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Change Happens - Read This Book

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This book comes highly on my list and has kept me very productive  this year. The story would make you laugh and teach you valuable lessons about having a productive life, the values of change and why it's bad to be complacent. When I was first given the book, I looked at the person in disbelief with a facial expression like " Do I Look Like A Child ?" but my friend assisted that I read the book and I would love it, well I did since it was such a small book; it wouldn't kill me to read it right ?. And boy did I love the story; one of my best reads yet :) Who Moved My Cheese is a simple story about four characters who live in a maze.  Their very purpose for being is the pursuit and enjoyment of “Cheese” . Many of you can associate this Cheese with Religion, Jobs, Relationships, Money, etc whatever is your "Cheese". Early on in their lives, all four characters discover “Cheese Station C”; a great wealth of cheese that they enjoy for a very long time.

Missing In Action At Times - Email Me

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Hey Lovely Readers, I just started University recently so bare with me if I miss a few days in a row without posting some cool insightful stuff, that would help you become a more productive being to society; hence I say to society, and, not personal development, but more of your social calling. We live in a world today that's consume with chasing personal gains and accomplishments while neglecting the most important thing God created on this planted which is the human being. I believe you must look at humanity in everything you do in order to live a more fulfilling life. Research has proven that humans are at their happiest when they are around other human beings; money, marriage, and degrees were all tested but the highest happy rating came when humans socialize with friends and family. I'm not surprise by this at all; but this might kill your mood, reading this; OH WELL. Moving on.. Yes I'm famous for going off topic, as we know by now but, don't you just enjo

Living A More Relax Life - READ THIS BOOK !!!

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One day I was given this book by one of my managers who at the time wanted to be my mentor well that didn't work out to our liking , but, the book was definitely eye opener.  The Four Agreements is a very basic and easy book to read even a toddler would be able to grasp the knowledge of the book. It's funny how the simple things in life truly brings you  the most joy and satisfaction. The book works on self development using four agreements with yourself that will propel to living a happier, less stressful life. To be honest, 99percent of the things we stress about is self inflicted stress meaning, because we lack knowledge of the situation we stress about it. That's all it truly is, is knowledge; you go to church and seminars to get knowledge to deal with your life problems correct ? Exactly!! Someone who is stressed a lot is usually someone of low intellect, "Well I have a degree, I have knowledge why am I so stressed then" one may say. Oh boy these people !!

C.R.E.A.M

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C.R.E.A.M - Cash Rules Everything Around Me !!          All started with me and my mother having a conversation about money, now my mom is very into her bible like most people of her generation, church is a way of life. Here's how the conversation went: Me : I have this book that will teach you how to make money, you know be more conscious of how you spend it. Mom : You know money is the root to all evil ? Me : Well, yes but I believe the love of money is though Mom : *Thinks* well yes the love of money, well how to explain Jesus actions when he saw people making money and he destroyed the shop. Me: He did that because they was selling those things in the Holy Temple. Mom : *Thinks* Slightly Agrees                What my mom failed to understand is that we "Human Beings' control money so what money does is a reflection of oursleves. No one makes clothes anymore so we need money for that, no one rides horses anymore, we need taxi money,a car or a bike

Watch What You Say!!

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                 I am a lover of Chinese culture, it's so rich and well maintained, lol I'm getting chills just writing about it now. China is definitely on my bucket list; who wants to join me on this awesome journey ? Okay moving on, this quote is one of my favorites from Lao Tzu( Google Him ), a  philosopher and poet of ancient China; he has a lot of interesting quotes worth thinking on but today I will mediated of this particular one here.                    It is said that the first 20 minutes of your day is the most important time of the day which is why most religions indulged in early morning worship. It's when the brain is rebooting or putting together its thought process. What you put into your mind during this rebooting stage, determines how the rest of your day is going to go. For me personally, my morning routine is prayer, bible verse and a motivational speech or sermo n. It gets me really pumped up for the day. If you are going to live the life you alway

I Will Become A Speaker

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                I believe in the will to succeed, back in 2010 I wrote down what I wanted the next ten years of my life to be, what I wanted to accomplish, I highlighted all my strengths and weaknesses and I still have that paper with me; 3 pages to how I was going to change my life.                You have to begin to speak things into existence, if you want to better your life and if you don't speak it, at least write it down somewhere, and, if your memory is as good as mines, you probably don't have to be reminded everyday on your goals. Goals setting is something I've been doing for over a decade, since high school, and it honestly works; it's like the universe responds to you once you tell it " This is what I passionately want" now it doesn't always come the way you want it to come but it will happen; PATIENCE.             Patience is a virtue, you have to have it when you are chasing your dreams or going after something you really want. Think

What is Open Thought??

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                The name came to me while I was in Orlando in November 2013 visiting my aunt for Thanks Giving; my first Thanks Giving to, though I will never celebrate it again ( found out something disturbing about the festival). Anyway, yes the name " Open Thought" came from this weird idea that I could change the world by getting people to be more open mined about their lives and thinking. It sounds stupid but what if I told you it actually worked hmmmm.                    With any great movement, you need a team so I assembled two(Nolz &Melky) of some of the brightest minds in my country (Turks and Caicos Islands) to help me formulate this weird idea and by my surprise they agreed; I wasn't expecting that but oh well here goes. So the agreement happened and the official group was formed on April 8th 2014 and we immediately got to work. Each month we would gather information and equipment needed to launch our project. And September 18th was the day we offic

What Doesn't Kill You, Makes You Stronger

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             O ne of my mentors just sent me this photo and it made me think about all the problems and difficulties I encountered in my last job. In my mind I'm like " I made it through" can't believe I actually got through it and kept my sanity lol but seriously I'm sure most of us at one point of our lives had a job that drained the living life out of  us; shout out to the conquerors . Today is a celebration,  I'm free from that place and it didn't come easy.              W alking by faith and not by sight, you have to see yourself already out of that job, doing what you want to do and then work towards the vision. The first step starts with the vision, you have to work on your visionary process and listen for the Universe. Yes your vision must be confirmed by the Universe so that you know God is supportting it.                  V ision must exist before the action; you have to dedicate at least 20 minutes a day to envisioning the life you wan

Today My Life Begins

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Today I begin my journey, well I shouldn't say begin, because I started my journey about 4 years ago and here I am now. Today I am officially unemployed from a place I didn't want to be and now I am going to live the life I always wanted to live; feels a little scary saying that "WOW" lol. *Deep Breathe* Let's Do This !!! This is my Theme Song for today ENJOY!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsqpdsgJxDc Welcome to my blog " Beneath The Surface" which will help you and me live the lives we always wanted to live as I reveal to you all the secrets, tricks, books, stories, tutorials, well anything that will help you become a better person in life. I'm also offering development coaching and counseling if you really really really need the help in discovering your gifts,advice on dream chasing  or any personal development help. I am full of life experiences and in this blog you will see how deep I can really go hence the name "Beneath The Surface