WHY YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF (Part 2)

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 "If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards." - Paul Bryant

Good day my dear readers, trust you are very fine. I bring to you the concluding part of the last post. In case you are yet to read Part 1 of the Why you find it difficult to believe in yourself post, you can read it here  Now let's consider the number 3 factor which can prevent a person from believing in himself or herself.

3. PAST EXPERIENCES OF FAILURE

This factor is perhaps the mother factor when talking about the causes of a lack of self-confidence in oneself. This is so because almost all the other factors that one might think of have their root cause in a past experience of failure. Take for instance the two other factors we had earlier discussed: Fear in most cases comes from a bad experience that a person has had, or a bad experience that had happened to another person which we know about. This creates in us the feeling that a similar thing could happen to us if we meet ourselves in a similar situation. Also, one of the causes of a low self-esteem is a failure that had been experienced in the past - we said something about this in the last post, but perhaps, we can now get to understand it better.

WHY YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

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"Doubt whom you will, but never yourself." - Christian Nestell Bovee

Believing in oneself is an easy, but also, a very difficult thing to do. It is easy in the sense that it's all about the concerned individual. Nobody knows a man better than himself, therefore, such an individual can easily put confidence in his abilities, and go for whatever the target is.

On the other hand, to believe in oneself can really be very difficult if certain factors come into place. In such cases, no tangible result can be obtained from whatever is being done because without a strong believe in oneself, success will remain unachievable.

Today's discussion seeks to examine some of those factors that prevents a person from believing in himself or herself, and ways to deal with them.

2015: A NEW BEGINNING

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 Happy new year to you my esteemed readers. I thank God who has kept you and I alive to see this day. I also thank God for the successes of last year and the ones that will be recorded in this year. All glory to Him.

It's a new year! And I'm happy about that. I am very excited because this is a new year that come filled with new opportunities. It is another chance to build upon the achievements of the previous year, and attain greater heights. It is also an avenue to correct some of the mistakes which were made in 2014, in order to have a better and more prosperous 2015.

10 QUALITIES YOU MUST HAVE TO BE A GREAT LEADER

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"If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then, you are an excellent leader." - Dolly Parton

Every leader wants to be successful at what he or she does. However, success at leadership is something that not everybody get to enjoy. While there have been many successful leaders; there have also been many unsuccessful ones. What then makes the successful ones thick, and what is responsible for the failures of others?

The answer to the question above is what I want to discuss in this post by taking a look at 10 qualities that you must have in order to become a great leader. These qualities are applicable to any leadership position you find yourself in; be it community, religious, organizational, political, ...just name it - and you can be sure that these qualities would work for it.

However, the things you need to be a great leader are not limited to these selected 10, but know that these selected ones would definitely put you in the category of great leaders.

THE PLIGHT OF PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY IN NIGERIA

Hello dear readers

How has been your weekend? Trust its been awesome. I just want to share with you  my guest post on olufamous.com. It isn't a motivational stuff, but a call to the society on the need to address a particular important issue which the society has consistently overlooked, which is: the plight of people with physical disability in Nigeria. I sincerely hope it will help in changing the orientation of Nigerians and stir in their hearts the need to make life more comfortable for persons living with disability.

Enjoy it

As a physically-challenged person, I have over the years observed that much is not being done to make life comfortable for persons with physical disability. This is probably due to the fact that we are a minority, and are therefore not given due consideration when key decisions are being taken by those in positions of authority.

Although our plight is glaring, yet only few persons have taken steps aimed at making life more comfortable for us - the best others have done is to sympathize with us. Although their sympathy is appreciated, that is actually not what we need. What we would have preferred them to do is to translate those sympathy into actions which could help address some of the challenges we face in our daily living.

A THOUGHT ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES

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The day breaks, chasing away the night
A new day, different from any other
Men wake up, some with hopes and aspirations,
Others, to just live on
But one thing is certain, it is a new day with new Opportunities

Just as a yolk is carefully covered by a shell
Each day covers the Opportunities in it
The foolish only looks forward to the day
But the wise looks forward to the Opportunities in it
Tapping into them, and getting propelled to higher grounds

Higher grounds with newer Opportunities
Higher grounds that moves a man closer to achieving his goals
That is where men who see Opportunities get to.
Did I say men who see Opportunities?
Rather, men who make use of Opportunities

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GOAL SETTING

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"Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievements." - Brian Tracy (in the book: Eat that frog)

One common similarity among we humans is the desire to have a good life filled with success and achievements. We all want to record success stories in our education, careers, businesses, finances, relationships, and families. Such a desire is good, but as we all know, achieving that success is where the challenge really lies. A lot of things happening to us, or around us, could make us not to look deep inside and identify who we are and what we really want to achieve. Yes, we all usually think about becoming successful, but each person is unique, and so are the things that work for us. That is the reason why each person needs to identify what (s)he wants and outline how to go about it, and one sure way to go about that is by setting goals.

Goal setting is simply a process of thinking about what you want to achieve, and working towards making it a reality.

Goal setting is important because: