictionary defines mindset as “A fixed metal attitude or disposition that predetermines a person’s responses to and interpretations of situations. (2) An inclination or habit.

Here are three critical ingredients to developing a champion’s mindset:

Commitment to the disciplines: If you are going to develop the mindset of a champion you’ve got to commit to the disciplines required to make it happen. For instance you have to learn the disciplines of staying focus, goal setting, passion, perseverance, self-motivation and taking action.

Exercise your mind by putting it to use: Champions are thinkers they put their minds to work. Stop allow other people or situations think for you. You will never strengthen the muscles of your mind this way. It is just like you going to the gym to exercise and build up your muscles just exactly what you should be doing to your mind by putting it to work. The more you use it the more it develops.

Associate with the champions: Another important factor in developing a champion’s mindset is to associate with other champions. And you will learn to partake of their breakfast. Their ways of thinking, their belief systems, habits, passions and actions start to rub off on you. When you fly with the eagles very soon you will learn to fly like them. In the same light if you hang with the turkeys they will rob on you. If you must develop a champion’s mindset associate with them

Finale

To succeed in any enterprise you’ve got to start thinking like a champion, staying focus like a champion, inspiring yourself from within like a champion, action oriented like a champion and finally not quitting like a champion because champions never quits and quitters never become champions. Remember you are the champion of your success. Go expand your horizon and I’ll see you at the top.

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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