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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The principles of Extra Ordinary Achievers



The principles of Extra Ordinary Achievers gave birth to past and present leaders, and the future cannot be celebrated in relevance where there is a conscious or unconscious deviation from these fundamental truth.

The principles of extra ordinary achievers are a fundamental philosophy of major importance in the pursuit of excellence and significance. Great height achieved and maintained by the great were not attained by mere wishes, but by dogged determination in the pursuit of purposes and excellence. While their mates were sleeping and enjoying the comfort and misery of mediocrity, they were burning candles and making research to discover what set them apart. Today they are the world celebrated, but many forgot that behind their glory is a story of pain and agony, a story of rejection and frustration, a story of sleepless nights and gloomy days.

However, these men became extra ordinary achievers in their designated field of endeavors because they were guided by certain beliefs which set them apart and rewarded them with greatness. Now who are extra ordinary achievers? Extra ordinary achievers are ordinary men like you me who resolve to plant their feet indelibly on the success sand of time. They are the go getters, the doers, the self starters, the high fliers, and the hard workers. They are men and women who refuse to remain in the common place of un achievement. They are men who refuse to follow the crowd. They are those who set the pace for others to follow. They are the men and women of history who refuse to be pitied; they confronted dogmatic norms and traditions of men. They broke records to set their own standard. Frustrating situations met them and gave them the freedom of passage because they could not be stopped. There is a fire that is burning in the inside of them; a fire that does not recognize  'no' for an answer. A fire that continued to burn like shinning stars and a blazing light till they achieved the object of their desires.

It is my commitment in this article to expose these principles to you. I am convinced that if you understand and apply them, you too will be reckoned as an extra ordinary achiever one day. These principles are informed by my undulating search for truth. During my research I came across many great men and women of proven track record of success. As I study their works and lives, I begin to see certain exceptional qualities which the average man does not have. Here are my discoveries:

1.     Lack of know-how serves as a spring board to greater achievement for extra ordinary achievers. They are not those who know everything, but they talk and act as though they know everything because they are surrounded by a collection of resources on various dimensions of life.
2.     Extra ordinary achievers surround themselves with people who are better than themselves. Upon these people they draw knowledge, wisdom, influence, and affluence, technical and financial resources with which they attain excellence.
3.     Extra ordinary achievers live by high moral standards. They do not compromise their beliefs. They prefer to stand out instead of blending in.
4.     Extra ordinary achievers are lovers of information. They read and attend seminars that will improve them in one way or the other. They are not contented with what they have already known. They constantly update their knowledge.
5.     Extra ordinary achievers are great listeners and passionately romantic.
6.     Extra ordinary achievers are good time keepers and managers.
7.     Extra ordinary achievers complement always and reframe from brutal criticism.
8.     Extra ordinary achievers remove the limits of limited resources. Where there are no resources to accomplish their task they make themselves the required resources for the task. They do this by accurately assessing their resources, wisely allocating them, and expanding them by recruiting outside resources from qualified quarters.
9.     Extra ordinary achievers are lovers of God and humanity. This is demonstrated in their humanitarian services and close affiliation with religious ministers and missionary works.
10.                        Extra ordinary achievers are brave and courageous in an intelligent manner.

To be great you have to follow in the footsteps of those who have achieve greatness. I believe that you too can become great irrespective of your present situation, if you can only apply what you have read so far. They are simple principles but these are the secretes that made the great truly great indeed.

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THE DANGER OF LAYING TOO MUCH WEIGHT ON A BUSINESS

Laying too much weight on a business is one of the most deadliest cause of business failure all over the world.

Many businesses fail because of the financial burden on the business. The money that the business makes cannot be ploughed back into business because of the commitment to fulfill other financial obligations. Any serious business man must be prepared to offend many people, and most especially members of his household and friends who now see him as a stream of income for their constant withdrawal. This does not mean that you will not make your self available to help when the need be, but you should not use your business money as a token of esteem to seek a good name before them.

Listen, those who wants to call you bad brother and bad friend will always do even if you sacrifice your business money to make them happy. The respect they are giving to you today is because you are sacrificing the success of your business to give them momentary pleasure. If you become in-capable of responding to their incessant demands as a result of your failed business, they will be the first to mock you, insult you and desert you.

Take care of your extended family, but not at the expense of your business and your happiness. How can your business succeed when all the money that comes out of it is channeled into the bank that takes care of people’s needs and not yours? Everybody in your family now sees you as a financial tree that they can come and eat from any time they deemed fit. They do not even put into consideration if this is affecting your business or not. You bring your brother from the village to stay with you and assist in running your business and he sees that as an opportunity to make a fortune for himself, and you are seating down looking at him and watching your business fall without remedy. For how long shall you continue in this mess and gross foolishness?

Stop this madness! Put aside every weight and Mal-practices that is destroying the foundation of your business, and your business will grow profitably. Do not invite too much financial burden to your business, and you will have enough to save and run your business profitably. Teach everybody around you how to fish instead of giving them fish to eat all the time. Broom out of your life any friend or relations that refuses to be financially independent. Keep them afar before they help to destroy your life.

Remember, laying too much financial weight on your business is a sure pathway to failure. Every wise entrepreneur who had pursued and achieved success in business, made it a point of daily necessity to passionately avoid anything that forces undue financial weight on their business

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Leaning on your own understanding:


My son do not rely solely on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge the Lord and he shall direct your path and prosper you undertakings!

Nobody is an island of knowledge; we all need creative and innovative input from others to succeed. This is also applicable in the world of business. Too many businesses fail because the owners were relying solely on their expertise, intelligence and judgments. This is a foolish pride. We all know in part; whatever you think you know is only an aspect of the whole. A combination of inputs will make you see the true picture of the reality. As a business man, you need to consult with others in your chosen field of endeavors, you need a mentor. The place of effective mentorship is imperative for the success of any business or career excellence. Every successful business man I have met or head of has a mentor. There are people who have passed through were you are going to now, and an access into their insight can eliminate many years of fruitless efforts.

Do not imitate your mentors, but learn from them, listen to them, devour their books and put into practical use their counsel and your business will know no equal. Do not say you know it all for no man knows it all. There are people God has put in strategic position to help you. Do not argue with them, but try your best to co-operate with them. You may not completely approve of certain aspect of their lives, but because they have what you need to get to your next level, humble yourself and learn of them, and it shall be well with you.

Similarly, I want to encourage you to look up to God in everything that you do in your business, and he shall direct your path. The steps of the man who trust in the Lord are ordered by him and whatever he does prospers because divinity instructs and directs him in the way he should go. There will be times in your life when everything you know seems to be wrong, and people around you seem not to have the answer to what you seek because your issue seems too complicated and demanding for them to handle. Instead of giving up hope, lift your eyes up to your creator, remain still before him in an attitude of reverence and absolute dependence and he will lead you in the way you should go. This is the only power I know that does not fail, and if you key into it you shall receive strength to carry you through to your stardom.

In my days of pain and anguish, when I considered dying more profitable than living; the days when tragedy and my labor celebrate a cordial union; a time when all I knew seems to be totally wrong; the moment when I realized that being alone is more profitable than being in the company of those who only love you because they are using you to achieve their business objectives; a time when betrayal heated me like a mighty tornado. That was when I realize that some one who cares has been monitoring my movement all along, and when I turned to him for help he gave me strength that led me to the discovery of what gave me a glimpse of my purpose. Today, I have achieved what I labored in futility to achieve in the past fifteen years. He made it possible in one year.

My friend, lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge God, and he will direct your path.

Do not lean on your own understanding, for your knowledge alone can not guarantee your success in the world of business. You need input from men, and you need divine guidance from God. These two are very imperative to the success of your business.

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