WILLIE'S WORDS OF WISDOM

THE MAN, OG MANDINO

NAPOLEON HILL'S LAWS OF SUCCESS

I BELIEVE

7 MINDSETS ALL BILLIONAIRES SHARE ABOUT WEALTH

As a man thinks in his heart so is he, the way a man or woman thinks will determine the total of their entire mindset which will in turn determine how they choose to run their lives. These are seven secrets which billionaires guard jealously (now made open to you) on their mindsets about the subject of wealth

1 The Failure Is Not Final Mindset: When asked the secret of his success, billionaire entrepreneur and founder of the Virgin empire, Sir Richard Branson gave a shocking and startling. His answer was 'FAILURE' Billionaire businessman and real estate mogul, Donald J. Trump was one billion dollars in debt yet was still bringing out projects at a rate that most of his staff could swear though under their breaths that he was going crazy. Henry Ford, yet another billionaire said, 'Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again more intelligently. Billionaires view failure a lot different from others, while others see failure as a dead end, billionaires view failure as a new bend.
         When asked how he felt after failing ten thousand times, Thomas Alva Edison replied, 'I never failed ten thousand times, I only found thousand ways not to do it. All billionaires at one point in their lives failed yet they didn't throw in the towel, they went back to their corner and determined to fight another round.

2 The Never Give Up Mindset: If it is one thing billionaires share in common is their never say die mindset, they never quit. One particular deal took Donald Trump twenty years to pull through but he stuck to it and it was a hit. Conrad Hilton expressed it best when he mused, 'Achievers never quit, they may make mistakes but they never quit.

3 The Think Big Mindset:  I love the line Chris Brown dropped in the song he featured with Big Sean, 'My Last'. He said, 'If you're not doing it big then you ain't doing nothing'. In the book, The Magic of Thinking Big, David Schwartz said 'Success is not determined by the size of one's brain as it is by the size of one's thinking'. If you must play the game of the billionaires, remember the rule of thinking big for if you think the sky is the limit then you lack ambition. To accomplish big things you need to set big goals. In a nutshell, do it big or don't do it at all

4 The Destiny's Creator Mindset: Billionaires have faith but don't believe in fate, they believe that, 'If it has to be then it is up to me'. Life never gives us what we deserve, it only gives us what we demand. Billionaires don't just sit back and accept the scraps life hands them, they go out with the full consciousness that their destinies are in their hands.

5 The Don't Play It Safe Mindset: Billionaires take risks the huge masses avoid for the fear of getting their fingers burnt. A wise man said, 'The worst risk of all is not to take risks'. It takes adventure and hardness to attain success. Many billionaires found themselves on death ground where they had to fight for their lives to succeed.

6 The Wealthy Mindset: If it is one mindset that separates the billionaires from those striving for the proverbial pot of gold is the wealthy mindset, they believe there is an abundance of wealth for all unlike the average people who are breathing heavily under the weight of the 'not enough' mentality'

7 The Service First Mindset: Billionaires see money only as a reward for rendering quality service to others and the more people they serve, the more money they will make. Zig Ziglar said, 'You can get everything you want out of life if you will just help enough people get what they want'. In conclusion Dr. Mike Murdock went further to say, 'Your rewards in life are determined by the kind of problems you are willing to solve for others.

BRING IT ON

6 THINGS STARTING BUSINESS OWNERS SHOULD KNOW

Ignorance of the law they say is no excuse, there are some important things all starting business owners should know before they begin business more like knowing how deep a river they want to swim in with one leg to know how deep it is.

1 Develop A Compelling Mission: Nothing draws the best talents to any organization than a clearly cut compelling mission because people will only follow a man or woman who not only knows where he or she is going but how he or she will get there. Even though he never lived to see his vision fulfilled, he left behind a determined set of people who eventually put a man on the moon.

2 Find The Right People: It is an exercise in futility putting square pegs in round holes and vice versa. You need to find the right people and put them in their right places. The person who has a tenor voice should be made to sing tenor and nothing else. You don't just need the lone rangers but team players who will do all in their might to help achieve, 'The Big Picture'.

3 Set Clear Goals: Starting a business with no goals is very much like going to a shooting club to shoot but they have no targets for you to practice with. You need both short term and long term goals to move your organization in the right direction else progress will be greatly hampered if all your staff went in different directions of their choices.

4 Measure Progress: There is an African proverb that says, 'When an old woman carrying a basket falls down twice, it is time to count the contents of the basket. Goals set are of little or no use if you cannot measure the progress at which your organization is making. Take a look, sit back and see if indeed you are meeting your targets, if you are then raise the bar a little higher than the previous time. If you didn't meet the target, take a critical look at what went wrong and then adjust it, this is no time to beat yourself up rather it is an exercise in honesty to bring out the best results next time.

5 Be Prepared To Resolve Problem: My favourite comic hero Batman gave Superman some advice when attacked by the Joker by bombs disguised as marbles, 'When dealing with the Joker, expect the unexpected' It is a well known bitter, hard cold, harsh fact that the examinations of life don't have a time table and they never will. Problems will definitely come, you should just get yourself prepared when they turn up for they are simply opportunities in work clothes. A wise man said, 'Prepare for the worst while hoping for the best'.

6 Reward Yourself: Life as the wise view it is a journey that is meant to  be enjoyed not endured. When eventually you do hit your target, reward yourself with little treats at first then increase them as you grow in business. Go to the beach or your favourite restaurant and give yourself a treat.

THE BROKEN JINX

The jinx was finally broken and the joke was on Jose Mourinho who had labeled Arsene Wenger a specialist in failure as well as called him 'boring for not winning a single silverware in 9 years.
  After 11 years of the two coaches meeting for the fourteenth time, Arsene Wenger was the victorious one at the end of 90 minutes of regulation time. Congratulations sir, persistence surely pays.

BACK TO BACK WINNERS

Someone said that, 'The longer victory takes the sweeter it tastes'. The tag of Arsene Wenger being a 'specialist in failure' has worn off as the Gunners gunned past their North London rivals Chelsea beating them for the first time in 11 years with Jose Mourinho as coach. Arsenal with this feat have become the first team in a long time to win both the FA Cup and the Community Shield consecutively.
 It took an Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain goal to silence the taunts of Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho who shook hands with the team players. Success is on the way for the Gunners who have stamped their authority as a team to be taken serious as the season of the round leather game nears commencement.