N. Ellis ChukwumerijePresented on 19th and 26th of April

respectively @ the Business Club Meeting

What is Success?The meaning of Success comes in many forms,

and many definitions. It depends on what you are searching for in life, and searching for in business. Athletes may have one definition of Success, and a stay at home mom may have another. A musician may see Success as a number one hit, and a Doctor may see Success as a surgery that went well. It really depends on the perspective of life you have. Perspectives on Success are as numerous as the stars.

But we need to start narrowing down an understanding of Success:

There is a difference between Accomplishment, Success,

and True Success.Accomplishment is where you have engaged

in the task or action that you attempted, and have obtained the desired results.

Success to most people is when you have an ongoing string of accomplishments that when put together, add up to a major obtainment in life known as Success.

Success then is an ongoing realization and obtainment of worthy desired results, concerning actions, life, business, wealth, or a worthy ideal.Everyone has the capacity and potential to be

great, to be successful. It’s just a matter of deciding what your purpose is, focus on your intention and manifest your vision and dreams into reality. Most people never determine what it is that they want to achieve, because they don’t have a purpose or a big enough dream. They become complacent and as followers, they help others to achieve their dreams and ambitions, while they never realize their own potential for greatness.

THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS(1) Your thoughts matter (Guard your Thoughts)(2) Think Positively(3) Have a vision(4) Intend, Don’t Expect(5) Have Faith(6) Detach, Surrender, Let go(7) Build Partnership, Create Mastermind

Alliance(8) Give(9) Be Grateful(10) Be accountable

(1) Your Thinking Pattern MattersWhat we spend our time thinking about, is

what we attract into our lives.Our paradigms, are simply the sum total of

our past thoughts, beliefs, habits, values anddecisions about ourselves and others.

If your past paradigm is negative in nature, your future circumstances will be negative as well. Once again, if your past paradigm is full of positive thoughts and experiences, your future will evolve in a similar manner.

If you want to change your results you must first change your paradigm.Our success literally depends on the intensity

and quality of our thoughts. Our success is not dependent on what happens around us or in the world that surrounds us; it is reliant on our inner thoughts and core values. Change the inside and you’ll change the outside.

Ghandi once said,“you must be the change you wish to see in

the world.” Be that change!Thought % Emotion % Action % = Results

(2) Think PositivelyA thought is to the mind, what a seed is to

the garden, therefore each and every action that we take, creates a result in direct proportion to our thinking. You harvest exactly what you plant, good or bad, positive or negative. You and you alone are the master of your thoughts, your environment and your destiny; no external situation or individual is responsible for creating the circumstances in your life.

“Many of us are anxious to improve our circumstances but are unwilling to improve ourselves.”Success or failure is habitual. Our attitude and what

we achieve in life depends solely on what we think. Once you link thought to purpose, only then can you

and will you achieve success.You must learn to condition your mind by disciplining

your thoughts and focus on a great purpose. Thought aligned with great purpose becomes

creative power, creative power produces action and that action in turn creates positive results and achievement.

Positive Thought % Creative Power % Action % Results

(3) Have a VisionA vision is your mental picture of who you

want to be and the life you want to live. To achieve the highest levels of success,

create a powerful vision for your life and plant it in your subconscious.

In creating your vision it is imperative that you identify the following:

“who you want to be”“what you want to do”

Your vision should be your first thought in the morning and your last thought in the evening to continually feed your subconscious mind.

Your vision should include the following: 1) your vision should be real & believable, 2) your vision should be emotional in nature,

3) your vision should be in the present tense, 4) it should be unlimited, as in unlimited potential, unlimited possibilities.

5) you must be present in your vision.

(4) Intend, Don’t ExpectIntention is a state of mind, a state of being,

that is focused on attracting and manifesting your vision and dreams. When you declare an intention, your subconscious sends a source of positive energy and vibrations out into the Universe, which the Universe over time, responds to.

Having high intention is very powerful and is vital to ones level of success.

The opposite of intention is expectation. Intention % Abundance % Positive Energy &

Vibrations

(5) Have FaithTrue faith is about asking God and the

Universe for what you want and having belief that it will manifest. Faith is the road map of what you desire. Faith is not an illusion, faith is substance.

Your faith is actually the thing, the intention that you desire.

Faith works hand in hand with vision and intention. Express in your thoughts and speech what you want to achieve. Your faith is the thing that you want in life

(6) Detach, Surrender, Let goThe Law of Detachment says that in order for

you to acquire anything in the physical plane, you must first give up your attachment to it. This doesn’t mean that you give up your intention or vision, only your attachment to the result.

Attachment is based on fear, insecurity, and scarcity consciousness because attachment relates to the external world, possessions and material things.

detachment is based on abundance, wealth consciousness and the freedom to create. The experience of an abundant mind set, allows you to be grounded in the wisdom of uncertainty.

Uncertainty is not about the past, which is the known, it is about the power of tomorrow, your future. Do not fear the unknown, rather embrace it, for it is where your visions and dreams will manifest; it is where greatness happens. To live in the world of detachment, you must first embrace the Law of Faith and Intention, as they are one. Together the world of uncertainty that you choose, will be blessed with joy, love, abundance and wealth.

Intend %Attract % Manifest % Detach

(7) Form Partnerships; Create a Mastermind AlliancePartnerships and positive relationships are vital to

achieving consistent success in life and business. Have you noticed over time that really successful individuals rub elbows with like minded people or groups and that mediocre individuals do the same.

many of the leading corporate executives and millionaires, who created wealth and abundance in their lives, had similar behaviors in regard to achieving their goals and level of success. One of their secrets was being part of, what Napoleon Hill labeled, a MasterMind Group.

Do not see the world through fear and competition. But see it in abundance and positive. Be free to associate with positive like minded people, help whenever u can.

Individuals assume the nature, habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate. You can’t help but be influenced in either a positive or negative manner, based on the people you spend the majority of your time with. This is why successful individuals, executives and leaders are always a member of a like minded Master Mind Group.

(8) Give! Give!! Give!!!The Law of Giving says that what ever you put

out into the universe, eventually comes back to you. Like attracts like. Giving is one of the most powerful principles in The Principles of Success. This natural law is as consistent as the rising and setting of the sun. Put out positive energy, you get positive results, put out negative energy, you get negative energy; provide a lot of value, you get back a lot, provide limited or no value, you get little in return.

Winston Churchill once said, “we make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”

The Principle of Cause and Effect lives within the Law of Giving. It says that whatever you put out into the universe comes right back into your life. Over time, all great achievers have been great givers and giving is the best way to send a message of abundance to the universe. They know that if they give, they will receive, but that’s not why they give so generously. They give for the basic joy of making a difference in other peoples lives.

Positive Energy + Giving = Positive ResultsNegative Energy + Scarcity = Negative

Results

(9) Be Grateful (don’t forget to say “Thank You”)

For you to manifest the prosperity that God and the universe has spoken for you, you must first be grateful for what you currently have and who you are before you receive more.

That’s basically how the Law of Gratitude works. Your life is full of things for which to be grateful for.

You also must believe that your current results will continually grow, change and improve over time. Until you recognize your blessings and the good in your life, you will not receive more of the same.

Gratitude awakens the power of faith in you. If you have faith and think prosperity, you will over time attract prosperous people and events into your life. When you are completely grateful, your subconscious receives the message. You may want to change and improve your life based on your present circumstances but being grateful for what you have, sends out a positive vibration energy. It says to the world “ I know and believe that the good I choose and have asked for is coming into my life.”

Appreciate who you are and be grateful for what you have. Then build on the concept of intention in regard to improving and changing your life for the better. Remember, only you can manifest intention and fulfillment into your life, no one else.

Gratitude = Abundance & Prosperity

(10) Be AccountableAccountability is about results, in other words, the

buck stops with you. You and you alone are responsible for practicing and consistently putting the principles into action.

Being accountable means that you take complete responsibility for your actions and the results in your life. You are in control of your own destiny.

It is imperative that you understand this next statement, “only when you are accountable for everything in your life can you be responsible to change your life.” You own your current circumstances based on your past thoughts, deeds and actions. Likewise, you will own your future, good or bad, based on your present circumstances.

Your conditioning has been part of your subconscious mind for years. It started way back when you were a young child; your parents, teachers, coaches, neighbors, family members all played a role in molding who you are today. If your why, your desire and passion to succeed are big enough and strong enough, you will be successful.

Accountability = Responsibility Action = Results

THE TEN PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS(1) Your thoughts matter (Guard your

Thoughts)(2) Think Positively(3) Have a vision(4) Intend, Don’t Expect(5) Have Faith(6) Detach, Surrender, Let go(7) Build Partnership, Create Mastermind

Alliance(8) Give(9) Be Grateful(10) Be accountable

LIVING THE PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESSHaving read these success principles, my suggestion

is that you continue to read them once a day, for 21 days. This will begin to shift and eventually change your thought pattern. If you are not willing to do this, then you do not want to change in order to achieve your dreams.

As you’re reviewing these principles for the first 21 days, I suggest that you design a vision, a purpose, one that you can be extremely passionate about. When you rise first thing in the morning, you should review your vision, your passion to start your day. Likewise, the last thing you should do at night, to feed your subconscious with the power of intention, is to read your vision once again.

“If you can DREAM it, you can DO it.” Walt DisneyStay in the now and present with your vision,

do not revert back to the past, a past that may consist of mistakes, missed opportunities and under achievement. Neither should you live in the future, for the future can be full of fear, anxiety and lack of fulfillment. By staying present, you are in the state of mind called Being, this is where your power lives, this is where the positive energy for change will be generated from.

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt Review your vision in the form of positive

self-talk or meditation. Remember to be thankful and grateful for what you have, ask God and the universe for what you aspire to have and lastly declare “I Am.” I am a great leader, I am a successful entrepreneur, I am a loving father, husband, wife and friend. I am a powerful spiritual being, I am wealthy, I am unlimited possibility, I am unlimited potential, I am a child of God!

To your success, N. Ellis Chukwumerije