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    Success Paradigms 101 1

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    The Blessed Life Life as God intended

    Success principles

    In Jeremiah 29 vs. 11, God spoke some words that will forever ring in my spirit

    because these words changed my paradigm in a significant way. Having grown

    up under challenging circumstances there was an ingrained belief hidden in methat life was not meant to be good for me. It could be fine for others but not me,

    I felt that there was no one who was really interested in my success. As I went

    through school these feelings were further established when I just did not seem

    to excel in my academics. I would switch off every time a challenge seemed togo beyond my mind; I never developed a fight that would go against failing at

    an assignment. I would accept that as my part in life, even during my years in

    school I would find myself settling in to being in the lowest classes and that

    constantly communicated that I will always be at the back end of life.

    This however began to change when I became a Christian I began to see that I

    had a significant part to play in building a better world. The discovery of

    purpose brought about the discovery of Gods thoughts about me that He is

    thinking thoughts of good and not evil and that God wants to bring me to anexpected preplanned prosperous end. I had to make up my mind whether God

    was good or bad or a mix of both depending on whether or not He was in a

    good mood. If He was good then I was ready to serve him and discover His

    plans for my life. If God was bad or unpredictable I was not ready to follow

    Him as that was what my life was already. Religion had taught me that God

    was a senile unpredictable old man who was waiting to punish me for

    everything I did wrong. But my quest for the truth of the word and my coming

    to a church that taught the truth helped me to change my paradigms about Godand about my life.

    This is where I began to discover that life is governed by principles that were

    initiated or put in place by God. God tells Joshua that as you go into the

    Promised Land there is a prerequisite to prosperity and good success, which is

    meditating on the book of the law and keeping it in your

    mouth. This way you will be able to glean from it theprinciples that you need in order to fulfill your worthwhile

    God-given ideal, purpose or destiny. I am a firm believerthat Jeremiah 29 vs. 11 applies to every human being ever

    to be born on this planet. God has a plan for them just as He

    had a plan for Joshua and the nation he was leading. I then settled this in my

    heart that if God is thinking about me I want to know those thoughts and I want

    to fulfill them. This is when success was born in me. Psalm 92 vs. 4-5 made it

    clear to me that I will triumph at the work of Gods hands and that His thoughts

    are very deep.

    I want to encourage you with this that God is thinking about you; discover His

    thought book and pursue the things written in that book and do them and you

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    Success Paradigms 101 3

    Its cho i c e-not chance that de t e rmines your dest iny

    will see success in your life regardless of your background and how bad the

    current situation is. My prayer is that you will be inspired and motivated by thismanual to start your walk of success. You are not doomed to failure until you

    decide you are, there are no curses for failure in your life except the one you

    decree over your own destiny. The principle is you attract what you believe

    about yourself, as a man thinks in his heart so is he, you will prosper and walk

    in health in proportion to the prosperity and success that is in your soul. The

    eight lessons that you will go though in this manual will help you condition

    your heart and mind for success in every area of your life. There are practical

    sections that will help you think through some important components of your

    journey, take time to think and write your answers in the fill in section. I also

    encourage you to buy yourself a good success journal or open a success folder

    on your computer. Begin to journal or document the thoughts and events that

    will begin to happen in your life as you have begun a significant journey and

    you will never be the same again.

    PrefaceResearch and surveys done say only about 2-5% of all people succeed in life;

    these are startling statistics that I hate with all my heart. It is my life mission to

    change this by bringing more people to a place where they are successful inlife. I firmly believe that life is governed by principles and a careful study of

    ones life will help in discovering why you are where you are and how you can

    get yourself to the desired place of success.

    Follow these principles and you can change your destiny,

    you are not doomed to failure by some curse or some bad

    luck on your life. You are the master of your own destiny.

    Never relegate your personal growth, development and

    success to somebody else. Joshua 1 vs. 8 tells us that if you

    do the word and meditate on it day and night YOU will

    make YOUR way prosperous and YOU will have good success. Its up to younot the government, the economic conditions or your family background, its up

    to you. Interesting to note that your success does not even depend on God

    because if it did rest on God, then we would all be successful because that isHis desire. We have a significant part to play in what happens in our own lives,

    we have to take responsibility for our lives. This lesson works along with

    another, which helps you understand why we go through certain storms and

    painful experiences on the way to our appointed blessing. Destined forgreatness is a lesson you also need to do for yourself as you develop your

    success paradigms.

    Let us begin with a definition seeing we are dealing with an interesting subject.

    Success has many definitions and thats fine. That does not mean there is awrong or right definition, you need to have a clear picture of what you want to

    achieve in life and for us in this lesson the most basic understanding of success

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    is being able to realize that dream or desire. We will also help you develop that

    goal a little more so that it has a greater level of significance to you and othersaround you. For someone success might be a big house, two cars a wife and

    two children. To another success might be a huge multinational conglomerate

    that hits billions in annual profits, and yet another might see success as

    becoming a president of a country, or simply having a mud hut on a plot and

    some cattle. Success can be the realization of any these ifthis is the set goal. A house wife who set out to be that is

    successful, one who wants to be a postman and becomes

    one is successful and a millionaire who sets out to be one is

    successful. These principles will help you achieve success

    in your life. But if this manual is successful it will provoke

    you to see beyond just your own life, to the impact you can

    have on many others around you. Our success is measured by our ability to get

    you out of your personal box into a paradigm that will measure success by the

    significance you can pass on to others. A good man or woman leaves aninheritance for his childrens children.

    Success defined= The progressive realization of a

    worthwhile ideal (set vision)

    Success begins with a focus to achieve something

    but it does not end until lives are changed by the

    success. Napoleon Hill says A successful man is

    not lonely because he has helped many others arrive

    at the place of success I believe that real success will result in many lives

    being impacted not just the seeker of the success, there must be a spill over thatcauses many to be blessed. God said to Abram the ultimate result of what I amdoing in your life is through you shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.

    If you arrive at success and you are all alone then your success is not real but

    its empty and void of real life.

    Examples in the Bible of people that pursued a worthwhile goal that was ablessing to many

    1. Genesis 24 vs. 21-24; 39-46; 56 (Vision. Get a wife for the master so that the

    blessing can be generational) When Eliezer succeeded we were blessed becausethe Hebrew nation was birthed through that lineage

    2. Genesis 39 vs. 2-6; 21-23 (Vision, run Potiphers house, run the prison, run

    the nation so that Israel can be preserved and multiplied in preparation for Gods

    agenda to be fulfilled)

    3. Joshua 1 vs. 7-8 (Vision; get the nation to possess the land so God can

    establish His covenant with His people)

    Read these stories and see how the pursuit of a worthwhile goal can be a

    blessing to many other people besides you. The Bible is a collection of storiesthat impacted the destinies of many other people.

    This manual as I have already stated, is designed to help you develop a new

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    success paradigm in you mind. 3rd

    John vs. 2 You have to prosper (succeed) in

    your soul before you will prosper in your life. God gives us a promise that aswe commit our works to the Lord He will establish our thoughts. This literally

    means the plans that we will put together will be made successful as we commit

    them to God. Proverbs 16 vs. 3

    As we get ready to start the first lesson it is time to decide that

    you are a part of the minority. You are a part of those that are

    successful. Decide that failure is not your portion and that

    Gods thoughts about you will come to full manifestation.

    Decide that you will never be serious about failure again.

    People that never fail are people that never try anything. There is nothing

    wrong with failing as long as you dont repeat it. Learn from every failure and

    move on, do not settle in the rut or trap of failure. Your past is not an indicator

    of your future. In the first lesson we will talk about vision and I want to say thisfrom that lesson sight is the ability to see things as they are; vision is the

    ability to see things as they should be

    If you have made this decision then you are ready for the lesson today. Mark

    this day in your journal as the day you made an important decision. I guarantee

    you that if you will take these lessons seriously and diligently with

    determination and resolve that within the next 30 days you will be living a

    transformed life, you will never be the same. These principles have been used

    by thousands of other successful people and your name will be added in thehall of the successful. Both in the Bible and in human history we see people

    apply these principles knowingly and unknowingly and they saw success in

    different areas of life. Romans 12 vs. 1-3

    Clearing your mind is an important part of laying good foundations for

    becoming a successful person. This personal assessment will help you to locate

    yourself and areas you need to work on. Do take time over the next month toanswer these questions and review your answers with the purpose of

    discovering some paradigms that you nee to change. Try not to rush through thequestions but be brutally honest with yourself and if possible have your mentor

    or someone close to verify some of your answers.

    Enjoy your journey to self-discovery and you will be glad you took this step.

    The benefits far out weigh the pain of doing the exercise and by the way, there

    will be pain and there is a cost to doing this exercise, but remember there isnothing for free in this world. Success will cost you. Are you willing to pay the

    price?

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    SELF-ANALYSIS TEST QUESTIONS

    Do you complain often of "feeling bad," YES___ NO___ and if so, what is the

    cause?

    Do you find fault with other people at the slightest provocation? YES___

    NO___

    Do you frequently make mistakes in your work? YES___ NO___ and if so,

    why?

    Are you sarcastic and offensive in your conversation? YES___ NO___

    Do you deliberately avoid the association of anyone? YES___ NO___ and if so,

    why?

    Do you suffer frequently with indigestion? YES___ NO___ If so, what is the

    cause?

    Does life seem futile and the future hopeless to you? YES___ NO___ If so,

    why?

    Do you like your occupation? YES___ NO___ If not, why?

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    Do you often feel self-pity? YES___ NO___ if yes why?

    Are you envious of those who excel over you? YES___ NO___

    To which do you devote most time, thinking of SUCCESS, or of FAILURE?

    Are you gaining or losing self-confidence, as you grow older?

    Do you learn something of value from all mistakes? YES___ NO___

    Are you permitting some relative or acquaintance to worry you?

    YES___ NO___ If so, why?

    Are you sometimes "in the clouds" and at other times in the depths of

    despondency? YES___ NO___

    Who has the most inspiring influence upon you? What is the cause?

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    Do you tolerate negative or discouraging influences, which you can avoid?

    YES___ NO___

    Are you careless of your personal appearance? YES___ NO___ If so, when and

    why?

    Have you learned how to "drown your troubles" by being too busy to be

    annoyed by them? YES___ NO___

    Would you call yourself a "spineless weakling" if you permitted others to doyour thinking for you? YES___ NO___

    How many preventable disturbances annoy you, and why do you tolerate them?

    Do you resort to liquor, narcotics, or cigarettes to "quiet your nerves"? YES___

    NO___ If yes, why dont you try willpower instead?

    Does anyone "nag" you, YES___ NO___ and if so, for what reason?

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    Do you have a DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE, YES___ NO___ and if yes,

    what is it, and what plan have you for achieving it?

    Do you suffer from any of the Six Basic Fears? YES___ NO___ If yes, which

    ones? (See below)

    The six basic fears are fear of POVERTY, CRITICISM, ILL HEALTH, LOSS OF LOVE, OF

    SOMEONE, OLD AGE and DEATH

    Have you a method by which you can shield yourself against the negative

    influence of others? YES___ NO___

    Do you make deliberate use of autosuggestion (Self suggestion or speaking to

    yourself) to make your mind positive? YES___ NO___

    Which do you value most, your material possessions, or your privilege of

    controlling your own thoughts? YES___ NO___

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    Do others easily influence you, against your own judgment? YES___ NO___

    Has today added anything of value to your stock of knowledge or state of

    mind? YES___ NO___

    Do you face squarely the circumstances, which make you unhappy, or sidestep

    the responsibility? YES___ NO___

    Do you analyze all mistakes and failures and try to profit by them or, do you

    take the attitude that this is not your duty?

    Can you name three of your most damaging weaknesses? What are you doingto correct them?

    Do you encourage other people to bring their worries to you for sympathy?

    YES___ NO___

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    Do you choose, from your daily experiences, lessons or influences, which aid in

    your personal advancement? YES___ NO___

    Does your presence have a negative influence on other people as a rule?

    YES___ NO___

    What habits of other people annoy you most?

    Do you form your own opinions or permit yourself to be influenced by other

    people?

    Have you learned how to create a mental state of mind with which you can

    shield yourself against all discouraging influences? YES___ NO___

    Does your occupation inspire you with faith and hope? YES___ NO___

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    Are you conscious of possessing spiritual forces of sufficient power to enable

    you to keep your mind free from all forms of FEAR? YES___ NO___

    Does your faith help you to keep your own mind positive? YES___ NO___

    DO you feel it your duty to share other people's worries? If so, why? YES___

    NO___

    If you believe that "birds of a feather flock together" what have you learned

    about yourself by studying the friends whom you attract?

    What connection, if any, do you see between the people with whom you

    associate most closely, and any unhappiness you may experience? Could it be

    possible that some person whom you consider to be a friend is, in reality, your

    worst enemy, because of his negative influence on your mind?

    YES___ NO___

    By what rules do you determine who is helpful and who is damaging to you?

    Are your intimate associates mentally superior or inferior to you?

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    How much time out of every 24 hours do you devote to?

    Your occupation? ____Sleep? ____

    Play and relaxation? ____

    Acquiring useful knowledge? ____

    Plain waste? ____

    Personal development? ____

    Who among your acquaintances,

    1. Encourages you most? ___________________

    2. Cautions you most? ________________

    3. Discourages you most? ________________4. Helps you most in other ways? _________________

    5. Develops (equips) you the most? _________________

    What is your greatest worry? Why do you tolerate it?

    When others offer you free, unsolicited advice, do you accept it withoutquestion, or analyze their motive?

    What, above all else, do you most DESIRE? Do you intend to acquire it? Are

    you willing to subordinate all other desires for this one? YES___ NO___ Howmuch time daily do you devote to acquiring it?

    Do you change your mind often? YES___ NO___ If so, why? Do you usually

    finish everything you begin?

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    Are you easily impressed by other people's business or professional titles,

    college degrees, or wealth? YES___ NO___

    Are you easily influenced by what other people think or say of you?

    YES___ NO___

    Do you cater to people because of their social or financial status?

    YES___ NO___

    Whom do you believe to be the greatest person living? In what respect is this

    person superior to you?

    How much time did you devote to studying and answering these questions? (At

    least one day is necessary for the analysis and the answering of the entire list.)

    If you have answered all these questions truthfully, you know more about

    yourself than the majority of people. Study the questions carefully, come back

    to them once each week for several months, and be astounded at the amount of

    additional knowledge of great value to yourself, you will have gained by thesimple method of answering the questions truthfully. If you are not certain

    concerning the answers to some of the questions, seek the counsel of those who

    know you well, especially those who have no motive in flattering you, and see

    yourself through their eyes. The experience will be astonishing.

    Welcome to the success principles

    Great! Now that you know yourself better you areready to go through the rest of the manual. I guarantee

    you your life will never be the same. Let this manual

    be your friend for the next few months, think on and

    review this information often until you are very clear

    about who you are an where you are going.

    If you have any questions or you need clarification please communicate withme on pastorxtremegmail.com I also recommend that you get a book called

    Think and grow rich by Napoleon Hill and you will further understand thepersonal assessment above. Here we go on the principles enjoy and God bless

    you as you lay a good foundation.

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    1. Visualization

    See something

    Sight is the ability to see things, as they are vision is the ability to see things, as

    they should be.

    Proverbs 29 vs. 18 When people do not accept divine

    guidance, they run wild. But whoever obeys the law isjoyful.

    The most outstanding ingredient of successful people is

    their ability to vision or visualize their life; do you see

    clearly where you are going? In order to succeed you must see yourself achievesomething. The reason most people fail in life is because they have no goals,

    dreams, aspirations that they are going after. To have no vision is to have neverlived.

    Exercise one; Take some time to think about your vision in as

    much detail as possible and write it down in a good notebook or

    Journal. Create a vision corner

    Principles of vision (Habakkuk 2 vs. 1-4)

    1. The principle of documentation (write the vision)2. The principle of simplification (make it plain)3. The principle of shared vision (give it to heralds)4. The principle of participation (they may run)5. The principle of timing (an appointed time)6. The principle of patience (wait for it)7. The principle of faith (It will certainly come)

    You can change your life by changing your focus (thinking, vision). A real

    significant vision is one that will move you so that you will begin to pursue it

    with all your heart. When Abram had the vision of his life being a blessing he

    packed his bags and began to look for a land he had never seen

    Positive thinking will bring positive results and negative thinking brings

    negative results (you reap what you sow) develop the ability to visualize life asyou would want to live it, begin to think positively about your vision.

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    You become what you think about (Proverbs 23 vs. 7) what are you filling your

    mind with? Look at your personal library and get rid ofthings that are not enhancing your vision. Your library

    (book, tapes, CDs, movies) should stock all the

    necessary material to help you realize your vision.

    The number one reason for failure in life is broken

    focus. What is breaking your focus and distracting youfrom fulfilling the above stated vision?

    2. Imagination

    Create a world in your mind

    Think the picture into existence, God said He would do exceeding abundantly

    above what we ask, think or imagine. Wow that means I have to have an image

    or picture of the life I want to live and what success looks like to me. Now that

    you have exercised number one, you have a basic picture of your vision, now

    you can do number two

    Exercise two: Dedicate at least 30 minutes a day to look at thevision and imagine how it will look like when you complete it

    Plan and write and think again until it takes shape, develop

    your thoughts and keep writing, when you exercise your

    mind by using your imagination, you develop what is

    called creative imagination.

    Synthetic and creative imagination: Synthetic imagination is taking what

    already exists and making something out of it. Creative imagination is using

    your mind to bring into existence something totally new, like a new business,product, medicine, instrument or invention that will be helpful for humanity.

    Praying in the Holy Ghost allows your mind to connect with God the author ofall great purposes and your ability to be creative will increase. God used this

    same principle in creating the world.

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    When your body is submitted to the mind and the mind to the spirit and the

    spirit to the Holy Spirit you will tap into amazing creative ability

    It is in praying in the Holy Ghost that God ideas are

    birthed and it is in that place that they are developed.

    A great imagination is a great tool (Ephesians 3 vs. 20)Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty

    power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more

    than we might ask or think.

    1 Corinthians 14 vs. 2-5 and vs. 18

    If I pray in an unknown tongue my spirit prayeth but...

    I thank my God that I speak...

    Do not accommodate negative imaginations (Romans 12 vs. 22-26) close your

    mind to and reject thinking that leads to defeat and failure. Successful peopleare success minded

    Exposure is important. The cycle of poverty says you go to a dingy place to

    do your hair, to buy cloths, to get medical treatment, to eat etc.

    This will keep you in the place of limited vision and exposure. You need tobreak out of that cycle by going out to see what is available. There is a world

    out there full of things that will open your mind to new realities. Where

    possible, take time to go to places you have never gone to before and see what

    you have never seen before and do what you have never done before.

    3. Faith

    Great achievers have a tenacious faith that refuses to fail

    Habakkuk 2 vs. 4b the just shall live by his faith

    Believe that this will happenBegin to expect and anticipate that the thing you are planning and

    dreaming about in your mind to happen

    Exercise three; Refuse to think negative thoughts about yourvision. When negative thoughts flood your mind speak the Word

    to yourself and replace the negative thoughts with the Word (listsome scriptures that will help you deal with the fear that will attack you)

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    Establish that there is no way that it can fail by using the Word of God as your

    foundation

    And you beloved building up yourself in your most holy faith praying in the

    Holy Ghost Jude vs. 20

    Maintain a joyful attitude to life because the joy of the Lord is your strength

    Create confessions adapted to your vision and desires and speak them toyourself daily; this will help you focus your faith and effort to the set vision.

    It also helps to read and listen to the life stories of other achievers so as to

    inspire your faith that you can do great things. Have mentors that you follow

    after, that can inspire you to greatness. Get some inspirational people around

    you and keep the fire burning.

    4. Desire

    You must have a burning desire to succeed

    You will never have significant success at anything that

    has not become an obsession

    Proverbs 18 vs. 1 It is your desire for success that will

    motivate you to make some important decisions to

    separate yourself from all distractions.

    The desire of the righteous shall be fulfilled

    Psalm 112 vs. 8

    Desire is a powerful force that causes men to rise and do great things (Proverbs

    13 vs. 12) desire is a powerful motivator

    Exercise four; Write down one thing that you desire the most,

    write an action plan on what you will do to make it happen and

    set a date by which it should be accomplished

    Your desire to succeed will help you create the discipline to follow through oneach point and so end up with a clear way forward.

    NOTE; Without self discipline you will not go far. You have to be able to

    discipline yourself to go through each of the lessons carefully and do theassignments given as that is what makes the difference between the great andthe small. The discipline to do the uncomfortable things that bring greatness

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    We can see if you really desire something by how much you go after it. The

    proof of desire is pursuit. I have often said to young people wanting to getmarried "you dont really want to get married do you? This question is

    designed to provoke them to see that if they did want to get a person to marry

    they have to pursue the person.

    5. Diligence

    Hard work and determination is important; decide to

    never give up

    The diligent hand shall be made fat/rich (Pro 4 vs. 4-5)

    Wealth gotten by diligence increases (Proverbs 13. vs. 11)

    Exercise five; Lack is a result of slack. Identify areas in your life

    where you have been slack and develop an action plan on how

    you will change that. Communicate this with your mentor

    In the first section, you went through a lot of questions about your personality;

    this is where those questions are important. You need to identify areas that you

    must work on in order to improve your performance. Its never easy to say hard

    things about yourself but it will help you know the areas that need the most

    attention. In fact successful people are in the habit of checking themselves

    often. It would do you good to do that self-assessment exercise at least twice ayear.

    Meeting a need: You have something that someone else needs. Find out what

    it is and who needs it. Diligently develop that area

    and place a monetary value on it and you are in

    business.

    Successful business is about mutually rewarding exchange;

    you could be good at typing, administrating, planning or

    managing. Knowing what you are good at and developing that

    area will lead to success.

    Children of rich people seldom become rich or grow the

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    wealth they inherit because their parents do not allow them the privilege of

    working hard and developing diligence necessary to becoming successful.

    6. Meditation

    Mutter or speak to oneself

    You will need to speak into your own life in line with whatGod is doing in your life and that which you desire. This

    principle is closely related to principle one and two and the

    result is principle three will happen. When you meditate on

    your vision your imagination comes alive to the possibilities

    of the vision becoming a reality and faith is developed that

    will make it happen. Do not underestimate the power of

    meditation also known as autosuggestion. Speak to yourself

    and get the vision so established in your spirit that no other

    reality is acceptable.Joshua 1 vs. 8

    Psalm 1

    Exercise six; develop a daily discipline of speaking the Word of

    God to yourself. Create confessionals that are full of the Word

    and speak them consistently (if you need help example can beprovided)

    Psalm 119 vs. 99

    Your spirit is impacted most by the words that you speak to yourself

    1 Timothy 4 7s.a. 14-15

    What you meditate on becomes established in your heart and your mind willcreate a road map to make it happen. The thoughts that dominate your mind the

    most become the guideline to the reality that you will live.

    Think of yourself as a success by filling your mind with success thoughts and

    meditations.

    Read Genesis 24 verse 63

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    7. Get information

    You need to be well informed about

    the area you desire to see success in

    Proverbs 24 vs. 3-7

    Proverbs 15 vs. 22

    Go after the knowledge that is needed

    to make you proficient in the vision and

    vision related areas

    Story lesson

    A true story is told of a man whowanted to work for his uncle who

    owned an oil well. The economy was in

    a slump so the man said if I work for

    my uncle on the oil well things will be better for me. Oil wells were doing well

    at that time. He decided to apply and on receiving a positive response he would

    sell his farm and go to his new job. The uncle responded by saying you do not

    know anything about oil so I cannot employ you. The man had set his mind on

    the new direction so he enrolled in a college and for a year learnt all he could

    about oil drilling.

    When he eventually qualified, his uncle said, Fine, come andstart work. At this he immediately put the farm on themarket and eventually got a buyer. While talking to the buyer

    he explained that there was a part of the farm where he could

    not get the grass to grow and the water there was undesirable

    for drinking because it was murky and dirty. The buyer who

    was going to use it for ranching said it was fine and bought

    the land. It was then discovered that there was a great deposit of oil in the

    section where the water was undrinkable. So he bought a farm for just over

    US600 and made millions from it.

    The moral of this true story is: you can sell something for peanuts because you

    do not know the true value of it. You need to get as much information aboutwhat you have. A similar story happened recently in Zimbabwe. Villagers in

    the Marange area had always used the shiny stones around them to shoot birds

    and to build walls and so on. Little did they know that their area was full of

    diamonds? It was only recently that it was discovered that what we were

    playing with could change our lives forever. What area do you need to get some

    knowledge in that will change your life?

    Moral. What you do not know about your desired area of function will costyou. Learn as much as you can.

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    Exercise seven; referring to your vision, list three areas of

    specialized information that you will need to have in order to

    succeed. Create an action plan on whom, how and when this

    information will be acquired

    The difference between success and failure often is what you know.

    In some areas you do not need to know everything as long as you know who

    knows what you need to know. Get journals, periodicals, books, audios andvideo teaching of the area you are pursuing and fill your mind with that

    knowledge. Find out all the meetings where there will be conferences and

    public addresses about your area of pursuit. This principle is closely related to

    the previous on meditation.

    8. Company

    All great people are selective about who they keep company with

    John Maxwell teaches a law called the Law of theinner circle Those closest to you determine your level

    of success. So you need to be selective about who

    enters your personal space. Your desire for success is

    your motivation to make some quality decisions about

    who you will spend time with and who you will invest

    time with. Have you ever noticed that some

    relationships are a cost and some are an investment?

    Proverbs 18 vs. 1 (Through desire)

    Bad company corrupts good morals (1 Cor 15 vs. 33)

    Proverbs 15 vs. 22

    You need to build relationships that build your destiny

    You need people that will encourage you, rebuke you, instruct

    you, equip you, celebrate you, question you and challenge you.

    Exercise eight; Do a relationship audit. List your top 15

    relationships and ask whether these are positive or negative

    relationship. Draw up a schedule on which relationships you willinvest in, when, how and what you expect from that relationship.

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    Its cho i c e-not chance that de t e rmines your dest iny

    When you begin to see success you need to keep pressing in by going back

    to number one and go through all the lessons again because ''Success stifles

    innovation'' When you succeed dont settle in it press on to the next level.

    #Learn from people around you and keep growing

    #When you achieve success its because there are things you have done well but

    to achieve more success you have to create new things

    #Positive energy helps you to create more, hang around some

    people that are saturated with positive energy so that you can

    create more.

    #What are the people around you adding to your success? Ifthey are not adding they certainly are subtracting

    #Share success material with people and your children and friends and inner

    circle

    #Create a culture of success around you by using the right language and the

    right visual aides and reading and viewing material

    Special notes

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    Success is not a destination it is a process that I am committed to going

    through. I am committing myself to going all the way in the trip. I will fulfill all

    that I have written above and as I do I know I will succeed in life. I will see theprogressive fulfillment of my personal vision.

    Name: ___________________ Date: ________ Signature: ______________

    After you have become successful dont settle down; move from success to

    significance.