Tuesday, July 7, 2009

THE SUPREME SECRET




"Whatever the mind of man can concieve and believe,he can achieve - with a positive mental attitude" - W.Clement Stone
Dr. Napoleon Hill calls this "the supreme secret"


2.HABIT 2:Begin with the end in mind

The second profound wisdom extracted from Kola Olutimehin's "Dream and Achieve" is the advise that you write your autobiography as a 90 year old man or woman! - looking down the memeory lane!?

Why,I had always known about "habit 2" (ref:Steven Covey:7 - Habits of successful people)but i felt this is rather far - fetched!But ,really,is too?Too good to be true is sometimes true!Afterall,dreams do come true... so,try it plese,i urge you.

This way,new definitions of Dreams come forth:according to Kola,"a dream suggests that life can be a grand event." Peter J. Daniels calls it a "sense of grandeur"

A dream is a glimpse of destiny which provides magnificence,nobility and dignity.DREAMING IS A GOD-GIVEN CAPACITY WHICH MUST BE NURTURED WITH SENSITIVITY.A DREAM IS A DIRECTION,NOT A DESTINATION.BE A PRACTICAL DREAMER,DONT WAIT FOR YOUR SHIP TO COME IN - CREATE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES,DONT SIT AROUND WAITING FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN;BE PROACTIVE!(Habit 1).FINALLY,DREAM WITH YOUR EYES OPEN!AWAKE!!WORK,NOTHING WORKS TILL YOU WORK!!!


Taiwo Ogunkoya

DreamsDreamer

Friday, July 3, 2009

DREAM and ACHIEVE




"You ought to be afraid to die until you've contributed something great back to humanity" -Oliver Wendel Holmes

Recently,I came across an interesting book written by Kola Olutimehin titled "Dream and Achieve", which featured some astonishing postulations that i felt compelled to share vital information from the book and my comments on same with all the followers of DreamsDreamer's Blog.


1. THE PRINCIPLE OF ENLIGHTENED WEALTH

I have always believed in the maxim "Live and let Live";but my life experience so far leads me to think that not many share this believe with me!In this world of 'Dog eat Dog', it was so refreshing for me to hear an international motivational speaker and trainer of the calibre of Kola Olutimehin expound the reality of a WIN-WIN Situation in his Principle of Enlightened Wealth.

He affirms that,contrary to the paradim system of economics as the study of allocation of scarce resources,God has provided abundantly so much so that our world is filled with an abundance of resources,and that we can all have plenty,without loss for other people

In his own words:"Living with a WIN-WIN-WIN Mentality and Attitude,eliminates the ME-ME-ME Mindset.Therein lies the principle that I WILL NOT GET INVOLVED IN A TRANSACTION THAT WILL NOT PROVIDE A FAIR BENEFIT TO ALL WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH THE TRANSACTION"


I have hitherto promoted Covenant Wealth in my (near)total distrust for men who dominate (other)men to their peril!
In my Covenant Wealth Parlance,you seek wealth to finance kingdom ventures - therefore God Almighty is your Covenant(senior)Partner.It is this DEO-Factor that makes things happen!HE is the (un-seen)third party in any transaction you do with men that watches over to ensure that promises are kept,bargains are honoured.THIS IS MY WINNING FORMULA (A.K.A SUCCESS INSURANCE)!

Compare the winning formula (WIN-WIN)embedded in the Enlightened Wealth Psychology[which is defined as the sum of our thought processes that has been induced by our knowledge and experience,in respect of the acquisition,sharing and distribution of wealth]which is the desire and action to give back to our community out of which we have been privileged to recieve much and the understanding that "abundance comes from making others better off" (Andrew Carnegie).There it is!You have to help others succeed in other to succeed!It Is Simple,Really.

So,my dear friends,let us do away with the tendecy to want to "win at all costs" and the "winners take all" attitude.It does not mean that for you to win,someone has to lose;the sky is big enough for us all to fly!Think WIN-WIN-WIN!!

I shall be looking at another thought provoking motivational manna from Kola Olutimehin's book "Dream and Achieve" in my next post(coming up tuesday 7July).

Till then I say to ALL of you that are Practical Dreamers;Dream and Achieve!

Taiwo Ogunkoya
DreamsDreamer