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Insights for day 36 of 365:: Discover what it takes to be better than 99% of people

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Discover what it takes to be better than 99% of people I strongly believe we all want this year to be a successful year, and we also want to rise to our full potential. However, according to John C. Maxwell, our success stops where our character stops. And we never get to rise above the limitations of our character. Character can mean alot things, but I will do my best to describe it so that it makes sense. Character is the pre-decision to act right Character is built daily in small decisions no one sees Character is self-imposed discipline Character is the commitment of oneself to a set of high standards (or values) without wavering or compromise A person without character can say one thing, do another thing, and promise something else. If we work on ourselves to have a great character, we can automatically be better than 99% of people. You know why?  It's because majority of people are focused on: Trying to be someone else Trying to outsmart others Trying create a false impressio...

Question for day 29 of 365:: Have you discovered the problems you should be solving?

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Question for day 29 of 365:: Have you discovered the problems you should be solving? Problems have a unique way of shaping us, maturing us, growing us, making us stronger, wiser, and rewarding us compared to ease and pleasure.  Problems contain opportunities. Problems carry within itself the invitation to make contributions to life. Man has always lived to solve problems. The inventions of man has always been an attempt to solve a problem. And as long as this world exists, there will always be plenty of problems to solve. When you look at the underlying principles of money, you see that problems are tied to money. As such, the formula for making money has never changed since the world began. And it will never change.  A man makes alot of money by solving a small problem for a large number of people. A man makes alot of money by solving a large problem for a small amount of people. Either way, the formula remains the same. The underlying principle is that we get paid for s...