LIFE SKILLS

We are not all born competent, we develop competence as we go on in life. Yes we were not all born confident, we develop confidence. Eventually anything and everything can be learnt and mastered. You can be much better than you are now, just give yourself to something, live on purpose, develop competence!
In life, Success is intentional, we must deliberately make up our mind to succeed! Success is a journey...
Significance is a pursuit, we must refuse to be satisfied with the Status-Quo.
Yes, we can redefine the status quo and break off the glass ceiling that was placed on us by whoever did.
Men's opinion of you is never your potential.
You are capable of more than you know, yes life can be better. There's a better level, and its time to advance.
Aspire More!
Grow!
Increase!
We need to grow from being blessed to becoming a BLESSING!
Lately, I got thinking what new skill, or competence has been added to me? Skill is golden!
Develop the skills needed for life to be colorful.
Our lives can be better if we cultivate the right skills.
There is always a better way to get things done. At some point every organisation reviews their policies, method statements, they audit themselves and overhaul their system for better efficiency. So?
What has stopped us then from asking ourselves, what's not working and why? what do we need to change?
As we enter another half of the year won't it be timely to do private, personal review of our lives?


We must focus on being productive not just busy. We should have something to show for our purssuits
What is urgent may not be important.
Understand that priorities and time management is crucial to advancement in life.
We must learn to manage our time to do all we need to.
I think its time to find out the areas of your life that needs improvement. We need to develop more capacity!
God has given you room to prosper, develop productivity!

Organisation is another skill that we all need. Maybe we need to ask more effectively,
what should be done? when should it be done? who should do it? how should it be done?
I think when we get better organized, energy can be properly harnessed and maximized.
We need to learn to develop systems that will help us to become more effective and such should be peculiar to us.
Plan,
Organize yourself! We can all use the PDCA Cycle -Plan, Do, Control, and Act!

Do you know by getting organized, we could save for ourselves hours a day, and full weeks every year?

You know, one thing we can all do is THINK! Although it matters what , how and why you do so too. We can access our mind palace, and do critical thinking and information analysis.
Thinking is a skill that we must ALL develop.
We live in an information age. When you get information, we need to sort them and analyse them. I guess you know that what is important to you may not be important for another? So analyse and think critically!
Learn to critically think and analyse the information you receive.


When we think critically we can master the art of making logically informed decision making.
Decision making is knowing what to do... It is a skill in a world of so much options, choices and information
Take decisions that are good!
When we learn how to make decisions, we handle issues properly.
Every decision we make should be based on our core values, what we stand for, the very essence of our existence.

The society is governed by the constant exchange of money, so money is crucial and you need to know how to manage it. Probably, everyone needs to learn a bit of book keeping even to run our family.
Decide where you want your money to go, so that you do not start wondering where your money went.
Yes, we should be able to track every money that comes to our hand.
Someone said, we buy things we do not even need just to impress the people that are not even watching. Many times we do things just  to show we had arrived.
If you arrive too early, you will arrive too small! Hmmm! Daily I look for things to invest on, and multiply money.
Financial experts say it may be wise to invest a third of your income!



Talking is not cheap, and words can be of very great effect on others. Do you know that yesterday [June 28th, 2014] was exactly one hundred years in history after the world war was started by the young teenage assasin Gavrilo Princip, who fired the fatal shots at Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, it took words to first spread the war all around, that led to the loss of great talents and unexplored potentials.
Most of the problems in the world today result from misunderstandings.
We should learn to Speak clearly, and become Good Listeners too.

Anything done well is the result of
persistency, consistency, and practice!

It had been said that, he listens well, who takes notes. This is why the lost art of Note taking should be re-visited!
Note taking is a skill that we must all develop!
Learn to write, go with notepads.
Learning to take notes effectively will help you improve your study and work habits and to remember important information.
Someone said, "if you want to identify the most senior, knowledgeable people in an audience, look for the people who are taking notes and asking questions."
Everything can be learnt!

We need people in our lives, so we must cultivate and maintain quality relationships.
It helps us to get help and info
We cannot be an Island, we all need people, that's why we should close the door gently.
Do not deal with people just by what you heard, relate with people!

Learn the discipline of excellence, talking, appetite control, ...learn it and live it!

It takes discipline to develop your self Competence!

...MAKE IT HAPPEN!

It is not because things are difficult that we do not try, but our not trying has made things difficult.

Do something with what you have, no factor is a reason for inaction.

What is that vision that excites you? What is that vision that you have always talked about? What will happen if you fail at it? How about if you do not attempt it?

What is that dream that sparkle your day?

Yeah! the best way to freeze a vision is to talk about it.

It is not the gift that makes the man relevant, it is the man that makes the gift ENVIABLE!

What is that one thing you will do today, if failure were impossible?

How long shall we postpone those dreams? ...IF NOT NOW, IF NOT YOU WHO?
START TODAY! Take your risk project forward!

Our dreams are held because we lack doing power, Knowledge and Ability requires action!

Think about it all the Training, Seminars, etc you have attended, what are you doing with all you have learnt?
It's not in the CV, its in the DOING!

Little is achieved, when little is attempted!

What have you done with all you have learnt?

We could be better and live a bigger life!
Challenge yourself!
Take the risks!
Become daring!
Dare to Succeed


Now, I guess am just thinking out loud to myself? If this was helpful please pass it on or simply leave a comment below.
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Making A Difference - 1

I believe that every time we follow the leading of our 'giftings', we go somewhere nobody has gone and set a new trail for others to follow, as far as success is concerned, There is more to life than just making a living! We certainly need to make a difference with our lives. Our lives should make a statement to our world

The value our lives command is tied to the vacuum that our absence creates. Therefore, we must consciously build a great legacy starting
NOW, TODAY AND EVERYDAY!
What is popular may not even be proper, so why do we get lost in the crowd? Lots of people have lost their relevance by following the crowd, in a bid to secure acceptance, maintain the status - quo, or secure approval from people that we do not really need to. Instead of following the crowd, why not gather our own crowd?
Do we really realize that "what is popular may not be proper"?

We must choose to take a stand, even if it means standing alone. In the real sense I feel that is what it means to be Out-Standing, i.e Standing Out!
We definitely need an 'unbendable' will to win!
We need to be part of the people who know what they want in life and also go for what they want.

Someone once said, "if your presence is not felt and your absence is not noticed, then your presence was not needed." Already, we are now missing some persons in different works of life, while they are yet alive.

We must leave a signature on earth that we were once here. We must leave foot prints in the sands of posterity. Indeed, to live beyond yourself is to live beyond your time, and to live for self is to live as a slave! You will agree with me that Mother Theresa needs no introduction. She didnt have so much money, but the world has refused to forget her after her death..

We must deliberately embrace the right influence and avoid the wrong influence. We must select our relationships carefully, avoiding those that violate our principles, and embracing those who reinforce our decisions.

Dont simply aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference
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