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DECIDES TO BE THE CHOSEN ONE Could you have imagined that a single mother who had no job, but depends on welfare to take care of her daughter would become a multimillionaire in less than five years time. That is the story of the ALL-TIME BEST-SELLING BOOK SERIES author J.K. Rowling. This woman was still surviving on welfare when she submitted the manuscript for her first book Harry Potter. She had it rough to the point of attempting suicide, but she thought to her self, it wasn't my fault that negative things of life befalls her, but it will be her fault if she do not take responsibility to get the best out of it.  We often assume that successful people got to where they are because they went to the right school or knew the right person or had the right genetics or stumbled into the right job at the right time. It’s easier to think about success this way because then you can say that these people were lucky to have certain advantages and you weren’t, and that’s what made the diffe...

As children, we are raised to believe that anything is possible. But this belief seems to fade once the pressure of 'real life' kicks in and there are bills to be paid, career choices to be made, and social expectations to be met. When your childhood dreams are put on the back-burner for so long, how can you recreate yourself and start down the path to doing the impossible.  Invest in your identity:   Your identity is a fluid illusion yet it still drives your actions. You are whoever you think you are. With that said, you can work with this illusion to direct your life in the direction you want to go. Structure your experiences around all the facets of your fascinations. Follow up on places, people, and interests that speak directly to your inner-self. Embrace your passions. Do your research. Figure out how the specific fields that interest you developed. Who were the key players responsible for making things happen? What is their approach? What cities/places ...

Rule #1 Love everything and everyone in your life and neighborhood : Be caring kind don't listen to the negative comments others make. Help your community so you can feel happy about your self.It can be in the form of keeping your community clean and encouraging others to do so or by helping an ailing person in your neighbourhood feel better. You can also gather everyone to celebrate certain occasions together. It always turns out to be fun. Rule #2 Live it to the max and do every thing you want to : Ever wanted to go bush hunting, go ahead. Make a list of 50 things you want to do. Life is full of adventures , try hard never give up. Whenever you get a chance to try out something new never miss it.It may also include things you may think are boring but may not necessarily be that way. Rule #3 Stay fit and healthy exercise for at least an hour a day : When you are healthy your happy, keep working out never stop working out. Surveys show that people who are...

…..Continued from Yesterday It’s not uncommon to think of personal reinvention as being somewhat contrived or manipulative. But reinventing you isn’t about becoming what you are not, but more of who you are. It’s about taking control of your life and living strategically. Who do you want to be? And what do you need to get there?” It’s about making sure that our personal brands reflect the reality of our lives. But in doing this, you need to be hyperaware of what you’re doing and make sure you’re signaling explicitly to the outside world what you’re trying to build. This is where doing the homework —know your higher self—will help you to have the fortitude to press on. Make no mistake is very easy to give it up and resort to the old habits of behavior, hence it is important to keep monitoring your reputation to ensure others perceive you the way you’d like by keep projecting the new behavior until you’re comfortable with it and others begin to accept it as the new “normal.” Y...

I’m certainly not normal.   I was born obsessed, larger eyeballs, flat buttocks, blond-haired, blue-eyed, and colorblind.   So not only do I look different – I also see differently than “normal”  people.   To make matters worse, I’m left-handed… just a cesspool of recessive genes.   This is how many of us have seen our lives; we failed to realize that “normal” was only a concept in one’s mind.   In fact, “normal” wasn’t the same as everyone else’s. Some even go a bit further my “normal” was unique.   And in fact it was just a way of limiting theirselves, a concept rooted in fear to begin with. Realize that you are not like anyone else on earth.   No one on this planet is exactly the same as you are, even if you have a twin.   It’s not even close.   Your individual collection of experiences makes you unique. Yet what do most people do with this uniqueness?   They try to forget it.   They cling to the pack, thinking that ne...