Like the Lions...
The lion is one of the most fearless animals in the jungle. The sight of this awesome creature can send panic into the heart of even bigger animals. There are some basic lessons we can learn from this wonderful creature.
Boldness
Boldness is the capacity to stand against any opposition and come out unscathed.
It is a prominent feature of all lions. Their genetic makeup will not allow them to be scared of other animals, no matter the size. It is not in their mentality to be afraid.
As individuals, we would definitely encounter difficulties in life which will require some measure of boldness. The opposite of boldness is fear, which can destroy purpose and destinies.
Persistence
When this amazing creature is stalking a prey, one of the most visible quality that gives it the edge is persistence. A lion can persistently pursue a prey with all its might as long as the prey is within its radar. Persistence is the ability to continuously hold on to your dream without wavering or giving up. It is a quality that has countless rewards. Immediately the prey is caught, the battle for survival and conquest begins. The persistent eventually emerges the winner in a battle for superiority. This should be the attitude of any aspiring entrepreneur.
Anticipation
To anticipate means to have a positive expectation and outlook about a situation. It cab be compared to faith. This fearless creature has this awesome quality in abundance. They make use of it in their haunt for food and survival in the jungle. There is no feeling of negativity or pessimism where these creatures dwell. The moment they have the opportunity to haunt for prey in their territories, they start making anticipatory moves to go for the kill. As individuals aspiring for success, we must anticipate major or minor opportunities that may come our way and prepare sufficiently awaiting these opportunities.
Dominion
This is the ability to be in charge or to be in control of a situation. It is a characteristics which gives the lion the power to totally take charge of affairs in the animal kingdom. When there is a mixture of the weak and strong struggling for the same limited resources, a scenario will arise that gives room for the strongest to dominate the weakest and this is exactly what takes place in the animal kingdom. This is also true in the life of humans, as the financially strong often dominate the market and determine where the trend and economy will tilt to. These unique creatures have the dominion mentality on their inside, that gives them the ability to rule over others. It is a quality that is also in every human. The moment we come to the knowledge of this awesome quality deposited in us, our mentality about wealth, power and success is transformed significantly.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
We regret inactions more than mistakes....just take risks!
Have you ever really wanted to do something that required some risk and while you were still trying to make up your mind to be bold enough to do it, the opportunity went right on by, and you knew you could not get it back? I have - on more than one occasion. I believe that closer to the end of our lives, we'll experience more regret because of missed opportunities than mistakes that we made.
Actions or Inactions - Which brings more regret?
Two Cornell University sociologists conducted a study and showed that time is a key element in determining what we regret. In the short term, we lean toward regretting our actions, but over the long haul these sociologists found that inactions were more likely to produce regret.I've done some really stupid things and said some really dumb things that I wish I could turn back a cosmic clock and undo. I regret those things and those words. But now that I'm approaching my 6th decade on planet earth, I find that I have more regret about the things I didn't do, or the risks I didn't overcome, or the opportunities I didn't take advantage of, or the dreams I let die.
The Story of a Lion Chaser
There is a short and obscure Scripture in the Old Testament, found in II Samuel 23:20. I think it deserves a look. Here it is: "Benaiah chased a lion down into a pit. Then, despite the snow and slippery ground, he caught the lion and killed it." Now, we're not told what in the world Benny was doing or even where he might have been headed when he came across this lion. We're not told what he was thinking. All we know from this writing of antiquity is that on a gut response, he took a huge risk and despite all odds, he chased the lion and...killed it.
This is a very unlikely thing to take place. Usually when a man-eating animal is encountered, a normal person would take one and only one action: RUN!! But not this guy. After all, wouldn't this look good on his resume: In 600 BC I chased a lion on a snowy day and killed it." Well, it must have worked, because Benaiah landed a job as a bodyguard for King David of Israel. In fact, he worked his way up the military chain of command to become the second most powerful guy in all of Israel. I like to think that his stellar career can be traced back to a snowy day when he had to make a choice to run away or chase a lion. If he had run away, he would have always wondered, "What if...?"
So let me tie all this together for you. The scariest and most difficult situations can become the greatest of experiences, and can actually become defining moments in your life. David Whyte, English poet, author and speaker, says this, "The price of our vitality is the sum of our fears."
Bedtime Stories Worth Telling
I want my children and grandchildren to tell stories about me that are worth telling. Can't you just imagine the bedtime stories in Benaiah's household?
Stop running and start chasing. Make the most of every opportunity. Rather than just avoiding risks, decide to maximize all the potential and opportunity God has given each of us.
Monday, February 28, 2011
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
ARE YOU A TAMED GIANT?
ARE YOU A TAMED GIANT?
I just read somewhere how some Asian communities tame their elephants for the circus. They will just take a baby elephant; put a huge chain around its rear leg and then chain it on a pole and it is like that for years. From that time the baby elephant will struggle to free itself to no success. After long periods of struggle and distress the elephant gives up and does not struggle to free itself because it realizes it will never free itself and gains the belief that it was meant to be there.
After some years the owners will just replace the chain with a simple rope and the elephant will always be under their control since it already quit trying to free itself. When the owners take the elephants to the circus all they do is put a rope on the rear leg of the elephant and it will think it is chained and will never be able to set itself free. Put a rope on its leg it will not move an inch.
This is the same to our lives. Some of us were tamed while we were young. There are some things that have limited you since your childhood; maybe a teacher said that you’ll never make it, maybe your friends thought you did not look good, maybe you parent told you that nothing much would come out for you, or maybe someone said some unpleasant things to you in your childhood. I
I do not know what was said to you but I can tell you that that was the devil trying to tame you by making you believe negative things about yourself. What they said about you is not true, what God said about you is true. The devil says you will not make it, and God says you are created in His image and you will make it! Who do you choose to believe? Do not be tamed, you were not born for the circus; you were born for the jungle. You are a potential giant and this is the time you unleash who you really are-Great!
A Louse can jump so high but when scientists put it in a small bottle, it will jump and hit the walls for some time and then stop jumping all together. When they open the bottle lead the louse will still remain in the bottle since it got to believe it was destined to be confined in a bottle.
What bottle or box are you confined in? Do not quit jumping, keep trying and you will be free soon. The devil wants you to quit trying. Jump out of the box, the lead was removed a long time ago, the devil made you believe that you were confined but you are free. Go get your dreams into reality, be all you have wanted to be and disapprove all the negativities.
Maybe you are tamed by where you come from; maybe you are from ‘a slum, a poor background, or a disadvantaging background. The devil knew you were great before you were born and that’s why he’s trying to limit you by having a poor background. But again God had a plan for who are to be an no matter what the devil puts against you, you will overcome. Do not be limited by where you are from, it not where you come from but where you are going that is important. Do not be tamed by the devil, God has great plans for you and it is up to you to work and realize God’s plan for you. You can never be limited….Break loose.
(I have written this from the bottom of my heart and it has so much connection to my heart. A special thanks for reading. ©2011 Eric Kimaita you can read more of my articles from my blogs on my profile)
I just read somewhere how some Asian communities tame their elephants for the circus. They will just take a baby elephant; put a huge chain around its rear leg and then chain it on a pole and it is like that for years. From that time the baby elephant will struggle to free itself to no success. After long periods of struggle and distress the elephant gives up and does not struggle to free itself because it realizes it will never free itself and gains the belief that it was meant to be there.
After some years the owners will just replace the chain with a simple rope and the elephant will always be under their control since it already quit trying to free itself. When the owners take the elephants to the circus all they do is put a rope on the rear leg of the elephant and it will think it is chained and will never be able to set itself free. Put a rope on its leg it will not move an inch.
This is the same to our lives. Some of us were tamed while we were young. There are some things that have limited you since your childhood; maybe a teacher said that you’ll never make it, maybe your friends thought you did not look good, maybe you parent told you that nothing much would come out for you, or maybe someone said some unpleasant things to you in your childhood. I
I do not know what was said to you but I can tell you that that was the devil trying to tame you by making you believe negative things about yourself. What they said about you is not true, what God said about you is true. The devil says you will not make it, and God says you are created in His image and you will make it! Who do you choose to believe? Do not be tamed, you were not born for the circus; you were born for the jungle. You are a potential giant and this is the time you unleash who you really are-Great!
A Louse can jump so high but when scientists put it in a small bottle, it will jump and hit the walls for some time and then stop jumping all together. When they open the bottle lead the louse will still remain in the bottle since it got to believe it was destined to be confined in a bottle.
What bottle or box are you confined in? Do not quit jumping, keep trying and you will be free soon. The devil wants you to quit trying. Jump out of the box, the lead was removed a long time ago, the devil made you believe that you were confined but you are free. Go get your dreams into reality, be all you have wanted to be and disapprove all the negativities.
Maybe you are tamed by where you come from; maybe you are from ‘a slum, a poor background, or a disadvantaging background. The devil knew you were great before you were born and that’s why he’s trying to limit you by having a poor background. But again God had a plan for who are to be an no matter what the devil puts against you, you will overcome. Do not be limited by where you are from, it not where you come from but where you are going that is important. Do not be tamed by the devil, God has great plans for you and it is up to you to work and realize God’s plan for you. You can never be limited….Break loose.
(I have written this from the bottom of my heart and it has so much connection to my heart. A special thanks for reading. ©2011 Eric Kimaita you can read more of my articles from my blogs on my profile)
It's my honor to have a special person like you read my articles. Thank you.
email. eric.kimaita@africamail.com
email. eric.kimaita@africamail.com
Saturday, February 5, 2011
MANN UP!! Vol 3
MANN UP!! (Maturity)
I was walking a street and someone says with bitterness in her voice..."Grow up! How can you do such a thing?!" I had turn to see what was going on since the lady seemed to be very irritated. When I turned, I could not see any child or teenager, it was an older man, probably in his late thirties!! Then it got me thinking, growing up is not necessarily how much age you accumulate....!
Are you starting something or changing something positively in your life, like starting a business? well I have some manly advice for you..."If you're going to start, don't stop!!" "And if you're going to stop, don't start!" Men have ultimate responsibility for their decisions, and if you will achieve anything anything as a full man(or woman) then it is time you face the consequences of your decisions and actions whether positive or negative. The essence of maturity is the acceptance of responsibility. And maturity is the essence of manhood.
The popular notion is that maturity comes with age. Not true. You get old with age. Maturity comes by acceptance of responsibility- in every area of life. Acceptance of responsibility for failures is that substance on which success rests. No one can be responsible for success unless he is willing to accept responsibility for failure as well. This is true in business, marriage and all of life.
No one should be ever be surprised by the latest statistics on runaway children/street children. They are`sad, but they should not shock us! Runaway children are only mimicking what they have learn t from their runaway parents- most of them fathers! In Africa, thousands of women live alone with their children because their husbands ran away from home.
Those thousands of African(and worldwide) men could not, would not, or did not choose to accept the responsibility of being a husband and father.
Divorce was not good. Today, it's fashion! Still this is usually just a cover-up for the evasion of responsibility!
Some men will move around from woman to woman, place to place. The ability to procreate is not necessarily the evidence of manhood. In truth these are childlike/childish men, immature in spirit, infantile in understanding, living on a thin surface of life, rootless, without depth, without character!
Some men are mature at seventeen. Others are immature at seventy! Where do you belong as a man (or woman)?
Remember, being a man is an opportunity to serve, and note: I said being a man and not being male!
Mann Up!
(©2011 Eric Kimaita. This is the third part of the four part series of the article “Mann Up”. I urge all the men and the women who miss real men who used to be to follow through patiently to the fourth part of this amazing article that will hopefully open our eyes as men as to what we might be missing out or leaving out in our leadership!)
I was walking a street and someone says with bitterness in her voice..."Grow up! How can you do such a thing?!" I had turn to see what was going on since the lady seemed to be very irritated. When I turned, I could not see any child or teenager, it was an older man, probably in his late thirties!! Then it got me thinking, growing up is not necessarily how much age you accumulate....!
Are you starting something or changing something positively in your life, like starting a business? well I have some manly advice for you..."If you're going to start, don't stop!!" "And if you're going to stop, don't start!" Men have ultimate responsibility for their decisions, and if you will achieve anything anything as a full man(or woman) then it is time you face the consequences of your decisions and actions whether positive or negative. The essence of maturity is the acceptance of responsibility. And maturity is the essence of manhood.
The popular notion is that maturity comes with age. Not true. You get old with age. Maturity comes by acceptance of responsibility- in every area of life. Acceptance of responsibility for failures is that substance on which success rests. No one can be responsible for success unless he is willing to accept responsibility for failure as well. This is true in business, marriage and all of life.
No one should be ever be surprised by the latest statistics on runaway children/street children. They are`sad, but they should not shock us! Runaway children are only mimicking what they have learn t from their runaway parents- most of them fathers! In Africa, thousands of women live alone with their children because their husbands ran away from home.
Those thousands of African(and worldwide) men could not, would not, or did not choose to accept the responsibility of being a husband and father.
Divorce was not good. Today, it's fashion! Still this is usually just a cover-up for the evasion of responsibility!
Some men will move around from woman to woman, place to place. The ability to procreate is not necessarily the evidence of manhood. In truth these are childlike/childish men, immature in spirit, infantile in understanding, living on a thin surface of life, rootless, without depth, without character!
Some men are mature at seventeen. Others are immature at seventy! Where do you belong as a man (or woman)?
Remember, being a man is an opportunity to serve, and note: I said being a man and not being male!
Mann Up!
It's my honor to have a special person like you read my articles. Thank you.
email. eric.kimaita@africamail.com
email. eric.kimaita@africamail.com
(©2011 Eric Kimaita. This is the third part of the four part series of the article “Mann Up”. I urge all the men and the women who miss real men who used to be to follow through patiently to the fourth part of this amazing article that will hopefully open our eyes as men as to what we might be missing out or leaving out in our leadership!)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
MANN UP!! Vol #2
MANN UP!! VOL 2
I’m proud to be a man; I don’t feel ashamed, embarrassed, intimidated or guilty about it. I know I’m not yet what I’m bound to be but I am what I am more than I was. But I know one thing, I’m not yet all the man I can be! I’m also very thankful to my parents for naming me Eric; it means strong leadership and I have always tried my best to live up to my name. What drives you as a man (or woman)? It is important you identify something that challenges you to do more than just live, live an extraordinary life.
Today I know where I’m headed with my manhood. For years I floundered in my attempts at manhood, never having been taught how to be a man. Through the struggles and difficulties, successes and rewards, I learned much of what being a man really means. Now I can say it has been a wonderful life in many ways, having caused influence in many people (and the influence is now turning worldwide) for good and God!
Many people recognize a current crisis in manhood; you will hear people ask, “What is wrong with Africa?” and these answer is given. “Lousy leadership. Not just in government or politics, but in business and labour, service and manufacturing, education and other big institutions, and the media too!” Caustic and critical, but is it true? Many Africans would agree. We have a crisis in leadership and productivity- BUT THIS STEMS BASICALLY FROM A CRISIS IN MANHOOD! Our manhood has been emasculated, and that has sterilized our ability to reproduce. Africa is not the only place suffering such problems. Scores of problems confront men in every nation under the sun. For example;
- Kenya’s runaway inflation has sapped its countries’ vitality, creating a fatalistic approach to life in its citizens. Young Men feel they have nothing to look forward to and are helpless to do anything about the problem. Our crisis is not simply economic. It is a crisis in manhood.
- In England, a news paper article not so long ago stated that the present generation of youth was without ambition or hope-They were gripped by a welfare mentality!
- Italian youth admire mafia members more than government, religious or industry leaders (According to a research done in 1992). Their next preference, after criminal celebrities is entertainers. The reporter concluded that young people seem to lack any understanding of the normal values that undergird a productive society or individual!
- Reports of Nigerian men flagrantly brutalizing women have created a national concern and international embarrassment!
There are many more cases to cite but one point has been made clear by the above examples; there’s a crisis in manhood and it is calling for men who choose to be different from the current societal setting that has distorted the true perception of manhood.
There is what we call the masculine mentality that has now brought about the masculinity crisis in men. Being a man is not about what size of muscle you can flash, it’s not handsomeness or academic credentials….People are motivated by what they think is important; whether or not that perception is true. The current perceptions that are being projected by the media, Hollywood, book periodicals, and many other sources have confused the average man. No wonder men today are confused about manhood!
The question you are now asking is; WHAT MAKES A REAL MAN? Find out in the next article-MANN UP!! VOL 3
(I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all the ladies who have read this article, you have to know that you are special to men and it is your role to support the men in your life-Dad, brother, husband, cousins, sons, boyfriends, friends and many more and help them on their journey to attaining real manhood. Always motivate us to achieve extraordinary results and develop a sense of purpose in life as men, you will enjoy the end result!)
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