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“The minute you involve others in your vision, the minute your desire impact others, all your personal power factors will benefit from the multiplier effect. This is real leverage. it is obvious that, when you alone hold a visioin, you speak with one small voice. When you recruit others to the cause, you speak with a high fidelity, mega-watt sound system.”
Darby V. Checketts

Leverage is Power. The day and time when it was just the few that could harness the power of leverage has come to an end. Leverage is the ability to do more with less effort to achieve more. The ability to leverage the resources at your disposal has become critical to your personal and professional success. This is one skill that you have to acquire and consistently maintain, in order to achieve your expectations. Your success is no longer predicated solely on your personal knowledge and expertise but your ability to leverage other people’s knowledge, wisdom, money, relationships and time.

Benjamin Franklin once said: “There are two ways to acquire wisdom; you can either buy it or borrow it. By buying it, you pay full price in terms of time and cost to learn the lessons you need to learn. By borrowing it, you go to those men and women who have already paid the price to learn the lessons and get their wisdom from them.” With our world becoming a global village the extent to which you can now leverage the resources that abound in the earth is almost unlimited. You can now build an international business from your living room leveraging the power of the Internet, time and resources of people in other far countries.

We see the power of leverage in almost every aspect of our personal and professional lives. It is imperative that you understand that there are some things you may not have the capabilities, knowledge or the time to accomplish them. In order to succeed, you need to leverage the capabilities, knowledge and time of other people to achieve success. A very practical example can be seen as President-elect Barack Obama introduces his Economic Leadership Team, that’s some heavy-duty power of leverage as he taps these astute economic minds of our time.

Success today, largely depends on the results that you obtain from the leverage of other people doing things that are not your best areas of productivity and your highest return activities, which, is vital to your success. This is simply your ability to leverage the time, knowledge and information provided by other individuals. This concept enables you to do less and output more and this is not just in terms of money but time, relationships, opportunities and freedom to do what you are passionate about.

The question you ought to be asking in order to really maximize the power of leverage is this; is there one thing that you are doing that is bringing you inadequate outcome that could be enhanced with the help of someone else?  For instance, you are attempting to self publish a book and promote it yourself, what could be the impact on the final outcome if you enlisted the help of others to promote the book for you? By enlisting the help of others, you can enlarge your reach and take the burden of doing it all by yourself off your shoulders.

The power of leverage can also be seen in many examples of our daily lives.  For instance, we hire people to build our websites, to write our sales letters, to cut our grass, clean our homes, etc.  We run a company and hire virtual assistants to take work off ourselves. As this year comes to an end, examine every aspect of your life where you can use the power of leverage.

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.”
Thomas A. Edison

When you think of Thomas Edison, most certainly you think of the invention of the electric bulb. This great scientist was also an inspiring and thought provoking leader. The quote above is one of the numerous motivational words on personal success. In it you have the three most important essential keys for personal success. For the most part these keys are some of the values that our parents or custodians have inculcated into us or to say to the least have tried. As these keys were potent in Mr. Edison’s time they are equally potent today. Your personal success requires the following components:

Hard-work: You probably must have heard or read, “Work smart and not hard.” However, the reality is working smart is hard work to be honest. Working smart is not indicative that work is going to be easy, without errors or smooth sailing but it implies your ability to leverage relevant information, adapt to new trends, acquire and update your skills to produce the expected results. This thus comes with hard work. Thomas Edison further observed, “There is no substitute for hard work.” Do not let people make you believe that working smart is sitting on a beach in Maui and enjoying all kinds of exotic locations. This also comes with working hard and smart. Ask any successful individual today what is the number one secret of their personal success the unequivocal answer will be hard work. As Mr. Edison remarked, to achieve anything worth while hard work is a prerequisite just as our parent thought us.

Stick-to-itiveness: Dictionary.com defines stick-to-itiveness as dogged perseverance; resolute tenacity. J. Robert Buchanan stated, “You’ve got to have reasonable goals and the stick-to-itiveness to get there” To achieve personal success you have to persevere through the process, be tenacious in your objectives and the action plans that are congruent with your desired objectives. There will be temporary detours and difficult moments on your personal success journey but you must negate any haphazard tendencies and not abandon the ship, throw in the towel and let your ideas go unfulfilled. Whatever insurmountable challenges that stands on your path to your personal and professional success you’ve got to have this stick-to-itiveness mentality to achieve your goals.

Common sense: The last but not the least of the three keys for personal success is common sense. As I research various quotes for common sense this particular one by C. E. Stowe which states “Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.” resonated. It can’t be plainer than that, the knack of seeing things as they are and doing what you are suppose to do to get the anticipated results. According to Mr. Edison, achieving anything worth while requires common sense. Go to work on yourself applying these three keys and your personal success is guaranteed.

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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You Get What You Give

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay, “Compensation,” wrote that each person is compensated in like manner for that which he or she has contributed. The Law of Compensation is another restatement of the Law of Sowing and Reaping. It says that you will always be compensated for your efforts and for your contribution, whatever it is, however much or however little.

Increase Your Value

This Law of Compensation also says that you can never be compensated in the long term for more than you put in. The income you earn today is your compensation for what you have done in the past. If you want to increase your compensation, you must increase the value of your contribution.

Fill Your Mind With Success

Your mental attitude, your feelings of happiness and satisfaction, are also the result of the things that you have put into your own mind. If you fill your own mind with thoughts, visions and ideas of success, happiness and optimism, you will be compensated by those positive experiences in your daily activities.

Do More Than You’re Paid For

Another corollary of the Law of Sowing and Reaping is what is sometimes called the, “Law of Overcompensation.” This law says that great success comes from those who always make it a habit to put in more than they take out. They do more than they are paid for. They are always looking for opportunities to exceed expectations. And because they are always overcompensating, they are always being over rewarded with the esteem of their employers and customers and with the financial rewards that go along with their personal success.

Provide the Causes, Enjoy The Effects

One of your main responsibilities in life is to align yourself and your activities with Law of Cause and Effect (and its corollaries), accepting that it is an inexorable law that always works, whether anyone is looking or not. Your job is to institute the causes that are consistent with the effects that you want to enjoy in your life. When you do, you will realize and enjoy the rewards you desire.

Action Exercises

Here are two things you can do immediately to put these ideas into action.

First, remind yourself regularly that your rewards will always be in direct proportion to your service to others. How could you increase the value of your services to your customers today?

Second, look for ways to go the extra mile, to use the Law of Overcompensation in everything you do. This is the great secret of success.

Brian Tracy is the most listened to audio author on personal and business success in the world today. His fast-moving talks and seminars on leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness and business strategy are loaded with powerful, proven ideas and strategies that people can immediately apply to get better results in every area. For more information, please visit Brian on the web at: www.BrianTracy.com

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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Here is a profound inspirational and motivational quote on success motivation and personal development for your empowerment as you navigate through the week.

“Deep in the recesses of every human soul, a mighty power is always at work. It serves as a constant reminder to press onward, achieve more, be more, give more. Until we take the first step toward re- arranging our lifestyle in a more positive way, this mighty power will cause us to be- come as restless as a pregnant woman, held hostage by the piercing pain of intense labour. Giving birth to positive change will not come without shedding old habits, some old friends, old fears, and old ways of thinking.  It will not come without tossing and turning, sometimes even crying a river of tears, or perhaps lying awake in the still of the night, staring at the ceiling, praying for answers. Answers will come and positive changes will too. Though often wrapped in struggles and disappointments, torment and rejection, heartaches and pain, sickness and suffering, weeping and wailing…still, they come.” Jacqueline Benjamin Thomas

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Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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Being R.E.A.L is a rarity today. This coined acronym, R.E.A.L stands for Relationships, Equipping, Attitude and Leadership. You could do with all of these components to achieve success in any endeavor. By now I’m persuaded that you understand that you cannot achieve success just by yourself. Your success either personal or professional requires the following components:

Relationships: Theodore Roosevelt said, “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” One of the single skills considered necessary for success is the ability to get along with other people. It embodies and influences every aspect of a person’s life. Your relationships make you or they break you.

Equipping: One of the most significant lessons to be learnt in life is that your association will determine the level of your success. If your dreams are great, you will achieve them only with the help of people in the past or present.

Attitude: People’s attitudes determine how they approach life from day to day. Your attitude, more than your aptitude, will determine your altitude. Here is a quote that puts attitude in proper perspective, “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our Attitudes.” Charles R. Swindoll

Leadership: Stephen R. Covey remarked, “Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.” Everything rises and falls on leadership. If you desire to take the limitation of your personal and professional effectiveness, the only way to do it is to hone and increase your leadership skills.

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Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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“If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.”
Bill Clinton

Developing a Never Quit Attitude (NQA) is a priceless success power point and it is critical to any endeavor. The unfortunate thing is that most of us have had to learn the hard way one of the most important success power points of all times. It is very important to understand that in any enterprise one must develop a Never Quit Attitude because there will be times in your pursuit that things will not necessarily work your way or meet your expectations. There will be temporary detours in your personal and professionally advancement plus the uncertainty that abounds in our world. Thus, there is a need to develop a Never Quit Attitude so as to find answers and solutions to prevailing circumstance rather than quitting anytime and every time you are confronted with difficult challenges.

My friends, a Never Quit Attitude is not just blind optimism but it is having a sense of confidence that every thing will work out for your good. It is the willingness to seek answers and solutions in moments of despair and disappointments. It is the courage to try one more time when the naysayer says it is impossible. Success is not about never failing but it’s about never quitting. Stay consistent to your goals and objectives no matter how slow things may appear. This is one of the keys to success that great achievers have used to achieve extraordinary results in their field of interest.

It is important to develop a Never Quit Attitude (NQA) as you aspire to fulfill your dreams and goals. Before considering moving from one project to another because of temporary detours, this of course will only create a series of unfulfilled projects that can have a negative effect on you in the final analysis. Napoleon Hill remarked, “Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.” That is well articulated, the rewards of your efforts is not fully released and enjoyed when you quit, examine what works and what does not work and move on.

Winners never quit and Quitters never win. I hope this post will help and inspire you to never give up on your dreams and aspirations

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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As a pastor, motivational speaker and success facilitator, the question frequently asked by my congregants and at my success empowerment seminars is why are some people highly motivated and others are not? Here are my top seven habits of highly motivated people. To stay motivated and on top of your game, requires, developing certain positive habits, state of mind and discipline. These habits are not reserved for any special group of individuals but for anyone that would take the time to develop these habits that can keep them motivated as they pursue their objectives.

What is a habit? A habit can be defined as an automatic or conditioned response to stimuli. A habit, weather good or bad is something you do naturally and easily without thought or effort. On the other hand, motivation is often referred to as the process of arousing, directing and maintaining behaviour toward a goal. A habit therefore, can help direct and maintain behaviour toward a goal or objective. It can also determine almost everything you achieve or fail to achieve.

Here are some of the habits of highly motivated people that they often display in their personal and professional lives.

1.    Take it a day at a time: Highly motivated people have mastered the habit of taking it a day at a time. This habit is so critical to any success motivation. Highly motivated people tend to exhibit the habit of taking it a day at a time whenever they are engaged in any activity. In other words, they are not running ahead of themselves to do things that are not immediate at the expense of what is. Every step, decision or act is always with the mindset and habit of ‘take it a day at a time.’ Highly motivated people tend to be highly motivated because they are not jumping all around, moving ahead of themselves, resources or skills and engage in activities that are not relevant for the moment. But they are poised and taking it a day at a time.

2.    Everything counts: Highly motivated people never take things or people for granted. They are very conscious of the fact that everything counts, no matter the situation. They understand that there is seldom or ever any hopeless situation. This habit keeps them motivated to do what they need to do to achieve what they need to achieve and move in the direction of their anticipated expectations.

3.    Goal oriented: Highly motivated people have developed a habit of setting goals in all aspects of their lives. They know exactly what they want but also understand that in order to achieve any meaningful results you need to have goals and plans to achieving what you want. Highly motivated people spend their waking hours relentlessly searching for meaning to their lives motivated by the desire to see the accomplishment of their goals. Simply put goal setting is one the habits that contribute to why most people are highly motivated.

4.    Challenge as opportunities: The highly motivated people understand that nothing worthwhile comes easily. These individuals see opportunities in every challenge that they are confronted with. Instead of allowing those challenges to impede their progress they see it as opportunity to become better, develop or acquire new skills to address the challenges. This habit keeps them motivated to pursue their intents without wavering.

5.    Life long learning: The highly motivated people have a habit of a life long learning process. They are always willing to learn new things, new ideas and new ways of doing things so as to accommodate challenges, new projects or endeavours. They know that every investment in their personal development pays dividends that outweigh the initial investments monetarily or otherwise. Learning new ideas just about anything they desire and grow thereby keeps them motivated.

6.    Envisioning the outcome: The habit of envisioning the outcome keeps most successful people highly motivated. These individuals know what they want, have goals and action plans in place to achieve their expectation. They then visualize the outcome and seeing the perfect outcome goes a long way to keep them highly motivated and ploughing through any temporary detour.

7.    Keeping things in proper perspective: Finally, the seventh habit of highly motivated people is keeping things in proper perspective. Unfortunately, the inability to keep things in proper perspective have robbed a lot of people untold successes. You see, the highly motivated people know how to and practice the habit of keeping things in proper perspective no matter the circumstance positive or negative. They do not exaggerate or underestimate events taking place in their personal or professional lives but have developed the habit of keeping things in their respective perspective as they pursue their objectives.

Dedicated to Your Success & Mine

Richard Onebamoi
Success Facilitator, Success Empowerment Network^TM

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