Impulsive Reaction

Impulsive Reaction

I have warned several family members and friends to, “Do not go out hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof.” Most arguments are started impulsively; few are carefully thought out beforehand. My heart goes out to Roderick Anthony Burton II family, friends and fans due to some kind of argument or conflict that started on impulse and the outcome is a lost for all of us. Impulse has a much greater likelihood of hurting all of us in the end, rather than helping us achieve our dreams. Here is Jonathan Keese prescription, “Don’t do it. Stop and think about alternative course of action.

Dealing with Adversity Part II

Jonathan Keese continues his discussing on the subject of Dealing with Adversity in Part II of his conversation.

Lesson 3: Closely examine the adversity you encounter to learn from it. My neighbor's daughter was vacation in Thailand on December 26, 2004 with the tsunami hit. Although he will never know the purpose of that event, he did gain an infinitely grater realization of the temporary nature of like. As a result, he made the decision to make the absolute most of every remaining day of his life. Because of the love and kindness he was show by Thai villagers who had also lost family members, he is more actively helping the helpless himself. When Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, He instantly and effectively campaigned for help from our community.

Lesson 4: Seek insights from other people. A lot of times, adversity blindsides us. So what do you do? This is exactly the kind of situation in which Solomon would advise us to seek outside counsel. Go to others and gather their insights. What went wrong? Why didn't I see it coming? Was I blind? Was I callous? Was I naive? Others can sometimes see what we cannot because of our closeness to the situation.

Dealing with Adversity

Jonathan Keese, gives us a number of insights that we can used when we find ourselves in adverse circumstances, regardless of their source or its degree of difficulty:

Lesson One: Realize that adversity is a valuable part of life. Adversity provides us with the opportunity to develop our character in natural, recurring, and powerful way that only the challenges of adversity offer. Only adversity refines and reveals the gold and silver of our character. Nobody likes going through adversity at the time we are going through it. Without going through it, our character "muscles" would never reach their full potential strength and power.

Lesson Two: Accept responsibility for your contribution to the situation. A lot of times adversity comes our way as a direct or indirect result of our own actions. We make a bad choice or a bad decision, or we simply fail to do something we should have done. When I made bad investment decisions, I had to accept responsibility from my greed and my naive choices. Yes, several men had misrepresented the opportunities to me, but the fact is, I am the one who made the decisions. And I experienced the very consequences that Sol had cautioned me about. Anytime you make a contribution to your own adversity, you need to accept responsibility for it. Don't simply blame someone or something else.

Nonetheless, throughout our lives here on earth we will experience a great deal of adversity that is not a result of our actions. In those cases, it is critically important that we do not assign fault to ourselves or those who had nothing to do with it. Always remember that adversity sometimes has a purpose that we cannot know or understand. As tempting as it may be, to try to figure out such a mystery is not only an exercise in futility, it is foolish.

Enjoy your week and check back tomorrow for Lessons three and four from JONATHAN KEESE!

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Mankind's Perpetual Fuel


We sit down with Jonathan Keese and discuss this topic of, "Mankind's Perpetual Fuel"
For more than a hundred years, engineers and scientists have dreamed of a perpetual source of energy, one that would generate more power than it consumes, Imagine a power source that would drive your car without ever needing to be replenished. The truth is, a perpetual source of energy would violate the known laws of physics. But there is a source of perpetual mental and emotional fuel available to us to achieve our dreams. It is called "HOPE!"

Today we usually use it as a synonym for a wish. Yet to Mr. Keese, hope was far more tangible and powerful. His concept of hope can be defined as "a well-founded and confident belief that a specific vision (goal, desire, or promise) will be achieved or fulfilled within a specified amount of time." Think about it and use it!

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Gaining a clear and precise vision was what catapulted John D. Rockefeller from a ten-cents-an-hour bookkeeper to the richest man in the world. It transformed Helen Keller from a bitter young girl into one of the most inspirational speakers and writers of all time.

A VISION- is a precise, clearly defined goal with a detailed plan and timetable for achieving that goal.

Most Powerful Blessings by Jonathan Keese

I once dreamed I stood in a studio and watched three sculptors there. The clay they used was the human race, and they fashioned it with care after themselves.

One was a Teacher; the tools he used was sacrifice;

One was a Spirit; the tools he used was The Word of God 24 hours a day;

One was a Father; the tools he used was love, gentleness, compassion.

Day after day the Teacher toiled with a touch that was deft and sure, While the Spirit labored by his side and polished and reveal the Teacher's lesson through the scriptures. While the Father watched to see how many students joined the Teacher Christian class!

Then the three sculptors focused on creating a "Woman" who was smoothed and could continue the sculptors work within the human race. They were proud of what they had wrought, for the things they had molded into the young woman could neither be sold nor bought. And each agreed he would have failed if he had worked alone, from this day forward you will see a Teacher, a Driven Spirit and a 24 hours a day Mother that is with you even when you are not at HOME!

Happy Mother's Day to All the Mothers of the World!

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Jonathan Keese- "FEAR OF LOSS"

"Our greatest motivations in life are the desire for gain and the fear of loss."

"Sometimes I get this strange sensation in my gut, like someone just slugged me", said a friend of mine. For years many people don't realize that there fears are causing this punch to the gut feeling. It is human nature to follow the path of least resistance and that is what your body is saying. More people talk themselves out of a good deal then to accept a position of learning something from the endeavor. "Would you rather pursue your natural inclination to go with the flow?" Which normally does not motivate any of us to take a step up in life just a step back from from life. Instead I would like for you to ask yourself this question, "would you prefer to have your life controlled by your boss and other people , or would you rather control your own and continue to learn and mature?"

Jonathan Keese Speaks on Self-Esteem

Anger lowers our self-esteem and the self-esteem of others.!

"He that is soon angry deals foolishly." Have you ever done anything that has made you or those around you fell foolish? A quick-tempered person acts foolishly because anger distorts his or her vision and perspective. It can distort our view of situations and our ability to see a person's words or actions in true perspective. Consequently, we overreact rather than effectively respond to the reality of a situation.

Jonathan Keese (Tooth Aches)

You will never stub your toe by standing still. The faster you go, the more chances there are of you stubbing your toe, and the more chances you have of getting somewhere!

There are going to be days when your tooth aches, your car won't start, and your last sales call was a disaster. You'll need a shot in the arm, a pat on the back, or a kick in the pants. One of the following thoughts may be just what you need in order to make the next career move and the best situation for your family.

1. Success is a choice.- Rick Pintino

2. Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.- Warren Lester

3. I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgement of associates; it takes place every date you just can't hear them.- Jonathan Keese

4. If you're not fired up with enthusiasm, you'll be fired with enthusiasm. -Vince Lombardi

5. There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.- Douglas MacArthur

6. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure who chooses to no longer mature in life. -Jonathan Keese

Jonathan Keese (There Are No Secrets Regarding Business Success)

Speaker, Trainer, and Authors love to tell you that there are secrets to being more successful, selling more or being rich, they will convince you that only they possess those secrets. If you will give them your money, they will share those secrets with you. What a rip-off. Those people should be ashamed. (Not ashamed for trying to see you their ideas, because we all have the right to do that. I am selling you my ideas right now, so I have no problem with selling ideas.) They should be ashamed for saying there are secrets to being more successful. There are secrets to be more successful. There are no secrets. There is no new information.

Here are some of the main keys to be more successful:

Take personal responsibility
Things change, so be flexible
Work smart and work hard
Serve other well
Be nice to others
Be optimistic
Have goals; want something big for yourself
Stay focused
Keep learning
Become excellent at application
Trust your gut feelings (be honest with yourself)
When in doubt, take action don’t stand still
Earn all you can
Save all you can
Give all you can
Enjoy all God gives you
Above All: Pray and keep it simple!

This one simple equation works in every area of business

● Business gets better right after the people in the business gets better

● Sales get better right after sale people get better.

● Customer service gets better right after the people who deliver the customer service gets better.

● Employees get better right after their manager gets better

● Everything in your life gets better when you get better and noting is ever going to get better until you get better

See how simple that it is?

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THE REGRETS OF A CHAMPION

I once heard Irving Berlin say, "the toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success". Let me put it straight, a champion also exhibits some fear, it is just that he has control over his fear. Ernest Hemingway says, "courage is grace under pressure", and Woody Allen says, "its not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens". A champion truly has his weakness but he never lets his weakness have him. I will discuss more in detail four out of the many regrets of a champion later this week have a blessed Sunday.

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EXPOSED TO DANGER

Danger is always locking around the corridors of great and famous people. Usually, it is a type of danger in disguised. It glitters but it can litter the life of champion. If you are not careful you may being to live the life of a hypocrite, someone says, "a hypocrite is one who is not himself on Sunday." You are not really yourself because you want to avoid being labelled with a bad name your life is dictated by the forces around you.

As a champion you must be careful with things which did not get you up there but can bring you down. The things which took you to the place of achievement are the things which can sustain you there. Beware. The danger of peers in one. The danger of peers is one. Everybody loves to be a friend to a champion, but know that a champion cannot be everybody's friend. You must be friendly, be accessible and acceptable but do not be influenced anyhow and easily.

The danger of family pressure is number two. You must care for your family but do not lose concentration because of their demands. They can get on your nerves and their schedules may conflict with yours, but be organised and principled. The danger of the media is number three. They can help get your informations to the world but they would not let you them what to do, write or say. They have to make their own money too.

The danger of pleasure is number four. As much as possible you must enjoy the wealth you possess and the position you occupy, but do not let them take over your self-esteem or ego. They are to boost your ego and not control it. You must distinguish between pleasure and work. While work gives, pleasure takes.

Jonathan Keese (Those You Must Not Disappoint)

Every man on top soon becomes someone's gem. You will have secret admirers and some would even make public declarations about you. They will move their tent and pitch it next to yours just to see you. I will come back to these ones later, but there are some I intend to bring to your heart, and these are those who were there with you from the beginning. You did not just become their emerald whey you got the championship, but they found you to be who you are before becoming what you are. They have loved and accepted you before the time of fame, and far before others came to know and accept you. They saw friendship before championship, so you must not let them down.

As a talk show host, I always think of my numerous followers and admirers all over the globe, as a result of which I pray to God to uphold me and deliver me from evil. I have let down followers before and the experience I had and the backlash was horrible. Do you know some people can backslide if you backslide? They can feel that if someone like you falls away, how then can they stand the same test that befell you.

Jonathan Keese, (Top Suggestion Regarding Work)

1. Never come in early, stay late, or skip a lunch hour!
2. Stop lying to yourself & everyone else about how hard you working.
3. Work faster, smarter, and harder, stay busy.
4. Find things to do that complete task
5. Stop periodically during the day and ask yourself does this matter?
6. Is it contributing to the overall well-being of the company?
7. Am I really getting something done or just killing time?
8. Never tolerate poor performance in yourself or others.
9. Create a clean, organized environment that encourages work.
10. Expect the best from everyone.
11. Figure out what absolutely has to get done, and then do it first.
12. Do the right thing once you make a mistake.

Jonathan Keese (It's Called Work!)

It's Called Work

People tend to focus on process instead of accomplishment. We have become spectators instead of doers. We reward the wrong things. We tolerate poor performance. People are no longer conditioned to work. They are conditioned to watch other people work. It's not how many hours you put into the work, but how many hours you put into the work, but how much work you put into the hours!

SUPPORTERS AND OPPOSERS

These are two words that you get the meaning of one as you understand the definition for the other. A supporter will call the champion, "My Man", and the champion calls the supporter "My Fan."

The opposer may not necessary dislike the man in the rival camp but as it is impossible to serve two masters, you have to be committed to one camp. On the other hand, if an opposer does not show extreme opposition towards the opponent he cannot be trusted by his man. This is the beginning of rivalry.

There are various reasons for taking sides. Let me mildly put it to you by saying there are reasons for difference in opinions. Though the real essence is that no one wants his man to lose, so this can change the mild statement into something like, reasons for being against or antagonistic.

This strong support for one makes people make a bet on games or contests. They stake their possessions for the one they believe in. Some of these reason are:

1. They see what others do not see, which I think is a result of their view point

2. They get their fame from your fame

3. They get excitement from your championship

4. They make personal monetary/material/spiritual gains from what you take part in,

5.They learn from your skillful victories and achievements.

The irony of the support is that there are rights and wrongs in either camp. But when they are wrong it may be because of you and when they are right it is definitely because of you.

BORN AND STRUGGLED AS A LOSER BUT DIED A CHAMPION

There is a common saying, "No condition is permanent", which I find to be absolute truth. We have seen great people fall and lowly people rise. The struggle of life is inevitable but it is convertible.

Rev. R. W. Shambach stated on the radio this afternoon that caught my attention, "you may be knocked down but you are not knocked out." We nave seen in boxing tournaments, person who were knocked down on few occasions and at the count of three or four and even nine, they got up to continue the fight. Eventually, they turned out as winners. The way you are rated counts a lot. Your end must be better than your beginning. Someone once said, "you may be losing the battle but you will win the war."

I would mention a few people in life who began woefully but ended praisefully. As someone puts it, "I have come into this world too silently, but I will leave with a loud noise." This is true of many renowned people. It was at their departure that they received the loudest ovation of the lives. There were either political, civil or religious figures.

Ayo-Born to idol worshippers, his early life was turbulent that he fled from school to start farming. Later returning to school, he passed a few examinations but failed the others which made him leave school for apprenticeship appointment. He tried blacksmithing and graduated without work tools which made him seek job as a caterpillar driver. He later was called to preaching he became one of the leading fathers of Pentecostalism and faith in Nigeria. He died as a father of nations.

Abraham Lincoln- Born in a cabin. Lost his mother an early age. Had little formal education. Fought in wars. Lost his wife. Had unsuccessful ventures. Defeated in state legislature race. Remarried and only one out of four children reached adulthood. Disappointed in a quest for Federal office, and also lost bid for U.S.Senate. He later won Presidential election but fought wars to survive. Many Army Generals disappointed him. Threatened all around, yet he was re-elected as President. He steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and Abolished Slavery. The sixteenth American President was Assassinated.

Rubin "Hurricane" Cater- A man who, in the prime of his boxing career finds himself wrongfully convicted of murder. sentenced to life in prison Cater's published memoir, the Sixteenth round, inspired a teenager (Vicellous Rean Shannon) from Brooklyn and three Canadian activists (Deborah Kara Unger, John Hannah, Liev Schreiber) who believed in the truth, to join forces with Cater to prove his innocence. Their extraordinary efforts ultimately secure his release, leaving "Hurricane" to sum up his 20 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit by simply stating, "Hate got me into this place, love got me out."

What more shall I say of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Jr., Bishop Benson Idahosa and lots more. These people and many others made history adorable. You must not suffer in vain. You must attain championship and make posterity admirable.

OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING

I was listening to the radio today and there was a guest speaker on talk radio, I believe he was from Atlanta Georgia, and the guest speaker used this statement, "it is easier to obtain than to maintain".

These words penetrated my inner self, because I knew that most of us do not still have all we got along our life journey. Things (personal possesions) do not last long in our hands. We do not even stay long enough in positions. Most of us are perambulators, we are into rigmaroling or better put as ragman rolling. We are not set for a course.

Ask yourself, for how long you kept letters from peers, gifts from buddies, notes from school, books from school grades/levels, sermons heard from pulpits and so on. You must not wear out before what you hold withers. THis is what makes a champion remain a champion. He has to hold on to the title to remain an undisputed champion. Someone may say, "I could not help it. "THis is rubbish! Things that leave you sprawling are the same that make others stand." Nobody would blame you for a situation you could not handle, they only blame you for situations you failed to handle. You let it happen by failing to follow instructions or laid down principals.

Principals makes you a principal. If you move without instruction you head for destruction. You can only maintian what you obtain by observing rules and putting them into play. If you go free-lance and out of range, you will get missed.

The longer you stay up there, the more respect you earn. It is better to rise and fall a hundred times before you attain the top than to get up there and fall once. THe higher you go the fatal the fall would be, so hold on. Just "keep on keeping on." Retirement is honourable, resignation is acceptable, but falling is terrible trust me. There is no time for Jack and Jill because once you fall everyone sees you rolling down the hill and they will never try to let you forget it.

As I shared with a longtime friend today, "I do not need your permission to change!" The last time we saw each other you still viewed me in that light. I guess, the problem is not me but you because you haven't even changed your mindset.

You don't need anybodys permission to change! When you change most people don't and sometimes they will pass that feeling onto you. Don't fall for it you are not the same.

THE CHALLENGER

Let me mention the conclusion before the discussion we are having gets to deep; the challenger has nothing of his own except what he wants to take from the champion.

This is the one who confronts the champion even when everyone honours and accepts the champion. He does not believe what is said about the Champion until he has experienced it for himself. The challenger deep down inside wants all the glory like the champion without the needed skills to maintain the championship belt.

The Challenger protests and equally criticises. He questions every move whether good or bad because he wants recognition however is standing still and not willing to train. All these efforts are to get what is in the hands of the champion. But one thing is certain, the threats of the challenger keeps the champion in shape and in readiness for the contest. He is stimulated to defend his championship and to prove his superiority yet the champion remains quiet training calmly through rain and sunshine. The challenger(s) hoping that they can get under the skin of the champion to cause him or her to loose their focus. All the while the Challenger is unaware of the true strength of the champion and his ability to continue training harder to maintain his position at the top.

A true champion is never afraid of challenges, because he does not dread failure. It was through the passage of failure that he got to the throne of his or her position. The champion and the challenger will always meet at one point however the question that the Challenger will have to internalize is, "DID I MAKE A MISTAKE TRYING TO FIGHT THE CHAMPION AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE; AM I TRULY MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY READY TO FACE THE FACT THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN WRONG BY CHALLENGING THE CHAMP BEFORE I WAS TRULY FIT TO HOLD HIS POSITION!"

Every Challenger will face the fact that once the champion is in the ring and the bell rings he must fight the champion ALONE! A word to the wise for a challenger, "Never fight the CHAMP with weak corner men" because the champ is bringing the best corner men alive with him to the ring."

THE CHAMPION AND THE CHALLENGER

THE CREATION OF A CHAMP



I do not think all who became recognized champions just started as champions. They "BECAME" champions. They rose to the place of championship, this is what you must not take away from whatever you define in your mind.The champion today was the amateur of yesterday. He once lacked experience and competence. He pursued without proficiency. One who showed talents but was a mere tyro. A blunderer who struggled hard without professionalism. The champion today was the trainee yesterday. He took pains to arrive where he is today. He learnt bearable and unbearable lessons from the lovable and unlovable.



The champion today was a servant yesterday. he served a champion or superior to know that path to superiority. In boxing, he could be the sparring partner to a champion. He is used to correcting the mistakes of the reigning champ. All the skills of the reigning one are tested on him. This is why I personally do not run from assignments, because every tested blow on me makes me skillful and knowledgeable on how to deal with a situation in live.The champion today was at one time left to fend for himself. He once had no one to depend upon. He struggled all alone. But today he fights for the rights and interests of others who need help. The champion is the one who came from the back position to take the first prize.