The Weekend Millionaire’s Real Estate Investing Program
by Roger Dawson and Mike Summey
The Power of Purpose
by Les Brown
Mentored by a Millionaire
by Steven K. Scott
24 Techniques for Closing the Sale
by Brian Tracy
Lessons from the Richest Man Who Ever Lived
by Steven K. Scott
SynchroDestiny
by Dr. Deepak Chopra
Mentally Fit Forever
by Lee Pulos, Ph.D.
The Aladdin Factor
by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
The Power to Shape Your Destiny
by Anthony Robbins
The Maverick Mindset
by Dr. John Eliot
The New Psychology of Achievement
by Brian Tracy
Piranha Marketing
by Joe Polish with Tim Paulson
The Power of Positive Thinking
by Norman Vincent Peale
Your Secret Wealth
by Jay Abraham
Get Out of Your Own Way!
by Larry Winget
Sell Your Way to the Top
by Zig Ziglar
Dreams Don’t Have Deadlines
by Mark Victor Hansen
The Secrets of Power Negotiating
by Roger Dawson
Fully Alive, Fully Human
by Ed Foreman
GOALS
by Zig Ziglar
Cultivating an Unshakable Character
by Jim Rohn
The Transforming Debt to Wealth System
by John Cummuta
A View from the TOP
by Zig Ziglar
Success Strategies for the Crazy Busy
by Edward (Ned) Hallowell, M.D.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Monday, August 6, 2012
ACTION IS EVERYTHING
The world belongs to those who reach out and grab opportunity with both hands. It belongs to those who do something more than wish and hope and plan, intending to do something someday, when all conditions seem just right. It belongs to those who get out there and take action. We've all heard the expression "Knowledge is Power", but what I think is even more profound is "The Implementation of that Knowledge is Power".
Successful people are not necessarily those who make the right decisions all the time. No one can do that, no matter how smart he or she is. But once successful people have made a decision, they begin moving step-by-step toward their objectives, and they begin to get feedback or signals to tell them when they're on course and when course corrections are necessary. As they take action and move toward their goals, they continually get new information that enables them to adjust their plans in large and small ways.
It's important to understand that life is a series of approximations and course adjustments. Let me explain. When an airplane leaves Chicago for Los Angeles, it is off course 99 percent of the time. This is normal and natural and to be expected. The pilot makes continual course corrections, a little to the north, a little to the south. The pilot continually adjusts altitude and throttle. And sure enough, several hours later, the plane touches down at exactly the time predicted when it first became airborne upon leaving Chicago. The entire journey has been a process or approximations and course adjustments.
Of course, there are no guarantees in life. Everything you do — even driving to work — is filled with uncertainty. You can never be completely sure that any action or behavior is going to bring about your desired result. There is always a risk. And where there is risk, there is fear. And whatever you think about grows in your mind and heart. People who think continually about the risks involved in any undertaking soon become preoccupied with fears and doubts and anxieties that conspire to hold them back from trying in the first place.
At Babson College, a 12-year study was conducted to discover the reasons for success. The researchers concluded that the difference between the successes and the failures in their study could be summarized by one word: launch! Successful people were willing to launch themselves down the track of opportunity without any guarantee of success. They were willing to risk uncertainty and overcome the normal fears and doubts that hold the majority in place.
And the remarkable thing is that as you take risks in life, new opportunities emerge all around you. However, you would not have seen those opportunities if you had not taken action. They would not have materialized for you if you had waited for some assurance of the outcome before acting.
The Confucian saying "A journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step" simply means that great accomplishments begin with your willingness to face the inevitable uncertainty of any new enterprise and step out boldly in the direction of your goal. If you want to be more successful faster, just do more things. Take more action; get busier. Start a little earlier; work a little harder; stay a little later. Put the odds in your favor. According to the law of probability, the more things you try, the more likely it is that you will try the one thing that will make all the difference.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Tom Peters, the author of the classic bestseller In Search of Excellence found that a key quality of the top executives was a "bias for action." Their motto seemed to be "Ready, fire, aim!" Their attitude toward business was summarized in the words "Do it, fix it, try it." They realized that the future belongs to the action-oriented, to the risk taker.
Successful people know, as General Douglas MacArthur once said, "There is no security on this earth. There is only opportunity." And the interesting thing is this: If you seek opportunity, you'll end up with all the security you need. However, if you seek security, you'll end up with neither opportunity nor security. The proof of this is all around us, in the downsizing and reconstructing of corporations, where thousands of men and women who sought security are finding themselves unemployed for long periods of time.
There is a "momentum principle" of success, which is derived from two physical laws, the law of momentum and the law of inertia, and it applies equally well to everything that you accomplish and fail to accomplish.
In physics, the law of momentum says that a body in motion tends to remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. The law of inertia, on the other hand, says that a body at rest tends to remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.
In their simplest terms, as they apply to you and your life, those laws say that if you stay in motion toward something that is important to you, it's much easier to continue making progress than it is if you stop somewhere along the way and have to start again. Successful people are very much like the plate spinners in the circus. They get things spinning, knowing that if a plate falls off, or something comes to a halt, it's much harder to get it restarted than it is to keep it going.
Once you have a goal and a plan, get going! And once you start moving toward your goal, don't stop. Do something every day to move yourself closer toward your goal. Don't let the size of the goal or the amount of time required to accomplish it hold you back. During your planning process, break down the goal into small tasks and activities that you can engage in every day. Every day, every week, every month you should be making progress by completing your predetermined tasks and activities in the direction of your clearly defined objective.
And here's where the rubber meets the road. One of the most important single qualities for success is self-discipline. It's the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
Let me break down that definition of self-discipline. First, "the ability to make yourself." This means that you have to use strength and willpower to force yourself into motion, to overcome the power of inertia that holds you back. Second, "do what you should do when you should do it."
This means that you make a plan, set a schedule, and then do what you say you'll do. Do it when you say you'll do it. Keep your promises to yourself and to others. The third part of this definition is: "whether you feel like it or not." You see, anyone can do anything if he feels like it, if he wants to do it because it makes him happy, if he is well-rested and has lots of time. However, the true test of character is when you do something that you know you must do whether you feel like it or not — especially when you don't like doing it at all.
In fact, you can tell how badly you really want something, and what you're really made of as a person, by how capable you are of taking action in the direction of your goals and dreams even when you feel tired and discouraged and disappointed and you don't seem to be making any progress. And very often, this is the exact time when you will break through to great achievement. As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "When the night is darkest, the stars come out."
Your ability to endure, to continue taking action, step by step, in the direction of your dreams, is what will ultimately assure your success. Keep at it!
Successful people are not necessarily those who make the right decisions all the time. No one can do that, no matter how smart he or she is. But once successful people have made a decision, they begin moving step-by-step toward their objectives, and they begin to get feedback or signals to tell them when they're on course and when course corrections are necessary. As they take action and move toward their goals, they continually get new information that enables them to adjust their plans in large and small ways.
It's important to understand that life is a series of approximations and course adjustments. Let me explain. When an airplane leaves Chicago for Los Angeles, it is off course 99 percent of the time. This is normal and natural and to be expected. The pilot makes continual course corrections, a little to the north, a little to the south. The pilot continually adjusts altitude and throttle. And sure enough, several hours later, the plane touches down at exactly the time predicted when it first became airborne upon leaving Chicago. The entire journey has been a process or approximations and course adjustments.
Of course, there are no guarantees in life. Everything you do — even driving to work — is filled with uncertainty. You can never be completely sure that any action or behavior is going to bring about your desired result. There is always a risk. And where there is risk, there is fear. And whatever you think about grows in your mind and heart. People who think continually about the risks involved in any undertaking soon become preoccupied with fears and doubts and anxieties that conspire to hold them back from trying in the first place.
At Babson College, a 12-year study was conducted to discover the reasons for success. The researchers concluded that the difference between the successes and the failures in their study could be summarized by one word: launch! Successful people were willing to launch themselves down the track of opportunity without any guarantee of success. They were willing to risk uncertainty and overcome the normal fears and doubts that hold the majority in place.
And the remarkable thing is that as you take risks in life, new opportunities emerge all around you. However, you would not have seen those opportunities if you had not taken action. They would not have materialized for you if you had waited for some assurance of the outcome before acting.
The Confucian saying "A journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step" simply means that great accomplishments begin with your willingness to face the inevitable uncertainty of any new enterprise and step out boldly in the direction of your goal. If you want to be more successful faster, just do more things. Take more action; get busier. Start a little earlier; work a little harder; stay a little later. Put the odds in your favor. According to the law of probability, the more things you try, the more likely it is that you will try the one thing that will make all the difference.
I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.
Tom Peters, the author of the classic bestseller In Search of Excellence found that a key quality of the top executives was a "bias for action." Their motto seemed to be "Ready, fire, aim!" Their attitude toward business was summarized in the words "Do it, fix it, try it." They realized that the future belongs to the action-oriented, to the risk taker.
Successful people know, as General Douglas MacArthur once said, "There is no security on this earth. There is only opportunity." And the interesting thing is this: If you seek opportunity, you'll end up with all the security you need. However, if you seek security, you'll end up with neither opportunity nor security. The proof of this is all around us, in the downsizing and reconstructing of corporations, where thousands of men and women who sought security are finding themselves unemployed for long periods of time.
There is a "momentum principle" of success, which is derived from two physical laws, the law of momentum and the law of inertia, and it applies equally well to everything that you accomplish and fail to accomplish.
In physics, the law of momentum says that a body in motion tends to remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. The law of inertia, on the other hand, says that a body at rest tends to remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force.
In their simplest terms, as they apply to you and your life, those laws say that if you stay in motion toward something that is important to you, it's much easier to continue making progress than it is if you stop somewhere along the way and have to start again. Successful people are very much like the plate spinners in the circus. They get things spinning, knowing that if a plate falls off, or something comes to a halt, it's much harder to get it restarted than it is to keep it going.
Once you have a goal and a plan, get going! And once you start moving toward your goal, don't stop. Do something every day to move yourself closer toward your goal. Don't let the size of the goal or the amount of time required to accomplish it hold you back. During your planning process, break down the goal into small tasks and activities that you can engage in every day. Every day, every week, every month you should be making progress by completing your predetermined tasks and activities in the direction of your clearly defined objective.
And here's where the rubber meets the road. One of the most important single qualities for success is self-discipline. It's the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.
Let me break down that definition of self-discipline. First, "the ability to make yourself." This means that you have to use strength and willpower to force yourself into motion, to overcome the power of inertia that holds you back. Second, "do what you should do when you should do it."
This means that you make a plan, set a schedule, and then do what you say you'll do. Do it when you say you'll do it. Keep your promises to yourself and to others. The third part of this definition is: "whether you feel like it or not." You see, anyone can do anything if he feels like it, if he wants to do it because it makes him happy, if he is well-rested and has lots of time. However, the true test of character is when you do something that you know you must do whether you feel like it or not — especially when you don't like doing it at all.
In fact, you can tell how badly you really want something, and what you're really made of as a person, by how capable you are of taking action in the direction of your goals and dreams even when you feel tired and discouraged and disappointed and you don't seem to be making any progress. And very often, this is the exact time when you will break through to great achievement. As Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "When the night is darkest, the stars come out."
Your ability to endure, to continue taking action, step by step, in the direction of your dreams, is what will ultimately assure your success. Keep at it!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
NDU POST JAMB IS OUT
| PUME 2012/2013 EXERCISE |
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2012/2013 PUME SCREENING EXERCISE
(1ST) CHOICE CANDIDATES ONLY
This
is to inform the general public that the Post-UtME Screening Exercise
of the Niger Delta University for the 2012/2013 session will take
places as indicated below:
1. ELIGIBILITY
· Candidates
who chose Niger Delta University as first choice ONLY the PUME
screening exercise for second choice candidates may come later;
· Minimum UME score for all candidates is 180.
2. REGISTRATION
Registration is online on our website at www.ndu.edu.ng or at www.ndu.ac starting from 25th May, 2012 to 9th June 2012.
The Registration Process is as Follows:
i. Go
to any Diamond, Skye,UBA, ECO and Trans Atlantic Mortgage Bank branch
in Yenagoa or any Diamond or Skye Bank branch in Nigeria
along with your UTME
Registration slip.
ii. Purchase
an e-pin slip for Niger Delta University Post-UTME screening for a fee
of 2,000 Naira( two thousand Naira). The University cannot subsidize
other charges such as Bank charges.
iii. Go online and log onto www.ndu.edu.ng and link the site www.ndu.ac or go directly to www.ndu.ac , and click on ‘Apply for Post-UTME screening exercise ’. Complete the online application for Post-UTME screening.
iv. The Passport photograph- the passport photograph will be captured by using a web camera available on the computer you are using for the online registration. You do not need to scan a photograph and upload for the registration. Applicants must ensure that the computer they are using has a web camera.
v.
Print out the generated Acknowledgment Letter and your
Application form. Your seat number for the screening exercise will be
indicated on the form. You must bring these (acknowledgment letter and Application form)a along to the screening venue.
Candidates are advised to make
photocopies of the Acknowledgment Letter and the Application
form. Candidates without the Acknowledgement Letter and
Application form will not be
allowed to do the Post-UTME screening exercise.
vi. Notification for Post-UTME exercise
You
will receive a notification through SMS via telephone and by e-mail
indicating whether or not you are qualified to do the screening
exercise. The dates for your screening
exercise will also be available on our web site www.ndu.edu.ng
NOTE
1. Your application will not be successful if:
- your UTME score is less than 180
- the appropriate e-pin was not used
- If you enter a State of origin different from the one indicated on your JAMB Registration Form.
- Note that the screening exercise starts from your buying of the pin.
2. Always check your e-mail box for mails.
3. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
READ AND FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
i. Passport
Photograph – scanned photographs will not be accepted by the online
registration system. Ensure that the computer you are using has
a web camera which will
take your passport photograph.
ii. Use the same name as you used in your UTME.
iii. Submit two valid e-mail addresses and phone numbers in your
registration form. (Niger Delta University will not be held responsible if you use invalid e-mail and Telephone numbers)
4. SCHEDULE OF SCREENING EXERCISE
NOTICE OF SPECIFIC DAYS AND LIST OF HALLS OF SCREENING WILL BE PLACED ON THE UNIVERSITY WEBSITE FROM 28TH OF MAY, 2012 AND AT THE UNIVERSITY GATE ON THE DATE OF SCREENING. PLEASE CHECK FOR YOUR HALL USING YOUR SEAT NUMBER.
DATE, TIME AND VENUE OF SCREENING EXCERCISE WILL BE POSTED ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE www.ndu.edu.ng
The
Screening process is time consuming, given the fact that it involves
Biometric techniques such as finger printing, late comers will not be
screened. Those resident outside Yenagoa/Wilberforce Island are advised to come a day earlier. The University is not responsible for accommodating any candidate.
A. BRING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR THE SCREENING
- HB pencils and erasers. No biros or pens will be allowed.
- Acknowledgement Letter and Application form.
CAUTION!
B. DO NOT BRING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS INTO THE SCREENING HALL
- Mathematical tables
- Calculators
- GSM phones (will be confiscated. The Niger Delta University will not be liable)
5. DISQUALIFICATION
CANDIDATES
WHO MAKE FALSE DECLARATION OF UTME SCORES AND ORDINARY LEVEL GRADES (
SSCE, GCE, NECO AND THEIR EQUIVALENT),
AS WELL AS STATE OF ORIGIN SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR
ADMISSION
6. MODE OF DRESS DURING SCREENING
Decent Dressing
SCHEDULE OF 2012 PUTME SCREENING EXERCISE
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DAY 1 WEDNESDAY 13TH OF JUNE , 2012
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LAW (morning) 7am to 11am
SCIENCE and NURSING, (Afternoon) 2pm – 6pm
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DAY 2 THURSDAY 14TH OF JUNE ,2012
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MEDICINE, MED.LAB SCI., PHARMACY(Morning) 7am to 11am
ARTS ,EDUCATION and AGRIC TECH. (Afternoon) 2pm – 6pm
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DAY 3 FRIDAY 15TH OF JUNE, 2012
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MANAGEMENT SCIENCE – BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING) , OFFICE MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (Morning) 7am to 11am
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE – ACCOUNTING, INSURANCE, BANKING AND FINANCE (Afternoon) 2pm to 6pm.
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DAY 4 SATURDAY 16TH OF JUNE, 2012
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SOCIAL SCIENCE (Morning) 7am to 11am
ENGINEERING (Afternoon) 2pm to 6pm
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ALL CANDIDATES ARE REQUESTED TO BE AT THE SCREENING VENUE AS FOLLOWS
7AM FOR THE MORNING SESSION
2PM FOR THE AFTERNOON SESSION
CHECK
FOR YOUR SEAT NOS AND SPECIFIC VENUE OF YOUR SCREENING EXERCISE ON OUR
WEB SITE, www.ndu.edu.ng
,
THEY WILL ALSO BE PLACED AT THE
GATE OF THE GLORY LAND CAMPUS BEFORE THE EXAMINATION DATE
SIGNED
TONBRA MORRIS-ODUBO
REGISTRAR
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