How To Change Your Life By Observing The Unseen

The other day, I was taking a stroll near a busy street. During my walk, I noticed that a particular popular motor park was built on a reclaimed refuse dump.

For a moment, I tried picturing with my mind’s eye what the proprietor of the park must have seen, while that piece of land was nothing more than a stinking pile of refuse. I’m very sure that after taking consideration of its strategic location, the proprietor must have seen his park standing on the piece of land that was still a refuse dump as at the time he was observing. It would also be my guess that while this man was taking his time to see his park on the refuse dump, many bystanders must have shook their heads in disdain – wondering why a grown-up man would be wasting his precious time staring at a refuse dump.

Now, it’s very apparent for all to see!

While the onlookers needed to see a physical structure to understand why the proprietor was staring at a refuse dump the other day, the structure of the motor park was already an unseen reality the whole time the proprietor was staring at the refuse dump. Perhaps, he had Oscar Levant’s famous quip running through his mind as his park began to unfold, “There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”

The Unseen Births The Seen

To gain mastery in the observation of the unseen, you need to grasp a key point: The unseen realm is the causal realm that births the seen realm.

There are numerous allusions to this fact in the Bible, but I would be sharing 3 of my favorite with you here.

First off is Hebrews 11:3 which says, ‘…things which are seen were not made of things which do appear’. By implication, this means that everything we see in our world today are made from things that cannot be seen.

Furthermore, Romans 4:17 says, ‘…and calleth those things which be not as though they were’. The fact that things are not physically perceptible through our 5 senses and logic does not mean that they are not present. These things can only be called because they are present! The truth is that there is an unseen realm with unseen realities that can be tapped into by our decision to observe them.

Finally, 2 Corinthians 4: 18 says, ‘While we look not at the things which are seen, but at things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal’

How is it even possible to look at things which are not seen, if they were not even there, or real? The unseen realm is a real realm, and that’s why we can actually look at it. In addition, the unseen realm is the perfect parent realm that gives rise to the seen realm. That’s why the aforementioned verse says, ‘…for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.’

The things that are seen are temporal, that is, they are temporary or time-bound, while the things of the unseen realm are eternal.

Many people seem to think that the term ‘eternal’ or ‘eternity’ implies something that lasts for a very, very, very, very long time. But that definition is flawed because a very long time is still time-bound and would eventually come to an end. Eternal, as used in that verse, means ‘outside the realm of time.’

So, what does this mean to us?

The unseen realm exists beyond the scope of time and if you want to gain proficient mastery in the art of observing the unseen, you’ve got to walk in the consciousness of this fact – otherwise, you’d be cheating yourself out of a whole world of possibilities.

Proficiency in the observation of the unseen realm will give you an advantage that can potentially change your life and that of your generation permanently.

Wave-Particle Duality Of Matter and the Art of Observing The Unseen

Matter is anything that has mass and occupies space. However, at sizes that are infinitesimally small – subatomic – that definition does not hold true.

You see, according to the theory of wave-particle duality of matter, at subatomic levels, matter would either exist as a particle or as an energy wave, but not as both at any given time. This means that at extremely small sizes that are invisible to the naked eyes, matter would either exist as an exact particle that has mass and occupies space, or as a probabilistic energy wave. This wave simply shows the probability or potential location of where the particle is most likely to be found.

You would not believe this, but the phenomenon that determines whether the subatomic substance would remain as a wave of potential probabilities, or as a definite particle is observation! As long as the subatomic substance is not being observed, it is simply a wave of potential probabilities of where it would most likely attain definiteness. But the very moment an observer looks at this probabilistic wave, it suddenly crystallizes at the exact position that the observer looked at.

If this explanation is too complex, let me try to break it down into something we can all relate with.

Imagine for a moment that you are in your room, holding up a ball in your hand.

The truth is that as long as the ball is in your hand, it could potentially be anywhere in the room where you are. Every inch of space in that room has a chance of being the exact spot where you could place the ball. However, some areas of the room would have a higher chance of being picked than other places. For instance, the space directly in front of your face has a chance of being the exact place where you will place your ball – as long as you can suspend the forces of gravity.

My point is this: As long as the ball is in your hands, it is in every inch of space in your room, yet nowhere until you decide to actually choose a spot and place the ball there!

This is the same thing that happens with matter at subatomic levels. When it is not observed, it simply exists as an energy wave of potential possibilities. However, as soon as observation occurs, the substance would crystallize at the exact spot where the observer fixes his attention.

All these things I’ve been sharing with you are not from the sci-fi movies and novels, but from quantum physics labs where they have been repeated again and again with the same results.

David Oyedepo and the Art of Observing The Unseen

Bishop David Oyedepo (BDO) – the founder of Living Faith Church – shares the story of how he was astonished with what he saw at Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma, USA, while he was taken on a tour around the school. When he was done with the tour, BDO made an interesting remark:

‘If this [Oral Roberts University] is possible here [in the US], it is possible anywhere in the world.’

I believe this was where he conceived the idea of Covenant University – one of the best privately-owned universities in West Africa. It’s my belief that BDO had already mastered the arts of inward and outward observation and that was how he was able to make such a remarkable statement of building a university of Oral Roberts University standard anywhere in the world.

While he was making this statement, BDO was actually seeing glimpses of how Covenant University would be like.

Can I shock you some more? While BDO was busy observing glimpses of the unseen Covenant University, that school was potentially everywhere – India, Cameroon, South Africa, UK, Canada, Brazil, Peru, Australia, Japan, Nigeria, and even right there in the United States! – yet, it was nowhere until the moment he decided to observe and pinpoint the potential possibility of Covenant University being located in Ota, Nigeria. And so it was!

The same occurs when an individual, after indulging in both inward and outward observations, has been able to develop an idea, a product, or a service.

You see, the probability of success of that product anywhere is always on the high side. However, until that individual decides to take deliberate effort to observe the unseen, the success of such brainchild would continue to remain in the form of probabilistic possibilities. On the other hand, the exact point where such individual decides on observing the unseen, that’s the same location where the success of the idea, product or service would crystallize!

Isn’t that awesome?

Andrew Carnegie and the Art of Observing The Unseen

Andrew Carnegie – an extremely wealthy US steel magnate in the early 20^th century – was quizzed about what would happen if all his wealth, steel factories, machines and all his other resources were taken away from him. He simply responded that in 3 years, he would be able to raise back all he had lost!

That’s simply outrageous to the ordinary person, but to one who has attained mastery in the art of observing the unseen, there’s no big deal in that statement. In fact, the average Joe who has attained observation mastery should be able to do that in less time!

When you’re familiar with the art of observing the unseen, you’d realize that there are an abundance of ideas, books, inventions, works of art, solutions, wisdom, power, wealth, riches, creativity and potential that exist in the unseen realm. If every individual from Adam to when the world would end could observe and crystallize their physical analogues, we all wouldn’t have made a dent in the wealth of abundance that is available to each and every individual that would tread the surface of the earth.

Little wonder 2 Peter 1:3 says,

‘According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue’

Every individual has been given all that he or she needs to succeed in life. However, the majority of people today fail to understand that all that has been given to us exist in the unseen realm. It takes knowledge and mastering the art of observing this unseen realm to crystallize the physical, tangible analogues of our abundant, unseen resources. Until you start learning how to leverage on the unseen, you’d live a mediocre life.

The good news is that, right now, as you are reading this, there are myriads of potential possibilities begging you to crystallize them. Unfortunately, for the one who is still addicted to porn, masturbation, or any other destructive habits, the myriads of potential will be difficult to attain, especially with the fact that addictions change the structure of the brain, such that it is impossible to observe the unseen.

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The Association Between Broken Windows And Tetris

Let’s imagine for a moment that you were walking through a neighborhood you are not familiar with.

How would you feel if all the houses in that area had shattered windows and doors looking like Coke cans squeezed until the last drop?

If you are in any way like me, you’d feel unsafe and would probably want to leave that neighborhood faster than a sneeze.

Actually, some months back, I found myself in such situation.

I was walking through an unfamiliar community and I noticed that almost all the buildings were in some state of disrepair. You know, stairs, doors or windows looking like broken promises!

There were some houses that even had entire walls dilapidated. Talk about wall-less houses!

All the while I walked through that neighborhood, I didn’t feel at ease. It was practically impossible!

Most especially not when my mind was busy painting pictures of how the broken windows came to be…

Sociopaths? Sledgehammers? Stray bullets…?

I know you might think that I am paranoid, but researchers discovered that neighborhoods which had buildings with broken windows were likely going to also have higher petty crime rates.

This led to a very interesting question: Were petty crime rates in the community causing more windows to be broken, or the broken windows in the community are attracting more criminals?

The answer to that question is pretty much like the ‘Chicken-Egg Paradox’: Does the Chicken come before the Egg or vice-versa?

Irrespective of the cause, broken windows are always associated with lawlessness and crime. As a result, broken windows in the community attract more petty criminals who would break more windows which would attract even more criminals who would break even more windows…and this can go on and on like the decimals in the value of pii!

In spite of the best efforts spent on improving the intervention and number of law enforcement agents, the antics of petty criminals in the community continued to be on the rise as though they were yeast-infested dough.

For some odd reasons, however, the researchers noticed that as soon as the broken windows were fixed in a community, criminals stopped associating the area with lawlessness – and as a result, crime rates dropped drastically! The fixed windows exuded the presence of law and order, and as a result, the criminals stopped perceiving the community as a crime hotspot.

These findings make up the backbone of what’s now called the Broken Windows Theory.

How The Broken Windows Theory Is Affecting Your Life!

The other day, I was watching an interview on YouTube.

A popular football club had just signed a player and a female journalist interviewed this new player alongside one of his new teammates.

The interview went pretty well because the two players had great personalities. I remember smiling at ~~the computer screen~~ myself numerous times during the course of the interview.

As soon as I was done, I headed towards the comments section of the video (I do that a lot!).

I instantly regretted that action. It was like sucking unripe lemons – it left a bad taste on my mouth!

Over and over again, different contributors opined on how the interview looked similar to the opening scene in a porn movie!

Here were three intelligent and well-dressed individuals having an interesting conversation about football and the only thing that some people could see was an intro porn scene.

At first, I felt like a woman in the first few months of her first pregnancy. I was nauseated!

Then I became sad.

Apparently, these commenters had watched porn to the extent that their brains had learned to associate normal, non-sexual, everyday occurrences with pornography!

The keyword here is association.

Criminals were attracted to certain communities because they had learned to associate broken windows in a community with crime.

Viewers had watched porn so much that they were associating a normal discussion among three adults as pornography!

The whole point that the Broken Windows Theory tries to showcase is this: There is power in association!!!

The Tetris Effect

If you’re old enough, I am sure you should be familiar with Tetris. You know, that game where you had to arrange falling blocks into empty pockets of space at the lower part of your game screen. If you were not able to do this fast enough and the blocks piled up so high that they were able to stop more blocks from falling, and it was game over!

Well, some scientists decided to have some more fun with this game.

So, they got a bunch of Tetris lovers and made them play the game for extended periods of time – up to hours a day for weeks!

Here’s the interesting thing that happened next.

The gamers started seeing everything around them like, wait for it…falling blocks!!!

Yes, blocks of every shape and size imaginable. It was terrible. I can almost imagine one of the participants just sitting there chilling and busy figuring out the kind of block that would fit into the space between two cars following each other!

However, you shouldn’t be surprised with the findings. It is the most normal thing that could happen.

This is why Proverbs 4:23 says, ‘Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.’

Here’s the truth: Your mind will eventually learn to associate with what you continually focus on; and ultimately, whatever you focus on continually would manifest in your life!

But it even gets deeper than that.

Your location and associations are two things would determine what you would get out of life.

However, if you change your location without changing your associations, your allocation in life would still remain the same. An eagle that spends time with the turkeys would never soar. There is no true change that can occur in a man’s life without him changing his association!

In fact, it is safe to say your associations would go a long way in determining the quality of your experience in life. It’s not rocket science….

It’s neuroscience!

If you decide to continue associating yourself with porn and masturbation, you’d end up being useless to yourself and your society.

If you decide to associate with the Bible, personal development materials and tools of positive change, it’s only a matter of time you’d start seeing the fruits in your life.

If you choose to associate with 5 millionaires, with time, you’d be the sixth.

It also follows that if you associate with 5 idiots, soon, you’d be the sixth.

If you don’t like where you’re standing now, check yourself out, you might just be using the Tetris Effect to work against the Broken Windows Theory!

4 Powerful Ways To Create Your Own “Luck”

The year was 2014 and I was in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.

In my place of work at the time, I was part of about 20 people selected to undergo a training that would equip me with the skills needed to be part of a medical outreach team for 5 days. I was going to be paid for partaking in the training and also for being a part of the outreach.

Well, the script did not actually pan out that way.

First, due to a blackout in my neighborhood, I was unable to charge my phone. This meant that I was clueless about the venue of the training. Of course, this led to me missing the training – as well as the payment that came with it. And because I didn’t take part in the training, I was unqualified to be a part of the outreach.

Then, to add salt to the injury, the coordinator of the medical outreach was totally inflexible. His stone heart did everything in his power to ensure that I would not be a part of the outreach. Boy, did he succeed!

As I headed back home that day, with my arms drooping like the dried fronds of a palm tree, different thoughts raced through the contours in my brain:

What kind of head do I have?

Why was I the only one that didn’t get the venue for the training?

Why did my phone decide to die at such a crucial period?

Why do I always have ‘bad luck’?

It’s funny how the mind has the uncanny ability to turn the minutest of things into a hot-air ballon. My isolated incidence of ‘bad luck’, was already starting to be perceived as a reoccurring incidence by that soft, white lump of tissue between my ears. Little did I know that being rejected from that medical outreach team was probably the best thing that could happen to me at the time. Within the space of about 2 days, I got a part-time offer with a far better remuneration that lasted nearly two years.

And here’s the funniest thing: I would have missed this opportunity if I had been allowed to be a part of the medical outreach!

Do you think I still felt I had bad luck?

It’s funny how the narrative changes when the facts are changed!

There may be a couple of you thinking the whole world is set up to work against you. You might be asking yourself questions such as:

Why me?

Why always me?

Which kind of ‘bad luck’ do I have?

Well, I’ve got good news for you: You CAN create your own ‘luck’. In the next few paragraphs, I will be sharing FOUR ways you can do just that.

Acknowledging The Truth About You Can Help You Create Your Own Luck

I know I probably sound like a broken gramophone record now, but it bears repeating: You need to see yourself the way God sees you!

If you are totally blind to what you have within you, it will be impossible to walk in the fullness of your powers. This, in turn, will make you feel as though the odds are stacked against you, and ultimately, you’d lead a mediocre life. All you need for a successful life is not outside you. It’s within you. The sooner you recognize this, the faster you will create your own ‘luck’.

Let me share a little insight with you from Genesis 2:7,

“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

Some years ago, I did a study on the original Hebrew words that were used to express the phrase I boldened above. The original Hebrew word that is translated as “breathed” literally means “to inflate”. In other words, Jehovah God Himself inflated you like a balloon with His breath.

And it even gets better.

The term translated as “breath of life” literally means “raw, strong, and fresh Divine Inspiration”. By implication, this means that within you, you’ve got the raw, strong and fresh Divine Inspiration from God Himself. The only reason you’re a living soul is that God has put in you a part of the very Essence that makes Him God!

You are carrying God within you and you have no need to fear.

You are carrying God within you and you should be afraid of nothing.

You are carrying God within you and you are not permitted to be a victim of circumstance.

You are carrying God within you and you should be able to step into any situation and dictate how things should proceed.

The more conscious you are of the Truth about you, the more easily you should be able to write and create your own luck!

Doing What You Hate Can Help You Create Your Own Luck

In motivational circles, the talk eventually winds up to the point where the speaker challenges his captive audience to do what they love and follow their passions. While I am all for that, in my humble opinion, I believe the better advice would be to tell people to do what they hate!

I will explain.

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote the following statement on my Facebook wall:

“The quality of your life will to an extent be determined by the number of uncomfortable discussions you are willing to have”.

I wrote this because the most common things that people easily shy away from are uncomfortable conversations

Take a look at the parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15:11-32 and you’d find a person that was willing to have uncomfortable conversations.

The Prodigal Son was able to ask his father for the portion of his inheritance in the first place because of his attitude concerning uncomfortable conversations. (Disclaimer: Now, I’m not advocating for riotous living or rebellion against constituted authorities! Rather, I’m pointing you to the kind of attitude that the Prodigal Son had). It didn’t end there. After he had spent all his money and was already languishing in drought and poverty, he was again willing to have that uncomfortable discussion with his Father.

Contrast the Prodigal Son’s attitude with that of the Older Brother in verses 29 and 30.

“And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.”

Clearly, the Older Brother had a problem of entitlement. There was nothing stopping him from walking up to his Father and asking for a goat that he could cook and share with his friends. His Father said that much in verse 31. “And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.” In essence, all I have left had always been yours!

The Older Brother strikes me as someone who might have had these lines of thought concerning his younger brother:

Lucky bastard, he always gets what he wants! [When the Prodigal Son asked for his share of the inheritance]

Lucky bastard, Daddy has accepted him back again, after everything he has done! [When the Prodigal Son came back home]

Anytime you do what you hate, especially through the uncomfortable conversations you are willing to have, you increase options for yourself. And the more options you have, the more luck you create!

The guy who is overworked and underpaid may do two things. He may decide to have that uncomfortable conversation with his boss or potential employers, or he may stay put in the same place and hope – like the Older Brother – that his patience would pay off. If he does the first and his salary is reviewed or he’s employed elsewhere, the rave reviews will start flowing in about how lucky he is. And if he chooses to play safe and goes with the second option, he will continue to lament about the hard hands that life has dealt him.

The more uncomfortable conversations you have, the more options you have; the more options you have, the more luck you create!

The Law Of Large Numbers Can Enable You Create Your Own Luck

“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.” (Proverbs 24:16)

If you want to create your luck, you must be ready to fail numerous times.

The Bible says a just man will fall seven times and then he will rise up again. Numerous people are unwilling to fall once, let alone seven times. Yet, they want to have the results of the just man. It is impossible to have the same results if you disobey the principle behind the result!

Some months ago, I took a course in Statistics and one of the Laws that struck me right across the face was The Law Of Large Numbers.

In simple terms, the law states that the number of successes increases as the number of experiments increases.

Here’s an example that explains how it works:

Suppose you were told to flip a coin. For the purpose of this analogy, let’s assume that ‘Head’ means ‘Win’ and ‘Tail‘ means ‘Lose’.

To make it even more interesting, let’s assume that the first time you flipped the coin, you got ‘Tail’.

Does this mean you are a failure?

Does this mean you are unlucky?

You are probably going to feel apathetic because deep down within you, you know that every coin flip has two outcomes – ‘Head’ or ‘Tail’.

Let’s go a step further with this.

What if I told you that flipping ‘Head’ will fetch you one million…dollars?! And you have TEN chances to flip ‘Head’ in order to win the one million dollars.

Would you keep on flipping the coin? Or would you just toss the coin once, get ‘Tail’ and then blame yourself for having bad luck?

The truth is that the more you flip the coin, the better your chances of getting a ‘Head’!

We actually did the calculations in class and we found that if you flip a coin just once, you have a 50% chance of getting a ‘Head’; but if you flip the coin 10 times, the probability of getting a ‘Head’ increases to a whopping 99.4%!!!

Here’s the thing: Failing doesn’t mean that you are a failure or that you have bad luck. It only means you have figured out an aspect of your action plan that is not working.

Get back up on your feet, dust yourself and keep on flipping!

In Summary….

God did not create you to be a dud. He did not design you for bad luck. In fact, He has already given you ALL you need to pen down and create your own luck.

Today, start acknowledging the truth about what God has loaded you with.

Today, take a step of faith and endeavor to have that uncomfortable conversation that would make your palms all sweaty.

Today, keep on flipping the coin and let the law of Large Numbers work in your favor.

Today, quit watching porn and masturbating and watch your social interactions create your luck for you.

God bless you!

The Power of The Christian Subconscious Mind

Are you a Christian that is being buffeted by the cares of this life?

Are you feeling overwhelmed with worries, bills and the challenges of life?

What if I told you that you had no real problem.

What if I told you that you had no other problem, but a consciousness problem?!

What if I could prove it to you – right here, right now?

Introduction

In what has to be one of the saddest statements of Jesus ever recorded in the Bible, He said,

“…for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light” (Luke 16:8).

As believers, we are the children of Light – but Jesus laments over us because the children of this world are living much better than we are.

This shouldn’t be so.

The very word ‘Christian’ means that we are like Christ!

It means that we are ‘little’ Christs.

Do you really think that if Jesus was physically present on earth today, He would be overwhelmed with bills, illness, worries and challenges of life?

Of course not!

Jesus knew who He was.

He knew where He was from and He knew where He was going. He knew the essence of who He was!

So, why is the experience of many believers so different from that of our Model – Jesus Christ?

It’s really simple!

We do not not know who we are.

When you possess an understanding of your identity, it influences the kinds of thoughts you have; which in turn influences the kind of words you speak; which in turn influences the kind of actions you take; which in turn would ultimately influence your character and the results you get out of life.

Understand this: Until we can get a fuller picture of who we are, as believers, we would keep on having challenges in this side of reality.

So, who are we then?

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First, let’s practice some First-Principles Thinking.

This is how the Bible describes our Heavenly Father:

God is Spirit, and all who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth (John 4:24)

If God is Spirit and we are made in His Image and Likeness, what does that make us?

We are spirits too!

1 Thessalonians 5:23 says, ‘I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.’

Man is a tripartite being – He is a spirit, possessing a soul and living in a body.

Efforts have been made to try to explain this mystery in other fields.

For instance, in psychoanalysis, the tripartite nature of man is expressed as superego, ego and id.

In quantum physics, it is expressed as matter, energy, and antimatter

In terms of space, it is referred to as here, there, and the space within

In terms of streams of consciousness, we have: conscious, unconscious and subconscious.

Nowadays, the term ‘subconscious mind’ is being thrown around with careless abandon.

But we know what it means.

The subconscious mind is the real you.

The real you is what is created in the likeness of God.

Your subconscious mind is your spirit!!!

Your spirit is the real you.

God’s Plan for Your Spirit

To understand the import of this reality, we need to take a trip back to where it all began.

When God created man, man was created to be in God’s class of being.

Man was made in the image and likeness of God.

To make man, God had to breathe out a portion of Himself into man.

“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7)

As in, He took off His very Essence and Being – the very Nature that made Him God.

God took that and inflated man with it.

Consequently, Man became a bundle of God’s raw, fresh and Divine Inspiration.

Man was made to be like God.

He could think like God.

He operated like God, manifesting the very wisdom of God.

What’s more, God gave man absolute and total dominion over everything that was on earth.

Little wonder the Bible says in Psalms 82:6,

‘I have said, ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High…’

And to show you that the above statement was not a mistake, Jesus repeated the same words again,

‘…ye are gods…’ (John 10:34)

Man was created to be god on earth.

He was created to exercise dominion and authority here on earth.

Genesis 1:28 says, ‘And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion…’

If you look at the trend of things, despite being in a fallen state, man has somehow been able to exercise his God-given mandate to rule and dominate.

Man has been able to make wonderful innovations and inventions.

He has been able to create beautiful works of art and cure previously incurable illnesses.

Man has been able to dig deep into the heart of the earth and find mineral resources to improve the quality of his life.

Man has also been able to extend his influence beyond the earth through space exploration.

Man was created to have dominion and not to be dominated.

Yet so many believers are living mediocre lives, being dominated instead of exercising dominion.

Many believers are living far below what God had in mind when He created them.

Little wonder God would say we ‘…all have…come short of the glory of God’ (Romans 3:23)

Things go downhill for man

After the Fall, man’s spirit became degenerate. In other words, his spirit was cut off and totally separated from God’s life. In short, man’s spirit man was dead!

Today, the fallen man’s spirit is still there, but it’s as good as it’s no longer there because it cannot function the way God had designed it to function.

Because of all these, mankind learned to become sensual, carnal – living solely through his five senses. He was totally unable to contact the depths of the spiritual realm.

The spiritual realm is the causal realm from which all things are created.

2 Corinthians 4:18 says,

‘While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal’

The only way you can look at something that cannot be physically seen is through the spirit.

Unfortunately, the fallen man’s spirit was dead, and he could only catch glimpses of the spiritual realm via trial and error as he yielded himself to God. This explains how inventions, works of art and some form of creativity could still be exhibited by man in the fallen state. By trial and error, man could draw out of the spiritual realm and reproduce imperfect versions in the physical realm.

Then Jesus entered the picture…

Here’s what Jesus came to do on earth:

He came to restore mankind back to the life of God.

Consider Ephesians 2:1-6,

‘And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus’

If you are a believer in Christ, your spirit man (or subconscious mind) has been quickened, regenerated and renewed!

It has already been restored back to the state Adam’s spirit was before the fall!

Your spirit man is just like Jesus (check out Ephesians 4:24).

Isn’t that awesome?

So, while unbelievers look at the state of man before the fall and start having wishful thinking about how bad things have gone since the original sin; you as a believer, can look back at the state of man before the fall and start to thank God for the state that Jesus Christ has restored you to!

Glory to God!!!

But there’s still another problem

Why is it that despite the fact that we have been restored back to the life of God in our spirits, we still seem to live the kind of ordinary, mediocre lives?

Why is it that we are still existing in far below the glory that God has bestowed upon us, when it is a fact that, right now, we are exactly like Jesus?!

Wow! Now, a lot of eyes are rolling at that question.

Perhaps you are thinking: Me? Like, Jesus? Seriously?

I don’t have time for arguments.

1 John 4:17 says,

‘Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment: because, as He is, so are we in this world’

That is very profound.

The Bible did not say, ‘as He was while on this earth, so are we in this world’

You know, it would surely have been awesome and quite fulfilling for many of us to find out that we can live the same way that Jesus lived while He was on earth. After all, He raised the dead, healed the sick, made the maimed whole, preached the gospel far and wide…

But that isn’t what 1 John 4:17 is saying.

Look again,

‘…as He is, so are we in this world’

That is in the present continuous tense!

It means that as Jesus Christ is right now, that is the same way that we – as believers – are in this world.

So, the question now is this: How is Jesus Christ right now?

For one, Colossians 1:15 says that Jesus is the Image of the Invisible God. So, by inference, we also are the image of the invisible God!

Why?

‘…as He is, so are we in this world’

This truth has the potential to revolutionize your life.

And I’m not even started!

You know, when Philip asked Jesus to show Him the Father, do you remember Jesus’ answer?

‘…he that hath seen me, hath seen the Father’ (John 14:9)

Jesus was saying in essence that if one looked at His words, His actions, His deeds, He clearly mirrored the Father.

Little wonder 2 Corinthians 3:5 tells us that we ‘are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ’

This simply means that if any unbeliever has any doubts about how Jesus is, such a person should just look at me!

Why?

‘…as He is, so are we in this world’

See, the truth is that as a born again believer with the Holy Spirit resident within you, you are like-for-like, ounce-for-ounce, pound-for-pound exactly like Jesus Christ.

You have the mind of Christ (1Corinthians 2:16, Philippians 2:5)

You have His Spirit, and you’re One Spirit with Him (Galatians 4:6, 1 Corinthians 6:17)

You have His Nature (2 Peter 1:4)

You are joint-heirs with Him, having the same access to the Father that Christ has (Romans 8:17, 29)

You have His righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21)

All these are your real reality!!!

So, if that’s your real reality in the realm of the spirit, why are you still having problems living from the wealth embedded within your very being?

You are not looking in the mirror

The reason you still live the same kind of ordinary life you lived before you got saved is because you have an identity problem!

You see, after spending so long living from the soul (i.e., your five senses, your will, your emotions, and intellect) before we came to know Christ, we had already been so used to having the soul in the driver’s seat of our lives. As a result, even when we now have quickened spirits reconnected to the life and nature of God, we still do not know how to live from the wealth in our spirits.

Take note that the problem has changed from being separated from God to being ignorant of the wealth within us.

And there is only one reason why you are ignorant of who you are in the spirit: You are not looking into the mirror.

Look at 2 Corinthians 4:18,

‘But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord’

The glass/the mirror reflects the image that is standing before it!

So, if you are seeing the glory of God in the glass, it’s because YOU are then glory of God standing in front of the glass!

What then is the mirror? You may ask.

Let’s check out James 1:23-25,

‘For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightaway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh unto the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man is blessed in his deed’

Many of us look into a physical mirror for so long in the morning. And any little chance we have to pass by any reflective glass, we step by it to assess our looks, our dressing, our accessories, and all. Now if any chance comes and we are asked to describe how we look, it is not difficult for us to do so, despite the fact that we are not seeing ourselves at the moment?

Why?

Simple. We have gazed at so many reflections of ourselves all day long and we know how we look.

The same thing applies in the spiritual realm.

The spiritual mirror is the Word of God.

The text we just read tells us that if a man hears the word and does not do it, such person is like an individual who has gazed at himself in a mirror and then forgotten what he looked like.

The thing is that many people have heard or read about these things that I’m sharing with you now. But they do not see the manifestation of it in their lives because they refuse to believe in the mirror of the Word that they have just heard. These people have gazed at the Mirror of the Word only briefly and have forgotten the kind of person that they are.

For instance, do you know that since you are born of God, you can never run out of options and be stranded in life?

Try telling that to a carnally minded believer.

But it is a basic truth of the Word!

1 John 2:20 says,

‘But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.’

We are born of God and we have an unction from the Holy Spirit. The verse did not say, ‘you know some things’. No! It says, ‘you know ALL things’. You don’t have the ability to be confused, stranded or at a loss. It is no longer in real your nature to do so.

That is so profound.

Now, when you tell a believer such truth, he is gazing at the Mirror of the Word at that moment, and he is excited at the truth that he cannot be stranded.

But just give the typical believer a day or two, and you’d find him battling with the same challenges he or she should be triumphing over.

You know why?

Such believer has forgotten the manner of man that he was!

This is because he has refused to check himself in the Mirror of the Word to see who he really is in the God’s sight.

You need to remember who you are, by gazing into the Mirror of God.

Remember who you are…

The word ‘remember’ comes from two root words, ‘re-’ and ‘-member’.

So, when you are ‘re-membering’, you are in essence reassembling and reconjuring every member that constitutes you into your mainstream of consciousness!

You have to look into the mirror of the Word of God and have the faith that the description you find is accurate. You need to experience yourself as who you are in Christ – in God!

God’s Words are infallible. You’ve got to produce and manifest what God has declared the real you to be in the mirror of the Word

When you look at a physical mirror, do you disagree with the image you see reflected because you don’t feel that’s the way you should look?

Of course not! You have absolute faith that the mirror is showing you the accurate description of who you are in the physical. The same applies in the spirit!

You have to have the absolute faith that the mirror of the Word is the accurate description of who you are in the spiritual realm.

The more you gaze at the mirror of the Word, the more you see yourself in the light of who you have been created to be.

When you gaze into the mirror of the word continually, you find out that you were designed to walk over sin, sicknesses, temptations, precarious circumstances, challenges of life and yes – the devil!

Once you constantly gaze upon the mirror of the Word, you’d realize that the way you think starts to change.

Romans 12:2 says,

‘…be transformed by the renewing of your mind’

Many are not living at the highest versions of themselves possible.

It is impossible for this to be so when you have not elevated your perception of reality from just what you can sense with your five senses.

It is until you change the way you think in the light of who you are in Christ that you would find your actions and deeds the following suit to conform to your spiritual reality.

Let’s look at 2 Corinthians 3:18 again,

‘But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord’

Note the phrase, ‘…are changed into the same image from glory to glory…’

I have said it before, and I am saying it again. You do not have any other problem but an identity and consciousness problem!

The more you gaze at the mirror of the Word of God, the more the way you think changes.

The more the way you think changes to conform to the realities of your spirit man as described by the Word of God, the more you manifest the glory of God – which is who you are in the Spirit.

The more you manifest the glory of God physically, the more victory you would experience over sin, sickness, poverty, lack and whatever the devil throws at your path.

So, stop living unconsciously.

Get this: It’s man’s second nature to live unconsciously; but it is his first nature to be spiritually conscious!

You have now been armed with the tools that would set you on the path to the best days of your life yet.

Speak, think and act as the God on your inside!!!

From Forgetting Purses To Walking In Deep Freezers: Unveiling One Secret Sauce That Powers The Habit Engine

Early in the year, I made up my mind to eat healthier and lose the layers of fat that had been building on my tummy like highly motivated bricklayers racing to get a house completed before the rainy season.

So, when I decided to put together the You Too Can Be Free 30-Day Freedom Challenge at the beginning of the year, I was also an avid participant.

Was it fun?

It sure was. As much fun as walking down to the market, only to discover that you forgot your purse. That’s definitely a situation you want to avoid. Particularly if you had to walk for 5 kilometers down in the first place and have no food at home!

And in my case, the easy option would be to quit going to the gym and snuggle in my warm cozy bed instead. This thought always crossed my mind because there were times I needed to walk 15 minutes to the gym in subzero temperatures. By the way, I’m talking about subzero temperatures in Fahrenheit. In case you cannot visualize that, I would say it’s like having an ant walk through a deep freezer. There were times when I totally lost all forms of feelings in my hands as I walked down to the gym in the cold weather. Believe me, it was that serious!

Yet, I kept on going to the gym. Again and again. Day after day. Week after week.

So, what was my staying power?

What kept me going even when I did not feel like doing going for it and would rather lie in bed in my heated room like roasted corn, or grilled beef?

The answer is GRIT

Grit can be defined as the passion and perseverance you have to achieve long-term goals. The researchers (Angela Duckworth and her colleagues) that popularized the concept went to the United States Military Academy, popularly known as West Point, to find out what would happen to a group of 1200 cadets who were just admitted. The Academy subjected the new students to a grueling seven-week program where they had to work in the classroom and on the field for 17 hours, every single day. Naturally, many of the students dropped out of West Point within those first few weeks and researchers observed that the differentiating factor between the students that endured the grueling seven weeks, and those that dropped out could be attributed to grit.

Without grit, trying to kick-start another habit might just end up being an exercise in futility.

I get it, Grit is important. How can I get it?

Discover Your Identity

I remember when I started on my journey to a healthier body, I had a picture of my ideal body weight and stature in my mind. As far as I was concerned, the “future me” was the “real me”, and all I was trying to do in the present was to attain that “future me”. Once this aspect was settled, it became very easy to settle into the exercise routines that I knew that the “future me” would have engaged in.

The truth remains that you really do not have a grit problem, or perseverance and passion problem. You have an identity problem. Once you get your identity sorted out, your actions would naturally follow.

For instance, Daphna Oyserman and her colleagues discovered that students who saw themselves as having successful “future selves” working in large organizations and corporations were more likely to do well in their school work. The researchers also discovered that the converse was the case too. Students who did not see themselves working in large corporations (those who saw themselves as successful artists and musicians in the future) felt that they did not need school to succeed, and naturally, it reflected in their academic performance. We see the same play out in our day-to-day interactions. For instance, the Igbo people of Nigeria have embraced the identity of enterprise and commerce and, as a result, it is hard to find an Igbo man that does not have an affinity for buying and selling.

I share more about identity in “The Secret To Overcoming Temptations” and “The Power of The Subconscious Mind”

Cultivate A Liking For The Mundane

I have alluded to this earlier.

Working out is like listening to a badly told joke. It is so boring.

I do not get goose pimples when I am lifting the weights or jogging on the elliptical.

So, how do I keep going?

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, once remarked, ‘Whatever it is that you want to do, you’ll find out that if you’re not passionate about what it is you’re working on, you won’t be able to stick with it’.

True words. Except for the fact that there are mundane sides to the things we are passionate about.

The truth is that every individual who has manifested grit in their lives can point to some aspects of their routine that they do not like at all. Yet, because their interest is fixed on the bigger picture, they are able to stick with the mundane and attain their goals.

In numerous areas of my life, I have found that I need to develop an interest in the boring, but the essential stuff in order to get the best out of it. Do you think I was smiling all the way, as I spent time gathering my thoughts and researching for my first book “You Too Can Be Free”? The same goes for working out. It is boring, but each day that I work out brings me closer to the ideal “future me” that I continue to see in my mind’s eye. Everybody wants to be a Joshua, but they forget the boring 40 days that he spent on Mount Sinai, while God was talking to Moses (Exodus 24:13). Everybody wants to be a Joseph, but they forget that he spent 13 boring years in prison.

If you want to grow your grit, you need to embrace the mundane.

Start Depositing Into Your Power-Up Account

Many times, I believe there are numerous life lessons that can be gleaned from a video game.

In a game like Temple Run, once you accumulate enough coins, you are able to power-up and increase the range of moves that you can execute in the game. However, it would be virtually impossible to upgrade if you spent the better part of the game avoiding the coins.

One of the things that keep me going is the realization that I would not attain the buff “future me” body in the next 24 hours. However, there are intermediate milestones (see, another game term!) that I would have to attain before I get to my desired destination. And because I want to attain these intermediate goals too, I keep on persevering through the cold mornings and boring workouts.

When you possess a love for the process, you are bound to progress. When you resist the urge to be complacent, you continue to accumulate “Power-Up” coins that would ultimately be converted to the desired goal you wish to see.

Expect To See Change

The quality of your life in the present is associated with the quality of the decisions you made in the past. The good news is that the quality of your life in the future can be affected by the quality of your actions in the present. I do not know about you, but I think it is refreshing to know that I am not condemned to be fat and shapeless like Bill Gates’ bank account. I can actually make decisions in the present that would bring me closer to the “future me” that I see in my mind’s eye.

The moment you realize that you have the ability to make decisions that can contribute to a higher quality of life in the future, you will find it easy to stick to your guns and do what it takes to get your desired goal.

Nobody was born walking or talking. Your initial attempts at walking and talking failed miserably. Yet, somehow, somewhere, you knew that you could do something about it and thankfully, you did. You are still reaping the benefits of the grit you had as a child.

Do the same now, with the expectations that you are going to see change

Quit Watching Porn

As I mentioned in “What Happens In An Addict’s Brain” when you masturbate and watch pornography, you are causing a lot of changes in the biology, physiology, and anatomy of your brain. These changes are associated with motivation and productivity. As a result, it is impossible to develop grit when you are engaged in porn consumption. This is one of the primary reasons I have put together this free 30-Day Freedom Challenge that would get you started on the path of freedom from destructive habits.

Finally…

It is very possible for you to increase the amount of “grittiness” you manifest when you are pursuing your desired goals.

You have to be wise with this, though, because you do not have to approach everything in your life with perseverance and passion that would make Tom Cruise red with embarrassment. There are sometimes you need to relax your stance on certain goals, which are not your ultimate destination, but merely a means to a greater end.

Use the techniques I share here and using them to increase your level of grit to attain your high-level goals that are in line with your identity.

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The Commonly Overlooked Secret To Success That No One Is Talking About

Back in 2016, I was just another post-NYSC university graduate in Bayelsa State, who was overworked and underpaid. In fact, my salary was so embarrassingly low, that I chose to inflate the tithe I was paying to my pastor. And to make matters even more interesting, my former boss is still owing me a month’s salary till this very day.

By the way, if you are worrying what the salary was…

It was ₦30,000!!! (That’s less than $100 a month, if you live outside Nigeria).

Right now, I am in the US, currently running my Masters program.

Now, I am not saying living outside the US is a sign of being successful…but it helps showcase my point much easily.

So, what happened? What changed? How did I go from earning ₦30,000 per month, to traveling out of the country to further my education in just a year?

It is simple.

I got a revelation of the principles of success!

There Are Principles Guiding The Secret Of Success

You see, there are certain laws that govern the way things happen on earth. I’m not talking about the laws of physics or chemistry.

No, I’m talking about the laws of life.

These laws have been established by God Himself such that their principles hold in the lives of any individual regardless of religious affiliation, age, sex or race.

An example of such law is the law of giving. Whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever you do, once you give, you would always receive.

God is not the author of confusion. No! He is the God of Order. He loves Order and He sets up Principles to maintain that Order. That’s how God works!

Let me share one of the success principles that God opened my eyes to see on Facebook.

For those who know me, Emeka Nobis is one of the top Nigerian thought leaders that I respect so much. Ever since one of my friends introduced him to me (through Facebook), I have joined every Facebook group he created because I always want to pick up his brains and suck all the nutrients that are in his words! I have read, and reread all his books that I have, and I keep thinking in my heart, “God, what must I do to consistently churn sense out, like Emeka Nobis?”

Nevertheless, early this year (or, maybe it was late last year), Mr. Nobis did something that threw most of his online followers (me, included) off balance. He closed down a Facebook group that he had spent time, sweat, blood, (and, maybe money too) to cultivate to over 5,000 members!

I remember when I first saw his announcement about closing down the group. Like others, I was a doubting Thomas who thought it was a publicity stunt, or something. When people pressed him and he opened up concerning the reason for his actions, it was remarkably simple. He wanted to FOCUS ALL HIS EFFORTS ON ONE COURSE!

As it turned out, Emeka Nobis did not need the 5,000+ group to reach his specific goals. And as far as I know, his decision to drop that group has seen his ministry move closer to the permanent site!

My dear, that is the principle of success, that God revealed to me through Emeka Nobis – Focus!

Meet FOCUS – A Key Secret to Success

Someone once said that FOCUS is an acronym for “Follow One Course Until Successful”.

Unfortunately, a lot of people are focused on too many right things at the same time!

They want to be Mozart, Dangote, Schwarzenegger, Bill Gates and Oyedepo at the same time!

Back in the days, I used to think it was cool to be focused on so many things at the same time. Now, I know that is not true!

If you go through the path of trying your hands on everything you come across, you would find yourself living under the illusion of being an expert when in the real sense, you are not. You will be spread out too thin and you will not be spectacular in anything.

When I say Messi, you think of soccer.

When I say Zuckerberg, you think of Facebook.

Messi will never be able to manage a multi-billion dollar company, and Zuckerberg will never be able to dribble past opponents with a drop of the shoulder.

Each man is an expert in his field.

My dear friend, the moment I realized that “Man was not made to be spread out thin. Rather, he was created to have depth!”, that was when I saw the errors of my ways.

That was when I realized that I did not need another website or another “brand” in order to be who, or, where God wants me to be.

That was when I realized that I needed to make the same decision as my boss, Emeka Nobis.

That was when I realized that I did not need to start “theplatinumstudentmillionaire.com” and scatter my efforts and focus all over the place.

That was when I realized that I will be operating wholly from the platform that God had given me

Finding Your One Thing Is A Secret To Success

I am choosing to FOCUS ON MY ONE THING which is my main website called “You Too Can Be Free”. Originally, I created the website to cater for people who were battling with sexual addictions, however, right now, as you can tell, it is much more than that! And I feel happy and blessed to be operating from the “You Too Can Be Free” platform. This is totally unlike what I felt when I was running “The Platinum Student Millionaire”, and putting myself in a position of constantly stressing unnecessarily.

It is kind of embarrassing for me to put myself out there and admit that I was wrong, but I feel that I owe you this explanation because I want you to learn from my mistakes and lead a full life of fulfillment.

I repeat, Man was not made to be spread out thin. Rather, he was created to have depth!

Ask yourself, “Are you in an uncomfortable situation in your life right now where you are constantly stressing?”

It could be because you are suffering from a broken focus.

Today, you are in multi-level marketing, tomorrow, you are in Real Estate, the day after that, you are back to Bitcoin!

If that is you, the problem is not the platform you are using.

The problem is your broken focus – as you keep on planting one day, and uprooting your seeds the very next day, without even waiting to see whether your seed germinated or not!

If you want to succeed, you need to make a decision to Focus One Course Until Successful!

That is the most powerful success principle that can be given to you by someone who loves you!

Understanding How Habits Work

Every habit/behavior (whether of man or of animal) is made up of a simple 3-step pattern. I call this the “ABC Cycle of Habits” and it goes this way…

Antecedent (the trigger that initiates the behavior. Some people refer to this as the “Reminder” or “Cue”)
Behavior (the action you are carrying out at a given time. Some people refer to this as the “Routine” or “Action”)
Consequence (the benefit you are going to get from the doing the behavior. This is also referred to as the “Reward”).

Even in your day-to-day activities, we see the same thing playing out.

For example, when you hear your phone ringing, here’s what happens:

Antecedent: Phone rings

Behavior: You answer the phone

Consequence: You found out the reason why the person called you.

Ultimate result: You develop the habit of always picking up your phone every time it rings

Here’s still another one

Antecedent: Children making noise beside you in a movie theater

Behavior: You change your seat

Consequence: Children’s noise no longer distracts you from the movie

Ultimate result: You develop the habit of changing your seat anytime you see noisy children in the cinema.

And the list goes on and on and on….

How The “ABC Cycle of Habit” Can Help You Quit Destructive Habits

When many people try to change their habits, they make the erroneous choice of trying to exercise more self-control or trying to build up their willpower. However, going through this route is often an exercise in futility and such individual would only end up being frustrated with beckoning on self-control and willpower every time. Right now, I am going to share with you 3 steps to using the “ABC Cycle of Habit” to shatter destructive habits once and for all…

Identify The Behavior You Want To Change

This is obvious enough. As you must have understood by now, to understand a habit, you need to identify the components of the habit cycle. Once you have identified the ABC Cycle of Habit powering your undesirable behavior, you can gradually start replacing older undesirable routines and behaviors with more desirable ones. For instance, assuming you are addicted to watching pornography (behavior), what kind of factors trigger you to search the internet to watch porn? Is it the feeling of boredom? Or that of loneliness? Then, you’d also need to ask yourself what is the reward you are seeking from such routine? Is it excitement? Relieve from stress? Freedom from boredom? Once you have been able to identify these components, it becomes easier to break down destructive habits and build up better ones.

Manipulate The Antecedents And Identify The Consequences

Granted, although we are familiar with what makes up the ABC Cycle of Habit, in the real world, everything is not so clear at first. This explains why so many people are still held captive by their destructive addictions. The only way you are truly going to identify the breakdown of your habit cycle is to experiment a lot. Assess different antecedents to find out what exactly triggers you into performing a habit. Again, using the porn addict’s example, different things may trigger his habit of surfing the net for porn. It could be boredom, stress, loneliness and many other kinds of antecedents. Use the following classification of antecedents to aid you: location, time of the day, emotional state, as well as the kind of people around you. You also want to pay attention to what you feel after you engage in the problem behavior to identify the real consequences you were really seeking for. Repeat this process of identifying your cues day to day until you can diagnose the ultimate cue that drives you towards your habit. Yes, while you are experimenting, you may fall back into the habit for a while, but it is essential not to beat yourself up for this because while prior, you had been held captive to the habit without any form of self-awareness, now, you are much more aware and more sensitive to the constituents of your habit loop. This would undoubtedly set you up for victory!

Follow Through With A Definite Strategy

Once you have identified the consequences and reward driving your behavior, the cues and antecedents that trigger it, as well as the behavior, by planning and manipulating the antecedents, you can change your behavior to a better one that delivers the same reward you are craving! For instance, in the example of the porn addict that has realized that he is more susceptible to watching porn when he is lonely (antecedent), he understands that he craves freedom from the loneliness (consequence), so he can replace the behavior of watching pornography with the new one of going out to see some friends. Similarly, the individual who wants to improve on his diet (new behavior) can get rid of all junk food in his apartment (antecedent), remove change from his pocket at work so as not to be tempted with buying junk food (antecedent), cook his healthy meal and bring them to lunch so as not to be tempted with buying junk food (antecedent). As a result, he would have a healthier body and mind (consequence)

Finally…

Sheer muscle and mere willpower do not have the ability to cause any long lasting changes in your habits. The way to leading a life of fullness and fulfillment is to tap from the wealth of power trapped up within your inner man and set yourself up by establishing systems and strategies that would help you succeed.

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Inward Observation, La Pausa, and How Questions Create Answers

The goal of inward observation is to identify your purpose in life.

Millions, if not billions of people have been haunted for ages by this question: What am I here for?

To answer that question, an individual has to take the time to observe himself.

The Message Bible translation of Galatians 6:4 says,

“Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that…”

Right now, I find it amusing that something so easy to do could be very difficult for people to handle. Ironically, it was once difficult for me to observe within.

I had more than my own fair share of contention with the question about my life’s purpose.

Back then, in my undergraduate days, whenever a guest speaker asked all those who did not know their purpose to come out for prayers, I always ended up in the front. Why? I didn’t know my life’s purpose because I had been totally ignorant of how people could observe inwards. The most amazing thing was that as soon as I was able to take hold of mastery in the art of inward observation, I was able to define my life’s purpose in a matter of moments.

To be able to observe inwards effectively, it is paramount for you to be able to still yourself.

We live in a day and age where it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay calm in the mind.

When our minds are not bugged with background noise in our immediate environments, we constantly pile up all the junk on TV down our streams of consciousness. And when we are not doing any of these, we are busy fiddling with our phones, going to Facebook and endlessly chatting away the units of our lives – time!

As it were, all the technological advancements that were intended to make life much easier for us have all seemed to make life more complicated. Look, I am not condemning watching TV, or interacting with other people on social media. I do all these too – but I try to be conscious of what an overexposure to these things would do to me. For many people, checking their Facebook News Feed is almost an automatic response when they wake up in the morning!

Pay attention to this: You are never going to discover your life’s purpose on Facebook, on the TV, or while responding to IMs on your favorite chat room. You’re only going to be able to discern and observe what you’ve got within you if you are able to still your mind from all kinds of noise that you would encounter in your life.

At this point, I must emphasize that the term ‘noise’ would not be limited to merely external disturbances to the sound waves in our immediate environment. Noise would also have to include all forms of mental clutter that fill our minds throughout the day.

When you find yourself constantly and continuously anxious about what you would eat or what you’d wear or what people say or think about you, you are unwittingly filling your mind with mental clutter.

When you are filled with doubt, uncertainty, negative self-talk, personal prejudices influenced by your cultural background, upbringing, and so on, you are unwittingly giving in to these mental noises.

Read this carefully: If you are in a quiet, noiseless environment, far away from the rumbles of the city, but your mind is in a state of clutter, you’d still be unable to harness the power of observing within!

‘La pausa’ and The Art of Inward Observation

I love football because it is a game of passion. It is a game of life too, as many life lessons can be learned from merely watching a game.

For instance, some teams are better than others in keeping possession of the ball. On the other hand, some teams prefer to sit deep and defend before launching a devastating display of lethal counterattacking football. It is frustrating to play against a team that is so good at keeping the ball, because of the negative psychology of playing almost an entire game of football – without the ball. Likewise, it is depressing to play against a team that decides to line up its entire team right in front of the goal post, because the team with the highest number of goals – not highest ball possession wins.

In instances like this, a stalemate is almost inevitable without the ‘la pausa’.

The ‘la pausa’ is an almost undetectable pause in play that is used by either an attacking team or a defending team to discomfit the opponents. The defense-oriented team can use it to wait for the fastest player on their team to be well positioned before launching a devastating counter. On the other hand, an attacking team can use the ‘la pausa’ to shatter organized defenses into creating passing lanes that were hitherto non-existent.

Both ways, the ‘la pausa’ works whether you are a defending team or an attacking one – and it would work for you if you’d just engage it.

How?

To tap into the power of observing within, you need to find a way of detaching your attention from the external noise of your surrounding environment, while also silencing all forms of mental clutter that may be fluttering about your mind at a given point in time.

In short, you have to pull off a ‘la pausa’.

Proverbs 20:5 says, ‘Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out’

As you are seated there, quietly poring over the letters of this book, you have counsel bubbling up within you already. It is this counsel that would inform you of the exact nature of your life’s purpose.

But there is no way you would be able to draw out counsel out of your heart if you do not take that pause from the noise of everyday living and negative self-talk. Once you are able to get those precious moments of silence, you’d find out that you’d start adopting the right frame of mind necessary for productive inward observation.

Questions About Inward Observation Point Out Answers

To start observing within you, you need to ask yourself a series of questions. There are endless amounts of questions that you may ask yourself – and the good thing about this exercise is that more questions would readily arise from the initial questions that you ask yourself.

There is a caveat, however. For this exercise to work out well, you need to be extremely sincere with yourself, while also trusting God to assist you with the quality of your answers. The easiest and most disastrous form of deceit that any man can fall a victim of is self-deceit. Jeremiah 10:23 says, ‘O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man that walketh to direct his paths’. You may ask yourself the right questions, but you would not get the right answers until you are sincere with yourself. God can help you out with that, if you’d ask Him.

To make it easier for those who are foraging into the world of inward observation for the first time, I would be leveraging on the SHAPE strategy developed by Pastor Rick Warren in his book, The Purpose-Driven Life. The acronym goes thus:

S = What are my Spiritual gifts and talents?

H = What is my Heart truly drawn to?

A = What areas can I easily make use of my Abilities?

P = What is peculiar about my Personality?

E = Which Experiences have I passed through that can help others that are passing through the same?

As you take the time to honestly ask yourself these questions, there would be a crystallization of possibilities you have within you. The truth is that God has already wired and shaped us uniquely – there are no two persons on the face of the earth that possess the exact same SHAPE.

All it takes is for you to take some time off to turn your eyes inwards and observe what you’ve already got within you. You can join the 30-Day Challenge which provides you an opportunity to develop inward observation habits that would place you on the path of the fulfillment of your life’s purpose and destiny.

Who Died And Made You God? [Hint: Your Opinions Do Not Matter]

Within the space of two weeks, two different people within my circle of influence were visibly shaken by other people’s opinions about them. One moment, we were talking and jesting, the very next moment, they were wrapped with so much doubt and uncertainty in themselves. What I found most appalling is the fact that nobody had been physically present to make them feel bad.

I can empathize since I was once a victim too.

I had always attached a large importance to what people thought about me. In fact, in a bid to maintain my “Nice Guy” persona, I went to great lengths to conform to other people’s expectations of me. Not only did this leave me in the quagmire of mediocrity, I was also constantly overwhelmed and frustrated, because I was spread out too thin, trying to “meet up with the standard”.

Right now, God has cultivated me to the point where I really could not give a rip about your opinions of me.

Remember this?

By the way, you can still get your copy!

Anyways, I may still have tendencies to be shy in a new environment, but I am secure in the love of the Father to know that He’s got me – any day, any time. Of course, by now, you should know that one of my favorite Scriptures I like to quote about this matter is John 12:3-5:

“Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.”

Are you like the way I used to be? Frustrated and overwhelmed with meeting up with the opinions of others? Pay attention to the following practical tips that may be helpful in helping you to a life of freedom and abundance – just as God wants it!

The Father, The Son And The…Donkey!

I’m sure I’ve heard Ebenezer Obey sing a song about the story I am about to share. Ah! The good ol’ days…

But I digress.

So, there was this old man who had a son and a donkey. They were apparently going on a long journey and the father put the boy on the donkey, while he walked by the side. As they moved along, they passed some old women sitting in the shade. One of the women called out (I’m pretty sure she was a Yoruba woman), ”Ahhhhhh…..Shame on you, a fully fit boy, riding while your old father is walking. What is this world turning to? Ahhhh….the children of nowadays!”

The man and boy decided that maybe the critics were right, so they swapped positions.

Later as they passed by a group of mothers watching their young children play by the river. One (Yoruba woman, of course!) cried out in protest, ” Ahhhhh….eh!!! Oooooooo!!! Ahnahn! Ahnhan! Ahnhan! Wat hapin na? How can you make your little boy walk under this terribly hot sun while you ride! Ahnhan…don’t you have any conscience?”

So, what did the duo do? They simply decided that maybe it would be in their best interest to walk.

Next, they met some young Warri men hanging out.

“Oboi! See craze o! You guys have a healthy donkey to ride on, and yet you’re both walking!” one of them shouted.

So, both the old man and his son climbed the donkey.

Then they met a group of Animal lovers….

Of course, one of them shouted, “You people are so mean! Imagine you were the donkey, how would you feel carrying two people on your back?”

The old man and the boy saw that there was clearly no way out of their ‘predicament’, so they struggled to carry the donkey.

As they crossed a bridge, they lost their grip on the really confused animal and it fell to its death in the river below!

This is pretty much the first lesson to be learnt: Irrespective of what you do, people would always talk about you!

If you do something, they would talk. If you refuse to do anything, they would still talk. It makes absolutely no difference if you do anything or not, because people would always find a way to still talk about whatever you do.

Funny enough, in my experience, I was able to find freedom to live above people’s opinions of me the moment I realized that opinions would still be formed – regardless of what I do. If that’s that’s the case, I might as well go ahead with what I feel God is leading me to do per time!

Nothing Has Meaning, Except The Meaning You Give To It

Some days ago, I wrote the following on my Facebook wall:

“All human phenomena are absurd outside context. E.g, money: ‘Give me this Ferrari and I’ll give you a piece of paper with digits. Deal?’”

I was with a person who posted Christian content on his personal Facebook wall.

Now, that would not have really mattered, except when you consider the fact that this person is a highly-placed individual in a very secular community. So, naturally, some people started criticizing him for posting such content.

That really got to him.

I mean, it’s not like he shared some nudity or pornographic images on his Facebook timeline. He only shared a few encouraging lines from the Bible and he was being criticized for it?

If you look at the issue the way I have started seeing things, you’d realize that some things do not even make sense at all, except you decide to read meanings. Everyone accesses social media via their phones and laptops and if you are working yourself up because someone criticizes you on social media, in the ‘realest‘ sense, you are actually getting worked up with your phone! Whoever is criticizing you online is not in the same room with you, and there is no need for you to waste mental energy rehearsing your rebuttal in your mind. There is simply no time for that!

I remember a story I heard while growing up. Now, don’t quote me anywhere because I’m not sure whether it’s fact or fiction.

So, this witch went to a party and she was served jollof rice and fried rice – topped with chicken wings. She took offense and some days later, she started afflicting the family who organized the party. One way or the other, the witch was soon found out and she was asked why she decided to afflict the family.

Her response? Her rice was topped with chicken wings, instead of chicken thighs!

While some of you might laugh at the story I just shared, a lot of you reading this post are just the same way. In fact, so many would be offended if they went to a party and were served water, instead of juice or wine. They would forget that water is probably the healthiest liquid you can drink. Rather, they would think that they have just received the worst insult that any human could possibly endure!

And don’t even get me started with those who feel offended because someone handed something over to them with their left hand – instead of the right hand….

Receive Understanding To Tie It All Together

You would not believe it (just kidding!), but God has an opinion.

He has an opinion about everything – and He has His opinion about you!

If there was ever an opinion you need to highly consider in your life – that opinion is God’s.

This is where Understanding comes in play.

You see, Understanding is a supernatural discernment and perception of reality from God’s point of view. In essence, it is perceiving and accepting God’s opinion about things, people and places per time.

The truth is that with Understanding, it is impossible for you to be confounded, depressed, confused or at a loss. Why? You have the benefit of a supernaturally elevated perception – one that is backed by the very breath of God. By understanding, you are tuned into the dynamics of the spirit and your comprehension of actions, events and intentions becomes razor-sharp.

To me, the most outstanding feature of understanding is that it is applicable to EVERY aspect of your life. That includes your physical well-being, career, social life, relationships, spiritual walk with God, emotional intelligence, financial health and so on.

Proverbs 8:9 says, ‘They are ALL plain to him that understandeth’

Understanding makes all things plain to an individual.

Understanding is all-encompassing.

When it’s in full manifestation in your life, you understand the ways and timings of God, you understand people, you understand things, and most importantly, you’d understand how God sees you.

He sees you as righteous.

He sees you as anointed.

He sees you as wise.

He sees you as forgiven.

God sees you as beloved!

The more you focus on God’s perspective of you, the more you can walk in the full awareness of God’s love – without anybody’s opinions holding you to ransom!

And if they try, you can look them squarely in the eyes and ask them, “Who Died And Made You God?!”

The Diet of Champions: How A Low-Information Diet Can Set You Up For Remarkable Success

I read a lot of books because I write a lot…

Or maybe I write a lot because I read a lot.

Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions”. Since books are compendiums of experiences, it is safe to assume that reading books can stretch the mind into new frontiers.

Last year was a great year of reading for me…I think I read about 50 – 60 books.

Pretty impressive, right?

However, I am starting to find out that I had been going about reading books the wrong way. I realized that I was focusing on ‘just-in-case’ information, rather than ‘just-in-time’ information. ‘Just-in-case’ information leads to action paralysis which is often due to mental clutter fluttering through the mind. You’re merely accumulating information just for its sake. You really don’t need that!

What you need is ‘Just-in-time’ information which would give you a competitive advantage over anything that life may throw at you.

David and Saul

When reading the story of David and Goliath, many people fail to realize that the war between the Israelites and the Philistines was that prolonged because of ‘Just-in-case’ information.

Take a look at the following verses from 1 Samuel 17:1-7, 16.

“Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him…

…And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.“

How were the Israelites able to measure Goliath’s height with stunning accuracy? Six cubits…and a span. It doesn’t get more accurate than that!

How were they able to know that his helmet was made of brass, and his coat made of mail…without even touching him?

How were they able to know that Goliath’s spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron, or that his coat weighed five thousand shekels of brass…all the way from the mountain where they were standing?

All these unnecessary information kept the Israelites captive to one man. For 40 days!!!

If they had put down their compasses, set squares, French curves and protractors, and simply got down to attacking the Philistine army, they might have had a shot at winning the battle.

If you can take this, you would be on the right path of simplifying your life greatly: Not every information is important!

I know this post started with mere accumulation of information from books, but it’s much more than that!

There are several of you reading this right now, who have been held captive to information overload from gossip blogs and news sites. For others, it is their Facebook feeds and emails. Still, others more (including yours’ sincerely), it is your favorite football team. You know your team’s latest scores, their transfer targets and the jersey numbers of everyone on the team – including the B team!

Regardless of the type of information, our minds are just being bombarded time and time again with ‘just-in-case’ information that we do not need.

I mean, who gives a rip about whether Kim Kardashian was really tanned or not?

How is knowing ‘the number of times Jon was stabbed when he was murdered at Castle Black’ going to benefit you?

Who cares whether EFCC has the best Twitter handler ever?

Not every information is important!

Goliath was trending and David didn’t even know!

This simple fact of David choosing to be ignorant about Goliath’s attributes and well-informed about the attributes of God positioned him for victory. What Saul and the Israelites saw as too big to defeat, David saw as too big to miss!

The Tetris Effect

If you’re old enough, I am sure you should be familiar with Tetris. You know, that game where you had to arrange falling blocks into empty pockets of space at the lower part of your game screen. If you were not able to do this fast enough and the blocks got to the high enough to stop more blocks from falling, it was game over.

Well, some scientists decided to have some more fun with this game.

So, they got a bunch of Tetris lovers and made them play the game for extended periods of time – up to hours a day for weeks!

Here’s the interesting thing that happened next.

The gamers started seeing everything around them like, wait for it…falling blocks!!!

It was terrible. I can almost imagine one of the participants just sitting there chilling and busy figuring out the kind of block that would fit into the space between two cars following each other!

However, you shouldn’t be surprised with the findings. The Bible had been right all this while and it’s always nice to see science finally catching up with the Word.

Whatever you focus on continually would manifest in your life!

This is why Proverbs 4:23 says, ‘Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.’

A lot of people are not are not diligent with what they allow to go into their hearts. This can happen in two major ways:

A lot of people are focused on all the wrong things. We are all aware that if you focus on the negatives, you would lead a stifled life. I’m not going to dwell too much on this.
A lot of people are focused on too many right things at the same time! I’m more concerned about this second way because it is much more prevalent in our day and time.

Back in the days, I used to think it was cool to be focused on so many things at the same time. In fact, I used to pride myself on my ability to multitask because I had multiple talents. However, if you go through the path of trying your hands on everything you come across, you would find yourself living under the illusion of being an expert when in the real sense, you are not. It would also force you to be spread out too thin – since you are simply trying your hands on everything and not spectacular in anything. Man was not made to be spread out thin. Rather, he was created to have depth!

This is why I say multitasking is the highway to mediocrity because the only thing you become good at doing is doing multiple things poorly!

There Is A Better Way

I have said it before – God is The God of Principles.

Sadly, we live in a generation that gets the order of God wrong every single time:

We first try to accumulate the information we think we need and then we try to ask God to approve our agenda. When we find out that the agenda does not work out, we dump it somewhere in the recesses of our brain – alongside the information we gathered with it.

Wasting precious time and mental resources.

And then, we look for the next shiny information source to consume.

The cycle always repeats itself again!

Listen up: God is deliberate.

I do not think He created us to be Jacks of all trades, and masters of none.

Just the same way each cell in our bodies has a specific purpose which contributes to the general well-being of the body, I believe every individual has something specific to contribute to God’s wonderful ongoing story of creation.

The only way to find that specific purpose that God wants you to do with your life is to ask Him to reveal this to you. Only then would it make sense to start accumulating as much information as possible on your highly specific assignment.

We were not created to be spread out thin like shrubs. Rather, God designed us to be trees with depth in Him.

Find your purpose in Him first!

Then you can start building depth in God through the Word and cultivating expertise through accumulating “just-in-time” information within that narrow niche.

God bless.

P.S: Join the 30-Day Challenge which provides you an opportunity to wean yourself off unhealthy habits that are limiting the fulfillment of your life’s purpose and destiny.