Success Digest for Creative Mind

     Taking a cue from John D. Rockefellers’ quote; ‘‘I don’t think that there is any other quality so essential to success as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.’’ We would start off by saying Success is no joke. It takes more than effective thinking and creativity; it also takes a great deal of perseverance.

       That said; let’s move on to defining what success is.

 Success in reality has no English grammar definition. It is defined by your own perception of the sort of life you want for yourself. To you success could be defined by how many cars you park in your garage, plots of land you’ve got, numbers of kids, PhD or Doctorate degree or the present climax of your business.

 ***For the record sake, to me success is the currency (not US Dollars or Pounds Sterling, but how many people you’ve impacted their life for the better) you can spend in the society so called life. It’s a reflection of you in the mirror of others. Success is best established in the lives of the people around you, it’s what they imagine when they think of you.

 Success is being able to discover who you are, your passion and desires, your potentials and God given talents. Success is you defined to the entire world to reflect on.

Creativity on the other hand is the ability to think through a problem and provide a solution to it. It involves engaging your mind into accurate and serious thinking to provide ideas and insights.

 ”It is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.”…Thomas Edison.

Tools for successful and creative mind.

1.       The Vilfredo Pareto 80% /20% principle.

      A Zen proverb says; the first step east is also the first step west. A lot of people in the world today have not come to realize that the true secret to productive thinking and success lies in how much you develop your mind. The fact is, 80% of the world total wealth is controlled by 20% of the world population. Here’s another fact that will stun you, a creative mind engaged in productive thinking will gain 80% advantage than someone who engage his body in labor work in lesser time.  For instance, the board of executives in a company earns 80% of the total profit made, while 20% is shared amidst the non-executive staffs. The amazing thing about this is, 80% of the profit was actually generated by the vigorous effort of non-executive staffs while the remaining 20% is due to the productive thinking of the executive. That is, by doing 20% of work, you can generate 80% of the advantage of doing the entire work.

       Therefore, developing a creative mind starts by you prioritizing 20% of the things you know makes you productive, not neglecting the remaining 80% left but putting more time and productivity in the 20%.

Creativity is a thing of the mind and it takes highly effective thinking to make this creativity produce expected results. Another fact that will blow your mind is; 70% of the world population don’t are not thinkers, 15% get stressed when trying to think, 10% thinks they are thinking and the remaining 5% are the real thinkers. To be successful in life, you need to develop your mind to the level of the 5% or remain in the 10%, 15% or perhaps the 70%. Remember; the first step east is also the first step west.

2.     Emotional intelligence;

Emotional intelligence otherwise known as Emotional intelligence Quotient is relevant in developing and achieving greater goals and interpersonal relation. Emotional intelligence is ability and capacity to manage emotions the of one ’s self and others. It is the ability to sense others emotion and put yours in control without having to hurt other yet make tough and intuitive decisions.  As said by Daniel Goleman;”if your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distress emotion, of you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.”

Developing Emotional intelligence is therefore important. Productivity and success, organization and performance all rely on how sound you are emotionally. Conflict moderation, prompt understanding, mental stability, communal harmony, self-awareness, self-confidence and recognition, Behavioral intelligence, Self-control, Self-motivation and ability to enhance relationship are benefits of EQ.

In your quest for creativity, success and self development, it is very crucial you equip yourself with the fundamental knowledge of Emotional intelligence. Success is a result of hard work, self development, strong vision, innovativeness and ability to understand your own aims.

3.      Self esteem;

‘Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues, because unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.’’—SAMUEL JOHNSON

Self esteem is a mind state which is quite a fundamental key to living a successful life. Nothing kills a man more than his inability to communicate appropriately and lacks confidence. Positive thinking is important when dealing with the issue of self-esteem. Please note that this is quite different from self-confidence which is your personal believe in yourself. Self-esteem is sometimes seen as arrogance or lack of humility. But sincerely, every man needs a realm of self acknowledgement.

Invariably, anyone having issue with self esteem never succeeds except they accept themselves for who they are, stop blaming themselves for past mistakes and be fair to themselves.

‘‘There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat from within, no insurmountable barriers, save our own inherent weakness of purpose.’’

—ELBERT HUBBARD

4.     Temperament and character development.

‘‘Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.’’—CONFUCIUS

The temperament of an individual depends on his inborn traits which affects his character and behavior as he grows up. This also depends on his environment, household, parental care and authorities. Basically, there four major categories of temperament which include;

  ***The Sanguine. These sets of people are extroverts; friendly, loving, egocentric, fearful hyperactive, emotional and charming and they make good salesmen.

***The Choleric. These set of people are extroverts, sarcastic, hot-tempered, weak, self-motivated, sometimes very cruel and hostile, controversial and activist.

***The Melancholy. These set of people are perfectionist, sacrificing, hot tempered, loyal and very talented.

***The Phlegmatic. These set of people are the peace lovers, fearful and loyal.

Character is what God and his angels know about you. Character lies within your heart and it is connected to your type of temperament. A good character helps build a perfect attitude which happens to be everything in life.

5.      Financial intelligence.

‘‘Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.’’—ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Wealth isn’t something you build over the night. It takes a great deal of processes and time to build wealth. This processes start with you investing in yourself.

 Ever wonder why some folks spend most of their life chasing academic degrees and sorts, yet they won’t get the right job with the proper pay? Simple, they were busy building their educational know how but neglected developing their mind, emotional intelligence and financial knowledge

The mind is the most valuable asset anyone could possess. A dysfunctional mind can never be productive lest create wealth. The best place to put in your investment is in the mind; a well equipped mind will produce outstanding results and generate wealth creating ideas.

The reality is this; college certificate cannot build in you the ability to relate effectively neither will it increase your financial knowledge. The only source for this is you investing in yourself by reading books on financial literacy, attend business schools and creative.

6.     Time management and consistency.

How much respect you give to your time and that of others determines how successful you will be. In case you don’t know, time ticks, the more you let it tick on you the more it will master you.

To manage your time properly, its paramount you set a day to day plan for yourself and don’t allow anything take you out of this plan. Avoid time killing companies, TV programs and reading of junk mails, it sure those waste time.

Consistency is what separates the rich from the poor. Always focus on the things that move your goals forward and brings you c loser to the fulfillment of your desire.

In conclusion, few people get to succeed in life because their focus is not well set on what they want. To be successful you must be focused and concentrate of your goal.

Be sure to remember that success is a mind set at the same time it’s no joke. It takes committed effort, consistency and self motivation to be successful and remain in it.