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THE ART OF EXCEPTIONAL LIVING BY JIM ROHN

When you look at the life you currently life, how does it make you feel? Do you feel that you have achieved all that you’ve wanted? Most likely, you have not achieved all of your goals. There are those who lead mundane, hum-drum lifestyles as well as those who are much happier and fulfilled. However, no matter where you are in your life at the moment, there is still the chance to master the art of exceptional living.
First, you must define what exceptional living means to you. If you could improve at least five things in your life, what would they be? Probably you would want to improve your financial situation and possibly even make a few personal changes such as lose weight, become healthier, less stressed, etc. You might even envision yourself living somewhere else and having better relationships as well as more friendships. Maybe you just want some peace and quiet. Whatever your definitions of exceptional living is, it’s definitely possible.
People who lead better-than-average lifestyles are much more content. Everything they want seems to come to them with relative ease. However, it is important to realize that these people do not make it to where they want to be overnight. You must develop within you a very intense and deep longing for a better lifestyle. Often, people don’t reach out for the type of lifestyle they yearn for until things become unbearable with their current lifestyle.
One thing is for sure, and it is that if you are not currently happy and your situation is not improving, it is only going to get worse. The reality is that you can either wait for it to become so bad that you are forced to change it. Sooner or later, something has got to give, right? Why not take the steps necessary to produce change now?
Fortunately, it does not take much to get the wheels of your life spinning in a better direction. The first step is figuring out what you want to change. In order to do this, just think for a moment about the things in your life that make you uncomfortable. In the end, you will find that the ultimate solution to all of your problems is to focus on your own happiness.
When a person focuses on leading an exceptional lifestyle, everything else falls into place. All it takes is one simple improvement to get things moving in the right direction. There are numerous guides on the market that provide people with the very information needed to begin their journey toward a more pleasing life. All it truly takes is some time to sit down and discover who you really are and what you really want.
Perhaps you feel as though you’re being selfish by wanting more. Too often, as people mature into their adult years, they begin looking at life through restricted lenses. They believe that the life they are living is the life they are meant to live, and they are in the position they are in for a reason. Unfortunately, most people are being limited by their own beliefs. Those who are successful and truly abundant do not feel that it is a crime to be happy. They do outrageous things and they succeed because they have a true desire to achieve their dreams.
The art of exceptional living is not something that is only available to those who were born into rich families or people who are beautiful and talented, it’s something that everyone can have. Remember that the first step toward achieving the life of your dreams is having the desire to change, and then doing everything in your power to manifest that change.

 

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The Source Determines Potential

     “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”
                           Benjamin Disraeli

The nature of life of everything made or created is that there's a source from where it originates from. Therefore the level of its potential is derived from that point in which it is originated from.  Everything is made up of the same stuff as what it comes out of. For an example if the plant decides “I am tired of the soil it also decides to I am ready to die”. If you decide you do not need God, you also have decided never to become all he created you to become. Life is not possible when a thing separated from its source. Whatever God said came out of what he spoke to, Gen 1v 26-28.

²⁶God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.^(D)

    ²⁷So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.^(E)

    ²⁸And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.

The above scripture defines what we are, it also provide us with the productivity manual. My success and your success depend on the source, which is God. Mind you that you and I are dead soil without the spirit of God put in us. For you to succeed in every plan you have in life, stay connected to the source. It is the source that can enable you to completion in your life no matter what other motivations could be. Things which are made out of originals possess threats as time goes on.

The performance of an athlete depends on the amount of time spent in training. When you see an athlete breaking records in the Olympic Games you reflect on the preparation which is training. Therefore, the strength of an athlete in the field is an indication that there is a correlation with the time spent in the training. Your success will depend in the understanding you have of where you come from. Let us take the building of a house for an example; for a house to be stronger and last a long time and against powerful storms, it should have a strong foundation. The foundation of the house becomes the sources of the house. Without the foundation the house is not a house but a disaster to be revealed.

You have potential but it will take you understand your source in maximising that potential. Don't die with this potential because graveyards are already full of dreams neer lived, songs never released, houses never built and love never shown. What has limited yourself in reaching what you dream of, what you praise from other people around. The thruth of the matter is, your source wants you to excell beyond measure if only you acknowledge Him.

God bless you as you Discover yourself and your abilities in your life.

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From Risk to Riches

   “Conquest of what is deemed unattainable makes the journey all the more exciting.” Aakanksha Sharma

Life has rewarded mostly people who have taken Risks. Those who have stayed in their Comfort zones have only experienced the rewards of being passive in life. In the study I have conducted of all the Wealthy and Great people only one Common Dernominator has been identified and that is Risks. In some context their refer to it as Faith and some Calculated Risks. But one thing of all is that making a move was once impossible.

There are many lives that have been deprived meaning due to fear of taking life worthy risks. Hence there are those who are sung as heroic just because someone believed that they were worth taking. Even in relationships, careers, businesses, teams and organizations there those risks not been taken as result only ordinary experiences are witnessed.

Linda Proctor in her book Earn it and Enjoy it highlighted on risk the following scenarios;
 
What risks have you taken in your life? What benefits have you reaped by being in your comfort zone? If your answer on taking risk has benefited you in your life, live to take risk because they are rewarding but if you're not for how long are you going to lock your abilities in that comfort?

Lastly, one way or the other life is a risk so do not dispise taking risk if the outcome will change your life to the better. If it wasn't for taking risks in life, you would'nt be walking today and in a relationship you're in, have a degree from that institution and wake up in the morning to work for the pay you'll get at the end of the month.

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If you are unwilling to risk, you are voting for mediocrity in your life. Let me first bring your attention to these risk takers:
When slavery was an accepted way to treat people, William Wilberforce stood up in the British Parliament, spoke out against it, and began the process of abolishing it. Wilberforce was willing to risk. Think about what it took.

When Rosa Parks refused to go to the back of the bus as was the custom for Black people, she risked and won. She ignited the Civil Rights movement in the United States.

Top Brands Sell

We live in a society where we associate ourselves with selected actities which are of certain value in our everyday lives. This has created a space where even people we interact with should be of a certain class or standard. Brands have taken our everyday living with storm because we want to be perceived as valuable beings.

This has also contributed in the work place, friendships and political arena that people we relate to should be Personal Branded. Personal Branding is therefore a manner in which one builds himself or herself to attract opportunities in life. This happens even in sports, that is why teams pay Millions to players who are catogorised as the Top Players to give their teams value. But the uneasy thruth about this is that it takes those individual players to work hard in Gyms, Lifestyle and more. I have seen talented people fail to make it to mark due for being brandless.

Why is a goal by Beckham enjoyed more than a goal by any other player?

Why do we have people build temples for Amitabh Bachchan (a famous Indian filmstar) and not for any other equally successful movie star? Does the answer lie only in the talents possessed by these individuals or something beyond that? Do these personalities “brand” themselves and consciously do or refrain from doing things that affect their brand image?

A BRAND may be defined as a name to which a set of associations and benefits has become attached in the consumer's mind. This name could be that of a product, a service, a corporate entity or even an individual.

There are numerous examples of people who have become brands.

Internationally, numerous names across industry sectors and occupational profiles come to mind including Madonna, Armani, Michael Jackson, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Richard Branson, Mother Teresa and so on. In the business arena it is a widely accepted fact that dynamic CEOs become intrinsically linked to the companies they represent. (Eg. Jack Welch, Lee Iacocca). As such it is important not only for a company to brand its offerings but also its people and its leader.

Various authors have different views on the need for personal branding.

However, all of them agree that a personal brand plays the same role as any brand does – of differentiating a product, service (or person) from others.

Steve Van, author of Get Slightly Famous, points out the following advantages of branding oneself:

• Differentiate yourself from your competition

• Position your focused message in the hearts and minds of your target customers

• Confers “top of mind” status

• Increases authority and credence of decisions

• Places you in a leadership role

• Enhances prestige

• Attracts the right people and opportunities

• Adds perceived value to what you are selling

• Earns recognition

• Associates you with a trend

• Increases earning potential

Peter Montoya however says that a personal brand does not:

• Cover up incompetence

• Make you famous

• Get you to your goals and suggests that an individual should develop a Personal Brand:

• When you feel unrecognized for accomplishments

• When others are achieving goals you set for yourself

• When you feel you have gone as far as you can conventionally

• When you want an edge over your competition.

How to create a personal brand

Creating personal brands is very much like creating any brand. We must decide the brand elements, give meaning to them, position them, communicate the meaning and manage it over time. According to marketing consultant Kristie Tamsevicius, an underlying assumption of personal branding philosophy is that each of us has unique gifts and a distinct purpose in life.

There steps to Personal Branding

Determine Who You Are

Since personal brands have a direct reflection on the person, to identify our personal brands we must ask ourselves – what do I do that makes me different (Tom Peters). We must identify our greatest strengths and most noteworthy personal traits.

Personal branding is about determining who you are at your core authentic self, rather than inventing a brand that you would like to be perceived as.

One’s personal brand emerges from the search for identity and meaning, out of which comes an awareness of personal strengths and talents.

It also involves determining ones brand elements - making conscious choices about the people to associate with, the clothes to wear, the food to eat, the place where to stay, the way of speaking in public and in private etc. It is essentially telling the world who you are through visible cues.

Determine What You Do

This involves writing down ones greatest area of professional interest or passion. This reflects the kind of work one wants to do in life. It involves asking oneself - What do I do that adds remarkable, measurable, distinguished, distinctive value? What do I do that I am most proud of ?

Personal branding is not applying an attractive mask, it is understanding what ones values are, and learning to make these values relevant to other people. Much of developing a personal brand centers on identifying personal values.

Position Yourself

By identifying the qualities or characteristics that make a person distinctive from his competitors or colleagues, one can create a positioning for himself.

What have I done to make myself stand out? What would my colleagues or my customers say is my greatest and clearest strength?

While promoting brand You, everything than a person does or chooses not to do communicates the value and character of the brand. Everything from the way of handling phone calls, to the email messages, to the way of conducting business in a meeting is part of the larger message that is sent about a personal brand. Just like it is true for products and services, good personal brands stand apart from others and create strong favourable and unique associations. The aim of every personal brand is to be clear, distinctive, and be easily understood, and to expresses a unique, compelling benefit that people believe in.

Manage Your Brand

According to Montoya, the key to any personal branding campaign is "word of- mouth marketing." The network of friends, colleagues, clients, and customers is the most important marketing vehicle that a personal brand has got. What they say about the brand is what the market will ultimately gauge as the value of the brand.

The personal brand must establish a place of trust and relevance in the prospects minds. The more it is believed by people, the more it will spread throughout the market without pushing.

To evaluate how is brand You doing it is necessary to obtain honest, helpful feedback on the brand performance, growth and value. The next step is to work to close the gap between what the brand is today and how it wants to be perceived by others.

So to determine how far you can go you need to set yourself as a Brand that will attract people to you, that will attract funding to your ideas or projects. Remember that is how people like Bill Gates, Steven Jobs, Vusi Thembekwayo, Sboniso Mtshali started. Ask yourself who are you in the Nutshell and usee the above steps to Add Value in Your Life.

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Ngabe kusho ukuthini ukuqala unyaka omusha kuwe?

Ukuqala konyaka omusha kusho izinto eziningi kubantu abaningi. Kwabanye kusho ukwedlulela kwelinye izinga elingcono kunaleli ekade bekulo ngonyaka odlule, kwabanye kusho ukuqala kabusha nezinhlelo ekade bezenzile zangaphumelela kanti kwabanye kuyafana nje.

Sithanda noma singathandi impilo iyaqhubeka, lokho kusho ukuthi usuku lwanamuhla ngeke lufane nolwakusasa kanti lungafani noluphelile. Manje kubalulekile ukuthi umuntu akuhlelele ukuqala unyaka ukuze uphele azi ukuthi uzuzeni futhi kumele ashintshe kuphi ukuze impilo ibengcono. Abanye bethu bayeka izinto kuze kuphele isikhathi ekubeni umuntu ebengenza kahle uma kade ehlale phansi wahlela ukuthi ufunani empilweni futhi kumele athathe ini ayihlanganise nani ukuze abe uyaphumelela.

Abantu esibabona komabonakude nasemaphepheni ngelinye ilanga bazinikeza ithemba lokuthi “ kulonyaka ngizokwenza izinto zenzeke”. Abanye abazange baphumelele kepha bangalahla ithemba kwaze kwalunga. Kungani ungacabangi ukuthi nawe unamandla okwenza kwenzeke ngaphandle kokuthi uvelaphi nokuthi unani njengamanje. Unyaka mufishane uma uzodelela usuku, isonto kanye nenyanga. Zinikele ekutheni unyaka ka 2011 owakho futhi uzokwenza impilo yakho ibe yisibonelo esihle nakwabanye abantu. Uma ungakucabangi ukuthi ungakwenza kwenzeke ekekho ongakwenzela kwenzeke, libala amanxeba ka 2011 kepha zilungiselele u 2012 futhi uzitshele ukuthi noma kanjani ngizophumelela.

Bakwethu, masikhumbule ukuthi singabashayeli bempilo yethu. Ngeke sifike lapho esifuna ukufika khona uma singangeni esihlalweni somshayeli sisuse inqola yempumelelo. Kholelwa kuwe kanye nakunyaka ka 2012 ukuthi awufani neminye iminyaka nokuthi nawe awufani nabanye abantu ngalokho uzonqoba. “ ungahambi lapho kunendlela khona kepha hamba lapho ingekho khona ushiye indlela ngoba ukukholelwa ebuqhaweni kwenza amaqhawe”. Make uzibuze ukuthi lonyaka ka 2012 usho ukuthini kuwe nokuthi ukuphatheleni? Usaphendula ngithi ziphe ithuba kube kanye lokuphumelela empilweni.  

Ukuphumelela kwempilo yakho kuncike ekutheni uzibheka kanjani. Imicabango onayo ngawe kumele kube yileyo ungumuntu ophumelelayo noma ngabe yini oyenzayo. Ungalenzi iphutha lokubambelela kokubi okwenzakele empilweni yakho kepha zitshele ukuthi lesi yisikhathi sakho sempumelelo.

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