My Advice to My Christian and Muslim Brethren.

Lenten period and Ramadan come at the same time each year although Lent comes earlier than Ramadan but both have one thing in common; you are obligated to Fast.

But while you fast from food, s£x, drinking, and smoking. Please also:

1. Fast from hatred.

2. Fast from anger.

3. Fast from lust.

4. Fast from stubbornness in evil.

5. Fast from ignorance.

6. Fast from hypocrisy.

7. Fast from dishonest.

8. Fast from viol£nce.

9. Fast from envy.

10. Fast from selfishness.

11. Fast from deception.

12. Fast from stealing.

13. Fast from cheating others.

14. Fast from lying.

15. Fast from arrogance.

16. Fast from narcissism.
 
17. Fast from racism and tribalism.

18. Fast from toxicity.

19. Fast from the “Lord told me”, when it is actually your wish and wants.

20. Fast from corruption.

If you only fast from food, s£x, drinking, and smoking but do not fast from all the above, your fast is a waste, you are simply starving yourself, and just observing a mere religious practice that takes you no way.

I know they have stopped giving you this type of message and have turned their messages to prosperity and overnight breakthrough/magic to excite you, motivate you, make you keep following and worshiping them, and end up milk you of the little resources you have.  But that is why we have so many noise makers who are patiently waiting for the day the magic will happen while Heaven laughs.

How to start your subscription business: a 5-step guide

The subscription monetization model is associated with big companies like Netflix and Spotify. But in fact, you can also start your own business on this model.

Here are some easy-to-make ideas: you can send cosmetic boxes, start a book club, or even tutor physics. Your subscribers will have access to the product or service and you will receive regular payouts.

In the article below, you will find a five-step guide to help you get started from scratch, tips, examples for inspiration, and useful tools.

Top 13 Lessons learned from book -"13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do"

1.Mentally Strong People Don’t Worry About Pleasing Everyone

Pleasing everyone can negatively impact mental strength.

When you accept you won’t please everyone, you become stronger and build courage when you anticipate displeasing others.

2.They Don’t Feel the World Owes Them Anything

Mentally strong people can shift their focus away from their debt. Hence, they can help people in need. Mentally strong people keep themselves busy doing good deeds.

3.They Don’t Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves

No one is immune to hard times. However, it is how you react to these situations that is important. They replace self-pity with gratitude.

4.They Don’t Resent Other People’s Success

Overcome your envy of other people’s success and learn how to use their success to your benefit.

When people enjoy and celebrate success, they attract other successful people, creating opportunities for collaboration success.

5.They Don’t Give Away Their Power

No one should have power over your feelings.

One of the biggest factors in taking control of your feelings is forgiveness. When people forgive others, their blood pressure decreases, and their hearts beat more calmly.

6.They Don’t Focus on Things Beyond Their Control

Remember you can’t control what has happened. However, you can control what you focus on, what things mean, and how you behave.

7.They Don’t Dwell on the Past

Coming to terms with the past doesn’t mean acting as if certain things never happened.

You must accept and forgive the past so that you can build on it in the present.

8.They Don’t Repeat The Same Mistakes

Identify the factors that led to the mistake:
thoughts, behaviors, and external factors.

Then, write an alternative action for the next time those thoughts, behaviors, and external factors arise.

9.They Don’t Shy Away from Change

It’s not as if some people have more willpower than others. It’s just that some people are willing to adapt while others aren’t.

10.They Don’t Fear Taking Calculated Risks

Taking risks and stepping outside your comfort zone makes you stronger. Perhaps those risks aren’t as scary as you once imagined.  Open yourself up to new opportunities and start facing your fears.

11.They Don’t Give up After Their First Failure

Those who succeed view their failures as stepping stones for improvement.

Failure is simply a part of success, as it means you are being challenged.

12.They Don’t Fear Alone Time

Spending time alone and quietly, results in renewal, rejuvenation, inspiration, and reflection.

Meditation positively alters the brain’s structure by regulating cognition and emotion.

13.They Don’t Expect Immediate Results

It is important to be patient, stick to your goal, and keep working at it. You must maintain these actions even when you do not appreciate any progress at a given moment.

The Rules for Being Human

Every human being is a problem in search of a solution.
~Ashley Montagu

1. You will receive a body.

You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period of this time around.

2. You will learn lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called Life.

Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.

Growth is a process of trial and error: Experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately “works.”

4. A lesson is repeated until learned.

A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end.

There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

“6There” is no better than “here.”

When your “there” has become a “here,” you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here.”

7. Others are merely mirrors of you.

You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What you make of your life is up to you.

You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie inside you.

The answers to Life’s questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen and trust.

10. You will forget all this

Business & Startups 101💡:
1. How can I start my own business with no money?

You can launch a successful business without any startup funds. Work on a business idea that builds on your skill set to offer something new and innovative to the market. While developing a new business, keep working in your current position (or “day job”) to reduce the financial risk.

Once you’ve developed your business idea and are ready to start on a business plan, you’ll need to get creative with funding. You can raise money through investments by pitching your idea to financial backers. You could also gather funding through crowdsourcing platforms like Kickstarter, or set aside a certain amount of money from your weekly earnings to put toward a new business. Finally, you can seek loan options from banks and other financial institutions to get your company up and running.

2. What is the easiest business to start?

The easiest business to start is one that requires little to no financial investment upfront, nor should it require extensive training to learn the business. A drop shipping company is one of the easiest types of new business to launch. Dropshipping requires no inventory management, saving you the hassle of buying, storing and tracking stock. Instead, another company will fulfill your customer orders at your behest. This company will manage the inventory, package goods, and ship out your business orders. To start, you can create an online store by selecting curated products from the catalog available through partners.

3. When is the best time to start a business?

Each person’s ideal timeline for starting a new business will be different. First and foremost, you should start a business when you have enough time to devote your attention to the launch. If you have a seasonal product or service, then you want to start your business a quarter before your predicted busy time of the year. Spring and fall are popular times of year to launch for nonseasonal companies. Winter is the least popular launch season because many new owners prefer to have their LLC or corporation approved for a new fiscal year.

12 Golden Life Lessons Everyone Should Learn Early in Life.

1 Life is nothing but earning people and losing them at different stages. Welcome them as they come but let go when they leave.

2 Give. But don’t allow yourself to be used. Love. But don’t allow your heart to be abused. Trust. But don’t be naive. Listen. But don’t lose your own voice.”

3 When you fully trust someone without any doubt, you finally get one of two results: A person for life Or A lesson for life.

4 Without communication, there is no relationship. Without respect, there is no love. Without trust, there is no reason to continue.

5 Being able to have heart-to-heart talks about big issues, as well as open and honest communication about everything, including the little things (even, and especially, the irritating things) is vital to any healthy relationship.

6 If your absence doesn’t bother them then your presence never mattered to them in the first place.

7 It is better to adjust your life to their absence than adjusting your boundaries to accommodate their disrespect.

8 It is funny but the truth that when you start feeling happy alone, that is when everyone decides to be with you. No one likes a person with insecurity.

9 Being unique is better than being perfect. Create your own identity, don't dream about becoming like someone else, instead work and create such a legacy that someday people would dream becoming like you.

10 High standards protect you from low quality experiences. Reasons to have high standards include that you are more likely to achieve your goals. You will create better relationships. You will feel happier about yourself and your life.

11 If someone isn’t as excited to talk to you as you are, then just stop talking to that person. You are only going to hurt yourself more with each conversation. You do not need to strive to be accepted.

12 It only takes few seconds to hurt someone, but sometimes it takes years to repair the damage. Cherish the hearts that love you.

What it means to earn money

You earn money when you trade your time and energy for money. In other words, you work for an hour, you get paid for an hour. It doesn’t matter whether you’re being paid by the hour or you receive a monthly salary – you’re still paid by someone else in exchange for your time and energy.

It’s important to remember that when you’re earning money, you are usually dependent upon some other entity – be it an individual, business, non-profit organization or government div – for the money that supports your lifestyle. Also remember that, generally speaking, your time and energy are finite resources. There are only 24 hours in a day and you only have so much physical and mental energy to go around.

An additional distinction is that when you earn money, you only get paid once for every hour you work. Remember this as we explore the idea of making money next. This is where it starts to get interesting (and a whole lot more fun).

The Wisest Things I Have Learned in Life.

1. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it.

2. Seek knowledge and new experiences to help you grow.

3. Laugh as much as possible. It is good for your body and soul.

4. Choose your battles wisely. It does not worth fighting over everything. Save and dedicate your energy for something better.

5. Learn to be patient, it pays in the long run.

6. Enjoy the journey, do not focus only on the destination.

7. You cannot please everyone, so please yourself instead.

8. Spend your time with people who have positive energy and are supportive as well.

9. Do not let failure define you. Rather focus on learning from it.

10. Make your dreams a reality by taking small steps towards your goals.

11. It’s ok to say “No”. Focus on the things that are important to you.

12. Do not be afraid to try something new, you never know what you will discover.

13. Live in the present. Do not get stuck in the past and never worry about the future.

14. Life is all about balance. Try to make time for every aspect of your life.

15. Life is too short to be too busy. Slow down, take it easy and appreciate each moment.

Improve Your Life Now:-

1. Face your fears.
2. Eat better.
3. Admit your mistakes.
4. Refine your goals.
5. Believe in yourself.
6. Ask for wisdom.
7. Conserve your time.
8. Invest your profits.

Top 7 Lessons learned from the book -'Deep Work'

Lesson 1. Focus is a skill

At first, you might struggle to stay focused but the more you practice it, the better you get.

Lesson 2. You have 4 hours of deep work a day MAX

Give yourself 4 hours per day to get them done.

Lesson 3. Remove distractions

Deep work essentially comes down to choosing a high-value task and focusing deeply on that task.

Lesson 4. Deep work is king

Shallow work is what most people spend their time doing - and their results show.

Lesson 5. Willpower can run out

You should schedule your day, your daily rituals, and your tasks around when your willpower is highest and when it's lowest.

Lesson 6. Daily rituals are powerful

Daily rituals provide structure to your daily life that can help maximize your creativity and focus.

Lesson 7. Multitasking is a myth

You cant focus on more than one thing at a time, all you're doing is rapidly switching your focus and attention.

𝟮𝟬 𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 “𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗”

1. If you’re not doing as well as you’d like, all that means is there’s something you don’t know.

2. It’s not what we don’t know that prevents us from succeeding; it’s what we know that just ain’t so that is our greatest obstacle.

3. If you want to move to a higher level of life, you have to be willing to let go of some of your old ways of thinking and being and adopt new ones.

4. I have a saying: “It’s not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You have to be the right person in the right place at the right time.

5. The key to success is to raise your own energy; when you do, people will naturally be attracted to you. And when they show up, bill ’em!

6. These four quadrants are the physical world, the mental world, the emotional world, and the spiritual world.

7. A lack of money is never, ever, ever a problem. A lack of money is merely a symptom of what is going on underneath.

8. Your financial blueprint consists primarily of the information or ‘programming’ you received in the past, and especially as a young child.

9. The first element of change is awareness. You can’t change something unless you know it exists.

10. The second element of change is understanding. By understanding where your ‘way of thinking’ originates, you can recognize that it has to come from outside you.

11. The third element of change is disassociation. Once you realize this way of thinking isn’t you, you can separate yourself from it and choose in the present whether to keep it or let it go—based on who you are today, and where you want to be tomorrow.

12. If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes from a nonsupportive root such as fear, anger, or the need to ‘prove’ yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.

13. Money can’t make you something you already are.

No thought lives in your head rent-free.

14. You have to believe that you are the one who creates your success, that you are the one who creates your mediocrity, and that you are the one creating your struggle around money and success.

15 . Your field of focus determines what you find in life.

16. If you want to get rich, focus on making, keeping, and investing your money. If you want to be poor, focus on spending your money.

17. Again, energy is contagious: either you affect people or infect people.

18. Resenting promotion is one of the greatest obstacles to success.

19. The size of the problem is never the issue—what matters is the size of you!

20. Living based in security is living based in fear.

Deep Note

Thank you for reading.

𝟖 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐁𝐘 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋

1. Talent Is Not Enough

"Talent is often overrated and frequently misunderstood. French poet and dramatist Edouard Pailleron pointed out, “Have success and there will always be fools to say that you have talent.” When people achieve great things, others often explain their accomplishments by simply attributing everything to talent. But that is a false and misleading way of looking at success. If talent alone is enough, then why do you and I know highly talented people who are not highly successful?"

2. Everyone Has A Talent

"People have equal value, but not equal giftedness. Some people seem to be blessed with a multitude of talents. Most of us have fewer abilities. But know this: all of us have something that we can do well.

In their book Now, Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton state that every person is capable of doing something better than the next ten thousand people. And they support that assertion with solid research. They call this area the strength zone, and they encourage everyone to find it and make the most of it. It doesn’t matter how aware you are of your abilities, how you feel about yourself, or whether you previously have achieved success. You have talent, and you can develop that talent."

3. Believe In Yourself

"The first and greatest obstacle to success for most people is their belief in themselves. Once people figure out where their sweet spot is (the area where they are most gifted), what often hinders them isn’t lack of talent. It’s lack of trust in themselves, which is a self-imposed limitation. Lack of belief can act as a ceiling on talent. However, when people believe in themselves, they unleash power in themselves and resources around them that almost immediately take them to a higher level. Your potential is a picture of what you can become. Belief helps you see the picture and reach for it."

4. Set High Expectations For Yourself

"We cannot live in a way that is inconsistent with our expectations for ourselves. It just doesn’t happen. I once heard a story that I have not been able to confirm about an aviation pioneer who built a plane the year before the Wright brothers made their historic flight in Kitty Hawk. The plane sat in this inventor’s barn because he was afraid to fly it. Maybe it was because it had never been done before. Maybe it was because he expected it to fail—I don’t know. It’s said that after the news reached him about Orville and Wilbur Wright, the man flew his plane. Before then, he didn’t believe in himself enough to take the risk.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done and those who don’t want to make mistakes. The Wright brothers were of the first type. The would-be aviation pioneer was of the second. If you’re of the first type, then you already expect to believe in yourself and take risks."

5. Pursue Your Passion with Everything You’ve Got

Rudy Ruettiger, upon whose life the movie Rudy was based, observed, “If you really, really believe in your dream, you’ll get there. But you have to have passion and total commitment to make it happen. When you have passion and commitment, you don’t need a complex plan. Your plan is your life is your dream.”

What do you want to accomplish in your lifetime? How do you want to focus your energy: on survival, success, or significance? We live in a time and place with too many opportunities for survival alone. And there’s more to life than mere success. We need to dream big.

6. Passion Is the First Step to Achievement

Loving what you do is the key that opens the door for achievement. When you don’t like what you’re doing, it really shows—no matter how hard you try to pretend it doesn’t.

7. Take Initiative

When it comes to initiative, there are really only four kinds of people:

1. People who do the right thing without being told

2. People who do the right thing when told

3. People who do the right thing when told more than once

15 rules to know by heart:

📍1. 80/20 rule (Pareto principle)
80 percent of all the income you receive comes from only 20 percent of your activities. A lot of what you do isn't really as necessary as you think.

📍2. Parkinson's Law
You can do what you need much faster than you think. The more time you allocate to the task, the more you will spend.

📍3. Group operation
A good way to complete boring and repetitive tasks quickly is to do the whole set one after another.

📍4. Give first, then receive. In that order, and not vice versa
Over time, you will get more than you give.

📍5. Stay ahead of events. Don't slow down.
This will not only relieve you of expectations, but will also give you pleasure - you will feel that you have the power to control your life.

📍6. Mistakes and failures are good
They allow you to gain invaluable experience, learn a lot of interesting things and become successful, since success in life often comes only if you do not succumb to failures and mistakes. He comes only to the persistent.

📍7. Don't be too hard on yourself
It only creates additional unnecessary internal pain and takes precious time.

📍8. Make good contact
Treat every meeting as if your best friends were there. And you start communication with just such an attitude, instead of being nervous all this time.

📍9. Take advantage of the Reticular Activating System to your advantage
This focusing system, RAS, is located in the brain. To use it, you need to really focus on what you want and keep your attention constantly (for example, a piece of paper on which you can write something from this post, like "Give first" or "Get in touch ").

📍10. Your attitude changes reality
Pessimism can hide behind a mask of realism. But that's because your RAS is wired to perceive the negativity you want to see. That is why you are "right" every time. On the other hand, it may be better not to be right in such situations.
If you try to drastically change your attitude, instead of just considering this possibility, you will be pleasantly surprised.

📍11. Gratitude is an easy way to feel happy
If someone told me that being grateful for just a minute or two is a great way to turn a bad mood into a good one, I would seriously train to be grateful. It is also a great way to maintain a positive attitude and focus on the right goals. Also, make others happy. Which in turn will make you even happier - emotions are contagious.

📍12. Don't compare yourself to others
If you compare yourself to others, you are letting the outside world control your sense of self. Mood swings are guaranteed.
It is much more productive to compare yourself to yourself. To see how far you have progressed, what goals you have achieved and how you have grown above yourself. It may not sound so great, but in the end it will bring inner peace, strengthen your willpower and fill you with positive emotions.

📍13. 80-90% of what you fear will never actually happen.
They are just monsters that exist only in your head. And if this does happen, then most often everything is not as bad as you expected. Worrying in most cases is just a waste of time.

📍14. Don't take everything too seriously
What seems like a big problem today, you may not even remember in three years. If you take yourself, your thoughts and emotions too seriously, then this will only bring unnecessary suffering. So cool down and relax. Your mood will change miraculously.

📍15. Record everything

7 LESSONS FROM THE PATHLESS PATH BY PAUL MILLERD

1. Embrace uncertainty; life is unpredictable.

2. No matter what path you choose, there are prices to be paid.

3. Always remember that wealth is not necessarily money.

4. Experiences are more valuable than things.

5. By the time you arrive at your goal, it's never what you imagined or expected.

6. Don't be afraid to make a career change if your current job doesn't make you happy.

7. Create your own story. Create your own path. This is your life.

8 Things that Can Increase Your Intelligence Level Outside Reading Books

1. Recognize your ignorance first. By doing do, your mind will become open to all kinds of learning, which is contrary to living in arrogance.

2. Play chess or any mental games every day. With just 10-minute games every day, you will stimulate your mind toward strategic thinking.

3. Jump rope. This is one of the best exercises that require coordination and will also keep your body and mind in good shape.

4. Practice mindfulness. This will keep your mind always in the present rather than dwelling in the memories of the past or worries of the future. Mindfulness will help you reset your mind and free it into productivity.

5. Talk to people you meet every day even if you don't know them. Talk to supermarket cashier, the taxi driver, the barber etc. Social interaction with strangers stimulates your mind.

6. Write social media posting every day for one year. Writing also stimulates your creativity and makes you smarter.

7. Learn a new language. Learning a new foreign language makes you cleverer all rounds. First of all, learning new vocabulary and grammar structures improves your memory and your attention span, making you better able to pick up and retain information in other areas.

8. Learn a new skill. Learning new skills is key to greasing the wheels of creativity, personal development, and productivity. There are thousands of courses on the web. Start today.