Hope exist where the spirit thrives...

Have you come to a certain point in your life when hope seems to falter—a condition in which you are so stricken that you want to give up? As long as there’s life there’s hope. Let me share a little story to lift your spirit. One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, and the...

What do you think makes a person powerful?...

Many times I am impressed and mystified whenever I see or meet powerful people. I ask myself, “What makes these power people the way they are?” You can feel their influence oozing from them even though you don’t have any idea of who they are; the way they speak and act is enough to convey the kind of power they possess. Does these important people born with this capability or have they evolved to become that...

Rejection: Never allow its grip on you...

Being rejected in one way or another is a fact of life: nobody is immune to it. The reason behind this reality is that people have different expectations. What may hold ideal for one many not be for the other, thus rejection results among other conflicts. The common error of many is that they interpret rejection as an attack to their person. Instead of looking at the lessons within such experience, we focus much...

Good relationship with people: 3 ways to make it h...

This is a guest post from fellow blogger Eduard Ezeanu Almost anybody with half a brain and some experience will tell you that relationships between people, be it a friendship or a marriage, require work and attention in order to be as good as they can be. And I agree with this, to a large extent. At the same time, I believe that if you’re putting in too much effort to make a relationship work, it’s probably...

Less than 1% succeeds in blogging. Why?...

While I’m fully aware that some bloggers blog for the sheer pleasure of expressing themselves—as well as taking it as their hobbies—let me be clear that I don’t include them as part of the equation above. The bloggers I qualify herein are those whose goals are to earn or establish an authority online. A year has passed since I started blogging and I have discovered many things about the true nature of...

7 characteristics of a loser...

Let’s face it, there are many losers in this world, and the sad fact is that these people are not aware that they are. While stepping above failure is a prerequisite of success, wallowing in it makes one a loser. Everywhere we can see people putting much premium on their ignorance rather than advancing themselves through self analysis and action. Instead of making an effort on zeroing in on the causes of their...

How to make a difference in your life...

If you are like most people who are bored with their mediocre lives living each day repeating their yesterdays task then join me in this short discourse and find out how you can make a difference in your life. All of us have an inner yearning to change something in our lives. But due to our stubbornness, laziness and ignorance we become clueless as to how to make a way to enforce the changes we want. As a...

Dealing with disappointment...

How I wish I could immune myself to the disappointments of life, but no matter how I much I try to protect myself, disappointment find its way. Despite my efforts of planning, anticipating and scrupulous dissection of all the important aspects of my everyday living, unwanted consequences abounds—leaving me reeling with questions and frustration. Even if I try my best to avoid its clasp, I’m always caught up...

Stepping above defeat...

Failures I have always been beleaguered at moments less seldom, but never did I accept the lure of wallowing in defeat. Going back to the events of my past, I come to understand the inevitable setbacks. Even as a child, I have learned that any aspiration carries with it the experience of disappointments. Having to experience the uncomfortable feeling failure, it is all too easy to be mired in defeat, yet I have learned...

The only thing you need to know to achieve your go...

All of us have goals in life—some are humble while others are grand—and we all want to achieve somehow. Unfortunately, most of us prefer to settle on the illusory wondering of our minds. Instead of formulating viable plans that will serve as the foundations of materializing our goals, we waste our valuable resources—time and energy—engaging in the senselessness of idleness, perfect timing, superstition,...