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Provoking Your PeculiarGenius

50+ Ways to Learning and Uncovering

the Centre of Your Creativity, Productivity

and Excellence

Tem Martin

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Copyright 2013 by Tem Martin

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hy You Must Read This Book

Many genises have died as non entities. Many of

them dis!overed their genis $hen they $ere at the

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32 years of age" dring an army test for re!ritment"

?i!tor)s DE reslts revealed that he had an DE of 171.

Be $as a genisF Be $as told that people $ith his DE

$ere $riters" inventors" develop s!!essfl

bsinesses" et!. ?i!tor $ondered ho$ that !old be"

yet he believed the $ritten reslts. Be immediately

began $riting" inventing" and developing s!!essfl

bsiness ventres" eventally being ele!ted as

!hairman of the Mensa @o!iety" a grop that re&ires

an DE of 180 or more. Be moved from doing odd obs

to doing things that his DE sho$ed that he !old do.Bis detailed biography $ill be looked at later.

Df yo don)t nd ot the trth abot yorself" yo $ill

likely believe the lie abot yo and this $ill !ost yo a

great deal.

Gind ot $ho yo are" yor ni&e distingishing

&alities and rise to the top yo $ere made to rise to.

Ho are a genis in at least one area. Gind it ot and go

to $ork to e-plore and shine like the stars of the

rmament.

This boo also !overs the biographies of Thomas

dison" $ho had only a fe$ months of formal

ed!ation bt ended p as one of the most proli!

inventors of all time. The biography of *eter I. Janiels$ho $as an illiterate at 27 years bt after he had an

en!onter $ith his pe!liar genis" he is no$ an

international statesman $ho is a !onsltant to

presidents and nations.

Ho $ill also be !hallenged $ith the life a!!ont of

,rian Tra!y $ho left from doing menial obs to a proli!

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$riter and a $orld reno$ned motivational speaker

after the dis!overy and provo!ation of his genis.

After reading this book and taking p the !hallenges

this book pts forth" yor life $ill take a great leap

for$ard and yor star $ill be provoked to shine.

Table of Contents

Part I

Discovering Your i!!en

Genius""""""""""#

$he concept o% multiple intelligences

Developing Your &ore Genius

Part II

'() *ays to +earning an! ,ncovering the &entre o%

Your &reativity Pro!uctivity an!

Ecellence"""""""..1(

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Part III

/iographies o% Geniuses /eing

0akene!""""""".2'

Peter 3. Daniels: Grom Dlliterate ,ri!klayer ToDnternational Consltant and

MotivatorKKKKKKKKK.3

4icktor 5eria6riako%: Grom a Jn!e to a

LenisKKKKK..39

/rain $racy: Grom a Menial aborer to A (orld

%eno$ned @peaker

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$homas E!ison: Grom Mental %etardation to a

*roli!

DnventorKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK...87

Part III

*tting All the Components

TogetherKKKKKKKKK...0

Part I

Discovering Your Hidden Genius6


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verybody on earth is a genis in at least one area of

their lives" the problem $ith the average person is that

they have never taken time to dis!over their area ofgenis so they !an start shining and dominating in

that area. As far as yo are not an imbe!ile or

mentally disordered as far as yo !an think straight

$ithot any mental impairment" D $ant yo to kno$

that yo have an area of genis that !an take yo to

heights yo have never imagined.

Come on $ith me and let me lead yo to somedis!overies that $ill !ase yo to thro$ yor beggar)s

bag and stand sholders high.

et me start by letting yo kno$ that the fa!t that yo

$ere not parti!larly bright in s!hool does not mean

yo don)t have an area of genis. The fa!t that nobody

has ever appladed yo on any a!hievement ora!!omplishment does not mean yo do not have an

area of genis.

D sed to believe that there are some people $ho are

so gifted that yo stay ba!k $ishing yo $ere like

them. D have seen &ite a good nmber of stdents

$ho $ere very intelligent in s!hool" yo !old hardly

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the real $orld is $aiting ot there to really prove $ho

is $hoF

ately" D !ame in to!h $ith the books of %obert

iyosaki" he feels very free to talk abot his life as

someone $ho $as a C stdent" he $as not sharp in

s!hool ntil $hen he $as fond in the real $orld" his

genis $as set lose. Be began to make $aves

nan!ially and in the area of the ot/of/the/ordinary

tea!hings on nan!ial intelligen!e. (hat ble$ ot my

mind $as some !ra=y information D fond in his book

Dn!rease Hor Ginan!ial DE. Be has a diagram $hi!hseems almost an e-aggeration. Take a look at it belo$'

Grom this diagram" he says the brain is divided into

three parts' 16 the left brain $hi!h is sed mainly for

reading" $riting" speaking and logi!. Be says kids $ho

do $ell in s!hool have good left brains. Grom Lardner)s

$ork on the mltiple intelligen!es" the left brain is8

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most asso!iated $ith lingisti!s" logi!al mathemati!al

and interpersonal intelligen!es. (riters" s!ientists"

la$yers" a!!ontants and s!hool tea!hers are

professions for s!h people.

+n the other hand" the right brain is often asso!iated

$ith pi!tres" art" msi! and other nonlinear

relationships#$ith !reativity and imaginations.

Gollo$ing Lardner)s theory of the mltiple

intelligen!es" the right brain $ill be most asso!iated

$ith professions like designers" ar!hite!ts" msi!ians"

et!.Df yo !an take a good look at the diagram" yo $ill

reali=e that the sb!ons!ios brain $hi!h Christian

shold kno$ is the hman spirit the hman spirit of a

born again Christian has been regenerated so it

be!omes alive and more a!tive than that of someone

$ho is not.6 Ist to note that $hat psy!hologists !all

sb!ons!ios is the hman spirit.

,a!k to or lesson" !all it hman spirit or

sb!ons!ios" yo have noti!ed that the sb!ons!ios

o!!pies more that ;0O of the !ir!le. Df this

information is tre" then $e have to redress or idea of

$hat real intelligen!e is. The s!hool is not the only

pla!e to prove intelligen!e.Dt is the sb!ons!ios that plays the role of the

intition: yo st have an idea that seems to drop

from spa!e and that idea gives yo a !le to solve

some plaging problems in yor life or bsiness. et

me give yo a bit of the po$er of the sb!ons!ios

mind. +ne day D $as $riting a parti!lar book and as

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many $riters $old have e-perien!ed" D $ent into a

blank period $here it seemed all ideas had

disappeared into thin air. D often rested for a $hile and

then got ba!k to $riting" bt on this parti!lar day" D

did not rest" D instead prayed and spoke in tonges or

as the ,ible pts it D prayed in the spirit" $hen D

nished" it $as like a tap of inspiration $as sddenly

opened. Dt $as >o$ing so m!h that my hand !old

not !at!h p $ith the releases from my intition. D had

to $rite sing short hand to !aptre most of $hat $as

being released. The interesting thing abot it all $asthat some ideas D had never thoght abot" heard or

read abot !ame to me at that instant. The hman

spirit or sb!ons!ios mind is a very po$erfl for!e

that far e-!eeds the po$er of the mind.

No$ D $ant yo to see that someone $ho did not

s!!eed in s!hool may have his genis hidden in

bsiness or in one hand $ork" s!lptre" arts" msi!or the other. Bo$ do yo nd ot yor !ore genisP

D $ill like to give a !ation to slo$ stdents at this

point. This information shold not !ase yo to leave

s!hool be!ase it seems togh. Dt shold rather

!hallenge yo to press for$ard be!ase there is a

genis in yo to release and ed!ation is one of these!atalysts that releases yor genis from its !age.

(hen yo press on ntil yo have mastered $hat is

taght in s!hool" this ra$ materials yo gathered in

s!hool $ill be!ome sefl to pro!ess yor genis into

the kind that !an srprise yor $orld.

,y all means" make yor ed!ation yor priority no$

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a!ademi!ally and then yo release yor genis and

see $hat happens.

Df there is a possibility to pt yor hand on the area

of yor genis $hile in s!hool" it may be ne bt not to

the e-tent that it !an distra!t yo from yor mainQ

yor ed!ation.

Part II

5! ays to "earning and#ncovering the Centre of YourCreativity$ %roductivity and&'cellence

1.Discover 0n! $rain Your $alents:

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(hen yo train yor talents and trn them into

skills" yo are already in the periphery of yor !ore

genis. %emember yor natral talents often !on!eal

the areas of yor !ore genis.

The average yong person has never taken time to

e-amine themselves to kno$ their dominant talents

and $hat makes them to stand ot from the !ro$d.

Hor talent is the natral !apital Lod gave yo from

birth so yo !an s!!eed in life and makes $aves.

Df yo think of any star in the $orld like toRo Gils"

Mi!hael Ia!kson" Mi!hael Angelo" et!. they be!ameotstanding be!ase they dis!overed and sed their

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talent or gift !old be sed protably" !ir!mstan!es

$ill trn in yor favor and like Javid" yo may be

!alled from the !attle fold to the pala!e to se yor

gifts $here they are most needed.

2. /oost Your 5el%-Image:

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!onden!e. Be $rites' Belief in #ourself is more

im"ortant tan $no%ledge, training or scooling& '() of

*merica+s millionaires never set foot in college, and '

of te ''' *mericans listed as illionaires in '(( never

got teir college di"lomas/ ' never even 0nised igscool1 So altoug education and a commitment to life-

long learning are essential to success, a formal

education isn+t a re2uirement.

Ho mst have kno$n by no$ that no$ledge is not

po$er" it is only potential po$er. The se of kno$ledge is

po$er. Many people are very intelligent bt they never

!ome arond to sing their kno$ledge in any$ay that it

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ven if yo are fond in s!h a sitation" start $orking in

the area of yor passion in yor spare time and yo may

end p being paid more for $hat yo do dring yor

spare time that yo may !onsider making yor spare

time a!tivity yor fll time ob.Iohn C. Ma-$ell in Te ' Indis"ensale 4ualities 5f *

6eaderstates ho$ e-perts spent a lot of time trying to

gre ot $hat makes people s!!essfl" they looked at

variables like !redentials" intelligen!e" ed!ation" et!. bt

most of the time" they !annot pla!e a nger on anything

e-a!tly.

They have instead reali=ed that most leaders don)t t

in a parti!lar mold. @ome statisti!s are there to prove it'

more than 0O of the C+s of Gortne 00 !ompanies

had Cs in !ollege: nearly 5O of all S@ presidents $ere in

the bottom half of their !lasses in reslts and more than

0O of all millionaire entrepreners never nished

!ollege. There $as a genis in them that $as looking for

e-pression and refsed to be measred by one hman

mold or the other. Their passion !ased it to emerge and

have e-pression. +ne $riter says more than anything

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$here they $ill be paid. @o if they don)t get a pla!e that

$ill pay them a!!ording to their learning" they remain in

the hose. That is foolishness and short sightedness.

(ork any$here yo have a passion for. There are several

reasons for that 16 Ho are developing yor !reativity andpassion. 26 Ho are enhan!ing yor C? $ith ob

e-perien!e. 36 Df that !ompany yo are $orking for needs

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$ithot prpose and $ithot making a signi!ant

!ontribtion to yor $orld !an be frstrating.

#. *ork ;n 5omething $hat 8akes 0

Diess in yor

eea! the /iographies ;% Failures $urne!

5uccesses:Df yo !old take the time to stdy the biographies of

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@eribriako< $as a dn!e. Bis tea!hers believed he had

no !han!e of ever nishing s!hool" m!h less of nding

meaningfl employment bt ended p leaving a great

impa!t. (hen yo read s!h biographies" yo get stirred

p in yor spirit and yo begin to believe better things!on!erning yorself.

Ho !an start $ith the biographies of the persons $hose

biographies have been !overed in this book and then yo

move on to stdy the biographies of many other

reptable histori!al gres and yo $ill psh ba!k the

limits that yo have pla!ed on yorself.

?. Immerse Yoursel% In $he *orks ;% ;ther

Geniuses:

Make sre yo are a fan of kno$ledge. %efse to allo$

yor mind to atrophy by disse. Dnterestingly enogh"

$hile ma!hines depre!iate $ith se" yor brain" talents

and gifts are some of those endo$ments that appre!iate$ith se. Sse yor mind: refse to go throgh the month

$ithot reading at least one book.

The more yo read books that are $ritten by other

genises" yo are indire!tly rbbing yor mind $ith s!h

genises and before yo reali=e" a transfer is taking

pla!e. Jr. Iohn Jermartini says UHo !an)t pt yor hand

into a pot of gle $ithot some of that gle sti!king. @otoo" yo !an)t pt yor mind and heart into the $orks

VbooksW of some of these masters $ithot some of it

sti!king.X Make sre yo $arm p yor mind throgh the

kno$ledge that is hidden in books arond yo. %omeo

Choake has dened ,++ as ,est +f +ther)s

no$ledge. @o go for it and stir p yor genis into

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e-plosion.

. Depen! on the Poer o% the oly 5pirit:

+r modern day psy!hologists have $orked a greatdeal and their ndings seem to portray the po$er of the

mind and espe!ially the sb!ons!ios mind hman

spirit6 as a little almighty bt if these people kne$ the

po$er of the Boly @pirit" they $ill kno$ that the

sb!ons!ios mind is of little signi!an!e !ompared to

the $isdom" po$er" ingenity and !reativity of the Boly

@pirit. Dn the time of Iess" $e see nlearned people like*eter $ho $ere dramati!ally transformed from mere

nlearned shermen to intelligent and po$erfl

individals $ho baYed their generation in their time. All

of these e-tra/ordinary performan!es !ame after their

e-perien!e at *ente!ost $here the Boly @pirit !ame pon

them and transformed them into small gods by the

po$er of the Boly @pirit.The Boly @pirit $ill heighten yor intition and reveal

se!rets to yo that are not !ommon to ordinary men.

1(. /e in the >ight Environment:

Make sre yo stay in the right environment that

favors yor dreams or yor area of genis. Df yo have

e-amined yorself and seen that yor area of genis is in

the $riting domain" make sre yo are in to!h $ith

other $riters $ho have made it: if yor genis is in the

area of msi!" make sre yo !onne!t yorself to people

$ho have made it in msi!" et!. %efse to be a lone

ranger. Df yo !an)t get physi!al individals $ho are in

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tapes" et!.

The $isest man $ho ever lived said in *roverbs 13'20

UDf yo $alk $ith the $ise yo $ill be!ome $iseKX make

sre yo $alk $ith the $ise men in the area of yor

genis. +ne $riter says" yo are the average of the ve!losest people yo relate $ith. @o keep a$ay from

negative !ompany. Mike Mrdo!k says U*ay any pri!e to

be in the !ompany of e-tra/ordinary people.X

11. Get >i! ;% Aegative a6its:

Df yo look at it !learly" negative habits be!ome the$eight that pll do$n yor genis and it never has time

to >y as high as it shold have >o$n. Dmagine a yong"

intelligent person $ho has taken on the drinking habit

and it is draining his mind" energy and nan!ial

resor!es. That habit has hindered a genis from seeing

the light of day in his !reativity and prod!tivity. @ome

people drink in a bit to forget their $orries. A $ise mansays 7Tose %o ave learned to dro%n teir sorro%s in

alcool sould $no% tat teir sorro%s ave e2uall#

learned to s%im.8 @ome other habits to be seriosly

!rbed are the habits of time/killing a!tivities like

!ompter games" playing !ards" lido" et!. Another

pervading habit in or modern day so!iety that re&ires

proa!tive and a!tion/oriented individals to live above isthe habit of e-!ess T? vie$ing. (at!hing Nigerian

movies" $at!hing one football mat!h after the other ntil

all yor time is !onsmed in something that does not

advan!e yor life in any signi!ant $ay. Let rid of

anything that is not promoting yor genis" !reativity

and in>en!ing yor ftre positively. Constant T?

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e-!esses.

17. +earn to 8aimiBe $he 8ost Important

&ommo!ity ;n Earth C $ime:The average person in or so!iety behaves as if time

is an nlimited !ommodity. Df yo $ant to distan!e

yorself from others" make sre that yo pt a premim

on yor time. %efse to se yor time on a!tivities that

are not advan!ing yor destiny" yor talents and yor

!ore genis. +ne of the $ays to help yo to make the

best se of yor time is to al$ays ask yorself the&estion' $hat is the best se of my time right no$P

Jon)t st do something be!ase others are doing it:

make p yor mind not to lose fo!s of things that make

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the $rong kind of people" they tend to drain yor energy"

!ase yo to dobt yor abilities and potentials.

19. /e ar! *orking:

Thomas dison said genis is 1O inspiration $hile

hard is 99O perspiration. To !ase yor genis to

emerge" yo mst be a hard $orker. dison made more

than 1000 e-periments to invent the ele!tri! blb that

$e enoy today. Dt took hard $ork and persisten!e. No

matter ho$ gifted or talented yo are" no matter the

level of yor DE" $ithot hard $ork" yor genis $illremain potential" it $ill never be released into

distingishing levels of prod!tivity and re!ognition. To

transform yor potential energy to kineti! energy" a!tion

is needed.

1'. You Aee! Persistence:

(hen yo are persistent" yo n!over things in yorlife that if yo had given p" yo $old never have

n!overed. *ersisten!e is $hat $ears ot the $alls of

resistan!e. Ho mst have the ability to bon!e ba!k

even in the fa!e of persistent failre.

1#. Develop 5el%-Discipline'(ithot self/dis!ipline" yo $ill se yor genis to do

things that $ill pt yo against la$ oZ!ers. Many

genises today are sing their genis to s!am. A person

$ho is not self/dis!iplined $ill try to se short !ts to

make it to the top. Lod never intended that $e se short

!ts to make it in life. Dn the pro!ess of a!hieving yor

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resort to short !ts" yo deprive yorself of the vale the

pro!ess shold have broght to yor life. Avoid all forms

of short !ts like making fradlent do!ments"

!onterfeiting" s!amming" theft" prostitting" et!. @o"

develop self/dis!ipline.

1=. Develop the a6it ;% Goal-5etting:

(hen yo set a goal" yor goal provokes some

dormant deposits and talents in yor life and releases

yo into a life of a!!omplishment. ,egin setting goals

today and before yo reali=e it" yo $ill psh the bordersof yor a!!omplishments in life. Loals release the po$er

of the la$ of attra!tion in yor life and before yo reali=e

it" yo $ill soon be a!!omplishing things that seemed too

diZ!lt be!ase the la$ of attra!tion is set in motion.

The habit of goal setting is one of the habits that

distingish failres and s!!esses and average people

from sper s!!essfl people. Bead to$ards be!oming asper s!!ess.

1?. +earn to /e Yoursel%:

Jon)t try to imitate others. Al$ays remember as Iohn

Mason says that imitation is limitation. earn to sear!h

deep do$n into yorself and see $hat is a!tally bried

$ithin yo $aiting for its release. Many yong people

sti>e their !reativity by trying to a!t like others ntil they

be!ome repli!as of others and their real self goes into a

!oma. (hen yo stop imitating others and de!ide to

seek deeper into the real yo" the dormant yo $ill

!ome ot of the !oma and start making $aves.

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1. +earn to 8aintain ,n6roken Focus:

Go!s is inevitable in the arena of s!!ess. Napoleon

Bill says the rst &ality of a s!!essfl person is the

&ality of a denite maor prpose. This means that yo

mst have an over riding fo!s and prpose of $hat yo

$ant to a!!omplish before yor death. This kind of fo!s

refses to take N+ for an ans$er. @!h a fo!s $ill

over!ome all kinds of obsta!les and flll the dream that

$as l!king in their minds. Go!s releases an nsal

amont of po$er and !reativity to get something done.

(hen a magnifying lens is fo!sed on a pie!e of paper

nder the bright sn" it !an set that paper on re. (hen

a ray of laser is !on!entrated it !an !t steel. Go!sing

on yor area of genis $ill release enormos energy"

!reativity and a!!omplishment.

7(. ill the a6it o% Procrastination:

*ro!rastination is the habit of postponing $hat !oldbe done today till tomorro$. The interesting thing is that

tomorro$ is al$ays in the near ftre bt it never

arrives. Dnstead of postponing $hat yo have to do

today" break p the $ork into si=able portions and do

$hat yo !an do today. Jo the little yo !an today ntil

yo $ill reali=e that the $hole $ork has been !ompleted.

%emember" never leave for tomorro$ $hat !an be donetoday.

71. +earning to /uil! Your 8omentum:

Momentm !an only be bilt $ith a!tion. (hen yo

have something to do and yo la!k the momentm to do

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Ho !an even start by playing $ith it or st arranging the

$ork so that yo $ill $ork on it" yo may de!ide st tobreak it p. (hen yo begin doing this" yo $ill nally

reali=e that momentm begins to be bilt and yo $ill

nally reali=e that yo are already doing $hat yo $erethinking of doing sometime in the ftre. Ho !an pll the

ftre into the present by gradally bilding yor

momentm. ately" D had nished $riting a parti!lar

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life sooner.

*rote!t yor mind by learning to pt yor mind

!onstantly on yor goal" not yor problem.

7#. /e $eacha6le an! &orrigi6le:

+ne of the $orst &alities D have seen in hman beings

is an ntea!hable spirit. D have seen a !ople of persons

$ho refse to learn from others. They al$ays believe

they kno$ everything. They $ill not listen to anyone $ho

!an help add kno$ledge to them. The desiderata says"

even the dll and the ignorant" they too have their story"so learn to listen to others. Df yo listen to others $ith a

hmble attitde" yo $ill generally learn from others

arond yo. Bo$ever" if yo have an insolent attitde

yo $ill miss ot on the $isdom others have to ooat into the air" $hy is it that it only fell to the grondP

(hen he started asking himself these &estions he !ame

ot $ith the la$ of gravity $hi!h says everything that

goes p mst !ome do$n. Dt $as not any s!ienti!

invention: it $as simply an in&isitive mind that led to

that dis!overy. Dt $as after this observation that Ne$ton

$ent on to dis!over on the la$s of motion.

@imilarly" $hen yo begin to ask &estions abot

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!onne!ting information in interesting $ays that $ill lead

to more !reativity and yor genis $ill be given room to

thrive and >orish.

7?. ,n!erstan!ing the &oncept o%

$he 8ultiple Intelligences

Bo$ard Lardner is the person $ho rst proponded

the !on!ept of the mltiple intelligen!es. A!!ording to his

resear!h" he dis!overed that some people $ere more

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their peers" $ho are good at !ommni!ating and $ho

seem to nderstand othersR feelings and motives possess

interpersonal intelligen!e.

5. Intrapersonal' These !hildren may be shy. Theyare very a$are of their o$n feelings and are self/

motivated.

MD Theory tea!hes parents and ed!ators to look for

signs of innate pre!o!iosness in !hildren and then to

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21. >e%use >eHection to 5top You:

Many people have given p in the prsit of their

dreams be!ase someone said No to them. Jon)t take

ree!tions personally. (hen someone trns yo do$n"

trn to the ne-t person $ho !an patroni=e yor servi!e"

sponsor yor proe!t or by yor prod!t. As yo psh

throgh yor ree!tions" yo $ill eventally nd the

person $ho believes in yor dream. The story of (alt

Jisney holds that he $ent to hndreds of banks to get

sponsorship for his dreams bt they trned him do$n. Dt

$as $hen he approa!hed abot the 300 th bank that

sponsorship !ame. Be refsed to let ree!tion stop him

ntil he s!!eeded. Jo like$iseF (hen he refsed to let

dis!oragement stop him" he $as doing himself a favor.

Dn the pro!ess" he developed !reativity to ask more

intelligently. Bis genis $as being released. Bad he

srrendered" his genis $old have died $ithot ever

having a vent for e-pression.

27. /ecome 0ssertive:

no$ $hat yo $ant and go for it. %efse to be prod

in life. Bo$ever" kno$ $hat yo $ant and !ondently go

after it. An assertive person is settled and !onvin!ed

abot $hat they $ant and ho$ to make it happen. (hen

yo are !ertain of $hat yo $ant and ho$ to get it" yorgenis is given an opportnity to sor.

22. 5ay Yes $o Failure:

JonRt be afraid of failre and never start. A!!ept initial

failres as yo go along. Dt $as be!ase Thomas dison

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dis!overed the in!andes!ent lamp. Ho shold be

!orageos enogh to fail in the pro!ess of yor ltimate

s!!ess. (hen yo refse to give in to failre" the option

yo $ill have in front of yo is s!!ess. Hor genis $ill

think p ne$ $ays to do $hat yo have already failed in.Dnstead of thinking abot yor past failre" think of $hat

yo !an do to !hange the sitation. As yo give yor

mind room to think" yo are a!tally tapping into yor

genis. Jon)t forget that anything $orth doing is $orth

failing in at rst.

29. $urn Your 8ess into a 8essage:

verybody has some messes in their lives bt if yo

persist long enogh and trn that seeming failre into

s!!ess" yo $old have trned yor mess into a

message that $ill inspire others to go after their dreams.

The areas yo have failed in !an trn ot to be the areas

yo $ill shake the $orld in. (hat yo have to do is learnthe lesson from yor mess. Ho $ill reali=e that yor

message is a!tally the story of yor mess edges pt

together.

2'. Discover Your 3oy:

Gind ot $hat e-!ites yo and $ork on it. %efse to be

!ompla!ent. Train yor passion and trn it into a nan!ialstream. (hen yo are doing $hat yo natrally like"

something that trns yo on" yor genis is natrally let

lose and !reativity is at its peak. et it lose by nding ot

yor oy.

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There is al$ays a temptation to fo!s on things that

frstrate s in bad times. Bo$ever" $hen yo !at!h the

se!ret" yo $ill kno$ that dring s!h moments" yo

mst refse to allo$ yor !ir!mstan!es to di!tate the

pa!e of yor life. Ce in to yor dreams to the point$here it be!omes yor maor distra!tion. ,e distra!ted

abot $hat or $ho yo are be!oming or $hat yor dream

is sho$ing yo instead of $hat yor !ir!mstan!es are

sho$ing yo. This pro!ess a!tivates !reativity" releases

yor genis and sets the la$ of attra!tion in motion.

2=. >eHect Discouragement:

Jis!oragement has one sor!e # the devil.

Jis!oragement dis!onne!ts yo from $hat is important

ahead to $hat is distrbing at the moment. Dt $eakens

yor resolve and sho$s yo that there is no $ay.

Jis!oragement is one of the mothers of depression and

depression is the mother of most !ases of si!ide. Ho!annot be dis!oraged and !reative at the same time.

Ho !annot be depressed and !reative at the same time.

@ti>e yor dis!oragement and like Javid" en!orage

yorself in the ord and rise from dis!oragement and

rise p $ith !orage. (hen yo defeat dis!oragement"

strength to prse yor dream is released and yo !an

re!over all $hat yo lost that led to the dis!oragement.+n the other hand" $hen yo are en!oraged or

!orageos" yor !reativity is pt to $ork and yor

genis begins to nd e-pression.

2?. $urn Your Day Into Your Year:

@ee the entire year" set goals" break them do$n to

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daily goals. Make sre yor day has a plan that ties $ith

the plan of the month that ties $ith the plan of the year

that ties $ith the plan of yor life. (hen yo fo!s on

performing at yor best today" yo reali=e that today is a

tiny nit of yor life. (hen yo give ea!h day a prpose"yor !reativity $ill be pt to $ork" yor time $ill be

highly tili=ed and yor dreams $ill !ome to pass.

@teve Chandler in 100 (ays to Motivate Horself

sggests that yo !a"e today a !aster#iece$ Be

&otes Iohn (ooden)s father $ho said to his son UMake

ea!h day yor masterpie!e.X Be $anted his son to see

that life is no$ not later. Creativity and motivation >o$s

from the importan!e $e atta!h to today. @teve says

UToday is a mi!ro!osm of yor entire life. Dt is yor entire

life in miniatre.X

2. 0sk uestions:

Dnstead of mrmring and !omplaining" ask &estions.@ee yorself as the boss" if yo $ere the boss" $hat $ill

yo doP %obert iyosaki in %i!h Jad *oor Jad says $hen

yo ask &estions" yo provoke yor mind to bring p

ans$ers. (hen yo dra$ !on!lsions" yo sht do$n

yor mind. @et yor !reativity loose by asking &estions

instead of being sbmerged by yor problems. Dnstead of

being nder the $eight of nan!ial diZ!lties and seeinghopeless sitations" ask yorself' U(hat !an D do to trn

this sitation arondPX @it do$n and think" yor !reative

genis may give yo soltions yo never thoght

e-isted.

9(. Develop an! >elease Your *ill Poer:

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Many people don)t provoke their pe!liar genis

be!ase they don)t a!kno$ledge and release their $ill

po$er. +ne thing yo shold kno$ is that everybody has

$ill po$er. Many people feel they don)t have $ill po$er

and they trn to be ndis!iplined and let their talentsand genis to lie nsed be!ase of this ignoran!e. Ho

have $ill po$er" $hat yo need to do is develop it. Hor

$ill po$er is like a ms!le that has to be developed.

Je!ide to do a small thing and make sre yo do it. Move

on to others. Create tra!k re!ords of nishing small

proe!ts. (hen yo pi!k p a book to read" make sre

yo nish it. (hen yo do this" yor genis is released asyor !onden!e soars in yor ability to do $hat yo $ant

to do.

91. >e%use to /e Pampere! an! /a6ie!:

Ho $ill hardly ever dis!over yor !reativity and

release yor genis in yor !omfort =one. Df yo havepeople $ho are too prote!tive of yo" they may limit yor

possibilities in life. earn to stand on yor o$n feet.

$he 5tory o% the $o &ats

@everal years ago $hile in the Sniversity doing my

,a!helors degree" or head of department gave s an

illstration that has never left my mind. There $ere t$o!ats born at the same time that $ere sed for an

e-periment. +ne $as petted" massaged and babied.

Liven milk and all $hat it needs everyday. Dt slept on the

!hair and bed $ith people. Mean$hile the other !at $as

given barely enogh to srvive. (hen it $as strongenogh to fend for itself" it $as thro$n ot of the hose.

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a!h time it !omes !loser" it $as beaten and pshed

a$ay. This !at learned srvival skills. Dt learned ho$ to

!at!h rats" li=ards and srvive by itself. The other !at

never learned to srvive by itself be!ase everything

$as available.+ne day" the t$o !ats $ere tested" the !at that $as

tormented $as thro$n in a big drm of $ater" the

moment it rea!hed the bottom it sprang ba!k p" landed

on the grond and disappeared. (hen the petted"

beloved !at $as pt inside the drm" it $as dro$ning

$aiting for a res!er. No one res!ed the !at so it died.

(hen yo fa!e diZ!lt moments that is a good time to

set yor genis loose. Jon)t be afraid of diZ!lties"

refse to be babied. %elease yor genis by stepping ot

even $hen it is diZ!lt.

97. $urn Your /ack ;n $he &ro!:

%efse to $alk the path of the !ro$d" it is said that ifyo $ant to lead the or!hestra" yo mst trn yor ba!k

on the !ro$d. %efse to follo$ the !ro$d. Lreat eagles

hnt alone" learn to be all by yorself to the e-tent that

yo are introd!ed to yorself. D don)t remember in

history $here a mob a!tally did a right thing. The

maority is often doing the $rong thing. earn not to

follo$ $hat the maority are follo$ing. Gollo$ yorpassion" do $hat is meaningfl to yor prpose of

e-isten!e. The more yo !onne!t to yor prpose" the

more the gra!e of Lod is released" the more yor genis

is being e-pressed.

92. Aever $hink ;% >etirement:

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Many people think of retirement as the end. (hen yo

are !on!erned by retirement" yo sti>e yor !reative

genis. Make p yor mind that yo are going to be

sefl till the day yor sign ot of this $orld. Df the

!ompany yo are $orking for retires yo" nd another$ay to keep releasing yor !reativity. The more yo keep

sing yor brains the more it keeps yo yong and

prod!tive.

Dt has been noti!ed that many people)s old age is

speeded p dring the rst ve years of their retirement.

Many even die dring the rst fe$ years be!ase of the

stress they did not prepare themselves for. Ho are too

loaded and valable to be pt on the shelf of retirement.

Dnstead of retiring" de!ide to rere.

99. DonJt /e ,ncom%orta6le 0t /eing

,nemploye!:

(hen yo are nemployed" these are some of the bestmoments in yor life. This sets yor mind loose to think

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9'. 5eek to /ecome $otally ,nemploya6le:

+ne of the $ays to thro$ yorself in the open seas of

dis!overies and set yor genis lose is to make p yor

mind to be!ome totally nemployable. This means that

yo train yorself to the level $here one person nds it

diZ!lt to employ and keep yo" they !an only hire yor

servi!es per time and leave yo alone to fo!s on yor

!reative ability. This makes yo a !reator" not merely a

!onsmer. Train yorself to be!ome a !onsltant. %elease

yor genis to be so valable that one person nds it

diZ!lt to employ and pay yo. *eter Janiels rose from

an illiterate bri!k layer to a !onsltant to presidents and

nations. (hi!h !ompany !an employ him todayP Ho !an

only !onslt and pay for his servi!es. That is $hat D

mean.

9#. $hink Financial In!epen!ence >ather $han

3o6 5ecurity:Many people tie themselves do$n to poverty be!ase

they look more for ob se!rity than nan!ial

independen!e. @omeone $ho goes for nan!ial freedom

does not ever settle and be!ome !omplaisant $ith their

ob and their salary. (hen yo go for nan!ial freedom" it

sets yor mind lose and releases yor genis to blossom.

9=. Focus Your 8in! ;n *hat You *ant

Aot *hat You ate'

Many people have not reali=ed the trap of fo!sing

their mind on $hat they hate. (hen yo fo!s yor

mind on $hat yo hate abot yor life" yo abse yor

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debts yo have to pay" fo!s on the prosperity yo so

desire. *rosperity $ill normally pset yor bills of debts.

Jeliberately fo!s yor mind on yor desires" not $hat

yo hate. This looses yor !reative genis to be free to

$ork to$ards the obe!t of yor dreams.

9?. >i! Your 8in! ;% 0ll Aegative Emotions'

Negative emotions like hatred" anger" revenge

boomerang against yo be!ase they are like a!id that

eats p the !ontainer that holds it. %id yor mind of

every negative emotion and yo $ill reali=e that yor!reative genis is given $ings to soar as high as it !an

go.

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Ioseph $as rebked for dreaming too big bt it $as Lod

at $ork even thogh his parents !old not see it thenP

'1. 0sk L*hat I%M in the >everse:

Many people often ask the U(hat ifX &estion in the

$ay that sti>es their !reativity. Many people ask $hat if D

fail in this ventreP (hat if D don)t make it this proe!t.X

This $ay of asking U$hat ifX pts yo in a defensive and

$eak position. earn to ask the &estion in yor favor.

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'2. Ignore $ra!ition:

Tradition has the ability to keep one)s mind st!k in the

$ay things have ever been done. Bo$ever" $hen yo

break the bondaries of tradition and ask U(hi!h other

$ay !an this thing be donePX Ist be an eternal optimist"

believe that there is al$ays a $ay. %efse to be st!k in

impossibility. The more yo believe in Lod)s possibility in

the times of impossibility" the more yo set yor genis

in motion. Ho be!ome nsally !reative and hyper

prod!tive $hen yo are optimisti!.

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Biogra(hies of Geniuses Being)*akened

%iogra#hy Challenge &o$ '

%eter +, Daniels- .ro/ 0lliterate Bricklayer To0nternational Consultant and Motivator

*eter I. Janiels" $as born in 1932 in Adelaide" Astralia.

Bis family $as third generation $elfare re!ipients" he has

t$o al!oholi! brothers" 8 fathers and 2 mothers. Many of

his relatives have been in ail. Be failed at every grade ins!hool All throgh his s!hool years he $as told by his

tea!hers" parti!larly Miss *hillips" that he $as a stpid

boy and $old never amont to anything. The negative

impa!t that Miss *hilips had on yong Janiels $as so

deep that $hen he $rote his rst book he said UMiss

*hilips" yo $ere $rongFX As a si!kly !hild $ith nmeros

illnesses he $as diagnosed as having 7acute d#slexia8.At the age of 18 he $as nally so dis!oraged that he

left s!hool moving from ob to ob nsettled and

dissatised and by 27 years old" he $ond p as an

illiterate and $orked as a bri!k/layer)s assistant.

At 27 years of age he $as hopelessly in debt" he $as

invited to a ,illy Lraham meeting $here he rel!tantly

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199. Be attribtes his life !hange and sbse&ent

s!!ess to that meeting. Jring that meeting" ,illy

Lraham said if yo a!!ept Iess as ord and @avior of

yor life yo $ill be!ome a ne$ !reatre. Be said after

talking it over $ith the evangelist D sddenly reali=ed D$as e&al $ith all men before Lod. Dt $as then he

started his $alk $ith Christ and Lod gave him the

revelation that he $as 7te son of a $ing.8

Be left that meeting $ith an nsal determination to

be!ome all that Lod intended for him.

@lo$ly he began to transform himself. Be $anted to

provide for his family so he got a ob as a salesman and

began to e-!el in the !ompany" thogh still illiterate. Be

hopelessly tried to read and $rite bt he !oldn)t. At 2;

he enrolled in a !lass of 18 and 1 year olds to learn and

$as laghed at for his la!k of !omprehension. Be $old

try and read $ords in the di!tionary getting a friend to

tell him $hat the $ord $as" and then ask a se!ond to

make sre the rst $asn)t lyingF Throgh prayer"

desperation" repetition" and sheer $illpo$er things

started to sti!k. Be dis!overed that the !ind is li"e a

!uscle, the !ore you use it the stronger it gets.

Be then read 2"000 biographies of s!!essfl people and

did personal stdies in $ar" behavioral s!ien!e" politi!s"

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motivational servi!es are to this day in high demand

arond the $orld. Be s!!essflly managed to bild a

large real estate bsiness in Astralia and @oth ast

Asia and serves as a dire!tor and !hairman on a range of

international boards. @oon the leaders of \Third/(orld)!ontries $ere !alling on Mr. Janiels and his !orporation

to help trn their nations from bankrpt!y and poverty to

$ellness and prosperity.

Today he is a billionaire" a motivational speaker and is

often referred to as an international bsiness statesman.

Be has re!eived many honors from niversities"

theologi!al !olleges" governments" bsinesses and

hmanitarian organisations arond the $orld.

Today he is a $orld re!ogni=ed athority on leadership"

personal development and goal setting. Be is personally

$ealthy" benevolent" and has a \no debt) philosophy. Bis

family o$ns the only private/o$ned gold and silver

bllion bank in the $orld.

*eter I. Janiels is one of the $orld)s most highly paid

strategi! planners and pbli! speakers. T$o !ompanies

have paid him a million dollars for advi!e. The s!!ess of

his program has been so phenomenal that he e-!laims"

\very 8; hors" gifts arrive from Christian bsiness

people $hom D have helped to trn into millionaires.)

The bsiness !ommnity has said of him" \he !oldmotivate an gyptian mmmy to $alk). Be has re!eived

many honors from niversities" theologi!al !olleges"

governments" bsiness and hmanitarian organi=ations

arond the $orld" and is a genis for !reating simple

bsiness formlas to solve diZ!lt problems.

Thosands >o!k to hear him speak. Be has le!tred to an

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organi=ations" and all $ho have the opportnity to kno$

him !on!lde that *eter I. Janiels is \a man $ho loves

Iess and his family).

Janiels has athored over thirteen books and more

!oming6" in!lding Bo$ to %ea!h Hor ife Loals and Bo$to be Bappy Thogh %i!h. Bis books sell at a franti! pa!e

arond the $orld. +ne tape re!ording on en!oragement

has rea!hed over one million !opies.

Jes!ribed by Jr. Norman ?in!ent *eale as the best

speaker in the $orld" Janiels has been speaking on

personal development for over 30 years.

*eter I. Janiels has been to!hing the lives of millions of

people" not only in the bsiness !ommnity" bt people

from all $alks of life" $ith life/!hanging gidan!e and

sond" fo!sed leadership. Janiels has re!eived

nmeros national and international a$ards.

Janiels got married to his $ife %obina in 19 and has

three !hildren and eight grand!hildren.Gor Janiels to have a !hanged life" he believed in the

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%iogra#hy Challenge &o$ ''

1ictor 2erebriakoff- ) Dunce ho)ccidentally Discovered HisGenius

?i!tor @erebriako< $as born on +!tober 15 in

Camber$ell" ondon" the eldest son of ?ladimir and thel

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army.

?i!tor @eribriako< $as a dn!e. Bis tea!hers believed

he had no !han!e of ever nishing s!hool" m!h less of

nding meaningfl employment. @o ?i!tor s!!mbed to

the destiny others had pres!ribed for him. Be droppedot of s!hool and got a ob as an oZ!e !lerk at a lmber

!ompany" bt he $as soon dismissed for la!k of attention

to detail. Be then $orked as a manal laborer" $ith

periods of nemployment dring the Jepression.

Be $orked odd obs here and there" living on the streets

$ith no goal beyond day/to/day srvival. At 32 years old"

the son of a %ssian father and a Co!kney mother"

@erebriako< still $orking as a manal $orker" his

intelligen!e $as Ua!!identallyX revealed dring an army

test for re!ritment.

Be $as late getting into (orld (ar DD. +n the

standardi=ed Army intelligen!e test" he learned that he

had an D.E. of at least 171" as high as the s!ale $ent. TheArmy assigned him to train re!rits in its tea!hing !orps.

After the $ar he refsed a !ommission leaving the army

in 1985 and $ent ba!k to the timber bsiness" inventing

a ma!hine for grading timber and introd!ing metri!

measrements. Be be!ame the manager of a sa$mill"

and nder the pen name ?i!tor @erry he $rote RR,ritish

@a$milling *ra!ti!e"RR and other e-!iting titles asMetri!ation Dn The ,ritish Timber Dndstry and ,ritish

@a$milling *ra!ti!e among other timber/related volmes.

After he $orked in the timber indstry" be!oming kno$n

for introd!ing atomati! grading of timber for strength"

eventally selling ma!hines $orld $ide. Dn the 1950s he

led a ,ritish delegation to a timber metri!ation

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After the standardi=ed DE test" ?i!ktor reali=ed that he

$as a genisF ?i!tor $ondered ho$ that !old be" yet he

believed the $ritten reslts" he $as told that people $ith

this DE $ere $riters" inventors" et!. Be believed the

reslts and immediately began $riting" inventing" anddeveloping s!!essfl bsiness ventres. Be $as sho$n

an advertisement by his $ife Mary for Mensa" the so!iety

spposedly for people of high intelligen!e. ventally

@erebriako< ndertook a Mensa test" entered the

organisation and eventally being ele!ted as !hairman of

the Mensa @o!iety" a grop that re&ires an DE of 180 or

more.

@erebriako< inherited an organisation $ith a membership

$hi!h had shrnk to a handfl. ,t he advertised"

pbli!ised" and the nmbers started to gro$ again" $ith

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greatest pride in his book Brain in $hi!h he set ot a

theory of ho$ the brain operates.

] ?i!tor @erebriakoy. There is too m!h body mass for the $ing

span they have. Gortnately" the bmblebee doesnRt

believe a $ord of itF (ho do yo see in the mirrorP A

dn!e or someone $ho rises above !ir!mstan!es and

otherRs e-pe!tationsP ,ring ot the genis in yorself bybelieving in $hat Lod has made yo to beF

Ho !an pt a limit on yo by the ignoran!e of $ho yo

really are. Bo$ever" Lod has left yo an open !he!k

abot yor potential. Dt is left for yo to rise as high as

yo !an. All yo need to do is believe $hat Lod says

abot yo" not $hat man says.

%emember" $ith Lod" all things are possible.

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Brain Tracy- .ro/ "abouring +obsto ) orld Reno*ned 2(eaker

,rian $as born in Charlotteto$n" *..D." Canada in 1988.

Bis parents moved to Toronto $here his father $as a

professor of s!lptre at the Sniversity of Toronto. Dn

192" his parents moved $ith their three boys to

*omona" California $here ,rian gre$ p to the age

of 17.Tra!y)s family strggled nan!ially and had very fe$

l-ries in life. Be $as a high s!hool drop ot and started

his !areer as a laborer" $orking in several physi!ally

demanding obs dring his teenage years.

Bis story is one of the motivational stories that assres

everyone that yo !an move from the lo$est point to the

highest by follo$ing the right prin!iples.et)s hear him tell s his story in :at tat ;rog'

D started o< in life $ith fe$ advantages" aside from a

!rios mind. D did poorly in s!hool and left $ithot

gradating. D $orked at laboring obs for several years.

My ftre did not appear promising.

As a yong man" D got a ob on a tramp freighter and

$ent o< to see the $orld. Gor eight years" D traveled and

$orked" and then traveled some more" eventally

visiting more than eighty !ontries on ve !ontinents.

(hen D !old no longer nd a laboring ob" D got into

sales" kno!king on doors" $orking on straight

!ommission. D strggled from sale to sale ntil D began

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looking arond me and asking" U(hy is it that other

people are doing better than D amPX

Then D did something that !hanged my life. D $ent and

asked other s!!essfl people $hat they $ere doing. And

they told me. And D did $hat they advised me to do" andmy sales $ent p. ventally" D be!ame so s!!essfl

that they made me a sales manager. As a sales manager"

D sed the same strategy. D fond ot $hat other

s!!essfl managers $ere doing and then did it myself.

This pro!ess of learning and applying $hat D had learned

!hanged my life. D am still ama=ed at ho$ simple and

obvios it is. Ist nd ot $hat other s!!essfl people

do and do the same things ntil yo get the same

reslts. (o$F (hat an idea.

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(ithin one year of starting in sales" D $as a top

salesman. A year after D $as made a manager" D $as a

vi!e/president in !harge of a 9 person sales for!e in si-

!ontries. D $as t$enty/ve years old. +ver the years" D

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martial arts e-perts to gain his bla!k belt in @hotokan

arate.

,rian sa#s =I>ve found tat luc$ is 2uite "redictale. If

#ou %ant more luc$, ta$e more cances. Be more active.

So% u" more often.=,rian Tra!y eventally $ent on to earn his Masters

Jegree in ,siness at the Sniversity of Alberta in his 30s.

Be then $orked in real estate development" atomobile

importation and distribtion" marketing" sales"

advertising" training" and !onslting. ,efore !oming the

Chief +perating +Z!er of a !ompany $ith ^27 million in

assets and had more than ^5 million in sales annally.,rian has been on !ontless television and radio sho$s"

and is featred reglarly in maor pbli!ations a!ross the

!ontry" and overseas.

,rian Tra!y says=I elieve tat troug learning and

a""lication of %at #ou learn, #ou can solve an#

"rolem, overcome an# ostacle and acieve an# goal

tat #ou can set for #ourself.=,rian Tra!y is happily married to his $ife ,arbara and

lives in @an Jiego $ith their 8 !hildren.

Be talks abot personal and professional development

$ith the people in D,M" Ged-" Be$lett *a!kard"

Caterpillar and *epsiCo. Be is a $orld)s foremost thoght

leader on personal and bsiness s!!ess.

5ome o% /rain $racyJs Famous uotes areUMove ot

of yor !omfort =one. Ho !an only gro$ if yo are $illing

to feel a$k$ard and n!omfortable $hen yo try

something ne$.X

/ UNever say anything abot yorself yo do not $ant to

!ome tre.X

/ UJe!isiveness is a !hara!teristi! of high/performing

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men and $omen. Almost any de!ision is better than no

de!ision at all.X

/ UThose people $ho develop the ability to !ontinosly

a!&ire ne$ and better forms of kno$ledge that they !an

apply to their $ork and to their lives $ill be the moversand shakers in or so!iety for the indenite ftre.X

/ U@!!essfl people tend to be!ome more s!!essfl

be!ase they are al$ays thinking abot their s!!esses.X

/ UDf yo !onsistently and persistently do the things that

other s!!essfl people do" nothing in the $orld !an stop

yo from being a big s!!ess also.X

,rian has no$ travelled and $orked in more than 100

!ontries on si- !ontinents" and speaks for langages.

,rian is married to ,arbara and has for !hildren:

Christina" Mi!hael" Javid" and Catherine. Be is a!tive in

!ommnity and national aen!er A$ards in eaders/ @mall

bsiness Dn>en!ers.

Be is the Chairman and C+ of ,rian Tra!y Dnternational"

a !ompany spe!iali=ing in the training and

development of individals and organi=ations.

%iogra#hy Challenge &o$ '(

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Retardation to a %rolific 0nventor

Thomas dison $as born on Gebrary 11" 1;85 in Milan"+hio: the seventh and last !hild of @amel and Nan!y

dison.

,e!ase of his si!knesses" the familyRs nan!ial sitation"

and its relo!ation" dison did not start s!hool ntil he

$as abot eight years old. Be rst attended the private

s!hool of %everend L.,. ngle. Snfortnately" he $as a

restless ppil and did not perform $ell. Be disliked the

rote tea!hing methods and the la!k of >e-ibility. Dn

s!hool" the yong disonRs mind often $andered" and his

tea!her" the %everend ngle" $as overheard !alling him

addled. This ended disonRs three months of oZ!ial

s!hooling. dison re!alled later" My mother $as the

making of me. @he $as so tre" so sre of me: and D felt D

had something to live for" someone D mst not

disappoint. Bis mother taght him at home. M!h of his

ed!ation !ame from reading %.L. *arkerRs Scool of

9atural !iloso"#.

(hen the tea!hers !laimed that he $as a slo$ !hild" his

mother took him ot of s!hool and began tea!hing him

herself at home. Jespite $hat the tea!hers tried to sayabot dison" his mother en!oraged him to believe in

himself. Be eventally !ame to believe in his intelligen!e.

Bis mother taght him reading" $riting" and arithmeti! at

home.

At the age of t$elve his s!hooling ended $hen he took a

ob as a !andy bt!her on the Lrand Trnk %ailroad"

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passengers.

Be $as also a very !rios boy and taght himself m!h

by reading on his o$n. Bis father introd!ed him to his

o$n favorite philosopher" Thomas *aine. %eading

be!ame a passion" and dison read e-tensively"espe!ially poplar s!ien!e periodi!als and novels. ater

on" as an adlt" he $old take this same approa!h in

doing resear!h for his inventions" sometimes spending

days in the library. Be read vora!iosly and did not

hesitate to stdy te-ts from all elds of learning. This

belief in self/improvement remained throghot his life.

Be also had the opportnity at this time to learn ho$ to

operate a telegraph. ,y the time he $as si-teen" dison

$as pro!ient enogh to $ork as a telegrapher fll time.

dison $orked in a nmber of !ities throghot the

Snited @tates before arriving in ,oston in 1;7;. Bere

dison began to !hange his profession from telegrapher

to inventor. Be $as an in&isitive boy $ho begane-perimenting at an early age.

Be started losing his hearing at an early age. Be later

said that his deafness $as a!tally an assetF Be said it

allo$ed him to $ork $ith less distra!tion and to sleep

deeply" ndistrbed by otside sonds.

As a teenager dison $as very enterprising. Dn *ort

Bron he opened t$o stands selling ne$spapers andmaga=ines and hired other boys to rn them. UGor abot

si- months in 1;72 he also pblished his o$n ne$spaper"

the ?ee$l# @erald,$hi!h he printed in the baggage !ar

of the train $ith the help of a friendly !ond!tor. Dt

!on!erned itself largely $ith lo!al ne$s and railroad

matters and attra!ted many sbs!ribers along the Lrand

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@ome of the prots dison re!eived from his varios

bsinesses $ent into bilding a small laboratory for his

resear!h.

dison began his !areer as an inventor in Ne$ark" Ne$

Iersey" $ith the atomati! repeater and his otherimproved telegraphi! devi!es" bt the invention that rst

gained him noti!e $as the phonographin 1;55. This

a!!omplishment $as so ne-pe!ted by the pbli! at

large as to appear almost magi!al. dison be!ame

kno$n as The (i=ard of Menlo *ark" Ne$ Iersey.

The &adrple- telegraph $as disonRs rst big nan!ial

s!!ess" and Menlo *ark be!ame the rst instittion set

p $ith the spe!i! prpose of prod!ing !onstant

te!hnologi!al innovation and improvement. dison $as

legally attribted $ith most of the inventions prod!ed

there" thogh many employees !arried ot resear!h and

development nder his dire!tion. Bis sta< $as generally

told to !arry ot his dire!tions in !ond!ting resear!h"

and he drove them hard to prod!e reslts.

no$n more for his foremost invention # the

in!andes!ent lamp" dison says Bammer $as a pioneer

of in!andes!ent ele!tri! lighting. Grank I. @prage" a

!ompetent mathemati!ian and former naval oZ!er" $as

re!rited by d$ard B. Iohnsonand oined the dison

organi=ation in 1;;3. +ne of @prageRs !ontribtions tothe dison aboratory at Menlo *ark $as to e-pand

disonRs mathemati!al methods. Jespite the !ommon

belief that dison did not se mathemati!s" analysis of

his notebooks reveal that he $as an astte ser of

mathemati!al analysis !ond!ted by his assistants s!h

as Gran!is %obbins Spton" for e-ample" determining the

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in!lding lamp resistan!e by an analysis of +hmRs a$"

IoleRs a$and e!onomi!s.

To sho$ his optimisti! attitde" it is reported that at the

time dison had done 500 e-periments in the pro!ess of

inventing the in!andes!ent lamp the blb6 a Ne$ Horkne$spaper intervie$ed him and asked him UBo$ does it

feel like to have failed 500 times trying to invent an

ele!tri! lamentPX Bis ans$er $as revealing. This $as his

ans$er UD have not failed" not even on!e. D have only

dis!overed 500 $ays that do not $ork. (hen D mst have

eliminated all the $ays that don)t $ork" D $ill dis!over

the $ay that $orks.X dison $as an optimist.

Living thinking a premim in his life" over his desk"

dison displayed a pla!ard $ith @ir Iosha %eynoldsR

famos &otation' There is no e-pedient to $hi!h a man

$ill not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.X This

slogan $as reptedly posted at several other lo!ations

throghot the fa!ility.

dison" $ho began $ith several disadvantages" ended p

a $orld reno$ned inventor $ith several a$ards from

several sor!es. +ne of them" the *residentof theThird

Gren!h %epbli!"Iles Lr_vy" on the re!ommendation of

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in @istor#" a list of the most in>ential gres in history.

6ifemaga=ine S@A6" in a spe!ial doble isse in 1995"

pla!ed dison rst in the list of the 100 Most Dmportant

*eople in the ast 1000 Hears" noting that the light blb

he promoted lit p the $orld.

Dn the 200 television series Te Greatest *merican" he

$as voted by vie$ers as the fteenth/greatest.

Thomas dison died of !ompli!ations of diabetes on

+!tober 1;" 1931" in his home.

dison)s story tells every dreamer that those dreams !an

!ome to pass if they $ake p and step ot $ith faith inLod and faith in $ho Be has made them to be and

be!ome all that $e $ere made to do.

Ho are more loaded than yo !an ever imagine. @tep ot

today and bring yor dream into reality. Thomas dison

did it. @o shold yo. And yes" yo !an.

%utting )ll The Co/(onentsTogether

Df yo are observant enogh" yo mst have reali=ed

that there are many talented and gifted persons in or

!ommnity $ho have done nothing more than

dis!over that they have some ni&e gifts and talents

or the pe!liar genis.

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pe!liar genis" yo need to release it for e-ponential

prod!tivity. +ne of the &alities yo need is

persisten!e.

Persistenceis a &ality that many miss ot the ra!e

of distin!tion. *ersisten!e is the ability to keep

pressing on even $hen the reslts may not be

impressive at the moment.

Another important &ality that is !riti!al is the &ality

of patien!e.. Many people start ot on a good !orsebt st be!ase the reslts do not !ome as fast as

they e-pe!ted them.

D $as listening to Andre$ (omma!k $ho said most of

the ministries or !hr!hes that gro$ so fast phase ot

e&ally as fast as they gre$ be!ase many of themla!k integrity and !hara!ter. My dear friend" patien!e

is a &ality that is la!king these days and people

de!ide to take short !ts.

Many yong people $ho get involved in s!amming

are demonstrating a &ality of la!k of patien!e. They

may gro$ fast bt they $ill e&ally phase ot as fast

as they gre$.

earn to take the normal road and be patient $hen

the reslts don)t !ome as fast as yo e-pe!ted.

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My riting Career Has Taken Ti/eD $ill like to say something abot myself and my

$riting !areer. Those $ho have read my books $ill not

dobt that Lod has given me a talent in $riting. My

books and radio programs are edifying and bring in

tens of testimonies every $eek.

Bo$ever" D $ill like to let yo kno$ that it has not

been the easiest. At times D have been in deep need

and D $ill la!k some basi! ne!essities. Dn the midst ofall of these" D de!ided to keep at it even in

dis!oraging moments.

D $rote the rst book thinking that break throgh $ill

!ome from there" ho$ever nobody even seemed to

re!ogni=e $hat D had.D $rote the se!ond and nothing seemed to !hange. D

$rote and pblished the third and forth yet nothing

!hanged.

D $rote and pblished the fth and the si-th yet very

little !hanged.

D $rote the seventh and it $as like D provoked troble.

D fond myself at the end. Dt $as like nothing $ill

!hange. ,t $hen D pblished the eighth" ninth and

tenth" it $as like a $hole ne$ $orld emerged for me in

my $riting and speaking ministries.

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*eople have been !alling me to speak in their !amps"

!hr!hes" tea!h in their bible stdies" et!. My books

have been in very high demand ntil D have not been

able to meet the demand and many pla!es.

Dt took persisten!e and moving in the right dire!tion.

(oodro$ (ilson on!e said UD $old rather fail in a

!orse that $old ltimately s!!eed than s!!eed in

a !orse that $old ltimately fail.X D $as prepared

and de!ided to s!!eed in my $riting ministry nomatter the !ost. And today" thank Lod doors are

opening. And this D believe is still the tip of the i!e

berg as the $orld happens to be my parish. There is no

limit to ho$ far one !an go.

) Business /an ho Cracked the2hell of His Business Genius

(hen D released this book" D fond one of the persons

$ho took part in the lan!hing reading the book so

an-iosly. D asked him" is the book delivering $hat it

promisesP D did not reali=ed that D $as abot to get

some insight that $ill end p enri!hing this book even

more.

This bsinessman told me that $hen he started his

bsiness" bying and selling !o!oa. Be raised some

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line. Be invested 3 million fran!s in the store bt he

$ill !ome and sit there the $hole day and sell only

abot si- thosand fran!s. *eople !ame and

en!oraged him to !all o< the bsiness and do

something else. Be !ontined and kept learning and

improving and by the time he $as talking to me" he

said the day he does not sell m!h" he sells abot

300"000 fran!s.

Dt took patien!e and persisten!e and today he isreaping the frits.

Many people are in the right profession" right

environment bt impatien!e stops them from ever

breaking throgh the shell of their ni&e genis.

The ne-t &ality that !annot be left ot is selfdis!ipline. Df yo don)t learn to dis!ipline yorself" no

matter the skills and talents yo possess" yo $old

end p a non entity despite the fa!t that the $orld

!old have been at yor feet.

Another &ality yo need is that of an nbroken

fo!s. no$ $hat yo $ant and be prepared to pay

the pri!e to get it at all !ost.

Ho need to be determined to do $hat is re&ired to

get $hat is needed.

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family and sho$ed him that it is Bis heart beat. Dnobedien!e to that vision" he started organising Gamilynri!hment @eminars to help singles prepare for as!!essfl marriage" !oples to enri!h their marriage

relationship and parents to give their !hildren themotivational pbringing that $ill bring glory to Lodand bring ot the best from the !hildren.

Ho may e&ally !all s if yo $ant these seminars tobe organised in yor !hr!h for yor singles or marriedpeople.

To avoid any !lashes and ensre properprogramming" !onta!ts shold be made $ell ahead oftime. Call a !ople of months or $eeks before theprogram.

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