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So, after IMAGINING & VISUALIZING your dreams, the next stage, is...
PLANNING YOUR DREAMS.

The cold, hdrd truth is that you have to work your dreams after you capture them in written form & after you give them substance through the power of visualization.
This stage of creative thinking- the work stage- is the stage that seperates the men from the boys, the particpants from the spectators, & the daydreamers from the "imagineers." The individual who will work hard for his dreams & sacrifice for his dreams is the individual who is serious about his dreams & will posses his dream too, because nothing really happens without a realistic plan to make it happen & with a lot of hard work & sacrifice to give substance to the idea.

1. Decide what to do.
2. Write it down.
3. Set a deadline.
4. Develop a list of everything you can to achieve the dream on target-time.
5. Organize all the little processes into a logical sequence.
6. Take action immediately on your plan (Ehp 5:15-16).



Apostle Paul Eshiet.

I am convinced that one of the main reasons people fail to get what they want out of life is because they haven't decided what they want out of life. In other words, they haven't defined their desires in detail. I have learned that it is impossible for a man to leave where he is until he first decides where he'd rather be. That's where vision & imagination come into play. No ship ever picks up anchor & set sail on the high seas until the captain has a destination clearly in mind, & no person will ever pick up & move on with his life until he has a firm picture in his own mind of where he wants to be when the journey is finally concluded.
Wether you like it or not, you are going to have to live in the future. So IMAGINE & VISUALIZE your dreams properly, because your mental pictures, will become your actual future. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of thier dreams, because such is mostly imbedded in what God made us to be. Nothing is truer.




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When you know where you are going in life, it is much easier to establish priorities & stick with them. It is much easier to redeem the time & to make the most of every day. It is much easier to make decisions & to define relationships. It is much easier to say "yes" to those things that can enrich your life & "no" to those things that can steal your destiny or condemn you to a lifestyle of habitual mediocrity. The God-given imaginations of the heart & the life-changing visions of the soul can completely alter the outcome of your life & the path you will travel to get to that destination. The more time & energy you spend on the important goals of your life, the more you will achieve during your life. But no man will ever get anywhere until he first knows where he is going.
Just keep pushing forward with purpose, stop sweating over the daily details along the way.
Keep two things in mind as you begin...
IMAGINING YOUR DREAMS (Habakkuk 2:2).

VISUALIZING YOUR DREAMS (Prov 29:18).




Apostle Paul Eshiet

Have a wonderful week ahead.

Have a wonderful week ahead!

Rip, the great one. Your tenacity in the midst of persecution was great.
Not much people know how much you suffered in the forests & mountains of Iragbiji (osun State) for 3yrs, before the inurguration of ur great ministry SCOAN.
Not much knew that as at 2018, you had done a global philantrophic gesture of 2billion dollars.
Not much knew that u even owned an "oil block" in SS Nigeria.
Not much have known, that u were the one, who adviced the late president Yaradua to grant amnesty to the militant in the ND, to end the hostilities there.
And so on...
In ur ministerial life, u were highly critized, yet no outward response of hate, from u.
Undoubtably, u were a rare gem, an unoticed epitom of success, secretly admired & emmulated by other MOG, & World leaders.
Your disciples truly betrayed u. That was just the bane of ur short-lived mission.
You tried though.
I was ur secret admirer.
Rip the GREAT PHILANTROPIST (Temitope Balogun Joshua).

In my own order of strength from 1 to 3, i'll say...

Character.
Behaviour.
Manners.

Logically all seems the same outwardly though. But yet, as inwardly complex as, the difference btwn WORK & JOB.


Thanks for racking my brain a bit.

pansophist:
@apstpaulg

Whats the difference between behavior, character, and manners?

Thank you sir.

But firstly lets properly spell out their respective definitions...

1. MANNERS: a persons way of behaving towards others.
Polite or well bred behaviour.

2. CHARACTER: aggregate of moral qualites by which a person is judged, apart from inteligience, competence, or special talents.

3. BEHAVIOUR: a typical, or repeated way of behaving.

In relating to this thread, there might be a thin line btwn the three human qualities listed here. But Character is topmost, because the other two (Behaviour & Manner) could wear out with time & chance, because they aren't the real you-within-you .

I pray that every expired good talent in ur life, be RIVIVED, RENEWED & REPLACED back in you.

May the grace of God which abounds around you, cause a favourable event to take place in your life this weekend.

You are blessed today. May the grace of God around you, cause a favourable thing to happen in your family this weekend.

Under pressure, the tube of a toothpaste reveals its true content.
The primary reason God allows things to go wrong in your life is so you can see clearly what's inside you & deal with it.



Apostle aul Eshiet
Not all problems are wholely spiritual, some of its spiritual effects reflect on our character, causing problems withing the family. As you pray, try to have a character/attitude adjustment.
For private counseling on character issues, check my phone contact in my profile, or my signature below...

Continued...

Did i do what i said i would do?

Did i do it when i said i would do it?

Did i stand behind it after i did it?
As time progresses, the answers to these questions become ovious to those observing you from far as sit atop the ladder of success. But unless you also know the answers to these critical questions, your "success" will be meaningless & empty & all your achievements will leave you disappointed. Lid won't bring you any real satisfaction or significance unless you also know you did the right things for the right reasons as you worked towards your goals.
Integrity lies @ the very heart of greatness & leadership because everything you'll ever do revolves around who you are on the inside. Who you are on the inside is demonstrated every day by your actions.
When all is said & done, leadership is really nothing more than the ability to inspire other people to follow towards your destination.




Apostle Paul Eshiet.
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Character stands highly valued. Why? Because far too often, those with talent or good looks end up disapointing us after life eventualy uncovers their lack of character.
Character & intergrity are developed as one learns responsibility & accountability through the growth process of life. And God honors integrity. In the Bible, the apostle Paul writes that "suffering produces perseverance: perseverance, character; & character, hope" (Romans 5:3-4 NIV).
On the ladder of subess, there's not much room @ the top to move aroun, because the increase in authority has been offset by the increase in visibility & accountability. By the time you get to the top of your ladder, more people are able to see you. At the pinacle of your life, it will become a lot more about "being" than "doing."
At a point, every man will be forced to ask himself these three important questions that will tell him all he needs to know about himself & his character...



Apostle Paul Eshiet.
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Intergrity is a quality that keeps us @ the pinnacle of greatness throughout our lives. While talent & personality might take us to the top of our respective fields of endeavor, character will actually keep us there, & the man of character will never fall.
In modern times now, talent, appearance, & personality have become far more important than they used to be in previous generations, primarily due to the advent of "instant media" like internet. Don't get me wrong. But all these qualities are surface things, & can be purchased or faked for the few moments that a person might stand in front of a camera or in the spotlight in front of an audience or @ a job interview. Character, on the other hand, is what's inside you. Character cannot be contrived.
character should be more highly admired than talent, & chararcter should be more highly sought than attractiveness or personality. Character is the you-within-you!




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PoliteActivist:
Thanks.
Personally I suspect people live in different realities, though we inhabit the same world. Yet it is extremely difficult NOT to assume that the way one experiences reality is the same way everyone else does

Thanks for your view.
Every message has it's target, not neccessasily bound to be generally accepted.
Thanks

And the ultimate level of relationship & communication is the level where we connect spiritually, actuall becoming "one" in mind, heart, & motivation.
We all have relationships on every one of these levels. We have family & friends, of course. Coworkers & clients also. We rarely think about it, but we all know a lot of people on a lot of different levels. The point i'm driving @ here is healthy. This is good, as we learn to appreciate the value they add to our lives @ learn to harness the benefits that other people afford us by their involvement in our lives.
Social intelligence & the recognition of the role of the others in your life is a key component to personal success & happiness.
Truly successful people are socially aggresive. They grasp the absolute necessity of creating relationships in the workplace & nurturing relationships on various levels in the markeplace. Too many in the profesisional world fail to grasp this concept of the value & centrality of relationships to them.



Apostle Paul Eshiet.

PoliteActivist:
How do you know?
Another persons experience of reality and the world may be totally different from yours

It's a long thread, curled out from my seminar articles. And this is in relation to achieving greatness (to be precise). Am not through with the article yet. You can check my other thread. Thank you.

For starters, you can understand that relationships exist on multiple levels. Some relationships are intense; others are casual. Some are close; others are more distant. In fact, psychologists tell us that relationships exist on @ least five levels, as we'll demonstrate through our conversation. The lowest level of communication is the cliche level, where we give people the programmed questions & statements that others expect regarding weather, sports, etc. The next level is the gossip level, where we talk about more substancial issues, especially people. The third level of relationship building is the "testing the waters" stage, where we actually put forth ideas, including dreams & goals, to see how the other person reacts to them. The fourth level is the "passionate" level, where we reveal thoughts & fealings, sharing passions & emotions that really make us tick, advancing to the point that we won't be rejected if we say something unusual or "wrong."



Apostle Paul Eshiet.
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Try to follow my other thread (RELATIONSHIPS-no man is an island) to its conclusion.

Most times we've celebrated the individualist. We love the story of the man who defies the odds & goes it alone. We admire the overcomer & the one-man champion. All that's fine, & there's certainly nothing wrong with being principled & resilient. Nevertheless, life requires a necesary balance. Extremism rarely works. So in spite of the fact that individualism can be a good thing, the love of individualism must be balanced with the harsh realization that nobody can live life alone. Nobody is completely self-sufficient or self-made, without the help of others.
Great achievers learn this fact early & make it a central part of their success strategy.
No man is an island. You've heard this statement all your life, & it's true. Cooperative efforts are necessary for greatness. King Solomon the wise leader, said, "Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour" (Ecclesiastes 4:9).



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For centuries, Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain loomed insurmountable to the world's best climbers, due to the climate, altitude, & terrain. With all these, it seemed impossible for a human being to scale the peak of that monstrous edifice of nature. But in 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary successfully ascended the summit of Mount Everest. Since then, around 3,000 people have made the journey.
Building on this knowledge, i've come to a state of beiief, that there's no such thing as a problem without a solution.
As long as there is breath in your lungs & a head on your shoulders, no matter how hard it gets along your path to achievement, always tell yourself, "It's too early to quit."
You can keep up the good faith-race in the marathon of life. If you don't quit, you'll eventually "inch" your way to the finish line & wear the victor's crown.

GLORY AWAITS THE PERSISTENT.

The end.




Apostle Paul Eshiet.
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When you run into a roadblock on your journey to greatness, stop & think for a moment before you turn around. First, think about it that this highway of achievement needs to be riddled with potholes & barriers. The roadblocks are there to seperate the strong from the weak & truly great people from those who just think they're great. Knowing the roadblocks are purposely built into the journey should help you continue because you'll then have realistic expectations. The trip is an expedition, wasn't to be easy.
Second, seing at obstacle, there's always a way around it. Perhaps underneath it, around to the left or right, or perhaps over it. There's more than one way to scale a mountain. So instead of crawling back home in defeat, take a few minutes & brainstorm with yourself. Think of three ways you can overcome this challenge. Sometimes the best strategy won't always be the obvious one or the first one.



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wwwkaycom:
When we told you that you don't have liver for the kind of politics you were dabbling into, you said we dey joke. Because Atiku gave you opportunity in 2019, you started having an over-bloated idea of yourself, seeing yourself as presidential material even when your outing as a governor in Anambra State was a very poor one. Just keep calm, you will soon know that Nigerian politics is not meant for lily livered individual who cries over every little challenge they see. If the drama you saw at the CA yesterday is not enough, you will see drama very soon, nonsense.

I love this comment.
WONDERFUL !

There's an old Japanese proverb that says, "Fall down seven times; get up eight." And the Bible declares, "For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again..." (Proverbs 24:16 NIV). The secret is to not quit.
Your ability to stay on target in the face of setbacks & disapointments is really a measuring rod you & others can use to determine your level of belief in yourself.
Ross Perot, who eventually became a billimaire, was rejected 78 times before he made his first sale. And Thomas Edison made over 10,000 attempts before he finally crafted a viable light bulb. Micheal Jordan missed-basket 5,000 times before becoming NBAs' best.
Persistence, therefore, is one of the key traits that seperate those who just get by from those who are truly remarkable. So don't quit! Don't give up. And never, never give in.
If @ first you don't succeed, then you are among most of the world's greatest achievers.



Apostle Paul Eshiet.
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Try to follow up my other articles ((COURAGE FOR SUCCESS) and (PASSION, THE ENGINE THAT DRIVES YOUR LIFE)). Thanks

In the Bible, few people were as tenacious as the apostle Paul. That poor man went through beatings, imprisonments, false accusations, loneliness, sickness, persecution, rejection, & a whole host of other things that'd have caused the most committed among us to give up. But Paul never gave up, he became one of the greatest leaders in the early Church, established countless churches around the Mediterranean, mentored strong men to succeed him in his ministry, & wrote most of the NT epistles.
Paul used the analogy of a race to describe his own approach to his vision & life's work @ th end (2 Timothy 4:7).
Most real-life situations has shown that disciplined consistency can often win in the end. No matter how severe it may be, your storm can't last forever. You can change course if need be. But, don't quit paddling your boat.
With persistence & patience, you can actually become the creator of new circumstances.



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Here's another story about giving up @ the edge of success, ignorantly.

A group of miners were trapped a cave-in in West Virginia back in the days before they had sophisticated search & rescue equipment. As they were prone to do in those days, these miners ured their own tools to begin digging toward the surface. They knew their chances of survival was slim, but they kept digging with the hope they might beat the odds & break throuh to freedom.
Eventually, they lost their battle. They had dug for days, & had made commendable progress, but they died before they could areak through to the fresh air & sunshine. When the search & rescue team finally found their corpse, they where alarmed to learn that the miners where only a couple of inches from the surface. If they had just slung the pick a couple of more times, they'd have broken through, to survive. They lost their lives just a couple of inches from safety.



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When the time came for Edith's event, she ran her typically strong race. Coming around the last corner of the final lap, Edith had her typically commanding lead over the rest of the feild. The second-place runner was many yards behind her. But as Edith approached the finish line, she encountered an obstacle she didn't know how to confront. Astonishingly, Edith came to a screeching halt & just stood there & stared @ the strange sight. It was a tape, stretched across the track @ the finish line, & Edith had never seen a tape before. She didn't know what to do. Was she supposed to Crawl under it? Jump over it? Had the race been stopped? What was going on?
As she stood there pondering m the strange sight, the second-place runner finally caught up with her & broke through the tape to take the gold medal. Edit was the fastest runner in the event, but just one foot short of the finish line, she failed to take her rightful prize.



Apostle Paul Eshiet
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Most people give up when they are just about to achieve success & it's most likely because of their ignorance about how far they've gone in the struggle for greatness. That's true. Sadly people will fight hard the entire game & then give up during the last minute of the game when they have the ball.

There's a story abouth a woman, Edith. When Edith was in high school (in a small town), as a young girl, she was an impressive long-distance runner. She was fast. She had endurance. Nobody could compete with her. Edith attended a tiny school in the middle of nowhere, & in those days when she was growing up, she rarely had the opportunity to travel to a large town, much less a city. But when Edith was running track for her small rural high school, her school won the regional championships, & Edith had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to run in the state championships in a large city.



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sapele914:
Maybe not the oblivious Obidients, but I do, take him to be serious minded senior advocate of Nigeria.

Why quote that guy.
Most people are not even well educated about a subject on ground, before coming into the comment section to spew trash, simply because social media has afforded them the chance to do so.
Relax read sensible comments & laugh at the ignorant, ranting about.

I don't have to tell you that your climb to the top of the ladder won't always be easy. You already know that. But what you may not always consider is that persistence pays off. Sometimes you just have to plant your feet, dig in, & refuse to be moved. No matter how much passion you may posses, or strong your vision may be, people, circumstances, & distractions will always raise their ugly heads. In the end, you just need to stick around, no matter how hard it gets & long it takes.
The "greats" are committed to their goals, & that commitment is not built upon emotion or circumstances. As they face difficulties along the way, they learn lesson they didn't know when they started out, they develop new attitude they previously never had. They face setbacks & defeats that force them make difficult decisions & to reevaluate their priorities & methods. With a strongly positive attitude, they just won't forfeit the game.



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