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“No One Can Be A Failure If He Thinks He’s A Success.”

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report
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You are who you think you are. If you think you are a loser, you are. If you think you are failure, you are. If you think you are a winner, you are. If you think you are a victor, you are. If you think you are a victim, you are. If you think you are a success, you are.

How do you see yourself? What are you thinking about? Are you always thinking about the mistakes you made yesterday?

Remember, you will become what you let into your mind. You will become what you think about every day. Everything starts in your mind. Your mind is the most powerful weapon you have. Use it wisely. If you keep allowing negative thoughts into your mind, all you will see in yourself are negative things-the things you didn’t do well, the mistakes that you have made in life, the people who have done terrible things to you.

But if you keep allowing positive things into your mind, you will always see positive things in yourself and others. Remember, positive things attract other positive things. If you are a positive person, a person who sees light in other people, you will continue to attract more positive things into your life.

Robert W. Service said, “No one can be a failure if he thinks he’s a success; if he thinks he is a winner, then he is.” You will become what you think about. Earle Nightingale once said, “Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.”

If you want to live a positive life, nourish positive thoughts. If you want to live a negative life, keep nourishing negative thoughts.

Tell Yourself What You Need To Hear, Not What You Want To Hear

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Communication
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Honesty is the art of telling yourself what you don’t want to hear. To know yourself, you have to be honest with yourself. If you are honest with yourself, you will be honest with others. When you are honest with other people, they will trust you. They will do anything for you. They will help you succeed. They will trust you and comet to you when they are in trouble.

You cannot be successful in life without first being an honest person. Nobody wants to work with a dishonest supervisor, manager, or boss. As a boss or a manager, if your people don’t trust you, you have lost it all. They will keep sensitive organizational information to themselves. When they are in trouble, instead of coming to you, they will talk to their friends, seek outside help.

If you want them (your people) to trust you, don’t lie to them. How? Make it a habit to always tell them the truth, no matter what. When things are going well in your organization, let them know. When things are not going well in your organization, let them know. Make sure you keep your promise. Don’t say one thing today, and do another tomorrow. If you say you want to do A, do A. Don’t say A, and do B. They will not trust you when you say something like that next time.

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If you want to achieve success with people, with yourself, you must be honest with yourself, and with the people you interact with on a daily basis. You cannot achieve success if you are a dishonest person. Start telling yourself the truth. Start telling yourself what you need to hear, not what you want to hear. There is growth in what you need to hear. There is a disaster in what you want to hear. What you need to hear reveals reality to you. What you want to hear, on the other hand, prevents you from facing your reality. Without facing your reality, there is no growth. If you want to grow, face reality. Ask yourself questions that will reveal your hidden secrets- your strengths and weaknesses.

If you want things to change in your life, start telling yourself the truth. The truth will set you free.