Leadership is not just about vision, it's not just communication.
It's about bringing a person from where he is to where he is supposed to, many a times, it's a place where the person may not even have dreamed of.
It takes a combination of wisdom, relationship and communication.
Relational communication is an art of wisdom.
Learn it and use it. You can find your life and the lives of others changed just because you have mastered this art of Relational Communication
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Focus
What do you focus on?
What you focus on takes your attention.
Where your attention goes to takes your mind.
What takes you mind eventually takes your heart.
What takes your heart gradually grow into part of you.
What has grown will either help you grow or it will make you slow.
It will bring you light or it will simply bite.
The choice is simply yours to make.
What do you focus on?
What you focus on takes your attention.
Where your attention goes to takes your mind.
What takes you mind eventually takes your heart.
What takes your heart gradually grow into part of you.
What has grown will either help you grow or it will make you slow.
It will bring you light or it will simply bite.
The choice is simply yours to make.
What do you focus on?
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Seek, Ask, Knock
Often we hear it
Seek and you shall find! Ask and you will receive! Knock and it will be given to you.
Three individual events. But today I just got to see why these 3 lines are always mentioned together.
1. Seek and you shall find
Obviously if you don't seek, then nothing will be found.
2. Ask and you will receive
This occurs after finding. When you have found, there are times you can take it immediately, there are situations you need to ask and ask again and note that the time for receive is open ended.
3. Knock and it will be given to you
This usually happens after or in the midst of step 2. That will you ask, a barrier will come. This is the time to knock and knock and knock and knock and knock relentlessly until the barrier succumbs to you, and there will be an openning for you to grab what you have been seeking for.
Enjoy
Seek and you shall find! Ask and you will receive! Knock and it will be given to you.
Three individual events. But today I just got to see why these 3 lines are always mentioned together.
1. Seek and you shall find
Obviously if you don't seek, then nothing will be found.
2. Ask and you will receive
This occurs after finding. When you have found, there are times you can take it immediately, there are situations you need to ask and ask again and note that the time for receive is open ended.
3. Knock and it will be given to you
This usually happens after or in the midst of step 2. That will you ask, a barrier will come. This is the time to knock and knock and knock and knock and knock relentlessly until the barrier succumbs to you, and there will be an openning for you to grab what you have been seeking for.
Enjoy
Monday, July 27, 2009
Response
Your response to others, be it their comments being right or wrong, tells me a lot about you.
Let's have the right response; see if we are the ones who need to change. If not, at least they care enough to notice and comment.
Let's have the right response; see if we are the ones who need to change. If not, at least they care enough to notice and comment.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Nothing????
Many a times we feel we have nothing, we are down to the lowest pit. Feels like hell is not as deep nor hot as where we are.
Truth is that within your reach, within your house, within youself is everything you need. If you can locate that and change your attitude, from you a flood will come that nothing can stop it.
Colonel Sanders, at 65, could have just sat at the porch of his house, rocking away with his social security cheque for the rest of his life. But he took what he had in his hand, his mum's recipe for fried chicken with 11 herbs and spices; went to ask to fry it so that he could add it to the menu of a local restaurant, and it became a hit.
Years later, you have the world renowned Kentucky Fried Chicken!!!!!
Doesn't matter how big you are or how small you are, just keep pouring and it will keep flowing.
The easiest way for something to get to your life, is to let it flow through you life.
Truth is that within your reach, within your house, within youself is everything you need. If you can locate that and change your attitude, from you a flood will come that nothing can stop it.
Colonel Sanders, at 65, could have just sat at the porch of his house, rocking away with his social security cheque for the rest of his life. But he took what he had in his hand, his mum's recipe for fried chicken with 11 herbs and spices; went to ask to fry it so that he could add it to the menu of a local restaurant, and it became a hit.
Years later, you have the world renowned Kentucky Fried Chicken!!!!!
Doesn't matter how big you are or how small you are, just keep pouring and it will keep flowing.
The easiest way for something to get to your life, is to let it flow through you life.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Driver
Picture a bus.
Filled with fuel, with coolants.
Yet, no driver.
Will you board that bus??
At the same time, another similar bus with fuel and coolants.
Totally packed with passengers. Only to find that the driver is hiding among them, with blindfolds at a corner, and everyone else is trying to start the bus going.
Will you board this bus??
People need to know who is driving; if it is you, drive. If it is not, then let the appropriate driver drive.
Lest the bus goes no where.
Filled with fuel, with coolants.
Yet, no driver.
Will you board that bus??
At the same time, another similar bus with fuel and coolants.
Totally packed with passengers. Only to find that the driver is hiding among them, with blindfolds at a corner, and everyone else is trying to start the bus going.
Will you board this bus??
People need to know who is driving; if it is you, drive. If it is not, then let the appropriate driver drive.
Lest the bus goes no where.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Choice
Collectively
Heading
Out
Into
Chosen
Elevation
Choices made yesterday bring you to today.
Today's choices bring you to tomorrow.
What's your choice for tomorrow's ideals?
Heading
Out
Into
Chosen
Elevation
Choices made yesterday bring you to today.
Today's choices bring you to tomorrow.
What's your choice for tomorrow's ideals?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Speed
I came across this in a book I was flipping just now.
Speed of the leader, speed of the team
Your pace as a leader has a direct influence on the pace of your team.
You can't just ask people to follow you on one aspect of your life and not another. When you lead, it's the fullness of a life unto the fullness of another. You can't expect others to follow if you don't expect yourself to unreservedly lead.
Set the pace.
Greater things are ahead
Speed of the leader, speed of the team
Your pace as a leader has a direct influence on the pace of your team.
You can't just ask people to follow you on one aspect of your life and not another. When you lead, it's the fullness of a life unto the fullness of another. You can't expect others to follow if you don't expect yourself to unreservedly lead.
Set the pace.
Greater things are ahead
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Leadership
Leadership is a call to govern others. This won't happen without the leader exercising personal management. This means exercising:
Time management
Mind management
Emotional management
Relational management
Spiritual management
Time management
Mind management
Emotional management
Relational management
Spiritual management
Sunday, March 22, 2009
What's Love got to do?
No, I am not refering to the song.
Just wanna talk a bit about love.
The very core of love
The desire to give, to benefit; even at the expense of self.
Love gives
Lust takes
Only when you allow yourself to love, to be a channel of love, to give love, as you receive love, then you will understand how to live beyond self
You will do fine
Just wanna talk a bit about love.
The very core of love
The desire to give, to benefit; even at the expense of self.
Love gives
Lust takes
Only when you allow yourself to love, to be a channel of love, to give love, as you receive love, then you will understand how to live beyond self
You will do fine
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Willingness
The willing heart is creative!
The willing heart is enthusiastic!
The willing heart is energetic!
The willing heart is influential!
The heart that cares is willing!
The willing heart is enthusiastic!
The willing heart is energetic!
The willing heart is influential!
The heart that cares is willing!
The Land
My grandparents were farmers, when i was a kid i watched them till the land, sow the seeds, remove the weeds, catch the bugs, adding fertilizers, harvest the land.
How I enjoyed having fun helping them do all that. I am amazed by what these fun activities educate me now.
Till the land
Preparation, getting needed information, plan your ways.
Sow the seeds
The more you do, the more you get
(all farmers know that not all seeds grow into a fruit yielding plant)
Remove the weeds
Removing the unnecessary attention drainage. Prioritise.
Don't be doing what you don't need tobe doing.
Catch the bugs
Self checks, change the destructive ways.
Cultivate good habits.
Adding fertilizers
Seek new knowledge and methods. Enhancements
Harvest the land
Time to collect the fruits.
Don't forget to feast a little, reward yourself, have a nice celebration. And it's back to work again.
2 things to take note of:-
1) Affter doing all the right things, yet the land does not yield crops, then it's time to change the seeds, change what you sow. the same plot of land needs a change of crops once a while, to refresh the nutrients in the soil, which is necessary for certain crops.
Do you need a fresh idea, to encourage the people around you, to boost that sales your business needs?
Do you need to try new things? to stay away from that comfort zone, so that you can seek for more?
2) While working to the success of the plot of land, prepare your heart for the 2nd plot, the 3rd plot, the 4th plot, the 5th plot and the many to come.
Never stop expanding!
Don't let the old familiar ways, the small piece of land be a limitation to you. As you seek for more, more is what you will see.
How I enjoyed having fun helping them do all that. I am amazed by what these fun activities educate me now.
Till the land
Preparation, getting needed information, plan your ways.
Sow the seeds
The more you do, the more you get
(all farmers know that not all seeds grow into a fruit yielding plant)
Remove the weeds
Removing the unnecessary attention drainage. Prioritise.
Don't be doing what you don't need tobe doing.
Catch the bugs
Self checks, change the destructive ways.
Cultivate good habits.
Adding fertilizers
Seek new knowledge and methods. Enhancements
Harvest the land
Time to collect the fruits.
Don't forget to feast a little, reward yourself, have a nice celebration. And it's back to work again.
2 things to take note of:-
1) Affter doing all the right things, yet the land does not yield crops, then it's time to change the seeds, change what you sow. the same plot of land needs a change of crops once a while, to refresh the nutrients in the soil, which is necessary for certain crops.
Do you need a fresh idea, to encourage the people around you, to boost that sales your business needs?
Do you need to try new things? to stay away from that comfort zone, so that you can seek for more?
2) While working to the success of the plot of land, prepare your heart for the 2nd plot, the 3rd plot, the 4th plot, the 5th plot and the many to come.
Never stop expanding!
Don't let the old familiar ways, the small piece of land be a limitation to you. As you seek for more, more is what you will see.
Drought and famine, I love you
Do you believe that drought will never invade your land?
Do you believe that famine will never strike your people?
Many do.
Most would love to say 'yes'.
If that's your answer as well, congratulations!
Think again.
That's right, you didn't blink right?
Think again.
I assure you
Drought will invade your land, your family, your favorite activity which you are so good in, your business, your studies.
Famine will strike your people, your company, those that you feed, those who depend on your for various kinds of support, and even to you yourself.
But!
Never to the extend of total destruction!
A drought is a time when you know rain will come!
A famine is a time when you know provision will come!
Strengthen your heart, prepare your mind, pick up the poor and needy around you, for the rain that stops the drought which brings in the provision you need, is about to come.
Take the action you need to take now, so that you will not miss it.
There is no stopping man in which he has decided.
Dont miss it!
Do you believe that famine will never strike your people?
Many do.
Most would love to say 'yes'.
If that's your answer as well, congratulations!
Think again.
That's right, you didn't blink right?
Think again.
I assure you
Drought will invade your land, your family, your favorite activity which you are so good in, your business, your studies.
Famine will strike your people, your company, those that you feed, those who depend on your for various kinds of support, and even to you yourself.
But!
Never to the extend of total destruction!
A drought is a time when you know rain will come!
A famine is a time when you know provision will come!
Strengthen your heart, prepare your mind, pick up the poor and needy around you, for the rain that stops the drought which brings in the provision you need, is about to come.
Take the action you need to take now, so that you will not miss it.
There is no stopping man in which he has decided.
Dont miss it!
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Moth
The moth is attracted to the light of fire, but the fire kills it.
It's not the heat, but the light that is seemingly irresistable.
Unable to resist the attraction of the light, the moth gradually gets so close to the fire and is finally burned to death.
Many times, we are the same, facing temptations.
We are attracted to things which will lead us to destruction unless we make a strong decision to live above temptations.
We have a choice.
Self respect demands discipline to live within certain boundaries, though you are free and unbound.
Self respect causes me to live life right.
Smile.
If we respect ourselves, other will too.
If we accept ourselves, others will too.
It's not the heat, but the light that is seemingly irresistable.
Unable to resist the attraction of the light, the moth gradually gets so close to the fire and is finally burned to death.
Many times, we are the same, facing temptations.
We are attracted to things which will lead us to destruction unless we make a strong decision to live above temptations.
We have a choice.
Self respect demands discipline to live within certain boundaries, though you are free and unbound.
Self respect causes me to live life right.
Smile.
If we respect ourselves, other will too.
If we accept ourselves, others will too.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Arcade Basketball
Played this before?
Tried breaking the high score record?
Anyone out there with a 100% shooting accuracy?
Guess not.
Think we can agree by experience that if we want to score more, we need to have more attempts at the hoop with best effort at every shot.
Same thing for your dream.
Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.
For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened.
Persistence
Friday, January 16, 2009
Clouds
An idiom goes
"Every cloud has a silver lining"
Note the word 'every', it does not mean 'one', it does not mean 'some' and it does not mean 'most'.
'Every' means 'every'! In whatever color, shape or variety.
In other words, there is a silver lining of hope even for the biggest, darkest, gloomiest cloud we can ever find!
Ever thought of the thing behind the cloud which causes the silver lining?
What is that thing to you?
Smile
"Every cloud has a silver lining"
Note the word 'every', it does not mean 'one', it does not mean 'some' and it does not mean 'most'.
'Every' means 'every'! In whatever color, shape or variety.
In other words, there is a silver lining of hope even for the biggest, darkest, gloomiest cloud we can ever find!
Ever thought of the thing behind the cloud which causes the silver lining?
What is that thing to you?
Smile
Sun
With our eyes and perception, we see that the sun rises and the sun sets.
The different phases of the moon.
Flooding and ebbing of tides.
Daily occurances.
Has anything become so mundane for you and I that we have stopped loving and appreciating them?
The different phases of the moon.
Flooding and ebbing of tides.
Daily occurances.
Has anything become so mundane for you and I that we have stopped loving and appreciating them?
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Fresh
Ever seen freshly squeezed olive oil?
When it's fresh, it gives a fragrance, and helps to burn and lubricate. You can even use it for nutrition in cooking. Shepherds apply fresh olive oil on the heads of their sheep to drive the insects from bugging the sheep.
Ever seen olive oil that turned stale?
No more fragrance, but in fact, it carries a stench. No longer can it be used for burning nor lubricating. No reason for us to use rotten oil to cook! What about the sheep, lets see if the rotten and stale pungent olive oil can even not irritate the sheep!
Lets bring it closer to all our lives.
The vision you have, is it fresh and forward looking? Or is it stale and on it's way to deathbed?
The strengths you have, are they fresh to burn more? Or are they already burning out in hopelessness?
The ideas you have, are they fresh in making the edges smooth towards achieving teh goal? Or are they creating residues and more rough edges for you to cross?
The man within, are you fresh, to keep away irritants? Or have you become stale to be an irritant yourself?
The love you have, is it more exciting? Or has it become exhausting?
Choices are made by you and I.
Let's keep it fresh.
When it's fresh, it gives a fragrance, and helps to burn and lubricate. You can even use it for nutrition in cooking. Shepherds apply fresh olive oil on the heads of their sheep to drive the insects from bugging the sheep.
Ever seen olive oil that turned stale?
No more fragrance, but in fact, it carries a stench. No longer can it be used for burning nor lubricating. No reason for us to use rotten oil to cook! What about the sheep, lets see if the rotten and stale pungent olive oil can even not irritate the sheep!
Lets bring it closer to all our lives.
The vision you have, is it fresh and forward looking? Or is it stale and on it's way to deathbed?
The strengths you have, are they fresh to burn more? Or are they already burning out in hopelessness?
The ideas you have, are they fresh in making the edges smooth towards achieving teh goal? Or are they creating residues and more rough edges for you to cross?
The man within, are you fresh, to keep away irritants? Or have you become stale to be an irritant yourself?
The love you have, is it more exciting? Or has it become exhausting?
Choices are made by you and I.
Let's keep it fresh.
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