Author: Conquestlane

Author of many inspirational books, among them are - 'Conquest in Adversity: the mystery of another spirit', 'Success unplugged, powered by conquest' and 'The Threshold of Life'. He is a techpreneur, Success enthusiast, and a senior partner at Conquestlane Global Services. A freelance web-developer, and a Google certified Associate Cloud Engineer (ACE). He is also doubles as programme Coordinator and @ bringbackourglory.org. He holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Nigeria Nsukka. He is of the view that we can dare the impossible if we can imagine, and believe it is possible. This view informs his philosophy of life "imagine, believe, dare the impossible". He is happily married with children.
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The Law of Concentration

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In this post I will dwell on the law of concentration, one of the laws of success. Understand that success is not a random phenomenon, rather it a well calculated effort guided by laws and principles. In a bid to understand the concept of successful living I have come up with some laws of Success. One of these laws is what I have termed the law of concentration. The law of concentration is a veritable strategy in the quest for success.

Concentration means to focus. According to Oxford learners dictionaries concentration is the action or power of focusing all one’s attention. It is giving your pursuit the complete and total attention it needs. It is all about giving your quest the undivided attention in order to achieve your desired objectives. In other words concentration is emasculating distractions and disturbances to achieve a purpose in life. In this post I will be using conquest and success interchangeably. Conquest means success. It is a means to success, that is to say the more you conquer challenges the more successful you become.

Conquest is all about concentrating on your quest in life. Whether it is spiritual quest, military quest, business quest, financial quest or academic quest concentration is very crucial. The power of concentration cannot be overemphasized. For you to have conquest in life you must consolidate on all your efforts, and it takes concentration to consolidate on your efforts. 

Mathematically, the equation for the ‘law of concentration’ will be:
Concentration + Quest=Conquest, or C + Q = CQ – (where C is concentration, Q is quest, and CQ is Conquest). 

Hence from the equation above we can deduce that the magnitude of your conquest over any given challenge of life is directly proportion to the level of your concentration and the effort inputted to solve any problem. In other words your conquest is a product of a combination of your effort and concentration. For instance if you open a book to read and you do not concentrate, no matter the effort you put in this reading, it will amount to effort in futility because you will not grasp anything without focus. So to succeed in your reading you must come to equilibrium where your effort matches your concentration. 

Cause uproar in the east, strike in the west-Mao Tse-tung.

One of the greatest military strategists of all times, Chinese Mao Tse-tung, fondly called Chairman Mao in his book ‘On the Guerilla warfare’ adopted this military strategy. The sole objective was to diffuse or disorganize the opponent’s military formation because according to him when the enemies concentrate in a single base they pose a greater threat because there is power in concentration. This law is applicable not only in military warfare but also in our everyday challenges.

The law of concentration was in full glare at Babel (Genesis 11:6-8)

And the LORD said, behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do…. So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

Their quest was to build the city, and as long as they concentrated they were able to build. They only left the quest for building the city when they were scattered by God and lost concentration. Similarly many have abandoned their quest in life because there is no more concentration on their part. Unless you concentrate and become focus minded you will never test success.

The high point of the law of concentration is that it ensures that you don’t pursue shadows in life. There is a popular saying in this clime that a man whose house is on fire does not pursue rat. The law of concentration helps you to set your priorities right. By concentration you are able to solve life’s puzzles. It enables you to hit the bull’s eye or target and not to beat about the bush. Concentration encourages precision.

Learn to concentrate and to stay focus as lack of concentration will spell doom for your conquest. Losing concentration or focus is like the proverbial man chasing shadows without catching any. Success will become elusive without concentration. In a war time, a man was saddled with the responsibility of keeping a prisoner of war but while he was busy ‘pursuing shadows’, while he was busy ‘chasing after rats’ the prisoner escaped. He lost concentration. You must note that when you lose concentration or focus then the opportunities for conquest will slip out of your hands.

In the words of the great American Industrialist, a man who has conquered the business landscape, who has taken the business world by storm. He once said;

Concentration is my motto, first honesty, then industry, then concentration- Andrew Carnegie.

In any area you want to have conquest be it spiritual, military, business, financial, academics, marital etc. concentration is a major prerequisite. You must make concentration your motto, your pledge and your anthem. Abide by the law of concentration; then your success is a snap away from you.

Imagine, believe, dare to succeed.

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Maximum Global Impact

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Remember I told you that you are not living just to live life or to exist. Rather you are living to make a difference in life. You are actually living to make an impact in life. An impact in this context is a marked effect or influence on people around you. This impact must be global in scope. So the whole world in its length and breadth as it were is your domain. There is no restriction to your global coverage or global reach when it comes to success. It is all about maximum global impact.

Success is a global phenomenon. It has no boundary or nationality, neither is it tied to any particular language. Rather it understands every language whether Igbo, Spanish, English, French, German, Chinese, Jewish, Afrikaans, Arabic, etc.  Moreover, the mandate of Success is the same everywhere around the globe whether in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Hence, the universality of success is a reality. It is now crystal clear that you can make a maximum global impact and have fulfillment in any given field of endeavor no matter your location.

By implication making a maximum global impact means succeeding globally. Ideally, your success and fulfillment in life answer to your impact. Once again remember the challenge. Take a good look at the world around you. What are the everyday needs in people’s lives? How do you explore and exploit the earth to meet these needs and by so doing add value to people’s lives? The world and people are waiting for a solution. The problem you solve is the impact you make and it must be global. And the value attached to this impact and the fulfillment the people enjoy is tantamount to success. Succinctly put, maximum global impact means global success.

 In this post, we shall consider some important steps that are necessary for you to make a maximum global impact. These steps are sine qua non if you must extend your global coverage or reach for global success. In any sphere, you may find yourself, in business, academics, ministry, career, science, and technology, or in the ICT, etc you are about to make a maximum global impact. Just make sure you are in sync with the whole idea.

Think Global

The first step you must take to make a maximum global impact is to think global. Don’t confine yourself to your own little world. Expand your horizon if you want to make a global impact in life. The gateway to maximum global impact is your thought process. So critical thinking is the first prerequisite for maximum global impact. Remember your thought defines who you are and your level of impact in life. Thinking globally does two amazing things. First, it will help you to form a vision of global scope. Second, it will generate and galvanize ideas. Global thought breeds global ideas. Hence, if you must stand a chance of succeeding on the global scene then you must bring forth global ideas.

Remember, vision answers the question of what to do on the global scene, whereas, ideas answer the question of how to do it well. Hence with a global vision, you will have a vivid picture of your aims and objectives, and matching it with global ideas will result in global impact. Thinking global also helps you develop the global mentality that will empower you to traverse the global scene. This mentality transcends the local mentality or principle of the locality where one feels too inadequate and too insignificant to make a maximum global impact. Thinking global provokes global vision and ideas to flow like a stream. Endeavor to write them down as they come. Let it become your business plan, and your blueprint to guide you in your quest for global success.

Show Global Commitment

The second step is to show commitment. Maximum global impact is a function of global commitment. For you to succeed globally you must match your quest for global success with a commitment to global goals and objectives. There is always a price tag on success. Conversely, there is a global price on global success which must be paid to have a bite of this global success. Moreover, the willingness to pay this global price is a high mark of commitment to global success.

On the contrary, the inability to pay this global price will land one in the abyss of mediocrity. Understand that success is a process, and so it is progressive. Just as life is in phases global success is also in phases. Hence, your commitment to each phase determines your progression to another. Therefore you must be committed to the pursuit of these global goals and visions for you to make a maximum global impact.

Deploy Global Resouces

The third step is to squarely match your global vision with global resources. Your resources must be of global standard and must match your vision. These global resources put you within the purview of global success and also empower you to compete favorably with any competitor from any part of the globe. It facilitates the churning out of world-class services. Global resources are tools that will give you an equal footing in the global domain and ensure world best practices. It will become suicidal if the resources do not match the vision.

This is where foresight comes in. I shall discuss foresight in the next chapter. Hence, with foresight, one will be able to understand trends in the global scene. Planning is very crucial when it comes to global success. And foresight reinforces your ability to plan and strategize on how to allocate global resources in order to achieve global success. With these resources, you are able to impact the global community by meeting both immediate and remote needs.

For instance, social media and the internet are global resources that one must explore for maximum global impact. Social media handles like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, LinkedIn, etc can be a plus in your quest for global success. You must maximally explore these resources. There is also a need for you to assert your online presence through ownership of the website and blogs.

The Final Word

the earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein - Psalm 24:1

Finally, don’t fail to acknowledge the owner of the globe. While you are critically thinking, showing commitment, and deploying global resources you must recognize God Almighty who’s got the whole world in his palm. Have faith in him and this imperatively will facilitate your maximum global impact.

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The Take-Off: Why It is Important in The Quest For Success.

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One of the fear bubbles you must burst if you want to make any meaningful impact, in life is the fear of take-off. There must be a proper take-off if we desire to make maximum impact and succeed in our pursuits. No matter the project whether in business, academics, career, investment, marriage, or any relationship there is a need for a proper take-off. To a large extent how we take off determines how we will finish. Take-off in this context means the action of starting out something. It means setting in motion your goals or dreams. The issue of take-off is very important in the quest for success.

What is Your Takeoff Plan

Now, what is your take-off plan for that job, business, contract, exams, marriage, and or relationship? Or how do you intend to begin or kick-start that project? The speed with which you accomplish your set goals and the height you will attain on the success ladder and how far you will go in this race to a large extent depends on your takeoff. Definitely, it has a very huge impact on your successful project.

A critical observation of the take-off process of the avian species, sprinters, and airplanes or space rockets reveals that about seventy to eighty percent of the maximum momentum or speed needed to propel such body or object is generated at take-off. That is why you must take your take-off very seriously. Taking off properly allows you to achieve a lot in no distant time. A good take-off serves as a springboard for greater achievement, you can accomplish more within a short period.

Your Takeoff Determines Your Performance

A very good sprinter who was tipped to win a 200-meter race performed abysmally, to the disappointment of her fans. And when she was interviewed she blamed her poor takeoff as the reason for her abysmal performance. So, no matter how good a sprinter might be if the takeoff is flawed then the entire race will become a monumental flop and vice versa. Hence we can deduce that any project that has a good takeoff will have an advantage over the ones with a poor takeoff. Here quality take-off becomes a massive game changer.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the plane takes off against the wind. Not with it – Henry Ford.

In my culture, there is an adage that says, ‘o wu mbido ara ahu’. Meaning that ‘the takeoff’ in any project is usually very difficult. This is because at takeoff you are battling with so many contrary forces. And a proper takeoff allows you to overcome these forces. The birds and the airplane take off against the force of the wind. Also, the space rocket has to overcome the ‘pull’ of the force of gravity – thanks to their well-articulated takeoff.

Unfortunately, the fear of take-off has denied many the privilege of succeeding in life. In any business, project, or relationship it is not usually easy to start up. But with a proper and well-planned takeoff, one can overcome the initial setback. So in this regard, we shall look at ways to overcome the fear of take-off.

Get going. Move forward. Aim high. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me; you will love it up here – Donald Trump.

Good planning

From the above quote, we can conspicuously glean three realities of a proper takeoff. The first is planning. You must plan your takeoff well. And in your planning spell out your objectives, set targets or goals, and then map out strategies to accomplish them. Looking at the avian takeoff. Larger birds need a prolonged takeoff run to be airborne, while small birds can jump straight into the air at takeoff. Hence larger birds need to generate enough airspeed before they can take off. Oftentimes they must run over the ground or water until they reach the minimum air speed needed to take off.

Relating this to take-off in business or projects. The magnitude determines the number of resources, and the resources determine the takeoff speed. You cannot set in motion a business of a global magnitude with lean resources, or resources meant for a business of local magnitude. It will be suicidal to do so. Therefore to overcome the fear of takeoff and excel in whatever you are starting up you must plan your takeoff. Plan it in such a way that the resources will match the magnitude.

Take action

The second is action. Planning a takeoff without action equals stagnation. According to Newton’s first law of motion, ‘Every object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change its state by the action of an external force. You need to exert action or energy for you to overcome the static force. To overcome the ‘full’ force and set an object in motion you must push. Not until you take action nothing will happen. In taking off you are putting a project, business, or body in motion. So you must overcome the body mass to gain speed and to do that you need inertia. Remember you don’t know what you are capable of until you give it a try. Don’t let the fear of taking off limit you.

Your precision counts

The third is precision. You must be on point. Don’t be so nervous and never jump the gun. Some athletes are so nervous that even before the takeoff they jump the gun. While some take off after the gun. Nervousness will unsettle you and as such affects your performance. Avoid doubt, and fear of the unknown. Be cool, calm, and calculative. Your precision counts towards a good take-off. Finally, to have a proper and effective takeoff you must plan and act with precision. That is the summary of a good takeoff.

Culled from my book “The Threshold of Life “. Get your Copy and Learn more about The Take-off.

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