The Power of an Open Mind

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The Power Of An Open Mind

There are two categories of people in this life: People who live with an open mind and those who live with an open mouth. Talk is cheap but good thoughts are expensive. Good thoughts emanate from people who have open mind. They're the leaders others look up to when the chips are down.

Keeping one's mind open is hard work because there are so many things in this world that can easily cause you to open your mouth wide. The danger in always keeping your mouth open is that you can never think creative thoughts when your mouth is open. The mouth is constructed like a door that's why it should be closed sometimes.

Successful people keep an open mind to every issue and chart their way through every obstacle of life with creative thoughts. Life is not about winning arguments; it's about leveraging on positive thoughts and acquired knowledge.

People with open mind love instructions while people with open mouth love recognition even when they've achieved nothing. Instructions lead to life and fulfillment. The book of Proverbs 4:1-4 says, "Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live."

Your level of success is a function of your thoughts. You can never go far in life if your mind is closed. A closed mind leads to a closed destiny. One of our core competences in the School of Professional Mentoring & Capacity Building(SPMCB) is that we have regular interactive sessions that mentees and resource persons leverage on to become better.

Open up your mind and move to the ultimate level God has destined for you. There's power in an open mind, discover it!

See You At The Top In 2016. ‪#MoreGrace‬!

The PMCB Team

Age Is Just A Number

Age Is Just A Number

Do you feel agitated when you're asked "How old are you?" It's natural that people compare their age to their level of achievements. That's big error! You can be whatever you want to be in God's agenda if you're ready to pay the price at the right time.

In Genesis 47:8-9
Pharaoh asked Jacob how old he was. Jacob responded: "The length of my stay on earth has been 130 years. The years of my life have been few and difficult, fewer than my ancestors' years." 

Many people feel edgy or uneasy about questions of their age because of unfulfilled dreams, fear of being compared, disrespected, rejected or exploited among others. Great people realize that while God is the giver of life, we must  strive to live purposefully and meaningfully within our time frame.

The famous author, preacher and motivational speaker Dr. Robert Schuller  wrote a book, "DON'T THROW AWAY TOMORROW" that reveals you can still be what you want to be, your age notwithstanding. He built the Crystal Cathedral when nobody believed he could do it.

At age 78, he conceived a dream for the next 10 years of his life and challenged others to maximize their years. God honoured him and he died in 2015 at age 88 with a fulfilled destiny. Like Apostle Paul, "He fought a good fight, he finished his course and kept the faith." What about you?

No matter how difficult and complicated your life has been, thank God for your age and keep dreaming of a better tomorrow in all areas of your pursuit. Rest assured God will back you up in that dream and bring it into manifestation. Age is just a number, don't allow it defeat you.

This Is Your Day: Go Forward! Your miracle is closer than you can ever imagine.

See You At The Top In 2016. #MoreGrace!

What's Your Level of Faith

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What's Your Level Of Gratitude?

I totally agree with Anthony Robbins' assertion, "When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears."

There is calmness to life in gratitude, a quiet joy. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. As you ponder about all the things in your life you're grateful for, you will be amazed at the never-ending thoughts that come back to you, of more things to be grateful for.

Gratitude helps you grow and expand spiritually, mentally, financially and emotionally. It brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of those around you. In the words of Wallace Wattles this is more evident, "The daily practice of gratitude is one of the conduits by which your wealth will come to you." Henry Ward Beecher remarked, "Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul." Gratitude is the great multiplier of life. Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot. The easiest way to bring lack into your life is by being ungrateful to God.

Gratitude is the best attitude. Great battles have been fought and won with gratitude and praises without the use of any physical weapons. Saint Ambrose said, "No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks." A thankful heart leads to a great life. It turns what we have into enough.

Nothing will enlarge your life more quickly and dramatically than gratitude. Dr. John Demartin wrote, "Whatever we think about and thank about, we bring about." G. K. Chesterton added, "Gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder." Nothing will diminish your life more quickly and profoundly than being ungrateful. It is not happy people who are thankful. It is thankful people who are happy.

"The best way to show gratitude to God is to accept everything, even my problems with joy," said Mother Theresa. When disappointment causes you to slip, stumble, slide into discouragement, then lift your mood upward by giving thanks to God for all things. Gratefulness is the key to happiness. Practicing gratitude will lead to open door and bring God's blessing into your life.

People who aren't grateful are not givers. They rarely think about others; they think only of themselves. Their selfishness keeps them from sowing and their ingratitude makes them wonder why they don't reap harvest.

This Is Your Day: Make gratitude your daily companion and make God your partner for life.

See You At The Top In 2016. #MoreGrace!