Tag: Skills

“What Are You Sowing?”

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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What are you planting? What are you doing to change your life? What are you doing to get yourself from where you are to where you want to be?

If you want to do anything, now is the right time. If you want to study, learn something, improve your skills, now is the time. Remember, according to Leo Buscaglia, “Change is the true result of all through learning.”

If you want to grow, learn something new. If you don’t like what you are getting, then learn something new. The more you learn, the more you will know. And the more questions you will ask. Anthony de Mello said, “When we don’t accept or follow, but question, investigate, penetrate, there is an insight out of which comes creativity, joy.” Do not just follow the crowd.

Ask the right questions. Know what you want. Know where you are going. And most importantly, know what you do not want.

“If our life here is anything, it is a preparation for the life to come.”- Robert Collier

Whether you like it or not, everything you do in your life is a seed.

Resentment is a seed. Fear is a seed. Love is a seed. Courage is a seed. Happiness is a seed. Hate is a seed. Work is a seed. Exercise is a seed. Learning is a seed. Envy is a seed. Thought is a seed. Laziness is a seed. Focus is a seed. Patience is a seed. Positive attitude is a seed. Money is a seed. Like it or not, everything is a seed.

So if you want to achieve greatness in your life, you must plant the right seeds. If you want more money, then sow the seeds of work. Robert Collier said, “We are all sowers, and the seeds we sow in good ground are seeds of success, of riches and happiness. Every word we speak, everything we do, is a seed.”

Before you do anything, make sure you know what you are getting yourself into. “Pick your soil” wisely.

Further Reading:

Collier, R., The Life Magnet: Put Your Mind At Your Command- And Win At Life! (New York: Penguin Group, 2010): 242-244, 374-375.

If You Want To Do Great Things In Your Life, You Must Do This One Thing Every Day

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
Content female customer with long curly hair wearing casual outfit sitting at wooden table with netbook in classic interior restaurant while making online order
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What are you doing to improve your life? What are you doing to change your life? What are you doing to improve your skills?

Success is within your reach. But you must do your work to get it. You can’t succeed without work. Because success loves great workers. Success does not like lazy people. When you take action, success will come to you. According to Robert Collier, “Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.” Yes, if you want to succeed, do not listen to time wasters. You must stretch yourself to get what you want. You must do your OWN work to get what you want. Because success doesn’t happen by accident. It happens as a result of hard, intentional work.

To succeed, whatever you do in your life to better yourself, you must give it your all. Do not go to your work with hate. If you want the best out of what you do, you must improve yourself. Because your work cannot get better than you. If you want your work to get better, you must first get better. You must always learn new things. You should never stop learning, improving your skills.

If you want to grow, remember this: “When you stop learning, you start dying.” Do you want to grow yourself? Or do you want to starve your future? It is up to you.