Category: People

{Just imagine if the likes of Nelson Mandela, Isaac Newton, Bill Gates and Martin Luther King Jr quit. Just imagine how the world would have been if not for the zeal and determination of people over the years to not have given up.}

Most times, people choose to give up just close to their breakthrough and they don’t even know it. Quitting puts the final nail on failure.

These quotes will inspire you to not give up:

1. “Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don’t know how to quit.” – Robert Schuller

2. “Quitting is never an option on the road to success. Find the way forward. If you have a positive mindset and are willing to persevere, there is little that is beyond your reach. The attitude of being ready to work even in the face of challenges and despite odds is what will make all the difference in your life.” – Roopleen

3. “From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.” – Martha Beck

4. “Quitting is the easiest thing to do.” – Robert Kiyosaki

5. “Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.” – Napoleon Hill

6. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton

7. “A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.” – Napoleon Hill

8. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.” – Lance Armstrong

9. “If you quit once it becomes a habit. Never quit.” – Michael Jordan

10. “Age wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul.” – Douglas MacArthur

Quitting might seem appealing; most people tend to quit at the first sign of adversity, and they tend to justify their actions. But how many of them turn out to be successful?

Source:Elcrema

{When you get to adulthood, it becomes so difficult to live an exciting life. With your thoughts focused on money, business, career, family, progress and taking that next step forward, it becomes increasingly difficult to live an exciting life; your life becomes constricted and dull, and every day just seems to be the same.}

{ {{No matter how busy you are, you shouldn’t just let life fly by you.

Make your life more interesting with these tips:}} }

{{1. Start your day well }}

Make that conscious effort to start your day on the right foot. Sleep early and wake up early, and prepare your mind for the day; prepare to be happy no matter what. Happiness starts with the mind, and you’ll live a more interesting life if your mind is geared towards being happy.

{{2. Change your routine }}

If you do the same thing every weekend, it’ll become too boring after a while. Change your routine and do something different; diversify your activities every weekend, and you wouldn’t only feel more excited about it, your life will also be more exciting.

{{3. Take rests and take care of your body}}

Your life cannot be exciting when your body is stressed out. Learn to take rests, eat right and exercise daily. When your body is in the right shape, living an exciting life wouldn’t be too difficult.

{{4. Perform random acts of kindness }}

You don’t have to wait for a reason to do something kind for someone. Look for someone in need and reach out to that person. Research has found that doing something unexpectedly for someone can lead to a higher level of happiness.

{{5. Create special moments with your friends and family}}

Don’t just wait for special moments to happen — create it. Plan a dinner and invite people that matter to you, celebrate your birthdays with the special people in your life, organise barbecue time with your folks, and just choose to be happy.

{{6. Make a decision to always be happy }}

Happiness is a choice; you don’t wait for it to come, you make a decision to be happy. Make a decision to always be happy, no matter what, and your life will be more exciting.

{{7. Be adventurous }}

Don’t stick to what you know; try out new areas, visit new places, and enjoy the thrill of doing something new. Your life will be more exciting when you do this.

Have you been living a dull and unpleasant life? It’s time to spice things up and make your life more exciting.

Source:Elcrema

{As you brace up for that tough interview, and you practice answers to the probable questions you’ll be asked, have you ever thought about what the interviewer wants from you in that interview?}

Interviewers are humans like you, and they have what they expect from you. These are some of their expectations:

{{1. To look charming }}

Believe it or not, your interviewer wants you to look good and charming as you walk into that door. The interviewer wants to be swept away by your aura, charm and personality. This will make the interviewer warm up to you.

2. The interviewer wants you to feel confident about the interview. The interviewer sees your confidence level, and they’d love it if you had more belief in yourself.

3. The interviewer expects you to represent yourself very well. Be the best representation of yourself, and try to be reasonable in the answers you give. Drop every form of nonchalance at home.

4. Your interviewer also expects you to listen, to be focused and to be professional in the interview.

If you can bring these into your interview, you’ll definitely leave an impression on your interviewer, and you’ll be one step away from getting that job.

{With every new year comes a goal to be accountable for; people make resolutions to be better, live a better lifestyle, change a bad habit, have a better relationship, start a new project and so many other things. But one area people forget is to be accountable financially.}

People keep making terrible money mistakes year after year, and if you must make certain progress in life, you must be accountable financially.

{{These are some of the ways you can do that }}

1. Stop having a rough estimate of where your money is going. Always be accountable to how you spend your money, and what every dime is spent on.

2. Those little expenses that you feel don’t matter, actually matter. They take tons of your money, but you don’t get to notice because they are so little.

3. Don’t spend your income without planning. Have a planned financial life.

4. Stop borrowing, and learn to live within your means.

5. Don’t spend to impress people, and don’t make the mistake of going into debt for trivial things like festivities and celebrations.

6. Stop procrastinating when it comes to savings. Make savings a lifestyle. Don’t choose to save whatever is left at the end of the month, else you wouldn’t have anything to save. Plan on saving a certain percentage from the beginning of the month.

7. Stop living from paycheck to paycheck. Try to have a multiple stream of income.

Try not to make these mistakes this year, and be more accountable to how you use your resources.

{With every new year comes a goal to be accountable for; people make resolutions to be better, live a better lifestyle, change a bad habit, have a better relationship, start a new project and so many other things. But one area people forget is to be accountable financially.
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People keep making terrible money mistakes year after year, and if you must make certain progress in life, you must be accountable financially.

{{These are some of the ways you can do that }}

1. Stop having a rough estimate of where your money is going. Always be accountable to how you spend your money, and what every dime is spent on.

2. Those little expenses that you feel don’t matter, actually matter. They take tons of your money, but you don’t get to notice because they are so little.

3. Don’t spend your income without planning. Have a planned financial life.

4. Stop borrowing, and learn to live within your means.

5. Don’t spend to impress people, and don’t make the mistake of going into debt for trivial things like festivities and celebrations.

6. Stop procrastinating when it comes to savings. Make savings a lifestyle. Don’t choose to save whatever is left at the end of the month, else you wouldn’t have anything to save. Plan on saving a certain percentage from the beginning of the month.

7. Stop living from paycheck to paycheck. Try to have a multiple stream of income.

Try not to make these mistakes this year, and be more accountable to how you use your resources.

{Your actions and habits could get you promoted or make you loss your job, and a lot of people pay less attention to those habits that could get them fired.}

If you love your job, refrain from these habits:

{{1. Nonchalance }}

Nonchalance could come in the form of lateness to work, not giving your best, procrastination and other forms of being unserious. These could get you easily fired.

{{2. Being unprofessional }}

You ought to be professional and always maintain a professional outlook in your dressing, your relationship with co-workers and your general attitude to work and work-related activities. Being unprofessional could make you lose your job.

{{3. Lack of respect}}

Many people are ill-mannered to the extent where they talk to their bosses rudely, and disrespect other staffs in their workplace. It’s a habit they have inculcated over the years, and they make no effort to change. Such a habit can get you fired in no time.

{{4. Being unproductive }}

The number one reason your company hired you is because of your perceived productivity. The company believed you’ll be productive for the job and reach set targets. But if you fail to be productive, then you just might lose that job.

{{5. Ignoring rules }}

Every company has its rules and regulations, code of conduct and work ethics. Going against these will put you in bad light, and you could lose your job.

{{6. Bad attitude}}

Bad habits like lying, quarrelling, stealing and other terrible habits that inspire distrust could get you fired, once your bosses feel they have had enough.

{{7. Acting like you are irreplaceable }}

No matter how valuable you are to a company, never let pride get into your head and make you act like you are irreplaceable. The moment you start to act in this manner is the moment your job will start being at risk. Everyone is replaceable, and that’s the simple truth.

These seven habits are danger habits and can make you lose your job. If you’ve been guilty of them, now is the time to turn a new leaf.

{As complex as man might seem, there are two things that truly define a person — your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything.}

A lot could be said about you when you have nothing; your patience to wait for what you desire, the energy you put in to work for your desired goal, and the way you go about what you want. This period of a person’s life when there’s nothing could tell a lot about that person; attitude, choices made, humility and work.

Then, a lot could also be said about you when you have everything. How much have you changed? How humble or proud are you now? What characters do you now exhibit? How do you relate with people? How much appreciation do you show? How much do you work for things?

When a man has nothing, and when he has everything puts him at two different ends of his life, and a lot could be said about him at these two points of his life.

Whenever you are at these two points in your life, always look inward and check the characters you are exhibiting.

{Becoming motivated to do something isn’t a big deal; it’s staying motivated that’s actually the big deal.}

Sometimes one could gain motivation to start something, to turn an idea into reality, to transform dreams into achievements…but then few weeks or months down the line, the motivation to continue dies off.

A lot of the times, we let certain part of our lifestyle kill our motivation, and when you let those things come in, you cannot remain the same.

These are some obstacles you shouldn’t allow to kill your motivation:

{{1. Fear }}

Fear is a major obstacle to motivation; once you let fear in, then all you’ll see is failure and not the goal. Fear and motivation are at two opposite ends; it has to be one or the other.

{{2. Doubts }}

When doubts start to creep in, then you could begin to see a million reasons why you wouldn’t succeed. Doubt will make you lose confidence in yourself, and see your dreams as something that cannot be achieved.

{{3. Negative thinking}}

The way you think affects the end product of what you do, whether you are aware of this or not. You can’t reach your desired goal when you’re thinking negatively. Success starts with the mind, and overcoming challenges also starts in the mind. When you let negative thinking rule your thoughts, then success might seem unlikely.

{{4. Impatience }}

A lot of the times, success comes after sustained patience. An impatient person can hardly ever be successful. It takes patience to seek knowledge, it takes patience to learn from your mistakes and it takes patience to turn something little into something huge.

{{5. Envy }}

Envy and comparisons is an obstacle that will kill your motivation. Envy will make you channel your energy into something that isn’t worth it, while the thing that is actually worth it will remain stagnant. Envy will make you forget how worth it your life really is and make you focus on other trivial things, and when you do this, it wouldn’t take too long for your motivation to die.

{{6. Inaction }}

Motivation needs work; it needs action for it to be sustained. When you are motivated to do something and you aren’t working towards it, your motivation will die in no time. Inaction is a big killer of motivation.

You don’t need to wait for a new year, or a new month, before you become motivated to do something — such motivations don’t last. Also, whenever you are motivated to reach a set goal or target, try not to let these six things listed in this article to rub you off that motivation.

{A lot of quarrels and fights in many homes are usually as a result of money. Money problems exist in many homes, and if you aren’t careful, it could ruin the marriage.}

These are some of those money problems couples should be wary of.

{{1. Mine and ours }}

In marriages where only one parent earns all the money, there’s usually a problem of appropriation of resources, and on many occasions, there’s usually the problem of “it’s my money” and “it’s our money”. Also, in marriages where both couples are working, the problem of “my money” and “our money” also exists.

{{2. Extended family }}

Before we have a new family, there’s usually a family we come from, and when couples then start a new family, there’s still a sense of responsibility to their parents, siblings and extended family members, and this could cause a lot of misunderstanding between both partners.

{{3. Personality difference }}

When one partner is a spendthrift and the other isn’t, this could lead to so many clashes, and this difference in personality affects many marriages.

{{4. Debt }}

When one partner seems to be in debt, especially when the debt is extravagant and ridiculous, the other partner could become aggrieved. This happens a lot in many marriages today, and the problems it comes with, are usually tempestuous.

{{5. Control }}

When one partner wants to have control over how the resources should be used and spent, the other partner might become disillusioned and unhappy, and this could cause friction in the long run.

{{6. Children }}

There are so many things involving finance and raising a child; from school fees and tuition to selection of schools, feeding, toys and games, clothes etc. Each partner might have what they deem as the most appropriate, and this could lead to conflict.

{There are some people in life that would help you get closer to your dreams, and help you attain success in whatever thing you choose to do, and there are also people who will draw you nearer to failure and help block your way to success.
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These are some of those people you must avoid if you want to be successful.

{{1. The dream wreckers }}

The dream wreckers will never see anything good in your dream, goals and ambitions. Rather than help you edge closer to your dreams, they’ll fill your mind with disbelief and make you see your dreams as impossible.

{{2. The distracters }}

These ones will push you away from your goals and ambitions. When they are around you, you find it hard to be focused on your target, rather you’re given in to things that will distract you and lure you away from your goals.

{{3. The envious ones }}

There are people you have in your life that could be envious of your success and the things you want to achieve. This set of people will seek means to bring you down behind your back, and could go the extra length to sabotage your plans, and you wouldn’t know.

{{4. The negative-minded ones }}

If you want to achieve success in whatever you do, you must be far away from negativity. Negativity will make a possible task seem impossible, and once you let negativity in, you’ll never get there.

{{5. The self-centered ones}}

Selfish people will never pave a way for you to achieve success; they are always about themselves, and wouldn’t mind using you as their ladder to the top. Selfish people will never do anything for anybody but themselves.

{{6. The rumour monger }}

If you want to achieve success in anything you do, you must be far from people who can’t keep a secret and who will bring you down with the things they say. Stay far away from people who can’t keep their mouths shut.

If you want to achieve great things in life, then you should stay far away from people like these.