#5StepsOnWinningTheFuture - (3.1) #IdentifyWhatYouNeed - #YouAreNotAVictim

Many are bitter and angry simply because they’ve bought into the idea that someone is the cause of their predicament.  (Copy and tweet). The blame culture is very much rife in our times. Who therefore is to be blamed for their predicament? One could argue the absence or lack of opportunities, proper education etc. This might be true to some extent. However, after blaming everyone you still have to live your life. This is why the little you have could be used as the seed for anything you desire to achieve. (Copy and tweet).

We die once but we live daily through the grace of God. Thus every decision must count for a better tomorrow. (Copy and tweet). Be you a homemaker, bus driver or nurse, there is something you desire to accomplish before you die. You are not alone! The sad news is that not everyone will work smart with the opportunities presented. 

The difference between two people is the level of knowledge, the quality of people and financial help they have in times of need. (Copy and tweet). Money isn’t the primary object for the fulfilment of your vision per se but it’s about your ability to motive others with your vision. If you are bold enough, you will be able to determine the course of your destiny. Boldness is all you need especially when all have given up on you. (Copy and tweet).

Everyone is waiting to see how you will turn out. We are all surrounded by so great a cloud of witness -some wishing your downfall, others are nonchalant about your plans whilst all others are still praying and believing that you can make it. We all live life hoping to make it but just hoping is not enough until practical steps are in place. (Copy and tweet).

Your value as a human being is equated to your ability to make use of everything God freely gave to you.  (Copy and tweet). With this in mind, the negativity you have been accustomed to shouldn’t be a defeating factor. Every situation has some good in it. The world is waiting for your contribution. You are not a victim!

Talk About It -

A. Do you feel like  you are VICTIM sometimes in your quest to win the future?
B.  What steps have you taken  to shed off the VICTIM mentality?

Yours 

Joe Akuoko II

#5StepsOnWinningTheFuture - (3.0) #IdentifyWhatYouNeed

..but my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory- Philippians 4:19

Everybody needs help in order to be a “somebody”.  (Copy and tweet). You can’t do it alone when it comes to your success. I doubt if any sensible individual desiring to go places, will even think of rejecting help when it comes to their need. (Copy and tweet).  Even if you are gifted, it takes the input of others to give meaning to it. Whenever you act like you don’t need help, you will never assimilate into greater heights as you so wish.The most important question you should ask yourself at this point – is who and what do you need to arrive at your destination? There are three fundamental keys you cannot ignore when it comes to the question of what you need in order to win in this life. Great people never ignored the need for these three- Knowledge, People and Money. (Copy and tweet).

It is easy to look at these three major components and shrug off your responsibility of acquiring and working with them. It’s your duty to look for and work with them. Unfortunately, without a proper combination of the three, it will be difficult to get results from your toils. There is a general misconception that you need money before a plan. On the contrary I believe you need a plan before the money. Without a plan, money is always abused. (Copy and tweet).

It is the plan, the discovery of opportunities and the knowledge attached to it that makes the difference. (Copy and tweet). By your plan you can attract the investment you need. Even though you have a choice on what knowledge and people you need, your source of funding should be credible as any ill-gotten financial help will rear its ugly head some day in your life. (Copy and tweet).  Many have fallen from grace to grass because they chose to work with the wrong set of values. You will always be found out if not in the now it will be in the future.

I believe in a workable and a meticulous plan. I struggle to function when a plan is not in place. Living your life without a proper approach to planning only leads to chaos. (Copy and tweet). Poverty abounds much where I come from due to the lack of planning and the poor mismanagement of resources. We live almost forgetting that when we fail to plan, then we absolutely plan to fail. (Copy and tweet).

Having a properly managed strategy as you move along to win is not something you can take for granted. I had the privilege of being taught a lot about the need for quality management for the price at hand. Everything needs to be properly managed for results. (Copy and tweet).  The lack of results most of the times is due to the mismanagement of either time or the resources available to us. This whole process is about your life and it behooves on you to manage every detail of it. I don’t think you will take for granted how your life should turn up. (Copy and tweet).

Talk About It -

A. To Win, there are things you need. What is yours?

Yours 

Joe Akuoko II

#5StepsOnWinningTheFuture - (2.2) #WhereDoYouWantToGo #FINDINGYOURTHERE

“Life is in stages men are in sizes: go through the stages and watch God increase you in size”. JA II

Everyone at some point in life will be burnt by events.  You are going to be static or upwardly mobile because of what someone somewhere might say to you in terms of your purpose. (Copy and tweet).  It is by virtue of this that you should give yourself another chance and push towards the vision. Those who don’t give up in the dark times will surely see the light. (Copy and tweet).

Failure can be a stepping stone to success if only you will apply the lessons learnt during the failing. At some point in your life a person can become a victim of their circumstances but can also emerge as victors from it. (Copy and tweet). Can you give yourself this great opportunity and pick up the pieces? Because I know at first-hand what it means to be a victim yet being tagged a perpetrator-this is the attitude of society where oftentimes victims are tagged perpetrators. 

Everyone has a “but” yet your “but” should be one that will defy the negatives of the naysayers. (Copy and tweet). I recently heard about “negative motivation”. Some negative situations can become the push a person needs in order to take charge of their life. Everything that happens in a person’s life has some good in it. The way you perceive the situation is what matters. (Copy and tweet).

You cannot allow this opportunity to embark on your journey pass you by. Providence often provides us with scenarios and people but when we fail to make use of, they pass us by. (Copy and tweet). Having the audacity to dare your circumstances is a right God has freely given to every human being. It is not late as they want you to believe. Life is in stages men are in sizes: go through the stages and watch God increase you in size. (Copy and tweet).

Life for you is never going to be fulfilling unless you appear at your “there”. (Copy and tweet).  A Ghanaian proverb says “as long as we have life, we have everything”. It is an advantage to be alive.  If that which you went through did not kill you, it acknowledges you have the power to be an overcomer. It just came to test your fortitude. (Copy and tweet). 

My purpose is to encourage and also help you get to the place you have always wanted to with these easy and every day steps. I am practising what I have written so I truly empathize with every sentiments you might have. I have seen progress in a lot of stuff with where I want to go. Surely you too can. In all human journeys, these three fundamentals stand out- your map, Baggage, and destination. (Copy and tweet). You can get to your “there”!

#5StepsOnWinningTheFuture - (2.1) #WhereDoYouWantToGo #FIGHTINGTHECAUSE

“If you dare your circumstances,you'll find their weaknesses and win over them.”JA II 

The only thing no one can take from you is the power of your imagination. Your imagination allows you to have a preview of how glorious and victorious it will be for you to get to your “there”. (Copy and tweet). Reality sets in when you descend from your imaginative world to meet the ugly face of your challenges. This should push you to realise it takes a lot of smart work to get you to the place of your intended vision. Without the practical, living life will unexciting. (Copy and tweet).

Staying within the confines of your imaginative abilities without doing anything is equated to “wishing”.  Take the necessary steps needed as you wouldn’t have any solutions to your problems except when you begin to act. (Copy and tweet). Your greatness will not be achieved in a day, month nor in a year but the seeds for it can be sown immediately. (Copy and tweet). There are some who postpone their journey every year and are never up for it. One of these days means none of these days as an old English proverb states.

We are quick to blame most who have no desire to pursue their “there” anymore. On the contrary, many are reeling from the shock they might have suffered in their quests and unfortunately are still recovering from it. I believe it is painful when you have been exposed to several failures. Anyone can deal with failure at some point but when the cycle keeps repeating, it kills the resilient Spirit you once started with. (Copy and tweet).

As a result, many lose the fervor to push forward in the face of eminent failure and debilitating issues. (Copy and tweet). These things have the tendency to affect your self-belief and make it difficult for you to garner strength to carry on with the journey. For my brothers and sisters who have had such an unfortunate experience, this is a reality of life. The meaning you give to these unfortunate situations is what matters. (Copy and tweet).  It is within your power to turn these situations around as everyone has been endowed by their creator.

You did not lose when things went sour: you lost when you decided not to dare your circumstances anymore. (Copy and tweet). The failure happened when you sat down and began looking adversely at you and what you have done.  The failure happened because of your doings not because of you as a person. No human being fails per se, their endeavours do. Don’t be too quick to write yourself off. (Copy and tweet). Visit your memory bank of your past victories and this should stir you up to try once more. 

There is no impossibility without a possibility- check the spelling! (Copy and tweet).  Even if you should separate the “im” from the rest of the word impossibility, you have “I ‘m possibility”. (Copy and tweet). When in humility you accept that you’ve made some mistakes, you are given the power to live and win again. (Copy and tweet). You have to pick up the pieces and begin to live life to the max again. It’s in this that strength and joy can be found again in doing that which you have always wanted to do. 

Talk About It -

A. Have you ever thought of giving up, not once, nor twice but severally? 

Yours

Joe Akuoko II

#5StepsOnWinningTheFuture - (2.0) #WhereDoYouWantToGo #ENVISIONINGTHEFUTURE

“The journey of a ten thousand miles begins in the mind”- Joe Akuoko II

Every step one takes leads to a place! People say it is the end that will always justify the means. By now I know that it’s the means that justifies the end. (Copy and tweet). The process a person subjects themselves to in fulfilling a dream is what determines the results. Life is a journey and regardless of how well one plans, you are bound to have bumps, breakdowns, detours, frustrations, ill wishes and accidents. (Copy and tweet). This doesn’t mean you should quit. If you don’t, one of these days in the midst of all the negatives, there is bound to be some good. (Copy and tweet). Your ability to follow a plan on your journey in life is paramount as it goes a long way to minimise a lot of the hardships others encounter.  

There is a place called “there” in every one and this is what gives meaning to our existence as humans. (Copy and tweet). Whatever you do should be as a result of your desire to achieve your “there”. Unbeknownst to most, we subconsciously work, live, love with the main aim of getting to our “there”….it’s the quiet utopia the resides in the spirit of every person. (Copy and tweet). Interestingly, like in every endeavour, our mind gives us vistas of how our lives can be and our bodies begin the process of achieving it. It represents a place where fulfillment can be easily grasped. It is not a mirage or a fantasy but a reality which with hard work (smart work) can be attained. (Copy and tweet).

You will never be satisfied until you get to the place destiny is calling you to. When you are at the beck and call of destiny, you find no joy in anything except that which you are pursuing. (Copy and tweet). What it takes for one to achieve the vision of their “there” is not easily practised by many who claim to have an insatiable desire for it.  The price to pay and the discipline needed to overcome the challenges is very daunting. Only a few truly stick their heads in the struggle to win! (Copy and tweet). 

Once you are set for great things in this life, struggles become part of your daily existence. (Copy and tweet). As you keep at it, that which is holding onto your success will eventually let go off it. Persistence is what breaks the will! As the struggle was real for all the great ones we revere, so shall it be for you. If they were not overcome, but the opposite happened, you are just about to win this glorious victory God has destined for your life. My plea to you however is that never just struggle but do so with the right kind of knowledge.

If I should ask you this question “where do you want to go”, it is obvious you are going to tell me about a place? That place could be the achievement of a vision, purpose, degree etc. (Copy and tweet). Though nebulous yet very exciting whenever the idea of your “there” comes into mind. 

Talk About It -

A. Where Do You Want To Go?

Joe Akuoko II

#5StepsOnWinningTheFuture - (1.2) DISCOVER YOU

"...And God created "YOU" in His IMAGE (paraphrased).

There isn’t any nobility in copying yet for many, it seems it’s the easy way out. Finding your own path in life and being guided by divine principles gives peace more than just following others because something worked for them.  (Copy and tweet). Things don’t work for everyone the same way: what worked for someone wouldn’t necessarily work for you. There is so much nobility in being a pioneer! Every one that made a name in history and in our times was bold enough to pioneer something. (Copy and tweet).

Funny enough, if you want to be successful, the best pill to swallow is the one labelled “you can’t do it”.  (Copy and tweet). That which is stored in you has been crying to be let out in order to be expressed. Your duty and the greatest service to yourself and those whose lives are tied to yours is to do something with what you’ve been blessed with.  Remember the enormity of the work of artistry that went into creating you!

The question “who are you” carries with it so much potency that if you will spend time introspectively to search and to ask questions, you’ll be furnished with all the possible answers. (Copy and tweet).  Countless number of people spends their lives worshipping others for their ingenuity, yet fails to make use or watch their opportunities go waste. (Copy and tweet). Grave mistake! I have every right to applaud someone for their skill or ability but I have no right to sit and watch my own go waste. (Copy and tweet). You are not different from the winner in terms of gifts, abilities and sometimes opportunities.  Your difference is found in whether you will act or not on a given opportunity.

My mother instilled in me the value of understanding the power of one’s self. She made sure I understood that anytime something holds you bound, you will never experience the fullness of what you could have become. (Copy and tweet). It will be painful to go through life and never win. It’s even more heart wrenching when you knew you could have won but never yielded when the opportunity arose. (Copy and tweet).

I am great not because a person conferred it on me but because I am learning to understand who I am. (Copy and tweet). You are truly great when you understand yourself! With God being the ultimate, the greatest asset you have before you embark on any quest be it educational, financial or relational is you. If God has been so faithful in not taking “you” away from “you”, then you ought to win. Why? Because the future matters!

From the way I see it, only a few have truly paid the price to understand themselves before engaging with the realities of life. (Copy and tweet). The future I believe belongs to those who understand these three controlling factors- Self- Awareness, Self- Upliftment and Self- Empowerment. This is what will hinge a person onto a foundation from which they can build enduring success. Your future is waiting for you to win it over! (Copy and tweet).

#5StepsOnWinningTheFuture - (1.1) DISCOVER YOU

"Cogito Ergo sum": I think therefore I am” - Rene Descartes

Success or failure begins with the “individual”. Nothing will ever happen without your involvement. (Copy and tweet).  I have constantly emphasised on the fact that a person who desire to win should take all the time available to them and do this –study into understanding who they are. All that mass education did was to teach us what others said and did. However, the education we receive from life teaches us to understand who we are and the power freely given to us by God. (Copy and tweet).

We are groomed to be nice, do a lot and go the extra mile for others. We have been conditioned by society to relate to others better than ourselves. Thus many of us walk around with a mindset of guilt if they can’t answer to the demand of the next person. (Copy and tweet). Try making sure you matter first and you are termed selfish. The bible said love your neighbour as yourself – meaning give to your neighbour the same love you have for yourself.  You Matter first in all things! For me, a person’s true value and sense of worth can only be discovered when painstakingly they take time to discover themselves. (Copy and tweet). I believe that it’s only through a person’s self-discovery that they can conquer the challenges of life.

True self- discovery can be equated to self- awareness! (Copy and tweet). It’s only in undertaking the journey of self- discovery that the revelation needed for your success can be found. Human nature is such that we all love winning and hate losing yet only a few are prepared to pursue this simplest strategy of self-discovery in order to win the future. (Copy and tweet). 

The journey to winning the future starts with you I repeat! Patience is the key as you embark on this journey.  Eventually the one who dares wait and exercises patience gets the results. (Copy and tweet). Patience after all is a virtue! Providence often rejects us when we fail to maximise all the gifts and opportunities we've been blessed with but rather question its intentions by our fears and weaknesses. (Copy and tweet). Until you "DISCOVER YOU", your winnings will always be enjoyed by someone. The future is nebulous yet the preparation that starts with you is what will propel you into winning the future. (Copy and tweet).

Talk About It -

A. What other things do you think can "HELP" us win the future?