Change Your Thought, Change Your World

CHANGE YOUR THOUGHT, CHANGE YOUR WORLD

BE THE SOLUTION THE WORLD NEEDS

Simeon Ayoade AdedokunTeacher | Author | Speaker | ICT Consultant

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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of

changing himself.”Changing oneself starts with changing one’s

thoughts and beliefs.

Simeon Ayoade Adedokun

WHERE WE ARE

We are living in an environment where we are consciouslyor unconsciously being raised to live dependent lives. Ourculture informs us everyday to depend on the governmentor some people for our survival; our educational systemis graduating unemployable graduates with no proactiveability to look for white collar jobs that are not available.These orientations are eventually not helping us to livefulfilled lives.

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A NEW MIND

To live and fulfil your life purpose, you need areorientation and a change of thought about life andliving. You need to develop the mind of great people:believe in yourself; be determined to achieve your desiresand give it all it takes to realize your dreams in spite ofany challenges that may come your way. You are greaterthan who you think you are, but to change your life toachieve that greatness, you must change your thoughts,change your words and change your beliefs because ourthoughts and beliefs are our destiny.

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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW; THINGS YOU NEED TO DO…

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Set a Goal:Identify What You Want;

and Stay Focused


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Living a fulfilled life should be tied to a goal—to an aim or purpose—not to people or things. Set a SMART goal and develop a plan with clearly defined objectives. That

will help you stay focused. As you work towards achieving your goal,

try as much as possible to avoid distractions, they often appear as shiny

opportunities.

Set a Goal and Stay Focused

Learn Continuously!


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If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn,

no one can stop you and there is no height you cannot attain.

Learn Continuously


Learning is a continual process, it never stops. Learning is an integral part of

successful people's lives. Whoever hates learning hates leading and greatness. Learning is the passport to a brighter

future, so strive to know something about everything and everything about

something.

Learn Continuously

Think Solution…Be a problem solver, not a reporter.

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The day you stop reporting, arguing or complaining about challenges but start to think about the way forward is the day you start having solutions and breakthroughs.

Problem solvers (i.e. solution providers) grow faster, deeper and stronger than problem

reporters.Complaints and arguments only waste time!

Think Solution – Be a Problem Solver

Be Uniquely Creative!Your creativity is your uniqueness; and your uniqueness fuels your creativity.


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Always remember that everyone has unique abilities to create unique opportunities for

himself and the people around him.Stop hiding under the glory of someone else

and start using your ingenuity to create unique things that the world needs.

Personality and individual differences are a great blessing to the Creation.

Be Uniquely Creative

Be Yourself


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You are a unique being with a unique purpose. You are not like any other man, so nobody can do what you can do like you. Don’t waste time

seeking social approval for things that are morally right and important to you. You know

more than you think you do. You can be the best you can only if you can

discover yourself, live your life simply and try to be yourself always. Don’t waste your time living

someone else’s life or dreams.

Be Yourself

Believe in Yourself;Depend on Yourself


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Never discredit your instinct especially that strong feeling inside of you telling you

to do something or act in a particular manner, that it is achievable. Trust it and act accordingly. Have confidence in your ability and believe that you can achieve

your dreams and aspirations; believe things will work.

Believe in Yourself


Also, remember that you will not always have everyone and people can disappoint you

anytime, so you need to understand that the only person you will always have and be able to

depend on is ‘you’. Don’t expect anything from anyone, albeit help may come. Do what you love

doing, learn to motivate and inspire yourself everyday, it will help you go a long way. However,

never underestimate or disrespect others.

Depend on Yourself

Build Strength Against Rejection


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To shield yourself from the hurt and pain associated with rejection, you need to stop worrying about pleasing others; stop caringabout what other people think or say about

you. Don’t listen to naysayers! Trying to please people may interfere with your ability to reach your goal. Remember that you are

not like them so they may not see things the way you see them.

Build Strength Against Rejection

Focus on Your Strength, Not Your Weakness.

Stop wasting time on things you cannot do or change at the moment and start working

on things you can handle.


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The best improvement strategy is to focus on improving one or two of your strengths and ignore your weaknesses. You need to understand your strengths and weaknesses, shift your perspective and stop focusing on your weaknesses.

Focus on Your Strengths


The difference between great winners and losers is simple: the former always

see moments of strength even when they are losing, while the later always see

moments of weakness even when they have not started a battle.

Focus on your Strength


One thing that great men and top performers out there have in common is that they

maximize their potentials in the areas of their strengths. Trying to be good at

everything may not take you anywhere. The earlier you accept the fact that you will

never be perfect but you can achieve your life purpose if you focus on your strengths,

the better for you.



Instead of trying to be everything to everybody or trying to fix what you are

not capable of, discover your core strengths, then focus on expanding them

and maximizing your potential.


Know When to Ask for Help


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Despite the fact that you are the only sure person you can depend on to go a long way in

life, you should keep it at the back of your mind that nobody can succeed or do anything great

alone. Everybody is nobody without somebody. You need other people's strengths to achieve something significant in life. Therefore, you

need to discover your angels and build productive relationships and contact networks.

Know When You Need Help


The only difference is that you should try as much as possible to surround yourself with

not just people, but the caliber of people who can help you to achieve more in life and make significant difference. Connect with those who

will help you make the future. In addition, learn to appreciate people in your life. Don’t

look down on anybody.

Know When You Need Help

Change Your WordsAvoid words such as “cannot” or “impossible”

when referring to yourself, and remove “hate” from the words you use. Learn to use positive words

and affirming statements about yourself.


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Live Simply But Think BigThinking outside the box can still keep you around the box, so think like there is no box

but a world of unlimited opportunities.


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Victory begins when you start to think big.

Have a dream that is bigger than you; aim global—live a local life with

a global mind.You are not limited because you are

living in a world of unlimited opportunities.


Live Simply But Think Big

Learn From Your Mistakes“Failure is simply an opportunity to begin

again, this time more intelligently.”—Henry Ford—



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Never regret your actions or try to hide your mistake when you make one. The best you can do is to learn to accept responsibilities

for your mistakes and failures, knowing fully well that they are parts of our lives, and learn

enough from each mistake that you are guaranteed of not repeating the same

mistake twice. Mistakes are needed to do great right things.

Learn from Your Mistakes

Occupy Your Time with Rewarding Activities



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There are lots of distracting activities that often look like normal activities but waste

our time. Don’t waste your time on activities that will not add value to your life; every

minute counts in making you a fulfilled man. Life is too short to hang out with people who

are not resourceful. Therefore, invest yourtime in activities that are important and

useful to building your life.

Occupy Your Time with Rewarding Activities

Positive Thoughts, Determination, Courage and

Satisfaction


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Those who live dependent lives usually don’t believe in themselves, so they are engrossed with fear whenever they are asked to carry out a task. To achieve

something tangible and satisfactory in this adventurous world, you need to be

determined and courageous.

Be Positive, Determined & Courageous


Always have the end in mind from the beginning and focus your conscious mind

on the things you desire, not the things you fear. Begin every day with positive

thoughts, determination and courage, and work to end it with satisfaction.

Be Positive, Determined & Courageous

Get Involved!Stop complaining about what somebody is not doing right, get involved in activities that will

turn things around for better with world-changing skills and make a difference.


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Work HardHard work never kills, it only makes one

stronger and better.

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Nothing can replace hard work. Give your best short at any task directed to you; be committed, diligent and conscientious.

Commitment to working hard is very important to achieving greater things. You have the capacity for the unfathomable but

you need to go extra mile because, to achieve the unthinkable, you have to be

willing to do the unthinkable.


Work Hard

Give Change Time


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We grow with increased desire for immediate results, wanting everything to happen instantaneously; we don't want to wait while we want the best results.

Learn to combine carefulness with long-term effort and invest time to achieve your goal. Give change a chance and

allow yourself to evolve.

Give Change Time

Never Give up!



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Things may seem not working the way you planned them today but if you keep

working on that which you believe in, you will see things working for you soon. Put premium on productivity and hard work, and be optimistic; the darkest night will soon be over and the sun will rise, only if

you don’t give up.

Never Give up!

Learn to ForgiveKeeping grudges will interfere with your

happiness. To have peace of mind and be able to focus on reaching your full potential, you

need to learn to forgive and even forget wrongs.


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Start Now!“The way to get started is to quit

talking and start doing.” —Walt Disney—


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All goals fail without action; and you can’t know or have everything before you

start anything. You need to start doing something with the little you already know or have, and

you will grow to acquire more.

Start Now!


Stop procrastinating! Remember that if you can spot a pattern, somebody else

can. If you can think of doing something, somebody else can. Therefore, you need

to act fast; chance favours only the prepared mind. This is the right time to

start working on your passion for greatness. Make it happen now!

Start Now!

The best way to predict a better tomorrow is to start

creating it now.


Start Now!

Put God First!“For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”

—Philippians 2:13—


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God is the source of all beautiful and great things. There is practically nothing you can achieve without God, because without him

you would have no life at all. You are created by him and for him. He created you, gave meaning to your life by setting your life

purpose, and he made provision for everything you would ever need to live a

fulfilled life.

Put God First


God created man, you, in his own image, in his own likeness (Genesis 1:27), so that you

could do things like him and be a further creator. He gave humankind the task to

shape the creation and have dominion over it by manipulating the existing things to

bring about innovations through processes of time, in line with His purpose.

Put God First


The first thing is discussed last because it is the pillar on which all other things rest, the

most important thing you should remember.In God alone you can get the blueprint of

your life, which states your life purpose and direction. Therefore in all your ways,

remember to keep his laws and obey his commands. He will lead, guide and

protect you.

Put God First


CONCLUSION

Great people are outstanding because they discovertheir uniqueness and create unique opportunities forthemselves. They try not to be like any other person;they believe and depend on themselves. You need tochange your thoughts and beliefs to fulfill your destiny.You are unstoppable if you know your life purpose—know what you want, discover your unique potential,depend on yourself, and give yourself chance to evolve.Be the change you wish to see in the world.Simeon Adedokun – http://fb.me/osparkle

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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