Life will indeed change soon for high risk investors as another story in BusinessDay Newspaper, Nigeria's leading business newspaper reported yesterday that the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally registered Treasureline one of the so called wonder banks as legit fund managers.
The news which was joyfully received by some of the investors I spoke with can be found using this link: http://www.businessdayonline.com/banking/2943.html
Alternatively you can read the whole text below.
SEC registers ‘born-again wonder bank —Treasureline
27 January, 2008 04:55:00 BLESSING ANARO
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In the developed world, especially in Europe, the United States and even Asia, there’s nothing new or strange in what we’re doing in the areas of investment.
Alternative investment scheme
Essentially, following the deregulation and liberalization of Nigeria’s economy under the current democratic dispensation, a new crop of investors and investment experts knowledgeable and with skills in new ways of funds management emerged in the country.Working in tandem with like minds, especially investors who believed in them, these fund managers invested their pool of funds in forex trading, oil and gas, real estate, solid minerals and of course stocks.
Unlike conventional investors, they took this route with the conviction and believe that they will reap bountiful returns. They did this, knowing quite well that the investment scheme is a high risk venture but with higher returns on investment.
For sometime, the operators fulfilled their promise of higher returns on investment to subscribers. But later the bubble burst as a result of proliferation in the sector and the Central Bank of Nigeria’s public announcement which cause a run on their operations.At a time, there were over 50 operators involved in the scheme. Amongst them were sincere, dependable, reliable and charlatans as well.
But rather than throw away the baby along with the bath water, money market experts say what the government should have done was to come out with a regulatory framework to serve as guidelines for operations in the sector early enough so as to avoid the pains and agony witnessed as a result of the general clampdown on both genuine operators and the charlatans.
At least, in other parts of the world, similar schemes are operational without any hiccups.
And with globalisation, Nigeria can’t isolate itself from trends and developments in other parts of the world.
In Europe, US and other parts of the world, high risk investment like this are known as Hedge funds. not a few operators however say they are yet to get a legal framework for Hedge funds operation in this country. The earlier the government does this, the better they it insist, only be for Nigerians.
Transforming into a unit trust
Following registration and restructuring with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), it is now set for operation as a unit trust scheme like First Fund, IBTC and others. Assuring that, return on investment would be attractive and mouth watering, probably better than the competition. The idea is to ensure that subscribers to our fund reap bountifully.And as a unit trust now, just like the others Treasureline Interlink now have issuing houses, registrar, trustees, auditors, reporting accountants, solicitors to the offer, solicitors to the trustee and stockbrokers to the offer.
Already arrangements have almost been concluded with all the parties to be involved in its forthcoming offer under this new dispensation. And unlike before, subscribers to Treasureline’s unit trust now would be paid on a quarterly basis. That is four times in a year.
Revalidation of investors list, updating of database could be done very soon, before we open this new offers, we’ll embark on a revalidation exercise to enable us know the actual number of their investors and the ghost ones.
This is because from experience, we have had encounter with people who are not our subscribers but claimed to be so. So for auditing purpose, its embark on the revalidation exercise. This exercise would ensure that we update our database, so that we’ll know the number of our subscribers that would become involved in this new dispensation. We’ll publish details of the exercise as advertorial in newspapers soon.
Sense of appreciation
Anyway, we’ve almost consolidated on this new arrangement with all the parties involved. And hopefully before the end of the first quarter this year 2008 our units for offer would have opened. To get this far I wish to commend the legion of our subscribers for their sense of understanding. I offer our sincere and tremendous appreciation and commendation to them especially those that have been giving us advice and suggestions on the way forward.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Nospetco Latest Update
If the news about Nospetco filtering round that they have won their case against the Federal Government is true then respite would soon be coming to a lot of Nigerians who invested their hard earn fund into the company.
The chairman has released another letter which yours truly is yet to get a hold on, and would post as soon as I get a copy. But below are some of the highlights of the latest letter according to one Mr. Olayinka who made this known in his post on Nospecto in Dipo Tepede.Poet blog recently.
“Olayinka Says:
January 25th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Guys,
Nospetco is out with another letter. The letter explained the challenges that have been faced by Nospetco in the last couple of months. The following issues raised in the letter however are worthy of note:
The following Addendum to the MOU on the JVP is being proposed:
1. Rate of returns for the JVP is being proposed at 25% per annum with effect from January 2008.
2. As a result of the crisis faced by Nospetco from May till Dec., Nospetco is appealing to all investors to allow a negotiation take place to determine what is to be paid…i.e Nospetco cannot pay 40% return during these period (May to Dec 2007)
3. This is about non payment of monthly returns…”Payment of capital and returns will be on a redeeming pattern. Every month, returns on outstanding investment will be calculated and added to the subsisting capital. Any amount redeemed is assumed to be part of the subsisting capital and returns as at the date of redemption. A partner cannot redeem than four(4) times in a year.”
4. The mode of redemption shall be as follows:
(a) up to one million naira within 30days(b) above one million to ten million Naira within 45days(c) above ten million within 60days.
5. According to the letter the valuedclients.net website is still functional and the addendum to the MOU will be placed there.
I am sorry that I am unable to attach the letter at the moment. I was just in the Broadstreet neighbourhood for another transaction, so I just decided to pay Nospetco a visit to. I think the news might also be on Silverbird television news latter on today because their crew was there. As at when I got there, there were like between 3,000-5,000 people there.
I guess there must have been some kind of information that was circulated earlier. I was just lucky to be there. I guess each one of us will have to look carefully at items 3 and 4 above and try to make sense out of it.
Note that what I have here is just a summary. I don’t have answers to all the questions that might be going through peoples heads for now. I have just written this to at least provide some information for information sake…
The chairman has released another letter which yours truly is yet to get a hold on, and would post as soon as I get a copy. But below are some of the highlights of the latest letter according to one Mr. Olayinka who made this known in his post on Nospecto in Dipo Tepede.Poet blog recently.
“Olayinka Says:
January 25th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Guys,
Nospetco is out with another letter. The letter explained the challenges that have been faced by Nospetco in the last couple of months. The following issues raised in the letter however are worthy of note:
The following Addendum to the MOU on the JVP is being proposed:
1. Rate of returns for the JVP is being proposed at 25% per annum with effect from January 2008.
2. As a result of the crisis faced by Nospetco from May till Dec., Nospetco is appealing to all investors to allow a negotiation take place to determine what is to be paid…i.e Nospetco cannot pay 40% return during these period (May to Dec 2007)
3. This is about non payment of monthly returns…”Payment of capital and returns will be on a redeeming pattern. Every month, returns on outstanding investment will be calculated and added to the subsisting capital. Any amount redeemed is assumed to be part of the subsisting capital and returns as at the date of redemption. A partner cannot redeem than four(4) times in a year.”
4. The mode of redemption shall be as follows:
(a) up to one million naira within 30days(b) above one million to ten million Naira within 45days(c) above ten million within 60days.
5. According to the letter the valuedclients.net website is still functional and the addendum to the MOU will be placed there.
I am sorry that I am unable to attach the letter at the moment. I was just in the Broadstreet neighbourhood for another transaction, so I just decided to pay Nospetco a visit to. I think the news might also be on Silverbird television news latter on today because their crew was there. As at when I got there, there were like between 3,000-5,000 people there.
I guess there must have been some kind of information that was circulated earlier. I was just lucky to be there. I guess each one of us will have to look carefully at items 3 and 4 above and try to make sense out of it.
Note that what I have here is just a summary. I don’t have answers to all the questions that might be going through peoples heads for now. I have just written this to at least provide some information for information sake…
Getaway Club Free T- Shirt Identity Fraud
Hi Members of Getaway Club, fraudsters are at it again. This time they are offering free T-shirt with the sole aim of stealing your username and password.
This time around the fraud is more convincing such that when you click the link attached to the e-mail they send titled: "Special Gifts for You Special Clients : Free GetawayClub T-Shirt" you will automatically be taken to a clowned Getaway Club "Members area" exactly like the one you key your username and password on in Getaway Club, but the difference is that thier web address reads: http://getaweyclvb.net/gcupdate/ note the emphasis in the letter V in thier getawayclvb.net website as against letter U in http://www.getawayclub.net/ the original website.
See below a copy of the mail they are sending.
Dear Members,
Good day, thank your for joining with our genius plan,Not only will you get an average of over $20,400 Return on Your Investmet by GetawayClub.net, we are going the Special Gift for you, again.
We have organized a special free gift, Thank you for your enrollment. This special valuable bonus for you
> Free GetawayClub T-Shirt Request Form <
RegardsThe GetawayClub Team
Be careful when entering your username and password on any site as there cases of mass identity fraud going on.
Please spread the news around to stop other members from falling into this well crafted art of thievery.
If you have already fallen, I advise you contact Getaway Club Admin immediately or if possible try and change your password that is if your current password can still gain entrance to your account.
Cheers!
www.getawayclub.net/simoisili
This time around the fraud is more convincing such that when you click the link attached to the e-mail they send titled: "Special Gifts for You Special Clients : Free GetawayClub T-Shirt" you will automatically be taken to a clowned Getaway Club "Members area" exactly like the one you key your username and password on in Getaway Club, but the difference is that thier web address reads: http://getaweyclvb.net/gcupdate/ note the emphasis in the letter V in thier getawayclvb.net website as against letter U in http://www.getawayclub.net/ the original website.
See below a copy of the mail they are sending.
Dear Members,
Good day, thank your for joining with our genius plan,Not only will you get an average of over $20,400 Return on Your Investmet by GetawayClub.net, we are going the Special Gift for you, again.
We have organized a special free gift, Thank you for your enrollment. This special valuable bonus for you
> Free GetawayClub T-Shirt Request Form <
RegardsThe GetawayClub Team
Be careful when entering your username and password on any site as there cases of mass identity fraud going on.
Please spread the news around to stop other members from falling into this well crafted art of thievery.
If you have already fallen, I advise you contact Getaway Club Admin immediately or if possible try and change your password that is if your current password can still gain entrance to your account.
Cheers!
www.getawayclub.net/simoisili
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Breaking News.... NNC is Coming to the East!
Plans are currently on to host the next NNC seminar in the East and one of the places likely to be chosen as the venue for this life changing event is Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Eastern Nigeria.
The great city of Aba is strategically located as a centre between Port Harcourt, Owerri , Ikot Ekpene, Uyo and Calabar.
Residents around these neighbourhood and beyond are advised to get ready to change their lives forever by attending this wonderful seminar.
The seminar which will parade the pioneers of New Nigerian Club and other top speakers will hold in any one of the coming weekends.
The time and the exact venue will be announced shortly so stay hooked to www.imoisilis.com for more details...
Yet to come on board? Do so now by following this link: www.newnigeriaclub.net/simoisili and you will be glad you did.
The great city of Aba is strategically located as a centre between Port Harcourt, Owerri , Ikot Ekpene, Uyo and Calabar.
Residents around these neighbourhood and beyond are advised to get ready to change their lives forever by attending this wonderful seminar.
The seminar which will parade the pioneers of New Nigerian Club and other top speakers will hold in any one of the coming weekends.
The time and the exact venue will be announced shortly so stay hooked to www.imoisilis.com for more details...
Yet to come on board? Do so now by following this link: www.newnigeriaclub.net/simoisili and you will be glad you did.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
The 48 Laws of Power
48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene is one book you would love to hate. The book, a best seller, talks about the many tricks of acquiring power and retaining it.
It is believed that world leaders and top CEOs apply some of the lessons in this book in their different activities as leaders.
You might not agree with some or all of Greene's laws but the fact is that some of the laws, properly applied achieve desired results.
The word "enemy" stated in the book means different thing to different people depending on circumstances and individual outlook. It means competitor in business and opponent in sports, the phrase vary depending on the situation.
The Laws can be applied in any situation depending on the applicator's goal.
Read through the brief summary of the laws stated in the book. You might need it someday if not today.
Have a wonderful day!

The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene
Law 1
Never Outshine the Master
Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.
Law 2
Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies
Be wary of friends-they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
Law 3
Conceal your Intentions
Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense. Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelope them in enough smoke, and by the time they realize your intentions, it will be too late.
Law 4
Always Say Less than Necessary
When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
Law 5
So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard it with your Life
Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once you slip, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable. Always be alert to potential attacks and thwart them before they happen. Meanwhile, learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.
Law 6
Court Attention at all Cost
Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious, than the bland and timid masses.
Law 7
Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit
Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. Not only will such assistance save you valuable time and energy, it will give you a godlike aura of efficiency and speed. In the end your helpers will be forgotten and you will be remembered. Never do yourself what others can do for you.
Law 8
Make other People come to you – use Bait if Necessary
When you force the other person to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his own plans in the process. Lure him with fabulous gains – then attack. You hold the cards.
Law 9
Win through your Actions, Never through Argument
Any momentary triumph you think gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.
Law 10
Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky
You can die from someone else’s misery – emotional states are as infectious as disease. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead.
Law 11
Learn to Keep People Dependent on You
To maintain your independence you must always be needed and wanted. The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make people depend on you for their happiness and prosperity and you have nothing to fear. Never teach them enough so that they can do without you.
Law 12
Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim
One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Open-hearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the guard of even the most suspicious people. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, you can deceive and manipulate them at will. A timely gift – a Trojan horse – will serve the same purpose.
Law 13
When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest
Never to their Mercy or Gratitude
If you need to turn to an ally for help, do not bother to remind him of your past assistance and good deeds. He will find a way to ignore you. Instead, uncover something in your request, or in your alliance with him, that will benefit him, and emphasize it out of all proportion. He will respond enthusiastically when he sees something to be gained for himself.
Law 14
Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
Knowing about your rival is critical. Use spies to gather valuable information that will keep you a step ahead. Better still: Play the spy yourself. In polite social encounters, learn to probe. Ask indirect questions to get people to reveal their weaknesses and intentions. There is no occasion that is not an opportunity for artful spying.
Law 15
Crush your Enemy Totally
All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit.
Law 16
Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about, even more admired. You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.
Law 17
Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people’s actions. Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables: Be deliberately unpredictable. Behavior that seems to have no consistency or purpose will keep them off-balance, and they will wear themselves out trying to explain your moves. Taken to an extreme, this strategy can intimidate and terrorize.
Law 18
Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself – Isolation is Dangerous
The world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere – everyone has to protect themselves. A fortress seems the safest. But isolation exposes you to more dangers than it protects you from – it cuts you off from valuable information, it makes you conspicuous and an easy target. Better to circulate among people find allies, mingle. You are shielded from your enemies by the crowd.
Law 19
Know Who You’re Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Deceive or outmaneuver some people and they will spend the rest of their lives seeking revenge. They are wolves in lambs’ clothing. Choose your victims and opponents carefully, then – never offend or deceive the wrong person.
Law 20
Do Not Commit to Anyone
It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others – playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
Law 21
Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark
No one likes feeling stupider than the next persons. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart – and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once convinced of this, they will never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.
Law 22
Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
When you are weaker, never fight for honor’s sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – surrender first. By turning the other check you infuriate and unsettle him. Make surrender a tool of power.
Law 23
Concentrate Your Forces
Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another – intensity defeats extensity every time. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find the one key patron, the fat cow who will give you milk for a long time to come.
Law 24
Play the Perfect Courtier
The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the mot oblique and graceful manner. Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to how far you can rise in the court.
Law 25
Re-Create Yourself
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.
Law 26
Keep Your Hands Clean
You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapegoats and cat’s-paws to disguise your involvement.
Law 27
Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following
People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by offering them a cause, a new faith to follow. Keep your words vague but full of promise; emphasize enthusiasm over rationality and clear thinking. Give your new disciples rituals to perform, ask them to make sacrifices on your behalf. In the absence of organized religion and grand causes, your new belief system will bring you untold power.
Law 28
Enter Action with Boldness
If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.
Law 29
Plan All the Way to the End
The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard work and give the glory to others. By planning to the end you will not be overwhelmed by circumstances and you will know when to stop. Gently guide fortune and help determine the future by thinking far ahead.
Law 30
Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless
Your actions must seem natural and executed with ease. All the toil and practice that go into them, and also all the clever tricks, must be concealed. When you act, act effortlessly, as if you could do much more. Avoid the temptation of revealing how hard you work – it only raises questions. Teach no one your tricks or they will be used against you.
Law 31
Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal
The best deceptions are the ones that seem to give the other person a choice: Your victims feel they are in control, but are actually your puppets. Give people options that come out in your favor whichever one they choose. Force them to make choices between the lesser of two evils, both of which serve your purpose. Put them on the horns of a dilemma: They are gored wherever they turn.
Law 32
Play to People’s Fantasies
The truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes for disenchantment. Life is so harsh and distressing that people who can manufacture romance or conjure up fantasy are like oases in the desert: Everyone flocks to them. There is great power in tapping into the fantasies of the masses.
Law 33
Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew
Everyone has a weakness, a gap in the castle wall. That weakness is usual y an insecurity, an uncontrollable emotion or need; it can also be a small secret pleasure. Either way, once found, it is a thumbscrew you can turn to your advantage.
Law 34
Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one
The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated; In the long run, appearing vulgar or common will make people disrespect you. For a king respects himself and inspires the same sentiment in others. By acting regally and confident of your powers, you make yourself seem destined to wear a crown.
Law 35
Master the Art of Timing
Never seem to be in a hurry – hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually. Become a detective of the right moment; sniff out the spirit of the times, the trends that will carry you to power. Learn to stand back when the time is not yet ripe, and to strike fiercely when it has reached fruition.
Law 36
Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge
By acknowledging a petty problem you give it existence and credibility. The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him; and a small mistake is often made worse and more visible when you try to fix it. It is sometimes best to leave things alone. If there is something you want but cannot have, show contempt for it. The less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem.
Law 37
Create Compelling Spectacles
Striking imagery and grand symbolic gestures create the aura of power – everyone responds to them. Stage spectacles for those around you, then full of arresting visuals and radiant symbols that heighten your presence. Dazzled by appearances, no one will notice what you are really doing.
Law 38
Think as you like but Behave like others
If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them. They will find a way to punish you for making them feel inferior. It is far safer to blend in and nurture the common touch. Share your originality only with tolerant friends and those who are sure to appreciate your uniqueness.
Law 39
Stir up Waters to Catch Fish
Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive. You must always stay calm and objective. But if you can make your enemies angry while staying calm yourself, you gain a decided advantage. Put your enemies off-balance: Find the chink in their vanity through which you can rattle them and you hold the strings.
Law 40
Despise the Free Lunch
What is offered for free is dangerous – it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay clear of gratitude, guilt, and deceit. It is also often wise to pay the full price – there is no cutting corners with excellence. Be lavish with your money and keep it circulating, for generosity is a sign and a magnet for power.
Law 41
Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes
What happens first always appears better and more original than what comes after. If you succeed a great man or have a famous parent, you will have to accomplish double their achievements to outshine them. Do not get lost in their shadow, or stuck in a past not of your own making: Establish your own name and identity by changing course. Slay the overbearing father, disparage his legacy, and gain power by shining in your own way.
Law 42
Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter
Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual – the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoned of goodwill. If you allow such people room to operate, others will succumb to their influence. Do not wait for the troubles they cause to multiply, do not try to negotiate with them – they are irredeemable. Neutralize their influence by isolating or banishing them. Strike at the source of the trouble and the sheep will scatter.
Law 43
Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others
Coercion creates a reaction that will eventually work against you. You must seduce others into wanting to move in your direction. A person you have seduced becomes your loyal pawn. And the way to seduce others is to operate on their individual psychologies and weaknesses. Soften up the resistant by working on their emotions, playing on what they hold dear and what they fear. Ignore the hearts and minds of others and they will grow to hate you.
Law 44
Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect
The mirror reflects reality, but it is also the perfect tool for deception: When you mirror your enemies, doing exactly as they do, they cannot figure out your strategy. The Mirror Effect mocks and humiliates them, making them overreact. By holding up a mirror to their psyches, you seduce them with the illusion that you share their values; by holding up a mirror to their actions, you teach them a lesson. Few can resist the power of Mirror Effect.
Law 45
Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once
Everyone understands the need for change in the abstract, but on the day-to-day level people are creatures of habit. Too much innovation is traumatic, and will lead to revolt. If you are new to a position of power, or an outsider trying to build a power base, make a show of respecting the old way of doing things. If change is necessary, make it feel like a gentle improvement on the past.
Law 46
Never appear too Perfect
Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to occasionally display defects, and admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more human and approachable. Only gods and the dead can seem perfect with impunity.
Law 47
Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop
The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the goal you had aimed for, and by going too far, you make more enemies than you defeat. Do not allow success to go to your head. There is no substitute for strategy and careful planning. Set a goal, and when you reach it, stop.
Law 48
Assume Formlessness
By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself to attack. Instead of taking a form for your enemy to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Accept the fact that nothing is certain and no law is fixed. The best way to protect yourself is to be as fluid and formless as water; never bet on stability or lasting order. Everything changes.
It is believed that world leaders and top CEOs apply some of the lessons in this book in their different activities as leaders.
You might not agree with some or all of Greene's laws but the fact is that some of the laws, properly applied achieve desired results.
The word "enemy" stated in the book means different thing to different people depending on circumstances and individual outlook. It means competitor in business and opponent in sports, the phrase vary depending on the situation.
The Laws can be applied in any situation depending on the applicator's goal.
Read through the brief summary of the laws stated in the book. You might need it someday if not today.
Have a wonderful day!

The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene
Law 1
Never Outshine the Master
Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity. Make your masters appear more brilliant than they are and you will attain the heights of power.
Law 2
Never put too Much Trust in Friends, Learn how to use Enemies
Be wary of friends-they will betray you more quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical. But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove. In fact, you have more to fear from friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
Law 3
Conceal your Intentions
Keep people off-balance and in the dark by never revealing the purpose behind your actions. If they have no clue what you are up to, they cannot prepare a defense. Guide them far enough down the wrong path, envelope them in enough smoke, and by the time they realize your intentions, it will be too late.
Law 4
Always Say Less than Necessary
When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.
Law 5
So Much Depends on Reputation – Guard it with your Life
Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once you slip, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable. Always be alert to potential attacks and thwart them before they happen. Meanwhile, learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them.
Law 6
Court Attention at all Cost
Everything is judged by its appearance; what is unseen counts for nothing. Never let yourself get lost in the crowd, then, or buried in oblivion. Stand out. Be conspicuous, at all cost. Make yourself a magnet of attention by appearing larger, more colorful, more mysterious, than the bland and timid masses.
Law 7
Get others to do the Work for you, but Always Take the Credit
Use the wisdom, knowledge, and legwork of other people to further your own cause. Not only will such assistance save you valuable time and energy, it will give you a godlike aura of efficiency and speed. In the end your helpers will be forgotten and you will be remembered. Never do yourself what others can do for you.
Law 8
Make other People come to you – use Bait if Necessary
When you force the other person to act, you are the one in control. It is always better to make your opponent come to you, abandoning his own plans in the process. Lure him with fabulous gains – then attack. You hold the cards.
Law 9
Win through your Actions, Never through Argument
Any momentary triumph you think gained through argument is really a Pyrrhic victory: The resentment and ill will you stir up is stronger and lasts longer than any momentary change of opinion. It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate.
Law 10
Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky
You can die from someone else’s misery – emotional states are as infectious as disease. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead.
Law 11
Learn to Keep People Dependent on You
To maintain your independence you must always be needed and wanted. The more you are relied on, the more freedom you have. Make people depend on you for their happiness and prosperity and you have nothing to fear. Never teach them enough so that they can do without you.
Law 12
Use Selective Honesty and Generosity to Disarm your Victim
One sincere and honest move will cover over dozens of dishonest ones. Open-hearted gestures of honesty and generosity bring down the guard of even the most suspicious people. Once your selective honesty opens a hole in their armor, you can deceive and manipulate them at will. A timely gift – a Trojan horse – will serve the same purpose.
Law 13
When Asking for Help, Appeal to People’s Self-Interest
Never to their Mercy or Gratitude
If you need to turn to an ally for help, do not bother to remind him of your past assistance and good deeds. He will find a way to ignore you. Instead, uncover something in your request, or in your alliance with him, that will benefit him, and emphasize it out of all proportion. He will respond enthusiastically when he sees something to be gained for himself.
Law 14
Pose as a Friend, Work as a Spy
Knowing about your rival is critical. Use spies to gather valuable information that will keep you a step ahead. Better still: Play the spy yourself. In polite social encounters, learn to probe. Ask indirect questions to get people to reveal their weaknesses and intentions. There is no occasion that is not an opportunity for artful spying.
Law 15
Crush your Enemy Totally
All great leaders since Moses have known that a feared enemy must be crushed completely. (Sometimes they have learned this the hard way.) If one ember is left alight, no matter how dimly it smolders, a fire will eventually break out. More is lost through stopping halfway than through total annihilation: The enemy will recover, and will seek revenge. Crush him, not only in body but in spirit.
Law 16
Use Absence to Increase Respect and Honor
Too much circulation makes the price go down: The more you are seen and heard from, the more common you appear. If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about, even more admired. You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.
Law 17
Keep Others in Suspended Terror: Cultivate an Air of Unpredictability
Humans are creatures of habit with an insatiable need to see familiarity in other people’s actions. Your predictability gives them a sense of control. Turn the tables: Be deliberately unpredictable. Behavior that seems to have no consistency or purpose will keep them off-balance, and they will wear themselves out trying to explain your moves. Taken to an extreme, this strategy can intimidate and terrorize.
Law 18
Do Not Build Fortresses to Protect Yourself – Isolation is Dangerous
The world is dangerous and enemies are everywhere – everyone has to protect themselves. A fortress seems the safest. But isolation exposes you to more dangers than it protects you from – it cuts you off from valuable information, it makes you conspicuous and an easy target. Better to circulate among people find allies, mingle. You are shielded from your enemies by the crowd.
Law 19
Know Who You’re Dealing with – Do Not Offend the Wrong Person
There are many different kinds of people in the world, and you can never assume that everyone will react to your strategies in the same way. Deceive or outmaneuver some people and they will spend the rest of their lives seeking revenge. They are wolves in lambs’ clothing. Choose your victims and opponents carefully, then – never offend or deceive the wrong person.
Law 20
Do Not Commit to Anyone
It is the fool who always rushes to take sides. Do not commit to any side or cause but yourself. By maintaining your independence, you become the master of others – playing people against one another, making them pursue you.
Law 21
Play a Sucker to Catch a Sucker – Seem Dumber than your Mark
No one likes feeling stupider than the next persons. The trick, is to make your victims feel smart – and not just smart, but smarter than you are. Once convinced of this, they will never suspect that you may have ulterior motives.
Law 22
Use the Surrender Tactic: Transform Weakness into Power
When you are weaker, never fight for honor’s sake; choose surrender instead. Surrender gives you time to recover, time to torment and irritate your conqueror, time to wait for his power to wane. Do not give him the satisfaction of fighting and defeating you – surrender first. By turning the other check you infuriate and unsettle him. Make surrender a tool of power.
Law 23
Concentrate Your Forces
Conserve your forces and energies by keeping them concentrated at their strongest point. You gain more by finding a rich mine and mining it deeper, than by flitting from one shallow mine to another – intensity defeats extensity every time. When looking for sources of power to elevate you, find the one key patron, the fat cow who will give you milk for a long time to come.
Law 24
Play the Perfect Courtier
The perfect courtier thrives in a world where everything revolves around power and political dexterity. He has mastered the art of indirection; he flatters, yields to superiors, and asserts power over others in the mot oblique and graceful manner. Learn and apply the laws of courtiership and there will be no limit to how far you can rise in the court.
Law 25
Re-Create Yourself
Do not accept the roles that society foists on you. Re-create yourself by forging a new identity, one that commands attention and never bores the audience. Be the master of your own image rather than letting others define if for you. Incorporate dramatic devices into your public gestures and actions – your power will be enhanced and your character will seem larger than life.
Law 26
Keep Your Hands Clean
You must seem a paragon of civility and efficiency: Your hands are never soiled by mistakes and nasty deeds. Maintain such a spotless appearance by using others as scapegoats and cat’s-paws to disguise your involvement.
Law 27
Play on People’s Need to Believe to Create a Cultlike Following
People have an overwhelming desire to believe in something. Become the focal point of such desire by offering them a cause, a new faith to follow. Keep your words vague but full of promise; emphasize enthusiasm over rationality and clear thinking. Give your new disciples rituals to perform, ask them to make sacrifices on your behalf. In the absence of organized religion and grand causes, your new belief system will bring you untold power.
Law 28
Enter Action with Boldness
If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it. Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution. Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness. Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity. Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.
Law 29
Plan All the Way to the End
The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard work and give the glory to others. By planning to the end you will not be overwhelmed by circumstances and you will know when to stop. Gently guide fortune and help determine the future by thinking far ahead.
Law 30
Make your Accomplishments Seem Effortless
Your actions must seem natural and executed with ease. All the toil and practice that go into them, and also all the clever tricks, must be concealed. When you act, act effortlessly, as if you could do much more. Avoid the temptation of revealing how hard you work – it only raises questions. Teach no one your tricks or they will be used against you.
Law 31
Control the Options: Get Others to Play with the Cards you Deal
The best deceptions are the ones that seem to give the other person a choice: Your victims feel they are in control, but are actually your puppets. Give people options that come out in your favor whichever one they choose. Force them to make choices between the lesser of two evils, both of which serve your purpose. Put them on the horns of a dilemma: They are gored wherever they turn.
Law 32
Play to People’s Fantasies
The truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes for disenchantment. Life is so harsh and distressing that people who can manufacture romance or conjure up fantasy are like oases in the desert: Everyone flocks to them. There is great power in tapping into the fantasies of the masses.
Law 33
Discover Each Man’s Thumbscrew
Everyone has a weakness, a gap in the castle wall. That weakness is usual y an insecurity, an uncontrollable emotion or need; it can also be a small secret pleasure. Either way, once found, it is a thumbscrew you can turn to your advantage.
Law 34
Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated like one
The way you carry yourself will often determine how you are treated; In the long run, appearing vulgar or common will make people disrespect you. For a king respects himself and inspires the same sentiment in others. By acting regally and confident of your powers, you make yourself seem destined to wear a crown.
Law 35
Master the Art of Timing
Never seem to be in a hurry – hurrying betrays a lack of control over yourself, and over time. Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually. Become a detective of the right moment; sniff out the spirit of the times, the trends that will carry you to power. Learn to stand back when the time is not yet ripe, and to strike fiercely when it has reached fruition.
Law 36
Disdain Things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best Revenge
By acknowledging a petty problem you give it existence and credibility. The more attention you pay an enemy, the stronger you make him; and a small mistake is often made worse and more visible when you try to fix it. It is sometimes best to leave things alone. If there is something you want but cannot have, show contempt for it. The less interest you reveal, the more superior you seem.
Law 37
Create Compelling Spectacles
Striking imagery and grand symbolic gestures create the aura of power – everyone responds to them. Stage spectacles for those around you, then full of arresting visuals and radiant symbols that heighten your presence. Dazzled by appearances, no one will notice what you are really doing.
Law 38
Think as you like but Behave like others
If you make a show of going against the times, flaunting your unconventional ideas and unorthodox ways, people will think that you only want attention and that you look down upon them. They will find a way to punish you for making them feel inferior. It is far safer to blend in and nurture the common touch. Share your originality only with tolerant friends and those who are sure to appreciate your uniqueness.
Law 39
Stir up Waters to Catch Fish
Anger and emotion are strategically counterproductive. You must always stay calm and objective. But if you can make your enemies angry while staying calm yourself, you gain a decided advantage. Put your enemies off-balance: Find the chink in their vanity through which you can rattle them and you hold the strings.
Law 40
Despise the Free Lunch
What is offered for free is dangerous – it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay clear of gratitude, guilt, and deceit. It is also often wise to pay the full price – there is no cutting corners with excellence. Be lavish with your money and keep it circulating, for generosity is a sign and a magnet for power.
Law 41
Avoid Stepping into a Great Man’s Shoes
What happens first always appears better and more original than what comes after. If you succeed a great man or have a famous parent, you will have to accomplish double their achievements to outshine them. Do not get lost in their shadow, or stuck in a past not of your own making: Establish your own name and identity by changing course. Slay the overbearing father, disparage his legacy, and gain power by shining in your own way.
Law 42
Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter
Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual – the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoned of goodwill. If you allow such people room to operate, others will succumb to their influence. Do not wait for the troubles they cause to multiply, do not try to negotiate with them – they are irredeemable. Neutralize their influence by isolating or banishing them. Strike at the source of the trouble and the sheep will scatter.
Law 43
Work on the Hearts and Minds of Others
Coercion creates a reaction that will eventually work against you. You must seduce others into wanting to move in your direction. A person you have seduced becomes your loyal pawn. And the way to seduce others is to operate on their individual psychologies and weaknesses. Soften up the resistant by working on their emotions, playing on what they hold dear and what they fear. Ignore the hearts and minds of others and they will grow to hate you.
Law 44
Disarm and Infuriate with the Mirror Effect
The mirror reflects reality, but it is also the perfect tool for deception: When you mirror your enemies, doing exactly as they do, they cannot figure out your strategy. The Mirror Effect mocks and humiliates them, making them overreact. By holding up a mirror to their psyches, you seduce them with the illusion that you share their values; by holding up a mirror to their actions, you teach them a lesson. Few can resist the power of Mirror Effect.
Law 45
Preach the Need for Change, but Never Reform too much at Once
Everyone understands the need for change in the abstract, but on the day-to-day level people are creatures of habit. Too much innovation is traumatic, and will lead to revolt. If you are new to a position of power, or an outsider trying to build a power base, make a show of respecting the old way of doing things. If change is necessary, make it feel like a gentle improvement on the past.
Law 46
Never appear too Perfect
Appearing better than others is always dangerous, but most dangerous of all is to appear to have no faults or weaknesses. Envy creates silent enemies. It is smart to occasionally display defects, and admit to harmless vices, in order to deflect envy and appear more human and approachable. Only gods and the dead can seem perfect with impunity.
Law 47
Do not go Past the Mark you Aimed for; In Victory, Learn when to Stop
The moment of victory is often the moment of greatest peril. In the heat of victory, arrogance and overconfidence can push you past the goal you had aimed for, and by going too far, you make more enemies than you defeat. Do not allow success to go to your head. There is no substitute for strategy and careful planning. Set a goal, and when you reach it, stop.
Law 48
Assume Formlessness
By taking a shape, by having a visible plan, you open yourself to attack. Instead of taking a form for your enemy to grasp, keep yourself adaptable and on the move. Accept the fact that nothing is certain and no law is fixed. The best way to protect yourself is to be as fluid and formless as water; never bet on stability or lasting order. Everything changes.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
INVESTMENT: Key To Achievement
A preacher once drove by a farm, and was deeply impressed with its beauty – the shaded lawns, well cultivated crops, a beautiful home, the barns were clean, and it had a well-built fence. Just as the preacher was admiring the farm, the farmer came by. The preacher said to him excitedly; “God has blessed you with a beautiful farm. My man “The farmer replied; “yeah, and I am very grateful for that. But you should have seen it when he had it all to himself”. The message is this; a beautiful farm does not drop from heaven .God gives the Land, the seeds, the rain and the sunshine. But someone must cultivate the farm. Sowing must precede reaping, that is one of the most powerful laws of nature. It is also called the law of cause and effect. Even Newton discovered in physics that we can only get a reaction where there is first an action. One of the most powerful truths we will learn in life is this; “You can’t get something for nothing”. Success is never an accident. What you sow will determine what you harvest. Your input determines your output.
Your investment determines your achievement. Life will only return to you what you give to it. All attempts to side-step this universal law will ultimately result in frustration. What do we have to invest? Heaven has put some powerful seeds at our disposal. For example, our minds. Thoughts are seeds. The thoughts of today are the realities of tomorrow. They may seem intangible for today. But they have a way of multiplying into our future. The quality of your thoughts determines the quality of your life. Time spent sharpening our minds is time well invested. It is good to educate the mind. To glean thoughts from geniuses through their books and tapes. To discuss with those who have achieved what we seek to achieve. And most of all, to sharpen our minds with the distilled wisdom of the ages, the Bible.
Friend, invest in your mind the quality of ideas that reflect the kind of future you desire. Also our abilities and talents should be cultivated and invested in the service of others. Proverbs 18:16 says; “A man’s gift will make room for him and bring him before great men”. Joseph in the Bible developed his abilities in administration and the interpretation of dreams as a slave and as a prisoner. He made an investment the day he interpreted dreams for pharaoh‘s chief butler in prison. Then harvest time came when the chief butler recommended Joseph to Pharaoh. Joseph interpreted pharaoh’s dreams and became Prime minister of Egypt. Joseph‘s investment was the key to his achievement. Let me ask, how many people are you touching with your abilities and talents today?
It is important that you invest in your destiny everyday. Acquire knowledge. Take that course. Read books. Associate with those who have results. Work hard for your company, be a blessing to your employer. It’s an investment. Nurture your relationships with your family, your friends. Someone you know may become president tomorrow. More importantly, invest in your relationship with God. Pray, Study the Bible. Serve God with your talents.
Finally, invest in the success of our nation. Help build this nation. Obey the rules, pay taxes due to you, and say no to corruption. Whatever is in your hand to do for this nation, do it diligently. Your seed may leave your hand today, but it will never leave your life. It will multiply into your future for a harvest.
You will succeed!
Your investment determines your achievement. Life will only return to you what you give to it. All attempts to side-step this universal law will ultimately result in frustration. What do we have to invest? Heaven has put some powerful seeds at our disposal. For example, our minds. Thoughts are seeds. The thoughts of today are the realities of tomorrow. They may seem intangible for today. But they have a way of multiplying into our future. The quality of your thoughts determines the quality of your life. Time spent sharpening our minds is time well invested. It is good to educate the mind. To glean thoughts from geniuses through their books and tapes. To discuss with those who have achieved what we seek to achieve. And most of all, to sharpen our minds with the distilled wisdom of the ages, the Bible.
Friend, invest in your mind the quality of ideas that reflect the kind of future you desire. Also our abilities and talents should be cultivated and invested in the service of others. Proverbs 18:16 says; “A man’s gift will make room for him and bring him before great men”. Joseph in the Bible developed his abilities in administration and the interpretation of dreams as a slave and as a prisoner. He made an investment the day he interpreted dreams for pharaoh‘s chief butler in prison. Then harvest time came when the chief butler recommended Joseph to Pharaoh. Joseph interpreted pharaoh’s dreams and became Prime minister of Egypt. Joseph‘s investment was the key to his achievement. Let me ask, how many people are you touching with your abilities and talents today?
It is important that you invest in your destiny everyday. Acquire knowledge. Take that course. Read books. Associate with those who have results. Work hard for your company, be a blessing to your employer. It’s an investment. Nurture your relationships with your family, your friends. Someone you know may become president tomorrow. More importantly, invest in your relationship with God. Pray, Study the Bible. Serve God with your talents.
Finally, invest in the success of our nation. Help build this nation. Obey the rules, pay taxes due to you, and say no to corruption. Whatever is in your hand to do for this nation, do it diligently. Your seed may leave your hand today, but it will never leave your life. It will multiply into your future for a harvest.
You will succeed!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Magnetic Money
Magnetic Money, hmmm, I hope you benefited as I did from the lessons learnt in the 1st article. If yes please see the concluding aspect of this wonderful motivational item and if not I recommend you read through again.
Digest the concluding part and hopefully money will be magnetic to you and vice versa in 2008.
Have a wonderful day!
THE MONEY MAGNET 2
This week we are discussing the topic: THE MONEY MAGNET 2
We said last week that being rich is a mindset and being poor is a mindset. With a particular way of thinking you attract money; with another way of thinking you repel money. You must see yourself as being rich; you must refuse to accept scarcity as your reality. And we said that you must learn to get ideas, winning ideas from God because a God idea will never fail.
Now dear reader you must decide to be rich, you must decide to be prosperous, decision determines destiny. Success is not a matter of chances success is a matter of choices. You must choose, you have two options to either be poor or to be rich. You don’t need to know how its going to happen before you decide it will happen to you but first make up your mind you are going to be prosperous. Secondly, decide how much you want to earn and accumulate over time.
Nothing becomes dynamic until it becomes specific. You must decide how much is the ideal amount of money you want to earn every month and every year and ultimately how much you plan to have in assets over ten years or twenty years that will give you financial independence. I believe this week will bring you good news
Today you must determine the level of skill you need to develop to earn the amount of money you want to earn. Somebody somewhere is earning that amount of money already the question – do you have the kind of skill that they have, do you have the level of expertise that they have, are you willing to solve a problem for someone?
Money is a reward that you get for problem solved. You must be able to solve problem for people, they may be problems of clothing, problems in respect to feeding, accommodation problems, transportation problems, information problems; educational problems whatever it is you must acquire a skill and you must develop it to the point where you can earn that kind of money that you want to earn.
So, dear reader do you need to take a course, do you need to attend a seminar, do you need to buy a book, do you need to have a mentor, do you need to serve as an apprentice to somebody else so you can develop expertise. In life you don’t get something for nothing. It’s not enough for you to pray, you must learn to put action to your prayer and that requires that you have ability to solve problems for people and to meet their basic needs and for this people will be willing to pay.
Will you find something to sell? If you are selling have you acquire selling skills? There are books on selling and you may also ask someone who’s been in the business before. There is a need to determine the level of skill you need to develop to earn that amount and don’t tell yourself that you are too old to learn or to go to school or to take a course. Please, don’t get old too quickly. If you don’t take that course or acquire that knowledge you will still grow older but you will still be at that same level of skill. Take action, learn a skill today.
Finally dear reader you must overcome greed. To be prosperous you must overcome greed. When money comes into your life it is easy to become your master, it is easy to become your source of security; it is easy for you to take your attention off from God and to put your focus on that money. You must understand the purpose of wealth: the purpose of wealth is to create equality. You must remember the poor; the purpose of wealth is to help the helpless.
When God gives you more money than you need to expend on yourself you must understand you are holding this money in store for other people who do not have. Bill Gates is the richest man in the world today; he spends an average of three million US dollars every single day on charity. He says he knows he’s holding the money in store for the poor people of the world.
When God test you on a small amount of money if you fail he will not give you more money than you have and he test you when he ask you to give your tithes, to give your offerings, to help your neighbour, to give food to the hungry, to help someone who cannot pay hospital bills, to help pay school fees for someone who cannot afford it. I pray that you will not fail this test, that you will not be bound by greed.
Money is a good servant but a very bad master and I pray that you will receive the grace to master money.
You will succeed!
Digest the concluding part and hopefully money will be magnetic to you and vice versa in 2008.
Have a wonderful day!
THE MONEY MAGNET 2
This week we are discussing the topic: THE MONEY MAGNET 2
We said last week that being rich is a mindset and being poor is a mindset. With a particular way of thinking you attract money; with another way of thinking you repel money. You must see yourself as being rich; you must refuse to accept scarcity as your reality. And we said that you must learn to get ideas, winning ideas from God because a God idea will never fail.
Now dear reader you must decide to be rich, you must decide to be prosperous, decision determines destiny. Success is not a matter of chances success is a matter of choices. You must choose, you have two options to either be poor or to be rich. You don’t need to know how its going to happen before you decide it will happen to you but first make up your mind you are going to be prosperous. Secondly, decide how much you want to earn and accumulate over time.
Nothing becomes dynamic until it becomes specific. You must decide how much is the ideal amount of money you want to earn every month and every year and ultimately how much you plan to have in assets over ten years or twenty years that will give you financial independence. I believe this week will bring you good news
Today you must determine the level of skill you need to develop to earn the amount of money you want to earn. Somebody somewhere is earning that amount of money already the question – do you have the kind of skill that they have, do you have the level of expertise that they have, are you willing to solve a problem for someone?
Money is a reward that you get for problem solved. You must be able to solve problem for people, they may be problems of clothing, problems in respect to feeding, accommodation problems, transportation problems, information problems; educational problems whatever it is you must acquire a skill and you must develop it to the point where you can earn that kind of money that you want to earn.
So, dear reader do you need to take a course, do you need to attend a seminar, do you need to buy a book, do you need to have a mentor, do you need to serve as an apprentice to somebody else so you can develop expertise. In life you don’t get something for nothing. It’s not enough for you to pray, you must learn to put action to your prayer and that requires that you have ability to solve problems for people and to meet their basic needs and for this people will be willing to pay.
Will you find something to sell? If you are selling have you acquire selling skills? There are books on selling and you may also ask someone who’s been in the business before. There is a need to determine the level of skill you need to develop to earn that amount and don’t tell yourself that you are too old to learn or to go to school or to take a course. Please, don’t get old too quickly. If you don’t take that course or acquire that knowledge you will still grow older but you will still be at that same level of skill. Take action, learn a skill today.
Finally dear reader you must overcome greed. To be prosperous you must overcome greed. When money comes into your life it is easy to become your master, it is easy to become your source of security; it is easy for you to take your attention off from God and to put your focus on that money. You must understand the purpose of wealth: the purpose of wealth is to create equality. You must remember the poor; the purpose of wealth is to help the helpless.
When God gives you more money than you need to expend on yourself you must understand you are holding this money in store for other people who do not have. Bill Gates is the richest man in the world today; he spends an average of three million US dollars every single day on charity. He says he knows he’s holding the money in store for the poor people of the world.
When God test you on a small amount of money if you fail he will not give you more money than you have and he test you when he ask you to give your tithes, to give your offerings, to help your neighbour, to give food to the hungry, to help someone who cannot pay hospital bills, to help pay school fees for someone who cannot afford it. I pray that you will not fail this test, that you will not be bound by greed.
Money is a good servant but a very bad master and I pray that you will receive the grace to master money.
You will succeed!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
HAPPY 2008!
The year 2008 have begun and like the previous year the days have started racing its way into 2009.
With the New Year comes a lot of planning, restitutions, business ideas, opportunities, investments, money spinning projects etc. for those with clear vision, focus mind and determination to excel.
The latest gist now is “shopping for business ideas” commercial mental impression, belief or purpose.
2008 has started on a positive note with NNC ushering us into the year of immerse opportunities, beautiful prospects, success stories and lifting ups.
Want to know the latest on NNC? Heard of the New Nigeria Mapped landscape estates where every state in Nigeria has a section, where the confluence city (Lokoja) has a place? Or the new opportunities for low income earners to come onboard the NNC for as low as 3,000 Naira? Check out www.deoluakinyemi.com for all the details.
NOSPETCO??? I was in their office on Friday 4th January 2008 with a view of confirming the much waited 2nd January deals, met a closed office that has obviously not been opened in a while with people’s receipts littering everywhere.
SEFTEG??? Heard something I do not really understand, I will post as soon am clear about it.
2008! Whew! Thank GOD for guidance and protection. Below is an article sent to me on Money Magnet. It’s in two parts; the 2nd part will follow soon.
Have a blissful 2008 and may your dreams overflow with fulfillments and extras in HIS Name. Amen.
THE MONEY MAGNET 1
Dear reader, I have experienced poverty before, I know what it is like to be without water, I know what its like to have the landlord come after you because the rent has not been paid, I know what it is like to buy used cloths in the market to put on, I know what it is like to go without food for sometime anyhow dear reader, the story has since changed and I can tell you exactly how it happen because I believe if you need financial breakthrough in your life God will make it happen in your life this season.
The major difference between the rich and the poor is the way they think. Thoughts are powerful the quality of our thoughts will always determine the quality of our lives. Money flows in the direction of our ideas, being rich is a mindset, being poor is also a mindset. In Hebrews 11 verse 3 in the Bible; we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that the things we are seeing were not made from the things that are visible.
In order words the raw material with which God created our world were invisible raw materials. I should let you know that God used thoughts to create our world. The basic ingredient for creating things is thoughts or ideas. Look around you now, every valuable thing around you that has been created by man began its journey into this world as an idea in somebody’s mind. The car, the microphone, the loudspeaker, the car stereo, the television, the aircraft, the water faucet (tap) from which you got water this morning all of them began as ideas in peoples minds. The value of those items determines the value of your wealth and I believe it’s your own turn to become creative. From today begin to think like a rich person.
Now, please understand that all things are created twice; there is first a mental creation before a physical creation. Whatever you create mentally is described as your brain child. You have the capacity to give birth to children from your brain. The value of your brain children will determine how much wealth comes to you, you see your thoughts will determine whether money will come towards you or money will run away from you, your idea will determine how wealthy you become at the end of the day
First of all you must think like a rich person, you must not see problems but opportunities, in your thinking there must be abundance mentality, you must not believe that scarcity is a reality, never accept scarcity as your reality. Whatever the situation around you may be, you must believe there is wealth around and you are going to get it. In the parable of the sower Jesus Christ told us that the seed is the word of God. It’s either ideas can be planted like seeds or they ultimately bear fruit but he said some of those seeds were stolen by devils or eaten by birds. Your idea can be stolen away and whoever steals your idea has stolen your money. It is what is in your head that ultimately determines what is in your hand, you must train your mind to recognize money and you recognize money when you put value on ideas. This season will be the most prosperous season of your life so far.
So, dear reader, get a God idea that is one idea that can never fail. Spend time in prayer when you ask in prayer you receive, spend time in meditation, and roll over the stories in the word of God in your mind because every problem known to mankind was once solved in the word of God. Associate with those who are ahead of you and who have the fear of God in their hearts and dear reader, give, give to God’s work and those who are in need, when you do God blesses you in return with breakthrough ideas.
You will succeed!
With the New Year comes a lot of planning, restitutions, business ideas, opportunities, investments, money spinning projects etc. for those with clear vision, focus mind and determination to excel.
The latest gist now is “shopping for business ideas” commercial mental impression, belief or purpose.
2008 has started on a positive note with NNC ushering us into the year of immerse opportunities, beautiful prospects, success stories and lifting ups.
Want to know the latest on NNC? Heard of the New Nigeria Mapped landscape estates where every state in Nigeria has a section, where the confluence city (Lokoja) has a place? Or the new opportunities for low income earners to come onboard the NNC for as low as 3,000 Naira? Check out www.deoluakinyemi.com for all the details.
NOSPETCO??? I was in their office on Friday 4th January 2008 with a view of confirming the much waited 2nd January deals, met a closed office that has obviously not been opened in a while with people’s receipts littering everywhere.
SEFTEG??? Heard something I do not really understand, I will post as soon am clear about it.
2008! Whew! Thank GOD for guidance and protection. Below is an article sent to me on Money Magnet. It’s in two parts; the 2nd part will follow soon.
Have a blissful 2008 and may your dreams overflow with fulfillments and extras in HIS Name. Amen.
THE MONEY MAGNET 1
Dear reader, I have experienced poverty before, I know what it is like to be without water, I know what its like to have the landlord come after you because the rent has not been paid, I know what it is like to buy used cloths in the market to put on, I know what it is like to go without food for sometime anyhow dear reader, the story has since changed and I can tell you exactly how it happen because I believe if you need financial breakthrough in your life God will make it happen in your life this season.
The major difference between the rich and the poor is the way they think. Thoughts are powerful the quality of our thoughts will always determine the quality of our lives. Money flows in the direction of our ideas, being rich is a mindset, being poor is also a mindset. In Hebrews 11 verse 3 in the Bible; we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God so that the things we are seeing were not made from the things that are visible.
In order words the raw material with which God created our world were invisible raw materials. I should let you know that God used thoughts to create our world. The basic ingredient for creating things is thoughts or ideas. Look around you now, every valuable thing around you that has been created by man began its journey into this world as an idea in somebody’s mind. The car, the microphone, the loudspeaker, the car stereo, the television, the aircraft, the water faucet (tap) from which you got water this morning all of them began as ideas in peoples minds. The value of those items determines the value of your wealth and I believe it’s your own turn to become creative. From today begin to think like a rich person.
Now, please understand that all things are created twice; there is first a mental creation before a physical creation. Whatever you create mentally is described as your brain child. You have the capacity to give birth to children from your brain. The value of your brain children will determine how much wealth comes to you, you see your thoughts will determine whether money will come towards you or money will run away from you, your idea will determine how wealthy you become at the end of the day
First of all you must think like a rich person, you must not see problems but opportunities, in your thinking there must be abundance mentality, you must not believe that scarcity is a reality, never accept scarcity as your reality. Whatever the situation around you may be, you must believe there is wealth around and you are going to get it. In the parable of the sower Jesus Christ told us that the seed is the word of God. It’s either ideas can be planted like seeds or they ultimately bear fruit but he said some of those seeds were stolen by devils or eaten by birds. Your idea can be stolen away and whoever steals your idea has stolen your money. It is what is in your head that ultimately determines what is in your hand, you must train your mind to recognize money and you recognize money when you put value on ideas. This season will be the most prosperous season of your life so far.
So, dear reader, get a God idea that is one idea that can never fail. Spend time in prayer when you ask in prayer you receive, spend time in meditation, and roll over the stories in the word of God in your mind because every problem known to mankind was once solved in the word of God. Associate with those who are ahead of you and who have the fear of God in their hearts and dear reader, give, give to God’s work and those who are in need, when you do God blesses you in return with breakthrough ideas.
You will succeed!
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