All of us get to that moment in life where we experience a personal slump of some sort. For the most part, it is a financial crisis, and we are in a momentarily broke situation.
The options are binary. Either we can sit back and out-wait the situation, depending heavily on what is not in our control for the situation to change. Or, we can decide to take that which is in our control and do something, even though there is no promise of an immediate respite.
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We all go through moments in life of a personal slump. At times, it is a personal financial slump where we are so broke. The problem is not the slump, the problem is how you interpret that slump.
If you are not careful, you will have feelings of illusionary inadequacy, foreboding, uselessness, worthlessness, and purposelessness. You will feel like you are not needed here on earth.
You might consequently make wrong decisions that will actually cement that season of a slump. We need to learn how to snap out of that situation and snap out of it fast. Listen to this.
Life gives us ups and downs. One of the most critical "downs" that we face is that period just after success. It is called Re-entry. How you handle a moment of reentry is important in determining how you will move on with your life.
There are several things that one can do in order to handle successfully a moment of reentry. A reentry simply means that you are dealing with a low moment that is characterized by the fact that you are coming from a very high moment.
In other words, you went out there and succeeded. Now, you are not experiencing that aura of success anymore and you are missing the grind. What do you do? Here are five ways to handle a reentry.
Reentry in a visionary's life can be something so daunting. Remember Neil Armstrong? What else did he do after coming back from stepping on the moon?
That low feeling of lack of purpose after stretching yourself so hard and attaining a worthy goal can be debilitating. That is why we need to learn how to handle a moment of reentry every once in a while.
In trusting ourselves, we can easily navigate a reentry moment in our lives. We can know that there is another masterpiece where the previous one came from. Listen to this.
At times when we succeed like crazy, we tend to want to identify with that success for the rest of our lives. The downside is that we rob ourselves of the opportunity to even do greater things.
That is one aspect of success reentry, where we have to handle "normal life" after coming back to reality from a season of success. How do we handle that reentry?
One of the ways to do this is to link up your just concluded success to your "body of work", detailing that your identity is not in a one-hit-wonder. You are the total of everything that you have put your efforts on.
In dealing with re-entry, let's learn to isolate this success and analyze it in the view of the totality of life. Listen to this.
In order to successfully handle a reentry moment especially after a bout of success, it is critically important for us to learn how to practice detachment.
Inherently, we tend to get attached to what we have just "given birth" for lack of a better word. In so doing, we rob ourselves of the power to keep going and accomplishing even greater and mightier things.
Perhaps the greatest pain of heartbreak is the lack of strength to move on. The same can be said about a previous success. This is where detachment comes in. Listen in.
A re-entry is that moment where you have to deal with a low after a considerable high. Probably you have just shipped out a project and there is "no work" to do anymore.
How you handle a re-entry will be critically important in terms of having your momentum of productivity well managed. In so doing, you will experience refreshing and recharging.
It is no longer something that you and I can keep ignoring. Reentry happens even to the best of us. That is why we need to be on the lookout. One of the easy ways to handle success reentry is simply this: Take a break. Listen to learn how you can do this.
Life gives us ups and downs. One of the most critical "downs" that we face is that period just after success. It is called Re-entry. It is that moment where you are dealing with a low or for lack of a better word, a "normal" just after you have succeeded.
We all come to that moment in life where we have to face a re-entry. In fact, nearly every human faces a moment of re-entry. No one is exempt.
If we are not careful, it can have very detrimental effects on our success and our progress. We, therefore, need to learn how to handle the moments of re-entry. Listen in.
Success is available to everyone who wants it. It is not arbitrary. There has to be a wanting. Without it, it becomes elusive. That's why Jesus said that the poor you will always have them with you.
What a controversial thing to say, but it is the truth. God wants everyone to succeed and to make it in life. However, He has designed it in such a way that each of us has to be responsible for our own success so that we can amicably own it.
That is why the success principles are universal and available to everyone. However, success is personal and cannot be detached from someone's own application to process. Listen to this.
We are all entitled and even marked for success. All of us. However, success is not arbitrary. That means that it will not come just because we were born. One of the secrets to attaining success is discussed in this episode.
That so called secret is not a secret anyway. It is a secret because not so many people know how powerful it is.
Urgency is one such a powerful force in the success equation. There is no visionary worth his salt who was never urgent with his life pursuits.
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There are probably no secrets of success out there. However, let's give it the benefit of the doubt. Probably the success principles are hidden to you, that's why they would be called secrets. The point is that success is not a reserve of a few people.
We are all candidates of success. As such there must be some few universal principles that can be applied by just about anyone to attain the level of success that we all desire.
However, when push comes to shove, success is nothing but a personal endeavor. Jesus said, "The poor you will always have with you". Why? Because success is personal.
What are the secrets we can apply to be successful in life? Listen to this.
The equalizing thing about mankind is that we were all created to prosper. We are all intended to prosper and we all want to succeed in life. You cannot find a human being who consciously or unconsciously doesn't want to succeed.
That's one of the reasons for our being: to be productive and to be successful. Success however is not gauged the same.
Your success is not the same as mine, but when each of us attain it, it is success. Therefore, the definition of success is as personal as it gets.
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The past several episodes have been focussed on two things. First, you and I are here on earth so that we can be the best version of ourselves in terms of our productivity.
Second, that our greatest enemy is the person that will do everything possible so that we are not productive. This enemy would use secretive weapons to take you out.
This is a catalogue of all the stealth weapons that are crafted against a visionary. Listen in.
If I wanted to take you out, I would try to do so discreetly. Man's greatest enemy is the person that would want to keep him away from being productive as they were supposed to be in the first place.
Stealth weapons have been unleashed and are in operation each waking day against the greatest visionaries of our time. Perhaps one of these greatest secret weapons is strife. If I can fail in using other weapons to destabilize you, I would hit your relationships hard, and thereby your productivity will be stifled.
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The world is made up of laws, rules and principles. These laws are what govern the universe. They are what govern success and failure.
Anyone is at liberty to apply the principles of the universe and the principles of success to their sole benefit. Any time that I choose to circumvent these rules and principles, I burn my fingers.
Therefore, if my biggest enemy were to bring me down, one of the greatest tools that they would use would be to distract me through shiny objects and shortcuts. It is one of the most potent stealth weapons that can be used.
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If I wanted to take you out and I know that you are also armed and dangerous, I would not be too obvious about my approach. I will be absolutely stealth.
I believe that the greatest reason or at least one of the greatest reasons as to why we live is so that we can be productive. Therefore, your greatest enemy in life is the person or the entity that will keep you from being productive.
In so doing, they will use stealth weapons that will either derail you or stop you in your tracks altogether so you do not make it as you had intended. How do you discern their game?
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If there was a strategic meeting in hell to destabilize a visionary, there are certain things that I am guessing would be used as the main weapons.
First, the visionary is someone who will fight any obvious tactic that is used against them. Hell knows this. That is why the weapons that they will use will not be obvious and detectable.
The weapons that will be employed will be stealth weapons that normally operate without the targeted visionary knowing what is going on. By the time they realize, it is too late to fight back, because the weapon is already ingrained.
There is a respite though. Listen to this.
Imagine if hell or whatever form of enemy you had were holding a strategic meeting. Their agenda would be to make sure that you are not happy and fulfilled.
What do you think they would crop up as the weapons that they would use to destabilize you? This is important to note because to be forewarned is to be forearmed.
If you were I fly on the wall of that strategic meeting that is focused on your downfall, what strategy do you think they will employ?
What kind of weapons do you think they would use to derail a visionary?
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"Think Big" is a phrase thrown around especially in the motivation industry. It is done so much so that people who naturally are not able to IMMEDIATELY think that major find themselves struggling a lot.
Fortunately, I think there is a better way of approaching life. Thinking big is in my opinion, something that is seldom done instantly. I think someone grows through the process and have their minds shaped well enough to take a leap.
I am glad to offer a solution that I think not only helps everyone to be qualified but also forms a foundation upon which we can think big. Listen to this.
When we need a comeback in life, there are many weapons that we can rely on. We, in fact, need to have a well-stocked toolbox that we can use at different stages of our comeback.
However, this toolbox is never complete without the silver bullet. You can have as many weapons in your arsenal for a comeback, but if this silver bullet is lacking, then the power of the comeback is curtained.
The punch, zeal and motivation for mounting a comeback are cheapened, to say the least. That's why we need this silver bullet. Find out what it is.
We need all the resources that we can muster when we are facing a setback. In order to mount a comeback, it is important that our toolbox of resilience is well packed.
One of the greatest tools to use is the tool of friendship. A friend at times sticks closer than a brother. Perhaps being friendless, being alone is one of the things that was never intended for the human species.
We need one another because being alone we cannot make it out of life safely. Listen to this.
People are very important in life. We have people in our lives for a season, at times for a reason and in rare cases, for a lifetime.
When we are going through a setback, one of the sources of help is people. Different types of people. In fact, the more strong relationships you do have, the easier it is to navigate through a setback.
Of course, mentors are a critical part in mounting a comeback from any crisis that you face. Let's see what part they play.
When faced with a crisis, there are quite a number of things that one can use in order to mount a comeback.
One of these things is motivation. This motivation can either be internal or external. For the most part, it is easier to get external motivation when you are in a crisis, than internal motivation.
Whatever the case, you can never discount the powerful part that motivation plays in getting people out of the doldrums of a crisis. It is a much welcome guest.
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Every time we face failure, a crisis or a setback, we tend to get thoroughly affected. If we are not careful, our self-worth takes a serious beating.
Self-worth, however, is one of the greatest tools that we have in helping to mount a credible comeback after a failure. Without self-worth, the road to a comeback is arduous.
That is why it is important to fight fiercely in order to keep your self-worth intact. How can you have that done? Listen to this.
Everyone deserves a comeback because everyone at one point or another will face a setback. Being knocked down is a given in life, but staying down is always going to be a choice.
When a crisis hits us, we have to have some form of resilience that will see us through it. One of the things that will help us out is our survival instincts.
These are critical in helping us hold the fort and stay in the game. Without survival instincts, we can be taken out of the game, and if we are not careful, we can be taken out of life itself. Listen to this.
"The only constant thing in life is change" And in changing at times we are forced to undergo it. Change might come in the form of failure.
When that happens, the only thing that we need to do is to prepare ourselves for a comeback. No winner worth his salt ever failed and never mounted a comeback.
The question is: What are some of the things we can do so we can have a comeback? Listen to this.
Some people are exuding bravado when they declare, "Failure is not in my dictionary, I do not know what it is and what it means". Well, they would be wrong.
Each waking day, we face prospects of failure especially when we dare to do something different and something mighty.
I think that people with the greatest accomplishments are those with great failures.
In this episode, we start a new mini-series, but we also seek to find out who is the greatest failure of all time and why.
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There is no doubt that one of the greatest reasons for the existence of mankind is productivity. However, whenever we are exerting ourselves and being productive, we are also wearing and tearing off.
That is why we have to have a high priority of what we can do to revitalize our bodies, our minds and our spirit. We cannot wait until the end of the year or when we have our annual leave.
In this episode, we give you a catalogue of things that you can do on a daily or weekly basis in order to recharge yourself and go back to work refreshed, renewed and productive once again.
Seeing that productivity is a critical aspect of our lives, we need to take care of ourselves so that we can keep on being productive. As already stated, waiting for annual leave is a long way out there.
Each day we are exerting ourselves and wearing out in the process. What are some of those things that we can do on a daily basis or probably on a weekly basis in order to keep our productivity revitalized, re-energized and recharged? Listen to this.
We all need a break from daily exertion at work. If we are to be productive the following day, we will need to recharge, recuperate, rest and relax.
The quality of the recharging is important to note. One of the things that we officially do as workers is to take annual leave or have some time and rest in the weekend. I can tell you that it is not enough.
That's why we need to invent some little things that we can do during the day or the week that can help us recharge the mind, the spirit or the body.
How about entertainment? Arts, Music, Theatre, Dance? How about A movie or a cultural event? Listen to this.
In a highly digitized world, it is those analogue things that at times give us a reprieve.
Orginal conversations and relationships devoid of gadgets can help us a great deal to recover our sensibilities, our sensitivities and our body gets refreshed.
When is the last time you had a deep conversation with someone from your heart to theirs? When is the last time you really listened to them, hugged, cuddled, laughed and enjoyed a good old conversation?
So much happens in terms of recovery of the body functions when we take some time and have a conversation. Listen to this.
If we are going to be productive, then we are going to learn to give our bodies the much-needed break. What we do with those breaks is absolutely important.
One of the things that you can give the body is play. Play has a way of stretching the body and conditioning it for productivity. When we engage in physical activity away from work, there are several benefits that we get, apart from getting a breather.
Physical exercises are one of the greatest tools that a productive human uses to stay on top of their game. Listen to this.
What comes naturally is sometimes despised and we want to replace it with the artificial. Familiarity breeds contempt. There are very many simple, natural buy powerful things that we take for granted.
Once such a thing is sleep. We know how many hours it is recommended for us to sleep. This is simply so that we can recover our focus, energy and body functions are replenished.
However, when we fail to take this seriously, we get burnt and we get burnt heavily.
This podcast episode discusses the importance of taking some time to rest in the view of being a productive human being. Listen in.
We wrongly think that annual leave and weekends are enough for us to recover. That would be the case if all factors remained constant.
However, our workload is increasing daily. Our stress on commute each morning and evening is reaching sky high. That is why we cannot be waiting for our annual leave in order to gain some rest and recuperation
We need that immediately and daily. In this episode, we discuss why power naps are important in the process of recharging the body daily. Listen in.
The command to work is as authoritative and as applicable as the command to rest. Sadly, we seldom take the command to rest seriously.
The more we keep working, the more we get tired, stressed and worn out. We, of course, need to keep working in order to stay productive.
For that to happen, we have to find ways that we can take a break from work and catch up with some rest and recuperation. Listen to why this is important in this episode.
When it comes to your productivity, your body is the nucleus of it. At the very core of your productivity is the health and well being of your body.
Sadly we have learnt to snooze the alarms the body sends us every now and then as we pursue to complete projects or to make money one way or another.
We need to learn how to refurbish, revitalize and renew our bodies so that our productivity can be upped and maintained. We need to listen to the body when it complains. Listen to this.
The brain is perhaps one of the most critical parts of our body. How do we need to take care of it so that we are productive?
Without a doubt, there is so much to talk about the brain. There are amazing findings of it and it is important for us to be aware of the detriments of stress to the brain.
That is why one of the most important things we ought to do so that we can be productive is to rest and let the brain rejuvenate.
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For us to be productive in life, we need to take care of ourselves. Rest and recuperation are almost looked at like its cheating. At times we look at rest as if we do not deserve it, as if it is welcoming laziness.
What we ought to be aware of is the powerful recharge we do get from rest and refreshment. We become not only energized but also gain positive bout of urgency in order to perform.
The urgency is backed up by the strength you have acquired from resting. Listen to this further.
There are many benefits that accrue from us recharging ourselves. If we keep going without taking some time to renew ourselves and recharge ourselves, chances are that we will burn out.
There are several benefits that come to us when we recharge when we stop the traffic to renew, recuperate and rest.
One of them is to save money. How? Listen to this.
We were created for a reason and a purpose. When we are productive, we had better be fulfilling that reason. When we are not, chances are that we have failed to recharge yourself.
The most important element in the productivity equation is not technology, it is not systems and it is not the latest gadget that we come up with every now and then.
In this episode, we expressly reveal what the most critical cog in the wheel of productivity is. It is something that you are already intimate with.
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There are in trays and out trays. Unfortunately, at times we find that our in-trays are overwhelmed and slow-moving. That is why we decide to burn the midnight lamp.
We decide to burn the candle on both ends. In the end, we end up messing up the very instrument that can give us productivity--the body.
We actually need to learn the power habits of regaining strength before we can have a go again. Listen to this.
