At the
end of each year, especially at crossover nights, it has become a ritual for
spiritual leaders to declare a prophetic word for the New Year, which
incidentally becomes the theme for the year. In addition, people also make
resolutions or set goals of what they would like to achieve in the New Year.
Notwithstanding how nice this yearly act might be, it is not enough to ensure the actualisation of the theme or goals, as more work is required to do this. Declaration is not enough either. Likewise dreaming is not enough. And wishing.
You have to do more if you are ever going to bring the theme or goals
to fruition before the end of the year. You have to be deliberate. Brian
Tracy aptly puts it this way - “when you are not working deliberately, consciously,
and continuously
to do, be, and have those things that constitute success for you, you end up
doing those fun, easy, and low-value things in the short term that lead to
frustration, financial worries, and failures in the long term.”
Being
deliberate in all you do is the sure recipe that would aid the actualisation
and/or execution of the declaration and goals set in the New Year. There are
only three requirements for success aptly described by the great oil man, H.
L. Hunt, who was at one time the richest self-made billionaire in the world:
1) Decide
exactly
what it is you want in life – knowing exactly what you want in life
will ensure that when you achieve your goal, you can easily point to it. If you
are chasing everything, you will end up not achieving anything.
2)
Determine the price that you are going to have to pay to get the things
you want – this is the work that has to be done deliberately, consciously, and
continuously if you are to actualise the declaration or execute the set goals.
3) Resolve
to pay that price – this is the most important of all the three.
Resolving to pay the price requires you taking deliberate steps to make it
happen. If you leave this to chance, then failure will be knocking at your door
by the end of the year. However, if you pay the price, success will be yours by
the end of the year.
As you
go through 2018, be deliberate to decide, determine and resolve
in all you do, and you will be amazed at the amount of success that will be
waiting for you by the 31st of December 2018.
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Thanks Emma for this beautiful piece. The best way to predict the future is to create it. We have to deliberately work smart towards the results we want in 2018. Dave
ReplyDeleteThank you Dave. #BeDeliberate and the rest will be history.
DeleteThanks, EM. Very insightful.
ReplyDeleteJudith
Thank you Judith. #BeDeliberate and see you at the top.
DeleteThanks Emma. This is inspiring and meaningful.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome. See you at the top. #BeDeliberate
DeleteDear EM, permit me to me read from bottom upward sir; Resolve to pay the Determine price you Decided exactly, as you go through 2018 in all you aspire to achieve and you will be amazed at amount of success you will accomplish by 31st December 2018.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your thought on this piece. #HRwithEM
DeleteVery apt! Many people actually have big dreams but only a few achieve big results. The difference is BEING DELIBERATE. Thank you EM.
ReplyDeleteThanks Oluwaseun for sharing your thoughts on the subject.
DeleteThis is timely for me
ReplyDeleteThanks Oke for sharing. #HRwithEM
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