ARE YOU A FAILURE? STORIES YOU MUST READ IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED.

ARE YOU A FAILURE?  

Failure is the highway to success. Tom Watson Sr. said, "If you want to succeed, double your failure rate." If you study history, you will find that all stories of success are also stories of great failures. But people don't see the failures. They only see one side of the picture and they say that person got lucky: "He must have been at the right place at the right time."



Let me share someone's life history with you. This was a man who failed in business at the age of 21 ; was defeated in a legislative race at age 22; failed again in business at age 24; overcame the death of his sweetheart at age 26; had a nervous breakdown at age 27; lost a congressional race at age 34; lost a senatorial race at age 45; failed in an effort to become vice-president at age 47; lost a senatorial race at age 49; and was elected president of the United States at age 52.

This man was Abraham Lincoln.
Would you call him a failure? He could have quit. But to Lincoln, defeat was a detour and not a dead end.



In 1913, Lee De Forest, inventor of the triodes tube, was charged by the district attorney for using fraudulent means to mislead the public into buying stocks of his company by claiming that he could transmit the human voice across the Atlantic. He was publicly humiliated. Can you imagine where we would be without his invention?


A New York Times editorial on December 10, 1903, questioned the wisdom of the Wright Brothers who were trying to invent a machine, heavier than air,  that would fly. One week later, at Kitty Hawk, the Wright Brothers took their famous flight.

Colonel Sanders, at age 65, with a beat-up car and a $100 check from Social Security, realized he had to do something. He remembered his mother's recipe and went out selling. How many doors did he have to knock on before he got his first order? It is estimated that he had knocked on more than a thousand doors before he got his first order. How many of us quit after three tries, ten tries, a hundred tries, and then we say we tried as hard as we could?



As a young cartoonist, Walt Disney faced many rejections from newspaper editors, who said he had no talent. One day a minister at a church hired him to draw some cartoons. Disney was working out of a small mouse infested shed near the church. After seeing a small mouse, he was inspired. That was the start of Mickey Mouse.



Successful people don't do great things; they only do small things in a great way.


One day a partially deaf four year old kid came home with a note in his pocket from his teacher, "Your Tommy is too stupid to learn, get him out of the school." His mother read the note and answered, "My Tommy is not stupid to learn, I will teach him myself." And that Tommy grew up to be the great Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison had only three months of formal schooling and he was partially deaf.


Henry Ford forgot to put the reverse gear in the first car he made.


Do you consider these people failures? They succeeded in spite of problems, not in the absence of them. But to the outside world, it appears as though they just got lucky.

All success stories are stories of great failures. The only difference is that every time they failed, they bounced back. This is called failing forward, rather than backward. You learn and move forward. Learn from your failure and keep moving.


Below are more examples of the failures of successful people:

1. Thomas Edison failed approximately 10,000 times while he was working on the light bulb.

2. Henry Ford was broke at the age of 40.

3. Lee Iacocca was fired by Henry Ford II at the age of 54.

4. Young Beethoven was told that he had no talent for music, but he gave some of the best music to the world.

Final thought: You will agree with me from the person that fails is the person that gives up. Winners never quit but unfortunately quitters never win. You never get a certificate for starting a course in school. You get it for finishing it.

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D.A. Ayo is a Medical doctor and management consultant, professional speaker, trainer and a coach specifically in the area of soft skills, personal transformation,  personal effectiveness in different aspects of life and leadership.

THE PREGNANT DEER

THE PREGNANT DEER

Greetings and happy April. No April fools but only April Full of GOD'S love and best to you. This is a short but phenomenal story that will definitely transform your life. I got this story from my dad's friend. Read and change.

In a Forest, a pregnant deer is about to give birth. She finds a remote grass field near a strong flowing river. This seems a safe place.

Suddenly labor pains begin. At the same moment, dark clouds gather around and above and lightning starts a forest fire. She looks to the left and sees a hunter with his bow extended pointing at her. To her right she sees a hungry Lion approaching her!

What can the pregnant deer do? She is in labor. What will happen? Will she give birth to a fawn? Or will everything be burnt by the forest fire? Will she perish to the hunter’s arrow? Will she die a horrible death at the hands of the hungry Lion approaching her?

She focuses on giving birth to a new life.

The sequence of events that follow are: Lightning strikes and blinds the hunter.  He releases the arrow which zips past the deer and strikes the Lion dead.  It starts to rain heavily and the forest fire is slowly doused by the rain. The deer gives birth to a healthy fawn!

In our lives too there are moments of dark clouds and negative thoughts confronting us with all sorts of negative potential results.

May we learn from the deer that focused on giving birth to a baby. The rest was not in her hands. Any reaction or action that changed her focus would have resulted in death or disaster.

Ask yourself: where is your focus? Where is your Faith? Where is your hope? In the midst of any storm, leave it to GOD always. He never sleeps nor disappoints you.
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Hello friends, I believe you've been laughing more often now. This is the concluding part of the Power of Laughter.

 

The Stress Management and Health Benefits of Laughter

Research has shown that the health benefits of laughter are far-ranging. While more studies need to be done, studies so far have shown that laughter can help relieve pain, bring greater happiness, and even increase immunity. Positive psychology names the propensity for laughter and sense of humor as one of the 24 main signature strengths one can possess, and laughter yoga clubs are springing up across the country. Unfortunately, however, many people don't get enough laugher in their lives. In fact, one study suggests that healthy children may laugh as much as 400 times per day, but adults tend to laugh only 15 times per day. Other studies find us laughing a little more than that, but if you ask me, virtually all of us could use a little more laughter in our lives, considering how beneficial a good laugh can actually be for our stress levels and overall wellness. Read on for more findings about the health benefits of laughter, and see how to incorporate more humor and fun into your life.

Stress Management Benefits of Laughter:

• Hormones: Laughter reduces the level of stress hormones like cortisol, epinephrine (adrenaline), dopamine and growth hormone. It also increases the level of health-enhancing hormones like endorphins. Laughter increases the number of antibody-producing cells we have working for us, and enhances the effectiveness of T cells. All this means a stronger immune system, as well as fewer physical effects of stress.

• Physical Release: Have you ever felt like you "have to laugh or I'll cry"? Have you experienced the cleansed feeling after a good laugh? Laughter provides a physical and emotional release.

• Internal Workout: A good belly laugh exercises the diaphragm, contracts the abs and even works out the shoulders, leaving muscles more relaxed afterward. It even provides a good workout for the heart.

• Distraction: Laughter brings the focus away from anger, guilt, stress and negative emotions in a more beneficial way than other mere distractions.

• Perspective: Studies show that our response to stressful events can be altered by whether we view something as a 'threat' or a 'challenge'. Humor can give us a more lighthearted perspective and help us view events as 'challenges', thereby making them less threatening and more positive. (For more on changing your perspective, see this article on cognitive reframing.)

• Social Benefits of Laughter: Laughter connects us with others. Just as with smiling and kindness, most people find that laughter is contagious, so if you bring more laughter into your life, you can most likely help others around you to laugh more, and realize these benefits as well. By elevating the mood of those around you, you can reduce their stress levels, and perhaps improve the quality of social interaction you experience with them, reducing your stress level even more!

QUOTES BY GREAT MINDS ON LAUGHTER

“If you laugh - you change; and when you change - the world changes.” - ~ Shilpa Shah

“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” ~ Mark Twain

“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” ~ Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977); Comic Actor, Filmmaker, Writer

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THE POWER OF LAUGHTER PART 2 BY D.A. AYO

THE POWER OF LAUGHTER PART 2 BY D.A. AYO

 

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HOW TO USE LAUGHTER

•  TV and movies: There’s no shortage of comedies out there, both at the theater and in the aisles of the video stores, as well as right on your TV. While wasting your time watching something slightly humorous may actually frustrate you, watching truly hilarious movies and shows is an easy way to get laughter into your life whenever you need it.

•  Laugh with friends: Going to a movie or comedy club with friends is a great way to get more laughter in your life. The contagious effects of laughter may mean you’ll laugh more than you otherwise would have during the show, plus you’ll have jokes to reference at later times. Having friends over for a party or game night is also a great setup for laughter and other good feelings.

•  Find humor in your life: Instead of complaining about life’s frustrations, try to laugh about them. If something is so frustrating or depressing it’s ridiculous, realize that you could “look back on it and laugh.” Think of how it will sound as a story you could tell to your friends, and then see if you can laugh about it now. With this attitude, you may also find yourself being more lighthearted and silly, giving yourself and those around you more to laugh about. Approach life in a more mirthful way and you’ll find you’re less stressed about negative events, and you’ll achieve the health benefits of laughter.

•  “Fake it, till you make it!”: Just as studies show the positive effects of smiling occur whether the smile is fake or real, faked laughter also provides the benefits mentioned above. So smile more, and fake laughter; you’ll still achieve positive effects, and the fake merriment may lead to real smiles and laughter.

WARNINGS

•  A small stomach ache can result.

•  Don’t force your laugh.

Laughing invokes feelings of happiness and joy. Instead of being all gloomy and frustrated because there is no perceived solution, laughing lifts us up out of our pool of problems and plops us on solid ground where we can gain some new insights. Don’t forget to LOL (laugh out loud) frequently!

To be concluded...........

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THE POWER OF LAUGHTER PART 1 BY D.A. AYO

THE POWER OF LAUGHTER BY D.A. AYO

Once upon a time a grouchy king proclaimed in his kingdom that nobody was permitted to smile or laugh. However, a little boy who could not help it because he had a lot of stories in the mind that made him laugh decided to write a play based on one of the stories. He now proceeded to the king's palace to tell him that he wanted to stage a play for the king that would transform the kingdom positively. The king agreed and the boy staged the play. When the play got to the funniest part, the king burst out in laughter. He laughed and laughed for a very long time. When the play ended, he called all the leaders and friends that watched the play with and asked them if all was well with them since they refused to laugh when they were watching the play.

“Even if there is nothing to laugh about, laugh on credit.”

- Anonymous

There may be more to the lyric “Put on a Happy Face” than just a catchy tune — putting on a happy face is absolutely good for you, and those around you.

For hundreds of years, it has been acknowledged that “Laughter is the best Medicine”. Breakthrough scientific research is shedding new light on the physiological beneficial effects of humour on health. Laughter can come in handy, whether it’s for dealing with an illness, the pressures of daily living, stress, coping at work even, laughter can dramatically change the quality and outlook of our lives.

10 Benefits of Laughter

And laughing makes us feel good for a reason. The physiological effects on our body do some pretty amazing stunts. Here are some examples:

1. Manage your hormones.

Laughter reduces the level of stress hormones like cortisol, epinephrine, adrenaline, dopamine and growth hormone. It also increases the level of health-enhancing hormones like endorphins, and neurotransmitters. Laughter increases the number of antibody-producing cells and enhances the efficiency of T-cells. All this means a stronger immune system, as well as fewer physical effects of stress.

2. Nice internal workout.

A good belly laugh exercises the diaphragm, contracts the abs and even works out the shoulders, leaving muscles more relaxed afterward. It even provides a good workout for the heart. Laughing 100 times is the equivalent to 10 minutes on the rowing machine or 15 minutes on an exercise bike!

3. Physical release.

Have you ever felt like you had to laugh or you’d cry? Have you experienced the cleansed feeling after a good laugh? Laughter provides a physical and emotional release.

4. A positive frame of mind.

Laughter brings the focus away from anger, guilt, stress and negative emotions to them alongside other “mere distractions.” It will make you cheerful and put you in a positive frame of mind.

5. Change your perspective.

Researchers found that our response to stressful events can be altered by whether we view something as a “threat” or a “challenge.” Humor can give us a more light-hearted perspective and help us view events as “challenges,” thereby making them less threatening and more positive.

6. Social benefits of laughter.

Laughter is contagious, so if you bring more laughter into your life, you can most likely help others around you laugh more. By elevating the mood of those around you, you can diminish their stress levels, and possibly improve the quality of social interaction you experience with them, reducing your stress level even more!

What’s even better is that the more you smile, the more others will too. Seeing a smile creates what is termed as a “halo effect,” helping us to remember other happy events more vividly, feel more optimistic, more positive and more motivated.

7. Fight illness better.

People who are optimistic (who are out there laughing!) have stronger immune systems and are actually able to fight off illness better than pessimists.

The research is very clear — this is not some social science generalization — there is a link between optimistic attitudes and good health. And it has been measured in a variety of ways. Overall, scientists have found that optimistic people are healthier. Their biological makeup is different and they have a more robust immune system.

8. Live longer.

According to some recent research published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, elderly optimistic people, those who expected good things to happen (rather than bad things), were less likely to die than pessimists.

In fact, among the 65-85 year-old study participants, those who were most optimistic were 55 percent less likely to die from all causes than the most pessimistic people. What’s more, after researchers adjusted the results for age, smoking status, alcohol consumption, physical activity and other measures of health, the optimists were 71 percent less likely to die than the pessimists!

9. It feels like eating 2000 chocolate bars.

That’s right — according to The British Dental Health Foundation, a smile gives the same level of stimulation as eating 2000 chocolate bars. The results were found after scientists measured brain and heart activity in volunteers as they were shown pictures of smiling people and given money and chocolate.

People have long been drawing attention to the fact that smiling increases happiness both in yourself and those around you, so it is good to receive the backing of this scientific research.

10. It costs absolutely nothing.

It doesn’t cost a cent and it is highly contagious.

A recent research showed that pre-school-aged children laugh up to 400 times a day, but by the time we reach adulthood, we laugh a mere 17 times per day on average!

To be continued............

D.A. Ayo. 

D.A. Ayo is a Medical doctor and management consultant, professional speaker, trainer and a coach specifically in the area of soft skills, personal effectiveness and personal transformation in different aspects of life and leadership.

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THE WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION BY D.A. AYO

THE WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION BY D.A. AYO

THE WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION

The house was quiet and the day was sunny. I was about 8 or 9 years old when I visited a neighbour and suddenly a black, mangy, wild dog jumped from nowhere and bit me. As a boy, I did not know the implications of being bitten by a wild dog. I did not know about a deadly virus called Rabies which has a 100% mortality rate in humans if you’re not treated on time. But fortunately for me, I told my parents the same day and because of my Parent’s knowledge of Rabies infection, I was given multiple shots of Anti-Rabies vaccines the next day in the hospital. However` another man that was bitten by a dog that had Rabies few years later while praying ignorantly thought it was an attack from satan. So all he did was throw stones at the dog that bit him. Few weeks later, he started manifesting the signs and symptoms of Rabies like hydrophobia (hatred for water) and barking like a dog. By this time it was too late. He eventually died of Rabies.

Question: What saved me and what killed the other man. Was it luck? Was it GOD and satan respectively? Simple! Knowledge and ignorance respectively. A book of wisdom has this quotation which goes thus “A man in honour that does not know he is in honour is like a fool that is destroyed”. Also from the book: “You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”

Friends, every time you pay for something, it’s because you’re ignorant of that thing. For instance, why do you pay a Physician to treat you when you’re ill? It’s because you do not have the knowledge to treat yourself. Why do you pay a lawyer a lot of money? Because you either do not know the law or you do not know how to interpret the law by yourself. I’ve just paid the mechanic to repair my car because I am bereft of the knowledge on how to fix cares. That’s why I am a medical doctor.

The reason why your boss is earning more than you are earning is because your boss knows more than what you know. The reason why a person is your leader is because the person knows more about leadership than you do.

If you are not in the know, you will not be in the flow; if you’re not updated; you will become out-dated; if you’re not informed you will be deformed, if you’re not inspired, you will expire. To be current is the currency of life.

Did you know that information doubles every two years? In fact in Silicon Valley in California U.S.A which is probably the world’s largest conglomeration of Companies involved in Information Technology. It is said that in every five minutes the information in Silicon Valley changes hence if you’re not updating yourself with new information every five minutes you will become out-dated.

So what is the solution?

1. Read an average of 1 hour a day or more in your field or in any area you’re experiencing a challenge.

2. Attend seminars or workshops in your field or in any area where you need a change or you have a challenge.

3. Seek professional counsel or advice from mentors and experts.

4. Walk and talk with people that have more information than yours or people that have superior information than yours.

5. Turn your car into a university on wheels by listening to CDs while you’re in traffic.

6. Create your own information storing system by utilizing modern technology to store your information like external hard drives, tablets, iPods, computers etc.

The only weapon of mass destruction is ignorance. A challenge is not a problem. The only problem is not knowing how to deal with the challenge. No information, no growth. If you stop learning, you’ll start dying. Now go out and get that information. Your progress depends on it.

D.A. Ayo

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D.A. Ayo is a Medical Doctor with awesome abilities as a management consultant, professional speaker, trainer and a coach specifically in the areas of soft skills, personal effectiveness and personal transformation in different aspects of life and leadership. He is a much sought after world class international positive change cuasing speaker.

Contact: Phone: +2348034709985 or +2348179032946.

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THE WEAPON OF MASS DISTRUCTION BY D.A. AYO

THE WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION

The house was quiet and the day was sunny. I was about 8 or 9 years old when I visited a neighbor and suddenly a black, mangy, wild dog jumped from nowhere and bit me. As a boy, I did not know the implications of being bitten by a wild dog. I did not know about a deadly virus called Rabies which has a 100% mortality rate in humans if you’re not treated on time. But fortunately for me, I told my parents the same day and because of my parents’ knowledge of Rabies infection, I was given multiple shots of Anti-Rabies vaccines the next day in the hospital. However` another man that was bitten by a dog that had Rabies a few years later while praying ignorantly thought it was an attack from satan. So all he did was throw stones at the dog that bit him. A few weeks later, he started manifesting the signs and symptoms of Rabies like hydrophobia (hatred for water) and barking like a dog. By this time it was too late. He eventually died of Rabies.

Question: What saved me and what killed the other man. Was it luck? Was it GOD and satan respectively? Simple!  Knowledge and ignorance respectively. A book of wisdom has this quotation which goes thus “A man in honour that does not know he is in honour is like a fool that is destroyed”. Also from the book: “You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”

Friends, every time you pay for something, it’s because you’re ignorant of that thing. For instance, why do you pay a Physician to treat you when you’re ill? It’s because you do not have the knowledge to treat yourself. Why do you pay a lawyer a lot of money? Because you either do not know the law or you do not know how to interpret the law by yourself. I’ve just paid the mechanic to repair my car because I am bereft of the knowledge of how to fix cars.  That’s why I am a medical doctor.

The reason why your boss is earning more than you are earning is that your boss knows more than what you know. The reason why a person is your leader is that the person knows more about leadership than you do.

If you are not in the know, you will not be in the flow; if you’re not updated; you will become out-dated; if you’re not informed you will be deformed, if you’re not inspired, you will expire. To be current is the currency of life.

Did you know that information doubles every two years? In fact in Silicon Valley in California U.S.A which is probably the world’s largest conglomeration of Companies involved in Information Technology. It is said that in every five minutes the information in Silicon Valley changes hence if you’re not updating yourself with new information every five minutes you will become out-dated.

So what is the solution?

1.      Read an average of 1 hour a day or more in your field or in any area you’re experiencing a challenge.

2.      Attend seminars or workshops in your field or in any area where you need a change or you have a challenge.

3.      Seek professional counsel or advice from mentors and experts.

4.      Walk and talk with people that have more information than yours or people that have superior information than yours.

5.      Turn your car into a university on wheels by listening to CDs while you’re in traffic.

6.      Create your own information storing system by utilizing modern technology to store your information like external hard drives, tablets, smartphones, computers, etc.

The only weapon of mass destruction is ignorance. A challenge is not a problem. The only problem is not knowing how to deal with the challenge. No information, no growth. If you stop learning, you’ll start dying. Now go out and get that information. Your progress depends on it.

         

                                                              D.A. Ayo

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D.A. Ayo is a Medical Doctor with awesome abilities as a Positive Change via MIND/BRAIN Consultant, professional speaker, trainer and a coach in other areas of soft skills, personal effectiveness and personal transformation in different aspects of life and leadership. He is a much sought after world-class international positive change causing speaker.

 Contact: Phone: +2348034709985 or +2348179032946.

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OPPORTUNITY: YOUR BEST FRIEND?

OPPORTUNITY: YOUR BEST FRIEND?

Hello friend, I visited a friend nearby who owned a company. I had not seen this friend or his company in about 4 months. I noticed that his company had grown in a short while. As we spoke I also noticed his knowledge had increased and his level of thinking had improved. I wondered what he had done to achieve this; and the answer came from what he said: “I loved moving from my house to my office and vice versa via bikes because it was faster for me, but when the restriction of bike was effected by the government, I was forced to enter a bus, however the bus is a lot slower because of the heavy traffic so I utilize the opportunity to read at least 2 pages to a chapter of a book every time to my place of work and another minimum of 2 pages from my place of work to my house while in the bus. However I couldn’t do this when plying the road on a bike. After getting home on the bike I would be too tired to read or something would distract me and on getting to the office, I would be too busy to read”.    It now dawned on me that this friend of mine saw an opportunity to improve himself in a “set back” instead of complaining and feeling annoyed like most people would. He turned it to his favour. By definition, an opportunity is a favourable time, occasion or period to do something or achieve a goal. It can also be defined as a chance for promotion or favourable or advantageous circumstance.

If opportunity is good, why do we miss our opportunities? Simple, because we do not know or recognize our opportunities when we see them.

“Opportunity usually is not noticed because it comes dressed in overalls and it comes as work”-  Thomas Edison.

Facts About opportunities:

1) Opportunities are everywhere and always facing us every day: I mean let’s check this out, you wake up every day and you see problems; these are opportunities. And solving these problems helps you to be promoted or to make money. I remember a young man in my country that was trying to study abroad but could not raise the funds. He was at home one day and he saw a foreigner trying to teach his son how to ride a bicycle, but he couldn't (a problem). So this young man volunteered to help the foreigner teach his son and within minutes the boy was riding his bicycle (a solution). The foreigner was so happy with the young man; he decided to help the young man school abroad in the foreigner’s country with all expenses paid by the foreigner. Why? Because the young man saw an opportunity not a problem.   

2) Opportunities sometimes come in seasons: Look at life for instance. You wake up in the morning and you go to bed in the night. You have morning season and night season. Seasons come and go but some of them return but some never and some take a very long time, decades or even centuries. A good example is your childhood. You will always be a child once; and after that you will never be a child again. You are an adult and there is nothing you can do about it. If you did not enjoy your childhood years by playing with toys and running around then it is too late to do that. There is a particular comet called Halley’s Comet that you see once in a life time.

3) Opportunities are sometimes not obvious and come from the least likely areas and sources. No wonder the great inventor Thomas Edison once said:” Opportunities usually not noticed by people because they come in overalls dressed as work.

4) Avoid places and people that will not offer you opportunities: A wise man once said that I do not go where I am tolerated; I only go where I am celebrated or needed.

5) Opportunities can be created: In the fifteenth century (1666/1667), Isaac Newton was at home, because his school Cambridge University had been closed down for one solid year due to an outbreak of a plague, while at home, instead of wasting his time, he created an opportunity by working on the experiments that later made him the world renowned scientist that he is now. Newton created an opportunity where there seemed to be none.

Final word: Opportunities are everywhere, use it now and don’t procrastinate. You’ll be effective.

May be continued later………  

Final Word: When opportunity encounters preparation, success is inevitable.

D.A. Ayo.  

D.A. Ayo is a Medical doctor by training and management consultant, professional speaker, trainer and a coach specifically in the area of soft skills, personal effectiveness and personal transformation in different aspects of life and leadership.

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IRREFUTABLE FACTS OF SUCCESS/LIFE

IRREFUTABLE FACTS OF SUCCESS

In every person, creature and living thing is the desire to succeed. Yet a lot of people still fail. Why? Possibly linked to the ignorance about these irrefutable facts.                 What is the meaning of irrefutable?  This means something that is true and must be accepted.

FACT 1: EVERYONE WAS CREATED TO SUCCEED: There is no manufacturer that goes into the factory to manufacture something that does not work. Let’s think about it, a manufacturer of a new car will not go out to manufacture a car that will be stagnant.

FACT 2 THERE IS NOTHING CALLED LUCK:  Any successful person was not lucky. What we call luck is when opportunity meets  preparation.  The funny thing is that when people are preparing, no one sees them but when they succeed, that is when the whole world notices. I know the question you’ll be asking is D.A. what about lottery winners? Well the so called lottery winners too have applied some laws that have made them winners. There are more than 5 laws that they have obeyed before winning the lottery. One of them is “the law of belief”. The lottery winner believed that he could win and that was why he participated in the lottery in the first place. Another law is the “Law of Action” which he applied by going out to buy the ticket. So there is no such thing as luck in success.

FACT 3: YOUR DESIRE TO SUCCEED IS A PROOF THAT YOU CAN SUCCEED:                      It’s a known fact that if something does not exist or does not have the capability of existing, you’ll not desire it; e.g. if the is no north pole then birds will not fly there, if man could not fly then the Wright brothers would not have desired the existence of a plane. If radio could not exist then Marconi would not have invented it, if a phone could not exist then Alexander Graham bell would not have desired its existence. Not everybody has your desire to succeed. Every successful person started with a desire and they nurtured and nourished that desire to succeed until it became a reality.  So do the same with your positive desires.

FACT 4: IF YOU WANT TO SUCCEED, YOU MUST PAY THE PRICE. I traveled”decide what you want in life and PAY the price”. Everything in your life will remain static until you act on it. Supposing you lock up your room for five years and nobody could gain access to it to clean it. Would it be looking great or worse? So success is available but it is not free.

out of the country to Dubai in United Arab Emirates. I went to a mall called Dubai mall. I saw so many beautiful things that I desired but I could not afford. So after spending 4 hours there, I left empty handed. I now asked myself many years later why I left empty handed. I discovered that it was because I could not pay the price for the goods. It now also dawned on me that anything that I love or desired that I do not have is because I’ve not paid the price for it. In the school of success, anything you do not have is because you have not paid the price. And the price is sometimes work. H.L. Hunt, a multibillionaire who was a broke cotton farmer at 32years of age and was earning $3million at 56 years of age  every day and was earning $5million every day at 76years was interviewed and asked what the secret of success was, and he said

FACTS 5: NOBODY CAN MAKE YOU FAIL OR SUCCEED WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION: Another way to say this is that you are responsible for your own life. Mike Murdock says What you permit you must not complain about”.

Final thought: I’m sure with these points rightly applied you will be able to succeed anywhere on earth.

Yours in Transformation: D.A. Ayo.

D.A. Ayo is a Medical Doctor turned Management Consultant, Professional Speaker, Trainer and a Coach specifically in the areas of personal effectiveness/transformation in different aspects of life and leadership.

 Contact: Phone: +2348034709985 or +2348179032946.

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THE STORY OF THE WOOD CUTTER

THE STORY OF THE WOOD CUTTER

Hello Friends,
Can you sit back and read this short note.
Once upon a time, a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant and he got it. The pay was really good and so was the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined to do his best.
 
His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he supposed to work.
 
The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees.
 
“Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way!”
 
Very motivated by the boss words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.
 
“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.
 
“When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked.
 
“Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…”
 
 
 
Reflection:
 
Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time to sharpen the “axe”. In today’s world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but less happy that ever.
 
Why is that? Could it be that we have forgotten how to stay “sharp”? There’s nothing wrong with activity and hard work. But we should not get so busy that we neglect the truly important things in life, like our personal life, taking time to get close to our Creator, giving more time for our family, taking time to read etc.
 
We all need time to relax, to think and meditate, to learn and grow. If we don’t take the time to sharpen the “axe”, we will become dull and lose our effectiveness.

Remember that personal income is often dependent on personal development and not the other way round. 

Ways to develop yourself personally:

•        Attend professional conferences.

•        Attend seminars and training conferences.

•        Pursue advanced academic degrees.

•        Read professional journals.

•        Read newsletters and books like you’re doing now.

     Mingle or Relate with people that are smarter than you.

     Practise what you've learnt 

You will be transformed.

D.A. Ayo is a Medical doctor turned management consultant, professional speaker, trainer and a coach specifically in the area of personal effectiveness in different aspects of life and leadership.

 Contact: Phone: +2348034709985 or +2348179032946.

e-mail: To get in touch with D.A.AYO send your mails to  da4j@yahoo.com dafidiayo234@gmail.com

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