SUNDAY'S VOCATION ON BELIEFS THAT HAVE GREAT IMPLICATION ON YOUR LIFE

It is another great Sunday. Though the weather here today is looking a bit somber, we have every reason to be grateful for this amazing day. Today, I would love to incline my vocational 

message of inspiration based on beliefs.

You will come to understand that in almost all religions, the word ‘belief’ is more prevalent when it comes to delivering of sermons. In Christianity, belief has been figured out as the aspect that can pave way to your salvation and lead you to a righteous life. On the other hand, for the Buddhist, they understand that it is only through having the appropriate belief that can they can be guided into the right actions and help them unravel the path to achieving a truthful life.

One thing that come out distinctively is that whatever you have utter belief in, whether is in relation to the religious affiliations, philosophy or even schools of thoughts, it will have some interrelated consequential effect in your life. Actually, it will be reflected on how you will reason, the actions that you will be undertaking and more so the type of life you will be living. Your inner mind will be controlled by the principles and the beliefs that you possess and this will determine greatly the conduct of your life.

Furthermore, one thing that you ought to understand is that your beliefs will only be intertwined or attached to one side in particular; it is either you are believing in peace or conflict, love or hatred, fairness or partiality and even fidelity or falsity. For instance, if you believe in love, you may not shun from giving it regardless of whether you are offering it your compatriots or your adversaries.

As you believe in any principles, keep in mind that they can guide you to having a tranquil life filled with order whereas if you contradict from such beliefs, you might end up leading a haphazard or a chaotic life.

John Allen in his book, “Above Life Turmoil” distinctively states that “Where there is Right Belief there is a blameless and perfect life; where there is false belief there is sin, there is sorrow, the mind and life are improperly governed, and there is affliction and unrest. "By their fruits ye shall know them."

Thus, what you believe is what you will stand for and actually practice its principles. Thus if your beliefs are based on the power of goodness, spiritual harmony that are boosted by the purity of your actions, then you are on good track and you ought to continually practice that!

FOUR CRITICAL THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR

As an aspiring entrepreneur, there are major critical fields that you have to get acquainted to before you think of creating your own empire. It is distinct that experience emanating through consistent learning is what will enable your business to tremendously thrive. This is because th

rough experience, you will make good decision that will positively improve the performance of your business.

These critical areas that you need to understand include:

1. Get informed with the sales and marketing techniques

You are starting a new venture, right?  You will come to realize that you need to establish a strong communication link between you and your client. Using your skills to convince them to buy your products is what may make you in the end get some business endorsements. Through boosting your self confidence, willpower, dedicating your time to clients and selling your product with utmost interest, this will indeed work out well for you.

2. Understand how to manage your records and finances

 This is one of the crucial areas you need to keenly comprehend prior to starting your business. When it comes to the concept of management, you really got to understand a whole set of things that are essential in running a business. They comprise of teamwork, resource allocation, managing your time, staffing and hiring of human resource, coordinating, delegating and among others.

3. Come up with the best techniques on how to handle your customers.

 One distinct think to understand is that once you put your customer as the first priority, then your business is bound to succeed. Putting in mind that the customer is always right, this will help you devise a well prescribed means of handling their complaints, issues, discontentments and their temperament. You will find this a frequent issue to deal with especially at the early stages of establishing your product in the market.

4. Get sufficient knowledge about retailing and procurement

For every business started, it will only be consistently running smoothly if you are able to identify the inflows and the outflows. This is through putting clear cash records that can be referred anytime. You should be at a position to understand what has been procured in your business and the benefits obtained from such transactions.

 Also, through understanding about retailing, you will ultimately identify your customers’ needs and preferences. This will in turn make you come up with a strategy on how to meet such needs.

Thus, it is only through establishing a firm background that you can envision your business grow beyond your expectations. Get equipped and manage your business wisely!

FOUR MAJOR SKILLS YOU NEED TO HAVE TO ACHIEVE YOUR SUCCESS

Most people seem to desire everything abruptly in our contemporary society. For success, that is a different case. It requires a systematic step-by-step procedure which with time you will find that you have already achieved it. However, there are some critical skills that you need to equip your mind with in order to come out successful. Here are some of them:

1.      Establishing  clear objectives and goals to achieve

People who have been known to be successful clearly identified the specific goals that they wanted to achieve. By identifying what you want to be in future, what you would like to undertake and how to achieve it, then if your goals are realistic, you are bound to achieve them. Through applying the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Action-Oriented, Relevant and Time-Limited) formula, these qualities can help you focus more on your goals.

2.      Expand your knowledge through consistent learning

Actually, for you to remain relevant in your success journey, you really got to engage your mind consistently into grasping new useful content. In our modern society, each day there are tremendous changes occurring; old and outdated techniques are replaced with new ones and new complex inventions that may have an impact on you are made. It is only through this that you can expand your skills. You will come to understand that the future is only for those who can think cognitively in a creative way.

3.      Manage your time through proper concentration

As you embark on your designated tasks, it is only through concentrating fully on one task at a time that you will ultimately complete it. You will notice that piling up of incomplete tasks will not only derail you from the success path but also give you a tough time to fully achieve what you want. You should actually avoid procrastination and learn techniques of boosting your speed in tackling different tasks.

4.      Create within yourself a persistent and determined mind

You will come to discover that nothing in the universe can be compared to persistence when it comes to success. When boosted by determination within you, that positive feeling will make things work better for you even before you realize.

Developing a good platform will not only make you exceptional among people but also enable you to reap the fruits of your effort in a few years to come.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE MADE IT FROM FAILURE! WHY YOU SHOULD NOT CHOOSE FAILURE TO DEFINE YOUR FUTURE

Life has always been about trying and never getting becoming victims of conformity of our subductions. Actually, Truman Capote once said that failure is the condiment that gives success its fla

vor. It has always been that through failing, it acts as a pioneer and embodiment into opening new lands to exploit, new undertakings to work on, and new forms in which you can speak out your thoughts.

You will realize that some of the greatest personalities who at last achieved immensely in different fields were borne out of failure. They chose not to be defined by their failures but rather to adopt such failures as their

teachers of success.

For instance, there was a time Walt Disney, who has been famously known for his theme parks, movies and other merchandise lost his job in a certain newspaper company after he was deemed to lack imagination and unable to generate new ideas. He also initiated new businesses that collapsed and failed making him bankrupt. But that did not deter him from overcoming his failures and now he is recognized as an achiever.

Furthermore, you will come to understand that Albert Einstein, who is regarded as one of the personalities with a genius mind, was considered mentally handicapped by the fact that he started speaking at the age of four and could not read till he was seven years. Despite receiving an expulsion from school and denied a chance to join Zurich School, he changed his situation and ended up introducing modern physics besides winning the prestigious Nobel Prize.

Winston Churchill also comes out clearly as one political figure that underwent many political failures only to be elected twice as the prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was indeed actually when he was 62 years after contesting and getting defeated many times.

Other great icons like Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, and Charlie Chaplin (who was once denied a chance to Hollywood film studios) have proven that we may encounter defeats but we must not give in to them.

Paulo Coelho once said that, “You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.” It is high time you raise your head up and soliloquy to yourself that you are not going to be a permanent victim of failure. You got to know that your reputation will grow after every failure you encounter only if you decide not to be live by your failure.

ARE YOU READY TO UNDERGO A TRANSITION IN YOUR LIFE? YOU GOT TO CHECK THIS OUT!

William Bridges in his book “Transition: Making Sense of Life’s Changes “outlines that throughout nature, growth involves periodic acceleration and transformation. Things tend to move at a slower pace and nothing seems to change; it is just like an instant in the wind. He further states, “…Until suddenly, the eggshell cracks, the branch blossoms, the tadpole’s tail shrinks away, the leaf falls, the bird molts, the hibernation period begins. With us it is the same. Although the signs are less clear than in the world of feather and leaf, the functions of transition times are the same.”

 

What I have actually come to distinctively understand is that life is a series of transitional changes that as individuals we have to cope with them. Actually, change is inevitable. For instance, it is clear that once you are done with a certain level of education, your body system has to embrace and respond to rapid changes bound to occur on the next level of your study.

Furthermore, for those who are in college or universities, it is apparent that as you wind up your curriculum, you should be prepared to face the corporate world prior to your finishing. The swifter you adjust to the change the better as this will give you a well-stipulated platform to settle and focus on achieving your potential dreams.

One interesting thing you will come to discover is that through change, you will be able to unleash the potential that is within you, unravel what you are capable of achieving and more so get to know your strengths that can only come out through adopting to change. For instance, you may have received a promotion at the place of your work; this consequentially is accompanied with a hefty bonus package that actually improves your lifestyle.

In addition,, it’s factual that to whom much is given, much is demanded. This indeed implies that your cycle of life will undergo transformational change due to the responsibilities you are bound to undertake. Actually, the way you tackle that change will prove your prowess and give a clear picture that you were indeed prepared for that transition.

Thus if you can have the competent skills to fully cope with the prevailing new situation, then you can confidently and diligently handle any upcoming issue related to change. It is through change that we are molded to become the better people in the imminently approaching future. This is a question I would love to pose to you; if your life is a series of transition, why not prepare and be ready to courageously face it? Heroes were made when they opted to dissociate themselves from common life path to give change a priority!