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Even Jesus answered the question, Who am I? At various times in His life, he said, I am the bread of life, I am the Good Shepherd, I am the way the truth and the life and so on and so forth. You have to answer it too. Having answered these questions significantly, Jesus could cement his place in history as the greatest man who ever lead and the founder of an institution that has a world-wide outreach. After he answered this question, he became less distracted by his environment. He was working assiduously to fulfill his purpose here on earth rather than being guided by the opinions of others. Discovering your purpose is a vital key to ensuring that your life will not be dull and unnoticed. The world will be missing something if you do not fulfill and realize your purpose. What if Steve Jobs had not invented the first Macintosh? What if Bill Gates did not invent Microsoft? What if Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb? The sound recorder? The phonograph and his 1, 093 inven...

You are not defined based on your title, birth or family position. You are what resonates deeply within you. You should define yourself on the basis of what you have come to the earth to fulfill. Bill Gates answered the question Who am I? by saying that he is the father of software computer. Abraham Lincoln answered the question by stating that his purpose was to abolish slavery. He achieved this on February 1, 1865 when he signed the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution which officially repealed slavery. Steve Jobs answered the question, Who am I? by saying that I am a man who wants to teach computers to think like people rather than teaching people to think like computers. He went ahead to create the Apple II and the Macintosh. Here is what Steve Jobs had to say: "Our time is limited, so do not waste it living someone elses life. Do not be trapped by dogma that means living by other peoples thoughts. Do not let the voice of other people muffle your ow...

This issue of purpose discovery becomes even more important because it is not taught in school.  Only a few schools have arrangements for counseling students who are about to make that important choice of joining Arts or Humanities department, Science department, Commercial Department, or Technology Department when they are in JSS3. Very little schools have arrangement for counseling secondary school graduates who are about to make the all-important choice of a course in the university. The implication is that many people go through life without adequate knowledge of their purpose. They are left to figure it out on their own having to cope with ill-fitting careers. You may even know a few people who say that I do not like this career I am into or this job I am doing, I am only forcing myself to do it. That is what happens when purpose is yet to be discovered.  The story is told of an interviewer went around sampling random people in a village asking the question, What ...

The wealthiest place in the world is not the gold mines of South America or the oil fields of Iraq or Iran. They are not the diamond mines of South Africa or the banks of the world. The wealthiest place on the planet is just down the road. It is the cemetery. There lie buried companies that were never started, inventions that were never made, bestselling books that were never written, and masterpieces that were never painted. In the cemetery is buried the greatest treasure of untapped potential. Dr. Myles Munroe A cemetery is a literal goldmine of the richest ideas, the perfect business projects, the greatest discoveries, the most astounding musical stores and dynamic pieces of literature, theatre and peace treaties- all of them unheard in this world; all buried with the one created to accomplish themThere are ...people who failed to hear that inner voice that builds dreams and visions of greatnessYOU still have a chance! You are still alive! The voice of the creators heart and...

ADVANTAGES OF GOALS 12. Goal setting gives you so much happiness that the very act of thinking about your goals make you happy even before you start to work on it. Goal setting and the steps towards goal achievement can greatly increase your happiness level. As Earl Nightingale said, Happiness is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. Think back to the times when you were very happy, you will agree with me that most of them were due to the realization of a worthy goal which took you days, weeks, months or even years to accomplish. Typical examples would be gaining admission into the university, graduating, publishing a book and so on and so forth. Goals give you a sense of meaning, purpose and direction which are essentials of life. You feel truly happy, energized and effective when you are making progress, step-by-step, towards something that is important to you. Goal setting also puts you in control as you worry less about the future and the things that you ca...

ADVANTAGES OF GOALS (PART SEVEN) 10. Goals facilitates your accomplishments: With goals, you follow a single direction until you reach your aim. You become like the stamp; sticking to the letter until it gets to its destination. Simply put, you never give up. Even though at the outset, your goal has not been achieved, when you keep working on your goal with your heart, soul and body, the impression of your goal on the inside becomes expressed outwardly. Oliver Wendell Holmes: The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. The world stands aside for that man who knows where he is going. You move from frustration to satisfaction with goals.Goal setting speeds up you results and accomplishments I went by the field  of the slothful and the vineyard of the man void of understanding and lo, it was all fiilled with thorns and nestles covered the face thereof and the stone wall thereof was broken. ---Proverbs of Solomon 11. G...

7. Goals boosts confidence and generates an attitude of respect. One good thing about goal setting is that it makes you exude confidence which in turn draws respect from others to you. You will find noticeable changes in the posture of goal setters most times; shoulders high, walking straight, heads held up high and a general confident posture. Definitely, those with goals have a can do attitude or the yes, we can attitude. It shows in the broad smile, the firm handshake, the vivaciousness which makes you a force of attraction  inspiring others to reach greater heights. Think of Nigerian nationalists like M.K.O Abiola and Obafemi Awolowo, men who had tenacity under pressure  qualities that generated respect to lead their people. That is goal-setting in motion. Chief Obafemi Awolowo who while campaigning in South West made his voters know that even though his government will try to provide basic necessities, his major goal was education; this put him far ahead as a thinker in...