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One must understand the difference between a fear-ridden vision of destiny and the vision that enables us to seek the enemy of fulfilment within ourselves.
there exists a divine power that can lift one up from confusion, misery, melancholy and failure, and guide one to one's true place.
I had to desire it intensely and be absolutely certain it would happen.
"With faith, you can change your destiny," he would say.
one should never worry about one's future prospects: instead, it was more important to lay sound foundations, to have sufficient enthusiasm and an accompanying passion for one's chosen field of study.
I reminded myself that the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.
living. Ideas are present in the consciousness, which when released and given scope to grow and take shape,
can lead to successful events. God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability.
You cannot expect a person to deliver results if you humiliate him, nor can you expect him to be creative if you abuse him or despise him.
"Bread baked without love is a bitter bread that feeds but half a man's hunger,"—those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
can affirm that the kingdom of God is within you in the form of this power, to help achieve your goals and realise your dreams.
The gist of the quote was that all reasonable men adapt themselves to the world. Only a few unreasonable ones persist in trying to adapt the world to themselves.
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"We have sent no apostle before you who did not eat or walk about the market squares. We test you by means of one another. Will you not have patience?"
"Light upon light. Allah guides to His light whom He will. He has knowledge of all things."
Anyone who has taken up the responsibility to lead a team can be successful only if he is sufficiently independent, powerful and influential in his own right to become a person to reckon with.
Knowledge is a tangible asset,
leader can only be free to lead his team if he keeps abreast of all that is happening around him—in real time.
The second way is to develop a passion for personal responsibility.
Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in.
Performance dimensions are broader and deeper than what a person must know and be able to do in order to function well in his or her job.
"Your wealth and children are only a temptation whereas: Allah! with Him is an eternal award." I
we don't just build on successes, we also build on failures."
not only do you have to have a goal but you have to have strategies to achieve it as fast as possible."
"But there are other men who while placing one rock on top of another have a vision in their minds, a goal.
It is the goal that makes the difference.
Do not make rocketry your profession, your livelihood—make it your religion, your mission."
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To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.
Total commitment is a crucial quality for those who want to reach the very top of their profession.
Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women.
with your commitment to your work—you also need good health and boundless energy.
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
Flow is a by-product of controlled creativity. The first requirement is to work as hard as you can at something that presents a challenge and is approved by your heart.
something that makes you realise that you are performing a task better today than you did yesterday,
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The reality of your own nature should determine your speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become tense and high-strung, slow down.
You should climb the mountain in a state of equilibrium.
Happiness, satisfaction, and success in life depend on making the right choices, the winning choices.
"Know where you are going. The great thing in the world is not knowing so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving."
Ironically, all through school, we were taught to read, write and speak, but never to listen, and the situation remains much the same today.
We made a resolution to be attentive listeners.
"God can do tremendous things through the person who doesn't care about who gets the credit. The ego involvement must go,"
"Before God trusts you with success, you have to prove yourself humble enough to handle the big prize."
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goal-setting, positive thinking, visualizing, and believing.
The key to my motivation has always been to look at how far I had still to go rather than how far I had come.
People dissect their failures for causes and effects, but seldom deal with them and gain experience to master them and thereby avoid their recurrence.
that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins.
If a job meets the employees' need for achievement, recognition, responsibility, growth and advancement, they
will work hard to achieve goals.
Naturally major opportunities are accompanied by equally major challenges. We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
what matters in war is not decimating the enemy army physically but breaking his will so as to make him concede defeat in the mind,
