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I'm fortunate to know a number of remarkably successful people. I've described how these people share a set of specific perspectives and beliefs.

They also share a number of habits:

1. They don't create back-up plans.

Back-up plans can help you sleep easier at night. Back-up plans can also create an easy out when times get tough.

You'll work a lot harder and a lot longer if your primary plan simply has to work because there is no other option. Total commitment--without a safety net--will spur you to work harder than you ever imagined possible.

If somehow the worst does happen (and the "worst" is never as bad as you think) trust that you will find a way to rebound. As long as you keep working hard and keep learning from your mistakes, you always will.

2. They do the work...

You can be good with a little effort. You can be really good with a little more effort.

But you can't be great--at anything--unless you put in an incredible amount of focused effort.

Scratch the surface of any person with rare skills and you'll find a person who has put thousands of hours of effort into developing those skills.

There are no shortcuts. There are no overnight successes. Everyone has heard about the 10,000 hours principle but no one follows it... except remarkably successful people.

So start doing the work now. Time is wasting.

3. ...and they work a lot more.

Forget the Sheryl Sandberg "I leave every day at 5:30" stories. I'm sure she does. But she's not you.

Every extremely successful entrepreneur I know (personally) works more hours than the average person--a lot more. They have long lists of things they want to get done. So they have to put in lots of time.

Better yet, they want to put in lots of time.

If you don't embrace a workload others would consider crazy then your goal doesn't mean that much to you--or it's not particularly difficult to achieve. Either way you won't be remarkably successful.

4. They avoid the crowds.

Conventional wisdom yields conventional results. Joining the crowd--no matter how trendy the crowd or "hot" the opportunity--is a recipe for mediocrity.

Remarkably successful people habitually do what other people won't do. They go where others won't go because there's a lot less competition and a much greater chance for success.

5. They start at the end...

Average success is often based on setting average goals.

Decide what you really want: to be the best, the fastest, the cheapest, the biggest, whatever. Aim for the ultimate. Decide where you want to end up. That is your goal.

Then you can work backwards and lay out every step along the way.

Never start small where goals are concerned. You'll make better decisions--and find it much easier to work a lot harder--when your ultimate goal is ultimate success.

6. ... and they don't stop there.

Achieving a goal--no matter how huge--isn't the finish line for highly successful people. Achieving one huge goal just creates a launching pad for achieving another huge goal.

Maybe you want to create a $100 million business; once you do you can leverage your contacts and influence to create a charitable foundation for a cause you believe in. Then your business and humanitarian success can create a platform for speaking, writing, and thought leadership. Then...

The process of becoming remarkably successful in one field will give you the skills and network to be remarkably successful in many other fields.

Remarkably successful people don't try to win just one race. They expect and plan to win a number of subsequent races.

7. They sell.

I once asked a number of business owners and CEOs to name the one skill they felt contributed the most to their success. Each said the ability to sell.

Keep in mind selling isn't manipulating, pressuring, or cajoling. Selling is explaining the logic and benefits of a decision or position. Selling is convincing other people to work with you. Selling is overcoming objections and roadblocks.

Selling is the foundation of business and personal success: knowing how to negotiate, to deal with "no," to maintain confidence and self-esteem in the face of rejection, to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, to build long-term relationships...

When you truly believe in your idea, or your company, or yourself then you don't need to have a huge ego or a huge personality. You don't need to "sell."

You just need to communicate.

8. They are never too proud.

To admit they made a mistake. To say they are sorry. To have big dreams. To admit they owe their success to others. To poke fun at themselves. To ask for help.

To fail.

And to try again.

http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/8-habits-of-remarkably-successful-people.html

Governor Fash,
make una start the construction of light rails all over Lagos sharp sharp.

OYINBOGOJU: Obama cried......... So emotional is all we heard.

Buhari Cried .......... People diss him say its hyprocricy.

Why?

Obama cried as a winner
Buhari cried as a loooooooser

my own opinion:
Because woman find it easy to find fault, husbands don't want to ply same easy road to apologise. i laugh

We are told the number of beggar contributors, they are 11 plus 1 in number [one Malam Ya’u Yusuf and 11other beggars.]
this is three month earnings for 12 people. in simple arithmetic, with an assumption that they all have equal shares. it is around 7000 each monthly taking. My conclusion to those who think begging is a good buz- Pls don't imagine it. there is no dignity in begging.

My simple advice to those who always criticize President Jonathan. Lets us learn how to criticize him objectively rather than been subjective. We may criticize his unpopular policies, but not his personality. Remember, we are all created in Gods image. Bible says whoever called his neighbor FOOL is guilty of HELL fire. Matt 5:22c

A 10-year-old Mexican girl has given birth to a baby boy after a 31-week pregnancy, according to reports.

The premature infant, which weighed 3.3 pounds, was born by Caesarian section at the Women’s Hospital in the city of Puebla and is in the intensive care unit recovering from pneumonia.

The young mother, who is from the nearby San Francisco Totimehuacan community, has returned home after the procedure but visits the baby every day to breastfeed, officials said.

The Puebla state Attorney General's Office is now investigating whether the girl could have been raped and who the father is, the hospital’s director Rogelio Gonzalez said, according to UpFrontNewswire.
Mexican state laws say young moms are unable to have abortions unless a girl can prove she was the victim of sexual assault.

The state’s minimum age of consent is 12 and women who undergo abortions in Puebla face a fine or prison sentence if they are unable to prove they were sexually abused.

The laws are currently under review.

The girl, who has not been named, arrived at the medical facility on Oct. 22, suffering from life-threatening complications, including seizures.

Hospital officials said the newborn is in a good condition considering his premature birth and the mother is recovering well.

This is not the first case of a shockingly young girl giving birth in Mexico.

In August last year, 11-year-old Amalia had a child two weeks premature after she was denied an abortion by the local Justice Department during the fourth month of pregnancy.

She was raped repeatedly by her stepfather when she was 10 years old, but local laws do not allow terminations after three months.

source:http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-11-10/news/30384749_1_mexican-girl-abortions-young-mother

Obama 274
Romney 201

Electoral vote update
Blue 238
Red 191

My simple question. If Obama loss the election will it stop the coming of anti- Christ as it was written in the book of revelation. I guess no.

Most of our governors are 'AGED' in ideas
Buying an aircraft does not implied prosperity of any state
I only see prosperity where sound health facility, good and properly maintained amenities, sound education and good governance abound.
any state that is SHORT of this is POOR, the leaders in such states are merely displaying mental poverty even if they acquire aircraft made of pure gold and build mansions of rare stones.

you can't witness hurricane sandy in NAIJA.
probably you may see
Hurricane Bilikisu
Hurricane Chinedu
Hurricane Yahaya
Hurricane AIG-Imolhkuede
Hurricane Sanusi Lamido
etc

See Hurricane Sandy

still waiting for lucky buyer

constant maintenance should not be forgotten too.

if we have right thinking government, such prayer will not hold water. it is like praying that 'day' should not break. but with this kind of human being running affairs of our states and nation. day may not break if possible. THEY ARE MOSTLY OUT OF IDEA OR PROBABLY HAVE AGING IDEAS

I think if someone is good to be a deputy governor, he should be good also for governor if the need arises.
anyway i wish the(gomina) a quick recovery.

Rotimi Amaechi
Rotimi Amaechi
Rotimi Amaechi

How many times did i called you? 3x

if this info is true, return the plane and use the money for the good of your state

my own little advice to you

My advice to all okada riders is pls adhere strictly to rule. Don't go near forbidden routes and if law says you should not ride at certain time please adhere to this also.
This will also help compulsory early birds. Those who are to report as early as 6am in VI office while they live in Agbado. No car loan to assist such employees. By the time they such unfortunate ones could not meet up because okada won't operate until 7am. Such unfriendly attitude from employer will be reviewed positively.

Youths let us take ram by horn sorry i mean BULL by the horn, read a book in a week to start with.
God bless you as you read.

Put only your lipsticks and other beauty accessories in your bag. Am sure he will not steal those ones.

SAO PAULO - A 41-year-old car washer shocked his family when he interrupted a funeral being held for him at his mother's home in the town of Alagoinhas in northeastern Brazil, police said Tuesday.
Police inspector Roberto Lima said by telephone that on Sunday Jose Marcos Araujo identified a body at the city morgue as being that of his brother, Gilberto.
Lima said that Jose Marcos took the body to his mother's home where a wake was held.
"The confusion started when news started circulating that a car washer had been shot dead," Jose Marcos' wife, Ana Paula, told the UOL Internet news portal. "Police called my husband and told him that his brother had been killed and his body was at the morgue."
Lima said the confusion was "understandable."
"The two men closely resembled each other and both worked as car washers," Lima said adding that the man whose body was in the morgue was named Genivaldo Santos Gama. He said further information on Gama was not immediately available.
A few hours before the Monday burial "a friend of Gilberto's saw him walking down the street and told him that his family was mourning him," he said.
"So he went to his mother's home to let everyone know he was very much alive."
When Araujo showed up at his wake "some people fainted and others were so scared they ran away. It was a big shock," family friend Maria Menezes told the G1 online news site.
Gilberto's mother Marina Santana told reporters "I am overjoyed. What mother wouldn't be after being told that her son is dead and then sees him alive."22222222222222

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/funeral-photo

Cool

Let us see the video please, this will clear the notion whether it was photoshop or not.
After all video can tell the story better. We are in a camera age, the moving image age. YouTube or (ACN, LP, PDP tube laugh)

Ugh

Still in stock

Mr Governor!!! I don't think this is an achievement to lay claim on.

now 2.1m
Cool

Get well soonest our First Lady.

Several analyst, several opinion and mix fillings.