Time Management (1): Procrastination!

    Procrastination does not only steal your time, it also renders your ambitions unachievable! To be successful in all areas of your life, you’ve got to learn about how to successfully manage your time.When you procrastinate, it means you have not done a good job on managing your God-given time.

       Here are some helpful tips about how you can manage your scarce time:

(i)                 Identify some time-wasters in your life (you know all of them!).

(ii)               Reduce the impact those time-wasters have on your precious time.

(iii)             Make functional outlines/plans about impending activities or projects and stick to them

(iv)             Associate with time-conscious people, those who value every minute of their lives

Happiness (1): Forgiveness Is the Bedrock of Happiness

       Constant forgiveness is the bedrock of living an extraordinarily happy life. When Jesus Christ was asked how often should people forgive one another in a single day, his answer shocked everyone: 49 times! This, in essence, proves that frequent forgiveness has the seemingly magical power to:-

(i)                 Heal our own minds

(ii)               Remove heaviness and pain from our hearts due to intense anger

(iii)             Guarantee continuous happiness in us

(iv)             Help us strengthen the weak among us

Success (1): Your Decisions Determine The Level of Your Success

       Your decisions determine the level of your success. Research and human experiences have shown, on several occasions, that the grander the decisions we make concerning our lives on daily basis, the more gratifying the outcomes of our actions. And, practically, success usually results from series of productive and appropriate actions that we constantly undertake.

    So, what kinds of decisions normally guarantee enviable string of successes?

(i)                 Quality versus quantity decisions:-When you make quality decisions about every facet of your life, you are bound to experience unprecedented success. Anyone can make decisions, a lot of them, but the question remains: are they quality ones? Will they produce admirable results? Are they career-enhancing? Will they transform the lives of those making the decisions?

(ii)               Optimism versus defeatism:- You’ve got to make optimistic decisions concerning your life before you can actually experience the manifestations of true success. What is the importance of making any decisions at all if they are full of negative expectations and defeated hope?

Personal Transformation (1): Creativity—The Most Sought-After Recipe For Wonderful Achievements

   Creativity is that recipe you need to transform your life, business, education, working experience, and so on. Being creative entails using the skills, education, experiences and connections you have at the moment to produce unbelievable and personally uplifting outcomes.

  Though there are various ways to define creativity, but the term “creativity” could mean the process of:-

(i)                 Developing a new product, service, lifestyle, business, system, relationship, personality from the existing but less gratifying one.

(ii)               Uprooting what does not work in your life and replacing it with a more effective one.

(iii)             Creating an entirely new system, procedure, practical application that has the capability of not only transforming your life but also helping people around you to see those good qualities in themselves.

Organizational Performance (1): Why You Should Not Stress Over Changes At Your Workplace

      Every organization institutes changes in all ramifications of its operations in order to encourage optimum productivity.  Changes are inevitable, but they are not necessarily threatening. Though this doesn’t mean that one or two of these changes may upset you or your lifestyle, but they are practically needed to sustain your organization, from which you earn your livelihood to keep body and soul together.

           You may want to consider these effective suggestions for handling a change in your organization:-

(i)                 Be flexible—flexibility reduces the hurtful effect, if any, of an organizational change.

(ii)               Change yourself or your lifestyle to peacefully adapt to the latest organizational rules.

(iii)             Refine your working habits—old habits are truly unproductive.

(iv)             Seek help from superiors when needed.

(v)               Work hard on having a great relationship with your colleagues and superiors.