The Secret of Life Rhapsody

The Goal of Your Gift People say that the goal of your gift is to make Profit for you and the World. However, I believe that the goal of your gift is to leave a Legacy to the world. So I ask you today: What is your legacy? Everyman will only leave 4 things behind: 1.        Memories: Thoughts others have of you 2.        Souvenirs: Proof of our Existence 3.        Trophies: Records of our Achievements 4.        Legacies: Everything you Are A legacy as defined by Merriam Webster is something (A gift) transmitted from a predecessor. So your gift must impart the next generation.   A typical example of a legacy is the Dafinone family that got into the Guinness Book of Records for the family with the highest number of Chartered Accounts  in the world. Clearly the father left his children the gift of managing people’s finan...

How to Maximize Time When Developing Your Gift? One of the greatest challenges I faced when developing my gift was:   “How do I maximize Time when Developing My Gift” It seems like 24 hours is never enough. Unfortunately, time is one resource that is finite and every man is only given 24 hours or 86400 minutes per day. So how do you maximize time particularly while developing your gifting? I propose that you start with small blocks of time and then continue to improve your time blocks, until it becomes a tangible block of working time. I use the Pomodoro Technique to maximize my Time when Developing My Gift. To use this technique, you need a Pencil, A to DO List, An Alarm Clock/Timer and An Activity Inventory Sheet and A Records Sheet where you will list your interruptions. At the beginning of a new work week, put all the activities you have to accomplish on the Activity Inventory Sheet. At the beginning of each day, write the tasks you mu...

How Much Time Do I Need to Develop My Gift? This is one question that is on the mind of everyone embarking on a self-defined journey. Let me say this question was always on my mind as started developing my gift. I kept asking myself:  How long should I study, practice and hone my gift until it is ready to serve the world? Malcolm Gladwell gave me the answer in his book: “Outliers: The Story of Success” Please watch his interview from this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS5EsTc_-2Q He said you should have practiced or apprenticed for 10,000 hours. The question is how much practice does it take to develop your gift? The Formula: 4 hrs/day * 5 days week * 50 weeks * 10 years =10,000. So what are you waiting for: Start Developing Your Gift today!!!! Remember, Successful leaders start small!!!!

What is your Gift? Everyman has a unique gift and a reason for being on earth. That gift must be discovered. That gift is in you. Please if you did not read the blog post “The Secret of Life is IN YOU” posted on 17 th October 2016, kindly read it on http://secretofliferhapsody.blogspot.com.ng/ The story emphasizes the fact that the secret of your success (i.e. Your Gifting) lies inside you. Little wonder why Mark Twain said that “The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you figure out why you were born.” Stop for a minute and Ponder : Why were you born? My answer to you is that: You are gift to the World. SO I ask you again: “What is your gift?” The only way to identify your gift is for you to embark on an introspective journey to understand yourself. Ask yourself these questions: What do I love doing? What will make me wake up at odd hours?  When you identify that gift, build a routine ar...

The Habit that leads to Success We are a creature of Habit. Our craving is what drives our habits. For example, if we have a craving of eating a lot, that craving becomes a habit that makes you eat all the time and the result is that you add weight until you become obese. So I guess the question is: How do you develop a New Habit? A New habit begins when: 1.     You do anything that excites you to action (E.g. Learn Music, Go to School) 2.     You fix a routine and 3.     It has a reward that has been enumerated. I remember when I started working on my first book. I scheduled a routine to always write every Saturday from 6am to 9pm. The result after one year: The book is ready for print. My Summation: The habit that leads to success begins with an important goal, a routine and a reward that has been thought about. P.S: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg helped me illuminate this...

What Are your Numbers? 1.     Do you run a business? 2.     If you do. How much did you make last year, last month or better still, how much did you make last week? 3.     If you are an employee, how much in terms of percentage or productivity did you contribute to the company’s bottom line? If you are a business owner and you don’t have an answer to question 2, then that is the reason why you don’t know what drives your profit margin and where you are losing money from? If you are an employee and you don’t have an answer to question 3, then that is the reason why promotion has eluded you and that your organization has put you on the list of employees that will be downsized. Every business owner must know their numbers. You must know your monthly income. You must know your monthly expenses. You must know your energy costs. The essence of knowing this is for you to know what is constraining your business and...

 How to become More Spiritual Everyone desires to become more spiritual, but few are willing to take the plunge. Some people don’t even know where to start from or how to start. I believe that the path to follow to become more spiritual includes: Understand that God alone deserves all the worship and honor and not any man. Understand that God is too glorious to be replaced by things such as cars, clothes, shoes, bags. Understand that the way to deeper knowledge of God is by soul poorness and denial of material things and seeking spiritual things. Understand that believing in God is simply the beginning of faith and spirituality. Understand that when you solely plan for what’s good, you will find God in the middle of your plans. Recognize that you are never alone and that God is constantly with you and he is never more than a blink away.