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Norman Mailer said “Every moment of one’s existence, one is growing into more or retreating into less” Let me put it in my own words, “if you are not growing, you are dying”. Everything on earth obeys the principles of growth. Anything that is not growing is considered to be dead. You cannot stand on the fence either. That moment you stop growing you start dying. A seed, though carries the power to birth a forest yet remains alone until it is planted. In a seed of corn is the ability to produce a billion other corn, however, without cultivating it, its power remains dormant, untapped and useless. The power of growth is what transforms a seed into a forest, it is what turns a born leader to a great leader, a failed business to a conglomerate, a local venture to a global organization and a stagnant church to a triumphant church. Consider this scripture below; John 12:24  Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it re...

In the first part of this post, I discussed with you why habit is important to a successful life. We also discussed the meaning of habit, the fact that habits can be replace and seven (7) simple but powerful steps to replace bad habits with great ones. If you miss the part 1 you can read it  here In this post, I will be discussing ten (10) important habits you must cultivate in 2018 to make it your best year so far. If you can cultivate 70% of these habits, I can assure you of a productive 2018.  So let’s begin: 1. Meditation Everything start with the mind. Mediation is the process of mining the treasures of the heart.  Create time every day to meditate. This is an everyday practice of successful people. Most Africans find it difficult to sit down and just think. Some consider it  a lazy man venture. But a time of meditation is not a wasted time, it's investment time. Creative ideas flows like a current during this practice.  It helps you to see ...

Great habits are the foundation for a great life. According to Aristotle  “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit” Related Post:  Are-you-player-or-spectator It’s not just my passion to help you maximize 2018, it’s a duty and a covenant. The concept and frame of this particular post is based on this popular saying  “Sow a thought, reap an action, sow an action, reap a habit, sow a habit, reap a character, sow a character and reap a destiny” Great habits make a great destiny,  a bad habit makes a destructive life. Therefore, your habits in 2018 will determine your outcome in 2018. Excellence and success are no products of luck, they are produced by good and productive habits. Related Post: Managing-change-in-leadership-in-life. But, what is a habit? You may ask me. Can I break out of my bad habits if I have one? How can I break my bad habits and build good ones? This post will help you answer all these question...

IN CASE YOU MISS THIS… Here are some of the points that was noted during the UNSTOPPABLE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT Theme “LEAD UP” The summit elucidated the need for Leadership as follow: THE BURDEN OF LEADERSHIP Everything stands or falls on leadership. The crises of the world today is traceable to the crises in leadership. Fix leadership all other thing will be fixed. 1. Nothing Happens without leadership: leadership set the pace in government, they starts businesses, make scientific discoveries, medical breakthrough, philosophical ideas that shapes human society. 2. Nothing Succeeds Without Leadership: leaders determines whether a project, task, or undertakings succeeds or fails. 3. Nothing is Altered or Transformed without Leadership: leadership initiate great changes, it also manage changes that occurs both in church organizations and society. 4. Nothing Develops Without Leadership: leadership takes initiative for new developments and setting new standar...

For believers who wants to grow spiritually, prayer is not just an activity, it's a life. Against popular opinion prayer is not a tool we employ when we are in trouble, it’s a lifestyle that keep trouble out of your life permanently.  To live a victorious and ever-growing Christian life, prayer is an inevitable adventure. A man that is defeated in the  place of prayer cannot win in the game of life. Your success in life is proportional to your prayer life. Unfortunately, many believer see prayer as a wearisome and uninteresting adventure. So we hardly engage in it. For some, it has not deliver to them their expected dividends.  Could it be that you have wrongly approached it. Here are 5 SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE PRAYER that will help your spiritual growth   1.Prayer is a call to fellowship . Many pray only when they have a problem,have a request, or complaint.  No. PRAYER is a call to fellowship with the father. While there i...