Do you Want to relocate to Canada? Read Linda's Story

In 2017, Linda had had enough!

She was stressed at work and had not been promoted for 3 years.

The cost of living was rising exponentially in Nigeria
and her family income was not increasing.

Then there was the insecurity issues in the country.
In fact, she was tired. She needed to leave the country for a
saner life for herself and her family!

She was 38 years old.

A few of her colleagues had already relocated to Canada, so she reached out to them for help.

They told her about the new express entry system that uses CRS scores to invite people for
permanent residence in Canada.

Excitedly, Linda quickly calculated ger CRS scores using the CRS tool
here: https://tinyurl.com/2nuzk2mm

Her score was just short of 400, and at that time, only people with
 at least scores of 420 were
been invited to apply.
Her age was a problem as those below 35 years old with a
Masters degree seemed to have
 the advantage with this new express entry system.

And the older you got, the harder it was to be invited through
 the express entry system.

Linda wept bitterly that day. Why didn’t she try earlier?
Does this mean she will not be able to relocate to

Canada with her family afterall?

Was this the end of her Canada dreams?
Was there any other way she could legitimately enter
Canada and be able to stay permanently?

It was a sad week for Linda.

Luckily for Linda, the following month, her friend told her how

she had relocated to Canada 2 years ago.
She used the study route, and was now a permanent resident.

Her friend was 42 years old at the time of their discussion, which meant she was close to
 40 when she went to study in Canada.

Linda’s eye lit up!

She quickly arranged a WhatsApp call with her friend to get all the details of how to start her
study journey to Canada.

She had so many questions:

    How much would it cost altogether?

    What level of study did she need to apply for? And how would she choose a course of study?

    Could she go with her family? She had 2 kids and her husband

    What province could she choose?

    How easy was the process?

    How long before she becomes a permanent resident?

    Did it matter that she already had a Master’s degree?

    How would she get admission into the University?

    What documents did she need to present?

    How would she get help with this process?

Her friend answered every single one of her questions. She was really concerned
and wanted Linda to come to Canada as well.

She told Linda that relocating at such an advanced age was very difficult.
In fact, the Canada visa officers were quite hostile to Nigerian
applicants (especially older ones coming to study)

Her friend was refused once before she sought professional help in
her second attempt to study in Canada.

Linda knew she had a lot of work to do, but with her friend’s help, she dived in and got to work.
This is the tool she used to choose a school (as recommended by her friend): https://tinyurl.com/2s35h537

She chose a province and course recommended by her friend and she even got a
$23,000 funding which covered her tuition.

Her friend advised here on the strategy to use so that her family could join her in Canada as well.

The success of that process was the highlight of Linda’s year!

Today, she has finished her study and has applied for permanent residence.

All happened when she was already 38 years and going to 39 years old, with little
hope of ever relocating with her family.

So, if you are 37 years and above, you can actually do what Linda did to relocate.

But please note that you need to know what you are doing because the odds are against older folks.
 And the visa officers are just looking for just one reason to refuse you.

Don’t give it to them!

Getting admission is easy. Getting your study permit – now that’s another matter altogether!

You can always find your way around the internet to gather the resources
you need to apply to study in Canada.
But that would take lots of time and may not give you a targeted step by step process

But whatever you do, do it quickly because policies change quickly in Canada

I wish you the very best

P.S. You could use the same guide that Linda’s friend gave to her, which has worked not just for Linda,
but for other people too (males, females, 45 years old, single, married, etc).

And the cherry on the cake is the guarantee offered -  if you don’t get to relocate to Canada within 12 months after following the steps in the guide,

you get a refund for the price of the guide.
Why don’t you take a peek at what the guide offers here: https://tinyurl.com/2p8f5neh

 

3 Practical Ways To Make Money Online in 2022 - For the Average Nigerian

In 2005, I mistakenly stumbled into a seminar where a 500L medicine student of Lautech was teaching “internet business opportunities”

That was the first time I heard the phrase “make money online” and I immediately realized that this is an opportunity that could change my life forever.

"How on earth does someone 'make money online'" I wondered, as I am certain many people too are wondering even now.

Well, 15 years later, not only do I make money online, I have built businesses that have done millions online.

I created this short report to help many people avoid some of my mistakes and get into the right path.

So, let’s get into it.

First of all if you want to truly, really "make money online," there are 3 things you must get right from the word go so you don't waste your time, money, energy and effort.

1. DO NOT go to Google and search for "how to make money online".

If you do so, you are going to be led down an evil path filled with scams, pyramid schemes, half baked, time wasting activities and despicable human beings who masquerade as "online entrepreneurs".

99% of people who go this path end up never escaping this maze.

DO NOT DO IT!

Enough said.

2. To make money online, you MUST have something for sale and you must learn how to sell it online.

You can't cop out by transferring your responsibility to sell to someone else, ala, "do it for me" or think other people will make you rich by "helping" ala MMM.

Don't be dumb. You do not "make money online" in a literal sense. You do so by offering something of value, a product or service,in exchange for money

3. You must choose something real, something that can grow and you must have the discipline/patience to learn and do work to grow it.

Get it?

Now let's talk about the different things you can do to make money online


Online aka the internet is simply the medium.

So, below is my list of 3 Legitimate and Effective Ways You Can Use to Make Money Online in 2022.

Read through each part carefully and choose the one that fits you.






MMO MODEL 1: Freelancing/Consulting

This is where you provide skilled tasks to businesses and entrepreneurs.

Online Freelancing is probably the best way you can use to start making money online without any capital.

That is because all you are doing is helping our businesses and individuals with certain tasks like:

Article writing
Social media posting
Audio/video transcribe
Translations
Graphics design
Web design
Voice over
Etc


All you need is a skill in a particular area or subject - graphic design, social media marketing, copywriting, sales.

And you can quickly learn many of these skills.

Business owners buy these services like clockwork.

All you have to do is to go to one of the online marketplaces where you can get these jobs.

The most popular one is known as Fiverr.com

Fiverr is the world's largest online freelance services marketplace that connects businesses with online freelancers.

Don't let the $5 jobs fool you,it's merely a starting point.

People charge as much as $10,000 to do jobs there.

Then we have others like - www.99designs.com and www.UpWork.com

On these sites, you can sell skills ranging from graphic design to writing, to social media marketing to copywriting to programming to sales, etc.

It's incredible what you can do on these sites. Check them out.

By the way, if this is what you want to do, my advice is that you get the guidance of someone who has been doing this for sometime.

The best program about online freelancing that I can vouch for right now is this one called Freelance Money Pot by Ajeigbe Moruf and you can get it here https://tinyurl.com/2bxm278b

The guy who created the program has hundreds of positive testimonials from students.

Click this link https://tinyurl.com/2p8dpmfc  to check out the Freelance Money Pot program.



MMO Model 2: Information Publishing

Information publishing is a business model where you publish and market information on a topic that people are looking to learn/master.

You can publish step by step guides/courses on virtually any topic as long as people have an interest in it and are ready to pay for it.

The topics can be on money, relationships, business, travel, education, health, food, jobs, etc.

It's a really neat way to make money.

One of my businesses does this and it's extremely profitable with incredible margins.

You can deliver the information products digitally or physically or in person.

Information publishing is a really big business.

There are 3 major steps to it.

(1) Start by deciding on a topic that people will buy.

(2) Package or Create the information into a product.

(3) Create a System to market the information product.

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You can also sell information in various formats:

- You can sell it as a simple ebook in PDF format

- You can sell it as a video

- You can sell it as a full blown course

- You can sell it as an audio

- You can sell it as a webinar, seminar or Teleseminar

- You can sell it as coaching

- You can sell it as a membership content

If this is what you like, you should look at Jonathan Melody’s IBM program here https://tinyurl.com/2bxm278b

Jonathan was able to create a N30m a year income from creating and selling information products online.


MMO Model 3 - Importation/Ecommerce

E-commerce is all about 3 things:

(1) Searching for physical products that solve problems for people or help them get closer to their desires.


You can source these products here in Nigeria or import them.

(2) Buying the products at the lowest cost possible, importing them to Nigeria.

(3) And using a genius marketing method to sell them for a good ROI.

If you are going to run with this business model, make sure you do not run it like a lot of people.

Run it as a proper business.

Start with a huge and profitable audience/market. E.g. Fitness, babies (Moms), Women's fashion, Skin care

Look for challenges people have in that market

Find products on Aliexpress that solve those challenges - In fact, you will even come across many products on Aliexpress that fix challenges you do not know about.

Buy the products for the lowest cost you can find (You may have to use an agent or other sites for this)

E.g. Some products that sell for N$2 a piece can be gotten from 1688.com for far lesser

Create a marketing system that allows you to pull in people who are interested in the type of products you are importing. You can advertise using Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Google, Blogs

Sell to them

Sell to them repeatedly

If you decide to take this to another level, you might even create a brand name and find companies that can help you create products with your brand name printed on them

But you don't have to start with that.

You can start importing with at least N50,000 or even lower.

"However the most important factor is for you to ONLY import products that people really want to buy."

Personally, I don't import products until I have advertised it and gotten proof that it is a product that will sell.

That is when I go ahead to buy it.

Ecommerce requires a capital of at least N50,000 to get it started.

If you want to go with this online model, please get the 10X Ecommerce Training by Jonathan Melody here https://tinyurl.com/5n977h6f





CONCLUSION:

All the 3 make money online models I shared in this short report can be executed by the average Nigerian.

If you have zero money, zero connections but have skills or are willing to learn one, then do freelancing/consulting.

If you have access to some very helpful information that people will be willing to pay for, then you should consider getting into Information Publishing.

If you simply want to promote products without dealing with customers, Affiliate marketing is the way to go.

If you're not the writing type or you want to sell something you can touch,E-commerce is great.

If you notice, I left out Blogging as a way to "make money online, here's why.

That's because blogging is extremely hard and for most starters, it isn't an excellent choice.

To do it, you need a ton of patience and discipline and in any case, you still need to incorporate Information Publishing, Affiliate Marketing, Consulting, maybe even E-commerce for a...
blog to be profitable.

It's like wanting to eat boiled egg but you put the egg inside "moi moi” first and then cook it before eating. Why not just boil the damn egg?

Blogs aren't profitable by simply starting up and putting an "advertise with us" page up.

And thinking a blog will survive by simply running ads is foolish.

That's it. Hope you enjoyed the report.

I wish you success.

Me!!

I am Me

And  i've learnt to love Me.

No matter how you see Me, you can't change Me.

Neither can you know Me as Me.

I can only change Me.

But i like the Me I'm now.

Though still work in progress, Me is Me.

Get used to the Me  you see

Cos i’m going to be Me always.

There is no fake in Me!

Have Mercy on Us Oh Lord- Heal Our Land From Corona Virus

     


         He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 

I will say  of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness

will be your shield and rampart.

You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day,

nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday.

 A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near

you.

You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

         If you make the Most High your dwelling-- even the LORD, who is my refuge

 

then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.

For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;

they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he

acknowledges my name.

He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him

and honour him.

With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation.

....AMEN

Here Is Another Chance!! Don't Miss It This Time.

Oh well i missed that chance last year says a thought in my head. I missed that chance as a result of many factors: fear, procrastination, self doubt, financial incapabilities e.t.c.

  This is a brand new year and i know it will be filled with many chances/opportunities. Now, the question is; will i let whatever held me back last year have its way this year? I pose this same question to you... will you?

    As for me i am prepared to take my chances this year, launch and aim at greater height that my fear and insecurities are constantly telling me it is not possible, holding onto the word of Mark Zuckerberg that says "In a world that changes really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks(chances)."

Believe me, opportunities will come knocking this year in form of your most dreaded fears and insecurities. My only advice for you is to face them head-on. Don't be afraid to fail.  "Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently." says the famous Henry Ford.

Yes, most of these awesome chances/opportunities will come in shades of difficulties that might require you to leave your comfort zone. I say to you, don't miss out on something that could be great and make you better  just because it's difficult.
It is going to be a great year.... Stay focused.

New Year!! New Me?

As 2018 comes to a close, we’re left looking back at the good, the not-so-good, and the downright ugly. One thing that’s for certain, 2019 is going to be all about setting ourselves up for emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical success. So why not try to live by these 15 quotes to make 2019 your year.

Little things can make a big difference, and these small changes are no exception.
- This is the beginning of anything you want.  - Unknown

- Don't live the same yer 75 times and call it a life -  Robin Sharma

- You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it- Margret Thatcher

- A year from now, you will wish you had started today. - Karen Lamb

- You will never change your life until you change something you do  daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. - John C. Maxwell

- Discipline is choosing between what you want now and between what you want more.- Augusta F. Kantra.

-  The things you are passionate about are not random. They are your calling. - Fabienne Fredrickson.

-  People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou.

- Everything you want is on the other side of fear. - Jack Canfield.

-  Life is about making an impact , not making an income. - Kevin Kruse

-  The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. - Alice Walker.

- We become what we think about. - Earl Nightingale

- Great minds discuss ideas

Average minds discuss events

Small mind discuss people.. Eleanor Roosevelt.

- If you want to leave yourself up, lift up someone else. - Booker T. Washington

- Focus is the key to success. Plan your work and work your plan. - Rhett Power

Some Strong Yoruba Proverbs And Their Meanings

The Yoruba people are an ethic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin. Together, these regions are known as Yorubaland. The Yoruba constitute over 40 million people in total.
The Yoruba tribe are known for buttressing their points with proverbs and witty saying. Though these proverbs are wise words, they sometimes sound funny.
Let's take a look at some of the most common ones and their meanings.

- A hunter who has only one arrow does not shoot with a careless aim: It simply means that one need to manage his or her resources properly.
- A sheep that mingles with dogs will eat faeces: If you move with the wrong set of people, you will end p acting like them
- No one can tell which lizard has stomach ache because they all lay on their belly: We can't tell real love by the face alone
- When it rains on a leopard it doesn't wash off its spot: It means tough time don't last but tough people do.
- By trying often after the monkey, one has to learn to jump from tree to tree without falling: Practice makes perfection.
- It is better to eat mushroom in freedom than to eat meat in slavery:
Comfort-ability should be chosen over luxury.
-  You do not beat a child on the day he breaks a pot: One should start cautioning a child from the earliest.
- If you listen to the noise of the market, you won't buy anything: One should face what is paramount to one first before other things.
- If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime: It is better to empower someone than helping he or she with stipends.
What goes up must surely come down: What goes around, comes around.
Do you know any wise words or proverbs from the Yoruba people? Please put it as a comment.

Revealed! 12 things you didn't know about Christmas

There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me - "The Twelve  Days of Christmas".

What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas?

This week, I found out.

From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics.

It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember.

. "My true love" means God. God sends gifts to us daily.

•  The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.

•  Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments.

•  Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.

•  The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.

•  The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old   Testament.

•  The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation.

•  Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit--Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy.

• The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes.

• Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit--Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control.

• The ten lords a-leaping were the Ten Commandments.

• The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.
• The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles' Creed.

This is a history lesson for today. This knowledge was shared with me and I found it interesting and enlightening.


Now I know how that strange song became a Christmas Carol.


Have a Meaningful Yuletide Season! 🎄🙏🏼

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you in shortest advance……🌹

Fitted With Allowance

"Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony."

Col 3:12-14

There are two parameters by which we judge a good tailor

1. The ability to sew to size

2. The ability to make allowance in our clothes so that any eventualities can be managed.

Sewing to size

Let's paint a picture in our minds! We are tailors but we don't sew clothes, we sew virtues of tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, and Love. Imagine you sew for other people and you always sew your size no matter how big or small they are, I bet your clothes aren't going to fit a lot of people! After a while, people don't just come to you to receive their fabric anymore. That's what happens when we are always consumed with ourselves, anytime we relate to people. I Understand that there might be unexpected hitches in us relating with people even when we fit them with our fabrics and that brings us to the second parameter for a great tailor.

Making Allowances

Sometimes we get the measurement right for others but some hitches develop along the way that we did not expect before. We never know people completely no matter how long we might have been with them, that is why it is never a wise decision to box people because naturally we are dynamic in nature and must be given room to grow. Unexpected behavior or Negative turn of events can come on us suddenly from and through those that we have so diligently sewn fitted fabrics for. That's where making for allowances come in. It might take extra work to loosen the fittings to create new ones but it brings great joy to know that others won't outgrow our virtues and that the fabrics won't be torn easily because there is an allowance for mistakes.

Always remember that people come in various sizes and shapes so sew virtues to fit them and also make allowances.

Attitude Is Everything

There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is the attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. Nowhere is this principle better illustrated than in the story of the young bride from the East who, during wartime, followed her husband to a U.S. Army camp on the edge of the desert in California.
          Living conditions were primitive at best, and her husband had advised her against her move, but she wanted to be with him. The only housing they could find was a run-down shack near an Indian village. The heat was unbearable in the daytime. The wind blew constantly, spreading dust and sand all over everything. The days were long and boring. Her only neighbors were Indians, none of whom spoke English. When her husband was ordered farther into the desert for two weeks, loneliness and the wretched living conditions got the best of her. She wrote to her mother that she was coming home. She couldn't take it anymore.
            In a short, while she received a reply which included these lines,'' Two men looked through prison bars; one saw mud, the other saw stars.'' She read the lines over and over again and began to feel ashamed of herself. She didn;t really want to leave her husband. All right, she thought, she'd look for the stars. In the following days, she set out to make friends with the Indians, asking them to teach her weaving and pottery. At first, they were distant, but soon as they sensed her genuine interest, they returned her friendship. She became friendly with the culture and history- in fact, everything about them. As she began to study the desert, it too changed from a desolate, forbidding place to a marvelous thing of beauty.
            She had her mother send her books. She studied the forms of cacti, the yuccas, and the Joshua trees. She collected seashells that had been left there when the sands had been ocean floor. Later, she became such an expert on the area that she wrote a book about it.
             What had changed? Not the desert; not the Indians. Simply by changing her attitude, she transformed a miserable experience into a highly rewarding one. YOU CAN DO THE SAME TODAY!!

Do you feel the world is treating you well? If your attitude toward the world is excellent, you will receive excellent results. If you feel so-so about the world, your response from the world will be average. Feel badly about your world and you will seem to have only negative feedback from life.- John Maxwell

         

     

Never Stop Dreaming

He is one of the greatest basketball players this generation has ever known. When he was asked how he grew into a star, he said that when he was in secondary school, he was shamefully fired from college basketball team because he was not good enough. He went home and cried! After crying, he began to dream! He wanted to prove to the coach that he had made a mistake. He began to develop his imagination and a mental picture of what he wanted to become. He said his thought began to grow. Then he started playing in smaller courts. His skill and fame began to spread.  The coach included him again in the main team and from then on, he grew and grew in skill till he became so famous that he now wines and dines with presidents of nations.
           Was Micheal Jordan not counted as a failure? Learn from your weak points, mistakes, and failures and start planning for a better tomorrow. Plant your dreams deep, water them daily with your positive attitudes and do not let confusion or depression to choke it. The secret of success is constancy of purpose. There is no road to success but through a clear strong purpose. Venice in Italy, that universally considered as the most beautiful city in the world is built by dreamers. Do not stop dreaming! Cherish your dream and try to make them real.
           Once you achieve your dream, do not stagnate. You need new inspirations and dreams to carry on your life.If you stop your journey, you will just stagnate. So make sure you keep moving. After realizing your dream, get another dream and chase it.
           Are you following your dreams? Dreams are great, but they stay dreams unless you wake up and act on them. If you are not willing to move a muscle for realizing your dreams, they will always stay dreams Are you ready to be successful? Then stop waiting.Get ready to achieve what you've been dreaming of.

We must never stop dreaming.Dreams provide nourishment for the soul, just as a meal does for the body...Paul Coelho.

   

Friendship Goals ?

Life is about association. Walking with the right people can be productive. The same way, your failure is sealed when you walk with foolish people who have no regard for God.Your relationship decisions are influenced by the choice of your friends. The people you know and you have access to in the days of challenges will determine whether that challenge will crush you or will be crushed by you. If you associate for long with a monkey, you will learn how to jump on trees. If you lie down with a dog, you will rise up with fleas.It is all about laws of connections and relationships.

Who is your friend? Your friend is the definition and description of your life. The future of your friend is the picture of your future. Watch the friends you have, friendship is by choice and not by force. Can you confidently introduce your friends to your parents or any of your relations your highly respect?
      Someone once said that your wisdom level is the level of wisdom of your circle of friends.Another person said that if you are the smartest among your friends, it is time to look for better friends because you are adding to them while you are gaining nothing. Friendship is an issue of life and so friendship decisions must not be subjected to sentiments. The Yoruba speaking community in Nigeria has a saying that goes thus '' show me your friend and i will tell you who you are''. They believe if your friend is promiscuous, you will eventually become one. If your friend is a go getter, you will eventually become one. The same way, if your friend is a gold digger, you will eventually become one.If friendships/association matter that much in life, here are few suggestions on how to choose right:

1. Choose friends who are go-getters: These people are serious about their goals and serious about their success. They don't treat life casually or waste time on frivolous pursuits. They take actions and get things done. If you consider yourself a go-getter, it is important you have friends who operate the way.
2. Choose friends who can bring balance in your areas of weakness: We all have strength and weaknesses-you know what yours are. With the right friends, you can tap into skills and abilities of those that have expertise in areas that you don't.
3. Choose friends that you share the same interest: Friends with similar interests simply makes life more fun. You can enjoy outings and activities together.
4. Choose friends that stretch, motivate and encourage you: choose friends that will not allow you sit in your comfort zone, rather choose the ones that will lift you up off your box, break the box, stretch, motivate and push you towards success even as he/she is moving along with you.

HE THAT WALKETH WITH THE WISE SHALL BE WISE: BUT A CAMPANION OF FOOLS SHALL BE DESTROYED.. Proverbs 13 verse 20

Values

A bar of steel was worth about $5 toward the close of the twentieth century. When the same steel of $5 was forged into horses, it was worth $10, when made into needles its value was up to $350, when used to make pocket knife blades,  its worth was $32,000, when made into springs for watches, its value increase to $250,000. Imagine the fire, pounding and bruises the steel had to go through to increase its worth from $5 to $250,000. Yet, the more it was shaped, hammered, beaten, pounded and polished, the greater its value.
             You are just like the $5 bar of steel and if you refuse to increase your value by consciously improving on your self and on your skills, you will be of the same value throughout your life. As we all know, any product or service that is not improved upon will be dumped and the ones that have been improved upon will be sought after by all because they have quality features and benefits that other do not have.
              You get paid for bringing value to the marketplace, and if you're not very valuable, you don't make much money.The burning question now is this; How do i make myself valuable?
               Here are five ways through which you can increase your value:

1. Develop Expertise: One simple way for an instant boost of your value as a professional is to develop specific expertise so that your industry recognizes you as an influencer.For example, as a traditional marketer, you can decide to up your game by acquiring digital marketing skills.This will greatly give you an edge.
2. Research Your Dream Jobs: For those that are unemployed or those that want to change career, understanding the responsibilities and requirements of your dream job will help you align your own skills, and understand what you need to bring to the table thereby increasing your value.
3. Be Active On The Three Major Social Media Platforms: Join facebook, twitter, and LinkedIn and ensure that you actively post, engage with others, build relationships and participate in online discussions, adding value with every post or response. While Facebook is a more entertainment-driven network, Twitter is simply perfect for growing into an influencer. You can post your own content, retweet things written by others and build a social presence that users respect. As you gained followers, you'll reach out to a wider audience and make yourself heard in your industry- effectively building a solid reputation. Linkedin is the most important professional network on the web.Being active here means not only setting up a nice profile but also joining groups and participating in discussions, sharing valuable insights and experiences with other professionals in your sector.
4. Find A Mentor: Identify a person who could become your mentor and help you see aspects of yourself that could be improved upon. Doing this will greatly increase your value.
5. Educate Yourself: Certifying your skills is always a good idea.Constantly educating yourself and updating your skills is a way of adding value to yourself.This could be completing a workshop/training or a full-time degree.

      
               

                          Realize that you earn income by providing value - not time- so find a way to provide your best value to others, and charge a fair price for it..... Steve Pavlina

                                    

15 Inspirational Quotes On Dreams

1. All men dream, but not equally.Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.... T.E Lawrence.

2. No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid....Lupita Nyong'o

3. A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world....Oscar Wilde.

4. Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today....James Dean

5. Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination........Mae Jemison.

6. Never give up on a dream just because of the time it'll take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

7. The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking...Robert H. Schuller.

8. When people undermine your dreams, predict your doom or criticize you, remember they are telling you their story, not yours.

9. Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself.And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.... the Alchemist.

10. A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work....Colin Powell.

11. So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.....Christopher Reeve.

12. If you don't build your dream, someone will hire you to help build theirs.... Tony Gaskins.

13. 20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.Explore.Dream. Discover.....Mark Twain.

14. Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live.... Henry David Thoreau.

15. If you dream small dreams, you voluntarily put your unlimited creativity and power in a confined prison cell.

Success In Failure

It is no secret that our worst fear is often failure.But what if failure is actually a good thing. Many of us try as much as possible to avoid failing. In fact, we are so focused on not failing that we don't aim for success, settling instead for a life of mediocrity. The fact that you've failed is proof that you are not finished.Failures and mistakes can be a bridge, not a barricade to success. Because it's not how far you fall but how high you bounce that makes all the difference. Success consists of getting up just one time more than you fall down.
   

       

One of the riskiest things you can do in life is to take too many precautions and never have any failures or mistakes. No one has ever achieved genuine success who did not, at one time or the other, wander on the edge of disaster. if you have tried to do something and failed, you are greatly better off than if you had never tried to do anything and you succeeded.If you are not making mistakes, you are not risking enough.
      Taking cues from the great thinkers throughout history, you will see that failure is a powerful a tool as any in reaching great success.As wonderful i claim failures could be, it is good for us to remind ourselves that the determinant that converts our failure to success is ourselves, what we allow to happen on the inside of us.While it is very easy to become downcasted and lose motivation when things don't go as planned, choose to use those failures as a mechanism to reset your perspective.Look at the challenges from another angle and try again.

      Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker.Failure is delay, not defeat.It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing and being nothing - Denis Waitley

Appreciate Life

Life goes by in the blink of an eye. So be sure to appreciate the many moments with friends, and family. Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have.Happiness is not the fulfillment of what we wish for, but an appreciation of what we have.
      We humans do not truly appreciate what they have until it's gone.We only realize how much we have gained from that relationship after we call it quit.We recognize the gift of a secure paycheck after we lose our job.Our parents are appreciated after they are gone.We only miss that teacher/lecturer after we have passed out of that institution.
       Learn to appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had. You may never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory. Some people never appreciated the time they were bachelors/spinsters. They were always complaining about how lonely they were until they got married. After they got married, they missed being single because they never allowed themselves to enjoy those times.This also goes for married couples, who do not allow themselves to appreciate their being together, just the two of them because there was a delay in childbirth.
       Appreciation is a wonderful feeling, don't overlook it.We are so often caught up in our destination that we forget to appreciate the journey, most especially those challenging situations, circumstances and the amazing people we meet on the way.
       So as a rule, I will like us to find time often to step back from our lives and appreciate life in general. No matter how difficult everyday living may be sometimes, applying this rule to our lives will enable us to see our lives in a wider context and help us put everyday worries into perspective and give us a great sense of calm.

         Life is a gift, I accept it.Life is an adventure, I dare it.Life is a mystery, I'm unfolding it.Life is a puzzle, I'm solving it.Life is a game, I play it. Life can be a struggle, I am facing it.Life is a beauty, I praise it.Life is an opportunity, I took it. Life is a mission, I'm fulfilling it.

It Is Not Too Late

It is not too late at all. You just don't yet know what you are capable of. It is never too late to make things right, therefore contend with life and nature and take those bold steps of yours.
Do not wait until it's too late i.e when you have entered into your grave, then your chance to impart life positively would have been lost forever.No matter how far you have gone on the wrong the wrong road, you can still turn around.Believe me, you are not too old or too young to take up that offer, neither are you too young or old to dream big.
         Start today, don't say '' there's still time'' or '' may be next time''. Procrastination, they say is the killer of time. A stitch in time saves nine, so seize the moment! Opportunities are coming to you or by you everyday.Remember, today was once the future from which you expected so much from the past.
         I say yet again that it is never too late, in as much as you draw breath, you have yet another opportunity to reach for your dreams and make your world a better place.
         So do all that you need to do to get that dream job of yours.Do you know that it is not too late to undergo that surgery or start that exercise regime that would ensure you have a healthy body? How about that idea of starting a business of your own? Take action today.
         I heard a story of a young lad that wanted to become a medical doctor.But life happened and due to one thing or the other, he was not able to but instead, he became a successful and a renowned trader.Even though everybody celebrates him, he was not happy deep inside. He thought of going back to school to study medicine but then another thought of his said to him '' a forty-year-old wants to go back to school to study a seven-year course!how ridiculous?''. So after weeks of struggling with these thoughts, he had another thought that seems to dominate every other thought and argument on his mind.The thought asked him that ''if you do not go back to school now, how old will you be in seven years time?'' he answered subconsciously ''forty-seven years''. The thought then suggested to him that ''would it not be great to be a renowned trader and a medical doctor in 7-years time than to still remain just a trader after the same seven years?''.Then it dawned on him, he took steps and in seven years he became a medical doctor cum a renowned trader.

               ''For what it's worth; it is never too late to be whoever you want to be.I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find out that you are not, i hope you have the strength to start over.

                                          ...F-Scott Fitzgerald

Do Not Give Up

When you are hit by the vicissitudes of life, what do you do? Do you pick yourself up and start all over again because you know that difficult times will come for all in life or do you just give up totally.
        If i may say, giving up is quite easy and as i believe you know that no good thing comes easy in this life.
So don't give up,fight the good fight of faith, fight for that thing you want, be it that ''good life you've always wanted, a relationship or what have you.
        Look around you, the successful people you see around are the ones that never gave up in life.If you get yourself acquainted with these people, i am sure they will tell you how life had knocked them down times without number. But what distinguishes them from the crowd is the fact that they have mastered the art of getting knocked down and getting back up again. They are the resilient and persistent ones.
       Do you want to be successful? if your answer is yes, then i am happy to tell you that the side effect of 'not giving up' is SUCCESS. I enjoin you today to catch that fever of  'not giving up' and the ready side effect will show forth.

I will like to end on this note by quoting a famous English man, Winston Churchill. He said and i quote '' Never give in- never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy''.

Accept Yourself

       If you accept that what is done is done, you are left with yourself exactly as you are. You can't go

back and change anything, so you've got to work with what you've got.

       I am not suggesting anything mystic here such as love yourself - that is far too aggressive.No, let just begin with simple accepting.

       Accepting is easy because it is exactly what it says -ACCEPTING. You don't have to improve or change or strive for perfection, it is quite the opposite. Just accept.

       This means accepting all blemish and emotional bumps and lumps, weaknesses e.t.c.Do not get me wrong, this does not mean you are happy with everything about yourself, or that you are going to be nonchalant and lead a bad life, No. You are going to accept the way you are, initially, and then build on that. What you are not going to do is beat yourself up because you don't like some bits of your life.

      You have to take this seriously and accept it as a rule because you have no choice here. You have to accept that you are the way you are. You have to accept that you are human and as human, you are pretty complex and not perfect i.e you are bound to make mistakes one way or the other.
When you start to accept who you are, then and only then you can make a choice, each day to strive to be some kind better.

      I also need to let you know that even after accepting yourself and you've taken that choice to be better, there would be days you would fall short. That's OK. Do not beat yourself up, all you need to do is to pick yourself up and start all over again. Accept that you will fail from time to time and that you are human.