REALITY CHECK #40 - A LIFE OF PURPOSE By Rick Warren

Do you think the sameness of everyday is all that is to your life? I thought I should end the REALTY CHECK SERIES on this note. Thank you for being there. Watch this video, share your thoughts.

REALITY CHECK #39 - 7 TIPS 6 AREAS ON GOAL SETTING

At the retreat I attended some days to the end of the year, a very effective retreat that I was in dire need of, I made a few notes from the notes made on goal setting.

We can’t say we want to reach our targets without having a plan WRITTEN down. That doesn’t work. So you need to write down your goals, this can’t be overemphasized.

TIPS TO SETTING GOALS

ü  They must be achievable, realistic goals

ü  They must be believable by most especially you

ü  They must be definite that is specific; nothing becomes dynamic until it becomes specific.

ü  Decide on a deadline, timelines are guidelines

ü  Write them down. Again, it cannot be overemphasized

ü  Develop a plan to achieve your goal

ü  Determine what you would give in exchange, like some reward system.

AREAS YOU MIGHT WANT TO SET GOALS

ü  Career or mental goals, having to do with skill most especially

ü  Health goals

ü  Spiritual life goals

ü  Financial goals

ü  Family / Social goals

ü  Behavioural goals

This is just to mention a few…you aren’t clear on exactly how you can do this or go about implementing, you can ask questions in the comment box.

Happy 2014!

Live, Learn, Love.

REALITY CHECK #38 - M.A.D IN YOUR COMMUNITY

RICHARD TURERE a Kenyan teenager who made a difference in his community being a solution to a big problem. Little things or big things that make a difference, start when we take a stand.

REALITY CHECK #37 - WHO'S IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT?

What would happen if you let God take the driver's seat?

REALITY CHECK #36 - WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT MARRIAGE

This video is a must watch, funny and thought provoking. Please have fun and live, learn, love.

REALITY CHECK #35 - SECRETS OF SUCCESS IN 8 WORDS

Short, straight to the point, funny and simple. If you don't agree with all then you can screen what you would adopt. Enjoy

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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HURRAY! Welcome to 2014! I know this year is going to be great for me on an unprecedented level and I pray the same for you in Jesus Name. REALITY CHECK SERIES, Hmmn! I don't want to give excuses but I'd upload the episodes that I haven't and they are videos, please forgive me for the lapses, watch them, share your thoughts, live, learn, love. ;)

REALITY CHECK #34 - Do you think you have the right to be offended?

In the struggle of separating the times that I should be assertive, firm in my interpersonal relationships, and humble. I find out that I hold on to hurt on my pride especially. Someone said ‘Hurting people hurt others’ and I find it to be true. Have you ever wondered why people wrong others intentionally most times?

Pride is the root of all sin, we feel we have a right to be gratified, to have, and do certain things irrespective of what it does to another.
Do you think you have the right to take offence? Someone does something you find offensive or annoying and you feel you have the right to hold on to what hurts your pride. Let me burst your bubble, No! You don’t.
Whether you believe or not Jesus Christ died for all your sins and our Heavenly Father forgives our sins when we ask for it in Jesus name. So after he does forgive you, you don’t have the right to stay offended on anything. You are to forgive just like you were forgiven. Just think about it you were forgiven every single offence you committed to everyone you ever did and now someone offends you or a lot of people offend you. Shouldn’t you do as it was done to you?

Someone also said ‘He that is forgiven much forgives much’ I want to believe and see it. And I’m going to start with me. What about you?

REALITY CHECK #33 - LESSONS FROM A GAME OF CHARADES

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I played a game of charades this evening in the company of other friends all divided to three groups. My group which took time in deciding on the name of the group and its leader, had a strong team in terms of number and intellectual capability. My group was named SWIFT and was the first to take turns, a member of the third group or someone who was not to be in any group at all was attracted to what he saw and envisioned our capabilities. So he ported to our group and was making funny suggestions to every demonstration from any of the groups, we ignored him and for every round that we got our answers right we excluded him from our celebration though he was keen on being part of our group. We were guessing the dramatization by all the groups right, but there was to be no bonus, the time keeper was either keen on not giving us time or the other teams saw something wrong with how we played. When it was my turn to demonstrate, my first try was disqualified for trying to make an alphabet with my hand, my second try was disqualified because the unwanted addendum who had been guessing wrongly all through finally guessed right this time. There was an uproar, we couldn’t have the full point at least they said, because he was not part of our group. We team SWIFT members got angry and said we had had it, we were no more participating. We skipped two rounds willingly, then the moderator came at the third round and told us we either continued or our group would be dissolved for the rest of the program, we either kicked out the Jonah in our midst or keep him and be nullified because we were giving disadvantage to the team that claimed he was part of them. We kicked out the Jonah in the end and continued the game, in the end we came second place. I was hurt L and sulked a little, seriously anyways but I felt sentimental about having not to be the winner at the game with the advantages we had and the promise from the start of the game.

Lesson learnt:

ü  Success attracts challenges, it also attracts familirisation

ü  Competition is won in business most times by ability of the team, and what each person can do, an educated guess at our strengths and weaknesses worked well for my team.

ü  Team cohesion in the right direction also gives a competitive advantage. In the face of repercussions caused by the Jonah getting it right for the first time and our score being divided to two, team SWIFT should have accepted it after our opposition and continued the game. Then come out triumphant despite the challenges.

ü  Opposition are persistent of ways to break in to the weakest link in the chain

ü  Respond and do not react to the opposition you face irrespective of how many times they have come.

ü  Don’t stop what you are to do or who you are to be because of a sudden opposition or challenge

ü  Talent is never enough

Thanks.

Live. Learn, Love

REALITY CHECK #32 - What to do with the ruins

Nation Building
Nehemiah was the king's cupbearer. God needs people who are available for his vision. The ruins in Jerusalem  were not Nehemiah's fault. Sometimes we pray amiss asking God to do what he has finished his part. God wouldn't again do what he has done.
Your ability to see things others can't see is vision . We have to come to the place of being responsible for some things we didn't cause if there's going to be some transformation where we desire.
We can spot problems, criticize, and judge from our views the situations in our industry, nation, famiy etc but we have to take appropriate action to effect change. Think on these things ...