Quotes of the month to motivate you.

                                                                  January
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"Anything in life worth having is worth working for." - Andrew Carnegie

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"Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who
are ever afraid of the consequences." - Jawaharlal Nehru
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"Success is never ending, failure is never final." - Dr. Robert Schuller
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"I just love when people say I can’t do something because all my life people said
I wasn’t going to make it." - Ted Turner
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"Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all
mankind." - Emily P. Bissell
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"Obstacles are those frightful things you can see when you take your eyes off
your goal." - Henry Ford
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"It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with
it." - John Crowe
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"You will never find time for anything. You must make it." - Charles Buxton
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"Remove failure as an option." - Joan Lunden
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"There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps." - Peter A. Cohen
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"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land among the stars." - Les
Brown
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"Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off.
But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and
build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you." - Amelia Earhart
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"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance
like nobody is watching." - Mark Twain
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"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." - Napoleon Hill
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"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and
learning from failure." - Colin Powell
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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what
lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." - Samuel
Johnson
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"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." - Vince Lombardi
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"The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The
man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been." -
Alan Ashley-Pitt
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"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think
about that, you'll do things differently." - Warren Buffett
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"Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they
have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision." - Muhammad Ali
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"Dwell not on the past. Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind. Nothing
really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. From this moment
onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and
understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every
thought and deed." - Eileen Caddy
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"The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple
as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something
about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur
is a doer." - Nolan Bushnell
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"Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and
enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass!" - Paul J. Meyer
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"Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people
always do that, but the really great make you feel that you too can become
great." - Mark Twain
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"For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work,
patience, love, self-sacrifice. No paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold
of real service." - John Burroughs
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"To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then
resolve to pay the price to get it." - Bunker Hunt
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"You just can't beat the person who never gives up." - Babe Ruth
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"When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word 'succeed', you
find it simply means to follow through." - F.W. Nichol
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"Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.
Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'" - Brian Tracy
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"If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them." - Yogi Berra 
 Self belief is self reliance.

Merry christmass and a happy new year.

Hi my name is david Castory mponda, I am a radio presenter an entreprenuer and a blogger. I want to wish to all my followers of this blog a merry christmas and a happy new year. 2015 was a blessing in many ways so count your blessings.

Sincerely
Wealth Marketing.

WHY TRUST IS IMPORTANT!

Francis Fukiyama wrote a book in 1995 entitled Trust. In this book, he reported on the results of studies of various nations over the centuries. Each of these nations was examined on the basis of the level of trust that existed within their societies. Fukiyama concluded that high-trustnations are prosperous and offer ever-greater opportunities for more and more people. Low-trust nations, on the other hand, have lower levels of prosperity and development. What is the reason for this? It turns out that the greater the levels of trust amongst the people, the government, and the business community in any particular nation,
the greater was the level of economic activity, growth, development, and prosperity that occurred. The lower the level of trust, the higher was the level of corruption and dishonesty. People were reluctant to invest or tie up their money in that country or economy. The fundamental glue that holds any relationship together is trust. It is impossible for us to proceed in any kind of a relationship unless we
trust the other person. All intimate relationships are based on trust. All good friendships are based on trust. All strong families are built on trust. In businesses and organizations, trust is the essential ingredient that holds the organization together. The success of the enterprise is virtually impossible without it.
The very best companies to work for have high-trust environments. In a great company, everyone, at every level, absolutely trusts and believes what other people say is true. In a good company, telling a lie
can be enough to cost you your job. In general, Americans place an inordinate emphasis and value on
the element of trust. You cannot even drive down the street without absolutely trusting that the person coming toward you will drive on his or her side of the road. Trust is the binding ingredient that holds our entire society together.
In business trust is an important tool for success and prosperity.

ACRES OF LAND.

There was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he
was content. He was content because he was happy. One day a wise man came to him
and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along with them. The
wise man said, "If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own
city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist, you could probably own your own
country." And then he went away. That night the farmer couldn't sleep. He was unhappy
and he was discontent. He was unhappy because he was discontent and discontent
because he was unhappy.
The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm, took care of his family and
went in search of diamonds. He looked all over Africa and couldn't find any. He looked all
through Europe and couldn't find any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally,
physically and financially broke. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the
Barcelona River and committed suicide.
Back home, the person who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a stream
that ran through the farm. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and
made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought it would look good on the mantle piece. He
picked up the stone and put it in the living room. That afternoon the wise man came and
saw the stone sparkling. He asked, "Is Hafiz back?" The new owner said, "No, why do
you ask?" The wise man said, "Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see
one." The man said, no, that's just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, I'll show
you. There are many more." They went and picked some samples and sent them for
analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed
covered with acres and acres of diamonds.*
What is the moral of this story?

Opportunities.

What do we all know about taking advantage of opportunities that present themselves at our door steps?
Vince Lombardi once said " The difference between successful people and others is not the lack of knowledge, not lack of strengths, but rather lack of will".

Are you a critical thinker?

How often do you have time to reflect on what's happening in your life's past, present and future? Have you ever thought that you worth more than anybody else could imagine? Perhaps life is not that difficult as we all say it is, perhaps we do not have time to critically and logically think on positive things we can do rather than what we can't do. Here is an easy to understand definition of a critical thinker.

He who think critically is who,
Is habitually inquisitive, well informed, honest in facing personal biases, prudent in making judgement, willing to reconsider, clear about issues, orderly in complex matters, diligent in seeking relevant information, reasonable in the selection of criteria, focused in inquiry and persistent in seeking results which are precise as the subject and the circumstances of inquiry permit.
Think Big, Think Critically.

Crucial abilities a business minded person must have!

• Ability to think ahead and anticipate outcomes and problems.
• Ability to accurately reflect on performance and modify behavior to improve outcomes. decisions
• Must have a knowledge that is quickly retrievable, useful, and situation specific.
• Ability to maintain personal composure so that emotions don't hinder decision-making.
• Confident to make decisions even when conditions are ambiguous and outcome uncertain.

"It's not what you offer to your consumers will generate profit for you, but it's about making the best of the present opportunity".