TRUTH SERIES 38:KEEP YOUR F AND I 'll KEEP MY DREAM.'

Welcome to 2011! Our year of going to the next level.Which ever level you are now,there is still a next level to be desired and step into. My desire for you and my self is that for every quarter of this year, what we have set to achieve will manifest beyond our expectations. I want to quickly share this inspiring story with you ,an excerpt from the book chicken soup for the soul,I believe it will challenge you to follow your dream.If there is one thing to follow passionately in 2011,it is your DREAM.Many will follow what the News or the Economy has to offer.But once more I challenge you to follow your DREAM.

It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable ,race track to race track,farm to farm and ranch to ranch,training horses.As a result ,the boy's high school career was continually interrupted .When he was a senior,he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

"That night he wrote a seven page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch.He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200 acre ranch ,showing the location of all the buildings,the stables and the track.Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000 square -foot house that would sit on the 200 acre dream match.

''He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it to his teacher.Two days later he received his paper back.On the front page was a large red F with a note that read ,'See me after class.'

''The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,;Why did I received F?'

''The teacher said ,'This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you.You have to no money.You come from an itinerant family .You have no resources .Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money.You have to buy the land.You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to pay a large stud fees.There is no way you could ever do it.'Then the teacher added , 'If you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal ,I will reconsider your grade.'

''The boy went home and thought about it long and hard.He asked his father what he should do.His father said ,'Look son ,you have to make up your own mind on this.However ,I think it is a very important decision for you.'

''Finally,after sitting with it for a week ,the boy turned in the same paper ,making no changes at all.He stated ,'You can keep your F and I 'll keep my DREAM.'

The young boy who is now a man turned to his audience and said I tell you this story because we are right now sitting in my 4,000-squared foot house in the middle of 200 acre horse ranch.I still have that school paper framed over the fire place.''he added the best part of the story is that two summers ago that same school teacher brought 30kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.When the teacher was leaving ,he said , ' Look ,I can tell you this now .When I was your teacher ,I was something of a dream killer .During those years I stole a lot of kids' dreams.Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours.''

As you live through this year,develop enough courage and gumption to keep and follow your dream.BECAUSE IT WILL COME TO PASS.Now is the time!

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TRUTH SERIES 37-PREPARING FOR SUCCESS 3

Planning

A wise saying goes thus:He who fail to plan is planning to fail.

Another important thing that highly successful people do is that they plan and prepare for their entire day. They only concentrate on the things that are urgent and important. Then, they discipline themselves to start working on their most important tasks and stay with them during the day until theyre complete.

Association

He who walks with the wise shall be wise. Proverbs 13 v 20.we can as well say He who walks with a successful person will succeed too. Who you associate with determine how effective you are preparing to succeed in life.

TAKE NOTES- Think on paper

The shortest pencil they say is longer than the longest memory. Develop the habit of going round with writing materials, jot down your thoughts and ideas always and Ponder on it.

Think on paper. If you study and prepare yourself, your chance will come as well. There is nothing you cannot accomplish if youll invest the effort to get yourself ready for the success that you desire. And there is nothing that can stop you but your own lack of preparation.

Your possibilities are endless, your potential is unlimited, and your future will open up for you when you prepare yourself for the success that must inevitably be yours.

GET READY FOR SUCCESS,ON YOUR MARK ,SET ,GO

I look forward to hearing from you. send your comments to ,dreamnewnigeria@yahoo.com

TRUTH SERIES 36-PREPARING FOR SUCCESS in 2011-PT 2

GETTING READY FOR SUCCESS

There are a series of things that you can do to become ready for success. All of these activities require self-discipline and a great deal of faith. They require self-discipline because the most normal and natural thing for people to do is to try to get by without preparation.

YOU MUST HAVE FAITH

Success most times are not attain at the beginning and at first attempt. Sometimes you have to keep on doing what you believe in until a desired result is achieved. To increase our passion for success ,a lot of faith is needed as we prepare for success i.e a strong believe in our actions towards fulfilling a set goal.

Preparation also requires a lot of faith because you have no guarantee that your preparation will pay off. You simply have to believe, deep within yourself, that everything you do of a constructive nature will come back to you in some way.

You have to know that a good effort is never wasted. You have to be willing to sow for a long time before you reap, knowing that if you do sow in quality and quantity, the reaping will come about inevitably with force of a law of nature.

FOCUS ON YOUR STRENGTH

In preparing for success, one of the very best questions that you can ask yourself, continually, is: What can I do, that if done well, will make a difference in my career? Your ability to honestly appraise yourself and to identify the particular skill area that may be holding you back is critical for your future success.avoid those areas that you dont enjoy because youre not particularly good at them. It requires faith and character for you to admit your weaknesses in a particular area and then resolve to go to work to develop yourself so those weaknesses dont hold you back.

GET INFORMED

One of the greatest changes that has ever taken place in our society happened in 1989 when the world changed from the Industrial Age to the Information Age. We are now living in an information-based society. Because of the internet and other technological advances more than 60 percent of the working population is in the business of processing information in some way.

This means that we now are living in a knowledge-based society and you have to be a person of knowledge if youre going to succeed. To succeed you must be able to work with your mind, your mental talents and abilities. Gone are the days of laboring in the factories and the mills.

THINKING

In a way your thoughts are connected with your success. You must first succeed inside your thoughts before you succeed in the physical world. Today you can succeed only by thinking, and the more effectively you think and the better prepared you are mentally, the more productive and positive youll be.mind you, if you must think, think out of the box, think possibility ,think creative.

READING

One of the most important things you can do to prepare yourself for success is to set aside one to two hours each day to read something uplifting. It will amaze you that He who does not read is not different from him who cannot read. Read material that is educational, motivational, or inspirational. If you spend at least one hour each day investing in your mind, taking in mental protein reading good books, business magazines, trade journals, and newsletters.

See you for the concluding part as u get prepare to succeed in 2011.

TRUTH SERIES 35-PREPARING FOR SUCCESS 1

PREPARING FOR SUCCESS 1

There is a quotation by Abraham Lincoln made when he was a young lawyer in Springfield, Illinois. He said, I will study and prepare myself, and someday my chance will come.

In my own words, I see success like an occasion or an examination we must prepare for.

Lets Ponder a little bit, what comes to your mind when you hear the word success? What then is success?

Success is simply achieving set goals or getting what we desired.

Success is having results i.e Positive.

Success is also becoming who will dream or desired to become.

Everyone wants to be successful. Everyone wants to have more, be more, do more, and enjoy more of what life has to offer. Everyone wants to be successful. But very few people want to engage in the rigorous hard work, hour after hour, month after month, and year after year, that is required to prepare themselves for success.

You too, want to be successful. You want to be a big success in life. You want to develop your potential to the maximum. You want to be everything you are capable of becoming. You want to make all the money you possible can and enjoy the finest standards of living that you can achieve. You want to earn the esteem and appreciation of all those people around you whose opinions you care about. The way to be successful has never changed. Success requires preparation.

Preparation and Opportunity

Author and speaker, Earl Nightingale said that if a person does not prepare for his success, when the opportunity comes, it will only make him look foolish. Youve probably heard it said repeatedly that luck is what happens when preparedness meets opportunity.

It is only, when youve paid the price to be ready for your success that you will be in a position to take advantage of your opportunities, when they arise. And the most remarkable thing is this: The very act of preparation attracts to you, like iron fillings to a magnet, opportunities to use that preparation to advance your life. You’ll seldom learn anything of value, or prepare yourself in any area, without soon having a chance to use your new knowledge and your new skills to move ahead more rapidly.

See you in Part two of this write up as I write on what are the things to do in getting ready for Success.

UNIQUE Seun