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The Power of Selective Association

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The power of Selective Association cannot be underestimated. The kind of people you mingle with can determine how far you will go in life. It then becomes a motivation to soar and fly higher in life. Selective Association is one important lesson we must all learn from the eagle if we ever dream of a fulfilled life. By selective association, the eagle doesn’t just mingle with any other bird but with fellow eagles. An eagle can soar higher than any other bird. Eagles can fly up to an altitude of about 10,000ft, which no other bird can reach. The eagle is a bird of pride and always makes its place of abode at the summit of trees, cliffs, and mountains, where no other bird can.

Interestingly, the eagle at such a great height can only mingle with other eagles. Therefore, if you want to be successful in life, you must associate with high flyers. These are people who are ready to motivate you to soar and also soar to greater heights with you. You must work with a team of fellow eagles. In the words of Major Collin Powell, ‘If you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar’.

Prerequisite of Success

Selective Association is a prerequisite for success. Hence, I recommend it to you if you must have fulfillment in the journey of life. It means selecting those you will associate with. And your relationships with people determine whether you find fulfillment in life. The selective association is not ego, pride, or arrogance. Rather, it is all about doing the needful in the pursuit of fulfillment.

Go and check. Many great personalities who lived fulfilling lives chose people to associate with. Jesus was good at selective association. Note that out of the multitude that thronged him, he selected twelve disciples; also, among the twelve, he chose three – Peter, James, and John. Apart from his disciples, he has another group closer to him. People who understood his vision and whom he confided in. These people were closer to him and understood him better.

... When it was day, he called unto him, his disciples: and of them, he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles – Luke 6:13
And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings he took peter and john, and James, and went up into the mountain to pray – Luke 9:28
 When he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in save peter, and James, and John ... Luke 8:51

Target Likeminds

By selective association, you will target like-minded people who believe in you. And also in your dreams, and will go to any length to support you in achieving your goals. This entails you working with a community or team of like-minded persons. But even though you must relate with some people, you must also work with a select few. These are people who understand your vision very well. This is a closed group or team; if you like, call it a community inside a community.

In party politics, they are called the caucus. Something like the GOP in the case of the Republican Party in the United States. They are the board of trustees in organizations. In addition, if you are a member of the working class in any organization. Understand that you and your co-workers are carefully selected through interviews to associate with one another. The aim is to achieve the company’s goals and objectives. Moreover, when you agree to work with such an organization, you believe in the vision, mission Statement, and core values. In other words, you and other staff believe in the organization’s philosophy. On the other hand, any staff member who goes against the core values is shown the exit door.

Why You Must Target Likeminds

Actually, your happiness and satisfaction in any field, to a large extent, depend on the people you associate with. So, you must be careful in selecting these people. Surround yourself with people who have your utmost fulfillment at heart, not people who will kill your dreams before you actualize them. You must be selective in choosing the people you associate with; this will help you deal with the problem of distrust.

Associate only with like-minded individuals and people with a success mentality. You must work with people who will motivate you to actualize your goals, people who believe in your dream. Discard those who lack confidence in you and in your ability to actualize your dream. Do this before they kill your dream. You must shield yourself with people who are ready to take the ‘bullet’ for you. These are people who are willing to stand by you no matter the odds. They are people who will help you unpack your life’s baggage. People who will help you live a fulfilling life.

Culled from my book “The Threshold of Life “. Get your Copy and Learn more about Selective Association.

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The Threshold of Life: When Fulfillment becomes the Motivation.

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There is a point in life when our expectations of fulfillment match the happiness and satisfaction we derive from it. That point in life is called the Threshold of Life. We can only reach the Threshold of life when we make fulfillment our motivation. And this fulfillment must serve a public good because you can only find it when others around you are happy. This book, “The Threshold of Life,” is loaded with practical steps to help you.

  • Understand and put fulfillment within your reach
  • Understand the spiritual law of fulfillment
  • Make a big change in your life
  • Tame your fears and rise above your challenges
  • Deal with identity and career crises
  • Discover, unpack, and tap into your baggage of life
  • Hatch your dream into a legacy
  • Unleash the entrepreneurial spirit in you
  • Win more loyal customers for your business by satisfying their needs
  • Overcome depression and eliminate suicide from our society
  • Make your marriage and other relationships work
  • Cope with the sophistication of the post-COVID-19 world

The Threshold of Life

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The Threshold of Life is Informative

It promises to offer more than the benefits enumerated above. In addition, you will discover some key strategies that will help you in your quest for a fulfilling life. New strategies like the KYS index, Selective Association, and The Retreat, Renew, and Re-launch Philosophy will help you to succeed and live your dream life. These new strategies are a fallout of in-depth research of the successful lifestyles. There is a lot to benefit from this book. It is sure to impact your life, business, career, and relationships in a positive way. You are about to make one of the most amazing discoveries about life’s most elusive ingredient – fulfillment. You will also learn how to reach the threshold of fulfillment. It will teach you the hows of life.

First, you will learn how to make fulfillment your motivation in life. Then you will also learn how to make a big change in your life and start living the better life that you desire. It is ideal for an entrepreneur who wants to excel in business. The major motivation in business is not necessarily the maximization of profit but the fulfillment of your customers. The greatest motivation in business is to see your customers derive a sense of happiness and satisfaction from using your products and services. You will maximize profit and smile to the bank when your customers are fulfilled and satisfied with your products and services. Hence, the soul of every business is fulfillment.

The Threshold of Life is Captivating

This book will help you reach the threshold of success and find fulfillment in virtually every sphere of life. Do you seek happiness in your relationship? Are you experiencing crises in your marriage or friendship? This book is a must-read as it will help you fix your relationship and make it work again. What are the challenges you are facing in your relationship? This book will help you with practical steps to overcome them and attain a stable relationship.

It is also ideal for the employee who is neck-deep in a career crisis. Also, for the employee who wants to maximize productivity and excel in his or her career, all the necessary steps you need to take are contained herein. And for you who want to succeed in life. Your dream is to excel and live a satisfactory and fulfilling life. Get this book for yourself and for everyone you want to give a gift of happiness.

The Threshold of Life is Explosive

Finally, for you who have been hit by the catatonic missiles of life, dejected, depressed, and in despair. Maybe you are experiencing a downward spiral in life, and think you cannot fix the broken pieces of your life. Is your circumstance so critical that you are even contemplating suicide? This book is a weapon in your hands; you need it to liberate yourself from the manacles of self-destruction. You will have fun reading this book as it is very interactive.

Included at the end of every chapter are some tasks to test your understanding of what you are reading. In order to simulate real-life situations, there are true-life stories to illustrate the strategies for a life of bliss. Make sure you put into practice everything you will learn from this book. You will be doing yourself a great disservice if you don’t. This book will usher you into a new threshold where you will experience deep-rooted fulfillment.

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Career Fulfillment: The Three Big Questions to A Rewarding Career-Part Two.

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Sequel to my previous post on career fulfillment, the third big question you must ask yourself is whether the work environment is conducive for you to give in your best. By the work environment I mean the entire organizational ecosystem. The organizational ecosystem includes the entire system like the office spaces, the organizational framework, the rules and regulations, the administrative procedures, the management, and staff, etc  All these make up the entire ecosystem. In a situation where the environment is not conducive, there will be no career fulfillment. Basically, if a work ecosystem is not conducive then it is toxic. A toxic environment is a hotbed of career crises. It is a working environment that is rife with threats to safety, insecurity, and toxic people.

Is The Work Ecosystem Conducive?

An environment that is full of toxic people is not conducive to career fulfillment. Don’t associate or surround yourself with toxic people. They are poisonous to your mind. And you must avoid them like a plague. Here is the truth, if you are surrounded by people with negative energy instead of inspiring you they will end up discouraging you. Gradually they will corrupt your mind with their negative whining. Toxic people don’t talk good about the management nor do they see anything good about the organization. They backbite and they are wailers. You must run as much as you can from this set of people. It is recommended that you socially distance yourself from such negative influences; they make the work ecosystem very unconducive for you. You must do it if you desire a fulfilling and rewarding career.

Workplace Hostility Is A Bane On Career Fulfillment

Hostility in the workplace is also a major reason for career crises. It can be hostility of staff against fellow staff or boss against subordinates. Within such a work ecosystem, there is hatred, bitterness, rancor, suspicion, and threat to life among workers. And such an environment does not promote job satisfaction. It is a system that promotes the repression and victimization of staff. I have even seen cases where the so-called bosses insult, assault, and bully their subordinates. Are you a boss in your office and the only way you can prove that you are the boss is by yelling at and slapping those under you? In an office setting, it is not only ethically wrong but also morally and legally wrong. 

Career crises may also be triggered by the system of operation within the ecosystem. How do they run their business? Is it technologically driven? How sophisticated is the technology? Does it require basic or advanced knowledge? You will not find career fulfillment if you are not at par with the level of technology operating in the work ecosystem. In fact, working in this post covid-19 workplace requires a certain level of digital knowledge. You must build your digital capacity.

Are You Really Happy?

The pursuit of fulfillment should be paramount in your career. Your happiness and satisfaction should be the main focus of your job. Are you really happy with your job? I am reiterating here that you cannot have a fulfilling career if you are not happy with your job. How do you know that you are happy with your job? It is when you carry out your job tasks with so much passion. That is you experience an inner joy and peace in carrying out your official assignments. On the other hand, when you are resentful about your job it may be that you are not happy about it.

In your next career move think twice, and ask yourself these three big questions about your job – Do I really like the Job? Am I in Agreement with the organization’s business philosophy? Is the work ecosystem conducive for me? If there is a ‘no’ answer to any of the questions that is a red flag to your career fulfillment. Chances are that you might experience a career crisis instead of happiness and satisfaction.

Culled from my book “The Threshold of Life “. Get your Copy and Learn more about Career Fulfillment.

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