The Matthew Principle and Why The Rich Keep Getting Richer

Some days ago, I noticed that there was a lot of commotion on the Twitterverse. Apparently, a Nigerian-American novelist, Tomi Adeyemi had accused the prolific, serial best-selling author, Nora Roberts, of plagiarizing the title of her debut novel. They had both written a novel that had the words “Blood and Bones” in the title.

The social media storm on Twitter obviously increased the number of people interested in Tomi and her book. For instance, I know who Nora Roberts is, but I had no idea of who Tomi Adeyemi was before the controversy. As Robert Greene’s wrote in his book, The 48 Laws of Power, “Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious than the bland and timid masses”

However, the more I looked, the less likely it seemed that Tomi Adeyemi was merely trying to garner cheap attention. As fans of the two authors went back and forth on Twitter, I could not help but take a closer look at the 25-year-old Tomi Adeleye and her book.

I was mindblown by what I saw.

On Amazon, Tomi’s book had over 1500 mostly positive reviews, while on Goodreads, it had well over 10,000 mostly positive reviews. That’s absurd when you consider the fact that not everyone that buys a book leaves a review. It’s simply impossible to have so many positive reviews if the book itself is crappy.

Also, months before the controversy, a reputable company had paid Tomi Adeyemi seven figures to publish her novel, while another reputable company acquired the movie rights for the same book, reportedly paying her another seven figures!

She had also appeared many highly viewed shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Good Morning America, BBC What’s New, ABC 7 Chicago, amongst many others.

The more I researched her story, the more I realized that Tomi Adeyemi is a superstar in her niche and her remarkable journey to superstardom can be attributed to a principle called the Matthew Principle. In this post, I would be shedding more light on the Matthew Principle, as well as how you can make it work for you, rather than against you.

 

Understanding the Matthew Principle

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After telling the story of how the servant with the least talent lost his single talent to the servant with ten talents, Jesus made a remarkable statement that is both scary and profound in equal proportions.

Matthew 25:29 says,

“For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.”

In other words, those who already have enough would be given even more, while those who do not have enough would end up losing the little that they have. This is the essence of the Matthew Principle!

Take a look at the way the world we live in works and you’d see the Matthew Principle all around you.

The richest 85 people in the world have as much money as the poorest three and a half billion people in the world! Yet even more and more money continues to pour into the coffers of these privileged few.

In the United States alone, nearly a million and a half books are sold. Only 500 of these books will sell more than a hundred thousand copies. Furthermore, a good number of these books are written by people who have other books under their belts.

Let’s take the Matthew Principle even further:

The well-to-do typically have preferential access to the best kinds of food. They live in the best kinds of houses located in the best parts of the city. They have more people at their beck and call, looking for ways to earn their favors. They are more likely to meet and network with other successful people who would increase their chances for more success. As a result, they are calm and are capable of delaying present gratification because they have a confident expectation of abundance in the future. The odds are in their favor, and it will continue to be in their favor until something really dramatic happens.

On the other hand, those with low statuses endure poor living conditions. They are often hungry, and in the few instances where they have access to food, the food is usually of poor quality. Due to the fact that they eat unhealthy foods, they are in dire physical and mental conditions which makes them liable to age quickly and die early. Even though they need as much help as they can get, they are not likely to meet successful people. In fact, they are more likely to meet and network with other people with similar experiences as them. As a result, they are impulsive and jump at any opportunity for pleasure without any consideration for how disgraceful, illegal, or sub-par it might be. Again, the odds are stacked against them, and it will continue to be against them unless something dramatic happens.

Apparently, over time, both success and failure compound upon themselves.

The more successful you are, the more likely you are going to embrace opportunities that would make you even more successful. Conversely too, the more unsuccessful you are, the more likely you are to find a way to jeopardize your chances for success.

Does this mean that the Matthew Principle has permanently condemned you to whatever rung in the social ladder that you find yourself? No, of course not. As it stands, from my research and observations, there are two ways you might be able to make the Matthew Principle work in your favor.

 

Reciprocal Determinism and the Matthew Principle

Some time ago, I was finding it incredibly difficult to make the time to go down to the gym and work out as frequently as I wanted to. So, I bought myself a treadmill, positioned it in my room in such a way that it was the first thing I saw when I woke up in the morning. As a result, it became much easier to simply get up from my bed, take a few steps to my treadmill and work out.

This is a classic case of reciprocal determinism where my immediate environment can influence my behavior, while I can also manipulate my immediate environment to help me change my behavior.

To take this concept closer to improving your life, the easiest way you can manipulate your immediate environment is by investing in more books. Someone once said that a mind that has been stretched can never return to its original dimensions. As exercise and food are to the physical body, so is continuous self-improvement to the mind. You need to broaden your outlook on life by exposing your mind to other perspectives other than yours. This is why it is expedient for you to invest in books. Read wide on a broad variety of topics. Read deep on the topics that intrigue you. Read biographies. Read classics. Read business books. Read. Read. Read.

With time, you would find yourself developing an ever-expanding knowledge base that would be crucial in helping you identify associations and patterns that are oblivious to the remaining 90% of the population that do not read. Eventually, the Matthew Principle starts working in your favor, and you will start seeing the effects of your compounding knowledge in the quality of your thoughts, choices, decisions, relationships, and life in general. Who knows, you might even be the catalyst for change in your immediate social networks and physical environment if you keep going along this path.

However, if you grab the bull by the horns, there’s a more powerful way to take advantage of the Matthew Principle.

 

Your Location, Your Allocation and the Matthew Principle

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Going back to Tomi Adeyemi’s story, I discovered that there are times you need to do more than manipulate your immediate environment. Sometimes you need to physically change your environment by moving entirely different location.

And this is one thing that I noticed from Tomi Adeyemi’s story.

By making the decision to migrate from Nigeria to the US in the early 1990s, Tomi’s parents had dramatically improved the odds of Tomi becoming successful. In case you are unaware, the difference between living in a developed country and living in an underdeveloped country is like playing with two different slot machines. One of the slot machines is filled to the brim with $100 notes, while the other is filled with 25 cents. While it is possible to hit the jackpot and win all the coins in the 25 cents machine, the total winnings cannot be comparable to the winnings from a $100 machine. If you’re presented with the chance, it is a no-brainer to move from the 25 cents machine to the machine filled with $100 notes. And that’s exactly what happened with Tomi Adeyemi’s family.

Of course, the fact that Tomi Adeyemi was born in the United States does not mean that she just folded her arms and waited for the US system to bring all the good things to her. She had to develop herself and work hard. Eventually, the hard work paid off and she was admitted to Harvard University – one of the top five schools in the world. The last time I checked, the acceptance rate for Harvard was 6%. You can look at it this way: If 100 people applied for admission into Harvard, only 6 people would be accepted into the school! By implication, this means that only the best of the best can get into Harvard. So, when Tomi Adeyemi got into Harvard, her colleagues were the best students from high schools all over the US. In addition, because she was in Harvard, she got the best training from some of the best professors in the world. Imagine how Tomi Adeyemi’s physical and social environment influenced her thoughts and mentality for the 4 – 5 years she spent at Harvard. Imagine the opportunities she was exposed to, as well as the caliber of people she forged relationships with. It was only a matter of time before all the benefits of the Matthew Principle in her life led up to her writing a best-selling novel and getting a movie deal for the same book – all by the age of 25!

The truth is that your location will play a crucial role in determining your allocation from life. While you might not be able to migrate to a developed country like Tomi’s parents or get admitted into an Ivy League school like Tomi, you might be able to relocate to a bigger town or city. There are numerous benefits that living in a big city has over living in a smaller city. Seminars and other networking events are more likely to occur in a large city than in a remote village in the middle of nowhere. If you join the right groups and organizations, you are more likely to come in contact with life-changing information or industry secrets that would have never gotten to you if you embraced routine in your small town of 1000 people. Even if you are not able to change your physical environment, you can still change your social environment. In this day and age of social media, there are thousands and thousands of forums and groups on the internet that you can join to keep yourself in the loop where it counts.

Whichever method you decide to adopt, just ensure that you position yourself to get the best from the Matthew Principle.

The First Thing You Need To Know About Habits

Like every other human out there, I have habits. While I am proud of some of these habits, I am not particularly proud of many others.

In fact, I had this very embarrassing habit that took me a while to shake off (And no, it is not the one that I wrote a book about). Let’s just say that I had a really strange case of pica. It so happened that whenever I drank water, be it from a plastic bottle or from a plastic sachet, I always ended chewing up either the cover or the plastic sachet itself. In fact, there was this day I was walking back from school and I had a sachet of water in my hands. Of course, by the time I was done drinking the water, I found myself chewing on the plastic material. Unknown to me, someone had been watching me go through the whole routine. Eventually, I saw her, but it was too late. I already had three-fourths of the sachet in my mouth!

Of course, since I’m a big boy now, I do not have that habit anymore!

So what changed? How did I make the transition from mindlessly chewing on plastics to being in a default state of not being tempted at all?

Keep reading and you’d be surprised at how much my simple discovery will transform every aspect of your life.

The Power of Planning for Pain on Habits

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Researchers once conducted an experiment to see how people were able to develop new habits. These scientists recruited 100 elderly men who had just gone through hip or knee replacement surgeries. Recovering from this specific surgical procedure can be a very painful process and the patients need to start moving their joints almost immediately after they wake up from the surgery. If they failed to do so, they might develop internal blood clots which may be life-threatening. However, since the surgery causes an extremely intense pain, the recovering patients are not particularly excited about staying mobile.

So, here’s what the researchers did: They gave each man a booklet where they would write down the specific ways that they were going to follow the doctors’ orders to stay mobile. For instance, they could write something like, ‘I am going to walk down Claire Street by 5:30 pm on Monday evening.’

At the end of 14 weeks, the researcher compared the recoveries of the men that wrote an action plan with those that did not write an action plan.

As you would imagine, the guys that wrote a plan were nearly three times more mobile than those who did not write down any goals. These men were walking faster, doing laundry, tying their shoelaces and even making their meals at the end of three months!

To the researchers’ credit, they did not stop at merely at claiming that writing down your goals will help you effortlessly start a new habit. I mean, come on! We all have goals we’ve written at some points in our lives which we failed to take any action on.

So, there was obviously something else that was common to all the men that had written a plan.

As the researchers delved into the booklet of each patient that had written a goal, they discovered an amazing trend.

You see, all the men that had written down their goals had also anticipated the hindrances that would have prevented them from being mobile. And not only that, but they also had an action plan of what to do when they eventually faced that hindrance. For instance, some men anticipated that they would feel an excruciating pain in the days after the surgery anytime they wanted to stand up. So, they planned, long before they actually felt the pain, that whenever they stood up, they would immediately take that first step, rather than sitting back down to ease the pain.

The men who succeeded could do so because of two things. First, they anticipated pain before the pain came, and then, most importantly, they made a plan of what to do when the pain eventually came. As a result, they were able to endure the pain and reap the benefits of staying mobile over the cause of 14 weeks.

Daniel’s Plan For Pain

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For a while, I have been looking for teachings from the Bible on specific instructions for creating good habits. I really had a difficult time finding Bible characters who had poor habits, made tweaks, and then developed healthy habits.

Then I was studying my Bible the other day and came across the story of Daniel in Daniel 1:8, 12,

‘But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank…Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

Like in the experiment for the surgery dudes, long before he was faced with the temptation of defiling himself with the pagan king’s delicacies, Daniel had already purposed in his heart.

Long before he was confused by the smell of grilled meat sacrificed to idols, Daniel had already developed an action plan of eating pulses and water.

As a result, when he was eventually in a situation where he could not escape being around the king’s meals, it was easy for Daniel to resist the temptation and simply focus on the alternatives he had created for himself.

And herein lies the secret first step to creating very powerful habits: You need to make a plan of action long before you are faced with the temptation to fall into bad habits. 

In my embarrassing habit of chewing on plastic sachets and covers, I needed to create a plan of what to do with the cover/sachet long before I even had it in my hand. Since I knew I had the habit of wanting to chew something after drinking water, I got myself an alternative in the form of chewing gum. So, as soon as I was done drinking water, I threw the plastic cover/sachet into a nearby trashcan and simply chewed gum instead!

This is so simple, yet it has the potent capacity to turn your life around dramatically.

Do you find it difficult to create the time to meditate? How about creating a plan for using the chunk of time it takes you to drive from your house to your office.

Are you finding it difficult to get out of bed early? How about using the same tune for both your calls and your alarm.

Regardless of whatever situation you may find yourself, there is always a way of escape. You only have to plan for it before you have a need for it.

4 Lessons I learnt From Taking 1352 Cold Showers

Growing up, I remember my mom getting up very early to boil water for my younger brother and I to take our baths. At some point in high school, I stopped doing warm baths. Looking back, it was probably because I was lazy since I would have needed to get up earlier to boil the water myself.

For all my bravado regarding using cold water, it’s funny how I was never tempted to use it during the cold harmattan season. Motivating myself to take my bathto use warm water was a big challenge back then. Numerous times, I considered just snuggling on my bed and not bathing altogether.

Okay. At times, maybe I actually didn’t bath.

So, you can imagine my surprise when, in my sophomore year, a colleague recommended taking cold showers to shake off the morning harmattan cold.

Boy, did it work!

Since then, (with a few exceptions, like the week when I moved into my new apartment and used scalding hot water to shower because I didn’t know better!), I have been taking my bath with cold water and it has been working wonders. In fact, I have been able to pick out a couple of lessons that I gleaned from my cold shower sessions.

Let’s dive in.

Cold Showers Cause Good Discomfort 

If you are serious about learning and growing to be a better person, you have to be willing to put yourself in uncomfortable situations. A lot of people hear this and the next thing they think about is quitting their jobs or taking one big risk!

It doesn’t work that way.

You have to get accustomed to accumulating smaller victories before going all out to catch the big fishes.

And do you know one way you can start doing that?

That’s right, by taking cold showers.

You see, by taking your bath with cold water, you are conditioning yourself to have patience and endurance. You are learning how to get out of your comfort zone, albeit in a small way.

Let me be clear here: Cold showers are not part of the formula needed to fulfill the purpose and destiny that God has assigned to you. Rather, you will need to stretch outside your comfort zone. And to do this effectively, you will need to patiently endure the discomfort that comes with stretching.

Taking cold showers in the morning is one of the best and safest ways you can be accustomed to the discomfort that accompanies stretching to new terrains.

What’s The Worst Thing That Can Happen When You take Cold Showers?

I can assure you that in a typical day, there’s nothing that would be worse than taking a cold shower every morning…especially when the weather is cold!

So, why would I recommend it?

Simple. Because it is the worst thing that would happen to you that day!

When you take a cold shower in the morning, your body doesn’t like it. In fact, every cell in your body would cringe in revolt like water on a hot pan of oil. In the first few seconds, your skin will be like that of gooseflesh with bumps covering every square inch. You would probably yell like a soprano singing off-key.

Your body cells do not like the feeling of a cold shower and at that moment you are bathing, your brain sets this experience as the baseline for the worst feeling you would ever experience that day. This is why if you are faced with a tough assignment on the day you take a cold shower, your brain would ask, ‘Is this as bad as taking a cold shower?’. Nine times out of ten, the answer will be ‘No!’ and you will be able to summon up the willpower and motivation needed to go far with the task at hand.

Cold Showers Can Rewire You For Crushing Limitations

Since I take cold showers, I brag about it a lot. I know it’s not a virtuous behavior, but which hunter kills an elephant and carries it home through the back door?

Anyways, when the topic comes up, a number of my acquaintances tell me that they CAN’T take cold showers. Not WON’T (i.e., not willing to) but CAN’T (not able to)! When I hear this, I start wondering: Do these people have a medical condition preventing them from touching cold water?

The excuse that is often given for not taking cold showers is the idea that they will make you fall ill. Actually, cold showers will make you less likely to fall ill. The only things that can make you fall ill are disease-causing organisms called pathogens. Cold showers reduce uric acid levels while boosting glutathione levels in your blood. The overall effect? Less stress and a general feeling of well-being.

Elementary science stuff.

Here’s the thing: When you take cold showers, you begin the process of conditioning yourself to have a limitation-challenging mindset. As I’ve said before, the body hates cold showers and if you try to rationalize with it, you will get myriads of reasons why you shouldn’t take cold showers. However, you need to realize that you are not under the control of your body. Rather, your body is under your control! You are its boss and you need to stand your ground and tell it what to do.

Developing this habit is crucial because once you are able to rise above the limitations that your own body is suggesting to you, every other kind of limitation is reduced to dust.

Cold Showers Can Aid Proper Breathing

Despite the fact that I am already a pro at cold showers, this is a part that I still struggle with a bit.

The truth is that a lot of us have forgotten how to breathe properly. Take a look at the way a baby breathes when it’s asleep. Notice how they breathe deeply and contentedly.

Sadly, as we grow older, we grow accustomed to taking short and shallow breaths.

When you take short and shallow breaths, your body starts anticipating stress and as a result, there is a spike in your cortisol levels. On the other hand, when you breathe like a baby, your body tells itself that everything will be alright and you are able to relax.

When I take cold showers, I normally gasp at the first impact of cold water on my skin. However, with each passing moment, I spend under the cold water, I am able to convert the gasping into deliberate deep breathing. As a result, when I am done showering I feel relaxed and cheerful.

The benefit of this? By practicing how to deep breathe during cold showers, you will be able to teach yourself to calm down deliberately, especially during stressful moments that you may encounter during the course of your day.

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 20th 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.

Do you want a way out of destructive habits? Start here

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

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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

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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

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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!

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…

  1. Antecedent (the trigger that initiates the behavior. Some people refer to this as the “Reminder” or “Cue”)
  2. Behavior (the action you are carrying out at a given time. Some people refer to this as the “Routine” or “Action”)
  3. 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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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!

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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

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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

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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?!”