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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a Man Thinketh<\/strong><\/span>
\n Assessment by Issa Coulibaly (Mali)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. What is the main idea the author is trying to convey in this book?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The life of everyone is the image of his own thought; otherwise we just play our internal movie.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. What were the seven ideas which were personally most important to you and why? List these seven ideas followed by explanation after each one as to why it was important to you. Use personal examples from your own life.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

i. For only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the door of the temple of knowledge\u201d. If you want to do something, it is an obligation for you to learn about it, know as much as possible and appropriate the concept. About physical capacities, you should exercise everyday a little more until you get an acceptable level of satisfaction. It\u2019s not possible to sleep in tranquility an just wake up one day with knowledge, it doesn\u2019t fall down from the sky. It is a matter of making effort. The knowledge has nothing mystic, it is something concrete and real.<\/span><\/p>\n

ii. \u201cWhen the man realizes that he is a creative power, and that he may command the hidden soil and seed of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself\u201d. In our existence, it\u2019s a good thing to avoid being slaves of circumstances, we should not adapt our habits to the circumstances but we have to create them as we wish. This is the only manner for us to dominate our life and lead our destiny, I mean we should lead our destiny and we don\u2019t have to be lead by it. I don\u2019t know someone who doesn\u2019t want to be happy, but my happiness isn\u2019t yours, and all of us have means to be happy. Only will get it the one who think that it\u2019s just by effort we have what we desire. A man, who really wants something, should make a vow to himself and fight to create a favorable environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

iii. \u201cNot what he wished and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions\u201d. Life is something realistic, it\u2018s not a matter of praying and wishing, the pragmatic man thinks of what he wants and work for that. If you have a goal and work for it, when you get the contrary that is an accident. When there is a lack of effort; you may not be totally satisfied at all, but you can change it. The easiest rule of life is think and act, not the contrary nor thinking only or acting only.<\/span><\/p>\n

iv. \u201cGood thoughts and actions can never produce bad results; bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results\u201d. Who think positive is almost sure to live positive; our life is just reflecting of thoughts. For my own experience, every time I do a test or an exam, I never think one second that it\u2019s possible to fail. That\u2019s why for me I can go through difficulties and I obtain always what I want. But, one day I went for driving license exam, I was really negative. I passed steps until the last one, it was almost over and I did a bad maneuver. I was very disappointed but not surprised because I had bad thoughts and I know that I deserved that situation. Because we should learn from our weaknesses, I learnt from that day to be positive in my thoughts and to be optimistic.<\/span><\/p>\n

v. \u201cA man cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts and so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances\u201d. Yes thoughts are master of our destiny, circumstances created from it. I got a little experience in my childhood. More than twenty years ago, one of my classmates was fond of football, so called soccer oversea. His mother was one of our teachers, according to circumstances; he naturally had predispositions to be among the best students. He thought soccer and only soccer and even during break times he played. The day he played with our national soccer team nobody was surprised, and during the African cup eliminatory he failed to do exam for bachelor. Finally he abandoned the school and made career as professional soccer player. Today he is the manager of a soccer team somewhere in the United States of America. This guy for me is a good example of creating circumstances through thoughts. He shaped the circumstances and by the end got what he wanted and he is very happy today because he is acting according to his thoughts. Think of what you like and just practice versus parents and friends probable pressure. Only your thoughts are important. We should not be victims of circumstances; we should make them go as we wish by actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

vii. \u201cThoughts of doubt and fear can never accomplish anything. They always lead to failure. Purpose, energy, power to do, and all strong thoughts cease when doubt and fear creep in\u201d. The mental is the command of all our actions, doubt and fear are enemies of the psychological commitment. You can be the strongest man of the world, but if you doubt or hesitate before you do something, you lose at least percent of your capacities. I realized that when we were doing the airborne training. All of our guys who were scared and hesitated by jumping from the aircraft got injuries. One of us was about to suicide because of hesitation; he put his right hand on the parachute and didn\u2019t activate the mechanism. Some seconds before he felt down, the automatic parachute functioned, by his bad thoughts he created fatal circumstances. I such actions just put in your mind that the others are going through, why not me, what do they have more or better than I have. Sometimes it\u2019s a question of life or death, I wonder if there is someone who wants to die.\u201d Here old people use to say that when a brave man feels fear in a part of his body, he just cut it off and proceed to accomplish his mission\u201d. It is just a manner to teach to young generation how it is important to be courageous.<\/span><\/p>\n

viii. \u201cA strong man cannot help a weaker unless that weaker is willing to be helped\u201d. The thought is the most interesting thing for an achievement. First of all, you must commit yourself to your goal and then think about how to get it. But if someone doesn\u2019t agree to do an action, there\u2019s no way to obtain something good from him. So as strong as you can be I don\u2019t know how to help someone who is not willing to be helped, his capacity to achieve the goal should not be sustained by his physical force but by an entire willingness. Here the physiological shape doesn\u2019t work but the thought capacity. That\u2019s why it\u2019s commonly said that \u201cHelp yourself and the sky will help you\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. How will these ideas or lessons help you in a practical way, both in your daily personal life and in helping you to create a better world? If so, how?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

* We should think about whatever we plan to achieve;<\/span>
\n * Whatever is planned and well thought can be done;<\/span>
\n * Our life is made of concrete actions recommended by our thoughts;<\/span>
\n * Only by throughout his thoughts a man can create circumstances which lead to the success of his dreams;<\/span>
\n By the end, I learnt that we should be positive in our thoughts so that our life can be positive. If everybody could have such attitude, we would have a life without all those manmade disasters like: crimes, wars, rapes, abductions\u2026 But unfortunately it\u2019s the contrary today, the bad is winning over the good, bad or worst thoughts are dominating our environment. We have to change the situation; I\u2019m confident we will do it.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Quotes: Are there any statements which the author made that particularly got your attention? If so, please quote them and comment as to why they were important to you.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cCircumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself\u201d. Here is one of the greatest ideas of this book for me. There is something sleeping in each of us, if we don\u2019t wake it up by deliberate effort; one day an event will naturally do it. Thus, we should consider that reaction like a hidden performance that the circumstance reveals to us\u201d. I learn here that we should react to the circumstances and get as much as possible benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMan is always the master, even in his weakest and most abandoned state\u201d. It another interesting ideal developed by the author. It shows to us that whatever can happen, but we will remain master of our destiny. What we will be depends on what we think. In the hardest condition, we should look out energy into our deepest inside. This idea is useful because it teach us that we should never give up, hope or positive thoughts are our best friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Is there anything in the book that you do not understand or are unclear about, or are there ideas which you disagree with and, if so, why?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The book was easy to understand and I agree the ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Did the book contain exercises for the reader to complete? If so, did you complete all of the exercises and did you find them helpful?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The book didn\u2019t contain exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Was there anything you read in the book that you would like to comment on that was not covered in the previous questions? If so, please comment.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

All the interesting ideas to me were in the previous questions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rating<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A. How interesting was it to read? 8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n B. How helpful were the contents? 7<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n C. How easy was it to understand? 6<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n D. Would you recommend it to others? 8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n E. What is the overall you would give it? 7<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jonathan Livingston Seagull<\/strong><\/span>
\n Assessment by Issa Coulibaly (Mali)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. What is the main idea that the author is trying to convey in the book?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The main idea in this book is that there is no natural limitation; by effort everything can be possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. What were the seven ideas which were personally most important to you and why? List these seven ideas followed by explanation after each one as to why it was important to you. Use personal examples from your own life.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The seven most important questions:<\/span><\/p>\n

i. You should accept to suffer to get what you need;<\/span><\/p>\n

In your life, if you decide to do something it\u2019s like you made a deal. As it\u2019s said nothing for nothing, you should accept to suffer to get what you want. I remember when I decided to join the military; I was thirteen years old just after fundamental school. My father who was a military chief refused, for him it was too difficult. I insisted finally he accepted to let me go for the test. So during our training, I understood the opposition of my father. It was a tuff deal for me, but it was like a vow for me. I had to suffer because I wanted to be a man one day.<\/span><\/p>\n

ii. At a certain moment of effort, you feel that you have reached your limit, at this exact point you should remember that there is no limit;<\/span><\/p>\n

What someone can do is unlimited, when you are tired often you think it\u2019s other \u201cI cannot anymore\u201d, it\u2018s not exact. For me, it is the ideal moment to make an extra effort.<\/span><\/p>\n

iii. Life is a permanent school, you always learn;<\/span><\/p>\n

Nobody can know everything; everyday you hear or see something new. Every morning we are going to school, even those who are a hundred years old. In my life of every day, I am always with people; by interacting with them I learn many things. Perhaps I have a certain level of study bigger than their but I learn from them. As it said in my country, you can learn from smaller than you. It is so evident that I learn how to play certain games today with my sons and the eldest one is ten years old. In my childhood, I didn\u2019t get the chance they have today; I taught them many things and I also learn. That is what makes the beauty of life.<\/span><\/p>\n

iv. If you want something, focus on it and never give up;<\/span><\/p>\n

Life is a perpetual fight, everything is possible. I remember in 1998, I knew nothing about computers. My superior always encourages me to learn about it, I didn\u2019t care. In 2005, I passed an African test for the Staff College in Gabon. The presentations there are on PowerPoint; home works on flash disks to the instructor. I was wondering the first days \u201cAm going back to my family after nine months without a diploma?\u201d I spent days and nights in the computers room. I was working when the other students were taking a rest. I realized that life cannot be imagining today without computer skills; by the end, I was very good. Never give up until you get what you want.<\/span><\/p>\n

v. A man should always try to be perfect;<\/span><\/p>\n

Nobody is perfect, but we should always try to correct ourselves. Perfection cannot be seen as an abstraction or a dream; we should see it as an object. If you know your default or your weakness; you are almost perfect. You just need correctives actions.<\/span><\/p>\n

As personal experience, when I was in Darfur for military observation; I had some problems in English, particularly for pronunciation and listening. Instead of remaining with my French speaking colleagues from Senegal, Niger or Cameroon; I tried to interact as much as possible with those who spoke English. Some people where ashamed and thought \u201cno I don\u2019t speak English or my English is poor\u201d I always told them that language is just a mean of communication, but it\u2019s essential; just try to understand and to be understood. Up to now, I\u2019m not perfect in English; but I can say what I mean and I seize all opportunities to improve it. By the end of the mission I remember one day I was speaking French with a captain from Senegal during a patrol. It was the first time for my team leader, a major from Uganda, to hear me speaking French after some months working together. It was amazing for him and he asked \u201cTell me Issa, Mali is a French or English speaking country?\u201d Honestly I was very proud of myself that day. He told me that I\u2019m lucky because in his country, when an officer can speak both French and English, for sure you\u2019ll work to high level or may be international.<\/span><\/p>\n

vi. The physical nature is not an handicap, by learning everything is possible;<\/span><\/p>\n

Our differences make the beauty and the charm of this world. Everybody has his physical shape; that cannot be used as an excuse. If you know that you have a physical weakness, just focus you and work on it. The limitation is in the mind the solution is conviction.<\/span><\/p>\n

vii. You should be patient with people and accept to share your experience with them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Life is a perpetual changing, \u201cas it\u2019s said here: you come in people\u2019s hands and you will go in their hands\u201d. We learn from others and it\u2019s an obligation for us the hand over to others. For that, you should be patient with those who are learning from you; put yourself at their level, understand them to solve the problem. If you want somebody to progress, make him love want and then work on the weaknesses. Teach him that by effort impossible doesn\u2019t exist. The day you see one of your students or someone who learnt from you emerging, it\u2019s the day you should be proud of yourself. That\u2019s a good way to get an auto satisfaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. How will these ideas or lessons help you in a practical way, both in your daily personal life and in helping you to create a better world? If so, how?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After reading this first book, I learned much about limitations, effort, perfection and conviction.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had a conviction about limitations, now that conviction has been reinforced; some people I met are waiting everything from God. I cannot say they are totally wrong, it\u2019s their opinion and thought. The limitation is not a state, it is just a though that you put in mind. All of us have his convictions, but what is concrete is the effort pays.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the perfection way, among a group, the best person is the one who is closer to perfection. In our everyday\u2019s life we should try to be perfect, still you are alive day after day, try to do better than you did. For me limitation for a man, I mean men and women, is the death. The day you leave this world is the day you are really limited.<\/span><\/p>\n

For conviction, I think that we can get nothing without conviction, to have something you should like it or have a good reason to try. It\u2018s the first weapon for the combat.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we have all those qualities, there no way to fail, after effort for sure we will progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Quotes: Are there any statements which the author made that particularly got your attention? If so, please quote them and comment as to why they were important to you.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Some statements particularly obtained my attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are free to go where we wish and to be what we are\u201d it\u2018s good lesson for life. I enjoyed it because it shows us that the key of liberty is just effort and nothing else. By essence nobody is limited; you can be what you wish.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cthe hardest thing in the world is to convince a bird that he is free\u201d;<\/span><\/p>\n

Here for me, the author is trying to show people that; we are able to do so many things but we seem to ignore it. We are all limited by \u201climitations\u201d; we are always thinking that it\u2019s impossible to do this or that because of my nature. The solution is just to try, have a conviction and you will get one day what want. The conviction is the hardest than doing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGulls in heaven are never supposed to be tired or to sleep\u201d the author in pointing out the place of courage in our life. If you have an objective, never give up. The rest time can be lovely enjoyed after reaching the arrival point or getting achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome\u201d. That is the sentence I highlighted on my sheet of paper. It\u2019s the best for me throughout this book. The thing I learnt here is: if want to change your life and realize your dreams, just exercise and build your life. Life should be dominated by us; we should give the impulsion we want. Of course it\u2019s not possible to get all that we need or all that we want, but the reason shouldn\u2019t be the not trying. It is a bad thing to take life as it comes, make it go on the way you wish.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Is there anything in the book that you do not understand or are unclear about, or are there ideas which you disagree with and, if so, why?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

There is nothing that I didn\u2019t understand in this book.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Did the book contain exercises for the reader to complete? If so, did you complete all of the exercises and did you find them helpful?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The book didn\u2019t contain exercise for the reader.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Was there anything you read in the book that you would like to comment on that was not covered in the previous questions? If so, please comment.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This first book has been very helpful for me. In fact, I didn\u2019t discover new concepts but my convictions have been reinforced. Now I have much more arguments, it will be very easier to convince people about the benefits of \u201cefforts\u201d. To be really free, you should first of all valorize your own forces, may an assessment of your capacities, discover your weaknesses and then solve them. Nothing is irreversible, everything and every situation could be changed, and the only condition is your commitment and your engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rating<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A. How interesting was it to read? 8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n B. How helpful were the contents? 8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n C. How easy was it to understand? 7<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n D. Would you recommend it to others? 8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n E. What is the overall you would give it? 7<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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PsychoCybernetics 2000<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Assessment by Issa Coulibaly (Mali)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. What is the main idea that the author is trying to convey in the book?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The main idea the author is to make us take control of our life and our destiny by changing our habits and thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. What are the seven ideas which were personally important to you and why?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The seven ideas which were personally most important to me are:<\/span><\/p>\n

a. \u201cIt is our self-image that prescribes our limits. And achieving a positive self- image_the life instinct, rather than the destructive instinct_ is within the capability of every man, woman and child\u201d. The idea here is that our limits generally are only virtual. They don’t really exist or if they exit, they are very far from where they are supposed to be. The meaning is that we are not physically limited but mentally. When a man is free minded, I mean if he thinks that he doesn’t have limits, he can make marvelous realizations. He can appear like hero or superman, he is just a free man or man who can and go far.<\/span><\/p>\n

b. \u201cCreative imagination is a capacity we all process, the ability to create images in our minds. By realizing that our actions, feelings and behavior are the result of what we imagine to be true, we can change these actions, feelings and behavior by changing our mental pictures\u201d. To progress, we should free our mind, and make everything possible. The impossible is only a self limitation; we should always try to over pass our habitual limit. Here we are advised to be positive in all our life thinking.<\/span><\/p>\n

c. \u201cWhen you focus your imagination on the way you wish to be, your conscious mind directs your subconscious mind to accept these new images. And since your subconscious mind will agree and comply with the images your conscious mind creates, acting as if, it were true will in effect makes it true\u201d. Reaching an objective, the most important thing is the mind posture; if it’s negative be sure that your action is going to be negative. If it is the case you go straight to the wall, the failure is guarantee. Knowing that we don’t do action for failing, it’s imperative to be positive minded. The clich\u00e9 we make for an action is most important than the action itself, because it’s the image that determine the action.<\/span><\/p>\n

d. \u201cThen there are the times you do make mistakes _and make no mistake about it you will. The important thing is to regard your mistakes not as indications of failure but as steps on the road to success\u201d. Some say that the experience is the sum of our mistakes. All our progress and success are built on our failures; the failure should not be seen as a bad thing. It’s the step which is supposed be a propulsion stage for a man to reach his objective. Instead of being destructive, the mistake is constructive for us. All success is built somehow on mistake or sum of mistakes. It’s a necessary stage for success.<\/span><\/p>\n

e. \u201cYour automatic mechanism can only handle one goal at a time. No matter how busy you are, time comes to you at a rate of only sixty minutes to the hour. Even a computer that can do millions of calculations every second cannot execute two programs simultaneously. Focus your awareness on one project at a time and don’t worry about the one you are not doing. Making progress on one project will raise your self-esteem far more effectively than worrying about six\u201d. This idea is one of the best of this book. As busy as you are you just do one and only one thing at the same time. In our practical life, sometimes you don’t what to or how to do it. I got a bad experience one day during a test. The subject was too much for the time, I tried to go through and respond the easiest questions to get the maximum points. At the end, I got the minimum because I wanted to do many things at the same time. I wanted to respond questions; I wanted also to read the entire question in the purpose to see what is more easier. From that day, I understood that we just have one brain and it functions better when you take things one after another. But if you want everything at the same time, it collapse and finally you are doing nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

f. \u201cWhatever your goal may be, you can prevent burnout by abandoning the brute- force approach. Make your action plan more efficient by prioritizing and narrowing your focus\u201d. Something can appear as easy for you, but failure may come from the method. Even if the subject is the one you chose for example during an examination because you know it very well, you should make a plan. Then you will be sure to treat all the aspects. Everything you do in everyday life have to be planned before. A man who plans things goes always farther than the one who takes things as they come.<\/span><\/p>\n

g. \u201cA journey of thousand miles begins with but a single step. Your initial steps may involve a certain amount of trial and error, delay and discouragement. This goes with the territory\u201d. This idea is evidence, all starts with one. The starting can be or must be difficult it will be helpful for the final success. You must learn from your weaknesses. It’s said here that as much as you are in a hurry, when you wake up, you sit down before you get up. You cannot by lying on your bed just be on your feet, the important thing here is that life is a game of succession of things. You should go step by step if you want to go far and surely.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. How will these ideas or lessons help you in a practical way, both in your daily and personal life and in helping you to create a better world? If so, how?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The lessons learned are many, but we can just make the following r\u00e9sum\u00e9. These lessons are useful for us facing challenges after challenges. They teach us how to go through and be successful. The lessons learned help us to progress because after mistakes we are aware of something new. Next time you will correct the mistake. The practical examples in the book make us live other experiences; we feel them like our reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

* We should be in a good mind disposition to make positive achievements;<\/span><\/p>\n

* We learn from our mistakes, they are important for the success;<\/span><\/p>\n

* As busy as you may be, just try by one and only one thing; never try to make two things at the same time;<\/span><\/p>\n

* Everything you do must be planned, don’t make the mistake to say \u201cIt’s easy\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Quotes: are there any statements which the author made that particularly got your attention? If so, please quote them and comment as to why they were important to you.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Many statements are very important to me in this book:<\/span><\/p>\n

First: \u201canother reason we fear success is that it can put us in the spotlight. When we are under scrutiny we tend to feel self-conscious. It can be safer to remain in the shadows, in the background.\u201d In my country, it is commonly said that \u201cit the hidden snake who will be greater\u201d. So people who fear success are somehow right, the success can expose you to many things; it is not bad to be in a second plan sometimes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second: \u201cBut in human beings the success instinct helps us achieve emotional and spiritual satisfaction as well as mere physical survival. It operates as a creative mechanism, guiding us toward fulfillment of the many goals that make us human and contribute to a rich and satisfying life\u201d. To be successful, we should be in a disposition for that; be positive and creative in the mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Is there anything in the book that you do not understand or are unclear about, or are there ideas which you disagree with and, if so, why?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To me everything was clear; there is no need for explanation. There is no idea for which I disagree.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Did the book contain exercises for the reader to complete? If so, did you complete all of the exercises and did find them helpful?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The book contains many exercises, I completed all of them, and they were helpful for auto evaluation and self- planning.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Was there anything you read in the book that you would like to comment and that was not covered in the previous questions? If so, comment.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

All the important issues to me are reported in the assessment questions, there is no aspect that I want to comment more than it is already done.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please rate the following questions on a scale from 1 to 10. Ten is good and one is poor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A. How interesting was it to read? 8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n B. How helpful was the contents? 7<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n C. How easy was it to understand? 9<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n D. Would you recommend to others? 6<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n E. What is the overall rating you would give it? 8<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Success through a Positive Mental Attitude<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Assessment of Issa Coulibaly (Mali).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. What is the main idea that the author is trying to convey in the book?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The main idea of this book is that, the success in our life depends on our mental dispositions. If those dispositions are positive, the success is guaranteed.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. What are the seven ideas which were personally important to you and why?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The seven ideas which were personally most important to me are:<\/span><\/p>\n

a. \u201cAnd don\u2019t ever let me hear you say that it is God\u2019s Will that we are poor. We are poor-not because of God. We are poor because Father has never developed a desire to become rich. No one in our family has ever developed a desire to be anything else\u201d. Here, the author is trying to show us that: things are not coming from the sky. As people say, help yourself and the sky will help you. It is too simple to do nothing and wait for God. You are the first one to know what you want, just give yourself to obtain your objectives.<\/span><\/p>\n

b. Priceless gift: \u201cHenry, nothing is ever accomplished without work. If I leave you nothing else but the will to work, I will have left you the priceless gift: the joy of work\u201d. I totally agree with this idea. I always tell people that instead of making a lot of money, buildings and so one for your children, you should invest in their education. And after that, you show them that the best fortune is the fortune you got by your effort. The money you give as gift will be finished one day, the buildings you give can be sold, but the education you give will stay forever; it\u2019s timeless and secure. Add the will to the competency, and you are invincible.<\/span><\/p>\n

c. \u201cThese people are saying, in essence, that the world has given them a raw deal. They are blaming the world and circumstances outside themselves for their failures. They blame their heredity or their environment. They start out with a negative mental attitude. And, of course with that attitude, they are handicapped. But it is MNA that is holding them down, not the external handicap which they give as the cause of their failure\u201d. A man who is always pointing out others, will never progress. We should always be confident in our capacities. Certainly people don\u2019t have the same chance in life because of their different origins, but we you can obtain what you want if you make it an objective; you just give yourself the means to reach it. The environment can help some people than others, but it cannot be seen as a handicap. By effort, everything is possible; you should always see the world by the positive side to obtain what you desire.<\/span><\/p>\n

d. \u201cWhen you seek success with PMA, you keep trying. You keep searching to find something more. Failure is experienced by those who, when they experience defeat, stop trying to find the something more\u201d. Here, the author is trying to show us that, by effort, we are really unlimited. Defeat helps us to progress, because we learn from it. The success comes after a sum of defeats and lesson learned which are called experience. The one who doesn\u2019t try cannot have experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

e. \u201cHe was saying that you are what your habits make you. And you can choose your habits. You can develop any habit you wish when you use the self-starter\u2026 the secret to get things done is to act. The self starter is the self motivator: DO IT NOW!\u201d Sometimes you can hesitate if you want to do something, you will maybe wonder: can I do this or that. But to go through, you order to yourself to do it, and you will. It\u2018s just a matter of motivation not a question of capability. The WILL in the process is the best source of energy; it can boost you over to what you can imagine. Your success depends on your level of motivation. More you are determined to achieve a goal; more you have a chance to be successful.<\/span><\/p>\n

f. \u201cHe was only seventeen from his goal. He remembered that success is achieved by those who try and maintained by those who keep trying with PMA\u201d. One more time, it\u2019s evident that to obtain what you need, you should act. But on achievement shouldn\u2019t be self satisfaction, everything is right: no. You must make it something durable, by maintaining the rhythm or improving it. Never give up fighting or acting, life is made of many days which can be different one from the over. So until you are capable, you should keep on acting.<\/span><\/p>\n

g. \u201cEveryone has many talents for surmounting his special problems. It is interesting to note that life never leaves us stranded. If life hands us a problem, it hands us also the abilities vary, of course, as we are motivated to use them.\u201d In general the difficulty shows us what we are really capable to do. Before being confronted to some difficulties, you may underestimate yourself. More the difficulty is high, more you discover that you are powerful, it depends on the motivation. Really we are unlimited in our capacities.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. How will these ideas or lessons help you in a practical way, both in your daily and personal life and in helping you to create a better world? If so, how?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

First of all, we see here that life is a challenge. If you are healthy everything is possible, we shouldn\u2019t wait for a divine miracle, by effort we can obtain all that we want. We also have necessary resources to over pass all the obstacles, what we need are just motivation. The motivation is the strongest weapon of our daily fighting for happiness. After fighting to have something or to reach a certain level, it\u2019s also very important to maintain the cape; I mean that the combat is never finish until we are alive and until we have motivation: source of power.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Quotes: are there any statements which the author made that particularly got your attention? If so, please quote them and comment as to why they were important to you.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Some statements are very important to me in this book:<\/span><\/p>\n

First: \u201cIf you know what you want, you are more apt to recognize it when you see it. When you read a book, for example, you will recognize opportunities to help you get what you want.\u201d In life you should know your objectives. Objectives known are half obtained. When you are moving, to reach the point, you should know where you are going. But if you start without knowing where you are supposed to go, you will never arrive. Be objective should be clear, that will help you to success.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second: \u201cnegative attitudes are often contagious, bad habits are contagious. Let each of us look to our own associations and be certain to keep them on the highest possible level. One of the greatest services you can render to children is to motivate them to motivate themselves to select the right kind of friends and associates\u201d. As intelligent as you can be, as power as you can be, if you have bad associates, you will never be successful. People us to say that the milieu determine the man, I can assume that it is a general truth. You are influenced by your natural environment, this is not a question of wanting or not, being strong or not. The orientation in children\u2019s life is very important, because, a child is like a porcelain object; he will grow with the form you give him during his childhood. If he is in a good association, for sure he will have positive mental attitude and vice versa.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Is there anything in the book that you do not understand or are unclear about, or are there ideas which you disagree with and, if so, why?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To me everything was clear. There is no idea for which I disagree.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Did the book contain exercises for the reader to complete? If so, did you complete all of the exercises and did find them helpful?<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The book doesn\u2019t contain any exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Was there anything you read in the book that you would like to comment and that was not covered in the previous questions? If so, comment.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

All the important issues to me are reported in the assessment questions, there is no aspect that I want to comment more than it is already done.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please rate the following questions on a scale from 1 to 10. Ten is good and one is poor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A. How interesting was it to read? eight 9<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n B. How helpful was the contents? Seven 8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n C. How easy was it to understand? Nine 7<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n D. Would you recommend to others? Six 6<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n E. What is the overall rating you would give it? Eight 8<\/strong><\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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