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Food for Living: Programme Your Mind
By Henry Ukazu
Greetings Dear Friends,
“Whatsoever the mind can conceive, believe, it can achieve it” – Napoleon Hill
Our mind plays a very important role in our lives. The mind can be likened to our words, it can literally make or mar us. It is quite unfortunate to know that many people die before their actual death. This is because this set of individuals have already believed subconsciously they can’t make it, regardless of how they try. Just like it is believed in some quarters that the spiritual world controls the physical, our subconscious mind works in the same direction. If the internal force is strong, it will definitely produce a corresponding external force.
In the course of this article, we shall be discussing how we can tap into our subconscious mind to progress in life. Our mind works like a programme – garbage in, garbage out. There’s power in the mind. If you believe you can achieve a particular goal, you’ll be determined to achieve it, obstacles will serve as an inspiration for you. It’s just like a lady in love with a man, it will be hard to convince her to think of loving another man.
Your subconscious mind has immense power in controlling your life experiences — from the types of food you eat to the actions you take each day, the level of income you earn, and even how you react to stressful situations. You can literally achieve just about anything if you first take the time to reprogram your subconscious mind!
We all have dreams, vision, goals, desire and various interests in life. You may have tried to accomplish a particular task and failed several times. If you can position your mind to work in a certain way by having positive thoughts and attitudes towards those experiences and life generally, you’ll definitely see life from a different perspective.
You may feel you have no gift, not talented, insecure, strong, or something is not meant for you, it’s over for you, you can’t get it right again, the odds are against you, etc. Quit digging on negativity by hitting the delete button and focus your mind on uniqueness, your understanding, what’s working for you and the compliments you have received over time and see how the tides will turn to your favor. You have even had many rejections, disappointment, betrayal, and setbacks, if you program your mind the odds at against you, you’ll have an up heal task succeeding, but if you configure your mind to see those setbacks as experience inspiring you to work hard, work smarter, gain insight or even see it as an avenue to learn something new, you’ll be on the verge of exploring a great opportunity in due time.
Program your mind to see the best life you want to live, program your mind to visualize what you’ll like to be, program your mind to see the kind of man/woman you’ll like to marry, program your mind to see how your business will grow in five or ten years time, program your mind to see how much you’ll to worth in life, program your mind to see yourself as a future Governor, President, Chief Executive Officer, professor, or Captain of industry addressing world leaders, etc. When you program your mind to think in certain ways, the universe has a way of aligning with your thoughts. That been said thoughts and words are cheap if they are not put into action. You’ll have set the ball in motion by going out and doing your groundwork and believe your deems and visions will come to pass. Moral: You have to believe before you can see it.
Most of us have a vague idea of what we think we deserve. When life veers away from that path we have quietly set for it, we often become frustrated and upset, your mind is the key to success and you have the power to learn how to reprogram your subconscious. If you want to live the life you desire, then it’s time to decide, to commit and to resolve. It’s not what we can do in life that makes a difference – it’s what we will do. And there’s no better time to take back control of your mind and set your sights on something better right now.
Let’s discuss how we can program our mind for success
DECIDE
The first step in programming your mind is by deciding that you don’t want to remain in the same position again. The first step to success is determination. When you decide to take to succeed in life, all your energy will be focused on making it work. Isn’t it true that the whole world sets apart for the man/woman who knows where he/she is going? Failure and success start in the mind. A great way of having a head start in your life is by preparing for the best and expecting the worst.
The action plan you can adopt is to gain absolute clarity on what it is you want. In practicing this step, you’ll have to ask yourself, what is your desired outcome? The more specific you are, the greater chance you have in succeeding. This is because clarity is power.
When you decide to stay away from an unnecessary argument, negativity, drama, and situations that sap your positive energy, you give yourself more power to focus your energy on what matters. For instance, imagine yourself in a heated conversation with your colleague at work, family member, friend or even your partner. If you decide to focus on exchanging words with the person as supposed to leaving the scene or responding back in a human tone, you’ll only end up escalating the problem.
COMMIT AND RESOLVE
You must commit and resolve to do only things that align with your visions and positive thoughts towards life. This decision is not an easy one, it comes with its own challenges, however, your determination to succeed, must outweigh your fear for failure.
By reprogramming your mind to focus on your resolve, you develop the ability to change your approach to problems as required. Not all obstacles, hurdles or circumstances are the same; each poses its own difficulties, and you can meet those difficulties head-on. True power comes from within, and reprogramming the subconscious mind conditions you for success. Frustration becomes a gift because it means you are on the verge of a breakthrough. Failure becomes a lesson, counseling you on how to be better in the future. Any roadblock becomes an opportunity for you to pivot and find a new creative solution. That is the power of your mind’s dedication to resolve.
It’s interesting to note that what many people don’t realize is that just as your brain is built to regulate your physical self, it also tries to regulate your mental self. Your mind is constantly filtering and bringing to your attention information and stimuli that affirms your preexisting beliefs
GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO BE HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL
Happiness plays a huge role in your life. In the real sense of life, true happiness is not bought by materialism, it is felt subconsciously. Materials things of life can only facilitate or instigate your happiness but when the season or scene is over, you’ll go back to your normal state of mind. But if your source of happiness is intrinsic, it will be hard to dim your happiness because the internal gene is responsible for stimulating and empowering the outer strength. So, therefore, give yourself permission to step into a whole, happy, healthy, grounded and meaningful existence.
DON’T DWELL ON DOUBT
This is one of the cardinal points of mind programming. As human beings, sometimes, we allow doubts to becloud and overshadow our minds. We do this by focusing our energy on why a particular product will not work instead of focusing on the solutions you’re bringing into the world. As a piece of advice, when in doubt, do not act. When you live on doubt, you’ll find it hard to believe in yourself and others, and when you don’t believe in yourself, it will be hard for other people to believe in you. Stop dwelling on doubts and naysayers and focus your thoughts on being around positive people who see reasons why it will work. Doubt is like darkness, while faith is like a light. According to Earl Nightangle “Whatsoever we plan in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality”.
Great minds don’t reason like little minds. Little minds who find it hard to accomplish a goal might either want to discourage you to see reasons/obstacles why the odds will be against you or they’ll give you genuine reasons why they failed. The real question you should be asking yourself is, how many people have succeeded in that project and then channel your strength to give in your best.
Furthermore, the way people respond to news of your success will tell you how they are really doing in their lives, for instance, If you announce your engagement, people who are in happy marriages will be elated for you. People who are in unhappy marriages will warn you that it is difficult and that you should enjoy your remaining time as “single” individuals. The point is that other people’s fears are projections of their own situations. They have nothing to do with what you are or aren’t capable of.
SPEAK INTO YOUR LIFE
This is another great way of programming your mind. The book of life made us understand that life and death lie in our mouth. You can speak lie and death into your life. For instance, instead of saying: “I hope to do that one day,” say, “I am strategizing how to do that now.” Instead of thinking: “I will be happy when I am in a different place in my life,” think, “I am completely capable of being happy right here and right now, nothing is holding me back.” You have to act, smile, dress talk and walk as you have it. You can even practice the self-deception toga of “fake it until you make it”
HA VE A GRATITUDE JOURNAL
You cannot underscore the power of gratitude. Many people don’t know how to tap into this gift. When you practice gratitude, you’re programming your mind to attract more fortunes. If you need something, starting to imagine it by appreciating it and thanking the universe or even thanking your creator for bringing it your way. You can practice this skill by using visualization and affirmation.
You can start by putting yourself in a headspace of “having” rather than “wanting” is to begin a gratitude practice. By expressing thanks for all that you do have, you shift your mindset from being hungry for change to feeling satisfied with where you are at. Nothing magnetizes abundance to you like gratitude. There’s a saying that once you believe you have enough, you are open to receiving more and more and more. That is undoubtedly true.
SURROUND YOURSELF WITH GREAT NETWORK
In one of my articles titled: Your Network Determines Your Net worth, I stated that your network can serve as a very influential and resourceful asset that can catapult you to success. If you surround yourself with positive, smart, rich, kind, honest, faithful hardworking people, you’ll stand a chance of acting like them. There’s a saying if you stay around nine millionaires, you’re likely to be the tenth millionaire in the group/circle. Start spending time with people who are ambitious, supportive and creative.
Remember that you will truly become like the people you spend the most time with and choose who your network carefully.
In conclusion, you’ll have to free your mind before any addiction can leave you.
Henry Ukazu writes from New York. He works with the New York City Department of Correction as the Legal Coordinator. He’s the author of the acclaimed book Design Your Destiny – Actualizing Your Birthright To Success. He can be reached via henrous@gmail.com
By Henry Ukazu
Dear Destiny Friends,
Happiness is something everyone should strive for. The pleasure and joy that comes with a blissful mind is priceless and unimaginable. There are certain things that keeps the mind in a state of perpetual happiness, and they varies. To some, it entails having money, children, education, job, and fulfilling a vision, while to others, it means singing, getting married to a dream partner, traveling, cooking, among others. The list is endless. And if I may ask, what makes you happy?
Personally, I derive joy when I put smiles on people’s faces. I can confidently say, I can be too kind to a fault. Sometimes, when I have a heavy heart, to decongest my sad state of mind, I may decide to be a blessing to someone who is experiencing misfortune. This act makes me feel happy and whenever I complete the act, I do feel a sense of fulfillment like a heavy burden has left my body. Isn’t it true therefore, that one gets what they want faster when they assist other people to get what they desire.
Being happy is indeed a state of mind. Sometimes, we think other people can make us happy. Sometimes we tend to attach our happiness to our partners and friends instead of ourselves. There’s no doubt the people in our lives have a role to play in making us happy, but the big factor responsible for our happiness is our mindset and perspective to life.
Let me share a practical example. One day, while I was in college, I was having a decent conversation with a friend of mine, and he said to me, ‘Henry, have you ever thought of having a girlfriend’? He touted me saying, you know you are one of the handsome guys in college and ladies love you so much. I was curious to know why he asked such a question so I asked, why do I need a girlfriend? He said they will make me happy. I said, that’s interesting to know. I asked him, so are you telling me, the simple reason you are happy is because you have a girlfriend? He said not really. I said to him, happiness is an inside job. As a matter of fact, I showed him a book by John Powell titled, Happiness is an inside job, which I was reading at the said time.
I further told him that ladies don’t make men happy, rather they complement their happiness, and vice versa. The mistake most people make is focusing their joy on human beings, and when they are disappointed, they begin to lament. True happiness should be vested in causes not material things. Material things are important, no doubt, but they are not as important as causes, especially as it relates to happiness.
Did you know that there’s a spiritual connection between happiness and success? Yes, this is so true because when one is happy, there’s a certain level of joy, satisfaction and energy that comes to them. The energy makes them passionate about a cause, and when one is passionate about a cause, they will be consistent in pushing the brand which will ultimately attract opportunities.
The importance of happiness cannot be overemphasized. When one is genuinely happy, he will not be stressed while working. That explains why it’s always good to love the job you do, and when you love what you do, what you do will ultimately love you, and this will attract opportunities.
Overtime, I have seen that people, who love what they do produce a certain level of results more than those who just do the job they are paid to do. Experience has shown that when people are adequately compensated for the work they do, they tend to do it with joy and when a work is done with a job, the result tends to be different.
Whenever I need a certain level of work, I always look for those who are gifted and talented in that craft before I explore the option of those who are intelligent and skillful. This is because someone who is talented or gifted in a particular craft has a form of blessings or anointing, which can produce a glowing effect on the work. I call such effects the spirituality of success because it has more impact than anyone who has acquired the skill or studied the art in school, or from a form of training.
The question we need to ask is how can one attract opportunities? The first step in attracting opportunities is by being happy. Nobody likes to be associated with an angry mind. There’ a rule of thumb that says, when you smile at someone, they are bound to smile back even if they are into witchcraft. Nobody likes to give a job to an angry person.
The connectivity of happiness and success was aptly captured by Dr. Yomi Garnett. According to him, “Those who attain true success are those who derive joy and happiness as they invest their time and energy in worthwhile pursuits. This is hardly surprising, for true success is not merely a destination, but a journey. If a journey is truly worthwhile, should it not also be pleasurable”?
How true can this statement be? True joy comes when one’s passion, vocation and profession are in alignment. Imagine the joy and fun that one will get when getting paid for having fun. The feeling and experience are, indeed, priceless.
It’s unfortunate that many people don’t understand that there’s a spiritual effect in whatever one does. For example, someone who is called to be a lawyer will do an expectational job as a lawyer, he won’t struggle to read, comprehend or even attract favour from clients, judges and fellow attorneys. In fact, the universe will conspire to work for him because he will attract opportunities due to the happiness he invests in himself. Now contrast that with someone who studied law just because he likes the name or because his parents influenced him to become a lawyer. The same principle is applicable to other professions, vocations and skill related jobs.
In conclusion, if you want to attract opportunities and blessings into your life, consider being happy, don’t attach your happiness to anyone, rather focus on a noble cause which will bring joy and impact in the lives of people. When you do so, you will subconsciously attract blessings into your life.
Henry Ukazu writes from New York. He works with the New York City Department of Correction as the Legal Coordinator. He’s the founder of Gloemi. He’s a Transformative Human Capacity and Mindset coach. He is also a public speaker, youth advocate, creative writer and author of Design Your Destiny Design Your and Unleash Your Destiny . He can be reached via info@gloemi.com
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh, has explained why security details attached to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, were withdrawn, noting that the aides have since been restored.
The Lagos Police boss, while confirming the withdrawal of four policemen attached to Meranda, blamed the withdrawal on the audit of all policemen attached to VIPs in the state.
He also claimed that it was not Meranda’s security aides who were withdrawn and that those of other VIPs were also withdrawn during the audit.
CP Jimoh also insisted that the audit is not peculiar to the Lagos State Police Command, adding that it also happened in other states of the country.
He said, “Lagos with a population of about 20 million persons have 18,000 police personnel. This is grossly inadequate for a state like Lagos which is centre of excellence.
“The audit will help us to know those on illegal duty, those who are where they are not supposed to be. Once the audit is completed, we start to reassign them to Divisions and Post to help in policing the state effectively.”
Continuing, the CP added that the audit is a statutory laid-down procedure of the police, which is not limited to the state command alone.
“Periodic audit of police personnel attached to eminent personalities and groups is a police statutory laid down procedure which is not limited to Lagos State Police Command alone, this is to ensure that the police personnel are accounted for including their firearms and other police crime fighting equipment in their possession.
“To further ensure that they are on their duty posts and the firearms and equipment under their custody is not misused. As we speak, other police state commands in the Country are carrying out similar audits of Police personnel hitch-free and without any problem.
“The exercise will equally avail the Command the opportunity to discover where police personnel are posted without approval and or those that are on illegal duties and unapproved duty posts, so that we can withdraw those on unapproved duty posts, those with invalid approval and those on illegal duty and redeploy them to Police Posts, Stations, Divisions and Area Commands to provide security and safety for all Lagosians.
“It is important to underscore the facts that Lagos State, the Centre of Excellence with more than Twenty million population but with a strength of police personnel of less than 18,000 in total need more personnel to be at the police posts, police stations, divisions for the safety and adequate protection of lives and property of everyone in Lagos State.
“The ongoing police personnel audit in the Lagos State Command is done in absolutely public interest and not with any other considerations, except for the safety of all in the State. As I speak with you, the audit of the police personnel attached to Hon. Mojisola Meranda has been completed and the four armed personnel attached to her from the Lagos State Police Command have been returned back to her for her protection.
“It is pertinent to also state that the ongoing police personnel audit has been on for several days now and prominent personalities and individuals have been complying with the process. The exercise once again is not aimed or targeted at any individual,” the CP added.
“However, for those whose police personnel are still undergoing the audit process with the Command, the outcome of the audit will enable the next line of action to be taken. Let me sound a note of warning that prominent persons/individuals without valid approval, Police deployment to them will be withdrawn throughout the State.
“The Special Protection Units Department at the Force Headquarters have been mandated to provide security coverage for every Nigerian needing police protection in the country, and will henceforth provide deployment of police personnel for guard duties and personnel protection, will be centrally done throughout the country at the Force Headquarters,” the Lagos CP added.
Security aides attached to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Mojisola Meranda, has allegedly been withdrawn while it was also alleged that the security aides of the embattled and impeached Speaker, Hon Mudashiru Obasa, has been restored.
The move, according to source, is part of the pressure being mounted on Meranda to resign her speakership position.
A reports by The Punch onThursday said security details attached to the speaker including police officers have been withdrawn.
On online platform, The Whistler, reported seeing videos of Meranda going into the assembly for official assignment without any of her security aides, except civilian aides.
The paper added that the identity of whoever authorised the withdrawn is still unknown just as a source close to the Speaker confirmed the development.
“The source told the paper, ‘All the Speaker’s security aides have been withdrawn. All the security aides attached to the House of Assembly have also been withdrawn.’
The paper further noted as follows:
The source further lamented that, “the speaker is now vulnerable.”
The removal of Meranda may not be unconnected to the move by a mediating team including Chief Bisi Akande and Aremo Olusegun Osoba, former governors of Osun and Ogun states respectively to ease the embattled speaker out of office and restore normalcy in the assembly which is sharply divided over the influence of the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and President Bola Tinubu.
The meditating panel reportedly met last Sunday with key stakeholders at the House including members of the Governance Advisory Council at the Governor’s Lodge in Marina in their bid to resolve the political impasse.
Various reports from the meeting said the panel recommended the resignation of Mudashiru Obasa and that Meranda should also step down for a new lawmaker from Lagos West to take the mantle of the House leadership.
Meanwhile, the Obasa camp confirmed that all his aides have now been restored.
“They have restored all Obasa’s security aides as of this morning,” the source said.
