As A Man Thinketh
Chapter One -Thought and Character
Behavior of main is from Hidden seeds
Main is growth by law and not by creation by artifice.
God like character is not by favour but is natural.
Because of the intelligence man holds the key to every situation and
contain within himself.
Man is always the master even when the chips are down.
Man is the builder of destiny door of temple.
Man is made or unmade by himself.
Chapter two · Effect of thought on Circumstances
Man’s mind is can be compared to a garden
Thought and character are one
Every man is where is by law of his being , the thought he has built into
his character.
Arrangement of life there is no element of chance
Man can command the soil and seeds
Good thought bear good fruits and bad fruits bear bad fruits.
Man also learn by suffering
Man are anxious to improve their circumstances
Man who is focused will achieve his object
Man reaps what he sows( man is the cause)
Dishonest man are always corrupt
Honest man are always virtuous
Honest man reaps the good results of his thought and acts
Good thought are action can never produce bad results.
Bad thought and action can never produce good results
Nothing can come from a corn but a corn
Suffering is always the effects of wrong thought in some direction .
Blessedness and riches are only joined together when the riches are
rightly and wisely used.
Man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his
thoughts.
If man stop to his sinful the whole world will enjoy peace
The gods are ready to obey
Chapter three · Effect of thought on the health and body
The body is the servant of mind
It abey the operations of the mind
Disease and health are rooted in thought .
Body is delicate like plastic
Change of diet will not help without change of thought
Clean thought make clean habits
No physician like a cheerful thought.
Chapter Four · Thought and Purpose.
Until thought is linked with purpose there is no intelligent
Aimlessness is a vice
No central purpose of life fall easy prey to pretty worries
A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose on his heart
One should make his purpose his supreme duty
Strength can only be developed by effort and practice.
A weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training
A man should mentally mark out straight pathway to his achievement.
Doubts and fears should be rigorously excluded
Thought of doubt and fear never accomplish anything
Thought of doubt always lead to failure.
He who has conquered doubt and fear has conquered failure.
Chapter Five. · The thought of factor in Achievement
All that a man a achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct
result of his thought
Weakness and strength ,purety and impurity are his own and not another
man’s
A strong man cannot help a weaker unless that weaker is willing to be
helped.
One man is an oppressor because many are slaves
The truth is that oppressor and slaves are cooperators.
A man can only rise, conquer and achieve lifting up his thoughts
He can only remain weak and object and misearable by refusing to lift up
his thought
Before a man can achieve anything he should rise his thought.
No progress no achievement without thought.
The Universe does not favor the greedy and the dishonest.
Achievement of whatever kind is the crown of effort.
All achievement whether in business ,intellectual or spiritual would are
the result of definitely directed thought are governed by the some law and
are of the some method.
Chapter 6 · Vision and Ideas
The dreamers are the saviours of the world
As the visible world is sustained by the invisible
Humanity cannot forget it’s dreamers
Composer, Sculptor painters ,poet ,prophet ,sage
He who cherishes a beautiful vision ,a lofty ideal in his heart ,will one
day realize it.
Cherish your vision ideas the music that stirs in your heart in your
heart , the beauty that form in your mind
To desire is to obtain to aspire is to achieve
The greatest achievement was first and for the time a dream.
In all human affair there are efforts
Gift power material intellectual and spiritual possessions are fruit of
efforts.
The vision that you glorify in your mind the ideal that you enthrone in
your heart this will build your life by this will become.
Chapter 7· Serenity
Calmes of mind is one of the beautiful jewel of wisdom
A man become calm in the measures that he understand himself as thought
evolves being.
The calm man having learned how to govern himself ,know how to adapt
himself to others.
The more tranquil a man becomes the greater is his success his influence
,his power for good
The strong calm man is always loved and revered.
It does not matter whether it rains or shines or what changes come to
those possessing these blessing .
It is precious as wisdom ,more to be desired than gold
Self control is strength
Peace be still.
Question and Answer Session .
Chapter one
Q. Where is the behaviour of man found ?
A. From his hidden seeds
Q.How does a man hold the to every situation
A. Through intellegience
Q. How is a man made or unmade ?
A. By himself
Chapter two
Q. How does a man learn ?
A.through spiritual lessons.
Q. Which two element are one
A. thought and character.
Q. Man can also learning by ?
A. suffering.
Q. Good thought bear what ? and bad thought bear what ?
A. good fruits and bad fruits.
Q. Dishonest man are always what ?
A. corrupt.
Chapter three
Q. Which is the servant of the mind ?
A. the body
Q. The body is delicate like what ?
A. Plastic
Q. Clean thoughts always make what ?
A. clean habits.
Q. No physician is like what?
A. a cheerful mind.
Chapter 4
Q. Which two elements should be rigorously excluded ?
A. doubt and fear.
Q. The thought of failure always lead to what ?
A. failure
Q. If one has managed to conquer doubt and fear one has managed to conquer
what?
A. failure
Q. Until thought is linked with a purpose there is no what ?
A. intelligent
Chapter 5
Q. Failure and achievement are direct result of what ?
A. thought
Q. There can be no progress no achievement without what ?
A. Scarifice
Q.What should a man do before he can achieve something ?
A. he must lift his thought
Q. The universe does not favour what ?
A. greedy and dishonest man
Q. Achievement of whatever kind is what ?
A. the crown of effort
Chapter 6
Q. Humanity cannot forget what ?
A. it’s dreamers
Q. What are the dreamers?
A. Saviours of the world
Q. What was the greatest achievement ?
A. a dream
Q. To desire is to obtain ,to aspire is to ?
A. achieve
Chapter 7
Q. The strong ,calm man is always loved and what ?
A. revered
Q. What is self control ?
A. strength
Q. Money is insignificant if you compare it with what ?
A. serene life
Q. What is calmness ?
A. power
Question Number two
The impacts of As a man thinketh to my life .
As a man thinketh has got a lot of positive of impacts in my life .It has broaden my thinking horizons as well as improving my skills in thinking beyond things which you what to achieve at that particular time .It proved to me beyond reasonable doubt that with positive views about life one will never go wrong .Failure is associated with the attitude that I am going to failure .I f one want to do something he/she should have a positive thinking that I am going to make . If one’s mind is telling him /her that she/he will failure one should try by all means to tell himself that I am going to make even the task is so hard.
This book has also assisted me a lot with the concept of be honest and considerate .One should not be greedy and dishonest .One should tries his level best to share the little available resources. Human is so crucial and is the master of the body .So one should get the mind enough room to relax so as to make sure that the mind will work very well.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Part One · Main Points
Most gull do not bother to learn more than simplest facts of flight.
It is not flying that matters but eating.
Jonathan Seagull was concerned with flying not eating
The reason for most gulls to fly is eat
“I am Seagull like every other seagull and I will fly like one”
We can lift ourselves out of ignorance and we can find ourselves as
creatures of excellence and intelligence and skill
We have reasoned a live, learn, discover and be free.
Question and Answer Section (Part one)
Q.Why are most gulls not bothered to learn to more than the simplest fact of
flight?
A. Because they are only concerned about to get from shore to get food and
back. For most gulls it is not flying that matters but eating.
Q. What happens to parents if their children if behave abnormal. How did
Jonathan’s parents reacted when they discovered that he was not eating
A. Parents got worried. (Jonathan ‘s parent asked him why he was not eating
and why he was not behaving like other flock.
Q. When Jonathan Seagull spent the whole day alone,What did he learn?
A. He learned more each day like that a streamlined high speed dive could
bring him to find the rare tashy that schooled ten feet below the surface of
the ocean .He also learn to sleep in the air, setting a course at night
across the offshore wind covering a hundred miles from sunset to sunrise.
Part Two · Main Points
You do not need faith to fly but understanding.
We choose our next world through what we learn in this one
All the same limitations and lead weight to overcome.
More good things in life than eating and fighting.
Heaven is not a place and it is not a time, Heaven is being perfect.
Question and Answer Section
Q. Why was Jonathan’s heaven not a place or time?
A. Because place and time are very meaningless.
Q. How many lives do we have to live in-order to learn that there is more
than eating and fighting?
A. Hundreds of lives
Q. What did Jonathan remember from the earth?
A. Fighting for food and being outcast.
Part three · Main Points
He was strong and light and quick in the air
Jonathan at the end of three months had six other students
All yet curios about this strange new idea of flight for the joy of flying.
Everything that limits us we have to put aside that’s why all this high
speed practice and low speed and aerobatics.
Students would be asleep exhausted from the day flying.
They love the practice because it was fast and exciting and it fed a hunger
for learning that grew with every lesson.
We are free to go where we wish and to do what we want.
We do not have to obey the law if we are not part of the flock
Maynard gull you have the freedom to be yourself.
You do not love hatred and evil of course you have to practice and see the
real gull.
Question and Answer Section
Q. How gulls were there in the crown frightened at what happened
A. four thousand
Q. Which is a true law
A. only the one which leads to freedom
Q. By sunrise how birds were there standing outside the circle of students
looking curiously at the Maynard
A. nearly a thousand
Q. One has freedom to be what?
A. be your self ,your true self ,here and now
Q. When the flying was done, the students relaxed in the sand and they did
what?
A. Listen more closely to Jonathan, he had some crazy ideas.
Impact of Jonathan Livingston Seagull to my life
That we can learn and discover new ideas through experiment.
We need to understand each other and respect views, Jonathan’s parents were totally against his wish to fly higher but he persisted himself.
We need to be patient if we are to bring a change in our lives at first Jonathan lack confidence on his flying, venture but with commitment he succeeded.
Since I am from Africa where there is a lot conflict over resources I learn than life is more than just fighting and eating. There are more of good things, which we can do to up grade our self and become sustainable as Africans.
All along I was having an impression that heaven is a place and once I die I will either go to heaven or hell. But I got new horizon that Heaven is not a place or time but it is being perfect all the times.
Pulling Your Own Strings
by Wayne Dyer
Impact on my life & Thinking.
Learning takes place throughout life in different ways as well as in different contexts. Through reading and analyzing Pulling Your Own Strings I have learned a huge amount of valuable information. In so many ways I found myself as a victim especially to organizations and institutions and valuing material things more than life. This lead me to be a victim of material wealth. But after going through this book I have changed my mind and ideas about life and this has actual improved my life style because I am now focusing on the issues which makes me happy since it does not take a lot of material wealth to be happy.
All these years I have been a victim of family, institutions, friends and organizations I worked for but I did not realize the fact that I was being victimized. I thought I was serving and a lot of people were saying to me since you are leader you must be a servant leader. You must put the interest of the people you are serving ahead of your own interest. But after going through this book I have realized that I should serve my organization, family and my fellow country men but also leave time for me to be happy.
As from today I am going to work very hard to reduce my victim indexes significantly, So that I can enjoy being in charge of my life and beliefs. I have to value myself as a person and to be aware of the fact that no other person is more important than I am. Hence no one worth dying for. I am the most important person in my life. In many cases I thought people were superior than me because of their position in life or because of the geographical location of their countries on earth, but “Pulling Your Own Strings” has enriched my soul with diversified ideas of improving one’s life so that one can enjoy life just like any other global citizen.
The writer touched something very important about the fact that generally people are nicer to strangers than to their fellow country men. In fact in my cultural we were taught to be very nice to strangers, but now I have found that I should be nice to everyone either a stranger or my fellow country men.
This book is full of dynamic skills for dealing with people from all walks of life. It has a well balance version of life across the board.
Chapter by Chapter Outline
CHAPTER ONE
DECLARING YOURSELF AS A NON VICTIM
MAIN POINTS
* The earth is the plant where human residents are make regular attempt to control each.
* Unique institution has be set in order to victimize others
* One can be a victim in a number of endless ways.
* Victim is someone taken advantage of
* Victims are people who run their life according to the dictates of others
* Victimized means to be governed and checked by forces outside one’s self
* There is also self victimization
* No one is handed freedom on a plate
* One has to work for his freedom
* If freedom is handed in a plate it is not freedom
* Freedom is unobstructed in ruling your own life
* To be free does not mean denying your responsibilities to your loved ones and your fellowmen
* No men is free who does not master himself
* The freest people in the world are those people who have senses of inner pea ce about themselves
* Health and Freedom
* Developing New habits
* Healthy Habits are learned in the same way unhealthy one’s
* Sizing Situation
* Emotional Capabilities
* Social Capabilities
* Job
* Professional People in Authority
* Bureaucracies
* One’s History
* Ethics and Value
Question and Answer Section
Q. People who run their lives according to the
dictates of others are? A. Victims
Q. Victims always operate from ? A. weakness
Q. Freedom means? A. unobstructed in ruling your own life as you choose
Q. T o is free does not means? A. Denying your responsibilities to loved ones and fellow men from the community.
Q. One can be refered to be a victim when? A. Life is not working out for him/her
Q. Human beings on this planet are busy making attempts to do what? A. Control others.
Q. There is no such thing? A. a well adjusted slave
Q. The freest people can be refered as? A. those who have sense of inner peace about themselves
Q. Nothing can bring peace but ? A. oneself
Q. One can be victimized unless? A. he/she is in control of his/her life
CHAPTER TWO
OPERATING FROM STRENGTH
MAIN POINTS
* Never operate from weakness
* Worth and Effectiveness
* Believing that you are Valuable
* Being effective is self esteem
* Fear something that reside in you
* Fear
* Fear is Internal supported by neat little system.
* In some cases fear ruled our life
* Fear can be challenged and make most out of it
* Fear is Painful
* One can not how strength unless you willing
* Experience is the child of thought and is the child of action .we cannot learn men from books
* Willingness to confront fear is called courage
* Courage is flying in the face of criticism
* Never place other people above yourself in value and worth
* Selective use of power
* The weapon of tittle
* Refuse to pay for poor service
Question and Answer Section
Q. Never operate from? A. Weakness
Q. Twin position of leading life are? A. Worth and effectiveness
Q. Being a non victim starts with the principle of saying and believing your are ? A. valuable
Q. Being effective is not universal given as it is?
A. self esteem
Q. Fear does not exist out there in the ? A. world
Q. Fear is the internal and supported by a? A. neat little system of thought which cleverly use to avoid dealing directly with self imposed dread.
Q. You can not know strength unless? A. You are willing to test yourself
Q. Willingness to confront fear is called? A. Courage
Q. Experience is the child of thought and through is the child of what ? A. Action
Q. Failing means? A. Ending up where you start.
CHAPTER 3
REFUSING TO BE SEDUCED BY WHAT IS OVER OR CHANGED
MAIN POINTS
* We should not spent time focusing things that are over
* Everything we did in the past is over
* Learn from experience to promote positive change
* Do not worry much about things beyond your control
* No hand can make the clock strike for me the hour that are passed.
* Victimizing sentence / Non victimizing sentence
* Relating also used victimizing sentence
* People use past reference to manipulate thinking and choose
* Many people are trapped by their past
* Unwilling to let it go and start afresh
* Do not hang on bad beliefs and past experience
* The art of forgetting can be essential to the art of living
* Be Alert
* Courage assertive behavior
* Work at eliminating victimizing references
* Learn to appreciate facts
* Work very hard to eliminate Personal complaints
* Work actively at risk taking –assertive confronting behavior
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. Progress and growth are impossible if you always do things the way you have? A. always done things in the past.
Q. Why is it very important to focus on something one can not control? A. In order to do away with the chances of self victimization
Q. You may feel trapped by your past but ? A. unwilling to let go and start afresh.
Q. While others people are definitely willing to use past reference to ? A. manipulate you
Q. Our minds are capable of storing an incredible amount of? A. data
Q. One should eliminate victimizing references to the past from? A. Speeches
CHAPTER FOUR
AVOIDING COMPARISON TRAP
MAIN POINTS
* Self Confidence
* Comparison with others
* Unique in the World
* Our culture is composed of unique people
* Always alone no one can feel the way you feel
* Existential aloness can be a source of great strength as well as a source of big trouble.
* The strongest men in the world is he who stand most alone
* Self comparison is deadly game
* Comparing yourself can be very seductive
* Clerk victimize people taking advantage of their position
* Every individual nature has it own beauty
* Victimizers try to make you ashamed of your self
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. What is the first step out of comparison?
A. Trap
Q. To get out of the trap of constant comparison shopping you have to do what ?
A. develop a strong enough belief in yourself
Q. What does it mean always alone?
A. No one feel what you feel even if you are surrounded by thousands of people.
Q. Our culture is composed of people who are?
A. Unique
Q. Existential aloness can be a source of great strength as well as source what?
A. big trouble.
Q. The strongest man in the world is who ?
A. stand most alone
Q. The self comparison game is deadly because?
A. Assessment of yourself are always controlled by something outside you which turn cannot possibly regulate.
Q. Comparing yourself can be very seductive why?
A. since it eliminate all risk that go with standing alone .
Q. Every individual nature has it’s own beauty.
Q. Great spirit have always encountered ?
A. violent opposition from mediocre minds ‘
CHAPTER FIVE
BECOMING QUIETLY EFFECTIVE AND NOT EXPECTING THEM TO UNDERSTAND
MAIN POINTS
* Winner
* Being Quietly Effective
* Loudly Ineffective
* Shrugging is a virtue
* Watch Behavior
* Family one Social Unit
* Friendship
* Stay away from People who are unreasonable
* Few families treat each other as friends
* Not Obliged to explain your own personal behavior
* Teach people about your behavior
* Accept that it is natural people to label each other
* Foolish ideas should be get rid off
* Stop proving that you are a winner
* You will be never be a prophet in your on land
* Decide to live now and do not be underrated by everyone every time.
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. A friend is a person ? A. with whom I may be sincere before him/her, I may think aloud .
Q. Being Quietly effective means ? A. that you do not have to tell anyone else about your victories to make them meaning full to you.
Q. What is shrugging ? A. Is a virtue learn to overlook things
Q. Lying is not always ? A. immoral.
Q. The primary family is ? A. one social unit
Q. Stop proving yourself as a winner with what? A. Supervisors, Authority figures and people with tittles
Q. You will be never be a prophet in your? A. Land .
CHAPTER 6
TEACHING OTHERS HOW YOU WANT TO TREATED
MAIN POINTS
* You get treated the way you teach people to treat you.
* Tolerate
* Dumping ground
* Deeds not words
* The most effect teacher in the world is behavior
* Behavior is the only to teach others not bully you
* Spouse Conflicts
* Being Assertive
* Learning to fight internal fear
* No One is immune the victim
* Potential victimizers
* The greatest leaders of mankind knew about victimization
* Stop expecting to be abused
* Adoptation of non victim code of ethics
* Stop waiting for better things ‘
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. NO is what ? A. world best teaching word
Q. You get treated the way you do what ? A. teach people to treat you.
Q. One should adopt a positive guiding principle in life in order to do what? A. To pull his own strings
Q. If one does not teach the people how one want to be treated one risk what ? A. to be treated as a dumping ground
Q. We should believe in ? A. deeds
Q. Behavior is the only way to teach others not to do what? A. Bully you
Q. People who achieve the goals by pulling their own strings are? unafraid to take risk.
Q. What is the most effective teacher in the world ?
A. behavior
Q. Being assertive means? A. Making bold confident declaration in defence of your non victim position
CHAPTER SEVEN
NEVER PLACE LOYALTY TO INSTITUTION AND THINGS ABOVE LOYALTY TO YOURSELF.
MAIN POINTS
* Nothing is worth developing your life at the expense of one’s happiness
* Slavery to institution should be avoided at all cost.
* Happiness is the cornerstone of life
* The misuse of loyalty is a literally a killer
* Institution thrive on competition
* All Human being are worthy of life
* Cooperation is much more effective way to upgrade the quality of life
* People are more important than things
* Life is all that counts
* It does not take much material wealth to be happy
* Business institution exist to make profit
* Government agencies are experts on using language which victimize people
* Assess life priorities which you can court on
* Job can be a source of great delight but also a source of a fatal source of victimization.
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. Nothing is worth devoting your life at the expense of one’s what? A. happiness.
Q. Loyalty does not mean ? A. slavery
Q. The most important person in the world to whom you should be unswervingly loyal is? A. Yourself
Q. The misuse of loyalty is? A. literally killer
Q. Competition is the major causes of what? A. Suicide
Q. Cooperation is a much more efficient way to upgrade the quality of what ? A. life and the other lives of other people.
Q. When people join to help each other it ? A. benefits all concerned
Q. People are more important than ? A. material things
Q. Institution thrives ? A. on competition
Q. Things orientated people have a great deal of difficult in ? A. relating to others
Q. It does not take a lot of material wealth to be? A. Happy.
CHAPTER 8
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN JUDGEMENT AND REALITY
MAIN POINTS
* Judgement and Reality are not the same.
* Vicious and uncaring words we use victimize us
* Men’s mind is the one horrible
* Judgement becomes victimizing agent when they keep us from enjoying present moments.
* The reality is joyful and exciting when you pause to observe it
* Reality as a result of choice
* Reality contains both good and bad elements
* People also judge things good and bad without experiencing them
* People are just different
* Self depreciating judgement about reality
* Learning process
* Quiet minded approach.
* Fear of speaking improperly
* Stress is the organism
* Reality will still go on being exactly as it is
* Belief are hurtful in any way
* Some reality based techniques for eliminating self defeating judgement
* Reality is Just .
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. Reality is best enjoyed in the absence of ?
A. thinking through simply being and experience.
Q. Judgement are only victimizing when ? A. they keep us from enjoying present moment
Q. The reality you see looks very exciting when? A. you pause to enjoy it
Q. Most people see their realities as a result of what ? A. their choices
Q. Learning to be is really the process of learning how? A. Not to think
Q. Being means ? A. simply allowing yourself to take part in an activity ,and do whatever is natural for you.
Q. Things are not horrible but what? A. Human mind.
Q. Many people have been sent to die in stupid wars because ? A. it was the right thing to do according to their judgement
CHAPTER 9
BEING CREATIVELY ALIVE IN EVERY SITUATION
MAIN POINTS
* There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way
* Option
* Be creative
* Lifeless Party
* Work hard at breaking the self victimizing habit
* Life is not a single experience
* Life is a series of destinations and events
* Appreciate everything you encounter along your path
* Turning adversity
* So many ways to do things in life
* Victims and Victimizers take narrow approach to living
* The key to perseverance is to take task without becoming upset
* Action is the single most effective antidote to depression, stress, fear, guilty etc
* The is always something I can do /there is really nothing I can do
* Ways of dealing with people in authority .
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. Creative refers to? A. The individual ‘s capacity to apply himself to any undertaking in the world.
Q. Creative aliveness means ? A. looking any setting where you find asking “how can I make this into a terrific experience
Q. A lifeless party furnishes means? A. a typical situation in which people victimize themselves because they lack creative aliveness
Q. Life is not a single? A. Experience
Q. There is no one way to do ? A. things
Q. Victims and victimizers alike take what ? A. a narrow approach to living which keeps them from growing or allowing growth to others.
Q. The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is ? A. that one comes from a strong will and the other comes from strong won’t
Q. Action is what? A. Most effective antidote to depression, anxiety, guilty, fear, worry etc.
CHAPTER 10
VICTIM OR VICTOR YOUR PRESENT VICTIM PROFILE · BASED 100 TYPICAL SITUATIONS
MAIN POINTS
* Personal freedom into Practice
* Modified behavior
* Self evaluation
* 100 common kinds of circumstances where people are victimized
* Typical victim behave typically
* A check list not measure anything .
Question and Answer Section
Q. Why is personal evaluation important?
A. So as to measure one’s self
Q. How many typical victimizing situation put across by the author? 100
Q. Typical victim behaves?
A. typically
Q. How does the 100 typical victimization situation help us?
A. It assist us to evaluate our position and if there is room for improvements we do it almost at once.
Q. The check list is not intended measure of what?
A. Anything
AWAKEN THE GIANT WITHIN
IMPACTS OF AWAKEN THE GIANT WITHIN TO MY LIFE
Awaken The Gint Within has opened new horizons in my life. The book is a gift beyond compare. It is full packed with very enriching ideas and solution for most of the problems and challenges we face as individuals and in our repsective communities. I am going to treasure it for the rest of my life.
Before embarking on this book, I was taking failure as the end of the world for me, but after reading this book my perception for failure changed. I am not taking failure as a challenge as well as as treating it as the beginning of a new adventure.
After going through every chapter of ‘Awaken The Giant Within’ I have found a lot of new challenges and most of them I was already having but failing to realize that I was having the potential to do whatever the other people my age were doing. The book also points out that we should not be a slave of culture, values and rules, but instead we should be ourselves. And I realized that all these structures are man made and we have the power and capacity to them them for the betterment of our lives.
I would like to appreciate the fact that he pointed out that most people would like to see through the mirror instead of a window. If one looks through the mirror he/she sees his/her own image, but if one looks through the window, one will see the world and see why other people are copying up with life. We learn from diversity. In many cases we think that our norms, value, culture and beliefs are the most important. But the book assisted me to respect differences and learn from others as a means of promoting international understanding.
Before reading this book I was someonw who as having a very different perception about life. Now I have realized that life is a gift and I have the capacity and the responsibility to give back to the community something which I canined from the community, and any contribution will make a difference no matter how small it is. Giving is better than receiving so as from now on I will work very hard from my community to give back what I gained from it so that when I leave this world it will be a better place than when I found it.
With a good number of examples from the western world and Japan, the book has assisted me to understand and become aware of international issues in a short period of time, including a little bit of their history. Awaken The Giant Within is a powerful instrument for all the people who are striving for success in life and to live life to the fullest and enjoy our days on Earth.
It actually proved to me beyond reasonable doubt that money is not the source of happiness. A lot of factors play an important role in life.
Against this background I have some areas which I feel were not fully addressed by the author. Especially most of his examples were from the western world and to some estent, Asia. But since he is a global citizen he should have tried to come out with examples from the rest of the globe since some of the principles only worked out the developed countries and not in the developing world. Hence the motivation for life in developing countries is different with the developed world.
Chapter by Chapter Outline
PART ONE UNLEASH YOUR POWER
Chapter One Dream of Destiny
MAIN POINTS
* WE ALL HAVE DREAMS
* WE ALL HAVE AVISION FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE DESIRE AND DESERVE.
* UNLIMITED POWER THAT LIES SLEEPING WITHIN US ALL.
* WE ALL HAVE SPECIAL GIFTS
* FOCUSING ALL OUR RESOURCES ON MASTERING A SINGLE AREA IN OUR LIVES.
* WE ALL HAVE A SLEEPING GIANT WITHIN US.
* EACH OF US HAS A TALENT,GIFT ,OUR OWN BIT OF GENIUS JUST WAITING TO BE TRAPPED.
* WE ARE UNIQUE BUT WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES TO FOR EXPERIENCING LIFE TO THE FULLEST.
* FOR CHANGES TO BE OF ANY TRUE VALUE ,THEY ‘VE GOT TO BE LASTING AND CONSISTENT.
* WE ALL EXPERIENCE CHANGE IN LIFE
* CHANGING AN ORGANISATION A COMPANY A COUNTRY – OR THE WORLD BEGIN WITH A SIMPLE STEP OF CHANGING YOURSELF.
* CHANGES YOUR LIMITING BELIEFS
* EMPOWERING BELIEF THIS SENSE OF CERTAINTY IS THE FORCE BEHIND ANY GREAT SUCCESS THROUGHT HISTORY.
* IN ORDER TO KEEPYOUR COMMITMENTS ,YOUR NEED THE BEST STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING RESULT
* YOU SEE IN LIFE, LOTS OF PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO DO BUT FEW PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO WHAT THEY KNOW.
* KNOWING IS NOT ENOUGH –YOU MUST TAKE ACTION
* WE ARE DIGGING OUR GRAVES WITH OUR TEETH ‘ AS WE CRAM OUR BODIES WITH HIGH FAT NUTRITIONALLY EMPTY FOOD ,POISON ,OUR SYSTEM ,WITH CIGARETTE, ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AND SIT PASSIVELY IN FRONT OF OUR TV.
* THE GREATEST RESOURCES IS A RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE IT OPENS THE DOOR TO EVERY RESOURCE WE NEED.
* MORE MONEY MORE PRESSURE
* ADDRESSING THE CAUSE OF ANY OF ANY CHALLENGE AND CHANGING IT WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF EFFORT.
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION.
Q. WE ALL HAVE A VISION ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE DESIRE AND DESERVE, BUT MOST OF US WE A FAILING TO DO WHAT?
A. TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO ACCOMPLISH THEM.
Q. FOR CHANGES TO BE OF ANY TRUE VALUE IT SHOULD BE LIKE WHAT?
A. IT SHOLUD BE LASTING AND CONSISTENT.
Q. WHY IS KNOWING ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH ?
A. BECAUSE KNOWING WITHOUT ACTION IS MEANING LESS –IT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY ACTION.
Q. WE ALL EXPERIENCE CHANGE FOR A MOMENT, BUT ONLY TO DO WHAT AFTER ?
A. ONLY TO FEEL LEFT DOWN AND DISAPPOINTED IN THE END.
Q. WE HAVE BEEN CREATED IN A UNIQUE WAY BUT WITH WHAT ?
A. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPERIENCING LIFE TO THE FULLEST.
Q. EACH OF US HAS WHAT?
A. TALENT, A GIFT OUR OWN BIT OF GENIUS JUST WAITING TO BE TRAPPED.
Q. WE ALL HAVE SPECIAL GIFT, WITH THAT GIFT WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DO WHAT?
A. TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF WE PUT IT INTO FULL USE.
Q. WHICH IS THE GREATEST RESOURCE ?
A. RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE IT OPENS THE DOOR TO EVERY RESOURCE WE NEED.
Q. MORE MONEY MEANS WHAT?
A.. MORE PRESSURE.
Q. GRAB HOLD THE THINGS YOU THINK ARE USEFUL AND DO WHAT ?
A. PUT THEM IN TO ACTION.
Chapter Two Decisions the Pathway To Power
MAIN POINTS
* MAN IS BORN TO LIVE NOT TO PREPARE TO LIVE
* DIFFERENT ACTION PRODUCE DIFFERENT RESULTS
* EVERY DIRECTION LEADS TO AN ULTIMATE DESTINATION: OUR DESTINY.
* MAN IS NOT THE CREATURE OF CIRCUMSTANCES:CIRCUMSTANCES ARE CREATURES OF MEN.
* DECISION SHARPS OUR DESTINY
* LIFE CHANGES WHEN ONE MAKES A NEW CONGRUENT AND COMMITTED DECISIONS.
* DECISION ACT AS THE SOURCE OF BOTH PROBLEM AND INCREDIBLE JOY AND OPPORTUNITIES.
* TRUE DECISION ARE CATALYST FOR TURNING OUR DREAMS INTO REALITY.
* DECISION COMES FROM THE LATIN ROOTS de WHICH MANS FROM CAEDERE WHICH MEANS TO CUT.
* THREE DECISION THAT CONTROL OUR DESTINY ARE +FOCUS,WHAT THINGS MEAN AND WHAT TO DO.
* WE LEARN FROM EVERY EXPERIENCE
* THERE ARE NO FAILURE IN LIFE
* DECISION SHOULD PROMOTE LONG TERM HAPPINESS
* IN ORDER TO SUCCESSED YOU MUST HAVE A LONG TEAM FOCUS
* DECISION TO COMMITT ON LONG TERM RESULTS RATHER THAN SHORT TERM FIXES IS AS IMPORTANT AS DECISION
YOU WILL MAKE IN LIFE TIME
* LEARN FROM YOUR DECISION
* STAY COMMITTED TO YOUR DECISION ,BUT STAY FLEXIBLE IN YOUR APPROACH.
* ENJOY MAKING DECISION
* DECISION IS NOT CONDITION.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
Q. DIFFERENT ACTION PRODUCE DIFFERENT RESULTS WHY?
A. BECAUSE ANY ACTION IS A CAUSE SET IN MOTION AND EFFECTS BUILDS ON THE PAST EFFECTS TO MOVE US A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
Q. EVERY DIRECTION LEADS US WHERE ?
A. TO AN ULTIMATE DESTINATION :OUR DESTINY.
Q. MAKING TRUE DECISION IS A CATALYST OF TURNING OUR DREAMS INTO WHA?
A. REALITY
Q. THERE IS NO FAILURE IN LIFE BUT WHAT?
A. ONLY RESULTS.
Q. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN NOT ACCOMPLISH UNLESS WHAT?
A. YOU CLEARLY DECIDE WHAT IS THAT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO ACHIEVING.
Q. INORDER FOR ONE TO SUCCESSED ONE HAS TO DO WHAT ?
A. SHOULD HAVE LONG TERM FOCUS .
Q. WHY ARE LONG TERM DECISION BETTER THAN SHORT TERM?
A. BECAUSE THEY ARE DECISION FOR LIFE.
Q. WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW PROGRMMING OF OUR PAST TO DO WHAT ?
A. TO CONTROL OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE.
Q. DECISION SHOULD BE ?
A. FLEXIABLE
Q. DECISION COMES FRO WHICH LATIN WORD?
A. ROOTS de WHICH MEANS CAEDERE MEANS TO CUT.
Chapter Three The Force That Shapes Your Life
MAIN POINTS
* HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT RANDOM CREATURES
* PAIN AND PLEASURE
* FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
* THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON WE LEARN FRO LIFE IS WHAT CREATES PAIN AND WHAT CREATES PLESURE.
* OUR BEHAVIOUR BOTH CONSCIOUS AND UNCONCIOUS HAS BEEN RIGGED BY PAIN AND PLESURE.
* PAIN AND PLEASURE WILL SHARP OUR DESTINY
* PAIN AND PLEASURE IS NOT DRIVEN BY INTELLECTUAL AND CALCULATION BUT BY EMOTIONS
* ADVERSIMENT CAN BE MISLEADING
* MOST PEOPLE FOCUS ON HOW TO AVOID PAIN AND GAIN PLEASURE IN THE SHORT TERM AND THEREBY CREATING A LONG TERM PAIN.
* PAIN AND PLEASURE ARE ALSO THE BACKSTAGE OF GLOBAL DRAMA.
* THE IMPORTANCE OF LINKING PLEASURE AND LEARNING.
* WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE ASPECT THAT PAIN AND PLEASURE SHARPS OUR DESTINY.
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT RANDOM CREATURES EVERYTHING WE DO WE DO IT FOR WHAT?
A. A REASON.
Q. EVERYTHING WE DO WE DO IT EITHER TO AVOID WHAT OR TO GAIN WHAT?
A. PAIN AND PLESURE.
Q. WHAT IS THE FORCES THAT ARE CONTROLING US NOW?
A. PAIN AND PLEASURE.
Q. FOR MOST PEOPLE THE FEAR OF LOSS IS MUCH GREATER THAN THE DESIRE FOR WHAT?
A. GAIN
Q. WHAT IS LIFE ‘S GREATEST LESSON ?
A. WHAT CREATES PAIN AND PLESURE.
Q. WHAT DOES LEARNING PROVIDE US WITH ?
A. THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRULY CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING OF VALUE TO ALL AROUND US.
Q. WHICH ARE SOME THE EXPERIENCES OF PAIN AND PLEASURE THAT SHAPES PEOPLE’S LIFE ?
A. CIGARETTES, ALCOHOL, RELATIONSHIP, THE CONCEPT OF GIVING AND RECEIVING etc.
Q. WHAT DRIVES US MOST?
A. EMOTIONS.
Q. WHAT WILL SHAPE OUR DESTINY ?
A. PAIN AND PLEASURE
Q. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF ONE AVOIDS PAIN IN THE SHORT TERM ? I
A. T WILL RESURFACE IN THE LONG TERM.
CHAPTER FOUR BELIEF SYSTEMS THE POWER TO CREATE AND THE POWER TO DESTORY.
MAIN POINTS
* SO OFTEN WE ‘RE SEDUCED TO BELIEVE THAT EVENTS CONTROL OUR LIVES AND THE ENVIRONMENT HAS SHARPED WHO WE ARE TODAY.
* OUR BELIEF SHARPS US
* OUR BELIEF ARE OUR GUIDING FORCE TO LEAD US TO PAIN OR PLEASURE
* GENERALISATION IS VERY IMPORTANT
* GENERALISATION CANALSO CREATE LIMITING BELIEFS.
* BELIEF HAVE THE POWER TO CREATE AND TO DESTROY .
* OUR BELIEF HAVE THE CAPACITY TO OVERIDE THE IMPACT OF DRUGS ON THE BODY.
* OUR BELIEF ARE SO GENERALISED THAT THEY DOMINATE VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES EITHER NEGATIVELY OR POSITIVELY
* GLOBAL BELIEF ARE GIANT BELIEF WE HAVE ABOUT EVERYTHING OUR LIVES.
* BELIEF IS FEELING OF CERTAINITY
* GREAT LEADERS ARE RARELY REALISTIC
* SOCIAL PROOF IS NOT ALLWAYS ACCURATE
* KAISEN/CANI IS IMORTANT IN LIFE
* GLOBAL BELIEFS
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION .
Q. WHAT SHARPS US ?
A. OUR BELIEF
Q. MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT EVENTS CONTROL OUR LIVE AND EVIRONMENT HAS DONE WHAT?
A. HAS SHARPED WHO WE ARE TODAY.
Q. THE POWER OF HUMAN SPIRIT CAN DO WHAT?
A. OVERCOME VIRTUALL ANY LEVEL OF PAIN ANY CHALLENGE OR ANY PROBLEM.
Q. WHAT ARE BELIEFS DESIGNED FOR ?
A. THEY ARE THE GUIDING FORCES TO TELL US WHAT WILL LEAD US TO PAIN AND WHAT WILL LEAD TO PLEASURE.
Q. WHY GENERALISATION CAN BE VERY IMPORTANT?
A. THEY ARE SIMPLE ,THE IDENTIFICATION OF SIMILAR PATTERNS
Q. BELIEFS HAVE THE POWER TO DO WHAT?
A. TO CREATE AND TO DESTROY.
Q. MOST BELIEFS ARE GENERALISED ABOUT WHAT?
A. OUR PAST BASED ON OUR INTERPRETATIONOF PAINFUL PLEASURE EXPERIENCE.
Q. BELIEFS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO OVERDIRE THE IMPACT OF WHAT?
A. DRUGS ON THE BODY
Q. WHAT ARE LEADRES?
A. INDIVIDUAL WHO LIVE BY EMPOWERING BELIEF AND TEACH OTHERS TO TRAP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES BY SHIFTING THE BELIEF THAT HAVE BEEN LIMITING THEM.
Q. THE CORE BELIEF IS WHAT?
A. CONSTANT AND NEVER ENDING COMMITMENT.
CHAPTER FIVE CAN CHANGE HAPPEN IN AN INSTANT
MAIN POINTS.
* CHANGE ARE CREATED IN A MOMENT
* CHANGING PEOPLE ON TWO PRINCIPLES TECHNOLOGY AND CHALLENGES.
* PEOPLE ARE RESISTED TO INSTANT CHANGE BECAUSE CULTURAL IT IS REGARDED AS NEGATIVE CHANGE
* FOR MOST PEOPLE INSTANT CHANGE MEANS YOU NEVER REALLY HAS A PROBLEM AT ALL
* ONCE WE EFFECT CHANGE WE SHOLUD REINFORCE IT IMMEDIATELY
* THINGS DO NOT CHANGE WE CHANGE
* INORDER FOR CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE WE SHOULD BE RESPONDING FOR CHANGE AND HAVE FAITH THAT CHANGE WILL TAKE PLACE
* PHYSICAL CONNECTION
* MAGNIFICANT GIFT THE BRAIN
* THE POWER OF HUMAN BRAIN IS FASTER THAN THE FASTEST COMPUTER IN THE WORLD
* PAIN-PAIN BARRIER
* MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALISE HOW POWERFUL HUMAN BRAIN IS.
* THE FIRST BELIEF WE MUST HAVE IF WE ARE GOING TO HAVE CHANGE QUICKLY IS THAT WE CAN CHANGE NOW.
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. WHEN WE DO SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TME WHAT DO WE CREATE?
A. PHYSICAL CONNECTION.
Q. WHY DO SOME PEOPLE TAKE A LONG TIME TO MAKE CHANGE?
A. BECAUSE OF THEIR BELIEF THAT CHANGE TAKES A LONG TIME.
Q. WHY MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REQUIRE INSTANT CHANGE?
A. BECAUSE OF CULTURAL BARRIERS.
Q. WHICH TWO PRINCIPLES BUILD THE CAREER OF THE AUTHOR?
A. TECHNOLOGY AND CHALLENGE.
Q. WHAT SHOULD ONE DO ONCE SHE/HE EFFECTS CHANGE?
A. REINFORCE IT IMMEDIATELY
Q. WHAT IS THE PAIN-PAIN BARRIER? A. IS A SITUATION WHEREBY ONE FEELS HE/SHE IS GOING TO FEEL PAIN
Q. EACH TIME WE EXPERIENCE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PAIN OR PLEASURE OUR BRAINS SEARCH FOR WHAT?
A. CAUSES AND RECORD IT IN OUR NERIOUS SYSTEM TO ENABLE US TO MAKE BETTER DECISION ABOUT WHAT TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
CHAPTER SIX HOW TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE
MAIN POINTS
* DECISION MAKING PROCESS TOWARDS CHANGE
* CHANGE IS QUESTION OF MOTIVATION
* CHANGE IS LINKED TO CHANGE OF OUR NEURO ASSOCIATIONS.
* PEOPLE FEAR CHANGE
* OUR NEUROLOGICAL PATTERNS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP US TO GET OUR OF PAIN AND TO GAIN PLEASURE.
* CREATING A NEW EMPOWERING ALTERNATIVE
* EXTERNAL PRESSURE RARELY HAS LASTING IMPACT
* CONDITIONING IS THE WAY TO MAKE SURE THE CHANGE CREATED IS CONSISTENT AND LAST LONG
* REHEARSE IS VERY GOOD FOR CONDITIONING
* THE POWER OF CONDITIONING CAN BE OVERESTIMANATED
* POWER REINFORCEMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT
* POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TRAINING IS VERY CRITICAL.
* REINFORCEMENT IS RESPOND TO A BEHAVIOUR IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT OCCURS
* TIMING IS CRITICAL IMPORTANT
* THE DANGERS OF NEGATIVE MOTIVATION
* FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AS MOTIVATION FOR WORKERS
* MOST POWERFUL MOTIVATION IS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
* FIXED SCHEDULE OF REINFORCEMENT
* JACK AS TOOL OF REINFORCEMENT.
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. WHAT IS THE FIRST DECISION TOWARDS CHANGE ?
A. IS DECIDIG WHAT YOU WANT TO DO SO THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO MOVE TOWARDS.
Q. IS CHANGE A QUESTION OF CAPABILITY OR WHAT ?
A. MOTIVATION
Q. WHICH IS THE MOST POWERFUL WAY TO MOTIVATION PEOPLE ?
A. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Q. GIVE ONE CRITICAL ELEMENT WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FOR EFFECTIVE CONDITIONING ?
A. TIMING
Q. WHY IS CONDITIONING SO CRITICAL?
A. IT MAKES SURE THAT THE CHANGE CREATED IS CONSISTENT AND LONG LASTING .
Q. EXTERNAL PRESSURE LACKS WHAT?
A. LASTING IMPACT
Q. NEUROLOGICAL PATTERNS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP US TO GET OF PAIN AND GAIN WHAT?
A. PLEASURE.
Q. EVERY CHANGE WE ACCOMPLISH IN LIFE IS A DIRECT RESULT OF CHANGING WHAT?
A. NEURO ASSOCIATION
Q. WHY DO WE FEAR CHANGE ?
A. BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
Q. REINFORCEMENT IS RESPONDING TO A BEHAVIOR IMMEDIATELY AFTER WHAT?
A. IT OCCURS.
CHAPTER SEVEN HOW TO GET WHAT YOU REALLY WANT
MAIN POINTS
* MOST PEOPLE FOCUS ON AVOIDING PAIN AND GAIN PLEASURE
* EMOTION IS CREATED BY MOTION
* EMOTIONAL STATE CAN BE CHANGED BY PHYSICAL BODY OR CHANGING FOCUS.
* EMOTION FELT HAS SPECIFIC PHYSIOLOGY LINKED
* BODY LEAD EMOTION
* FOCUS THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION
* FOCUS IS NOT TRUE REALITY
* MEANING IS OFTEN A MATTER OF FOCUS
* QUESTION CONTROLS FOCUSING
* THE SUBMODALITIES
* CHANGE YOUR STRATES AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE
* CHANGE PHYSIOLOGY
* MANY WAYS OF DIRECTING LIFE IS THE KEY
* DETERMINED STATE IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS
* THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSCIOUS CONTROL OF RUNNING THE MIND
* THE IMPORTANCE OF CHANGING THE STATE INSTANTLY
* SUCCESS
* THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. GIVE ME TWO PRIMARY WAYS WHICH ONE CAN CHANGE HIS/HER EMOTIONAL STATE ?
A. PHYSICAL BODY AND FOCUS
Q. WHY IS FOCUS NOT A TRUE REALITY ?
A. BECAUSE IT IS ONE;S VIEW,IT IS ONLY ONE PERCEPTION OF THE WAY THINGS REALLY ARE.
Q. MEANING IS OFTEN IS OFTEN A MATTER OF FOCUS WHY ?
A. BECAUSE EVERYTHING YOU WHAT TO DO DEPENDS WITH ONE’S FOCUS.
Q. THE MOST WAY TO CONTROL FOCUS IS THROUGH THE USE OF WHAT ?
A. QUESTIONS.
Q. THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE WAY WE FEEL DEPENDS UPON WHAT? A. THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE SUBMODALITIES.
Q. HOW CAN ONE CHANGE HIS/HER PYSIOLOGY ?
A. BY CHANGING THE BREATHING
Q. WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE MOST PEOPLE FACE?
A. THEY HAVE FEW WAYS TO CHANGE THEIR STATE.
Q. WHAT IS THE KEY TO LIFE ?
A. IS TO HAVE SO MANY WAYS TO DIRECT IT SO THAT IT BECOMES AN ART.
Q. ONE HAS TO BE WHAT IrODER TO SUCCEED IN LIFE ?
A. TO BE DETERMINED STATE.
Q. DEFINATION OF SUCCESS ?
TO LIVE ONE ‘S LIFE IN WAY THAT CAUSES ONESELF TO FEEL TONS OF PLEASURE AND VERY LITTLE PAIN.
CHAPTER EIGHT QUESTION ARE ANSWERS
MAIN POINTS
* THE IMPORTANCE OF QUESTION AND ANSWERS
* LIFE EVALUATION
* QUALITY OF QUESTION CREATE QUALITY ANSWERS
* SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ASK BETTER QUESTION ABD AS THE RESULT THEY GET BETTER ANSWERS
* THE POWER OF QUESTIONS
* QUALITY DETERMINE OUR LIFE
* QUESTION SHARPS OUR DESTINY
* SUPERIOR EVALUATION CREATE LIFE
* A GENUINE QUALITY OF LIFE COMES FROM CONSISTENT QUALITY OF QUESTION
* INORDER TO CHANGE LIFE FOR THE BETTER ONE HAS TO CHANGE THE HABITUAL QUESTIONS
* POWER OF MEMORY MANAGEMENT
* PERSISTENCE ON THE QUESTION WILL LEAD TO ANSWER IN THE END
* QUESTION HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE OUR FOCUS AND OUR FEELING
* EMPOWERING QUESTIONS ASSIST A LOT IN LIFE
* QUESTION CHANGEWHAT WE DELETE
* QUESTION HAS THE POWER TO EFFECT OUR BELIEFS
* QUESTION CHANGE THE RESOURCE AVALIABLE
* THE KEY TO CONSISTENT QUESTION THAT EMPOWER
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. QUESTION HAS THE POWER TO AFFECT WHAT?
A. OUR BELIEF
Q. HUMAN BEINGS ARE MARVELOUS AND WHAT?
A. DELETION CREATURES
Q. MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE THE POWER?
A. THE POWER OF MEMORY MANAGEMENT
Q. TO CHANGE ONE’S LIFE FOR THE BETTER HE/SHE HAS TO DO WHAT?
A. CHANGE THE HABITUAL QUESTION.
Q. WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF EVALUATION ?
A. IT ASSIST US TO MEASURE WHETHER WE ARE STILL ON THE RIGHT TRACK OR NOT .
Q. SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO WHAT?
A. THEY ASK BETTER QUESTION ANDGOT BETTER ANSWER.
Q. IT IS NOT ONLY THE QUESTION ONNE’S ASKS WHICH DO WHAT?
A. SHAPES OUR DESTINY
Q. SUPERIOR EVALUATION CREATE WHAT?
A. SUPERIOR LIFE
Q. A GENUINE QUALITY LIFE COMES FROM WHAT?
A. CONSISTENT, QUALITY QUESTIONS
Q. LEARNING TO ASK EMPOWERING QUESTION IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS IS WHAT?
A. CRITICAL SKILL.
CHAPTER NINE THE VOCABULARY OF ULTIMATE SUCCESS
MAIN POINTS
* MOST BELIEF ARE FORMED BY WORDS
* THE POWER THAT WORDS COMMAND
* WORDS CAN INJURE OUR EGO OR INFLME OUR HEARTS
* WORDS CAN BE USED AS SHORT CUT
* TRANSFORMATION VOCABULARY
* WORDS ARE USED TO REPRESENT US
* ENGLISH HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER OF WORDS ON EARTH9750 000) AND FOLLOWED BY GERMANY
* GOOD SELECTION OF WORDS IMROVES THE QUALITY OF LIFE
* CULTURAL WE ARE SHARPED BY OUR LANGUAGE
* WORDS SHARP OUR BELIEF AND IMPACT ON OUR ACTION
* IN BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
* WORDS IMPACT ON OUR EXPERIENCE
* WORDS ARE THE FABRIC FROM WHICH ALL QUESTION ARE CUT.
* CHOICE OF WORDS AFFECT THE EVALUATION
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. WORDS HAVE DONE WHAT ?
A. PLAYED A POWERFUL PART IN OUR HISTROY
Q. AN EFFECTIVE SELECTION OF WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR LIVES CAN DO WHAT ?
A. HEIGHTEN AND EMPOWER OUR EMOTION
Q. IF ONE WANT TO CHANGE HIS/HER LIFE AND SHAPE HI/HER DESTINY WHAT SHOLUD ONE DO?
A. SHOULD CONSCIOUSLY SELECT THE WORDS ONE IS GOING TO USE AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON THE CHOICE OF WORDS
Q. LITERAL WORDS ARE USED TO REPRESENT WHAT?
A. US AND OUR EXPERIENCE
Q. WORDS CAN SHARP OUR BELIEF AND DO WHAT ?
A. IMPACT ON OUR ACTION
Q. HOW MANY WORDS ARE IN ENGLISH ?
A. 750 000
Q. WHICH LANGUAGE HAS THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF WORDS ?
A. GERMANY
Q. LINGUIST HAS PROVED WHAT?
A. BEYOND THE SHADOW OF DOUDT THAT CULTURALLY WE ARE SHARPED BY OUR LANGUAGE
Q. THE WORD WE USE CONSISTENTLY AFFECT WHAT ?
A. THE WAY WE EVALUATE.
Q. WHICH LANGUAGE DOES NOT HAVE THE WORD LIE ?
A. NATIVE AMERICAN.
CHAPTER 10 DESTROY THE BLOCK ,BREAK DOWN THE WALL LET GOT OF THE DANCE YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS THE POWER OF LIFE METAPHOR.
MAIN POINTS
* METAPHOR MAN MOST FRUITFUL POTENTIALITIES
* METAPHOR
* HUMAN BEING THINK AND SPEAK IN METAPHOR
* LEARNING PROCESS
* METAPHOR EMPOWER US BY EXPANDING AND ENRICHING OUR EXPERIENCE OF LIFE
* ALL GREAT TEACHERS USED METAPHOR
* GLOBAL METAPHOR
* WHAT IS LIFE
* METAPHOR TRANSFORMATION
* SOURCE OF METAPHOR
* METAPHOR IMPACTS ON CHANGE
* HUMANITY OF ONE GIANT FAMILY
* LIFE IS A MYSTERY
* METAPHOR IMPACTS ON OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY
* METAPHOR CAN SHARP OUR PERCEPTION AND OUR ACTION
* THE POWER OF METAPHOR
* METAPHOR CREATE CHALLENGES
* PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
* SELECTION OF METAPHOR AND IT’S IMPORTANTANCE
* CREATION OF MORE EMPOWERING METAPHOR
* CONTROL OF METAPHOR
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION Q. WHAT IS A METAPHOR ? A. COMMUNIATION CONCEPT BY LINKING IT SOMETHING
Q. WHAT IS LIFE ?
A. LIFE IS GAME,DANCE,GIFT OR PICNIC
Q. ALL GREAT TEACHER USED WHAT ?
A. METAPHOR
Q. PRIMARY WAYS OF LEARNING IS THROUGH WHAT?
A. METAPHOR
Q. WHAT IS LEARNING ?
A. IS THE PROCESS OF MAKING NEW ASSOCIATIONN IN OUR MIND
Q. METAPHOR CAN DO WHAT?
A. CAN EMPOWER AND ENRICH OUR EXPERIENCEOF LIFE
Q. WHERE DID MOST GOT THEIR METAPHOR ?
A. FROM FRIENDS ,TEACHERS,FAMILY ,CO WORKERS etc.
Q. THE METAPHOR WE ADOPT CULTURAL CAN SHARP WHAT?
A. OUR PERCEPTION AND OUR ACTIONS
Q. METAPHOR DO NOT JUST AFFECT US INDIVIDUALS BUT WHAT?
A. THEY AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Q. METAPHOR HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE WHAT?
A. WHAT WE LINK TO PAIN AND PLEASURE.
CHAPTER ELEVEN THE TEN EMOTIONS OF POWER
MAIN POINTS
* A LOT OF PEOPLE SUFFER FROM DELUSIONOF EMOTION
* AVOIDANCE
* DENIAL
* COMPETITION
* LEARNING AND USING
* ACTION SIGNAL
* WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF EMOTION
* NO SPECIAL REASON TO FEEL GOOD
* NEGATIVE EMOTION AND IT’S POWER
* SIX STEPS TO EMOTIONAL MASTERY :IDENTIFICATION OF THE FEELING,ACKNOWLEDGE &APPRECIATION OF THE EMOTION,CURIOUS ,CONFINDANCE,HANDLING AND GET ECITED
* THE TEN ACTION OF SIGNAL :DISCOMFORT,FEAR,HURT,ANGER,FRUSRATION,DISAPPOINTMENT,GUILT,INADEQUATELY,OVERLOADED/OVERWHELM.
* THE TEN EMOTION OF POWER :LOVE AND WARMTH,APPRECIATION,CURISITY,EXCITEMENT, DETERMINATION,FLEXIABLE,CONFIDENCE,CHEERFUL VITALITY AND CONTRIBUTION
QUESTION AND ANWSER SECTION Q. EVERY FEELIG IS BASED ON WHAT ? A. INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THINGS MEAN
Q. DETERMINATION MEANS WHAT? A. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEIGN STUCK AND BEING STUCK WITH THE LIGHTNING OF POWER OF COMMITMENT
Q. WITH DETERMINATION ONE CAN DO WHAT ?
A. CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING
Q. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE EMOTION?
A. WHEN ONE FIRST FEEL THE EMOTION
Q. ONE SHOULD CULTIVATE WHAT?
A. A FEELING OF APPRECIATION OF ALL THE EMOTION
Q. DOES ONE NEED SPECIAL REASON TO FEEL GOOD ?
A. NO
Q. WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF EMOTION ?
A. WE ARE THE SOURCE OF EMOTION SINCE WE ARE THE ONE WHO CREATE THEM.
Q. NEGATIVE EMOTION CAN BE CALLED WHAT ? A. ACTION SIGNAL
Q. FOUR BASIC WAYS PEOPLE DEAL WITH EMOTION ARE ?
A. AVOIDANCE ,DENIAL,COMPETITION AND LEARNING .
Q. THE ONLY WAY TO EFFECTIVELY USE OUR EMOTION IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT?
A. THE FACT THAT THEY ALL SAVE US.
CHAPTER TWELVE THE MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION – CREATING A COMPELLING FUTURE
MAIN POINTS
* COMPELLING FUTURE
* THE IMPORTANCE OF BRAINSTORMING
* VISION OF THE FUTURE
* ULIMITATED POWER WITHIN US
* SETTING GOALS AND MOTIVATION THROUGH GOALS
* GOALS SHOULD BE BIG ENOUGH TO INSIPE THE PERSON SETTING THEM
* GOALS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY PLAN OF ACTION
* EUSTRESS
* HAPPINESS IS THE CORNER STONE
* GIFT OF VALUE BEYOND COMPARE
* GOALS DIRECT OUR FOCUS
* GOALS ARE ACHIEVED THROUGH COMMITMENT
* TURNING THE INVISIBLE INTO VISIBLE
* NO ROOM FOR FAILURE IN GOAL SETTING
* PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS
* THE CONTINUOUS FOCUS ON GOALS
* THE PURPOSE OF THE GOALS
* TRUE DECISION IS ONE THAT YOU ACT UPON AND THAT YOU ACT UPON NOW.
* COMPELLING FUTURE CREATES A DYNAMIC SENSE OF GROWTH
* WHERE THERE IS NO VISION THE PEOPLE PERISH.
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. COMPELLING FUTURE CREATE WHAT ?
A. DYNAMIC SENSE OF GROWTH
Q. COMPELLING OUR FUTURE IS THE FOOD WHICH DO WHAT?
A. WHICH OUR SOUL THRIVE
Q. WHAT IS A TRUE DECISION ?
A. ONE WHICH IS ACTED UPON NOW.
Q. WHAT ARE GOALS ?
A. A MEANS TO THE END ,NOT UNTLIMATE PURPOSE FOR LIVE.THEY ARE SIMPLE A TOOL TO CONCENTRATE OUR FOCUS AND MOVE US IN THE DIRECTION WE WANT.
Q. DOES IT MEAN THAT IF YOU PURSUE YOUR GOALS AND MEET SOME CHALLENGES ONE SHOULD MOVE FOR OTHER GOALS ?
A. NO
Q. IT IS NOT JUST GETTING A GOAL THAT IS IMPORTANT BUT WHAT?
A. THE QUALITY OF OF LIFE AND EXPERIENCE ALONG THE WAY.
Q. LIFE IS DOING WHAT? A. CONSTANTLY TESTING US FOR THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT.
Q. WHAT IS EUSTRESS ?
A. THE DRIVING POSTIVE FORCE THAT PUSHES FORWARD TO CONSTANTLY INCREASE THE QUALITY OF LIFE
Q. SETTING GOALS IS THE FIRST STEP OF TURNING WHAT?
A. THE INVISIBLE IN TO VISIBLE
Q .GOAL SETTING SHOULD BE IMMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY WHAT?
A. PLAN OF ACTION.
CHAPTER 13 THE TEN DAYS MENTAL CHALLENGE
MAIN POINTS
* CHALLENGE
* RESIST TO CHANGE
* MENTAL DIET
* FOCUSING ON SOLUNTION
* MULTITUDE OF STRATEGIES FOR CHANGING STATE
* TIME MANAGEMENT (90% ON SOLUTION AND 10% ON PROBLEM
* TO TAKE PROBLEMS AS CHALLENGE
* TO CONVERT CHALLENGES INTO OPPORTUNITY
* COMMITMENT
* SUCCESS IS PROCESSIONAL
* WE SHOULD NOT INGORE PROBLEMS
* TEN DAYS OF FOCUSING ON SOLUTION
* CHANGE IS NOT JUST INTERRUPTING ON OLD PATTERN
* READING SOMETHING VALUE WITH NEW DISTINCTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EATING
* THE POWER OF DECISION.
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. WHAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FARCED BY INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATION ?
A. RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
Q. KNOWING WHAT TO DO IS NOT ENOUGH WHY?
A. KNOWING ALONE IS USELESS UNLESS IT IS FOLLOWED BY ACTION.
Q. CONSISTENCY IS ESTABLISHED BY WHAT?
A. BY OUR HABIT
Q. INTELLIGENT PEOPLE DO NOT MAKE WHAT ?
A. THINGS LOOK POSITIVE
Q. IN TRUTH LIFE IS WHAT ?
A. A BALANCE
Q. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT NOT TO UNGORE PROBLEM ?
A. BECAUSE PROBLEMS ARE PART OF LIFE AND IN SOME CASES PROBLEMS ASSIST US TO COME WITH THE BEST SOLUTIONS.
Q. SHOULD WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON PROBLEMS ?
A. NO
Q. WHAT IS SUCCESS PROCESSIONLA ?
. IT IS THE RESULT OF A SERIES OF SMALL DISCIPLES THAT LEAD US INTO HABITUAL PATTERNS OF SUCCESS THAT NO LNOGER CONSISTENT WILL OR EFFORT.
PART TWO TAKING CONTROL THE MASTER SYSTEM
CHAPTER 14 – ULTIMATE INFUENCE YOUR MATSER
MAIN POINTS
* UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
* THE DIVERSE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR
* PERIODIC TABLE
* PEOPLE ARE NOT THEIR BEHAVIOUR
* MASTER SYSTEM THE KEY TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE
* SUPERIOR EVALUATION
* WEALTH IS THE RESULT OF EFFECTIVE EVALUATION
* MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STATE
* QUESTION
* VALUES HIERARCHY
* GLOBAL CHANGE
* HOW TO DEAL WITH EMOTION
* HUMAN BEINGS LOVE TO ANALYZE DEATH
* VALUE SHARPS DECISION
* GLOBAL BELIEFS
* RULES
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION Q. OUR GLOBAL BELIEFS DETERMINE WHAT? A. OUR EXPECTATION
Q. GLOBAL BELIEFS GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT?
A. CENTAINTY ABOUT OUR FEELING AND EXPECTATION
Q. QUESTION CREATE WHAT?
A. THE INTIAL FORM OF OUR EVALUATION
Q. THE KEY TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ?
A. THEIR MASTER SYSTEMS
Q. PEOPLE ARE NOT WHAT?
A. THEIR BEHAVIOUR
Q. FIVE COMPOMENTS THAT DETERMINE EVALUATION LIFE ARE LIKE WHAT ?
A. PERIODIC TABLE.
Q. HUMAN BEHAVIOR IS WHAT?
A. DIVERSE
Q. WEALTH IS A RESULT OF WHAT?
A. EFFECTIVE EVALUATION
Q. TWO THINGS WHICH CHANGE OUR LIFE ARE ?
A. OUR FEELING AND OUR BEHAVIOUR
CHAPTER 15 LIFE VALUES YOUR PERSONAL COMPASS
MAIN POINTS
* COURANGE ,DETERMINATION ,PERSEVERANCE AND DEDICATION ARE THE KEY
* VALUES GUIDE OUR EVERY DECISION
* OUR LIVES IS CONTROLLED BY MAGNETIC PULL OF VALUES
* VALUES ARE COMPASS WHICH DIRCT US TO ULTIMATE DESTINY
* TO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIRECT WITH OUR VALUE
* WHAT ARE VALUES
* HIERACHY OF VALUES
* REPUTATION & CHARACTER
* THE IMPORTANCE ONE KNOWING HIS/HER VALUE
* THE IMPORTANCE KNOWING THE HIECRACHY OF VALUES
* VALUES CONFLICT WITHIN US
* LESSION IN PAIN
* END AND MEANS TWO TYPES OF VALUE
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION Q. VALUE GUARD ?
A. OUR DECISION AND OUR DESTINY
Q. THOSE WHO KNOW THEIR VALUES AND LIVE BY THEM BECOME WHAT?
A. LEADERS
Q. IF ONE WANT THE DEEPEST LEVEL OF LIFE FULIFILLMENT HE/SHE CAN ACHIEVE THIS BY DOING WHAT?
A. DECIDING UPON WE VALUE MOST IN LIFE.
Q. DECISION MAKING COMES DOWN TO WHAT ?
A. VALUE CLARIFICATION
5. WHEN ONE KNOWS WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO HIM/HER MAKING DECISION IS WHAT ?
A. QUITE SIMPLE.
Q. DIRECTION OF OUR LIVES IS CONTROLLED BY ?
A. MAGNETIC PULL OF VALUE
Q. VALUES ALSO CONTROLS WHAT ?
A. COMPANIES, ORGANISATION AND NATIONS
Q. TO VALUE SOMETHING MEAN ?
A. TO PLACE IMPORTANCE UPON
Q. EVERY DECISION IS GUARDED BY WHAT?
A. VALUES
Q. WE ARE NOT OUR VALUES BUT WHAT?
A. MUCH MORE THAN OUR VALUES
CHAPTER 16 RULES IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY HERE IS WHY
MAIN POINTS
* HAPPINESS SHOULD BE CONTROLLED BY US
* CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL SHOULD BE NOT THE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS.
* LIFE IS A VARIABLE EVENT
* RULES CONTROL OUR RESPONSES
* RULES ARE NOT SHORT CUT
* MOST PEOPLE CREATE SO MANY WAYS TO FEEL BAD
* EVERY DAY ABOVE THE GROUND IS GREAT
* RULES EMPOWER
* SET UP THE GAME SO THAT YOU CAN WIN
* DISEMPOWERING RULES SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
* RULES SHOULD BE ACHIEVEABLE
* MAKE IT EASY TO FEEL GOOD AND HARD TO FEEL BAD
* ETHNOCENTRICITY
* MUTUAL COMMUNICATION
* HIERARCHY OF RULES
* PERSONAL STANDARD
* RULES SHOULD BE FLEXIABLE TO ENABLE ONE TO ENJOY.
QUESTION AND ANWSER SECTION
Q. WHAT IS THE MOST EMPOWERING RULE IN OUR LIFE ?
A. TO ENJOY ONESELF NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
Q. TO MANY RULES DO WHAT ?
A. MAKE LIFE UNLIVEABLE
Q. ETHNOCENTRICITY MEANS ?
A. WE BELIEVE THAT RULES ,VALUES AND BELIEF OF OUR CULTURE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN OTHERS.
Q. OUR RULES MUST BE WHAT?
A. ACHIEVEABLE.
Q. DISEMPOWERING RULES SHOULD BE ?
A. AVOIDED BY ALL MEANS
Q. WE SHOULD DEVELOP RULES WHICH ARE WHAT?
A. WHICH EMPOWERS US.
Q. DIESMPOWERING RULES ARE THE ONES WHICH AR E WHAT?
A. IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET
Q. ONE WHY WE SHOULD BE HAPPY IS SIMPLE BECAUSE OF WHAT?
A. WE ARE ABOVE THE GROUND.
Q. RULES DOES WHAT? A. IT CONTROLS OUR RESPONSES .
Q. LIFE IS VARIABLE EVENT SO WHAT?
A. OUR RULES MUST BE ORGANISED IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS TO ADAPT.
CHAPTER 17 REFERENCES THE FABRIC OF LIFE
MAIN POINTS
* REFERNCES AND EXPERIENCE
* REFERENCES ARE ALL THE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE
* QUALITY OF OUR REFERENCES
* GOOD AND BAD ARE BASED ON REFERENCE
* BELIEF IS NOTHING BUT A FEELING OF CENTAINTY ABOUT WHAT SOMETHING MEANS
* WITH FAITH ONE CAN ACHIEVE HIS/HER VISION
* THERE IS NO BAD EXPERIENCE
* THE POWER OF REFERENCE
* LEADERS ARE READERS
* EXPANSION OF REFERENCE IS EXPANSION OF LIFE
* REFERENCES ARE NOT LIMITED TO ACTUAL EXPERIENCE
* FOCUS THINGS THAT EMPOWER
* IMAGINATION IS TEN TIME MORE POTENT THAN OUR WILL POWER
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. WHAT ARE REFERENCES ?
A. ALL EXPERIENCE OF LIFE RECORDED IN OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Q. REFERENCES PROVIDE WHAT ?
A. FEELING OF CENTAINTY
Q. WITHOUT THE FEELING OF CENTAINTY WHAT HAPPEN TO OUR LIFE ?
A. WE WILL LIVE THE WHOLE OF OUR LIFE IN FEAR AND DOUDT.
Q. GOOD AND BAD THINGS MERELY BASED UPON WHAT ?
A. OUR REFERENCES
Q. IMAGINATION PROVIDE US WITH WHAT?
A. A SENSE OF CENTAINTY AND VISION
Q. IMAGINATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT ?
A. KNOWLEDGE
Q. THE POWER OF HAVING REFERENCE RAISE WHAT ?
A. OUR STANDARD
Q. LEADERS ARE WHAT ?
A. READERS
Q. IF ONE WANT TO EXPAND IN LIFE DO WHAT ?
A. GO FOR IT.
CHAPTER 18 IDENTITY THE KEY TO EXPANSION
MAIN POINTS
* BELIEF GUARD US TO CONCLUSION
* GLOBAL BELIEF
* BELIEF AND IDENTITY
* CONSISTENT
* THE POWER OF IDENTITY
* SHIFT IN IDENTITY CAN CAUSE A SHIFT IN MASTER SYSTEM
* PEOPLE ARE IDENTIFIED BY ACTION
* DETERMINE TO KNOW WHO WE ARE
* IDENTITY AND LIMITATION
* IDENTITY ONE’S LIFE
* IDENTITY CRISIS
* WE HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE OUR IDENTITY
* PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
* CONFIDENT IS THE CORNER STONE FOR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
* WE ARE NOT OUR BODIES
* WE ARE NOT OUR PAST NOR OUR BEHAVOUR IN THE MOMENT
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. WHAT DO WE CALL PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSISTENT ?
A. LOYAL AND TRUSTWORTHY
Q. AS WE DEVELOP NEW BELIEFS ABOUT WHO WE ARE OUR BEHAVIOUR CHANGE AND DO WHAT?
A. SUPPORT THE NEW IDENTITY
Q. SHIFT IN IDENTITY CAN CAUSE WHAT ?
A. A SHIFT IN MASTER SYSTEM
Q. IS IDENTITY LIMINATED TO EXPERIENCE?
A. NO IT IS LIMITED TO ONE’S INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIENCE
Q. WE ARE NOT OUR BODIES BUT WHAT ?
A. WE ARE OUR SOULS AND SPIRIT.
Q. WHAT IS OUR TRUE IDENTITY ?
A. WE ARE OUR SOULS AND SPIRIT.
Q. SOME BELIEFS HAVE THE POWER TO INFUENCE WHAT?
A. ONE’S LIFE
Q. WE IDENTIFY PEOPLE BY WHAT? A. OUR ACTION
Q. DECIDING TO EXPAND ONE’S IDENTITY COULD DO WHAT ?
A. TRANSFORM VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING
Q. WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT DO ,WHAT WE CONSIDER POSSIBLE OR IMPOSSIBLE IS RARELY A FUNCTION OF WHAT? A. CAPABILITY .
PART THREE THE SEVEN DAYS TO SHARP YOUR LIFE
CHAPTER 19 EMOTIONAL DESTINY THE TRUE SUCCESSS
MAIN POINTS
* RESARPE DAILY EXPERIENCE
* NO TRUE SUCCESS WITH EMOTIONAL SUCCESS
* PROACTIVE PLAN FOR DEALING WITH NEGATIVE EMOTIONAL PATTERNS
* GIFT OF EXPANDING THE AMOUNT AND QUQLITY OF TIME THAT ARE SPENT ON POSITIVE EMOTIONAL STATE
* THE PRESENT EMOTIONLA PATTERNS
* COMMITMENT ON WORKING ON EMPOWERING EMOTIONS
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION Q. INORDER TO SUCCESS ONE HAS TO DO WHAT ? A. TO RESHARP DAILY EXPERIENCE
Q. TRUE SUCCESS HAVE GOT WHAT? A. EMOTIONAL SUCCESS
Q. IT IS IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP PROACTIVE PLAN INORDER TO DO WHAT?
A. IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH NEGATIVE EMOTIONAL PATTERNS
Q. MORE TIME SHOULD BE SPENT ON WHAT?
A. POSITIVE EMOTIONAL STATES.
CHAPTER 20 PHYSICAL DESTINY: PRISON OF PALACE OF PLEASURE
MAIN POINTS
* HEALTH AND FITNESS ARE NOT THE SAME
* FITNESS IS THE PHYSICAL ABILITY TO PERFORM ATHLETIC ACTIVITY
* HEALTH IS THE STATE WHERE ALL THE SYSTEM OF THE BODY ARE WELL BEING
* MOST PEOPLE THINK FITNESS IS HEALTH
* TRAINING OF METABOLISM
* HEALTH AND FITNESS MUST GO TOGETHER
* AEROBIC BASE IS IMPORTANT
* TRAINING PROMOTES POSITIVE ADDICTION TO LIFE
* HORMONE BURST AFTER EXERCISE
* THE HUMAN BODY IS THE BEST PICTURE OF HUMAN SOUL
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. THE HUMAN BODY IS THE BEST PICTURE OF WHAT ?
A. HUMAN SOUL
Q. HEALTH AND FITNESS SHOULD DO WHAT ?
A. GO TOGETHER
Q. ANAEROBIC MEANS WHAT ?
A. WITHOUT OXYGEN.
Q. AEROBIC MENS?
A. WITH OXYGEN
Q. HEALTH AND FITNESS ARE NOT WHAT?
A. THE SAME
Q. FAILURE TO GRASP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEALTH AND FITNESS CAUSE WHAT?
A. FRUSTRATION.
Q. WHAT IS FITNESS ?
A. THE PHYSICAL ABILITY TO PERFORM ACTIVITY
Q. THE OPTIMUM BALANCE OF HEALTH AND FITNESS IS ACHIEVED BY TRAINING WHAT?
A. METABOLISM
CHAPTER 21 RELATIONSHIP DESTINY THE PLACE TO SHARE AND CARE
MAIN POINTS
* SIX FUNDANENTAL OF SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP
* SUCCESS IS WORTLESS IF WE DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE TO SHARE IT WITH
* HUMAN EMOTIONS NEED THE CONNECTION OF SOULS
* RELATIONSHIP SHARP OUR CHARACTER
* UNDERSTANDING THE RULES AND VALUES OF THE PEOPLE YOU SHARE RELATIONSHIP IS IMPORTANT
* BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN A RELATIONSHIP IS IF ONE ENTER INORDER TO GAIN SOMETHING.
* IN REALTION ONE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO GIVE
* RELATIONSHIP NEED TO BE NURTERE
* COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT IN RELATIONSHIP
* NEVER THREATEN THE RELATIONSHIP
* QUESTION ARE IMPORTANT IN A RELATIONSHIP.
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. SUCCESS IS WORTHLESS UNLESS WHAT ?
A. IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE TO SHARE IT WITH.
Q. HUMAN EMOTION IS CONNECTED WITH WHAT ?
A. OTHER SOULS
Q. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE VALUES AND RULES OF PEOPLE YOU ARE RELATIONSHIP WITH ?
A. TO AVOID PAIN
Q. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN A RELATIONSHIP ?
A. IF SOMEONE ENTERS IN ORDE TO GAIN SOMETHING.
Q. RELATIONSHIP LAST IF WHAT ?
A. IF YOU ARE PREPARED TO GIVE.
Q. IF ONE NEEDS THE RELATIONSHIP TO GROW NEVER DO WHAT ?
A. NEVER THREATEN IT.
Q. RELATIONSHIPS DEMANDS WHAT ?
A. COMMITTEMENT
CHAPTER 22 THE FINANCIAL DESTINY
· SMALL STEPS TO A SMALL OF LARGE FORTUNES
MAIN POINTS
* MONEY
* MOST PEOPLE DO NOT WANT TO GIVE MONEY
* LACK OF MONEY LEADS TO LACK OF RESOURCES
* MONEY IS A SOURCE OF PAIN AND PLEASURE
* MONEY HOLD MYSTERY
* MONEY IS A SOURCE OF DESIRE , PRIDE,ENVY,FREEDOM,POWER,SECURITY AND CONTEMPT
* MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE
* MEANS AND END
* CONCEPT OF SCARCITY
* TRUE WEALTH EMOTION
* MONEY IS NOT THE END IT IS ONLY THE MEANS
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. MONEY IS ASSOCITED WITH WHAT?
A. PAIN AND PLEASURE
Q. LACK OF MONEY MEANS LACK OF WHAT?
A. RESOURCES
Q. MOST PEOPLE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE MORE VALUABLE THAN ?
A. MONEY
Q. MONEY CAN BE REFERED AS ?
A. THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
Q. MONEY MEANS ?
A. AMEDIUM OF EXCHANGE
Q. FINANCE MEANS WHAT?
A. MONEY
Q. WHY DO MOST PEOPLE FAIL TO MASTER MONEY?
A. THEY THIK THAT IT IS SO COMPLEX
Q. WEALTH IS APRODUCT OF MAN’S WHAT ?
A. CAPACITY TO THINK
Q. THE BEST WAY TO MAINTAIN WEALTH IS ?
A. TO SPENT LESS AND INVEST THE REST.
Q. TRUE CONTRIBUTION MAKES LIFE ?
A. RICHER
Q. TRUE WEALIS A EMOTION IT IS A SENSE OF WHAT ?
A. ABSOLUTE ABUNDANCE
CHAPTER 23 BE IMPECCABLE YOUR CODE OF CONDUCT
MAIN POINTS
* SETTING HIGHER STANDARD
* DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE HIGH STANDARD
* CREATING A SYSTEM SO THAT ONE CAN MEASURE THE RESULTS
* CREATING STATES
* CODE OF CONDUCT
* PRESSURE DOES NOT CREATE NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR
* TO LIVE UP TO THE VISION CREATED
* TO MAKE COMMITMENT TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT
* CANI PRINCIPLE
* SMALL ACTION BULID CHARACTER AND FORM IDENTITY
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. SMALL ACTIONS BUILD CHARACTER AND FORM WHAT?
A. IDENTITY
Q. PRESSURE DOES NOT CREATE WHAT?
A. BAD BEHAVIOUR
Q. INSTEAD OF BE CONTROLLED BY ACTIONS AND PERCEPTIONS ONE SHOULD BE CONTROLLED BY WHAT ?
A. SELF MADE CODE OF CONDUCT
Q. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO SET SOME STANDARD ?
A. SO AS TO MEASURE ONE’S SELF.
Q. AFTER SETTING STANDARD IT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY WHAT ?
A. BY CREATING STRATEGIES SO AS TO ACHIEVE THOSE STANDARD
Q. WHY IS COMMITMENT IMPORTANT ?
A. BECACUSE IT ASSIST US TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
CHAPTER 24 MASTER YOUR TIME AND YOUR LIFE
MAIN POINTS
* CONTROL OF TIME FRAME ONE IS FOCUSING UPON
* STRESS
* TIME IS MENTAL CONSTRUCT
* OUR BELIEF ALSO FILTER OUR PERCEPTION OF TIME
* DIRECT YOUR FOCUS AND CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE HOW TO MEASURE YOUR TIME
* TIME DISTORTION
* URENCY AND IMPORTANT
* URGENCY SEENS TO CONTROL OUR LIVES
* TIME MANAGEMENT THROUGH
* LEARN TO DELIBERATELY DISTORT TIME
* PRIORITIES TO IMPORTANCE
* TIME MANAGEMENT
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION Q. WHAT IS THE MOST POWEFUL WAY TO LEARN TO COMPRESS TIME? A. THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE ‘S EXPERIENCE
Q. OUR BELIEF ALSO FITER OUR WHAT ?
A. OUR PERCEPTION OF TIME
Q. URGENCY SEEMS TO CONTROL WHAT ?
A. OUR LIVES
Q. STRESS IS OFTEN THE RESULT OF ?
A. FEELING STUCK IN A PARTICULAR TIME FRAME
Q. PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER TO DISTORT WHAT ? A. TIME
CHAPTER 25 REST AND PLAN EVEN GOD TOOK ONE DAY
MAIN POINTS
* ONE SHOULD WORK HARD AND PLAY HARD
* BE SPONTANEOUS
* BE OUTRAGEOUS]
* GO OUTSIDE YOURSELF
* CREATE EXCITEMENT
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION
Q. IN ORDER TO ENJOY LIFE ONE SHOULD DO WHAT ?
A. WORK HARD AND PLAY HARD
Q. IN OERDER TO AVOID STRESS ONE SHOULD DO WHAT ?
A. GO OUT SIDE ONE ‘S SELF
Q. PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE WHAT ?
A. EXCIMENT
Q. THE GREAT MAN IS WHAT ?
A. HE THAT DOES NOT LOSE HIS CHILD’S HEART.
PART FOUR A LESSION IN DESTINY
CHAPTER 26 THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
· WHAT ONE PERSON CAN DO
MAIN PONTS
* COMMITMENT
* BEHAVIOUR CHANGE TOWARDS WORLD ISSUES AND EVENTS
* JOINT DECISION
* SMALL DECISIONS CREATE OUR DESTINIES
* BE CONSIDERATE ABOUT THE DISADVANTAGEDMEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY
* PEOPLE HAE THE CAPACITY TO CONTROL OVER THEIR INTERNAL WORLD
* OVER 40 OO DIE OF STARVATION EVERY DAY
* HERO
* PERFECTION IS NOT HEROISM
* CHANGE OF BELIEF
* SMALL ACTIONS CAN MAKE BIG DIFFERENCE
* THE CHALLENGE OUR ENVIRONMENT IS FACING
* EVIRONMENTAL ISSUES REQUIRE EDUCATION AND ACTION TO CREATE CHANGE
* THE SENSE OF CONTRIBUTION
* BALANCE RATHER THAN PERFECTION
QUESTION AND ANSWER SECTION CHAPTER 26
Q. WHY CONTRIBUTION IS NOT OBLIGATION?
A. IT IS A OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE SOMETHING SMALL BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
Q. MANY PEOPLE FEEL POWERLES AND INSIGNIFACNCE WHEN IT COME TO WHAT ?
A. WORLD ISSUES AND EVENTS
Q. SMALL DECISIONS WE MAKE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE WHAT?
A. OUR DESTINY
Q. WHAT CHHALLENGES WILL THE FUTURE GENERATIONS FACE ?
A. EVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
Q. ALL THE PROBLEMS THE WORLD IS FACING ARE CAUSED BY WHAT ?
A. HUMAN BEHAVIOUR.
Q. HOW MANY CHILDREN STARVE TO DEATH ON DAILY BASIS ?
A. 40 000
Q. WHAT IS A HERO ?
A. A PERSON WHO COURAGEOUSLY CONTIBUTES UNDRE EVEN THE MOST TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES.
Q. SMALL EFFORTS CAN MAKE WHAT ?
A. A BIG DIFFERENCES
Q. WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING ?
A. FUROCARBONS DESTRUCTION AND BURNING OF THE RAINFOREST ECT.
CHANGING YOUR MIND CHANGE YOUR LIFE
BY GERALD .G. JAMPOLSKY, M.D. AND DIANE.V. CIRINCIONE
Chapter One
What is Attitude Healing
Main Points
· Negative Attitude
· Fear of Failure
· The power of love and forgiveness
· Change of believe and Attitude to positive ones is very crucial
· Mind create reality
· The impact of attachment of fear and guilty
· Attitude healing is based on the belief
· Attitude healing involves our misperception and removing the inner obstacles to experience peace
· Attitude healing the purpose of all communication is joining not separation
· Attitude healing is based on the belief of peace and love not conflict and fear
· Our true identity is spiritual not the physical body
· Our essence is love
· Healing is to let fear go
· All that we gave comes back to us in variety of shares and forms
· Love is much easier than hate
· We learn from each other
· Love is eternal no point to fear about death
· Truth can defined as that which does not change
· Peace of mind should be our upper most goal
· Fear, anger, guilty keeps us from having inner peace.
· Thought can be harmful as action.
· Resist Change
Question and Answer Section Chapter One
1. Our thought can be harmful as what? As our actions
2. Truth can be defined as ?that which does not change
3. What keeps us from having inner peace? Our attachment to fear, guilty and anger.
4. It is much easier to do what to love than to hate
5. What is healing letting go of fear
6. Thoughts create what reality
7. Attitude healing is based on what? Belief that is not people or condition outside our self that causes us to be upset.
8. Our essence is love
9. Attitude healing is based on the belief that it is possible to choose peace rather than? Conflict and fear.
10. What is the other way of looking at the world? Life where peace of mind is our only goal.
Attitude about Living and Dying
Chapter two
· Spirit will live for ever never to be touched by death
· Another way of seeing death
· We learn about death at different levels
· Challenging belief
· Belief system and choices
· Grief represent our humanness as does our love
· Death of loved is an universal experience
· Loneliness is one of the biggest problem of grief
· No way to prescribe how to die
· We are all student and teacher’s to each other
· Love is eternal it never dies
· Death forces most people to be angry about everything.
· With faith and trust our reality is not limited.
Question and Answer Section Chapter two
1. Love is eternal it never what? Die
2. There are so many ways of looking at? Death
3. With faith and trust we can then recognise that our reality is not? Limited
4. The love we experience has nothing to do with what? The body
5. We are all student and teacher to? each other
6. There is no way to prescribe how to? Die
7. Loneliness is one the biggest challenge of? grief
8. The spirit will live forever never torched by? Death
9. When one lost a loved one he/she is angry about what? Everything
10. So many things symbolize what? Fear or death
11. Grief represents what? Our humanness as does our love.
The Power of Attitude in Healing
Chapter three
Main Points
· Health only in terms of our physical body
· Worried well
· You teach what you want to learn
· Spiritual transformation healing method
· Mental Picture every moment of our lives
· Pictures can be either positive or negative
· Positive thought are better than medicine
· Children are most valuable teachers
· Laughter is powerful medicine
· Changing our attitude play a major role in reducing the risk of heart disease
· Transformation psychology
· Psychotherapy
Question and Answer Section Chapter three
1. What is psychotherapy? Process of letting go fear and increase the ability
to give and receive love
2. Changing our attitude can play what? A major role in reducing the risk of heart disease.
3. Laughter is indeed? powerful medicine
4. Children are most? valuable teachers
5. We all carry around mental picture every? Moment of lives
6. The picture can be either? Negative or positive
7. What is worried well? People who do not have organic disease
8. Most people think of health only in terms of what? Our physical body.
9. What is health? Inner peace and that healing of letting go of fear
10. One should be able to enjoy health regardless of what? State of body.
Healing Attitude in our Relationship
Chapter Four
Main Points
· To understand the purpose of relationship
· Our relationship with others is more important than any other things in the world
· Relationship can be a opportunity to experience justified anger
· Relationship can be used to create enemy
· 70% of world work is done by women
· 1% of the world wealth is owned by women
· Relationship should provide opportunity for joining and acceptance rather than separation and judgement.
· Relationship should be used to discover life for unconditional love is really about
· Relationships fails or become difficult because of our attachment to fear and blame
· Our attachment to the past and to the future keep our fears of intimacy and love alive
· When the student is ready the teacher will appear.
· Life offers flow of opportunities for discovery and working out the areas of growth for own transformation evolution
· We have relationship through out every aspect of our lives
· Each and every encounter with every person we meet constitutes a relationship.
Question and Answer Section Chapter Four
1. Each and every encounter with every person we meet constitutes what? A relationship.
2. We have relationship through out every aspect of our? Lives
3. Life offers a constant flow of opportunities for discovery what? growth necessary for own transformation and evolution
4. When something goes wrong we find someone to? Blame
5. Our attachment to the past and future keeps our? fear of intimacy
6. Why does relationship fails or become difficult? Because of the attachment to fear, blame and guilt play a major role in sabotaging any hope of
experiencing love or intimacy.
7. From a spiritual point of view relationship can be seen as what? Laboratories of life where we discover unconditional love.
8. 70% of the word work is done by? Women
9. Can there be anything more than a relationship? No
10. We have relationship every aspect of our? Life.
Teach Only Love – The golden Rule of Parenting
Chapter Five
Main Points
· Gift of Love
· Newborn infants are teachers of unconditional love
· The importance of remembering god
· There is fear in the world ,conflict ,injustice, inequality ruthless and competition
· Celebrities are sometimes dishonest since they can buy their freedom
· We can only teach honest by demonstrating honesty and integrity consistently in all our action
· When there is harmony we experience no conflict
· The love we express expand and extend in to the world
· One choice to choose peace of mined over conflict or love over fear.
· The essence of teaching is offering by word or by deed.
Questions and Answer Section Chapter Five
1. The essence of teaching is by offering? Word or by deed
2. It is one ‘s choice to choose? Peace of mind over conflict or love over fear
3. Where there is harmony there is no what? conflict
4. We can teach honest by demonstrating what? Honesty and integrity consistently in all our actions.
5. There is so much fear around? The world
6. Newborn infants are magnificent teachers of what? unconditional love
7. When you give love there is no small or large gift but what? All gift of love are the same.
8. Giving love is what ?the most important one can do
9. What is the golden rule ?teach only love
10. Children are teachers of what? love
Education we teach what we want to Learn
Chapter six
Main Points
· Education is lifelong
· We can teach our kids how to communicate with each other, how to live and appreciate the difference.
· The greatest skill in education we can learn is how to live with each other peacefully
· One should be reminded the importance of choosing peace over conflict and love over fear.
· The power of love and cooperation
· Educational system where children learn to live together in harmony and cooperation
· Competition to be replaced by cooperation and collaboration in education system
· Every thought in mind either come from love or fear
· Self image plays a major role in education
· Education is not one way street
· Education reflects the society it serves
Question and Answer Section Chapter Six
1. For most of the people education is what? lifelong
2. We should teach our kids what? how to communicate ,love each other and appreciate the difference
3. What is positive reinforcement? Looking on positive examples only
4. What is the greatest skill we can learn? To live with each other peacefully
5. An educational system often reflects what? society
6. Education is not what? One way street.
Body and Attitude
Chapter Seven
Main Points
· The body is endanger by the mind
· Sense of harmony between mind ,body and the spirit
· We are spiritual beings
· Our mind are often in conflict
· We neglect our bodies when we fail to nature them
· We carry mental images of our selves in our mind
· Pain in the neck is a expression of suppression of anger or tension
· The influence of the media
· Accept the body appearance as friend rather than as enemy
· Attitude healing is spiritual one
· We are all interconnected to the universal mind
· The power of the mind is unlimited
· Healthy Food ,salad, soup, fruits on traveling
Question and Answer Section Chapter Seven
1. The body is endangering by what? mind
2. More people are enjoying the benefit of having what? a sense of harmony between mind and body and the spirit
3. What determines having peace? the state of bodies
4. When we neglect our bodies we fail to do what? to nature with daily exercises
5. Pain in the neck is associated with what? suppression of anger and tension
6. What influences a lot of people? the media
7. The power of mind is? Unlimited
8. We are all interconnected to what? universal mind
9. When traveling one should eat what? healthy food
10. What is our true identity? spiritual
Attitude towards Sports
Chapter eight
Main Points
· Attitude towards sports are wide and varies
· Sports as a form of social interaction
· Learning from difficult experience
· Winning is a attitude based on learning from the past and living in the present
· Opposing team members are not enemies
· Money does not buy happiness
· Believe in dreams and work hard for them to come true
· Community Responsibility
· Change to meet the needs of the present challenges
· We believe in limitations
· Disability does not mean in ability
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Question and Answer section Chapter eight
1. What is the attitude towards sports? Wide and varies
2. Sports are used as a form of what? social interaction
3. Sports take what today? many forms in our society
4. Winning demonstrate what? Attitude based on learning from the past and living in the present.
5. Money does not? Buy happiness
6. One major disadvantage of wealth is what? one is not sure whether people like you or your wealth
7. What is community responsibility? Giving back to the community what you gained from the community.
8. We believe in? limitation
9. We should not concentrate on? negative things
10. If one holds on grievances and unforgiving thought he/she risk what? Not able to function in the present situation.
Law –letting go of Attack and Defense
Chapter Nine
Main Points
· Reinforcement of Blame
· A lot of resources are spent on legal expenses
· Insurance – Poor
· Many ways to deal with dispute rather than the court
· It is possible to negotiate peace solution even with anger
· Many ways of looking at the world instead of defense and anger
· Lawyers are at conflict with their professional conduct
· Lawyers can play a healing role
· Solution through mediation and negotiation rather than the court of laws
· Neutral state is a must for lawyers
· Healing solution
· The role for forgiveness in the divorce process
· Establishing a relationship of equality
· Most people go to battle for winning
Question and Answer Section Chapter Nine
1. Most people go in a battle with an aim of what? winning
2. We should establish relationship of what? equality
3. Is their room for forgiveness during divorce? yes
4. A lawyer should stay in? a neutral state
5. There is willingness to find solution through? Mediation and negotiation
6. Is it possible to negotiate peaceful with anger? Yes
7. Lawyers can play more roles in? healing process
8. There must be another way of looking at the world rather than in terms of? Attack and defense
9. We have a society, which reinforce what? blame
10. There are so many ways of dealing with dispute rather than? Court
Prejudice and Discrimination
Main Points
Chapter Ten
· Escalation of prejudice and discrimination
· Lack of equal justice
· Lack of opportunity due to sex ,race and creep
· Everyone is recipient of prejudice and discrimination
· Hatred between Catholics and Protestant in Belfast
· Fear and Hatred from the first day of life
· Each of us has many choices and each moment of our lives
· Peace of mind will not be possible unless we have all the same interest
· Product of our environment
Question and Answer Section Chapter Ten
1. We can remind ourselves that peace of mind will only become a reality as we? Neutralize our judgement.
2. Each of us has? Choice each moment of our lives
3. We are products of what? environment
4. To free us of prejudice and discrimination it is essential to? Remember that these emotion are not curved in the stone
5. It is very difficult to imagine what? equality and inner peace could be a reality
6. Love knows only? Equality and joining
7. Everyone is a victim of what? Prejudice and discrimination. The Healing of Attitude in Business
Chapter Eleven
Main Points
· Most important Business is Caring ,loving and being service to others
· Competition and business
· Vision and Relate to the world
· Risk in business
· Attitude Healing in business
· Never to make judgement against anyone
· Close connection to god
· Vision and Mission Statement
· Profit sharing in a company
· Heart of the company
· Business needs direction and honest
· Honest communication in business
· Competition in business can be replaced by cooperation, compassion and creativity
· Leadership should be encouraged to everyone
· Mutual communication in business is very crucial
Question and Answer Section Chapter 11
1. What is the most important business of the day? Caring, loving and being of service to others
2. In order to make it in business one should be prepared to take? Risk
3. Attitude healing is also very crucial in? business
4. Business should have what? a vision and mission statement
5. Profit sharing scheme promotes what? a sense of company ownership
6. Business requires? Honest communication
7. Competition in business can be replaced by? Cooperation, caring and compassion
8. Leadership should be encouraged to? Everyone
9. Equality and mutual respect is very crucial in? business
Changing Attitude in Business Part 11
Chapter Twelve
Main Points
· Human aspect of business
· The name of business is to win at all cost
· Mutual respect and open mind communication in business is strength
· The growing influx of new business attitude at workplace
· We limit ourselves by holding grievances and unforgiving thought
· Our thought create reality
· Staff development through training
· Mistake are simply errors to be corrected
· Discipline mind is free and balanced
· One is as young as he believe
· Global citizenship for companies
· Children are teachers of Peace
· Kindness is Strength
· Act perfect every time
· Forgiveness plays a crucial role in business
· Never give up in business
· Business should create opportunities where everyone grows
Question and Answer Section Chapter12 part two
1. Mutual respect and open communication are? Source of strength
2. We limit ourselves by? holding grievances and unforgiving thoughts
3. Mistakes are simply? Errors that can be corrected
4. A discipline mind is? Free and balanced
5. The world should operate with what? forgiveness
6. Children are better teachers of what? peace
7. Kindness is what? strength not weakness
8. One receives what? what he gives
9. Be enthusiastic and never? Give up hope
10. Forgiveness plays a role in? business
Aging Keeping the Child’s Heart Alive
Chapter Thirteen
Main Points
· Youth Oriented Culture
· Biggest fear of growing old is lose of mental and physical faculties
· Retirement Age
· Last years should be pleasant with no health problems
· Accepting Aging
· Patience ,Tenderness, gentleness and Acceptance
· Love is tender gentle and patient
· Kid inside
· Confident
· So often old People at old nursing home never hugged or even touched
· To learn to help other is crucial
· Aging is not important what is important is keeping the heart full of love
· Only small things with great love
· Never too old to change bad attitude
Question and Answer Section Chapter Thirteen
1. Is there anything to fear about aging? No
2. Only small things with what? love
3. In many cases old people at nursing homes are not? Hugged or touched
4. It is crucial to keep the heart full of what? love and being grateful
5. Kid inside means? to continue to seek approval and acceptance of parent
6. Love is always? Tender gentle and patient
7. Our culture is? Youth oriented
8. The biggest fear of aging is? Losing control of mental and physical
faculties
Attitude towards Peace
Chapter Fourteen
Main Points
· The ultimate cause of peace or conflict comes from us
· Peace is so simply
· Ego thought perceive peace as threat
· We lose peace by fighting and attacking others
· Non –Violence and peace as way of solving problems
· Choose to find love rather than conflict and fear
· Peace of mind does not dependent on anything
· A peaceful mind has clarity
· Joining peaceful mind and heart produce our true spiritual identity
· Peace begin with each of us
Question and Answer Section Chapter Fourteen
1. Peace begins with? Each of us
2. A peaceful mind has? Clarity
3. A peaceful mind is our? Natural state
4. It is joining of our peaceful mind with the heart than can produce what? Our true spiritual identity.
5. Our ego thought perceives peace as? A threat
6. Peace of mind does not? Dependent on anything in world we see
7. Peace is so simply yet? We make it to seem so extremely difficult
8. We lose peace of mind by? fighting and attacking each other
9. Our true self chooses what? non violence and peace
10. The ultimate causes of conflict or peace come from? within us
Impacts to my personal life development
Change your Mind Change life
Change your mind Change your life has proved to me that education is a life long process. I have benefited a lot from this book .The book actual covers a wide range of personal life development ranging form business skills gender and development, Sustainable development and Environmental issues and spiritual development to mention but just few.”
The following points really empowered me, Forgiveness, to cultivate a culture of giving and receiving, global citizen, the ability to listen to one’s inner self and it’s importance, the power of prayer, the fear of death, and conflict management styles.
Change Your mind and Change you Life has actual changed my life before reading this book I was holding on grievances, anger, fear and guilt but after reading this book I was forced by an invisible force behind to analyze my self. This book created a room within me to look at my self and to evaluate where I am going and where I am coming from .I realized that I was coming from a culture
where there is no forgiveness, a culture of giving and receiving .So this book brought in very positive impacts in to my life .I have learned the power of forgiving.
Since this book covered a wide range of important topics of personal development it really changed my perception of life and looking at things. I will strive to up hold the principles of Change your mind Change your life.
The Magic of Thinking Big
Impacts of the Magic of thinking Big to my life
After reading the Magic of thinking big I realized that I was underestimating my potential This book actually opened another chapter in my life. It clearly shows that life is full of challenges as well as opportunities .It is up to an individual to turn those challenges in to opportunities. From now onwards I am going to concentrate on positive things and I am not going to focus on traditional thinking but only the thinking which can improve my life in a very positive way. Before going through this book I was very much attached to both positive and negative thinking bit the problem was I was spending most of my time on negative thinking instead of positive thinking. Now the lion’s share of my time will be on positive thinking so as to enjoy my life.
This book also assisted me to be more confidence as well as looking forward to take challenge in my respective community .It very positive to be a community leader in a positive way. So I am going to climb the leader of success through the principle which I gained from the Magic of thinking big. This book has laid the foundation of success for me.
Chapter One
Believe You Can Succeed And You will
Main Points
· Success means many wonderful positive things
· Every human being want success
· Success achievement is the goal of life
· Success means self respect
· Winning success by believing that I can succeed
· The power of belief
· Strong believe trigger the mind to find solution for every challenge
· Belief in great results is the driving force
· Belief in success is one of the basic essential ingridient in successful people
· A person is a product of his own thought
· Belief big and grow big
· Mind should work for me not against me
· Self analysis is very crucial
· Believe in yourself good things do start happening
· Production in thought factory is under charge of triumph and defeat
· The door to success is open wider than before
· I am better than what I think
· Successful people are not supermen
· Think success
· Each contact with a person gives a chance to see success development principle at work
· Our mind is a factory
Question and Answer Section Chapter One
1. Success means? Many wonderful positive things in life
2. Every human being want what? success
3. You can win success by? Believing you can make it
4. Believe in success is behind every successful? Church, business and politics
5. A person is a product of what? his own thought
6. Believe in yourself and good things do start what? happening
7. Our mind is a? factory
8. Production in our thought is under what? triumph and defeat
9. The door to success is already what? open
10. Successful people are not? Supermen.
Chapter two
Cure Yourself of Excusitis: Failure Disease
Main Points
· Success –rewarding principles to our life
· Emotional induces illness /emotion management
· Health issues
· Life is yours to enjoy
· Positive optimistic and cooperation attitude is the key
· Negative thinking is unhealthy
· Never underestimate your intelligence and the intelligence of others
· How one uses the brains is the issue that counts
· Brain management is crucial
· The ability to think is of much greater value than the ability to memorize facts
· Personal Assets
· One is as old as he/she feels
· Old age is failure disease
· Youth is a liability
· Life is actual longer than most people think
· Preparation and Planning are the key to success
· Developing the issues which makes one successful
Question and Answer Section Chapter Two
1. What is the key element for success? Planning and preparation
2. Life is much longer than what? most people think
3. Youth is? liability
4. Old age is a? failure disease
5. One is as old as he/she? Feels
6. Never underestimate? Your intelligence and that of others.
7. Knowledge is power only? Used constructively
8. Life is ? yours to enjoy it
9. The ability to think is much greater than what? the ability to memorize facts
10. One should develop? personal assets
Chapter Three
Build Confidence and Destroy Fear
Main Points
· Fear is real
· Most fear is psychological
· Fear closes your mouth when you want to speak
· Fear is uncertainty and lack of confidence
· No One is born with confidence
· Action cures fear
· Deposit only things in the memory bank
· Memory is the suppliers of raw material
· Withdraw only positive thought from the memory bank
· Every human being is important
· We learn in different ways
· Confident Action produce confident thinking
· Study human behavior is simply by watching people move about
· Body action is a result of mind
· The more you speak the more confidence you gain
· Smile is excellent medicine for confidence deficiency
Question and Answer Section Chapter Three
1. Smile is excellent medicine for? Confidence and deficiency
2. The more you speak the more you? Gain confidence
3. Body action is a result of what? mind
4. Studying human behavior is done simply by? Watching people movements
5. We learn in? different ways.
6. Every human being is? Important
7. Action cures? fear
8. No one is born? Confident
9. Most fear today is? Psychological
10. Fear is? real
Chapter Four
How to think Big
Main Points
· Self deprecation
· Know theyself
· Our value is small
· Determine five chief assets
· We only think in pictures and images
· Good choice of words in communication is important
· Use of positive language to encourage others
· Friendly courteous services
· Visualization is important in life
· Short and long term planning is important in life
· Adding value to things is crucial
· Small insignificant things block people to achieve big things in life
· The challenges for speakers is to make audience understand him/her
· Concentrate on important things
Question and Answer Section Chapter Four
1. Conquer the crime of self deprecation concentrate on ?your assets
2. Most people concentrate on? Small trivial things
3. Practice being a? a big thinker
4. Practices adding value? To things
5. Short and long term planning are? Important
6. Use of positive language? Important
7. Our value is? Small
8. Determine five chief what? asset
9. Most people know themselves only in? negative way
10. Why is it important to give people ? friendly, courteous services they will come back again.
Chapter Five
How to Think and Dream Creatively
Main Points
· Creative thinking is for everyone
· Creative thinking simply improved ways to do any think
· Belief release creative powers
· Impossible is a failure word
· Man belongs to where man want to go
· Traditional thinking is personal enemy number one
· Big success is for those who set higher standard for themselves
· Progress is most important product
· Capacity is a state of mind
· It helps to become community leader
· Big people monopolize the listening and small the talking.
· A leader is a decision making machine
· Listening is more than just keeping your own mouth shut
· Concentrate on what other people say but evaluate first
· Mind feels on itself
· Eliminate the world impossible
Question and Answer Section Chapter Five
1. Mind feels on what? itself
2. A leader is a decision making? Machine
3. It pays to become a? community leader
4. Capacity is indeed a? state of mind
5. Big success calls for what? person who set higher standard
6. Progress is our most important? Product
7. Traditional thinking is personal enemy number one for what? people interested in creative thinking
8. Man belongs where ? wants to
9. Impossible is? A failure word
10. Creative thinking means what? finding new improved ways to do anything.
Chapter Six
You are what you are
Main Points
· Confidence, loyality and admiration are crucial
· Command the most respect are also the most successful
· Self respect shows through everything we do
· Look important
· Use clothing as tool to lift your spirit, build confidence
· Appearance is the first basis for evaluation
· Positive attitude towards your job
· Self administration is crucial
· You are what you think
· No room to be any average person
Question and Answer Section Chapter Six
1. Why is it important to look important? Appearance talks
2. You are what? you think you are
3. Always show positive attitude towards? Your job
4. Appearance says? Positive things
5. Use of cloth as a tool for? To lift spirit and build confidence
6. Build your ownself and sell it to? Your self.
7. Appearance is the first basis for? Evaluation
Chapter Seven
Manage Your Environment go first Class
Main Points
· Mind is an amazing mechanism
· The mind is the most delicate
· The body is what the body is fed
· Mind food is the surrounding environment
· Each of us inherited a certain capacity to develop
· Capacity mind development depends on the food
· Environment sharps us
· Companionship with big ideas raise our level of thinking
· Big men do not laugh at big ideas
· Be careful with the source of advice
· Success people are humble and ready to help
· The importance of life planning
· The importance of interacting with other people
· Select friends who are interested in positive things
· Some conversation are healthy
· Gossip is just negative
Question and Answer Section Chapter Seven.
1. Gossip is just negative conversation about? People
2. Some conversations are? Healthy
3. Select friends who are only interested in what? positive things
4. When one is looking for advice she/he must be careful with what? the source of advice
5. Successful people are humble and ready to? Help
6. Big men do not laugh at what? big ideas
7. Environment sharps us and? Makes us to think the way we think.
8. The mind is the most delicate and? Sensitive instrument in all creation
9. Our mind is amazing? Mechanism
Chapter Eight
Make Your Attitude Your Allies
Main Points
· Reading minds is easier than what we think
· Attitude are mirrors of mind
· We read attitude through expression voices and tones
· Communication by body and facial expression, sounds
· Right attitude win every situation
· To activate others activate yourself
· Enthusiasm is simply
· Show the teeth when smiling
· Broadcast good news rather than bad news
· It is pointless to pass on bad news
· Encourage and compliment every opportunity
· Every man want to be important
· Culture is based on belief of importance of individuals
· Praise the Power
· Money is the power for standard of living
· Seeds of money is service
· Give people more than they expect to get
Question and Answer Section Chapter eight
1. Reading mind is easier than? What we think
2. Attitude are mirrors of? Mind
3. We read attitude through ? expression and voices
4. Men can communicate using? Body and facial expression
5. Right attitude win what? every situation
6. To activate others first do what? activate yourself
7. When smiling show what? teeth
8. Transmit good news to the? Family
9. Enthusiasm is? Simply
10. It is pointless to? Transmit bad news
Chapter Nine
Think Right Towards People
Main Points
· Success depends on the support of other people
· People who reach the top do not discuss much their techniques
· Money can not buy friendship
· Pleasant remark to stranger make them feel at home
· Respect the difference
· Perfect person do not just exist
· Thought breed like thought
· Facial expression and mannerism
· Conversation
· Executive depends on the subordinates
Question and Answer Section Chapter Nine
1. Success depends on the support of? Others
2. Executive depends on people to carry out what? their instruction
3. People who reach the top do not? Discuss the technique
4. Money can not buy what? friendship
5. Our mind is? mental broadcasting station
6. Thought breed what? thought
7. Perfect people do not? Exist
8. We should respect what? the difference
Chapter Ten
Get the Action Habit
Main Points
· Every big job thinks action
· Ideas acted upon
· Successful are active
· Perfection is highly desirable
· Marriage is a big step
· Every venture presents risk, problems and uncertainty
· Ability to find solution for problems
· Success shuns the man who lacks ideas
· Use action to cure fear and gain confidence
· In action in all forms feed fear
· It is perfectly natural to experience fear in one of many forms
· Writing is creativity
· Build confidence and destroy fear through action
· Pencil and paper tie your mind to the problem
· Thinking in terms of now gets things accomplished
· Volunteers
Question and Answer Section Chapter Ten
1. An idea is? Acted upon
2. The successful people are? active
3. Ideas in themselves are not? Enough
4. Success shun people who? Lacks ideas
5. It is perfectly natural to? Experience fear.
6. Use action to cure? Fear
7. Thinking in terms of now? Get things accomplished
8. Each time you speak up you? Strengthen yourself
9. Action feeds and? Strengthen confidence
Chapter eleven
How to turn Defeat in to Victory
Main Points
· Successful people have encountered oppression, discouragement, setbacks and personal misfortune
· It is not possible to win a high position in life without facing hardship and setbacks
· We set back hit us we become emotional
· Defeat is only state of mind
· Salvage something from every set back
· Find out what caused the trouble
· Human beings are curious creatures
· Blaming other is destructive
· Self critical and Constructively
· You gain nothing from proving others wrong
· Professionalism
Question and Answer Section Chapter Eleven
1. Blaming others is? Destructive
2. Avoid making the same error? twice
3. When we win we want the rest of the world to know but when we lose? We find someone to blame
4. Human beings are? Curious creature
5. Defeat is only? A state of mind and nothing more
6. When we face set backs we become? Emotional
7. Is it possible to win success without hardship and setbacks? No
8. Professional seeks what? faults and weakness the correct them
Chapter Twelve Use Goal to Help You Grow
Main Points
· A goal is an objective/purpose
· A goal is more than a dream
· Goals are essential to success as air is to life
· The important thing is where we are coming from and where we are going
· Goal are a must
· Visualizing
· People are measured by the seize of their dreams
· Sheer desire when harnesses is power
· Automatic Instrumentation
· The power of goal
· Targets dates, deadline are important when setting goal
· Use goal to live longer
· Invest in education
· Education does not necessarily produce a successful person
· Anything which promotes thinking ability is education
· Education helps to mold mind
Question and Answer Section Chapter Twelve
1. Education helps to? Mold mind
2. Anything which improves thinking ability is? Education
3. Use goals to? Live longer
4. In order to achieve goals one should do what? set targets dates and
deadlines
5. Desire when harnessed is? power
6. These days people are measured by? The size of their dreams
7. Goals are essential to? Success
8. A goal is more than what? a dream
9. Long life is the? Desire to do something
Chapter Thirteen :How to think Like a leader
Main Points
· Achieving high level success requires the support and cooperation of others
· Gaining support and cooperation of others requires leadership ability
· Trade minds
· Impersonal
· Be-Human
· Leadership is how to handle dismissal
· Praise Subordinates
· Leaders-Real leaders are in short supply
· Believe in expansion efficiency
· Subordinates tend to become carbon copy of their chief
· Successfully result to bottom approach
· Leaders spent a considerable time alone
· Undirected thinking is very helpful in doing self help evaluation
· Successful leader tap their superpower through be alone
Question and Answer Section Chapter thirteen
1. What is the main job of a leader? Thinking
2. Undirected thinking is healthy for what? self evaluation
3. Successful leaders tap their superpower through ? being alone
4. Subordinates become what to their chief? Carbon copy
5. Real Leaders are? In short supply
6. What is the test of leadership? Is to handle dismissal
7. Many people fail to tap the leadership power because? They involve everyone.
Unconditional Life
Unconditional Life: Discovering the Power to fulfill Your Dreams Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta
Impacts of Unconditional Love to My life Unconditional life is a powerful tool for those who are seeking the physically, spiritual and social be well being. This book touched a lot of important points which are so crucial in my daily life The book changed my thinking capacity in the field of health .In order for one to be in good health one should have a positive mental attitude. Attitude is very crucial for one’s health. The
mind also plays a crucial part in the field of physically well being.
One thing which I did not realize was the fact that nature is perfect and it
provides all the possibilities .I only realize this important fact after going
through this book .So it is up to us to utilize the free gift of nature t o make our life more enjoyable.
After going through unconditional life I have gained a lot of crucial information about life in general .I should just love life without any condition or material things .The fact that I am above the ground even if I am not feeling
alright I should strive to be happy. This is very important for my health should also try my level best to be alone sometimes and try not to occupy my mind just let my mind free. This is also equally important for my personal health.
The book brought to me a lot of huge information and challenges which I will
try and use for my own benefit and for the benefit of my community .I will share the information to my fellow country me in Zimbabwe. This will go a long
way in trying to up lift my standard of living as well as those of my fellow countrymen. As far as health issues are concern.
Part One
The Mystery of Personal Reality-Chapter One
Main Points
· Hope for Cure
· People are scared to come out and use the word cure
· Lack of channel to reach the goal
· Search for an inner healer
· Every patient want to get better
· A strong body good genes, luck
· Sickness is meaningless
· Repressed Psychic pain make people sick
· Human rather than medical term
· What does life mean
· Artificial goals
· One get what he/she wishes in life
· Disease allowed some other people to achieve their goals
· Dying is inevitable it is natural part of life
· How can life ever be new unless you learn to die
· Disease is no way to solve the core issues in life
· People have to be transformed before the crisis
· Mind body medicine
· Illness is connected to person’s emotion, belief and expectation
· It is not only disease that create a sense of groundless
· Our culture choose to believe that disease is basically reality
· The mind is structured around impression held inside
· The is no cure from outside
· Life shows itself as a miracle of renewal
· Nature contains healing and destruction entwined together
· Happiness and creativity
Question and Answer Section Chapter One 1. What is better than happiness and creativity? Happiness and creativity 2. Nature contains healing and destruction entwined where? Together 3. Life shows itself as a miracle of what? renewal 4. The mind is structured around what? impression held inside it 5. Reality is what? A word general applies in most impersonal sense. 6. Our culture choose to believe what? 7. Disease is no way to solve what? core issues of life 8. Disease allowed some people to achieve what? their final goals 9. Dying is? Inevitable , it natural part of life 10. Experience is the two leg of? Healing marching side by side
Chapter two: The Lens of Perception
Main Points
· Emergency Patient
· Sort of Belligerent
· Emotional Agitation
· Word could kill
· Nature safeguards our heart against self destruction
· The heart is protected internally by independent peacemakers
· Perception first step in turning raw data of the universe in to reality
· Holding negative feelings draws us back
· Human mind is dived into conscious and unconscious
· We also see much that is invisible
· Perception is personal
· Perception is infinitely flexible serving the mind in any way the mind choose
· Self devised eye exercises
· Conflicting and Contradictory realities
· Perception confers reality
Question and Answer Section Chapter two 1. What dominates the world? conflicting and contradicting realities 2. Perception we must conclude is infinitely, serving the mind in? Any way the mind chooses. 3. Is perception personal? Yes 4. We also see much that is? invisible 5. Human nature mind divide itself into? Conscious and unconscious 6. Holding negative mind/feeling and perception draws us where? Back 7. Perception is? The first step of turning raw data of the universe in to reality. 8. Nature safeguard? Our hearts against self destruction 9. The heart is protected internally by? It’s own independent peacemaker 10. The word can do what? kill
Chapter Three: Magical Thinking
Main Points
· Things happens Randomly in nature
· Mind Belief and Magic
· A fear is just a negative kind of wish
· Facts influence reality of our thought
· Awareness cause change in our body
· Self Referral
· Object Referral
· Self and the world do not have the separate entities
· In real life people have more than two things they cherish
· Self referral plays a crucial part on the cure of disease
· Heart disease
· Magic seems so foreign
· Our mind is generally quite fearful on nonrational
· Mental space is so inconceivable
· At birth a baby is totally self centred
· Letting go has the magic in it
· Magical thinking provides us with evidence
· Magical thinking is a act of healing
Question and Answer Section Chapter three. 1. Magical thinking is any act of what? healing 2. Magical thinking provide us with evidence that we are? bridging that gulf all the time 3. Letting go has what? magic in it 4. At birth babies are? Totally self centred 5. Mental space is so inconceivable that one could easily? Claim that it is entirely magical 6. Magic seems to be? Foreign 7. Our mind is quite fearful of what? nonrational part 8. In real life people have more than two things they? Cherish on 9. People who learn to live in the basis of self-referral need not? Lose sight of the object world 10. A fear is just? Negatives wish.
Chapter Four: The Arrow of Time
Main Points
· Heart and angigram process
· Coronary artery disease affects so many old people and considered as normal
aging process
· Heart attack rates higher at 9-00am on Mondays
· Dream time lacks any fixed sequence or logic altogether
· Time is personal perception
· World ‘s traditions is the falseness of time
· People grow old and die because they see other people grow old and die
· Living with alertness
· Packed memory
· Personal time can be also dead or alive
· DNA has magical side
· DNA behave in exactly this uncanny fashion
· DNA is not a real thing
· The blending of time and life goes beyond what a human brain can imagine
· DNA mastermind the flow of life
· Tradition of human kind
· Old before you are young
· There is naturally life in everything
· DNA is just intact the second after and the second before
· Explore everything and penetrate to the furthest limits of human knowledge
Question and Answer Section Chapter Four
1. Dreamtime lacks what? sequence and logic
2. Time itself is? Personal perception liable to fluctuations
3. People grow old and die because? The see other people growing old and die
4. Personal time can be? Dead or alive
5. DNA is not? Reality thing
6. DNA masterminds the flow of what? life
Part two – Beyond the Boundaries
Chapter five: A Miracle if Molecules
Main Points
· Medicine is suited to action
· Even an incurable disease has treatment
· Maya also means magic
· Microscope has no reality at all
· Our inner space gives birth, love, joy, sorrow, misery, happiness and pleasure
· Metaphor for the heart
· Doctors are great believer in material
· A stopped heart can survive without oxygen for 15 minutes
· Metaphor die hard
· Reality is always open for revision
Question and Answer Section Chapter Five
1. Reality is always open for what? revision
2. For how long can the heart survive after stoppage? 15 minutes
3. Doctors are great believers in what? matter
4. Maya also means what? magic
5. Microscope has no what? Reality at all.
Chapter Six: Thread to Revision
Main Points
· Taking big risk
· Fear at the prospect of death
· Life that is perfect is a sign of trouble
· Adenocarcinoma
· Patient lose all the ability to digest food
· Mind body approach healing
· It is not to hard to stop being a cancer patient
· The real you is the sky beyond
· Self knowledge exist
· Identification
· Identification with one’s body comes naturally
· Identification is built in the mind
· Meditation
· The importance of maintaining good attitude
· Patients comes to therapy for varies reasons
· How to faces life
Question and Answer Chapter Six
1. Patients come to therapy for? Varies reason
2. Identification is build on? Mind
3. Identification comes? Natural
4. Life that is so perfect is a sign of what? trouble
5. Do self knowledge exists? Yes
6. Is important to maintain positive attitude? Yes
7. Some patient lose the ability to do what? digest
8. What is the real you? The sky beyond
9. Is it so hard to stop being a cancer patient? No
10. Higher reality always? Break at on expectedly
Chapter Seven: The Importance of Feeling Special
Main Points
· Healing is highly individual process
· Normal recovery is almost self contradiction
· People believe that pain and suffering are identical
· Muscle regeneration is highly uncertain process
· Rare qualities of heart and mind
· Change to remake one’s self
· Complex sense of scarily
· Mental Health lies the goal of freedom
· Self Deceptions
· Uniqueness and specialness as possible
· Respected as a unique person
· A life truly is the joining of heart and mind
· Human life is inconceivable without reaction
· Illness is localized form of unease
· Gloriousness is pretty hard to ignore
· Meditation is entirely natural process
· No two people meditate exactly the same way
· Language is the image in the mind’s mirror
Question and Answer Section Chapter Seven
1. Meditation is entirely? Natural process
2. Language is the image in what? mind’s mirror
3. There is balance between what? mind and the heart
4. A life truly is joining of what? heart and mind
5. Healing is highly what? a individual process
6. Normal recovery is usually what? self contradiction
7. Most people believe what? That pain and suffering are identical.
Chapter eight: The True Self
Main Points
· Compassion is a form of love
· Love and non love are not striving for dominance
· Love is external, not is temporary
· Awareness is the prime prerequisite
· Meditation can be had without any kind of forced discipline
· Mind heals through meditation
· Thinking feeling is constant motion
· Mind should reach silence during vigil
· Mind Concentration
· Meditation must be vertical process
· A single meditation can change people
· Meditation does not deal meaning
· Unconditional love in it’s silent unmanifest state
· We should love each unconditional
· Power of self protection
· The true self is love and contain truth
· Cooperation and love to each is crucial
Question and Answer Section Chapter eight
1. What is the true self? Love
2. Love is not a mere impulse it must contain what? truth
3. Power is a form of what? self protection
4. When does unconditional love arises? When you have no relationship to another person, the feeling that comes out no the basis that you need other people for no material gains.
5. A single meditation can change people because? It has allowed them to realise it
6. Meditation does not need what? meaning
7. Mind should reach silence during what? vigil
8. Meditation must be in a? vertical process
9. Awareness is the? Prime prerequisite.
Chapter Nine: Why Aren’t Real Anymore
Main Points
· Over pharmacies
· Non attachment
· Spiritual Path
· Ancient Spiritual traditions
· Pure spirit without individual experience
· Not easy to live with original experience
· Traditional validates experience
· Self doubt echoes a culture
· Death and Nirvana
· Everywhere one looks relationship a similar crisis
· Relationship are based on two opposite values
· Changeless nature is utterly still ,calm and wise
· Self above relationship
· Self is not a concept one has to believe or even comprehend
· Meditation experience are real
· Ordinary life does not provide much experience of it’s state
· Heals in love is to share your self with another
· Ordinary people is too active too conditioned by years of non silence
· Me or not by me Peacefully coexist within the same mind
· Asking patient to go silent is very unusual
· Mind is quite by nature
· Freedom is the experiential knowledge of one’s own nature
Question and Answer Section Chapter Nine
1. Freedom is the experimental knowledge of what? one’s own nature
2. Mind is quite by? Nature
3. Participation in every day world brings what? a mixture pleasure and pain
4. Asking a patient to go in to silence is? Very unusual
5. Me and not me coexist within what? the same mind
6. Self is not a concept one should believe or? Comprehend
7. Ordinary life does not provide much what? experience of it’s mind
8. Meditation experience is? Real
9. Changeless nature is utterly still, calm and what? wise
10. Relationships are based on what? two opposite values
Chapter Ten: Paradise Remembered
Main Points
· Flute is life
· Life is tied up with the sense of hearing.
· Satisfaction is limited
· Renewal is one of life’s primary urges like love and freedom
· Paradise enjoy the present happiness
· Mind create boundaries for it’s self protection
· Life is a challenge
· Infinite reservoir
· Visual creativity
· Vision is pure sensation unencumbered by meaning
· No primitive responses but different code from different parts of the world
· Pure meditation
· Nature Wholeness
· Telepathically communication
· Religion centred on salvation of soul
· Reality is everyone ‘s personal creation
· Suffering is rooted in superstition
· Issues of addiction
· Resources are limited but Human wants are unlimited
· Life is driven by spur of desire
· Awareness can heal
Question and Answer Section Chapter Ten
1. Awareness has the potential to do what? Heal
2. What drives everyone’s life? by a spur of desire
3. Resources are limited and human wants are? Unlimited
4. Suffering of people is rooted on what? superstition
5. Life is full of what? challenges
6. Religion is centred on what? salvation of soul
7. Vision is? Pure sensation unencumbered by meaning
8. Mind creates boundaries for what? it’s own protection
9. What is paradise? Living the present with joy and happiness
10. Life is tied up with the sense of what? hearing
Chapter Eleven: The field of Power
Main Points
· Spiritual Titillation
· God
· Miracle
· Beyond
· Human awareness never lost it’s capacity to open up into the invisible world
· People who experience wonders are very relieved to know that they are not alone
· Human existence brings tremendous joy
· Spiritual experience and traditional wisdom
· Scared feeling unreal
· Depths of the human spirit, great transformation can occur with dramatic speed
· Politics is what happen out there in response to shifting mental events
· Looking at command nature is called siddhi
· Siddhi means power
· Reality is different in different states of conscious
· The world is our protection
· Our solid world is basically built up from vibration in empty space
· Mind space is our head
· Difficulty to deny reality
· Nature is perfect it contain all possibilities
Question and Answer Section Chapter Eleven
1. Nature is perfect because? It contains all possibilities
2. Mind is the space where? Inside our heads
3. Our solid world is basically built up from? Vibration of empty space
4. What is the ability to command nature? Siddhi
5. Siddhi means? Power
6. Scared feeling is? Unreal
7. Human existence brings tremendous what? joy
8. People who experience wonders are happy to know what? Other people also experience some wonders.
9. Reality is different in different states of? Consciousness
10. The world is our own? Protection.
Chapter Twelve: What it means to be Whole
Main Points
· Benefit of Doubt
· Success followed Success
· Adopted
· Inner issues medical problems and addiction
· Dysfunctional families
· Reconciliation
· Kind tolerant
· State of mind above conflict not touched by evil ,immune to fear
· Opposite can coexist without challenging each other
· Expand beyond the field duality ,encompassing the most diamentrically opposed qualities of life good and evil, joy and suffering
· Natural state of life looms as an enemy
· Life is not perfect
· Even with adopted perceptive we still live in the same world
· Our world is personal, private and shareable
· Beauty of totality far exceeds the beauty of ugliness
· Specks of consciousness
· Unity : sense of being in touch with the reality
· Creation of mirror
· Visible and invisible
· One person is insignificant compared to might of natural forces
· Awareness is not only self healing but the sense of being
· Care of pure awareness
· Expansion of awareness
Question and Answer Section Chapter twelve
1. Awareness is not only self-healing but what? the sense of being
2. What dominates the world? differences
3. What is unity? The sense of being in touch with the reality
4. The world is personal and private but? Shareable
5. Life is not? Perfect
6. Even with adopted perceptive but? We still live in the same world
7. Opposite can coexist without? Challenging each other 8. Natural state of life looms as an? Enemy
9. What does not touch state of mind above conflict? evil and immune to fear
10. Is drug abuse a critical issue? Yes.
Success through A Positive Mental Attitude
Impacts On My Life
After reading the power tool my life will be never the same again. This book
is full of crucial information, which is only waiting to be trapped and put in
to action. All ingredients, which are needed for one to be successful in life, are covered in this book.
The book has opened several new chapters in my life and I am going to make
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From today on wards I am going to apply the concept of positive mental attitude in all my day to day life administration. I will never again let the
negative attitude take control of my life .I will continue to belief the concept
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Success through positive mental attitude covers a wide range of topics which
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Part One: Where the Road to Achievement Begins
Chapter One: Meet the Most Important Living Person
a.. Invisible talisman has amazing powers to attract wealth, success, hap piness, health and the power to repel these things as well.
b.. Negative mental attitude
c.. Positive mental attitude
d.. No one has developed a desire to be wealth
e.. We are poor not because of good
f.. Unless the goal is against the law of god and society
g.. Greatness comes to these who a burning desire to achieve high goal
h.. Loving people and serving them
i.. The most important living person is me
j.. Positive mental attitude is simple secret shared by all success full people
k.. Achievement is attained through combination of Positive mental attitude
l.. The importance of reading inspirational books
Question and Answer Section Chapter One
a.. Achievement is attained through a combination of what? Positive mental Attitude
b.. Positive mental attitude is the simple secret share by whom? All successful people.
c.. Greatness comes to those who develop a burning desire to? Achieve high
goals
d.. We are poor not because of what? God
e.. Who is the most important living person? Me
Chapter Two: You can change Your Mind
Main Points
a.. Positive mental attitude is catalyst, which makes any combination of success principle work to attain worthwhile.
b.. Negative mental attitude with the same principal, which result in crime
and evil.
c.. Unique and very special person
d.. One can be a champion despite all obstacles and challenges
e.. Victory is built in every living person
f.. Success technique identify yourself with the image that you inspire
g.. Life never leaves us Stranded
h.. If life hands a problem it hands us also the abilities which to meet the problem.
Question and Answer Section Chapter two
a.. Negative mental attitude with principles, which result in what? crime and evil
b.. Positive mental attitude is combined with principles, which result in?
success and happiness
c.. Victory is built in? every living person
d.. One can be a champion despite what? Obstacles and challenges.
Chapter three: Clear the cowebs From Your Thinking
Main Points
a.. You are what you think
b.. Science of reasoning or accurate thinking is logic
c.. Emotion and reason should balance in everyone’s life
d.. Misunderstanding with other people start with me
e.. Lesson in logic
f.. Bible has been instrumental in changing human being from negative to positive attitude
Question and Answer Section Chapter three
a.. The science of reasoning and thinking accurate is called? Logic
b.. Emotion and reason should balance in everyone’s? life
c.. The bible has been used as an instrument in changing human being from what? negative to positive attitude
d.. We are what? what we think
e.. We should learn to do what? separate facts from fiction
Chapter Four: Will You Dare to Explore the Power of Mind
Main Points
a.. You are mind with a body
b.. Mind possess mystical powers
c.. Our body is a wonderful machine
d.. Capacity to concentrate
e.. You can do it if you believe you can
f.. God is always a good god
g.. A little knowledge may be dangerous thing
h.. Man is more than a body with brain
i.. A mind is composed of two parts the conscious and the subconscious
j.. Wonderful human computer
Question and Answer Section Chapter Four
a.. Man is more than a body with what? brain
b.. A mind is composed of two parts namely? conscious and the subconscious
c.. No machine or manmade invention is as marvelous as what is? wonderful human machine
d.. Mind possesses what? mystical powers
e.. You are mind with what? a body
Chapter Five: And Something More
Main Points
a.. Universal laws and powers
b.. Many cures and preventative for disease
c.. Persistence in life and the importance of patience
d.. Communication
e.. Develop a habit using a pencil and paper
f.. Brainstorming
g.. Sitting down for ideas
h.. Universal storehouse
i.. Knowledge stored in the subconscious aquired through experience, observation and education
j.. Telepathic Communication
k.. In failing you may succeed in discover something even greater
l.. Not ashamed of failure
Question and Answer Section Chapter Five
a.. In failing one may succeed in what? discovering something even greater
b.. One should develop a habit of using what? pencil and paper
c.. Knowledge stored in the subconscious is aquired through what? experience, observation and education
d.. One should not be ashamed by? Failure
e.. Persistence and patience is very? Crucial in life
Part 11: Five Mental Bombshells for Attracting Success
Chapter: Six: You ve a problem that’s good
Main Points
a.. Repeats victories over your problem are the rungs on your ladder of success
b.. Each victory you grow in wisdom, stature and experience
c.. Successful through tackling problems with positive mental attitude
d.. Everyone has a problem
e.. Change is inexorable natural law
f.. Good is always good
g.. Divine and guidance is crucial
h.. One of the greatest service to children is to motivate
i.. One of god’s greatest gift to mankind is power
j.. Sex is the means of procreation
k.. Sex is a physical function of the body under control of the subconscious and conscious mind .It is inherited
l.. One idea and action to succeed or to fail.
Question and Answer Section Chapter Four
a.. Repeated victories over your problem are what? rungs on your ladder of
success
b.. Everyone has what? problem
c.. Change is inexorable what? natural law
d.. What is the greatest gift to mankind? Power
e.. Like all power it can be used for what? good and evil
f.. One of the greatest service to children is what? motivation
g.. Sex is a physical function of what? The body under control of the subconscious and conscious mind.
h.. Sex is? inherited
i.. Sex is a means of what? procreation
j.. Each victory one grows in what? Wisdom, stature and experience.
Chapter Seven: Learn to See
Main Points
a.. Eyes act as hands reach out there and grab meaningless things bring them to the brain
b.. Physical weakness of eyes are near sightedness and far sightedness
c.. Human brain has the capacity to see the future
d.. Seeing is learned skill
e.. Most people have a tendency to see what they want to see
f.. The importance of asking question
g.. To see mentally is to think
h.. The habit of converting ideas in to reality
i.. The ability to see is much more than the physical process of taking light rings through the ratina of the eye
j.. It is the skill of interpreting what you see and applying that interpretation to your life and the life of others
k.. Learning to see will bring in a lot of opportunities that we never dreamed that it exist
l.. Open the mind and learn to see
Question and Answer Section Chapter Seven
a.. What are the two physical weaknesses of the eyes? Near sightedness and
far sightedness
b.. What one has to do in order to see mentally? To think
c.. What is the tendency of most people? To see what they want to see.
d.. Learning to see will bring what? opportunities
e.. Open the mind and do what? See.
Chapter Eight: The Secret of getting things done
Main Points
a.. Self motivation
b.. Getting things done
c.. Little circle to the outside world
d.. It is better for people to do something than to pay dues and do nothing
e.. You can change the world
f.. The Secret of getting things done should be a habit
g.. Sow an action and reap a destiny
h.. Habit can be developed
i.. The secret of getting things done is through action
j.. A master mind alliance is coordination
k.. The importance of mixing business
l.. In some cases a decision acted upon now can make dreams come true.
Question and Answer Section Chapter Eight
1.. In some cases a decision acted upon now can do what? make dreams come true
2.. Sow a character and reap what? destiny
3.. Individuals with collective efforts can change what? the world
4.. Those people who achieve greatness employ what? the secret of getting things done
5.. What is the secret of getting things done? Through action.
Chapter Nine: How to motivate yourself
Main Points
a.. Motivation is that induces action or determine choice
b.. Self motivation can help to motivate others
c.. Hope is the magic ingredients
d.. Hope motivate
e.. Anger and hate
f.. Main can control his conscious mind
g.. Man can deliberately change habits of emotional response
h.. More cultured civilized more easily one can control emotions and feelings
i.. Unwanted fear which are harmful should be neutralized
j.. Keep the mind with positive agendas
Question and Answer Section Chapter Nine
a.. Hope is magic in what? motivating yourself and others
b.. What is motivation? That induces action or determine choice
c.. More culture and civilized the more one can do what? control emotions and feelings
d.. Unwanted fear, which is harmful, should be? Neutralized
e.. Anger and hate is? harmful for the positive mental attitude
Chapter Ten: How to motivate others
Main Points
a.. Motivating others by giving them confidence
b.. Faith is more force than sight in an eye that does not observe
c.. Several ways to motivate people but the most effective way is through an inspirational book
d.. Act Enthusiastically
e.. Motivation by self suggestion
f.. Example way of motivating others
Question and Answer Section Chapter Ten
a.. What is the most effective way of motivating others? Through an inspirational book
b.. Faith is more force than what is? sight in an eye that does not observe
c.. Motivating others will built what? confidence
d.. One can motivate others by what? Setting good examples.
Part 111: Your Key the Citadel Wealth
Chapter Eleven: Is there a short cut to Riches
Main Points
a.. Way to accomplishing more directly and quickly than by ordinary procedure
b.. 17 principles of positive mental attitude
c.. You are a product of your heredity, environment
d.. Think with positive mental attitude and grow rich
Question and Answer Section chapter eleven
a.. We are products of what? heredity and environment
b.. Think with positive mental attitude and then what? grow rich
c.. What is short cut? Way of accomplishing something more directly than the ordinary procedure
Chapter Twelve: Attract -Do not Repel· Wealth
Main Points
a.. Everyone attract wealth and everyone repel wealth
b.. Never underestimate the value of a book
c.. Books provide inspiration
d.. The more good and desirable one do the more you get
e.. Best ideas occur to us
f.. Thought is the foundation upon which all else is built by man
g.. Establishing a habit of reading good inspirational and motivating books
h.. Give deadlines and set high standard and aim at high goals
i.. The important thing after setting goals is taking action in order to achieve those goals.
j.. It does not take courage to take one step.
Question and Answer Section Chapter Twelve
1.. Every individual person can attract what? wealth
2.. We should never underestimate the value of what? books
3.. Books provide what? inspiration
4.. Best ideas occur to whom? Us
5.. One should establish a habit of doing what? reading inspirational and motivating books
6.. What is thought? The foundation upon which all is built up by man.
Chapter thirteen: If you don’t have Money use OPM
Main Points
a.. Business is quite simple
b.. Other people’s money
c.. Learn to read what is under written
d.. Ethical standard of integrity ,honor, honest, loyality, consent
e.. Dishonest man is not entitled to credit
f.. Credit and other people’s money is the same
g.. Honest is one think for which a satisfactory substitute has never fond
h.. Bank are friends
i.. Banks in business to loan money
j.. The difference between poverty and wealth lies in the employment of all
principles
Question and Answer Section Chapter thirteen
a.. Business is quite what? simple
b.. Other people’s money is? Easy way to quire wealth
c.. The dishonest man is not? Titled to credit
d.. Banks are in business to do what? loan money
e.. My bank is my what? Friend.
Chapter Fourteen: How to Find Satisfaction in Your Job
Main Points
a.. Find satisfaction in your job
b.. Satisfaction is mental attitude
c.. Every one possess mental attitude
d.. Success is achieved by those who try and maintain by those who keep trying with positive mental attitude
e.. Man can achieve what the mind conceive and believe
f.. Inspirational dissatisfaction
Question and Answer Section Chapter Fourteen
1.. One should try and find satisfaction in what? her/her job
2.. What is satisfaction? Mental attitude
3.. Everyone possess what? mental attitude
4.. Man can achieve what? Mind conceives and believes.
Chapter Fifteen: Your Magnificent Obsession
Main Points
a.. Everyone has the ability and can help others by sharing
b.. Magnificent Obsession not to be rich or power in order to develop
c.. The more you share the one you will have
d.. Highest humanitarian level
e.. Let be every occasion be of great Occasion
f.. Love of money is the root of all evil
g.. Money is a medium of exchange
h.. Money is power
i.. Anything in life worth living is worth working for
j.. Self motivation when applied will attract happiness
k.. Age is not a question of years but it is the state of mind
l.. A man with something to live for will live longer
Question and Answer Section Chapter Fifteen
a.. Love of money is the root of what? all evil
b.. Money is? Power
c.. Money is? Medium of exchange
d.. Let every occasion be what? great
e.. Anything in life worth living is? Worth working for.
Part 1V: Get Ready to Succeed
Chapter Sixteen: How to Raise Your Energy Level
Main Points
a.. Two types of energy physical mental spiritual
b.. Condition of mind and body simultaneously
c.. The important of breaking big goal into little ones
d.. The is no glory in being the richest man in the graveyard
e.. Love can bring happiness
f.. Fear is good under certain circumstances
g.. Man is the only animal through the function of his conscious mind can voluntary control his/her motion from within rather than forced by external forces
Question and Answer Section Chapter Sixteen
a.. Fear is? Good under some circumstances
b.. Man is the only animal, which can not be? Forced by external forces to
control emotions
c.. There is no glory of being what? the richest man in the graveyard
d.. Training should do what? condition the mind and body simultaneously
Chapter Seventeen: You Can Enjoy Good Health and live Longer
Main Points
a.. Positive mental attitude plays a crucial role in health
b.. Positive mental employed has the potential to save lives of many
c.. No book with inspiration and motivation than the bible
d.. Mental and physical health are two great rewards
e.. The bible has changed the lives of more people than any other book
f.. It has helped thousand of people to develop positive mental attitude
g.. Health is one of the most valuable assets
h.. Health mind, live a long life and later to win the esteem of follow men
i.. The price of ignorance is sin, sickness and death
j.. Hygiene
k.. Alcoholism fourth largest health problem
l.. Alcoholism is indeed a dread disease
m.. Prevention is taught as well as a cure
Question and Answer Section Chapter Seventeen
a.. Alcoholism is indeed? Dread disease
b.. What is hygiene? System of principle rules designed for promotion of health
c.. Prevention is taught as well as what? as cure
d.. Health is one of the most what? valuable asset in life
e.. The bible has done what to human kind? Changed the lives of thousand of
people in a positive way.
Chapter Eighteen: Can You Attract Happiness
Main Points
a.. Attitude
b.. Happiness is elusive transitory thing
c.. If you share happiness with others , happiness will grow richer within
you
d.. If you share misery and happiness ,you will attract misery and unhappiness
e.. Happiness begin at home
f.. Tendency to judge the reaction of others by their own reaction
g.. To have happy home ,Be understanding
h.. Complement strengthen and inspire others
i.. Much of unhappiness is caused in the home
j.. Mutual communication can bring happiness
k.. Being of service to others bring happiness
l.. Happy valley exist in our mind
Question and Answer Section Chapter Eighteen
a.. Where does happy valley exist? In our mind
b.. Being of services to others bring what? happiness
c.. Where does happiness being? At home
d.. Much of unhappiness is caused where? In homes
e.. Happiness is an? Elusive transitory thing
Chapter Nineteen: Get rid that Guilt Feeling
Main Points
a.. Get rid that feeling of guilt
b.. Sense of guilt is good
c.. Regardless of good or bad experience a guilt feeling
d.. Guilt feelings are inherited
e.. Feeling of guilt with positive mental attitude is good
f.. Feeling of guilt with negative mental attitude is bad
g.. Selfishness is common in human trait
h.. Soul is more important than material wealth
i.. Anything which hinders personal development should be cast aside
j.. Life is worth living
k.. Direct thought control emotions and get into action
l.. Character is caught not taught
m.. Everyone is born with potential good character
Question and Answer Section Chapter Nineteen
1.. Feeling of guilt with positive mental attitude is? good
2.. Feeling of guilt with negative mental attitude is? Bad
3.. Anything that hinders personal development should be? Cast aside
4.. Life is worth what? living
5.. Everyone is born with potential to have what? good character
Part V: Action Please
Chapter Twenty: Now it is time to test your own success quotient
Main Points
a.. The burden of teaching is upon the person who wants to teach
b.. The burden of learning is upon the person who wants to learn not the person who wants to teach
c.. Be respectful and listen to those with experience
d.. Knowledge and experience
e.. To learn one must pay the price
Question and Answer Section Chapter Twenty
a.. Be respectful and do what? Listen to other with experience.
b.. If one want to learn she /he must be? Prepared to meet the cost of learning
c.. The burden of learning is centered on whom? The one who want to learn not the teach.
Chapter Twenty One
Main Points
a.. In all history of the world there was never anyone like me
b.. Mind Consist of dual invisible gigantic powers the conscious and the subconscious
c.. The giant that never sleeps is the subconscious
d.. The other giant is the one which when sleep is powerless but when awake
the power is unlimited the conscious mind.
Question and Answer Section Chapter twenty One
a.. In all the history of the world there was never anyone else exactly the
same like? Me
b.. Mind consists of what? the dual the invisible gigantic powers namely the conscious and subconscious
c.. Which of the two giants which never sleeps? Subconscious
d.. Which of the two have unlimited powers when awake? Conscious
Real Magic: Creating Miracles in everyday life
Part One
Creating an Inner Path For Real Magic
Chapter One
A Transcendent View of Magic and Miracles
Main Points
a.. Magic is achieved through illusion
b.. If something is real it cannot be magic and if it is magic it cannot be real
c.. For someone who spent time asking why me god? Real magic remains unavailable
d.. The universe does not end at particular place
e.. There was something called life that exist before our conception
f.. Something part of that is the invisible called mind, thought consciousness
g.. Everything exist for some reason and as part of the perfect intelligence of the universe
h.. Purpose of life is to serve, to promote peace and prosperity and to become totally unconditionally loving to all people.
i.. The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with a purpose
j.. Giving is more important than receiving
k.. The work of miracle worker
l.. When the student is ready the teacher will appear
m.. Stay open and willing to learn from everyone and anyone
n.. The ability to create magic involves first of all being a student of life
o.. Miracle worker is simple state of mind
p.. Ready means willing
q.. Teachers are everywhere
r.. No man is an island
s.. The ancestor of every action is thought
t.. Miracles are available for everyone
u.. Be a person who accept no limits in your mind
v.. Universal force or energy that once created a miracle is still present
Question and Answer section: chapter One
a.. The universal force or energy once created miracle is? Still present
today.
b.. If one wants the real magic to work in her/his life s/he be a person who
does not? accept limits in her/his mind
c.. Magic is achieved through what? illusion
d.. If something is real it can not be magic and if it is magic it cannot be?
Real
e.. Real magic remains unavailable to a person who does what? Who is always
complaining about his/her situation and blaming god and others for that.
f.. Who is the ancestor of every action? Thought
g.. Everything exist for what? some reasons
h.. Where there is great love there is always what? miracles
i.. Ready means what? willing
j.. Teachers appear in what? In various forms.
Chapter Two
Becoming a Spiritual Being
Main Points
a.. World of nature and the world of spirit
b.. Few people are trained to trap into the power of our mind
c.. Miracles cannot be understood by the rational mind
d.. Learn to go beyond our rational mind and enter the dimension of spirituality
e.. Wonderful gift of religion is teaching that we are spiritual in nature ,soul as part of our humanity
f.. Draw back of religion is the teaching that the soul must confirm to rules and regulation
g.. Soul is endless
h.. Believe in the unknowable
i.. Penetrating so many secrets we cease to believe in the unknowable
j.. Human mind is not restricted to a body or a brain
k.. Soul is timeless and non local
l.. Soul survives death of the physical body
m.. Capacity to create miracles and life of real magic
n.. Use of the invisible self to influence your physical reality
o.. Become your own miracle worker
p.. Great teacher who made impact to humanity have been spiritual being
q.. All these spiritual masters were miracle makers
r.. World teachings is about love peace and harmony
s.. A mind at peace ,a mind centered and not focused on harming others is stronger than any physical force in the universe
t.. Empowerment is inner joy of knowing that external forces is not necessary
to be at harmony with oneself
u.. The fruit of love is services
v.. Non spiritual being is motivated by achievement and material wealth
w.. There is much more life than achievement and material wealth
x.. Real magic happens when one has eliminated hatred even the hatred that you have against hatred
y.. Forgiveness is the act of the heart
z.. Real magic is not available to non spiritual
aa.. Most conflicts arise from the need to control someone or to prove that you are strong
ab.. Miracles do not need a physical cause
ac.. I am a miracle and therefore I am a creator of miracle
Question and Answer Section
Chapter two
1.. Non spiritual being are motivated by what? achievements and material wealth
2.. Miracles do no need what? physical causes
3.. Real magic happens when one has done what? eliminated hatred
4.. Forgiveness is an act of what? the heart
5.. What cannot understand miracles? rational mind
6.. We are born into the world of nature and our second birth is? In the
world of spirit
7.. Greatest teachers who have made impact have been of what? spiritual
teachers
8.. The spiritual masters were all? Miracle workers
9.. What is one thing in common all the great spiritual teachers have? They
all teach about love
10.. What is the fruit of love? Services Chapter three
Creating A Miracle – Mind -Set
Main Points
a.. Invisible self ,on the path of miraculous living
b.. Learn how to be wisely
c.. Mind treat consistency success in creating that miracle mind set
d.. Suspend your disbelieve and temporarily enter a world of ultimate possibilities
e.. Human being are beyond description
f.. Real magic is available only to those who can image any and all possibilities
g.. Open the mind and suspend your disbelief ,this is the beginning of miracle making
h.. Creation a real magic zones in the mind.
i.. Universal intelligence is part of our life
j.. When life leaves your body it will not weigh any less
k.. My life is and existence is weightless and invisible nothingness
l.. The world is surrounds invisible emptiness
m.. Learn to learn through knowing and trusting serves you in millions of ways.
n.. Experience with intention as way of creating miracles is very unfamiliar
o.. Intention is the energy of your soul coming into contact with our physical reality
p.. Love empowers you to higher levels
q.. You create ,thoughts intentions and intention reality
r.. Love is a virtue of the soul
s.. The mind is my private territory
t.. Life is what it is no more, no less
u.. Giving is a very good talent
v.. Learning to mediate begins, like all learning with a belief, a thought that must originate with you.
w.. Mediation gives you opportunity to come to know your invisible self
x.. There is no right or wrong way to meditate
y.. Mediation time is early in the morning
z.. Active mediation include problem or question for consideration
Question and Answer Section
Chapter three
a.. Love is a virtue of what? all soul
b.. Life is what it is? No more, no less
c.. My mind is my? Private territory
d.. When life leaves my body it? Weigh the same
e.. The business of learning knowing and trusting does what? Serves in a million of times.
f.. There is no right or what? wrong way to mediate
g.. Love does what? empowers you to higher levels
h.. Active mediation includes what? presentation of problems or question for consideration
i.. Universal intelligence is part of what? all life
j.. What is the right time to mediation? In the morning.
Part two
Applying Real Magic Awareness in Your Life Everyday Life
Chapter Four
Real Magic and Your Relationships
Main Points
a.. The true measure of how your life is going is in how you function with other people
b.. Living peaceful and joyfully with other life will be full of purpose
c.. The ability to create magical relationship in life begin and ends with you
d.. Redefine oneself
e.. All of the other people in your life are simple thoughts in your mind
f.. Real magic in relationship means an absence of judgment to others
g.. Quality of our lives is directly connected to the quality of our relationship
h.. Relationship travel the same course that you travel
i.. Love is giving and it has nothing to do with what you receive
j.. Love is an process that you bring to a relationship
k.. A relationship that is at purpose has love in the giving sense as it’s cornerstone
l.. To love is the most important thing in life
m.. Stay on purpose we are here to serve
n.. Send love to strangers
o.. The spiritual partnership is relationship of equal
p.. No one want to feel owned
q.. No one want to be dominated or controlled
r.. Mutual respect and love for each other is crucial
s.. Spiritual connection
t.. An invisible connection between all members of the human species
u.. Willings to encounter miracles most located within you
v.. The mind the corner of freedom
w.. Choices of friends
x.. Stop Forcing relationship
y.. Shift from human marriage to spiritual marriage
Question and Answer Section Chapter
a.. What is the magic in relationship? Absence to judgement of others
b.. The ability to create real magic in life begins with whom and ends with whom? Me
c.. Love is giving and has nothing to do with what? what you receive in return
d.. No one wants to feel owned or what? controlled
e.. A relationship that is at purpose has what? Love in the giving sense as its cornerstone.
f.. To love is the most important thing in? life
g.. There is an invisible connection between what? all human species
h.. Willings to encounter miracles must be located in? you
i.. The true measure of how your life is going is in how? You function with other people
j.. Love is the process that you bring to a? Relationship.
Chapter Five
Real Magic and Your Prosperity
Main Points
a.. Rethinking the belief you have been taught to treat as scared
b.. Open your eyes and see what you have created up to now
c.. Do not blame others for some challenges
d.. Circumstances do not make man ,they reveal him
e.. Shift from a life of scarcity to a life of prosperity
f.. In order to prosper leave behind old ways of thinking
g.. Develop a new way of imagining what is possible to experience
h.. Life
i.. Get rid of a scarcity consciousness means changing the inner picture in life
j.. Prosperity in life
k.. You can not create prosperity if you believe in lacks
l.. Life is these boundaries and these limitations, it is invisible and weightless, and it lacks absolutely nothing.
m.. Divide into two parts as a thinker and a doer
n.. Competitive culture endures by tearing others down
o.. Cooperative culture evolves by helping each other to appreciate their own value and feel deserving and spiritual valued
p.. Being on purpose means that you at peace with yourself
q.. Focus and closed your mind to all distractions
r.. Prosperity is about process not outcome, process is about purpose, and purpose is about loving and giving.
s.. Mind is very powerful in terms of what it can produce in physical reality
t.. The soul never thinks without a picture
u.. Mind is a kingdom
v.. There is magic in believing that transcends logic
w.. Possession of material riches without inner peace is like dying of thirst
while bathing in a lake
x.. The is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
Question and Answer Section Chapter Five
1.. There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the? Way
2.. Circumstances do not make man but they do what? reveal him
3.. Cooperative culture evolves by what? helping others to appreciate their own value and feel deserving spiritual value
4.. Competition endures on what? tearing others down
5.. Mind is very powerful in terms of what? It’s produce in physical reality.
6.. Prosperity is? Mind game
7.. Prosperity is about what? the purpose not the outcome
8.. The soul never thinks without what? a picture
9.. Possession of material wealth without inner peace is like what? dying because of thirst while bathing in a lake
10.. Being on purpose means what? you at peace with yourself and your fellow country men
Chapter Six
Real Magic and Your Personal Identity
Main Points
a.. Choose personality
b.. Forget the notion that some people have higher intelligence than others
c.. The ability to change personality
d.. Grow up believing in so many limitations
e.. T o enter the realm of real magic you have to suspend thought of doubt and fear and become spiritual being
f.. Our culture teaches obedience
g.. Innovation does not look at culture norms and values
h.. Society or culture is not even a part for consideration for innovation
i.. I am a miracle
j.. Thoughts, the wondrous invisible part of me that is the spiritual soul
k.. Real magic thinking say ” I believe it”
l.. Best personal is the ability to be that person both the spiritual and the physical
m.. Talent like everything else about you is a function of the invisible force that flows through your body
n.. Being lazy, unhappy, depressed, limited is a habit
o.. The invisible intelligence is ageless and perfect
p.. Our mind is capable of affecting things in the world
q.. We create emotions
r.. Emotional reactions are actual physical in nature
s.. Death remains an eternal mystery
t.. Fear of death can be a great inhibition in our life
u.. Supreme goal of human existence is attained by becoming peaceful with my own immortality
v.. The most important word that is ever been inverted is the word love
w.. Death is a concept that refers to ending
x.. The body, which we are housed in, has been dying every day since birth.
Question and Answer Section
Chapter Six
1.. Death is the concept that refers to? Ending
2.. Which is the most important word ever inverted? The word love
3.. When does the supreme goal of human existence attained? By becoming
peaceful with the immortality.
4.. Our mind is capable of? Affecting things in the world.
5.. The invisible intelligence is? Ageless and perfect
6.. Being lazy, unhappy and limited is? A habit
7.. Death remains what? an external mystery
8.. Our culture teaches what? obedience
9.. We create what? emotions
10.. Emotional reactions are actual? Physical in nature.
Chapter Seven
Real Magic and Your Physical Health
Main Points
a.. Unique capacity to create real magic
b.. Entering the magic garden of miracle means the emphasis is on developing consciousness of possibilities rather than impossibilities
c.. Positive living is very crucial
d.. The importance of translating what is in mind into physical reality
e.. Exercise is crucial for health
f.. Universal law allowed miracles to happen
g.. Defining miracles is the first step towards making it a reality
h.. The body is only the physical package that houses the invisible part the soul
i.. Body function is relative state of health and all of it’s abilities stem from the mind
j.. Life is life long learning
k.. Healing by Trust and faith
l.. Self healing is strength
m.. The invisible force originates with you and me
n.. The power of converting illness into wellness
o.. The body is be re-created each and every moment of our life
p.. The body and the soul are miracles
q.. Creation of life comes from that invisible dimension of thought
r.. The body and soul are miracles
s.. Today’s miracle will be tomorrow’s reality
t.. Nothing more flexible than human spirit
u.. Spiritual self has primary importance
Question and Answer Section: Chapter Seven
a.. Spiritual self has what? primary importance
b.. There is nothing more flexible than what is? human spirit
c.. Real magic can be achieved only after? Shedding out doubt and fear
d.. Today’s miracle are tomorrow’s what reality
e.. The invisible intelligence is not what? local in nature
f.. What can heal a person? faith and trust
g.. The body is constantly being what? recreated every time of our life
Part111
Radiating Real Magic to the Magic
Chapter Eight
Real Magic and the Spiritual Revolution
Main Points
a.. Committed small group of thought can change the world
b.. The state of life is a reflection of mind
c.. Universe we live and works the exactly the same way as the universe that is within us
d.. Interdependence between mind and body
e.. Everyone has the potential of being a messenger of miracles to the world
f.. No one can kill an idea
g.. The miracle of cooperation rather than competition is taking over
h.. The idea of treating the earth as scared reverence is in control now
i.. Thought can create either prosperity or scarcity in life
j.. Pure thought of spiritual being affect the physical condition
k.. The power of thought is enormous
l.. Thought create physical reality
m.. Quite a good number of guys out there who are doing good and making a difference in spiritual revolution
n.. Be part of the solution not the problem
o.. Become part of the spiritual revolution and radiate it outward
p.. The purpose of life is about giving ,loving and serving in some capacity unconditional
q.. Failure to have love, harmony one can not contribute these qualities
r.. Most of the problems and Challenges we are facing were created by our thinking
s.. Militant thinking has no place in this world
t.. Coming in contact with the higher part of one’s self is very important
u.. By using divine we create real magic
Question and Answer Section: Chapter Eight
1.. By using divine, miracles, inner intelligence we create what? magic
2.. The purpose of life is about? Loving, giving and serving others
3.. There is no place for militant thinking in what? in a peaceful world
4.. Our thought can create what? physical reality
5.. The power of thought is? Enormous
6.. Every person has the potential to do what? to make positive impacts on this world
7.. Most of the problems we are facing today are products of what? our thinking
8.. Everyone has the potential of what? being a messenger of miracles in the world
9.. Interdependence of mind and body is? Crucial
10.. No one can kill what? An idea.
Impacts: Real magic to my life
I was brought up in a culture, which believes in miracles, but the miracles were for the few chosen ones, most of the miracles were reserved to the elder members of the society. After reading this book ” Real Magic Creating Miracles in Everyday life” I have realized that I am a miracle and it is within my capacity to create miracles for myself and for the benefit of my fellow countrymen. I have realized that I am one of the few chosen miracle worker .It is up to me to start working on creating miracles. Miracles have been there ever since the creation of this wonderful world and miracles will always be there after us and those who are going to come after us
In order for me to start experiencing these miracles I should start changing my life perception from of physical to the one in spiritual in nature, After under going this then with the aid of mediation I can start to be a miracle worker. This book is very crucial and it covers most the question, which I was having in mind. So it is very possible to change my life into a humble one but positive in nature.
LEVEL TWO
Love is Letting Go of Fear
By Gerald G. Jampolsky
Love is letting go of fear is an important tool for personal development, It covers a wide range of topics, which affect us in our daily life, and it proposed ways to overcome all these challenges. The first chapter really touched my soul because it pointed out that we are slaves of the past. Instead of facing the future with confidence we always base our life style from our past experience and if our past experience was negative there is no room for personal development. Part one also covers a very important chapter about peace of mind, which is very crucial in our day to day life. If peace of mind is our single goal life will be crucial and we will enjoy it.
Lesson two also played a very crucial part in life the power of forgiveness as the key to happiness. Forgiveness is an important instrument for letting go of fear. If one forgive then you are inviting love
The author also covered a lot of important topics which are very crucial in personal development such as, the importance Complimenting each other instead of blaming each other, To be love finders rather than fault finders, Peace of mind is with our thought, State of mind is our responsibility, Unconditional love, Do not judge others and we have the power to change our belief system.
Love is letting go of fear has some positive impacts in my life especially the fact that I should not judge and blame others. It is very easy to judge and blame other when things are not moving according to the plan, but in most cases instead of complimenting them we normally let them collapse the we start to judge them. In this case we will not be doing justice to our selves, We should be ready to compliment each other when things are not moving according to the plan.
Most the people especially in Africa are victims of the world especially the animal so called the global village but as individuals if we start by changing our mind to a positive one we have the power to change the world to be a better place for us all and the future generations which are coming after us. But due to the fact that we are resistance to change it will remain a dream.
The author also touched the element of the unlimited human wants and the scarce resources. Because of this we did not want to give forgetting that giving is receiving. The more we give the more we receive. This concept is now hunting us a lot of people are rich and do not want to share with the less privileged members of the society. In this case one can not experience love. When other people are starving to death and one person is controlling all the means of production. A situation like this one is very dangerous for the global village.
The concepts, which have been put up by Gerald Jampolsky in this book, are applicable in most situations in the world and are user friendly. The book itself is also very user friendly since it have some picture to support what is written in the book. This is very conducive for people who do not use English as their first language. If one fails to understand the contents s/he will simple refer to the picture.
Despite all these positive points I feel the author should have go beyond the American Society most if examples are from America and they are all western in nature .A book which is international in nature like this one should also try to come out with examples from the rest of the world. A book of this nature should have a global face. But never the less Love is letting go of fear is an important instrument for personal development and the book is inspiring both physical and spiritual.
Unlimited Power
By Anthony Robbins
Unlimited Power has brought new horizon in my life. I have managed to learn a lot of new concept and skills for life survival. One of major lesson which I learnt from Unlimited power is life is about making a positive difference in our own respective communities and the rest is secondary. This is a challenge to me to have a personal evaluation and check what I have done for my community and fellow countrymen who are yoked under the chain of hunger, starvation, civil war etc.
Unlimited Power is a gift beyond compare since it covered a wide range of personal development; it touches almost all aspect, which are needed by people. Which ranges from life transformation, information as a commodity, Action learning experimental learning, Mind management and control, faith, the lies of success, positive living and health life, life planning, the importance of patience and persistence, mutual and effective communication, human relations, choice of words when communicating, core personal values, impacts of money, the importance of having goals in life and cooperation as well as complimenting each other
I have learnt quite a number of new concepts especially having some goals in life and self-evaluation based on personal goal rather than my peers. Normally in my society people will like to evaluate themselves by comparing themselves with their peers .If they are doing better than their peers they will be comfortable. Even if they are not achieving their personal goals. In actual fact one will be failure even if you are doing better than your peers are. If one is doing well s/he should achieve here/his personal goal. This was one of the greatest lessons I got from Unlimited power.
This book has proved beyond reasonable doubt that values are so crucial. Values are guarding principles in life they give us a sense of life. I am going to develop my own personal values, which will guard my life. Once having some values life will have a meaning because values will give me the reason of life (what do I stand for?)
One thing which I noticed was the author did a lot of research before writing this book and the book do have a global face since it have some quotation and examples from around the world. The author also tried his level best to look on both side of the coin the have and the have not. Everyone at least will get some new ideas from this book.
The only negative issue, which I encountered when I was reading this book was the language use, was not user friendly especially for those who do not have a strong command of English. But for those English is there mother tongue and those who did English as from primary school they will feel comfortable with the book.
Despite this one negative aspect the book is a powerful instrument in personal development and I will like to consider my self lucky that I have the opportunity to read this very important book and I would like to assure you life will never be the same for me since I am going to utilize all the new concept which I gained from Unlimited Power. For sure it is Unlimited Power.
There Is A Spiritual Solution To Every Problem
By Wayne W.Dyer
Indeed there is a spiritual solution for every problem. The world is facing a lot of problems at the moment and the entire global leaders are busy looking for solution for all these problems. But the biggest mistake is they making is they are looking for material solution. All the problems we are facing today are man made because god did not create problems. When god finished creating this world he went on top of the mountain and he admired the beauty of nature and he found no problem. So problems are a creation of our own mind. One of the crucial lessons, which I gained after reading, There is a spiritual solution to every problem. It is our mind which craft these problems we face but we also have the power to use the same mind to find the solution for all problems and some are not even problems but it is only our perception which perceive them as problems.
The other crucial lesson which I learn from this book is I come to this world with nothing and I will go back as well with nothing so I should not be so much attached to the material world but rather to the spiritual world. Since I am a spirit with a body not the body with the spirit. When ever facing any problem if one try a solve that problem from a spiritual point of view one will succeeded
Another crucial lesson from Wyne W. Dyer is about religion all religion is important and no religion is more important than others. The core values of all religion are love. Today the world is divided on religious belief basically Muslim and Christianity. The two religious beliefs are based on love and peace. So it is us the citizen of the world with our thought who are causing division on our mother earth. I learned a very valuable lesson that all the religious are good and this has changed my belief towards other religious from around the world especially from the east.
There is a spiritual solution to every problem also assisted me to realize that whenever I have the so-called problems. I should not tell god how big my problems are but rather to tell my problems how big god is and the problem will be solved by the super natural power.
Here are some of the important lesson which I learned from this important instrument: faith heals, returning love to hate, peace is the foundation of everything, do not judge others, conflict management, my thought are the currency of getting what I want in life, god is love – no love no god, self believe is the key to achieve your goals, steadfastly abstaining from falsehood and thought of harming others, correcting an error by bringing truth in it, the fear of the unknown and the power of a prayer.
Now I consider myself rich since my spirit have been enriched by this book. This book has assisted me to recommit myself to god and being of services to my community as well as people who might need my service. This book has opened up my spiritual world to a greater heights I am fully aware that what challenges and problems I might face there is always a solution .So I am now living today with confidence for tomorrow is in god’s hands. I am now quite sure that I will get a spiritual solution in order to achieve all my goals in life.
Wanye W. Dyer is a man through his books who have managed to bring in a huge amount of positive impact from a life, which was at despair. To a life which now have core values and principles and success is my hands. From a world of impossible to a world all things are possible with god.
The book is quite balanced not like some other authors who are biased towards the west; this book has examples from the west, east and Africa. This helps a lot in understanding the contents from the book if they’re some examples one is familiar with.
With this book I have a very strong, reliable, trustworthy and dependable weapon for my problems are challenges. This will go a long way in reshaping my beliefs and values.
Think & Grow Rich
By Napoleon Hill
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta
Going through think and grow rich has inspired my life. This book has linked me to the world of opportunity. Life is full of opportunities. It is up to each and individual to utilise these opportunity for his own benefit and the benefit of other people by helping them to realise their dream
One of the most crucial element which I learnt from this book is one should work very hard in order to achieve one personal goals and objective. Goals and objective will assist one to monitor and evaluate his or her own life. Every individual has the potential to make it in life provided that if he or she manage to identify his full strenght
The power and the importance of persistence Think and grow rich revealed that one of the greatest causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeats. This book has taught me that failure is not the end of the world / life but rather the beginning of new adventure.
Think and grow rich also taught me that when riches begin to come they come so quickly in such great abundance, that one wonders where they have been hiding during all those years. Which is a very clear indication of the importance of persistence and of the fact that hope is vital. With hope one will do away with the word impossible.
This book showed me a very good skill of turning problems in to solution. When one is facing some problems it is very crucial to try and look around the problems and how best one can turn those problems in to solutions.
This book is a complete manual for both personal development and business studies. It covers all the necessary requirements, which are needed in order for someone to development and reach his or her full potential.
Love is without question life’s greatest experience, the effects of love is spiritual in nature that is one of the lesson I learnt from Think and grow rich
Dare To Be Yourself
by Alan Cohen
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta
In life we have aspiration and in most cases we are aspire to be those people whom we think they have made it in life. In some case we may end up assimilating to be like them. Which after reading dare to be your self it does not make any sense since each and every individual is unique. After this process of assimilation we end up measuring objectives and goals against the person whom we assimilated and if we did not measure up with him. We regard ourselves as a failure, which is very untrue since we are different individuals with different ways of doing things in life.
Dare to be yourself have is an assert since it have all the information for personal development. This book has the capacity to build a very solid foundation in people’s lives. I have learned the power of self-respect if i do not respect my self who will respect me. The power of love how can i love someone else without loving myself.
This book gave me the opportunity to meet a lot of people who have managed to turn problems in to opportunities. Through their experience I have learned a lot of valuable information. Some of the crucial lessons which I learned through meeting great people by reading Dare to be yourself are as follows: the importance of persistence, the importance of self direction, the importance of interacting with people from all walks of life and above all to love and to be loved is the greatest thing in the world
Ageless Body Timeless Mind
Assessment y Ratherford Mwaruta
Dr Chopra presents me with information that can help me livelong health lives. This book has actual changed my attitude towards aging. I have learned that it is within my capacity to control and monitor my aging process. Before i thought aging is just natural process and it is beyond my scope to control it. But now i have witnessed some miracles in my life through reading this book and I know through positive living one can live long health life.
Ageless Body Timeless Mind is a very powerful force since it covers most of the concepts which are needed in order for one to lead a long and health life. This book has proved through examples that age is just a figure. How young and how old is determined by how one treat himself or herself
Ageless Body Timeless Mind has helped my mind to reinforce the fact that the secret of the universal mystery lies not in our physical body, but in our consciousness. This is a very valuable lesson in my life. It offers me powerful information, which i can use to guard against fear and the fact of aging. This book presents strategies for aging and ways how to deal with it.
Ageless body timeless mind has brought in new spirit in my life. Before reading this book i was very much afraid of people who can kill my flesh but now i do not even fear them, I only fear those who can kill my spirit.
You’ll See It When You Believe It
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta
You will see it when you believe it is a very crucial book that has the potential to change the lives of many people to live the life they always wanted to live. All along i did not realise that 99% of myself is invisible, untouchable, unsellamble, impervious but after reading this book i now full appreciate that fact that i am 99% invisible. This is a very important lesson that i have learned from Wayne W. Dyer.
Through reading this book i have learned that transformation is the ability and willingness to live beyond my own form. The book has also thought me crucial lessons about the world of limitations, attachment to acquisitions and possessions and the fact that every man made creation starts with a thought, an idea a vision with and a mental image.
Our society has some core values about passing and failing but this book opened new avenues in my life it made it clear that there is nothing like failure in life we simply produce results. In most cases people are sidelined because they are regarded as failures. In the world form blame is convenient excuse for everything no one want to take responsibilities but i have learned that i benefit nothing for blaming anyone or anything what is important is to compliment each other’s efforts when things are not moving according to the plan.
Economics is defined as social sciences which try to balance the scarce resources and the unlimited human wants. This book has actual changed my mind from a world of scarcity to a world of abundance through the universal intelligence .The abundance principle is about endless and Abundance is not something we aquire it is something we tune into. So I have tuned myself in to the law of abundance. When one has tuned into the world of abundance he/she become less materialistic. He/she can now practice unconditional love.
Forgiveness is one of the most important things in the world. Forgiveness has the potential to change one’s life from a negative perspective to a very positive perspective. Forgiveness is about let it go. Forgiveness is the only tool that can bring about world peace to accept and appreciate our difference is the one way we can live together since we are all connected by the universal intelligence. The power of guns evokes no wisdom, nor it has ever accomplished lasting peace but forgiveness can achieve this with very minimum effort
12 Hours To Great Marriage
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
Part I – Content Review
Marriage is one of the oldest and greatest in institution in the world. This is one of the very few institutions one will find all over the world. 12 hours to great marriage is one of the books that appreciate this great institution. The trys to built strong bonds for marriage.
The book is made in a way that who ever reads it will come out with something, whether your marriage is almost collapsing or are still in the early stage of the misunderstanding. The book has potential methods of reversing the unfavorable things, which were going to happen in the marriage.
The books look on how should we communicate in marriage. This is a very important topic in marriage. Mutual and effective communication is very important in our day to day life. It pointed out the fact that a lot of people are suffering in the marriage due to lack of communication. If we cultivate a culture of communication in our marriage we will be able to over come most of the conflicts which may arise.
Communication also brings us together as partners we will learn the strong and the weak points of our relation hence developing strategies and ways of improving it. This will help to build a strong and scared institution.
In most cases couples started as friends then lovers at a later stage marriage, But during the course of life that in most marriage that a husband and wife replace friendship. The book recommended that the friendship should continue since it is the base of the marriage
Most married couple does not have time for fun together soon after marriage they become so busy with very little time for each other. The fun that the couple used to enjoy as a boy friend and girl friend should be up hold. This will help the couple to understand each other and maintain their commitment to each other.
As a result of human interaction conflicts are inevitable. 12 hours to great marriage developed some possible ways of transforming the possible conflict from violent confrontation to non-violent confrontation. This is very critical in our marriages. Some conflicts are positive and they improve our family dynamics.
It is the duty of everyone to keep this great institution so that we can pass it over to those who are going to come after us. Even though these days the world is facing a lot of divorce
Part II – Personal Impact and Practical Value
Twelve hours to great marriage is a cutting edge in my life. Since i get married a two years ago this book has created new ways of improving my marriage. This book will go a long way in my marriage.
I have gained a lot of valuable information, which i am going to use in my marriage. Issues such as the power of forgiving in a relationship impacted heavily on me. I have now realized that no matter how big the problem is there should be room for forgiving each in relationship.
When we are in a relationship we have a shared destiny the failure and success of relationship depends on the puts of each other. It is pointless to blame each other in a relationship. Blaming each other and fault finding should be avoided as much as possible. Developing a shared value and goals should be encouraged us much as possible.
As couple it is important to have shared goals and we should be always developing them further for the benefit of our relationship. When we have some shared goals and value it is very easy for us to enjoy our marriage. Marriage should be fun and as couples it is very important that you enjoy the marriage, but it all depends on the in put you put in the affair.
Marriage is based on honest and trust, as a couple it is very crucial to continue be faithfully to each other as well as building trust. This will strengthen the whole relationship.
Marriage should not be material based but it should be love based, If it is material based when the material which brought us together is no more the whole institution will collapse. But if it is love bases it will stand the test of time.
The book has brought in a lot of positive things in the marriage institution and i will try and read it again and again so as to trap all the important information in this great book
Part III – Summary
Twelve hours to great marriage covers almost all the ingredients, which are needed in a sound relationship with our spouse. The methodology as well as the language is user-friendly even for people like us since English is not our mother language. The book has actually forced me to go an extra mile in enjoying my marriage.
Having said that Marriage is one of the universal accepted institution. The authors should have gone an extra mile in looking for examples from other parts of the world. The book is too much biased towards the west. It was going to be very nice if we could get some examples from Asia, Latin America and the Pacific. Through these examples then we can also improve our marriages.
Credibility – How Leaders Gain And Lose It, Why People Demand It
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
Part I – Content Review
Credibility is about how leaders earn the trust and confidence of their constituents. This book describe how leaders can create a sustainable relationship with their constituents. The book touches very crucial elements of leadership such as discovering your self, appreciating the constituents and their diversity, developing capacity, sustaining hope and struggle to be human to mention but just a few
Leadership is above all relationship, with credibility as the cornerstone. Leadership is also personal, It is not about the community, and the corporation or the country it is about you as an individual. If you are a leader and your constituent does not believe in you any more they will not believe in your message as well and they will not listen to you.
If you are in a leadership position no matter how big or how small it is it is crucial to have the backing of your team you are leading. If you have the backing of your team it becomes easy when implementing the policy which will be laid down. With the backing of the team is becomes more of a family and you will be having a shared vision and goal hence achieving most of the objectives. With a shared vision and goal this will instill the spirit of project ownership and the project will be sustainable both in the short term and long term.
As a leader it is crucial to be initiative so that the organization can grow. Once one become initiative one should be also a risk taker and as a leader you should be responsible for what ever outcome whether positive or negative, When initiating these new ideas to the organization it is also crucial to take everyone on board at every stage of project development. Hence demonstrating trust with your team.
As the organization grows conflicts are inevitable as a leader it is your duty to transform those conflict in to non-violent as well as managing them on the basis of principles not position. This will improve the group dynamics hence bring the group together on shared principles, values, norms and goals.
Honesty and sensitivity to diversity is very critical when one is a leader. In most case when leading a team, the people who made up the team will be coming from different backgrounds and they see things differently because of how they were brought up. It is against this background that, as a leader one should respect and appreciate diversity. When appreciating and respecting diversity it should be coming from the heart not pretending one should be honest to him
Credibility is earned via the physical acts of shaking hand, touching a shoulder, learning forward to listen. By sharing personal experiences, telling their own stories, and joining in the dialogue, leaders become people not just holders of positions. What people want in a leader is someone, who is trustworthy, competent, has vision of the future and is dynamic and inspiring.
Part II – Personal Impact and Practical Value
Learning is on going through reading this book i have gained a lot of new information. I have come to appreciate the fact that leadership is intangible. It is, a performing art, it is an encounter. Leadership is something we experience in an interaction with other human being
Leadership is an adventure it is about self-exploration it is very crucial as a leader to be aware of one’s self. This is very crucial because without self-awareness one can easily go out of way. With self-awareness the leader will develop his norms and values and these will be his guiding principles in his day to day life.
Shared values are the glue that holds the organization together. Leaders build community through shared values. They create consensus around shared values build commitment to these values and get people to perceive themselves as part of a larger whole- and to become involved in collective actions and shared success.
Staying in touch, then means that the leader remain approachable. As a leader one should be with the people rather than using the remote control type of leadership. If one is approachable then one will be in position to know what will be happening on the ground. One will also learn from working with people in their communities.
As a leader one should set goals for the organization and the goals should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Result-oriented and Time bound) With the help of this approach it will be easy to implement, monitor and evaluate the progress you are making as an organization. This is a very crucial lesson for me in my personal development
This book has impacted me in a very positive sense, Since it recommit me to the spirit of servant leadership. To serve the people one will be working with rather than be served as a boss or Chief. Once a leader becomes a servant of the people he is leading them he will have everything to gain and nothing to lose.
I have realized the good things of practicing servant leadership and i am going to commit myself on that noble idea in my day to day life.
Part III – Summary
Credibility – How leaders gain and lose it, why people demand it, covers most issues which a leader needs in order to carry out his duties in a very good way. It covers topics such as consensus building, serving a purpose, staying in touch, capacity building and using shared value to make the difference to mention but just a few. The above topics are very crucial when one is leading a team
The author is a global citizen because you when reading the books you will come across examples from all over the world. Not like some authorities who are only one sided when developing a very important book like this which is a must read for everyone who aspires to be a leader
The Eight Essential Steps To Conflict Resolution
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
Part 1 – Content Review.
Conflict is a result of human interactions and it is inevitable. Generally conflict is perceived as harmful to the society. In actual fact conflict not all conflict are harmful. Even those negative conflict are not harmful what is only needed is to transform them from general violent confrontation in to no violent confrontation.
Conflicts are necessary in our day to day life and if we manage conflict they will improve our group dynamics as well as our personal development. The eight essential steps to conflict resolution spell the ways in which we can handle conflict in a very positive way. The book developed eight steps which one could follow if he/she is in a conflict situation.
The eight steps to effective conflict resolution which are as follows,
* creation of an effective atmosphere,
* clarification of perceptions,
* focusing on individual and shared needs,
* building of shared positive power,
* look to the future, then learn from the past,
* generate options,
* developing of doables and
* making mutual benefits agreements.
Cornerstone for understanding conflict, conflict is an outgrowth of diversity and differences. As such conflict is not always negative. Conflicts can be used to clarify relationships, open up alternative possibilities and provide opportunities for mutual growth.
Conflicts are not only limited to battles between interests and desires. Needs, perceptions, power, values, feeling, emotions and internal conflicts are critical ingredients of our relationships and conflicts that punctuate relationship. Understanding which components are involved in a particular conflict is essential to resolve the conflict effectively.
Conflict partnership is a process consisting of eight skills or steps that can empower people and groups to build mutually beneficial relationships and to solve conflicts effectively. At the heart of the conflict partnership process are five basic principles concerning how can we deal effectively with the conflict
In order for conflict resolution to be truly effective, according to conflict partnership approach the process employed must also improve the overall relationship. Some apparent solutions to a specific conflict partnership is an effective way of responding to the conflict and is a relationship- building process, all of the eight steps and their accompanying skills address this important principle.
Personal Impact and Practical Value
I have learned the art of finding lasting solutions in resolving conflicts. Since conflicts are unavoidable I have to deal with them as they come with open mind. Generally i have been buried down in the old methods of resolving conflicts such as avoidance approach, the bargaining approach, the role player approach and the quick fixer or band aid approach.
I have realized that these traditional methods have a lot of weakness and they are not sustainable both in the short term and long term. When resolving conflicts both parties should accept it. But these traditional approaches are win/lose situation.
When dealing in conflict situation it is very crucial to clarify perception most of the conflicts are perception based. Once you clarify perception it will be very easy to walk towards achieving the desired goals. After clarifying the perception it is equal important to develop a shared goal or vision. This will act as a guarding principle in the conflict transformation process
It is also very important to develop a memorandum of understanding. Both parties should develop the memorandum of understanding. This will give the opposing parties a sense of programme ownership. This method is opposed to the tradition method of mediation or facilitation. More power is given to those who are in conflicts so that they can solve their problem with minimum intervention from the outsiders.
If conflict is to be effective, all parties involved in the conflict must feel they have received something of benefit from the process. The benefit they receive may not be the one they expected when the process began but they must have some need value or feeling satisfied if they are to support whatever resolution is eventually agreed upon. Each party therefore needs to be concerned not only that she or he receives something of benefit from the conflict resolution process but also that all parties receive something of benefit.
The conflict partnership approach is one of most effective ways of dealing with i conflict i have come across in my life. The conflict partnership approach deals with specific conflicts in the context of the overall relationship. Conflicts usually punctuate a relationship rather than the entire relationship. Conflict partnership establish the foundation on which the people or group involved in a conflict can transform the adversarial, combative 1- versus-you pattern usually found in conflict into a healthy attitude of working together.
The book has brought in new ideas for me in the field of conflict transformation. The way i handled conflicts will never be the same. I have gained. From now up wards i will not view conflicts as harmful only but i will also see if they can promote and improve our group dynamics.
Part III – Summary
Conflict is almost universal perceived as negative occurrence, blemish on what most people expect should be smooth operation of an well-ordered life. But not all conflict are harmful some conflict improves our group dynamics hence promoting positive development. Conflict are necessary what we have to work on is how to manage them
The book has a universal face and you can pick some examples from all over the world and the language is user friendly. I recommend it to any one who is interested in conflict transformation.
Getting To Resolution – Turning Conflict Into Collaboration
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
Part 1 – Content Review
Conflict are both negative and positive and it is has been proved beyond any reasonable doubt that we cannot avoid conflict. We will always have conflicts whether we like it or not, At this junction what is very important is how to manage and transform conflict from violent into non-violent confrontation.
Conflict has an emotional cost that remains after the battle is over. Win/lose, the scar may be with you for the rest of your life. People spend their lives focusing on the promotion they lost, the business they lost, the divorce they lost, the project they lost. This tunnel vision keeps them gripped in their own anger.
Productivity and satisfaction, in business and personal relationship, come from ability to collaborate with others when you are resolved, you can fully focus on the task at hand. Your efforts are undiluted. Unresolved conflict, on the other hand, is an impediment to productivity and satisfying, functional relationships
Conflicts are very expensive these days. Million of dollars are spent on daily bases on conflict related issues worldwide. The cost of conflict is composed of the following: direct cost, productivity, continuity cost and emotional cost, which will hunt you for the rest of your life.
Believing in the world of abundance is important in turning conflict into collaboration. If one believe there is enough for everyone then turning conflict in to collaboration will be easy. But if one believe in the world of scarcity then turning conflict into collaboration will be very difficult to achieve since it will be a win/lose situation. Win/win situation brings the two opposing camps together with a shared goal and vision since they will all win.
Creative resolution is exercise in-group learning. The longer we can stay in a place of ‘not knowing,’ the more comprehensive your solution will be. You must keep your mind open to learning facts concerns and perspectives of all the people involved.
Conflict resolution process provides the peace of knowing that a path to resolution has been established. People can invent a new framework for their future. Non adversarial ways of bringing closure to emotional relationships leave fewer scars and better soil for new beginning with people you must work with.
Part II – Personal Impact and Practical Value
Since conflict is part of group dynamics this book has helped me to see the other side of conflict as well as appreciating the fact that conflict in many ways is necessary since it has the power to improve group dynamics. Once the group dynamics has been improved it will be for the best of the concerned parties.
The book has unlocked new opportunities in dealing with conflict win/lose concept does not work but win/win concept is the best way in dealing with a conflict. If both sides are happy you will have a good settlement, true resolution. This will maintain and provide relief and completeness for both sides. The book provides entirely new approach to resolve conflict in which no one no loses and everyone can go forward quickly and productively.
This book has made me to realize how expensive conflict is. The cost involved when one is at conflict. This has made me to come out with a personal opportunity cost. Is the conflict worth that much in terms of time, money and lose of productive time. Is it not better to manage the conflict by negotiating from the word go without involving the court of laws.
The court of laws divide us, but when the two opposing factions sit down and open up some negotiation. It will be much faster in terms of time as well as it will bring the two factions together with strong bonds. This will also accord the negotiating team to learn from each other and appreciate and respect the difference.
I have learned the fact that a solid agreement embodies a clearly defined, shared vision of the future. It fuels productive energy forward, towards creating-manifesting that vision in a physical world. The vision is the starting point of the creation. The extraordinary freeing of energy that takes place when people realize they can put down their guns, take a deep breathe, and get back to their productive lives is amazing to behold. Resolution confirms the human inclination to nurture, love and take care of each other.
As a leader you must be creative sometimes you wrestle with difficult situations for which there is no manual with the answer. No one said it was going to be easy, but holding an attitude of resolution helps a great deal. It is essential to develop and hold the attitude which one understand and is able to implement.
Dialogue in a conflict situation is very important. Conflicting parties must be given time to talk and discuss issues which are affecting them. When up hold the talks it is import to take care of the following, respect for everyone and his viewpoint, sincerity and open mindedness in listening, integrity and clarity that you will do well for everyone, authenticity and candor in communication, knowing you have a path to an answer an answer not the answer, confidence that resolution will be discovered, centredness when others lose their cool and humor and tranquility.
Part III – Summary
Bringing everyone into the present moments is an essential component of resolution. The completion process ensures vulnerability about a situation. The structure conversation reveals feelings, empties emotional background, and moves you to stand in the otherís shoes. It reveals the loss and the disappointment over expectations that are unrealized. It provides a context in which people grieve, let go of the past, and start designing the future.
The only weakness, which I found in this book, is some of the concepts are basically theoretical and in some situation like in developing countries you will not have the opportunity to reach to the organized people because conflict will be so tense like civil war. The book failed to address conflict in a war like situation. It is basically of conflict out of war situation or tribal conflicts, which are very common in the developing world. But never the less this is a very good starting point in conflict transformation.
The Leadership Pill
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
Part I – Content Review.
The leadership pill is a book which strives to assist people from all walks of life how can they be successfully leaders in their respective communities. The book tries to cover all elements of leadership such as the secret blend for effective leadership, Integrity, partnership, affirmation and perfect blending.
The author tries his level best that everyone who get hold of this book will understand it since the language is very simple and straight forward as well as user friendly. Leadership is a function which should be up hold to the highest standard, It is not a person or personality. The function that one plays as a leader is the ones that prove his qualities.
Leadership is not something you do to people, But it is something, which you do with people as a leader. In main situation we hear from the radio, television, newspapers and other media channels that Mr./ Mrs. so and so who is the leader of a powerful organization is doing this and that for the community. That is not leadership. Leadership is to be with the people all the time.
Leading with integrity means being the person you want to be. Some leaders suffers from assimilation, This is not health at all one should strive to be one’s self all the time. In so doing one will gain trust and respect from the people you will be working with.
The key to effective leadership is the relationship you build with your team. As a leader among the equal sharing a big picture puts everyone on the same page. This will makes it easy to get up the hill when you climb together as a team rather than an individual.
Part II – Personal and Practical Value
As a young growing young man who has the whole world a head of him as well as someone who is aspiring for a leadership position as a i climb my ladder of success. This is the best ingredient for my on going learning process.
The leadership pill has highlighted that the highest achievement as a leader is winning the respect and trust of the people one is working with. This is very crucial in teaming building and group dynamics, If one as a leader wins the trust and respect it becomes easy to implement the actions on the ground hence achieving the objective of the organization.
Delegating responsibility is one lesson that has impacted on me so heavily. I have seen a lot of leaders in the world of politics, business, NGO, churches and other trades. The leaders will like to do almost everything without involving their subordinates. They end up making a lot of mistakes because the workload will be so heavy. It is very critical that as leaders in our respective communities or organization we should try our level best to delegate duties and responsibilities to our subordinates.
As leaders it is important to motivate our subordinates through appreciating the good work they will be doing by praising them or acknowledging that they have done a marvelous job. This will stimulate our work force since they will know that they are part and parcel of the whole organization and their input in the organization is appreciated by the leadership.
As leaders you should be preaching what we do, not like doing what i say but not what i do. When one does what he or she preaches the entire team will respect and trust you. This will help in forming a very effective team both in the long and short term.
The leadership pill has energized my strong core values of servant leadership and I will try my level best to up hold them whenever i am in leadership position no matter how small the function might be. It is very good to be doing positive things always in oneís life.
Part III – Summary
I have read quite a number of leadership books in my life, but the leadership pill is one which i will treasure for the rest of my life because it is user friendly as well as more practical and involvement. The items about leadership, which it covers, are more measurable, achievable and realistic. This will make
I have found everything in this book helpful and useful in my day to day activities. It comes at the right time since i am going to use it again for references in my BA in development studies when we touches about leadership and qualities of a good leader in community development programmes
In short the leadership pill is an asset for me.
Long Walk To Freedom- The Autobiography Of Nelson Mandela
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
Part 1 – Content Review.
The book covers the in depth life of one of the globe greatest leaders. The coverage started from the early life of Nelson Mandela from birth in Transkei area present day East Cape. Mandela illustrates how he was brought up in the village. His first day to school. The passing away of his father then transferred to other village so that he can continue with his education.
As a growing young he faces a lot of challenges just like any other African child growing under colonization by the foreign forces from Europe. He proceeded with his education up to Fort Hare University and during those years it was a great achievement for any African since educational facilities were limited. Only those who will have proved beyond reasonable doubt that they are above average students made up to the University. Due to the planned marriage Mandela decided to go on his own way abandoning Fort Hare University for the city of gold Jonhesburg.
Because of his thirsty for education Mandela after getting a job went back to school so that he can finish the unfinished business which he started at Fort Hare to have a degree. He enrolled with the University of South Africa for his LLB. Life was not easy for him during his early days in Jonhesburg since he did not have a place of fixed abode. He was moving from one place to another.
As time went on he teamed up with Oliver Tambo providing legal services to the indigenous people since they was no way representing them if they were found on the wrong side of the law. During the same time he started to involve himself in to politics of the day fighting against racial segregation, tribal discrimination which was prevailing in the country at the moment.
When Mandela joined Walter Sisulu in the liberation struggle little did he know how much it takes to be a national liberation leader? He ventured in to this business of politics at the height of apartheid, which was practiced by the Boers the former Dutch people. He fought the struggle first openly the underground and at a later stage he was behind bars for twenty-seven years.
Despite the fact that he was behind bars for twenty-seven years he continued the struggle for his beloved country until when he was released from prison in February 1990. When he was released from Prison the struggle was not over. He even faced a lot of challenges uniting a divided nation along racial lines as well as on tribal lines.
He managed to bring everyone on board on the negotiating table as a way of harmonizing the war tone country. He preached the gospel of reconciliation and reconstruction in South Africa.
When he was elected president of South Africa in 1994 he continued with his gospel of reconciliation and he invited people from the opposition part to form a government of national unity. This helped to heal the wounds of apartheid and it brings back the spirit of nation building.
Part II – Personal Impact and Practical Value
I was so touched by the humble beginning of such a great leader. Born in a village far from cities and towns. But managed to pull through even though the workload was heavy. The passion for education despite coming from a background where very a few people were valuing the power of education.
The love of his country and the love for humanity. The patriotism, which was shown by Nelson Mandela, is beyond any reasonable doubt about his leadership qualities. In most of his speeches Mandela always mentioned that he was fighting for a nonracial community where everyone has the freedom of expression
The long walk to freedom was a very long journey, which requires a lot of sacrifice. Nelson Mandela sacrificed his entire life for the benefit of the community. He spent most of his time far away from friends, relative and beloved ones especially his family so that South Africa will be a better place for all those who live in it.
Mandela is an extraordinary man with vision and courage. At one time when all the ANC leaders were either locked in prison or in exile. Mandela at Robben Island he continued to inspire millions of people through out the whole world. He also managed to continue the communication with the ANC leadership in Lusaka Zambia using very trick methods of information dissemination and this helps to keep the fire burning for the total liberation of South Africa. During his days in prison he keep his vision of a free South Africa one-day. This vision becomes a reality in May 1994, When he becomes the first nonracial democratic elected President of South Africa in more than three hundred years. That is a historic achievement for all the South Africaís
Nelson Mandela was sent to prison because of his briefs and values and during all these years even though with some external forces trying to divert him from his core values, He resisted all these external and invisible force. He continued attached to them. This is a very good lesson for a person like me who is still learning about leadership.
Credible leaders are honest, people driven, hardworking, results oriented and they preach servant leadership this is also one crucial lesson which i learn through reading Long walk to freedom. I will borrow the same methods and implement them in my day to day life.
Nelson Mandela with Walter Sisulu destroyed the nation and replaced it with a fairer one than the one they destroyed. (Viva Mandela Viva)
Part III – Summary
Long walk to freedom covers the life of a great leader someone who is respected on both sides of the globe the west and the east. The book covers his early life in the village later at the University at Fort Hare, The planned marriage that forced him and Justice to run away from their father to Jonhesburg .It all also covers his marriages and the little relationship which he undergone. Later his political life up to the day when he was elected to the highest office in the land. From a life in prison to be the Head of state is not a joke
Nelson Mandela’s first two marriages has not been successful because of his links with the liberation movement ANC. He did not have enough time for family matter because it was either he was in prison or underground. I pray so that the super natural power will give him more days on earth so that he can cover up for the 10 000 days he lost in prison. I hope this book is on going until the last day of his life.
(Viva Mandela Viva)
Money Is Love – Reconnecting To The Sacred Origins Of Money
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
Part I – Content Review.
Money is love – reconnecting to the sacred origins of money. Money now days has got a lot of definitions. In most cases money is linked to very negative things. In this book the author tries to bring the other side of money which is love. For sure money has the potential to bring both love and joy to each and every individual on the planet if it is not commercialized in it’s negative sense.
The book goes down in to the history of money looking back at the origin of money from the time when money was in gold and silver, coins form in to the note form and the present day when it is in plastic form. In the brief history she looks at the function of money from itís earliest time. Money in its original purpose is love and it was created for the sole purpose of love. But with the power of human beings they are now using money for very nasty things and it is loosing it’s function.
We all know that the world is going round and money is the energy that is driving the world around the globe. Within a short time a person can cross the Atlantic Ocean by using the money. We really need money for our trade and exchange on the market place. Money is also the blood of the planet with out it the world will stop to function like the human body.
The world is at stand still because of money. Poverty, war, and crime are caused by the fear that surrounds that money is scarcity. The financial challenged person will sometimes commit a crime in order to get money to feed the dependence. The financial privileged will sometimes commit the same crime on order to beef up his/her coffers so that in the event that he/she is not making enough money she can use this amount. Some of the financial privileged are just greed and they do not have the concept of sharing the resource available
The book opened a new chapter in my life that we can still use money for the common good and reconnect it with the sacred origin that money is love only fear and limited thinking make money seem scarce. Money is abundance and it is with our means as united people beyond geographical boundaries that we can share the resource then do away with concept of scarce. When share resources we will be reconnecting money to love hence promoting its scared origin.
Whenever we are sharing resources we will be promoting the concept of co existence. This will in the short and long term promote peace and we will enjoy our days on the planet rather than spending a lot of time and resources in trying to control all the means of production so as to dominate the world.
The book provides useful truths from the history, healing techniques and methods and a very clear vision that shift our perceptions about money from fear and greed to love and goodwill. The illustrate that can bring peace of mind to all of us
Part II – Personal Impact and Practical Value
Ever since i can remember i have been hearing money is the root of all evil. Money more problems, Money is division among family and friends etc. Money is love has brought in a new line of thinking in my life since money if used for positive thing money is love. Since it’s inception money was meant as a medium of exchange, which is a very noble thing. But due to the greediness of human kind it has been changed in to a very negative sense.
The book illustrates the mystery of wealth and it seeks to strike a balance in this material world. It has provided in to me to be a fun way to change my mind about money. Now I am now building only on the positive side of money. I will use my last days of my life on showing the good things money can do to our planet. Even though in a small way but it have a huge impact on the long run.
I have moved from the concept of mindset of the link between money and poverty, money and hunger, money and crime, and money and war, Now i know that money is in abundance. I know for sure that even though i do not have money to talk about but money is abundance and under normal circumstances i will have enough to survive. I will not starve to death because resource and money are abundance and someone a long the line will make a difference.
Since money has the potential to heal the world from poverty, hunger and malnutrition. I have been forced to give it the respect it deserves as well as linking it to the scared world like in it original sense.
I now full appreciate the concept that money is love provided that it is used to promote love, peace and unity among the global citizens. Money has no boundaries everyone is talking about difference currencies, but it is very easy to convert it into any currency ant any given time especially plastic money. When you do this you will notice that money is love for sure. Money is love and it is our duty to reconnect it to the scared world
Part III – Summary
The book is very good for personal development, since it brings in the other side of money as well as it’s origin and itís original purpose. The book covers both the negative and positive impacts of money. But put more emphasizes on the positive side and the sacred origins of money.
Money is energy and it make the world go round, It is because of money that a business in Zimbabwe can do business with a businessman in Japan within a few minutes the business deal will be closed. It is because of money that a student in Zimbabwe is able to write international examination. So money is the blood of the planet it makes it go round.
Money is love let us try and connect it to it’s scared origin
Development As Freedom: Amartya Sen.
Part 1 – Content Review
Development is indeed a momentous engagement with freedom’s possibilities. There are several definitions for Development and most of them focus on infrastructural development. Forgetting development is freedom. The world is divided into three stages namely the First world, Second World and the third world. But one thing which is common in this entire world is the fact that the element of freedom is not well taken care of. In all the societies in the world there is a big number if not millions of people who are dined there freedom by the laws and legislation of each individual country either rich or poor.
Most economics around the world view the world from the perspective of cash economy measured by the American dollars and if one lives below a dollar a day thus extreme poverty. Below two dollars a day that’s poverty and underdevelopment. We a have a lot of people out there who are living below the poverty datum line but they have their freedom in some parts of the world. Their life expectancy is also higher than the so called developed world. The reason been that they have peace of mind.
Freedom is the central to the process of development for two distinct reasons, the evaluation and the effectiveness. The evaluation reason assessment of progress has been done primarily in terms of whether the freedoms that people are enhanced. The effectiveness reason achievement of development is thoroughly dependent on the free agency of people.
The narrow context of viewing development in terms of GNP growth or industrialization, it is often asked whether certain political or social freedoms, such as liberty of political participation and dissent, or opportunities to receive basic education are or not conducive to development
Development encompasses a lot of things other than the mere GNP such as the liberty to political participation, or the opportunity to receive basic education and health care are among the constituent components of development. When these are provided it create the way to freedom then development. One can not develop without a least primary health care and basic education either non formal, informal and formal education
Part 2 – Personal Impact and Practical Value.
Development As Freedom left a scar in my life. All long even through I am doing development studies I have never realized that development is freedom. All along I was thinking of development as per United Nation Definition or International Monetary Fund definition. All the intergovernmental organization’s definition is biased towards the west. But Amartya Sen has brought in very important issues in development. That is development is not only measured by the quality of life but happiness is a very crucial element in development.
From now going onwards even in my new line of thinking I will focus on the development which has the impact to bring happiness to the people. This means that development should be coming from people not from the outside influence like what is happening with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund where by they are imposing development strategies in Developing countries such as the structural adjustment programme and unfair trade practice which is failing to bring happiness to the targeted groups hence that is not development. Development should bring happiness and freedom.
The books also goes beyond the theories and books type of development to go direct on to the ground and try and see what the ordinary person is doing and why is she/he doing that . After doing this then as outside forces one can complement the efforts of the local people instead of imposing development on them. This is a very effective way and I am going to do like wise since this promote a sense of project ownership as well as sustainability of the whole programme in the long run.
As a development practitioner this has created new linkage for learning new skills and knowledge through respecting the local indigenous knowledge, I will try my level best to use this method in all my development work around the communities which I work with.
Another crucial lesson from Development As freedom is the fact that developed is a process and it differs from country to country and we can not follow the west perspective way of development and implement it here in our communities, But development should come from us and we will develop in our unique way at our own pace, Development is patient. The moment when we start implementing development project with deadline we will be losing the focus instead we should allow the process to take care of itself then we only complement this effort.
Development is a process not a goal. Development is best when initiated by the people who want to develop. It should not be forced, so the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank should stop to impose Development programmes to developing countries. When the west developed there was no World Bank or IMF.
Part 3 – Summary
The book has tried analyzing and defending a particular approach to development. The perspective of freedom has been used both in evaluative analysis for assessing change and in the descriptive factor and predictive analysis in seeing freedom as a causally effective factor in generating rapid change.
The book also discussed approach for policy analysis as well as for the understanding of general economic, political and social connections. A variety of social institutions –related to operation of markets, administrations, legislatures, political parties, non governmental organizations, the judiciary, the media and the community in general contribute to the process of development precisely through their effects on enhancing and sustaining individual freedoms.
Analysis of development calls for intergraded understanding of the respective roles of these different institution and their interactions. The formation of values and emergence and evolution of social ethics are also part of the process of development that needs attention, along with the working markets and other institutions. This study has attempted to understand and investigate this interrelated structure and draw lessons for development in a broad perspective.
It is a characteristicof freedom that it has diverse aspect that relates to variety of activities and institutions. It cannot yield a view of development that translates readily into simple formula of accumulation of capital, or opening up of new markets, or having efficient economic planning. Development should be able to bring about freedom in its totality.
In order to have freedom unity is important, but at the same time we cannot lose sight of the fact that freedom is an inherently diverse concept which involves so individual people and states should be given enough to develop according to their own pace. The development process should be coming from the people themselves not from out side influence like what is happening today in the global village where other countries are dominating financial challenged countries in the name of aid. The financial challenges countries do not need aid but they need trade, not only trade but fair trade.
With fair trade practice we will all develop according to our own pace and means.
Beyond Globalization Shaping Sustainable Global EconomyBy Hazel Henderson
Part 1 – Content Review
Globalization is inevitable, it is a reality whether we like it or not globalization is here to stay, Globalization promotes the interdependence of national economics, financial, markets, corporation, production, distribution and consumer marketing. This globalization has been driven by two main factors technology and the market forces economy.
The technology has improved our way of life things which used to take ages to be done can be done in a few minutes. Journeys which used to take months can be done in hours now. With Globalization it is possible for someone to have breakfast in London, lunch in Paris and supper in Amsterdam.
Economy liberalization has opened up a world market. Privatization has lead the market forces determine the prices of goods and services on the global market. With globalization it is quite possible to enjoy one’s food and services in foreign land.
The globalization has also brought in a global culture and it has promoted international understanding through trade, commerce as well as through interaction in different forums. A new identity is emerging the global citizen, even well before the arrival of global governance structures. This has brought a lot challenges for the developing world since they can not take up the new challenges for globalization due to several factors which are as follows lack of technology, poor capacity and inappropriate skills and knowledge.
Even though we have globalization now the governments are still in charge of their domestic issues. Countries are facing a lot of challenges but in order to encounter these new problems and issues governments are pooling, or sharing their sovereignty to set or strengthen international agencies , rule –making bodies and global standard . The most prominent example of sovereignty sharing is the European Union.
Power sharing has not come easily in the EU, but operates effectively within the principle of subsidiarity: control retained at local or provincial levels where appropriate. The European Union has demonstrated to the rest of the world that power can be shared positively.
Part 2 – Personal Impact and Practical Value.
Beyond Globalization is an alternative tool for development workers who have reached the level of individual truth in development. It is both a critic of globalization both positive and negative. It gives people like us who were stuck a new direction. I was stuck whether I am for globalization or not but after reading this book I will reconnect myself to globalization since I am now informed about its merits and demerits as well as the way forward to take up the challenges of globalization.
Through this book I learnt that more than forty thousand multinational companies with twenty five thousand foreign affiliates dominate two thirds of the global trade, yet this huge volume of trade only accounts for less than 10 percent of the twenty four global currencies trading of U$1.5 trillion. This has impact on me since I know for sure that most of the currencies from developing countries are not there and I come from a developing country. So it is very crucial for me to see with of course support from others how best can we reverse the situation for the benefits of all the global citizens. I have learnt that in order to have sustainable development we must bridge up the gap between the have and the have not. This will create a more peaceful world if the gap between the poor and the rich is not so wide.
Globalization has also helped to promote good governance and democracy. Since the emergence of globalization we have started to see a lot of dictators falling from power especially in Africa. Most of these dictators have been in power for a period of more than twenty five years. Through democracy and good governance we have witnessed some positive development.
Challenges and issues of present have become global beyond the reach of national government such as climate change, cross boarder population, desertification, and loss of bio-diversity to space junk. Proliferating weapons trafficking, drug trade, organizes crime, nuclear and toxic waste and epidemics spread by air travel, not to mention global terrorism , The above issues have a huge impact on me but the challenge which I am facing is that these problems are out of scope in order for me to address them. In order for us a s global citizens we need to complement each other. But this does not mean that I should just sit down and be a spectator when the world is perishing. I will try and lobby with my government for some positive changes.
Lobby and advocacy is a powerful method of making positive changes. I will lobby with relevant authorizes in Zimbabwe then my authorizes will take the issues to the global forum such as the United Nation and the African Union.
Summary
The planet is like a school where we learn from our mistakes. We need to grow in knowledge. Since this is a learning process we have now realized that as people of the earth we need each other and we should complement each other irrespective of geographical location
We have leant from our history that weapons of massive destruction, nuclear energy, chemical weapons to mention but just few have no place on our mother earth which needs nothing else but peace. Satellites, mass media, global cyberspace and our new knowledge in biology and ecology we re design it and re focus it to serve our common future as well as an ordinary person in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Then it will be true globalization.
One thing we do know: human societies are experiencing accelerating re structuring and global change. We humans are approaching our gradual exams on earth. If we cannot learn to co exist and live with other species within rules we will become extinct. Life will go on without us.
Unprecedented numbers of us now see that global cooperation and new forms of global governance are essential. Many of us are examining our own lives families and relationships, re-negotiating them toward more collaborative partnerships. As we learn about own inner lives and motivations, many explore new and old spiritual traditions and learn inner peace.
Our essential task is learning to live wisely- and within the tolerances of nature. While we empower ourselves and communities sharpen our research skills, invent new ways to keep business and government accountable and perfect the machinery of public participation, democracy and self –government. With globalization we will have some checks and balance about the national government. This will help to promote democracy and good governance.
In all our efforts to help oppose injustice, alleviate poverty and reshape the global economy to serve people higher standards, human development and earth ethics, we are learning that all these efforts begin at home with ourselves. Then we can meet the challenges and needs of the ever changing global society and environment
Globalization is here to stay. We have to live with it.
Globalization and Its Discontent – Joseph Stiglitz
Part 1 – Content Review
Why has globalization become a issue of late? A force that has brought so much good become so controversial Globalization as on papers is a very noble idea with a lot of opportunities since it has the capacity to open up international trade hence helping many countries with economic growth. International trade helps economic development when a country exports drive its economic growth. Exports led growth was the centerpiece of industrial policy that enriched much of Asia and left millions of people there far better off.
Due to globalization many people in the world live longer than before and standard of living is far much better than before. Globalization has reduced the sense of isolation felt in much of the developing world and has given many people in developing countries access to knowledge well beyond the rich of even the wealthiest in any country a century ago. The anti-globalization protests themselves are result of this connectedness. Links between activists in different parts of the world, particularly those links forged through internet communication.
The International Monetary Fund is a public institution established with money provided by taxpayers around the world. This is a very critical issue to remember because it does not report directly to either the citizens who finance it or those lives it affects. Rather it reports to ministries of finance and central banks governors of governments of the world. But instead of serving the global citizens, the International Monetary Fund has become the new missionaries preaching the ideology of free market economy.
The ministries of finance in poor countries are forced to become converts if necessary, to obtain the funds through the vast majority of government official and more to point, people in the developing countries are always skeptical. The International Monetary Fund instead of serving the interest of the global citizens it is serving the needs of the few countries in the west.
Most countries in the developing countries are forced to introduce privatization and trade liberalization. This has forced many countries to accumulate a lot debt in order for them to compete with other countries in the north which have more advanced industries and technology. With trade liberalization it means that countries in the south open up their markets for products from all over the world.
Globalization is about interconnectedness of nation becoming nation without boundaries this we have achieved to a limited extend but there is room for better things in the name of globalization ahead of us.
Part 2 – Personal Impact and Practical Value.
Globalization is a very noble idea if it is meant to improve the standard of people living from all over world. But due to the abuse of this globalization by the big guys in the world it is no longer serving the interest of all the global citizens.
I was so much touched to learn that when the International Monetary Fund was founded at the end of the world war it was to support the balance of payment as well as to promote economic growth in poor countries. The World Bank was founded to be the bank of Reconstruction to construct after the World War 2. The dream of the World Bank is a world without poverty, but ever since its inception the level of poverty has gone up at an alarming rate and the gap between the rich and poor has gone up hence promoting global terrorism
It was very hard for me to learn that the International Monetary Fund there is no transparency. Ever since when I started to know about the IMF I thought it was transparent and accountable to its citizens, but through reading this book I was shocked to learn that there is no transparency in IMF and the World Bank.
Conditionality refers to more forceful conditions, ones that often turn the loan into a policy tool. This process of conditionality has been used to influence decision in most countries in developing world. Most countries which were applying for loan in Africa were forced to liberalize their economy first then followed by privatization. This forced a lot of countries to be more poor than they were before the process of economic adjustment programmes.
Some countries in the west view countries as poor because the people are lazy and they do not want to work, But in actual fact most of the poor people in developing countries work more than the rich people in the north and in most cases long hours. The problem is they are paid less money than people in the north. Lobour in developing countries is cheap. In most countries governments of the south are price takers and governments of the north with the help of World Trade Organization are price givers. This is one of the reasons why people in the south are poor it is because of the structure not the people this really touches me even through it is very difficult for me to change the whole system , But given the chance to talk about it I will always do and I will continue to do it.
Double standards by the IMF and the World Bank also touched me but with very little power to influence it. This means that the developing countries in the South will always get a raw deal because we do not give a very big vote to the budget of the IMF and the World Bank.
Summary
We cannot go back on globalization, it is here to stay. The issue is how we can make work for everyone. And if it is to work there have to be global public institution to help set the rules. Abandon globalization that is neither feasible nor desirable. The problem is not with globalization but with how it has been managed. Part of the problem lies with the international economics institutions, with the IMF, World Bank and World Trade Organization which helps set the rules of the game. They have done so in ways that, all too often serve the interest of the more advanced industrialized countries in the North. It is not only that they have served those countries‘s interest but they have approached globalization with particular mind set shaped by a particular vision of economy and society
The greatest challenges is not just the institution themselves but the mind set : caring about the environment, making sure the poor have a say in decision that affects them promoting democracy and fair trade are necessary if potential benefits of globalization are to be achieved . This has not been done ever since the inception of the IMF and World Bank.
The most fundamental change that is required to make globalization work in a way that it should is to change the structure in governance. The present governance is not third world user friendly and it actual promoting neocolonisation for the third world countries now not by countries but by multinational companies. The change of power structure is not going to be easy The United States is unlikely to give up its effective veto at the IMF. The rest of the developed countries are un willing to give up their veto so that developing countries can also have more saying on the running of the IMF.
But although the change is not easy it is possible . The changes that the developing countries will have more votes as well. With support from all stakeholders this vision will be reality. If the developed countries in the North do not want to let go. All the Developing countries should de link from the IMF and World Bank.
The issue of transparency is one of the most pressing issues to the entire world. The World Bank and the IMF should be more transparent like yesterday so that they can have a global face; Right now they do not have global face at all because of their deeds and work which is not global in nature, but only on papers.
The Power of Servant Leadership
By Robert K.Greenleaf
Part 1 – Content Review
The servant –leader is servant first. It begins with the natural feeling that one wants to serve rather than being served like the political leaders. Then conscious choice brings one to aspire to lead. The best test is do those served grow as person , do they while being served grow person, while being served become healthier, wiser freer, more autonomous, more likely themselves to become servants.
Qualities of a servant leader are so crucial and Listening is one of them, In order for a leader to communicate effectively he/she must be a very good listener. Listening encompasses getting in touch with one’s inner voice and seeking to understand what one’s body spirit and minds are communicating.
The servant leader strives to understand and empathize with others. People need to be accepted and recognized for their special and unique spirits. The most skillful servant leaders are those who have become skilled empathetic listeners.
The healing of relationships is a powerful force for transformation and integration. One of the greatest strengths of servant leaders is the potential for healing and ones relationship to others
As a leader one should have vision for the future, Without Vision one is lost as a leader, the vision should be clear and achievable even though it may be very difficult to achieve the vision but the vision should be there and shared by all stakeholders. As a leader to it is your duty to share the vision with the people you will be serving. One has to serve in servant leadership school of thought.
Leadership is initiating – going out to show the way as a servant leader one should initiate and show the way to others one should be a leader among the equal. When the chips are down the leaders should motivate and initiate new ways of doing things for the benefit of the group.
Consensus building even though it is time consuming as well as a very long process in decision making. As a leader among the equal who is the to serve not to be served one must be ready and patient to practice this type of leadership for the benefit of the group. Consensus is very effective way of making decision because everyone will be involved and the decision belongs to all who under took the process of making the decision. It is one of the methods used by the Commonwealth Head of government and State in decision for the organization.
Where there is no Vision the people will perish- (proverbs 29; 18) So vision is a must for a leader.
Part 2 – Personal Impact and Practical Value.
I have now realized that leadership is a function not a person. Everyone has the potential of becoming a very good leader provided that she or he is ready to follow the basic principles of servant leadership. It is not even complicated to become a very good leader as long as one is ready to be a student of his subject. Leadership is a learning experience and it is on going.
One of the most crucial lesson from this book is unlimited power. Unlimited power is apt for corruption the minds of those who posses it. Unlimited power is usual used by politician and in most cases the politician who uses the unlimited power end up be dictators. They do not want to respect the rule of law and up holding the basic principles of leadership such as the respect of human rights and freedom of association.
Ever since I did not realize that education has so many different meaning especially when applied to people. Through this book I have realized that education and maturity go hand in hand.. So as a leader one should strive to come out with mature decision for the group one is leading
As a leader one can not ignore the element of vision because without vision people will perish. So when ever I am going to be a better leader it should be guided by a very clear vision shared by the people who I will be leading so that I will not lead them to perish. I want to lead them to their final destination. Ever since I was young I have come across a lot of leaders without vision and leaders with vision so with new skills which I gained from this book and my life experience I will become a better leader.
It is very important as a leader to be humble, not to show off, because this is where most of the leaders are losing the battle. They want to show off as failing to delegate some of the responsibilities to their fellow country man and woman. This usual force them to go under pressure.
The art of a leadership rests in part on the ability to bridge the gap by intuition that is judgment from the unconscious process. Leaders should be more creative than most and creativity is largely discovery, push into the uncharted and the unknown.
It is the unexpected that most breaks a man’s spirit so contingency thinking and planning is a must for leaders like me what a crucial lesson waiting to be implemented in the very near future so that I will not break my spirit .This book has given me the opportunity to become a better today and tomorrow.
Summary
We a leader leads well, the people involved in the effort will say we did this ourselves. That’s sound leadership skills and knowledge
The power of Servant leadership is a total package which every leader would like to have for his or her safari on the journey to servant leadership The book covers all the crucial element which most leaders face in the day to day administration of their work even though the book was western biased like most of the books but at least if one ready the book you will come out with something to take home
The author seems to becoming from a strong Christina background and he did not want give a examples of other great leaders from around the world even though they were not Christian. I think is very important to give example of other leaders from around the world so that who ever reads the book even not very well informed about the west and Christianity he or she will have some to remember the book about.
Despite the above few comments the book cover s a lot of ground for me in my next step in leadership. Topics such as Education and Maturity, Servant: Retrospect Prospect, The Leadership Crises and have dream deferred will go a long way in my personal development.
Education is maturity seeks to acknowledge the fact that if one is well informed he/she has better chances of making mature decision which may be accepted by all stakeholders. This is very critical to be mature in leadership because if one is not mature the decision one will make will not be informed and educated as well.
Leadership crisis the world has suffered a lot due to poor leaders and most of the world crisis is man made. So it is within the means us citizens of the world to make this place a better place for all of us through sound leadership. With efforts from all stakeholders this dream will become a reality for all of us. Even if it is very touch but we should try by all means to give it a try for a better tomorrow.
Leadership is being patient as a leader one works with people from all walks of life, with different ways of doing things so as a leader one should be open minded and ready to accept diversity. It is within the diversity that we learn from each other as well as accepting our ideological differences. When this is done the world moves close for a true global society.
The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader- Becoming the Person others Will want to Follow
By John C. Maxwell
Part 1 – Content Review
Maxwell covered most of the ingredients which are needed by a leader. He covered all the ground for the potential leaders. The language used is user friendly with a lot of really life examples which can be used in really situation in by a anyone who aspires to be a leader. Topics such as character, commitment charisma courage focus and discernment are all what a leader needs for his tools in the workshop of leadership business.
When starting a new topic he used a quotation from people from all walks of life which they made during their famous speeches. This makes the whole topic interesting since it arouses the desire to read the topic all most at once without wasting a time. This is also very helpful in making the reader remains focus on the topic without getting lost. If one gets lost the opening remarks will guard him/her (the leader)
The use of examples during discussion is a also a very positive thing which I found very useful in this book. The example covers a lot of wide areas and this helps me to understand many things so easily without making a lot of efforts. This even makes my reading much faster than I thought because I was coming across really life examples and some of them even though I did not know about them very well but I was familiar with them. This makes my life much easier in my studying.
The choice of words was well calculated the words are simple and easy even when I failed to understand some of the words while reading them but by the end of the sentence I was able to grasp the whole concept of the worlds.
The whole book is made up in a way which is use friendly to people coming from different backgrounds and some settings. Some leaders are elected, some are imposed, some are self made and some are chosen through consensus building, but if one follows this book he/she will come out with something since the book is made for a diverse market with answers to most question asked by people in leadership positions
Maxwell did a lot of research in order for him to come out with this book. The is well researched and authorizes acknowledged so that if one needs more books on leadership they can go for them. It is a complete package in the field of leadership.
Part 2 – Personal Impact and Practical Value.
John C. Maxwell has accorded me an opportunity in my life time of meeting some of the greatest leaders to ever live on earth. The way how he introduces them was second from none. Now with all the influence from former global leaders I am seeing myself becoming a much better servant of the people I am going work with in my life including the present people I am working with now.
As a leader the art of teachable is so crucial in our day to day life. This is an important point which I will take from John that no matter how many years of experience as a leader you are student of your followers When ever taking decision it is important to involve everyone at every stage of decision making. It is also important not to be afraid of making mistakes but the most important lesson is to learn from those mistakes as well as be ready to learn from one’s peers
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been rewarded for what he/she give. Generosity is one of the functions of a leader; through reading this book I realized that it is my function as a leader to give and to be service of service of other. The gifts might varies from material things as well as be a volunteer to the need communities this I promise I am going to do it at once.
I have heard so many leaders blaming each other on a number of occasion and in most cases either one of the two will be wrong. No one wants to be responsible, as a leader one is responsible for the action of the group. If the people you leading fail to perform or to deliver as the lead one should be accountable for their actions. This is a very important point for me so that I can use it in the future.
Positive attitude is important all the time even when things seem to be off track as a leader one should be always positive. As a leader one faces a lot of challenges and the group looks for you to initiate some solutions. Armed with positive mind one will be able to come out with some workable solutions for the group.
As a leader one is responsible for building up relations with the people one is serving. We sound relationship leading will be very easy. So I will try and implement this in my activities.
Summary
The key to transforming ordinary leaders from someone who understand leadership to a person who successfully leads in the real world is character. One’s character qualities activities activate and empower your leadership ability.
Part of any leader’s development comes from learning the laws of leadership; the book mentioned the 21 indispensable Qualities of Leader and is the tools that teach how leadership works. Leaders are effective because of who they are on the inside not because of what they are. To go to the highest level of leadership one should strive to go the highest level of leadership by developing the twelve indispensable qualities of leader.
The book covered A to Z of all the characters which are needed in leadership and if one is willing to be a better leader one should be always working hard on his/her character. Leadership is on going so in order to be well informed about what is happening in one’s position one should be reader as well so that he/she be informed about what is happening in the community.
A culture of listening was also one of the topics covered by this gentleman. He mentioned that listening is on of the most crucial part of leadership in any organization. Most leaders miss it because they did not cultivate this culture if listening in there career. So as leaders of today and future leaders it is very important to good listeners. So that we can promote mutual communication in our discussion and deliberation.
Effective communication is also one element which was covered in this book. Maxwell argues that effective communication is not just communicating but it makes sure that the target group receives the message in its totality and they understand it well. Most leaders miss on this one since they just communicate without making a follow up to check whether the people are receiving their message. Communication is two way traffic and the two traffic should learn to give each other way, because if they do not give each other way they will crush.
The book also touched on competence, as a leader one should be competent enough as well as improving one’s self through either formal or non formal education. This is done to improve the service delivery as a leader. Since one has to deliver if you want to be a very good leader.
Gandhi an Autobiography – The Story of My Experiments with the Truth
Part 1 – Content Review
Even through the language is so demanding for a ordinary English speaker like me. The choice of words and the way how words were played around by Gandhi is second from none. The words are not so big but the way how he mixed them is excellent. It challenges the reader to become a critical reader and thinker at the same time.
The book is based on personal experience of Gandhi and it actual managed to come out with the true picture of his life since birth and he was not ashamed to write about his own short comings as well as how financial challenged he was as well as his countrys men and women. Other authors tries in most cases to run away from the naked truth. But Gandhi report it as it is.
The book is based on his personal examples which means that the examples are of really life situation and some of the examples we are still facing them even now in our respective communities this makes the whole book interesting because one will be very close to the events and if an author writes about something one is familiar with it will be very easy to understand the whole thing.
He covers very well his method of nonviolent confrontation with those in power and the way how he write about the non violent way of conflict transformation is very clear for any one who would like to use the same method. The method cuts across boundaries of states because any one can use them any where in the world. They are not meant for one particular tribe they are meant for all of us who believe in non violent as well as promoting a culture of peace.
The approach and the methodology which he used when writing his book was fine since it makes the reading more interesting even though in some case there was an element of going back instead of moving forward .But this is not a problem since this was also an opportunity to link again with the past events to the present events . Since life is based on what you have and you have to build on it. Gandhi managed to do this.
The book also touched on unity among people from different backgrounds. This was covered well even though Gandhi failed to unite India at the end but he tried his level best and no man can do beyond his best at least Gandhi left some thing for us and for the future generations to come.
Part 2 – Personal Impact and Practical Value.
Indeed This book is an experiment with the truth; I was so touched by Gandhi’s humble beginning in India his thirst for education and the truth. Very a few people can do what Gandhi did in his entire life which was meant to serve the human kind from the oppressor of the aggressors.
Materialistic Gandhi had all the opportunity to build up an empire of material things since he was one of the few educated person in India. He could easily manipulate figures. But he was not materialistic since his was up holding his personal values of the truth. Even when he was young when he eat meat he went and converse to his father. Gandhi will have made a fortune in South Africa during his stay there but he did not like that idea he continued to up hold his values of being service to others. I was so touched by the event when he was about to leave South Africa for India and the Indian community in South Africa decided to offer him presents, He accepted the present and later hand them to the organization which he was working with, This is very difficult to do in this capitalistic world. I will try to follow the path but I know for sure it will be very hard for me.
Very a few people even now are ready and willing to accept diversity and to raise above one‘s tribe Gandhi showed me the way that it is very possible to go some extra mile in one’s life by accepting the difference and diversity. During his entire life he was trying to unite different tribes of India and he left the legacy for us to follow.
Nonviolent School theory Gandhi is one of the founder members of nonviolent confrontation. I have now realized that this method is very effective when one is dealing with unfavorable situation especially dealing with regime like the one which was in South Africa when Gandhi lived in that country.
In life one has to be adventurous Gandhi was very adventurous but he did not lose his own identity. Normally when people travel outside their place of normal residence the chance of one losing his personal identity is very high and most people think that is normal, But Gandhi has proved us wrong that even if you a far away from home you should up hold your culture, values and norms . Gandhi managed to up hold his culture in South Africa, in the United Kingdom and other places which he visited during his life. What a very valuable lesson me since I am also traveling a bit in different places around the globe.
Gandhi was nature blind to faults which mean that he did not believe in blaming people for unfavorable situation but he believed in making solution, what we should do in order to come of this situation. This very crucial and I will implement the same strategy as well in my life
Summary
Life is how you make it Gandhi decided to leave behind a legacy of the nonviolent confrontation to us so that we can use it to meet the needs and challenges of the global community. The book it’s self is full of valuable information which we can apply even now in our day to day life. Gandhi touched a lot of crucial things which are needed in personal development especially human rights.
When Gandhi graduated from the University In the United Kingdom he acknowledged that yes he have managed to get the degree but he does not have enough skills and knowledge to go back to India and practice Law. He felt he needed more time as well as gaining experience to practice it in India.
Little did Gandhi know that he was a servant of the people he spent most of his entire life trying to improve the standard of living for the ordinary people in South Africa and India. His brothers and other family members were thinking that he was going to make a lot of money from his education, But Gandhi decided to follow another path of life of serving the mankind
Gandhi as a family man did not have a lot of time for the family since he was always traveling to different place preaching his gospel of non violent to the mass of people. and from my understanding it seems as if the family was very much understanding because very a few families these days would allow the head of the family to spent more time from them.
Going through the life of Gandhi the book reflects that he was a peace messenger as well as someone who was looking for nothing else but the truth. Because it is in the truth where one can be of servant to the people. If you are not honest to yourself how can you be honest to thousands of people out there. So if one only works with the truth it is very easy for him to win hearts of millions of people from around the world.
Gandhi also touched on his belief of the truth and god. He mentioned that God is the truth and the truth is god and if one wants to make it in life one should learn to be honest and be truthful to himself or herself
The book is so powerful of which I will recommend that those of you out there who have never ready it please give it a try.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King
Edited by Clayborne Carson
Part 1 – Content Review
Martin Luther King is one of the few people who I have come across who can make the most out of words. His writing skills are beyond compare. His choice of words is well calculated so that it matches with what he will be explaining. Even though the book was a very think volume but because of his skills in writing the book becomes a page turner. In his writing he makes sure that he did not insult any race around the world, He remained focus on the causes of his writing.
Even through the book was written after his death by someone but Carson also did a very good job by collecting all the material which was needed in order to produce this think volume. The information in the book is flooring. Carson did a great job by not putting words in Martin’s mouth even though he was dead.
I really appreciated the use of pictures in the book the picture makes some of us very close to the story as well creating some long lasting impression about the story of Martin Luther King jnr. The picture also makes me have a deep understanding of the whole history of this great man.
The examples in the book are well focused and they are coming from all over the world not only in the United States where Martin was working. But the Examples were coming from Africa, Asia and Europe to mention but just a few. This gives the whole book a global face and everyone who gets hold of the book will have something from
Part 2 – Personal Impact and Practical Value.
Martin Luther King was a man of vision and courage that really inspired me. For some like him and other to rise against the United States Government was not a joke it needs man with extraordinary courage to do it and he was one of the few individuals who started it until when he was assassinated by those opposed to his views.
I was so touched by the fact that he was a man who was result orientated and he was not afraid to go on to the ground despite the fact that he was a man who had made it big life academically. In most revolution very few educated man and women are in the fore front but Martin was there when the Black society of the United States needed him most. One thing he was fighting was injustice not the race.
His weapons for the battle were environmental friendly a word of mouth when the government was busy arming themselves he was busy praying for guidance from God. He did not need all those weapons of massive destruction what he only need was the platform for him and his crew to talk about the injustice which was be practiced by those who claim to be the fathers’s of democracy and good governance. He was only challenging the injustice
One thing which I learn from Martin is despite his popularity around the world he remained a humble servant of God and humanity. He was ready to serve ordinary people around the world. Even after winning the Nobel peace price in 1964 he remained focused on the total emancipation of the oppressed people of the world in Africa and Asia who were under colonization.
Martin Luther King was not greedy when he won the Nobel peace price in 1964 he donated all the money US$54 000- 00 to the movement which was a clear indication that he was not materialistic like some of the leaders we are having now who are more rich than their countries. This is a very good lesson for all of us that if you make money through the efforts of a mss movement you must donate it to the movement so that the movement can continue to grow beyond doubt.
Even though he was fighting injustice in the USA he did not support the war in Vietnam. At one time everyone was against him but he remains unchanged because he knew he was right. That America was wrong in waging a war against Vietnam in the name of democracy when they were failing to implement in the USA. So it did not make a sense to him and to me as well.
Summary
This book is a action packed package for those who are aspiring to be leaders in their own right Martin Luther King’s autobiography covers his whole life from his early life staying with his parents to a later stage when he was now at the end of his life. His sacrifice for total freedom for the people of the United States of America. Especially the disadvantaged members of the community.
The book touched a number of elements about the injustice and the unfair practice which were practiced in the United States of America. The racial discrimination as well as the division of the America society during those days. America was divided along racial lines and it seems as if the black American were the lowest in the ranks as compared to other races.
This division and discrimination were part of the American system the black Americans were having their own facilities such as schools, clinics and stores. They were sharing the bus but the black people were not allowed to sit in the front seats and if the bus is full and a white person enters those sitting in the back seats were supposed to stand up for the white person. This was gross mismanagement of the country how can one lead a country which is divided like that.
Before Luther was assassinated his life was threaten once when he was stabbed because of his involvement in the fight against injustice. Despite this draw back Martin did not give up the fight he continued to fight for the total freedom of the people of the United States of America not only blacks but for everyone who was oppressed.
Peace is a very expensive commodity when Martin touched on the war in Vietnam. He faced a lot of criticism even from some of the people who once supported his ideas because the United States was disseminating propaganda about the reason behind the war in Vietnam. So when Martin tried to tell the people the other side of the story about the war in Vietnam that was a sensitivity issue I think with the American authorities and the best way was to eliminate him once and for all. This they managed to assassinate him on 4 April 1968
But despite eliminating him from the world stage his ideas still lives on, But I do not know whether by now in the United States there is racial harmony. I still have to go to America and prove this point. If not I will carry on with King Luther Martin‘s work until when we will have equality in the world
Change The World
How Ordinary People Can Accomplish Extraordinary Results
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
Part 1 – Content Review
The book is about changing the world to be a better place for all of us especially the less well off members of the global community. It is about coming to a deep understanding of human relationships and the whole process focused on changing people from a negative way of doing things in to a very positive way of doing things.
The book focuses on the vision, unconditional confidence and profound impact. It is about the mastery of human influence, transformational power and the capacity to accomplish extraordinary things. It argues that every one of us is a agent of change. There are times when we need to influence other people. The other people may be our teenage children, our spouse, our colleagues at work, our clients, our students, our congregation or perhaps the team we coach. There is time when we need to create a new reality and new world.
The book argues that every ordinary person can become like me or you can change the world to be a better place for everyone. There is language of transformation. Yet most of us are cut off from the language. All our lives we have been explicitly and implicitly taught to see human influence as exercise in domination. Even the most sensitive among us is shaped by this paradigm or world view. But this outlook prevents us from seeing more deeply into the actual working of human systems.
This book demonstrates an alternative system. It offers a framework for having profound impact. The framework comes from those who have the power and vision to master the language of transformation. The language which has the potential to transform the whole world in to a place of peace, justice, good governance, democracy, servant leadership to mention but just a few
The seed thought which has its core of transformation and simplicity. A very good example of people who stood by simplicity; Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King jr. As historical change agents these three exercised great discipline as they searched for and found an understanding of human system. They were connected by some common principles and they used the principles to operate in a very real world. This gave me a deep insight about what Robert Quinn was writing about because it is practical not only theoretical. The makes the book reader friendly.
Part 2 – Personal Impacts and Practical Value
Change the world, the idea that inner change makes the outer change possible has always been part of the spiritual and psychological teaching, but I was so impressed that now we have authors who are now addressing it in leadership and management training. This is a very positive development for me since in reading one book I will get all the information which covers my spiritual needs, psychological needs, leadership needs as well as management needs.
Change the World has inspired me because it is trying to turn ideas in to action guide for individual, organizations, leaders, managers, parents and everyone else who wants to make a difference on this globe. This is a very healthy situation because who ever reads this important instrument will get out with something. This touched my soul so much that we have people who can think like this in this wired world full of capitalist.
Eight principles presented by Change the World which each of us can follow to make a positive difference as individuals, organizations and institution in order for change to happen: envision the productive community, first look within embrace the hypocritical self, transcend fear, embody a vision of common good, disturb the system, surrender to the emergent process, and entice through moral power. These are the principles inspired by the teachings of Jesus, Gandhi, and Luther Martin King Jr. The three historical leaders who successfully used personal change to change the world. The three leaders inspired me because they did not use force or violence to change the world but the non-violent approach was their weapon. Instead those who were in the corridors of power used power to oppress them, but it was too late the message has already reached its target market. That change is possible without using or abusing power.
I was so much touch by the way the writer introduced the principles with a quotation from the three leaders this inspires me a lot. After this the writer also uses stories from everyday life to demonstrate how ordinary people can learn to apply themselves in extraordinary ways. This gives me a deep understanding about what is writing about since it is really life examples or stories which happens to ordinary people like me.
Faced with the complexities of today’s world, It is too easy to view ourselves as passive observers of powerless victims like the situation in most developing countries and some developed countries., but lack of motivation or drive to do so. This book shows me the way how to use personal transformation to positively impact our families, organization business and the world at large what a valuable lesson for all of us the global citizen around the world. Power is in our hands
Part 3 – Summary
In change the world the book challenges us to work on changing ourselves so as to be able to change others. This is not a small matter or issue it needs man and women of extraordinary vision who also put extraordinary efforts because for change to take place the implementers or the agents of change should work hard first.
The book covers and reaffirms the wisdom and the spiritual guidance that is important in the pursuit of mindful and balanced life in this book change the world. It is for everyone who wants to finally have practical guide in achieving this difficulty, yet necessary transition. The book gives the reader the courage to use the personal transformation to positively impact their home life, work life and communities to be what he refers to as the “inner -directed and outer -focused” We are all potential change agents, but most of us including me we are trapped by the belief that as individuals we can not make the difference. But with the influence of the teaching of Jesus, Gandhi and Luther Martin King jr three of the most successfully change agents ever. The author outlines the eight steps each of us can take to move ourselves and others to the highest level of excellence. With this valuable information at hand each of us have access so that we can apply power that lies within us in ways that will change our world for the better.
The book is not only full of theories but it also gives the way forward. It covers the how part how can we make this difference. It is not like other books which only write about issues and events without supporting with real life examples from an ordinary man who helped to change this world to be a better place for us all. It is not about how much money one has to influence global events or issues but it is about values which guide individuals about what the world needs to be a good place for its citizens. People like Jesus, Gandhi and Martin Luther King were all financially challenged and never in the life time they were financial rich but they managed to change the world through their teaching.
This really proves that in order to change the world it does not need a lot of material wealth but it needs individual who are committed for the common good of seeing the world a better place for all of us.
This book has showed me that be an agent of change is possible and I am going to work towards be one of the agents I will start this effort like yesterday.
Eyes of the Heart- Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization by Jean- Bertrand Aristide
Content Review
Eyes of the Heart is a work of power and the grace, testament to humanity and hope and an indictment of international political and economic behemoths who are destroying lives and livehoods in Haiti and around the world. It is also spiritually uplifting books written by an ordinary man who have experienced poverty at first hand. A religious leader who speaks for the world’s hungry, man and women.
General the global economic growth is positive but the gap between the have not and the haves is increasing on daily bases. More than 1.3 billion people around the world including me are living on less than a dollar day that is absolutely poverty as per United Nation definition of poverty. Three billion people around the world are living on less than two dollars a day that’s poor. This is a very bad situation where by half of the world population is poor and we know for sure that the world have enough resources for all of us. But the international money markets, trade organizations and stock exchange are more interested in making more profit at the expense of the ordinary people around the world.
Serving human kind should be the core business of all the global citizens. In his own words Jean Bertrand Aristide wrote “We begin with what is in front of us. I cannot see God but I can see you. I cannot see God but I see the child in front of me, the women in front of me, and the man in front of me. Though them we know and experience love, we glimpse and seek justice” In order to serve God one should serve the people right in front of him/her.
Haiti like any other developing nations around the world has been negatively influenced by the animal called globalization. Haiti which was a land of peasant farmers who sustained their hopes and fed their families with rice and sturdy Creole pigs. Due to globalization people
Personal Impacts and Practical Value
It is disheartens to come to reality that 4 billion people around the world are material and financial challenged, What touches my soul is the fact that our mother earth have enough resources for all of us, The so called rich nations and multi national organization are responsible for making people poor due to their consumption patterns. This encourages over consumerization.
Jean Bertrand Arisitide remained humble despite the fact that he was the Head of State in Haiti. He uses the open door policy even though he was the head of state. The state house unlike most state houses around the world was accessible to everyone during his term of office. Most state house around the world are beyond the reach of ordinary people like me especially the financial and social challenged people. This a very important lesson in my life that if I manage to make it in life I should be still down to science because that where we all belong.
Be of service to others as the head of the state as well as a pastor this gentlemen has proved beyond any reasonable doubt to me that to be of services to others is one of the most important things for me to do on my daily life. It is not about the position or one holds in life but it is about what you give to the society (community responsibility.)
This gentleman has shown me that there is power in forgiving. As the head of state for Haiti at one time he was over through from power and during his time in exile no knew that one day he will bounce back to finish his term of office. The authorizes who were in power that time were busy demonizing him and they did not want him to return back home. But with the help of states he managed to return back to Haiti and finish his term off office. On top of this he managed to forgive those who had removed him from power unlike other politician who believe in an eye for an eye situation. If we all practice an eye for an eye situation the world will go blind.
I was so touched by the fact that democracy is about holding elections every five or four years. Election is the exam, testing the health of our system. Voter participation is the grade. This touched my soul because in most dictators hold election after every five or four years and they claim that they are democratic elected government so they have the mandate to govern the people. In actual fact that is not democracy because the people did not participate in the whole process.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is an extraordinary man, a man of so many promotions with vision and courage.
Summary
The world at a crisis with more than half of the world population living below than two dollars a day, but the world is experiencing unprecedented economic growth. The spastics that describe the accumulation of wealth in the world are mind boggling. In 1960 the richest 20% of the world population had 70% of the world’s wealth; today they have 86% of the wealth. In 1960 the poorest 20% of the world’s population had just 2.3% of the wealth of the world. Today this has shrunk to just barely 1%
Globalisation, the integration of world markets has promised to lift all boats ‘rich and poor to bring a global culture of entertainment and consumer goods to everyone- the promise of material happiness. And indeed, since 1980 most third world countries have embraced globalization. They have opened their economics to the world, lowered tariffs embraced free trade, and allowed goods and services from industrialized world to flow in. For poor countries free trade is not so far fair. Most developing countries under intense pressure from international lending institutions stopped protecting their domestic markets and this forced most of the home industries to collapse due to the competition from goods from all over the world.
Many in the so called developed world imagine the amount of money spent as development aid to developing countries is massive. In fact it amounts to only 0.3% of the GNP of the industrialized nations. In most cases about 84% of the money which is sent to developing countries as aid finds itself back to the donor countries as well. In actual fact the so called aid is a polite way of looking for markets in developing countries as well as sustaining their domestic market. The aid has a lot of conditional attachment.
Aristide defined democracy as food, school, and health care for everyone. Democracy asks us put the needs and rights of people at the center of our endeavors. This means investing in people. Investing in people means first of all food, clean water, and education and health care.
Studies around the world have shown that when household budgets are in the hands of women, they are more likely to be spent for primary needs (food, education and health care.) If the budgets of nations are in the hands of women we will see the same results. The participation of women will democratize democracy bringing the word back its meaning: Demos meaning people, Cratei meaning to govern.
The Power of Failure, 27 Ways to Turn Life’s Life Setbacks into Success
By Charles C. Manz
Content Review
The book provided simple profound ways to turn seeming failures into success. It contains practical prescriptions for successfully meeting some of life most common setbacks. The lesson of this book are organized into four parts include redefining success and failure, winning through losing, coping with failure and collaborating with failure. The topics are interrelated.
The definition of key terms is very useful in book like this one which seeks to inspire people to turn failure in to success. The book defined most of the key terms and this makes me understand the book without facing some challenges. By defining the key terms in the book it makes me to go a extra mile because I was also having my own definition of those words defined in this book so I was challenged to compare notes.
The use of user friendly words, the author I think wrote this book with people who do not speak English as their first language in mind because of the choice of his words as well as the use of very common examples from all over the world. Once a book have examples from different parts of the world the readers will benefit more since the will have the chance to know what is happening on the other side of the globe or what happened on the other side of the planet?
Opening new chapter with quotation from this drives or motivate the reader to read the article at once without wasting any time since one will have been inspired by these quotations. The quotations were well chosen and they match with the articles unlike some authors who do not carry their home work well.
Poems are so inspiring especially if one wants to turn failures in to success. The author used some poems in this book and this makes the whole book more interesting for the readers. The most interesting thing was the relevance of the poem the topic and how the poem was introduced to the topic. This showed creative by the author
The lesson of this book can has the potential to help a lot of people out there to find opportunities that is just waiting to be discovered in the challenges and failures we face every day. The book offers prescription for a more productive, prosperous and peaceful life. The book is about failure, but failure seen in a whole new light. It is about how we can harness the power of failure to help us succeed.
Personal Impact and Practical Value
Most people who have made it in life learn from failure and use their setbacks to succeed This is one of the most valuable lesson in life since I always take failure as temporary setbacks or the end of the road for me. This book has given me hope that I can turn challenges and failures in to opportunities or failure is a window for new hope. I met a lot of people in my life who are equal afraid of failure and who would avoid failure at all costs. I have learn that “A mistake is an event, the full benefit of which has not yet been turned to your advantage”
The power of failure offers both inspiration and advice on how failure can provide us with the foundation for long term success. This book is full of real life inspiring examples and stories, filled with practical strategies that I will use so that I can immediately fulfill my dreams. The book captures practical and powerful strategies for turning failure in to success and it is up to the individual to put action in to practice. Once this is down failure will be history.
A lot of people including me view failure from a very negative perspective but with the new definition of failure by Charles C. Manz defining failure as “ A short term unexpected result that reflects a challenge in progress and provides a stepping stone to success, an opportunity for learning and development, an opportunity for creative change and innovation as compared to the old definition which defines failure as a negative fatal result indicating, an inability to perform and a lack of success, a falling short because of ineptness deficiency or negligence, a bad thing that should be avoided , mourned and punished
The new definition of success as defined by Charles C. Manz is a way of living founded on benefiting from all life has offer that is, long term sequence of life improving results, an outcome of short term setbacks and failures, a process of continual development learning and fulfillment in life. As compared to the old school of thought which define success as a revered shrine of achievement. An all positive final result indicating, superior ability that requires no further learning or change, performance that is devoid of flaws weakness, a good thing that should be sought, celebrated and honored above all else.
Summary
Failure is natural part of everyday life, at its best, is a stepping stone to success, a challenge in progress, and the life blood of successful life. Failure offers us gifts of learning, the means to become stronger and grow as person, the possibility for change and in new opportunities. Failure can provide us with the foundation for long term success if we learn to redefine it, to use it to win through losing, and to cope and collaborate with it. Ultimately both failure and success are in the eye of the beholder. We can live successfully by looking beyond ourselves and seeing all the opportunities that the world has to offer those who have the courage to take on new worthwhile challenges and steadily fail towards success. We can truly live successful lives when we dare to harness
Failure is not something to be feared. It contains a positive challenge for successful living. Today’s failure contains the seeds for tomorrow’s greatest success. The first step to mastering the art of failing successfully is to come to see failure and success in a whole new light.
The fear failure is enough to stop many people in tracks and lead them to give up without even trying. This book shows that failure is essential component of personal and professional success. The fact that challenges are disguised opportunities as well as the fact that failure can spur positive change. Set are essential in life since they can catalyze creative coping skills and collaboration with failure can be ongoing part of being successful.
Sometimes failure is failure, at least in the short run. If we can learn to accept failure as necessary part of life and then take from it valuable lessons it offers, we can transcend it. Sometimes it’s best to not try to deny or redefine failure but to effectively cope and cooperate with it for future success.
Failure is part of our everyday life and it is inevitable. We should learn to accept it and try all our level best to turn challenges and failures in to success. This approach we will assist us to achieve our life goals and objectives. But if we deny failure we will not grow at personal level since we may be forced to bury ourselves under failure and we will feel hopeless as well as useless.
Failure is a fact of life not a option. I am now challenged that failure is not an option but a stepping stone for greater heights in life.
Eyes of the Heart- Seeking a Path for the Poor in the Age of Globalization
by Jean- Bertrand Aristide
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
Part 1 – Content Review
Eyes of the Heart is a work of power and the grace, testament to humanity and hope and an indictment of international political and economic behemoths who are destroying lives and livehoods in Haiti and around the world. It is also spiritually uplifting books written by an ordinary man who have experienced poverty at first hand. A religious leader who speaks for the world’s hungry, man and women.
General the global economic growth is positive but the gap between the have not and the haves is increasing on daily bases. More than 1.3 billion people around the world including me are living on less than a dollar day that is absolutely poverty as per United Nation definition of poverty. Three billion people around the world are living on less than two dollars a day that’s poor. This is a very bad situation where by half of the world population is poor and we know for sure that the world have enough resources for all of us. But the international money markets, trade organizations and stock exchange are more interested in making more profit at the expense of the ordinary people around the world.
Serving human kind should be the core business of all the global citizens. In his own words Jean Bertrand Aristide wrote “We begin with what is in front of us. I cannot see God but I can see you. I cannot see God but I see the child in front of me, the women in front of me, and the man in front of me. Though them we know and experience love, we glimpse and seek justice” In order to serve God one should serve the people right in front of him/her.
Haiti like any other developing nations around the world has been negatively influenced by the animal called globalization. Haiti which was a land of peasant farmers who sustained their hopes and fed their families with rice and sturdy Creole pigs. Due to globalization people
Part 2 – Personal Impacts and Practical Value
It is disheartens to come to reality that 4 billion people around the world are material and financial challenged, What touches my soul is the fact that our mother earth have enough resources for all of us, The so called rich nations and multi national organization are responsible for making people poor due to their consumption patterns. This encourages over consumerization.
Jean Bertrand Arisitide remained humble despite the fact that he was the Head of State in Haiti. He uses the open door policy even though he was the head of state. The state house unlike most state houses around the world was accessible to everyone during his term of office. Most state house around the world are beyond the reach of ordinary people like me especially the financial and social challenged people. This a very important lesson in my life that if I manage to make it in life I should be still down to science because that where we all belong.
Be of service to others as the head of the state as well as a pastor this gentlemen has proved beyond any reasonable doubt to me that to be of services to others is one of the most important things for me to do on my daily life. It is not about the position or one holds in life but it is about what you give to the society (community responsibility.)
This gentleman has shown me that there is power in forgiving. As the head of state for Haiti at one time he was over through from power and during his time in exile no knew that one day he will bounce back to finish his term of office. The authorizes who were in power that time were busy demonizing him and they did not want him to return back home. But with the help of states he managed to return back to Haiti and finish his term off office. On top of this he managed to forgive those who had removed him from power unlike other politician who believe in an eye for an eye situation. If we all practice an eye for an eye situation the world will go blind.
I was so touched by the fact that democracy is about holding elections every five or four years. Election is the exam, testing the health of our system. Voter participation is the grade. This touched my soul because in most dictators hold election after every five or four years and they claim that they are democratic elected government so they have the mandate to govern the people. In actual fact that is not democracy because the people did not participate in the whole process.
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is an extraordinary man, a man of so many promotions with vision and courage.
Part 3 – Summary
The world at a crisis with more than half of the world population living below than two dollars a day, but the world is experiencing unprecedented economic growth. The statistics that describe the accumulation of wealth in the world are mind boggling. In 1960 the richest 20% of the world population had 70% of the world’s wealth; today they have 86% of the wealth. In 1960 the poorest 20% of the world’s population had just 2.3% of the wealth of the world. Today this has shrunk to just barely 1%
Globalisation, the integration of world markets has promised to lift all boats ‘rich and poor to bring a global culture of entertainment and consumer goods to everyone- the promise of material happiness. And indeed, since 1980 most third world countries have embraced globalization. They have opened their economics to the world, lowered tariffs embraced free trade, and allowed goods and services from industrialized world to flow in. For poor countries free trade is not so far fair. Most developing countries under intense pressure from international lending institutions stopped protecting their domestic markets and this forced most of the home industries to collapse due to the competition from goods from all over the world.
Many in the so called developed world imagine the amount of money spent as development aid to developing countries is massive. In fact it amounts to only 0.3% of the GNP of the industrialized nations. In most cases about 84% of the money which is sent to developing countries as aid finds itself back to the donor countries as well. In actual fact the so called aid is a polite way of looking for markets in developing countries as well as sustaining their domestic market. The aid has a lot of conditional attachment.
Aristide defined democracy as food, school, and health care for everyone. Democracy asks us put the needs and rights of people at the center of our endeavors. This means investing in people. Investing in people means first of all food, clean water, and education and health care.
Studies around the world have shown that when household budgets are in the hands of women, they are more likely to be spent for primary needs (food, education and health care.) If the budgets of nations are in the hands of women we will see the same results. The participation of women will democratize democracy bringing the word back its meaning: Demos meaning people, Cratei meaning to govern.
The Power of Failure, 27 Ways to Turn Life’s Life Setbacks into Success
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
Part 1 – Content Review
The book provided simple profound ways to turn seeming failures into success. It contains practical prescriptions for successfully meeting some of life most common setbacks. The lesson of this book are organized into four parts include redefining success and failure, winning through losing, coping with failure and collaborating with failure. The topics are interrelated.
The definition of key terms is very useful in book like this one which seeks to inspire people to turn failure in to success. The book defined most of the key terms and this makes me understand the book without facing some challenges. By defining the key terms in the book it makes me to go a extra mile because I was also having my own definition of those words defined in this book so I was challenged to compare notes.
The use of user friendly words, the author I think wrote this book with people who do not speak English as their first language in mind because of the choice of his words as well as the use of very common examples from all over the world. Once a book have examples from different parts of the world the readers will benefit more since the will have the chance to know what is happening on the other side of the globe or what happened on the other side of the planet?
Opening new chapter with quotation from this drives or motivate the reader to read the article at once without wasting any time since one will have been inspired by these quotations. The quotations were well chosen and they match with the articles unlike some authors who do not carry their home work well.
Poems are so inspiring especially if one wants to turn failures in to success. The author used some poems in this book and this makes the whole book more interesting for the readers. The most interesting thing was the relevance of the poem the topic and how the poem was introduced to the topic. This showed creative by the author
The lesson of this book can has the potential to help a lot of people out there to find opportunities that is just waiting to be discovered in the challenges and failures we face every day. The book offers prescription for a more productive, prosperous and peaceful life. The book is about failure, but failure seen in a whole new light. It is about how we can harness the power of failure to help us succeed.
Part 2 – Personal Impact and Practical Value
Most people who have made it in life learn from failure and use their setbacks to succeed This is one of the most valuable lesson in life since I always take failure as temporary setbacks or the end of the road for me. This book has given me hope that I can turn challenges and failures in to opportunities or failure is a window for new hope. I met a lot of people in my life who are equal afraid of failure and who would avoid failure at all costs. I have learn that “A mistake is an event, the full benefit of which has not yet been turned to your advantage”
The power of failure offers both inspiration and advice on how failure can provide us with the foundation for long term success. This book is full of real life inspiring examples and stories, filled with practical strategies that I will use so that I can immediately fulfill my dreams. The book captures practical and powerful strategies for turning failure in to success and it is up to the individual to put action in to practice. Once this is down failure will be history.
A lot of people including me view failure from a very negative perspective but with the new definition of failure by Charles C. Manz defining failure as “ A short term unexpected result that reflects a challenge in progress and provides a stepping stone to success, an opportunity for learning and development, an opportunity for creative change and innovation as compared to the old definition which defines failure as a negative fatal result indicating, an inability to perform and a lack of success, a falling short because of ineptness deficiency or negligence, a bad thing that should be avoided, mourned and punished
The new definition of success as defined by Charles C. Manz is a way of living founded on benefiting from all life has offer that is, long term sequence of life improving results, an outcome of short term setbacks and failures, a process of continual development learning and fulfillment in life. As compared to the old school of thought which define success as a revered shrine of achievement. An all positive final result indicating, superior ability that requires no further learning or change, performance that is devoid of flaws weakness, a good thing that should be sought, celebrated and honored above all else.
Part 3 – Summary
Failure is natural part of everyday life, at its best, is a stepping stone to success, a challenge in progress, and the life blood of successful life. Failure offers us gifts of learning, the means to become stronger and grow as person, the possibility for change and in new opportunities. Failure can provide us with the foundation for long term success if we learn to redefine it, to use it to win through losing, and to cope and collaborate with it. Ultimately both failure and success are in the eye of the beholder. We can live successfully by looking beyond ourselves and seeing all the opportunities that the world has to offer those who have the courage to take on new worthwhile challenges and steadily fail towards success. We can truly live successful lives when we dare to harness
Failure is not something to be feared. It contains a positive challenge for successful living. Today’s failure contains the seeds for tomorrow’s greatest success. The first step to mastering the art of failing successfully is to come to see failure and success in a whole new light.
The fear failure is enough to stop many people in tracks and lead them to give up without even trying. This book shows that failure is essential component of personal and professional success. The fact that challenges are disguised opportunities as well as the fact that failure can spur positive change. Set are essential in life since they can catalyze creative coping skills and collaboration with failure can be ongoing part of being successful.
Sometimes failure is failure, at least in the short run. If we can learn to accept failure as necessary part of life and then take from it valuable lessons it offers, we can transcend it. Sometimes it’s best to not try to deny or redefine failure but to effectively cope and cooperate with it for future success.
Failure is part of our everyday life and it is inevitable. We should learn to accept it and try all our level best to turn challenges and failures in to success. This approach we will assist us to achieve our life goals and objectives. But if we deny failure we will not grow at personal level since we may be forced to bury ourselves under failure and we will feel hopeless as well as useless.
Failure is a fact of life not a option. I am now challenged that failure is not an option but a stepping stone for greater heights in life.
Law of Attraction
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
1. What Ideas were personally most important to you in this book?
One of the most profound revolutions in my thinking concerns the fundamental connections between who I am and what i want to attract to. Through the science of attracting more of want you want and less of what you do not want is well described in this book. The idea of attracting of more of what I want and less of what I do not want is a move in the right direction and idea is very important to me.
The use of testimony in the book is so powerful because when reading that testimony you are assured that someone with similar challenges managed to overcome them. Testimony reconfirms the fact that there is a always a spiritual solution to every challenge. Testimony motives the reader because one would like to know what happened next after undergoing life challenges and how did one manage to overcome them.
The content was aided by the use of pictures, Pictures are so powerful because even someone who can not read and write can follow the story through pictures. Pictures also assisted a lot even someone who can read to have a deep understanding about the content matter. Pictures also reinforces the content and the meaning of the content instead of the reader be left half cooked, with the aid of pictures the read will be full cooked.
The book is very easy to follow because the author used short topics but well explained and at the same time and moment supported by pictures. Since the author used short topics it is very easy to read and understand the message, If I do not understand I simple go and read again the whole topic since it is not time consuming. If re reading of the topic is not making sense I will simple refer to the pictures. This will save my day because if plan A fails I have plan B. The content of this book has so many option of making the reader understand the content.
When starting a new chapter the author started by recapping the discussion from the previous chapter. This method facilitates easy understanding of the book and as well as the message the author is trying to put across. The recap will capture the key concepts of the previous chapter. The language used by the author was easy and straight forward and this was made easier by the definition of key terms by the author. English is so wide and it is very easy to misunderstand something but if there is definition of key terms the reader will have a deeper understanding of the content and the subject matter. The author is so creative at the same time innovative and he can play around with words for the benefit of the readers. This book is so powerful but very small.
2. Can you relate the ideas or concepts in this book to your personal circumstances in life such as your relationships, your beliefs, your goals, your values, etc?
Some books can change my life; Law of attraction is one of them. Law of attraction works in a way that you will actually see the flow of opportunities, increased inspiration, money and good people come into my life, I will be telling everyone whom I know about this book. The has the potential for stimulating amazing results, so I highly recommend this book and I will use it for my seminars and workshop which seeks to motivate people
The book in written in a way that it is user friendly and easy to understand, One does not need a lot of time to grasp the concept of the whole book, But this book is a page turner once you start reading it you will continue reading it until to the last chapters. If in future I am going to write books and articles I have borrowed a lot of useful concepts from this very powerful book.
The use of case study about real life examples brings me close in understanding the whole concept of the law of attraction. This build my capacity for future use if the need arises I will come back to this book and recall the concepts and use them. The case study are very powerful because you know for sure that someone somewhere around the world was experiencing same challenges but he/she managed to turn those challenges in to opportunity through the science of attracting more of what you want and less of what you do not want.
One thing which I realized through reading this book is the fact that it is not the size of the book that carries the day but what is written in the book, I was very found of going for large volume of books an average 300 to 400 pages but not much from the 400 pages. This is an outstanding book, short and simple formula for attracting anything my heart desire will work big time for me as I follow it. I will apply the principles in my life to achieve mega success.
I have come to realize that it is within my means to overcome most of the obstacles I face in my day to day life. Obstacles and challenges are always there as long as one is still alive. What is important is not to run away from obstacles but how to manage them as well as developing strategies in overcoming them. The strategies developed must be dependable, and sustained both in the short term and in the long term. Challenges and obstacles are crucial in our life because they challenge our status quo; in most cases if managed well they will leave one more informed as well as more capable in dealing with challenges.
3. What are the most important new ideas or concepts you learned from this book?
The author started by giving a brief introduction about his life experience and the reasons why he changed his line of thinking. He went on to give a brief background about how the law of attraction worked and how did the law of attraction changed his life. The author also looked on to the reason why he wrote this book the motive behind. He shared the reason that this book was a result of public demand. People request him to put his ideas in to a book and share it with the rest of the world.
The author touched on the methods or the formula one can use in the Law of attraction. The three step formula which starts by identifying the desire, after the identification of the desire the next step is to raise the vibration through using the desire statement tool; the desire statement tool is basically made up of positive vibration. The next step is to allow it to happen by learning to reduce and even eliminate the doubt and resistance that
Stops you from attracting what you want.
4. Has this book challenged or changed your thinking in any way? If so, explain how?
The book challenged my personal growth, the book reinforced the concept that I should continue to grow on daily bases. The book brought in a new horizon in my life because their were a lot of things which I thought they were far out of my scope and it is almost impossible to bring them within my reach. But after going through this book I have a new picture in my mind and I full appreciate that I can make and it is within my means to make it because someone somewhere around the globe has done it before. I can also make it at whatever cost.
5. Are there ideas in the book that you totally disagree with? If so, why?
Not at all.
6. What did you find most helpful and least helpful in this book?
The law of attraction responds the same way your mind does; it hears what you don’t want. When you hear yourself make a statement containing the words don’t, not or no you actually giving attention and energy to what you don’t want. It is important to bear this in mind the fact that you attract to your life whatever you give your attention, energy and focus , to whether wanted or unwanted.
The importance of using positive statements or declaration and language, it is very important that we should try by all means to use positive statements and language. When should always at the same time treat ourselves positively so that the vibration can continue attracting only what is good in our life. Positive mind are very important in this field and they should be alert all the time. The power of appreciating the differences as well as acknowledging the law of abundance in life. Life is full of opportunities. The law of abundance should be used all the time if I am using the law of attraction. The world is full of resources for everyone and what is need is only to attract what one wants and leave behind what you do not want. The problem with most people is the fact that we do not know what we want and the spirit of over consumeration. We should only learn to live within our means and attract what is only necessary in our life.
7. In 50 words or less, please describe the main idea the whole book is trying to convey.
The main ideas about the book is about stopping attracting less of what you do not want, increase attraction of what you want, finding a perfect partner in life, clarification of goals and strategies and finding the ideal job.
Please rate the following questions on a scale from 1 to 10. Ten is good and one is poor.
A. How interesting was it to read? 6
B. How helpful were the contents? 7
C. How easy was it to understand? 9
D. Would you recommend it to others? 7
E. What is the overall rating you would give it? 6
The No Nonsense Guide to Globalisation
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
1. What Ideas were personally most important to you in this book?
The No Nonsense Guide to Globalisation traces the journey towards a borderless world. And in this process it shows that the promise of globalisation is seductive, powerful and ultimately hollow. The complex entanglement of culture and economics has been growing since the colonial era and even before. Today commercial culture and western consumer model have seeped into every corner of the globe while gaps in wealth, food, security and social provision continue to grow. Globalisation is buzzword I can not escape, it is so complex that no one can define it, some say it is the ticket to a democratic world of instant communication and global prosperity, while for others it is a money-mad juggernaut, spinning wildly out of control, threatening both culture and the biological diversity.
Globalisation is a new word which describes a old process, the integration of global economy that began in the earnest with the launch of the European colonial era five centuries ago. But the process has accelerated over the past quarter century with the explosion of computer technology, the dismantling of trade barriers and expanding political and economic power of multinational corporations. The great depression of the 1930s lead to the birth of Keynesianism and the interventionist state. As world war two ended the victors put together a new set of rules for the global economy. This postwar financial architecture includes the World Bank and International Monetary Fund and the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT). This is also the same time when the third world countries emerged from centuries of colonialism and these institutions are increasing the spirits as well as acting as pillars of neo colonialism by up holding the status quo. Now colonization is done by the so called Multinational Corporation and international institution such as the World Bank and the IMF.
Gaps between rich and poor are widening, decision making is concentrated in fewer and fewer hands, local cultures are wiped out, biological diversity is destroyed, regional tension is increasing and the environment is nearing the point of collapse. That is the reality side of globalisation, an opportunity for human progress whose great potential has been thwarted. The impacts of globalisation in developing countries are sad news because globalisation has eroded all the gains of political independence. People are poorer than they were under the York of colonization.
2. Can you relate the ideas or concepts in this book to your personal circumstances in life such as your relationships, your beliefs, your goals, your values, etc?
The fact that giant corporate companies become the driving force behind economic globalisation, wielding more power than many nation-states. Business values of efficiency and competition at all cost now dominate the debate on social policy, the public interest and the role of government. The tendency to monopoly combined with decreasing rates of profit derives and structures corporate decision making without regard for social, environment and economic consequences of those decisions. This is a very sad development because we depend 100% on the environment and we are doing more harm than good on the environment, I do not know how best I can make the difference so that our natural resources won’t be finished in the name of globalisation .Faith in the economic growth as the key to progress comes into question as the earth life support system fray and signs of ecological collapse multiply. Globalisation geared to spur rapid growth through greater resource consumption is straining the environment and widening the gas between rich and poor countries. The standard cure of neo liberal cure of neo liberal economics is privatization, tax cuts and foreign investment which are not effective in reality because it means putting people’s life in the hands of the private hands. Which do not have people’s needs at heart.
The fact that the financial system is run by bureaucrats, bankers and mainstream economist. Their decisions have a profound impact on the lives of ordinary people who are never consulted. The institutions which determine global trade and investment policy have an obligation to incorporate the opinions and insights of civil society into International Monetary Fund has been around for more than half a century. In all that time it still not learned to put people ahead of the market, change of attitude is needed just like yesterday on this issue. People we should pull all our efforts to fight this injustice both in the north and south, so that at the end of the day people will win not markets.
3. What are the most important new ideas or concepts you learned from this book?
An unregulated investment has turned the global economy into a casino where speculators search for instant profits and damn the consequence. A tax on financial speculation that would put people ahead of profit is urgently needed. The tax should have the capacity to help and stabilize global markets and capture much needed funds for global development. This is a very sad not that national governments have lost control of their ability to manage their own economies, national governments could not stand the pressure from globalisation. The world needs a new international regulatory agency to reduce volatility and inefficiency in the global financial markets. Globalisation is increasing inequality and poverty worldwide as national governments lose the ability to control their developments strategies and policies. Political solutions are needed to reinvigorate democratic control both south and north. But political reforms need to combine with particular mechanisms for structural reform in combination these should put meaningful employment and human rights at the heart of economic policy, to boost local control and decision making and restore the ecological health and natural capital of our plant.
The majority of foreign exchange dealing is by 100 of the world’s largest banks. The top ten control 52 per cent of the market and mostly American, German, Britain. Citibank tops the list with 7.75 per cent market and share and a 1998 volume of foreign exchange transaction which, at $8.5trillion, exceeded the GDP of US. These banks operate in their private investors, insurance companies, hedge funds mutual funds and pension funds.
The deregulation of the global finance coupled with the microelectronics revolution has sparked a surge in the flow of capital. This uncontrolled speculation has eclipsed long term productive investment and poses a huge threat to the stability of the global economy. This is evident by the recent financial crises in many developing countries Zimbabwe included which caused suffering of millions of people. This confirms the need for urgent action to control the money market and rein currency traders. There is no evidence that economic growth alleviate poverty. In 1950s the world’s total economic output has increased five fold while the number of people living in absolute poverty doubled. This growth has pushed human demands on the eco-system beyond what the planet is capable of sustaining. And that does two things: it accelerates the rate of breakdown of planet’s ability to regenerate its natural systems and at the same time it intensifies the competition between rich and poor for the resources that remain.
In a deregulated market economy global corporations are accountable to only one master, a rogue financial system with one incessant demand- keep your stock price as high as possible by maximizing short term returns, One way to do that is to shift as much of the cost of corporation’s operation as possible on to the community. The goal is to externalize cost and the private gain.
4. Has this book challenged or changed your thinking in any way?
The book challenged me that the effects and impacts of globalisation are already hard on me and the only way I can get out this is to challenge the status quo such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, So that their policies and programme should be people driven as well as pro poor. The two institutions are the ones coming out with the programmes for the countries in the south without our in puts. This should be challenged by all the people in the south
5. Are there ideas in the book that you totally disagree with? If so, why?
Not at all.
6. What did you find most helpful and least helpful in this book?
This book was so helpful to me because it goes down in to the history of globalisation starting with Christopher Columbus who is one of the gurus in globalisation up to the present day. The book captures all the corners of the globe. This is very important to me since I am a student of development studies. The book is critical of the approach used by the International monetary fund and the World Bank to drive their agenda of globalisation which I am very critical off and this makes the book more helpful than least helpful. Everything is helpful to me
7. In 50 words or less, please describe the main idea the whole book is trying to convey.
There is no doubt that globalisation is the buzzword the most talked about and perhaps the least understood concept of this new millennium. The entanglement of diverse cultures and economics has been spreading for centuries and the world has been shrinking as result of this animal called GLOBALISATION.
Please rate the following questions on a scale from 1 to 10. Ten is good and one is poor.
A. How interesting was it to read? 10
B. How helpful were the contents? 10
C. How easy was it to understand? 8
D. Would you recommend it to others? 10
E. What is the overall rating you would give it? 10
21st Century Leadership-Dialogue with 100 Top Leaders
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
1. What Ideas were personally most important to you in this book? Do not simply list the ideas, but explain or discuss why they were important to you, using personal examples.
How to empower people: It starts with trusting people’s competence and judgment. The primary task on empowering people is about bringing out the very best in people by educating and mentoring them. Empowerment is about sharing and unleashing the power that exist with them. This is a very good idea because in most case when we talk about empowering in my organisation we talk without trusting our members that they are capable of doing it. We have a culture of mistrust which is disempowering, but from now on wards when I talk about empowering I will put an element of trust on my peers, trusting them that they will manage to make it. Everyone’s dignity is raised by having a say in where the organisation is going. Empowerment is really about involvement. Empowerment starts with truly believing that everyone counts.
The core values which are important in order to be a successfully leader are honest, sensitivity to other people’s needs and deep commitment to fairness. It also takes courage to be a leader in today’s world because it is not that easy to lead. There is no easy way to leadership. In some cases I often say leadership is as easy as 1, 2,3 but after reading this powerful instrument I realized that leadership is not easy, One has to work extra hard than the people he/she is leading because leadership is not a person but a function which has to be played in an effective way. It is through be an honest leader that one gains respect of the people one is leading. Without respect it is almost impossible to be an effective leader.
The fact that leaders are being forced to divorce from the formal authority because organisation are becoming decentralized webs instead of hierarchical entities, and from power because fewer people can coerce or control much of anything. With the breakdown of hierarchies, formal organisation have replaced by more decentralized system of politics and economics. This idea has touched me that much because there is power in numbers, and instead of one person making decision for the whole organisation the power is now decentralized. This method we will borrow and use it in our work related situations. The whole idea of hierarchical management with a general at the top and several colonels comes out of the military and was transplanted into government as well as business institutions. This pyramid never fit the needs of business or any other institution. This rigid hierarchy is dying because it runs on position instead of relationships, power, or people power. The most important fact of life is that this trend is dying at a very fast rate soon or late we will have people power even in the army where they are very much interested in power and they have a culture of giving all the power to the leader. This is a very bad attitude because the leader can abuse the power and he/she is not answerable to anyone. But in this there is checks and balance because power is with the people not the leader.
2. Can you relate the ideas or concepts in this book to your personal circumstances in life such as your relationships, your beliefs, your goals, your values, etc? Please use personal examples in your explanation.
Most of the principles in the book are applicable in to my organisation because my organisation is coming from a background of command / control type of leadership where power is invested in few individuals. This book gave me the foundation to challenge the status quo within my own organisation. Even through it is a process and the process is not clear because if one is challenging the status quo there is always some form of resistance. Any change within any organisation faces resistance and in most cases 40% will be for the change and 40% against the change and 20% undecided. My duty now is to try and win the 20% undecided and about 10% of those resisting the change since there is power in numbers. If you are assured them that the change is for the better and stick to your words they will follow
The book has proved to me that it can be done with good and sound leadership with honesty and integrity it can be done. It changed my perception on a number of things in life since I was having a believe that most of things are beyond my scope. But now I know that it can be done no matter what. This will help me to redefine my goals, vision and mission so that it can meet my new targets.
3. What are the most important new ideas or concepts you learned from this book? Please Explain.
Leadership is more to do what you do than what you say. Leadership is performance and not a position. “You are falling in to a trap if you try and define leadership by asking, ‘who got the best title or who have the biggest office or who have the highest salary. This is a new concept to me since here in Zimbabwe that is the way we measure the position of leadership in organisation, but that is very wrong because leadership is about what you can deliver to the people you work with in the organisation. Without followers there is no leaders, so the followers are very critical in our day to day life, even at family level, we must have culture of interdependence.
4. Has this book challenged or changed your thinking in any way? If so, explain how?
The book has challenged my line of thinking and perception because of the fact that it is within our means to change the world to be a better place for all of us through sound leadership. All a long I was having a feeling that there are some institution like the army and police which can not be changed because of the nature of their business which is of law and order, But I have realized the fact that they can be changed so that they become more people driven than power driven. This issue challenged me because I did not believe that they can be changed, the book showed that with or without outside influence organisation will change, but what is important is the fact that the change should be effective, sustainable and brings more happiness and harmony to the organisation.
5. Are there ideas in the book that you totally disagree with? If so, why?
I do not have anything which I disagree with from the book, since most of the issues discussed were coming from personal experience of individual leaders. It is pointless to disagree with someone’s experience because he/she experienced it. The only thing which did not go well with me was the selection of the leaders, I feel it was going to be more helpful if they have included leaders from other parts of the world, because right now the book is only having some western/American perspective but it is discussing from a global perspective. The discussion will be biased by the American influence, hence missing the point of becoming a global idea. Global ideas needs in puts from the global village not from one country. This does not portray the image of the global leadership. So if the authors are thinking of writing another book they should try and bring in few other world leaders from across the globe.
6. What did you find most helpful and least helpful in this book?
I am coming from a Appreciative inquiry background and on that note I do not focus on the least helpful areas, but I put all my energy on the helpful areas and what can be done so that the least helpful areas can be also helpful. Having said that I managed to get something from each chapter because I was focusing on the positive side. So I can confirm the fact that the whole book was so helpful in my life since I am aspiring to be a leader in the next near future. Meeting the top 100 leaders from the United States of America one of the leading nation in commerce and politics of the moment, I feel humbled and honoured to read through their experience. This has added a new chapter in my life and I am going to work on it so that I can one day match them, they have told me that it can be done as long as I put effort; I can be a very successful leader despite my humble beginnings. I will put the effort to prove the point.
7. In 50 words or less, please describe the main idea the whole book is trying to convey.
This book is a complete asset about the investigation into the leadership theory. It defines the winning culture for organisations in the future and provides guidance in creating them. The book is about setting the agenda for the future world leaders want must be done in order to have sound leaders across the world.
A. How interesting 8
B. How helpful were the content 8
C. How easy was it to understand 7
D. Would you recommend to others 9
E. What is the overall rating 8
Love without Conditions
Assessment by Ratherford Mwaruta (Zimbabwe)
1. What Ideas were personally most important to you in this book? Do not simply list the ideas, but explain or discuss why they were important to you, using personal examples.
Christ mind the way to peace empowers people to connect with peace within and act in harmony with one’s true self and unique circumstances of one’s life. The book tries and digs deep in to core values of unconditional love such as the power of forgiving, relationships, community, spiritual practice and miracle. This is a very important concept to me because I should love everyone with no strings attached. Unconditional love is everyday offer because the lord loves us on daily bases despite all our short comings. Unconditional love is incredible wisdom we can use the spiritual principles working behind the events and circumstances that are playing out in our lives. Seeing those principles requires daily practice that helps us look beneath the surface of our lives and encourages us to face the truth even when it is difficult.
Jesus has no exclusive place or position in the Christ mind, Krishna, Buddha, Moses, Rumi, Lao Tzu and many others are consciously joined with him there or perhaps more accurately one is free to preach the gospel of unconditional love at any given time. Jesus is not offended by this move, but instead he is pleased because one will be following the teaching of non separation. Beliefs separate, loving thoughts unite. The moment when we differs on religious grounds conflicts starts building up. Even now at global level we have a lot of conflicts which are directly linked and supported by very powerful religious organisation. But if there is unconditional love the boundary based on religious grounds will be eliminated once and for all. In his famous teaching Jesus said ‘bless your brother even though you do not agree with him.”
The book extends a simple but profound practice of self forgiveness and non separation that transformed my life. This practice that Jesus perfected in his life. The practice he continued to advocate moment to moment as he carries his royal duties. The Love of Jesus, Krishna, Buddha and all the ascended masters surround us in our single prayer. It gently nurtures the spark in our hearts, helping us move more completely through our fear and shame. It brings divine illumination to all narrow beliefs and conditions of our experience, ‘because the light of Christ is within us all. Let us invoke it together in the name of love.
2. Can you relate the ideas or concepts in this book to your personal circumstances in life such as your relationships, your beliefs, your goals, your values, etc? Please use personal examples in your explanation.
Christ mind is a tool that can help me to understand spiritual lesson as they unfold each day of my life. Used in conjunction with journaling, it gives me a simple method of introspection of looking within my own heart and mind, and finding wisdom and the guidance that abide unconditional love. The definite book on the affinity process, Crucial lesson about learning how to hold a safe loving non judgmental space for myself and others which will enabled me to open my heart and move through my fears. It enabled me to begin a spiritual practice and transformed my life. It offers me a way of extending the teaching of love and forgiveness throughout my community.
Division into religion is relics of this world. Such boundary does not exist in the Christ mind. We are all joined by a single goal of unconditional love. It is hard to imagine but it is a fact in our day to day life since no one brought up in to judeo- Christian or tradition that does not have to come to terms with the life and teaching of Jesus. This is true to all religious groups.
3. What are the most important new ideas or concepts you learned from this book? Please Explain.
Jesus does not ask us to convert in to Christianity, for there is no such thing. Christianity is a myth of separation. It divides the Christian from Jew or the Muslims or the Buddhist. Jesus does not advocate for any kind of separation. He practices love and forgiveness for all beings, including himself. Each of us has available to us a personal relationship with Jesus. That relationship comes into being simply as we begin to want to trust it. There is no technology no invocation, no esoteric spiritual practice involved in it. The simple but authentic need for his friendship and his guidance is all that is required. Jesus is does not want to be an authority figure to us but he stand against authority save for God. He asks merely that we take his hand as equal, and we reach out to as brothers and sisters with the same mutual respect and intention of equality.
The teaching may be simple, but it requires all my attention, all my energy, all my commitment to put it into practice. To intend to be equal with each person in our experience and to recognize and forgive all our mistakes as they wash away our guilt away and help us move through our fears. In most cases I took things as if they are very easy only to realize that they are not easy then I will start to work hard again, but now I will give everything which comes in to my life the respect it deserves. I have learned to separate things which are urgent and those which are important.
The book gave me steps by steps process for moving my fears projections, judgments and guilt so that I can take responsibility of for creating the life I want. With great gentleness I learn to embrace lessons and to find equality with others. This book is essential because it enabled me to begin a spiritual practice which will transform my life and the life of my family and others who I will interact with during my life. It offers me a way of extending the teachings of unconditional love, forgives throughout my home area and beyond.
By letting our judgments and ending our ego based search for perfection. We can bring our darkness to light, dissolving, anger, guilt and shame by preaching the gospel on love without pre conditions or any attachments involved. The love to one another just because we are people we have almost everything in common and we shared a common destiny of loving each other as we are. Love is the cornerstone of everything to love and to be loved is the greatest thing in the world. This statement is true and I will try my level best to up hold it.
Mistakes are opportunities for learning. To condemn your fellow country men for making mistakes is to pretend to be mistake free, which I am not. We all make mistakes during our lifes so if one of our friends makes some mistakes we should still love her/him without blaming each other, we should complement each other.
4. Has this book challenged or changed your thinking in any way? If so, explain how?
The world is deeply divided on religion; most conflicts around the world are religion based. This book has brought in a new chapter in my life. The chapter is that I must be above religions grounds. My life should be guided by unconditional love not by religion because in most cases religion divides and love unite. I felt challenged that I should be above religion politics in my day to day life.
5. Are there ideas in the book that you totally disagree with? If so, why?
I am happy to inform you that I do not have anything from this book which I totally disagree; Most of the issues written about are the issues i face in my day to day life. Off which it will be pointless to disagree with a fact. A fact is a fact whether I like it or not it will remain a fact of life. We should practice unconditional love on daily bases. That’s a challenge to all of us the global citizen to love beyond our national boundaries.
6. What did you find most helpful and least helpful in this book?
Looking for unconditional love in a world conditions must be inevitably, since we are acting out of shame based patterns; we cannot offer each other the love we know they deserve. The best way to transform this pattern of behaviour is by raising awareness of love that is necessary and begin taking responsibility for giving it to ourselves. Unconditional love helps us heal childhood wounds, walk through our deepest fear and cross over the water of our emotional pain. Just as the rock in the river are pounded and caressed to rounded stone,” the rough edges of our personalities worn smooth in the context of a committed relationships. If we can keep our hearts open, we can heal together and discover what it means to give love and love without conditions.
7. In 50 words or less, please describe the main idea the whole book is trying to convey.
Inspirational passionate book covering almost one will need in order to practice and implement unconditional love on daily bases. Love without conditions is really love the rest is just what people do inorder to gain mileage.
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D. Would you recommend to others 9
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