MIND GROWTH CENTRAL

  The worst form of injury to have is an internal bleeding. When someone has a fall, after checking for a broken bone or ruptured body part, doctors check for internal bleeding because it's as deadly as any deadly injury you can think of. Doctors being wary of the implications of an internal bleeding recommend multiple scans to be sure there is none. Bleeding  of the mind does not just occur, it is triggered by  the traumatic experiences you've  had in life, the harsh events that you've been subjected to, you have had damaged mental vessels, disfigured  thinking patterns, broken emotional lines; vessels that have become ruptured due to the twist and turn of life thereby leaving you with heavy bleeding inside. This bleeding of the mind is most times caused by betrayal, rejection, setups, repeated  failures and all that. As opposed to surface bleeding, bleeding of the mind is not visible. Most times even the victim is not aware of it. Signs that you are exper...

  Have you thought about it, the fact that you fall asleep the moment you decide to read? You start snoring the minute you decide to write or work at night?  But, you can stay up for hours mindlessly scrolling through social media.  The human body is a centre that thrives on pleasure: immediate pleasure. Sometimes (all the time), this pleasure seeking is  detrimental to our growth and elevation. Because time will move and not wait for you to find a balance between your pleasure seeking flesh and the higher calling of purpose, you might end up in a future unplanned.  The pull of gratification is easy but we must put this body under SUBJECTION . It is the only way to achieve the seemingly impossible. Paul, in the Bible who wrote more than 5 books in the new testament understood this. He realized that to do the extraordinary, his desires must come under his control.  How? 1. Set up your dreams and goals before you always. Be aware of where you are going and ho...

  There is no hope for the weak, only the strong have a stake in the  inheritance of life._Favour Emmanuel The road to success is full of ups and downs, full of roadblocks. There will come a time when the tire of your vehicle will puncture or deflate, you may miss your route or run out of steam.  There is a popular saying that tough times don’t last only tough men do.   It is your tenacity, your resolve, your doggedness in these times that will help you journey to the end.   I have always said it on this blog that life derives pleasure in squashing and bursting your bubble of hope: let me increase the volume a little louder, life will always test your resolve by knocking down your leap of hope, it does this to see if like everyone who have come before you, you will turn back or fire on.  BUT MEN HAVE GONE BEFORE YOU Bear this at the back of your mind that men have wished and dreamt of doing that very thing you are aiming to do. You are not the first ne...

  Some are born strong and others are made strong- J.R Rim Success is achievable, success is attainable, success is the dream and desired end of everyone. We are no strangers to the word success because it's an everyday word but what we seldom talk about is the preparation. Everybody wants success but a few prepare themselves for it. Despite your heavy desire for success ,you'll be left disappointed if you do not prepare for it. The mind is the first point of call in a man's life. The mind is the controller general of the body as every part of the human body is connected to the mind. Once there is mind failure, the resultant effect is body failure, career failure and so on. To first win a man, win his mind, to attract success or become successful, you must first succeed in your mind as your mind is the magnet for the success you seek. Most times, success meet us unprepared and we are left in suspense not knowing what to do with it. That success will not stay. It will be sho...

  For a long time, we have lied to ourselves or believed the lies of people. All our lives, we've lived with certain notions, beliefs and biases. In the long run, we have experienced different levels of disappointments and setbacks because we were looking out for perfection. IMPERFECTION IS HUMAN This generation must come to terms with the fact that no one is perfect. No time is perfect and no situation will be the most ideal.  No one is incapable of making mistakes no matter how intelligent or highly placed in society. We all make mistakes. Even the Pope as history seems to prove over and over again is human. This means that he makes mistakes.  Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. ~Salvador Dali The fact that you are human has condemned you to being mistake prone. You will outburst when not necessary, you will make decisions that end up hurting you or others around you. Sometimes, misunderstanding will arise because we make the mistake of not understanding...

  A young man  stood looking at a tree, it had become a routine for him. He will daily walk to the tree gaze at it for an hour or two and walk away. On this faithful day, while he starred at the tree as other times, a man walked up to him curiously wanting to find out why he always starred at the tree. The young man stated his love for the tree and that his innermost desire is to one day sit on the tree. Then the man asked, have you tried climbing the tree? No! came the boys response. "You can't sit on it if you don't climb it" was the man's response. " Go for it"  A long time you  have stood, watching your dream or ambition. A long time you have dreamt of being a business tycoon or Mogul, you have dreamt of owning a chain of stores, a boutique, a football club  or any dream at all. You've watched and allowed a perishable commodity of life 'Time' go by. DREAMER  I am an advocate for dreams, ambiguous once at that. Everyone should and must ha...

What if I tell you this period of your life will set the tone for the rest of your life? Of course you know. You have heard it so many times you are ready to destroy the next tape that plays that line. I want to simplify things for you with ten hacks that will shift your life and prepare you for the next decade. This is why I researched and compiled this list, it is for every young person in their 20's. Let's get to it. HACK ONE: TRY MANY THINGS Don't be scared to try many things. The keyword here is experiment . Don't be bothered about specialization or niching down. You are not looking to settle now, you are looking to gain experience. HACK TWO: KEEP LEARNING We drink water everyday. We need air daily to survive. We need knowledge to grow our brain's capacity. Keep learning. Watch an informative video, subscribe for newsletters. I recommend John Obidi's Wisdom Letters and Seth Godin' daily blog . Find means to learn no matter how little everyday if ...

I know what this sounds like, like a Sunday service message where the preacher is quoting from the book of Isaiah 60:1 " Arise and shine for your light is come ." And the whole congregation will nod their heads in affirmation. Some one from behind will shout "Ride on pastor."   Alright, I sat and looked at certain stratas of power, influence, business etc and saw that young ones are living in the dark or shadows of who they are and should be. This generation boasts of the highest number of intelligent youths than any generation ever. We are smart, fast thinkers, efficient, creative and everything close to excellence. Yet, we find ourselves down the pecking order of life. The only place we find ourselves active and influential is behind our gadgets, on the internet space. Are there avenues to display out inherent potentials? The answer is yes with a capital Y LIFE IS EQUAL Life gives to all men the advantage of equality: equal 24 hours, equal air to breathe. Every ...

I woke up this morning to a notification on my phone, about thirteen applications were seeking update. I have always skipped the updates to be reminded later but the device constantly reminds me to update the system and the applications. We all have devices,  gadgets, machines (whatever works for you) and these are used constantly or periodically. They have their different functions and render the services they  have been programmed to offer. From time to time, these gadgets or machines ask for update or require upgrade for optimal functionality. Man is known to be the mother of machinery or technology(gadgets) and because of his constant usage, is daily required to update for excellent performance. If your social media applications require update periodically how much more you? THE WORLD IS EVOLVING  It is an error to be in this ever evolving generation and not update. Most of us are still thinking jet age when we are in the Gen Z era. This time AI's are ruling the world...

  Have you ever woken up in the morning and despite the cool air blowing, and the chirping of the birds around, you feel angry and discontented with the happens around you? I have countless things felt the same way too. One time, I got home and merely looking around, I felt disgusted and mad. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I'll you a failure -Thomas Edison  As the years roll by, I have begun to understand  the blessing of dissatisfaction . Dissatisfaction means the feeling of displeasure or disappointment. It is the feeling that something is not as good as it should be. Man as a being had this funny attitude of always acclimatizing to any situation he is in. When the situation looks insurmountable, he settles. Very few people have the ability to propel themselves back to their feet to try scaling out of that situation: a large number of humans relax and are swallowed. One synonym for dissatisfaction is discontent. It is widely believed that when you feel disconte...

   Life is strategically shaped by some factors. Life is shaped by our experiences, background, family, friends and even the books we read. Mine has been shaped powerfully by books. In the year 2019, after being dealt with by life. I had been seeking admission into the university and not getting anywhere despite several tries, I gave up hope and lost confidence in myself. I was livid and disappointed. Those who I taught and helped during the examinations has a smooth glide through yet here I was, begging for acceptance. It was my down, down time. Thank God for the gift of books. Today, I want to share with you 5 books that helped me find hope. NO EXCUSES by BRIAN TRACY This was my first step to revival. The author focused on self actualization,  and self mastery as only a man who has knowledge of who he is and has gained mastery over himself can excel exceptionally in this world. The author made me see I was a corporation of my own and how well I treat myself determines ...

  How and when did you first hear the word defiance? I want to assume it was in a context of that person is nasty and defiant.  For years, we have focused on the negative definition of the word 'DEFIANCE' and as a result we are stuck at the limited versions of ourselves. Society has always termed men who are defiant as proud. Imagine the things said of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Aliko Dangote, and every other man who has led a defiant life; not stopping where people say they should stop, not tying themselves to the general belief system. THE PATTERNS OF LIFE Life gains pleasure in breaking you, it gets thrilled when you succumb to it as a slave does his master. Life, always wants things to go it's way not yours. That is why it creates a cycle or pattern which it ensures is followed accordingly. Society has subtly created patterns across every sphere of life. There are places where you are not permitted to dream bigger than the scope you can see. Something happened when I w...

To succeed is a good thing. The feeling it brings is awesome; it leaves a sweet taste on your lips. Yes, it is a wonderful thing to succeed. Wonderful as it is to succeed, success almost always is the death of many, Some men who struggled to succeed are now no where to be found, they are now in the list of men who once succeeded. They are now history; men once celebrated now begging for survival. IS IT BAD TO SUCCEED? Anyone who kicks against success is to be abhorred, avoided and everything close to avoidance. Success is the best thing that can happen to anyone. Never be deceived success is not bad or wrong. It is the dream of anyone who seeks influence and a meaningful life to succeed. THE WEIGHT OF SUCCESS   Success is a heavy burden to bear and only a few know this fact. It is good to succeed but to remain successful, therein lies the work. Many are they who have met with success and met their end. To some, success is their graveyard, their abrupt end. Success is as  pow...

Defeat is an integral part of  the success journey.  He who has become successful today has had a romance with defeat yesterday.  No success story is complete without a touch of defeat. Defeat is an ingredient needed for the success story to be complete.  Defeat on a serious note is never sweet, it leaves a sour taste on your lips. Defeat never accompanies with it a good feeling. No one is happy when he faces defeat. It can be paralysing that if not faced with a strong resolve, has the potency of crippling your every dream and aspirations. WHY DEFEAT? Since it is an established fact that defeat has a crippling effect on my dreams why am I always faced with defeat? Defeat is an opportunity to learn, test your resolve and the solidity of your plans and dreams for life. Defeat, is like the rain that falls on a just completed building. Sweet thing about defeat is that it comes to everyone irrespective of your background. It is not selective.  Defeat is life's own w...

  Yes, the year is still a new one even when January is almost over. You have the opportunity to reset and align your mind in readiness for the beauty that 2024 holds. In the first installment of the clearing your mental space series, we looked at two powerful ways to clearing your mental space. Today, we want to get hands on and see activities that can help us in our task to get into the right frame of mind for a fruitful year. CLEAR EMOTIONAL BACKLOG Man is an emotional animal whose whole being is wired by the thread of emotion hence the longings to constantly express or  showcase emotion. Since there is the daily showcase of emotion, we are faced with different results that are positive and negative some are just there; neither good or bad and this has a way of taking a toll on your output rate.  No matter how we deny and claim to not feel emotion, I am a hundred percent sure that everyone is plagued with on emotional issue or the other spanning across  love,...

Getting yourself into gear for the new year is beyond writing out your new year resolutions and goals. You must clear your mind of the past years failures so you can be ready to take on new tasks and challenges. The mind, our mind is likened to a house, where activities go on every minute. If someone is not walking from room to room, another is listening to some loud sounds, another may be talking, some people may be reading, others sleeping, another sweeping or doing laundry. The mind is like this too. Minute by minute, thoughts come in seeking asylum, we remember things and take in new images for filing. To achieve maximum productivity this year, we must take time to clear our minds of its old memories. This is not to forget them but to remove the grip they might have on how we undertake new challenges and opportunities. Why clear your mind? We are in a new year, with new resolves, new goals, new plans. We all want to have a better year different from the previous one. As cobwebs and...

The mind battle is not limited to our conscious mind; it extends to our subconscious. Deep-rooted beliefs, traumas, and unresolved emotions can resurface in the form of internal struggles. Reconciling with these aspects of ourselves requires self-awareness, and sometimes professional guidance. However, mind battles can also manifest as the struggle between rationality and emotions .  Our logical mind will always clash with our desires and fears leading to conflicting perspectives. This unstableness often results in a battle between what we think we should do and what we truly want to do. We've all had times where we doubted the best decisions we've made. Fear not, you are not alone in this we are all in this together. There are times I have strongly doubted my decisions. Know this, it's natural; It is the battle of your mind going on, a struggle in the inward part of you. This is the point where you cannot think clearly or straight: Your mind and heart are engaged on a tus...

  YOU ANALYSE TOO MUCH Analysis is a part of life that must be done. The word analysis can be exchanged for the word fact gathering. Whoever seeks to succeed and be great must first analyse/ gather facts of his life, his desired destination and the tools available to reach the desired end. However, because analysis is good doesn't mean you must remain at that point. Analysis is a stage on the journey to success but if you dwell there you'll go nowhere. There is the place of action, the place of moving. After the much analysis and fact gathering, take action, move;  because if you don't move no one will do it for you. Too many of us have platued at the point of analysis, we have expended energy with the task of gathering facts, studying the pros and cons of the journey that we have  no more energy to move. YOU TALK TOO MUCH Most times , we expend energy talking and doing nothing. The time spent in talking if translated  into action  would propel us towards our...

I had just finished writing the rough draft of what would later become the chapbook In Conversations. I was also in the middle of a school project when it came. At first, it was just a headache and a fleeting sense of emptiness. But it progressed. Minutes later, I was rolling on the floor my hands on my face moaning about the wretchedness of life and how I would never be creative again. For me, this was business as usual. Many creative writers affirmed they felt this way after a good write period and others revered this down slide. They felt if you did not go down, you would never come up. The problem was, I was genetically prone to suicidal thoughts. My mother, cousin, extended family had this fear and bitter relationship with depression . It was not a good place for me. I had been feeling this way and did nothing but bear it but that day? I hit twitter. I typed my question and waited: How do you counter this feeling of emptiness and depression after you have worked on a big pr...

  Success is a complex concept. I say this because, success means different things to different people. Still, whether your definition of success includes achieving financial stability, making a positive impact on the world, or simply finding personal fulfillment, there are certain steps that can help you on your journey towards greatness. Today, we will explore the 4 most important keys to success. In this article, I aim to provide you with essential steps to prepare yourself for the path of more ahead. Let's go! Key 1: Define your success. There is no value without specification. There is no clear appraisal without definition. Defining your success is the first and most important step on the path to achieving greatness. Success means different things to different people. It is essential to have a clear understanding of what success means to you. Take a moment to reflect on your values, your passions, and aspirations. What truly matters to you? Is it financial stability, ...