7''For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.''
Every successful person person is a thinker , thus they meditate a lot . This brings them to a level of perception that produces their success dreams , a means to the dream , and how to maintain the outcome of the dream . Thinking is one of the greatest capacity of creation that God gave to human beings , without thinking the human race will not be able to discover who they are and what God has created them to be and do .
In fact it is sinful if we don't think , because even animals do make use of their brains by thinking , that is how God created us to be , thinkers . To think is to use your brain to solve problems . Thinking is a mental calculation that brings us to a level where we arrived at an answer . That is why every human being is trained to think , even in school , anytime you are given an examination it is the test of your brain .
How you use your brain determines the success of your exams , therefore how you use your brain also determines how successful you become in life . Success thoughts are the ideas that come into your mind as you use your brain to ponder , wonder , calculate, answer questions, meditate and decide the next course of action . The following are the 40 questions that must come into your " success thoughts " that can help you become successful in life . These questions needs answers , how correctly you answer them will determine in part how successful you become in your pursuit of success.
1. Who Created Me ?
The answer to this question will define your self worth , when you found out that no matter how good or bad you see yourself or people see you , you are the handiwork of God . The fact that God created you the way you , means that you are qualified to succeed in life .
'' I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. '' Psalm 139 :14
You are not an accidental pregnancy , you are not just a mere human , you are not just the product of your family , but you are wonderfully made by God .Don't unnecessarily assume that you will be like your father or end up like your mother , or that because you come from a particular family , you will be like them . Or perhaps there is a pattern of failure in your family , no one has been successful in that regard , so that might be your thought . Let this be your mindset '' I am fearfully and wonderfully made '' by God for success .
2. Why Was I Created ?
'' For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. '' The reason for your existence is determined by the word of God , and nothing else . Your pass experience should not defined the reason why God created you .
If you experience a vicious circle of failure that does not mean that God created you for that , or that you are not meant to be successful in life . Always have this positive thought in your heart ,I am '' created in Christ Jesus for good works ''
3. Can God Help Me ?
” So we may boldly say: 'The Lord is my helper;I will not fear. What can man do to me ? ' Hebrew 13 : 6 When you reach a point of thinking where you feel helpless , you should know that God can help you to be successful in your pursuit . Just aim for the help of God , believe in God to help and pray for his help .
Without the help of God satan can frustrate your success endeavours , so ultimately you can do everything right , but it is only the help of God that will establish you in success .
4. Will God Help Me ?
Another anxious thought , is when you are in doubt of God's eagerness to help a person like you . Perhaps because of your sins , you think that God is far from helping you or that God has forsaken you . But the truth is that God is seeking to help you overcome your sins and failures in life . The scriptures declares ; '' if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land '' 2 Chronicles 7: 14
If you need the help of God , repent of your sins and ask God for forgiveness , and then amend your evil ways . After that ask God in prayer to help you in your success journey .
5. Why Is God Not Helping Me ?
'' I will lift up my eyes to the hills ,From whence comes my help? 2My help comes from the Lord,Who made heaven and earth. '' Psalm 121 :1-2
Whenever you think that you have done everything right , yet God is not helping you ,you should understand that God works with time . Or that God brought some help that you probably rejected or despise because it was seemingly small , or yet still you abuse the human medium that God used to help you . Or you neglected the talent, gift, work or money that God wants to use to help you .
When you are prodigal in spending , you wastes all the resources that God gives to you to help you prosper and succeed in life . If you manage the little revenue,income,gifts , money, space ,capital, job, etc. that comes your way , you will see that God is actually helping you in life .
6. When Will God Help Me ?
Another question that probably comes into your thought is '' when will God help me '' , like he helped others . This question often comes into your mind , whenever you hear someone's testimony of how God helped them to be successful in life .
Indeed some people's testimonies are mind blogging , and amazing that it makes you eager to have such personal experience of help from above . The fact is there is always a set time for God to help anybody who trust him for help when it comes to success . The scriptures declares '' Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.'' Psalm 103 :13
7. Is There Something I Can Do To Be Successful ?
Certainly there is , if you never did something to succeed in life , you are not successful , all that have success in life , did one thing or the other to achieve success . There is a lot you can do as a person in order to succeed . So you don't sit down and fold arms thinking one day you will stumble on success miraculously or success '' manna'' will fall from heaven .
God wants us to do somethings in order to be successful , the scripture says , '' Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.''
Take notice of the phrase '' be careful to do everything '' , so you can do everything that successful people do according to the word of God and you will be successful .
8. What Time Should I Do It ?
Whatever you want to do to be successful , should not wait for any perfect conditions , in order to start doing it , otherwise you will never get to do that thing . The only perfect time is your maturity ,but with that you should know that no one is ever matured enough to be successful unless they start training or working on their future success . That is why we send our kids to school when they are young , so they can learn how to do things to succeed in this world .
So do not wait for someone who has promised to help you , or to have big money , or win a lottery ,or to travel abroad ,or have a big capital , a large space, a better job , etc , but rather start doing something on your own . When you start doing little things on your on own , you are promoting yourself to a level of success with the help of God .
9. Is It The Will Of God For Me To Be Who I Am ?
'' Who am I ? '' and '' is it the will of God for me to be who I am ? '' To me this is one of the most important questions about yourself that will help you to have your healthy self image about who you are . If your self identification is clear , then you can build confidence to pursuing success .For instance '' Am black and it is the perfect will of God for me ''.
It is the will God , because God created me black . In this sense to desire to be any other race , either than black will impede my success level . This is because I will always use it as an excuse not to embark on any success adventure that comes my way , especially where there are racial competitions .
On the other if I discover that , who I am is not God's will , because he did not create me that way , then it is a cause for me to strive to become who God wants me to be . If you see that '' you are a drunk '' it is something that is against the will of God for your life ,and you should not accept it . Compare yourself to word of God and you will discover yourself ; who you are according to the word of God .
'' For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does. '' James 1: 23-25
10. Is It The Will of God For Me To Be Where I Am ?
Where are you in life ? which location are ? which level are you ? Is it God that has brought me this far ? If these questions are answered well , then we should understand that , we are heading towards some where or we not going any where at all . Progress in life is determined by where you start from .
If you discover that where you are presently and what you are doing presently is not the will of God for you , then you should get ready to move to the place where God has designed for you and do the things that God wants you to do . For instance if you a prostitute , staying at the brothel , you should know that it is not the will of God for your life . Or if you are a fraudster , staying with the gang of fraudsters , you should know that it is not the will of God for you .
11. Is It The Will of God For Me To Do What Am Doing Now ?
Don't just do things because other people are succeeding by doing it ,but rather do what pleases God , that is the will of God for your life . When you do what God wants you to do , you become successful , try as much as possible to discover what God wants you to do or the will of God for your life and start doing the same , then you shall succeed doing it .
12. Have I Done Something Wrong ?
At times you need to try to recuperate whether you have done something sinful or not , Do a recollection into the past , to remember any past sins, offenses , mistakes , misconduct, disrespect, theft, adultery , rape , abortion , hurting people , abusing people, maltreating someone , lied against someone, abandoned a pregnancy , etc.
These past misdeeds can go along way to hinder your success in life, you have to amend your ways , by confession , restitution and asking the offended party and or God to forgive you .The scriptures declares , ''If I regard iniquity in my heart,The Lord will not hear.'' Psalm 66:18
13. Am I In The Wrong Place ?
Are you in the right place; environment , that God would like you to be , or you are in the wrong place altogether ? Being in the wrong place , is like light having fellowship with darkness .as the scriptures declares ,
'' 14.Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what [d]fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what [e]communion has light with darkness? 15And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you[f] are the temple of the living God. As God has said:“I will dwell in themAnd walk among them.I will be their God,And they shall be My people.”17Therefore“Come out from among themAnd be separate, says the Lord.Do not touch what is unclean,And I will receive you.”18“I will be a Father to you,And you shall be My sons and daughters,Says the Lord Almighty.” 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
For instance if you are working at the night club , you need to come out from among them and be separate , if you are in the gang of armed robbery , come out from their company . There are some environment that repels your success , you need to leave some wrong environment , so that you can be free indeed to be successful .
14. Am I With The Wrong Person ?
This question will help you know , the kind of person who you see as your best friend , partner , companion , peer or relative that is so close to you that , you cannot take any decision without consulting him. More often than not they seem to mean everything to you that if the person is evil , or gives evil counsel you end up taking the wrong decision that can destroy your success .
Always make sure that the very person close to you is a good influence and not a bad influence in your success life . A good influence is the right person that motivates , inspires , encourages , advises and counsel you not to give up in your pursuit in life . A good influence can be used as a destiny helper for your life to be successful .
15. What Have I Done To Circumvent My Challenges In Life ?
There is no life without challenges , all successful people have face challenges in their lives , in one way or the other . What you do in order to circumvent that challenging situation is what matters . So back to the question , '' What have you done by your own effect to overcome your challenges ? '' Please don't sit down and fold arms because you think , it is someone's responsibility to help you in life for you to be successful .
Try to do something in your level best , to overcome all the predicaments on your way to success . There is always something you can do on your own , by your own , for your own good with the help of God . ''I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.'' Philippines 4:13
16. Who Are My Friends ?
Friends can influence our lives very greatly , to a very far extent our friends can determine our choices in life , hence they can be a source of failure or success . So if you want to be successful you need to surrender yourself with friends who are success minded people . Try as much as possible to avoid some kind of friends who seem to demotivate you in your pursuit of success .
These type of friends make mockery of your dreams or visions , they tell you by their words and actions that you cannot do it or be it . They see you as not qualified to succeed in anything , they think that since you are their colleague , '' birds of the same feathers flock together '' and as such you will be a failure or end up like them . As much as possible associate yourself with people who are like minded as you ; they equally want to be successful in life and they are pursuing it .
17. Who Are My Role Models ?
Role models are the people who you see as successful and wish to be as successful as they are . This means that you are looking up to them and probably wants to walk in their footsteps , so you study from their life experience and their achievements .
Everything you wants to do in life , there is always somebody who has done a similar thing before . So you need to have somebody that you should be observing the lifestyle , the success stories , read the books , learn his or her ways . Our number one role model is Jesus Christ , our Lord , apart from that you can learn from anybody you see as your success role model .
18 . Who Are My mentors ?
You need to have mentors , these are your life coach or instructors , they give you instructions , directions, counsel , teachings , doctrines , lectures , preaching sermons, advise etc, on the way of success . You need to have success mentors in your area of pursuit , you can connect to mentors through ,listening to their teachings from far or near , by reading their books or watching their shows or videos , or listening to their audio performance .
Mentors can be close or far from you , what matters is if you are learning something from them that will make you successful in life .Now back to the question , who are your mentors in life ? Make sure you follow mentors , who can coach you to be successful in life .
19. Who Can Counsel Or Advise Me ?
Who counsels or advises you anytime you want to make decisions . Is there somebody who can speak a word or two to advise you as to what to do or the next step to take in life . The personality of your counselor matters a lot , a person can only advise you at his or her level .
You need people who have a qualified personality, credibility, and character worth emulating to be your counselor . This type of counselor can give you a sound counsel . Just pause and meditate for a moment ,and you will realized whoever is counselling you has been able to influence most of your decisions in life . So a person who advises you has been either bad or a good influence in your success life .
You don't need someone who always demotivate you in your success pursuit , you need someone whose advise always motivates you to do the right thing toward success .
20. What Is My Core Value In Life ?
Every human being has core values , they are things that matters to you most , there are three principal core values of people ,
1. Money
2. Love and relationship
3. Entertainment
These three things are what drives their actions and works . However, as a child of God your core value has to be the word of God or your worship of God . There are other things that people may value , although not all core value are important , yet some core values can help a person , to be successful .
When you value your work , above money ,love and relationship , or entertainment , you can be successful . To be successful you must value your job , so you can invest more time , money , energy and resources into it . Successful people place a very high value on their work , so they can invest their resources like time, energy , money etc into it . Ultimately they end up being successful in life .
21. What Is My Talent { gift } ?
You need to know your God given talent , something that you are capable of doing well . This is what you are best at doing that can go along way to give you revenue . Talent is gift that is within your fingertips ,an innate ability that is naturally built within you .
Discovery of talent is the sure way to success , what you can do best , when it starts to give you profit , it is your way to prosperity and success .
22. Am I using my talent { gift } ?
Many people have ignored their talents , because of wrong emulation , seeking to prosper through the same means as someone else . Instead of using their talent very well , they seem to bury their talents , because they are impatient enough to nurture it and make it mature enough to give them ' dividends '.
'' 15 To one he gave five talents,[b] to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money '' Matthew 25:15-18
In this parable we see people making profit with their talents , by using it profitably , while another one seem to despise their own talent as if it so small and deem it insignificant to bring success into their lives . Successful people are very skilled in using their talents to make profit and that is how they become prosperous in their success adventure .
23 . What Relationship Do I Have With People ?
Relationships with people is one of the keys to success in life ,and can also be one of the reasons some people fail in life . The type of relationship with people is what matters , your association with people is a promoter of your gift ,when one or two people discover your gift , they are able to tell or recommend your resourcefulness to others , who in turn will introduce you to others and that is how you become successful .
If you do not have a healthy relationship with the people that matters when it comes to success , you will find it difficult succeeding in your pursuit . You need a healthy relationship with your co-workers ,customers, clients , agents , contractors , readers, followers , friends , relatives , spouse , church members, students , classmates , teachers , Landlord , users , etc.
These are the people that you make your success from ,you make more money because they patronize your goods or use your services and pay you for .
24. What Is My Aptitude Towards People ?
Like the saying goes '' your aptitude determines your altitude '' , if you are hostile , unfriendly , disrespectful , or treat people disdainfully , it can go a long way to affect your success pursuit. A person can only go as far as his aptitude can determined .
25. How Do People Define My Character ?
How do people see, define, and characterize my behaviour ,people can see you as kind , stingy , abusive , sad, happy , lazy , hard working , humble, proud , calm , talkative , peaceful ,quarrelsome, etc.
People involvement with you and your business brings success , however , if your character drives away people , then you should work on your character , so that you can be successful .
26 . Am I A Good Person ?
Can you say that you are a good or bad person , can you see yourself the way people see you, Because who you are is best defined by others . Who a person is, is defined by friends , relatives, workers, customers, co-tenant ,pastors and finally God . God said about David '' David is a man after my heart '' God said , about Job '' A perfect and upright man that fears God , who eschews evil ,''
If people see you as a good person it is a success factor ,because they would do business with you ,on the other hand if they don't see you as a good person , it shuts many doors of opportunities against you .
27. Am I A Bad Person ?
Can you see yourself as wicked ,bad ,or evil person ,this too would have a negative effect on your success pursuit . Try to avoid doing things that will tarnish your healthy image , thereby painting a bad picture of you ,
28 . How Do People See Me ?
The way people see you might be true somehow ,so try to take note of it , amend your ways if they see you as bad , because of one or two things they see about you , this can affect your success , because they might not give any good recommendation about you to people who might need your services .
29 . What Do People Think of Me ?
What people think of me is equally important as what they see you to be. They think so about you because of your appearance , the way you eat , drink ,drive ,talk , dress etc. will give people first impression about you .
What people think about you can effect their business interaction with you , so if you can do something to change a wrong perception about you , please do .
30. How Do I See People ?
How you see people around you also matters because you tend to treat people the way you see them to be. Your workers , employees, clients, customers , consumers .
If you can see people around you as an asset to your success adventure , you will see ways and means to generate profit through their influence .
31. How Do I Treat People ?
The way you treat people , determines how far you go with people , people must be treated as the image of God . You must treat people around you as your success making machine . Relate with them well , treat them like gold . because human beings are the greatest gold mines .Do not abuse any person you are meeting for the first time ,do not maltreat anybody because he is your worker or you pay them .Do not abuse your customers no matter the offense , remember the saying '' customers are always right. '' Do not abuse strangers , because you think you don't know them, they are one of the greatest assets you could have .
32. Am I Friendly or Hostile To People ?
You need to know whether or not you are hostile , or friendly and accommodating . If you are hostile to people , they might not do business with you , and loosing one person is like 10,000 people . Studies have shown that the every human being influences at least 10,000 people in his or her lifestyle .
All the people that the person influences {10,000 } can be your potential customers , clients or business partners .Every human being counts to every successful person , treating people well will open doors of success . Because the people will get involve with the work , job . business and everything that you do.
33. What Is My Aptitude Towards Work ?
Right aptitude towards work , is another sure way of success, how do you see your work ? how committed are you to your work ? Do you see it as your source of income , do you see work as a responsibility that you are obliged to or something to just get by .See your kind of work as your way to success ,so you can be fully committed
34. Am I lazy or Hard Working ?
How do you see yourself in relationship with your work , are you hard working or a lazy person. God can bless you , but hard work is a prerequisite for the blessing of success . Laziness is an aptitude of laxity , hard working is an aptitude of seriousness . All successful people are workaholics . The word of God even admonishes us to work hard in this portion of scriptures, '' Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.'' Ecclesiates 9:10
35. Do I Work Without Supervision or Under Supervision ?
Successful people can work with less or no supervision at all . This means they do not wait for someone to to tell them ,do this , do that , go there , stay here , take that , or take this . This is because they have foresight and insight , so they know what to do and how to do it { because they have learned }, and they are not lazy in doing it . This is because they know how successful they will be if they do it .
36 . What Are My Resources ?
You need to know the resources at hand , and what you can use them for in order to be successful .
The first resources is your brain , for learning , thinking , planning and decision making .
The second resource is your hands {or gifts }, this is one of the greatest resources because you make use of your hands or gift whenever you are working .
The third resources is people around you , people resources should not be neglected in any way , all successful people make use of people around them ,thus they invest in people ,and use the same people as a means to their success destination .People resources include , parents , siblings , family members , , employees , employers , friends , neighbours ,church members , customers, passengers ,labourers, clients, students , lecturers etc.
, The forth resources is money , yes the bible says '' money answers all things '' Ecclesiastes 10:19 So you see money plays an important role when it comes to success , if you have little money , that you can use it to invest in any business venture , success can be your portion .
The fifth resources is a place, it is important for the farmer who have seeds to sow to also get a place { land} to farm . In the same vein the successful person needs a geographical location , for business success . It is not any place that you can succeed , you need a fertile environment for success to be achievable .
The six resource for success is education , if you have opportunity to be educated do not dandle it any way . Many people have become successful because they had the chance to be educated, on the contrary a lot of people have failed in life because they are illiterate . So an opportunity to learn is a great resource for success .Unlearned people have always failed in their success pursuit .
37. How Do I Manage My Resources ?
Every successful person knows how to manager the little resources that are available for him or her . Learn how to manage and use the little resources available to make things work in your life . Do not wait for big resources or perfect resources , start with the little in a little way , as you grow gradually into success . Genuine success is not instantaneous , it is a gradual process you grow step by step into it.
38. How Do I See Myself ?
How you see yourself is more important than the way people see you . You need to see yourself in a positive way ,for instance ,'' am a success '', '' am capable '' , ''am blessed '' , '' am not a failure '' , '' am on the top '' '' am intelligent '' ,'' am wise '' ,'' am rich '' ''am strong '' ''am a man '' '' am a woman '' '' am a bread winner '' '' am a man of God '' etc . Having the right perspective about yourself will help you to know your success destination . Who you claim to be , is where you will strive to be .
39 . Am Are Rich or Poor ?
How you answer this question will determine your success destination , remember the definition of success '' Reaching a predetermine destination of achievement '' .If I say that '' am rich '' then I must work on it , and see to it that my riches will be actualize . This means I measure myself with the yard stick of riches , therefore I must attain to that level of riches by working on myself . In that case I have an assignment to do in order to become wealthy ,and that is the story of all successful people .
40. Do I Depend On Someone or Am Independent ?
Now this is the first runner up of success , when you are independent . If you come to a level in life where you become totally independent on anyone else , except God . Then you are at the verge of success , that means you are almost there . However you need to be seen as successful or the winner , that is when people begin to depend on you .
This is the highest level of success ,like Joseph's success ; his family and a whole nation became dependent on him and he fed them all .You are not yet successful if no one depends on you for feeding , clothing , shelter , provision , money etc.
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