Taking
the RIGHT ACTIONS
Weekly
Motivation for 28th September – 2nd October 2015 by Ndimofor Aretas
Dear
students;
A great Chinese philosopher by the name of Lao Tse once said:
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”
I believe you have joined me on this
journey to intentional success and have therefore already taken the first step
of making a plan. After making a plan,
the next thing to do is to TAKE ACTION.
Remember that in order to change the
results, you have to also change your actions.
Only a fool will do things the same way and expect different
results! I believe you are not fools
because you have started doing something different…….
You have started learning about writing down your plans
and some of you have already done just that!
BUT if you haven’t yet, START NOW….!
It’s not too late….. At least you are listening to me or maybe reading this….. Which
means YOU now know what YOU HAVE TO DO!
START
NOW……. TAKE ACTION…..!!!!!
When
you have a dream or a desire, act on it by writing it down and outlining the
steps it will take for you to achieve it.
That’s the start of SETTING and ACHIEVING goals!!!
At
this point, you need to understand that there are WRONG ACTIONS as well as there are RIGHT ACTIONS.
WRONG ACTIONS
are those that will take you away from your goals and produce the wrong
results!!!!
They
put you at the WRONG PLACE at the RIGHT TIME or at the RIGHT PLACE at the RIGHT
TIME but WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE….!
Take
for example; students come to school in order to gain knowledge for a brighter
future and to sustain growth and development.
BUT if a student leaves his/her home for school in the morning and ends
up in a bar, in the bushes around campus, in a boyfriend’s or girlfriend’s
room, under Bo Kafain’s mango, plume or pear tree…..etc
THAT IS WRONG…!
Such
actions result to grievous consequences such as: disciplinary sanctions for
late coming and absenteeism, dismissals for misconduct or premature and
unwanted pregnancies…..well, you know the rest!
But
don’t be scared, the GOOD NEWS is
you are here now….!
You
can avoid all that TOTALLY by having
a written plan and making a commitment to take the necessary steps to
accomplish your goals….
What
then are THE RIGHT ACTIONS…?
You
already know a lot of them…. These are those actions that take us a step closer
to our goals and produce results that inspire, motivate and build up self
confidence and integrity not only for us, but for our parents, friends and
generations to come…..
They
include actions like;
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Coming early to school,
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Doing our assignments and homework on
time,
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Copying notes properly,
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Studying hard,
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Showing humility and obedience to
parents, seniors and school authorities…..
And
of course it all grows from doing the will of God and obeying His Commandments…….
As it is clearly stated in the Bible book of Mathew 6:33.
My dear students, you can only know THE RIGHT ACTIONS to take if you have a written plan…!
Even
if you don’t see how possible it will be, just begin in Faith and the God who
put that Good dream in your heart will do extraordinary miracles to see you
through as He says in Phil.1:6.
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Rev.
Joel Osteen says; “Just
do the ordinary and God will do the extraordinary”.
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The Great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. puts it this way: “Just take the first step in faith, even if you do not see the whole
staircase… just begin with the first step”
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I read from somewhere that; “ Successful
people do not wait for things to happen to them….NO…They go out and
HAPPEN to things”
Heaven helps those who act….!
If
you go beyond dreaming and planning and start taking THE RIGHT STEPS AND ACTIONS, God promises to guide your steps (Proverbs 16:9).
He
will lead you to favour, increase and success….
IN
JESUS’ NAME,
AMEN.
By
Ndimofor Aretas
Monday,
28/09/2015
(For the week of 28th September – 2nd October 2015)
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