KEYS TO SUCCESS

These are some nuggets that will open the vista of success if they are diligently and prayerfully applied.

1. TRUST IN GOD

Jeremiah 17 v 5 – 8

”Thus saith the Lord, Cursed he the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.  For he shall be like the health in the desert, and shall parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.  Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.  For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit”.

• Don’t ever put your trust in man
• Man is unpredictable
• Rely on God, God will guarantee your success
• God may use men to help you.
• Remember that while men may fail, God will never.

• DONT FEAR  

Proverbs 29 v 25

“The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe”.

• Fear is the opposite of Faith in the school of success.
• Fear brings failure while faith genders success.
• If you fear to take risks, your life becomes risky.
• Confront your past failures and make success out of them.
• If you live in fear, it will be difficult to take bold steps that will lead to success.
• Fear is terrible, it kills and  paralyses success principles
• 2 Timothy 1 v 7  –  “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind”.
• Bind and cast away the Spirit of fear from your life today and begin to walk in absolute victory in Jesus precious name.

• REJECT UNBELIEF 

 Romans 4 v 20 & 21

“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded, that what he had promised, he was able also to perform”

• You will become what you believe
• Success comes to whoever believes in it.
• Believing in success makes you put in all your efforts
• Believe that God’s Grace and hard work will fetch you success.
• Unbelief is a success killer and destroyer
• Those who dwell in unbelief don’t exercise faith needed to succeed.
• Get rid of unbelief and speed up the ladder of success.

• ACQUIRE RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE

Proverbs 11 v 9 

“An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour; but through knowledge shall the just be delivered”

• Knowledge is a powerful tool that opens successful doors
• Success is a potent product of knowledge acquired.
• Absence of knowledge equals colossal failure.
• Ignorance is a deadly killer, it breeds failure.
• Update yourself in your field and achieve speedy success.
• Your success increases as the relevant knowledge increases.
• Requisite knowledge reduces mistakes and errors.
• To be successful, add values to yourself.
• Self development makes you to be in tune with global happenings.
• In whatever you do, research into it, read books, journals, attend seminars, rub mind with colleagues, be computer literate, search for relevant information on the internet.
• Apply knowledge gained relatively.
• Proverbs 24 v 5 “A wise man is strong, yea, a man of knowledge increases strength”.
• DONT BE ADDICTED TO SINS 
• John 1 v 8 & 9

“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”.

• You cannot succeed without God.
• God abhors sins.
• So do not be addicted to sins
• Sins breed failure and destructions.
• Traps of secret sins hold one down to the bottom.
• Sinful lifestyle is a demoter and destroyer to every move to rise to the top.
• Sins fertilize ground for failure.
• Righteousness will exalt you always.
• To enjoy success, repent of your sins, forsake them, acquire Godly life styles, take Grace to always please God.
• Remember Proverbs 28 v 13 “He that covers his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have MERCY.
• I see you on top in Jesus name.

• AVOID CARELESSNESS 

 Isaiah 32 v 9 – 11 

“Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.  Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.  Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins”

• To succeed in life, don’t be careless with your destiny, time opportunities, spiritual life and resources.
• Don’t share your visions/dreams anyhow.
• Some people cannot stand your visions.  They are vision killers.
• Incubate your dreams and visions in prayers and articulate planning.
• A careless attitude or disposition can wreck your success in life.
• King Saul lost his kingship destiny due to carelessness.
• Samson, an anointed man of destiny lost his position in destiny through carelessness.
• Many have missed the Agenda of God for their lives through Spiritual, attitudinal and sexual carelessness.
• Watch your conducts, inter personal relationship, bridle your tongue, think twice before taking major steps, do a proper physical and spiritual background check up before engaging in relationship and business.  Remember that not all that glitters is Good.  Only those who are careful are candidates of success.

• DO NOT PROCRASTINATE 

 Ecclesiastes 9 v 10

“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest”

• There is time for everything under the sun.
• Time waits for no man at all
• Make use of every opportunity that comes your way.
• Procrastination is postponing what you should do now.
• It is the thief of time and season.
• To procrastinate is to exit the School of Success.
• With the Lord on your side, make the best use of the little opportunity you have now.  Don’t  neglect it.  As you succeed, more will come.

• STOP  GIVING EXCUSES

 Luke 19 v 20 & 21 

“And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.”

• Excuse givers are failures in the school of Success.
• When you are spending time complaining about the obstacles  you are facing, you are wasting so much valuable time.
• Those giving excuses cannot achieve success.
• Stop giving excuses for wrong doings. Take responsibility and move forward.
• The excuses you give for your failure can never fetch you success.
• Giving excuses does not make you think of solutions for success.
• You must put behind you your inability and believe you can start something better today.
• Those giving excuses have grasshopper mentality.
• Caleb and Joshua refused to join the other ten spies in giving excuses and they succeeded in possessing the land. Joshua 13; Numbers 13 v 30.
• Giving excuses is tantamount to burying your talents.
• Moses gave an excuse of being a stammarer, God did not accept.
• Gideon gave an excuse for coming from a poor family, God did not accept.
• When the devil gives you reasons for failure, don’t accept.
• Stop bothering yourself about what you cannot do. Start working on what you have the capability to do. There is a treasure in you.

• HAVE THE RIGHT MENTALITY

Prov. 23 v 7

“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.”

• Your mentality is your belief system, your idea line, your way of reasoning, thinking and perception. It is your state of mind.
• It is either POSITIVE or NEGATIVE.
• Success comes from the right mentality while failure emanates from negative mentality.
• Right mentality makes you see things from the positive point of view.
• Success comes when you are optimistic and always seeing goodness and prospects in everything.
• Reject NEGATIVE mentality, EVIL mentality, AVERAGE mentality, LUKEWARM mentality, PROCASTINATING mentality, DOUBTING mentality, INDECISIVE mentality, and OLD-AGE mentality. e.t.c.

1. YOU MUST NOT BE LAZY

 Prov. 12 v 24

 “The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.”

• Only hard working people have future in the school of success.
• A lazy person is a big failure in the making.
• No matter the extent of your grace, natural talents/abilities, anointing, without hard work, you will not excel, if you are lazy.
• There is no substitute for hard work.
• Laziness is a success killer, potential waster and poverty activator.
• To be at the zenith of success, work and pray hard.

1. YOU MUST BE FOCUSED

 Luke 9 v 62 

“And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

• To achieve success, you must be focused.
• Your focus is what consumes your time, attention, zeal and energy. e.t.c.
• You must have a definite focus to realise your dream.
• Without a proper focus, ones future is uncertain.
• Don’t allow distractions to break your focus.
• If your goal, aspiration is not backed up with strong focus, it will die prematurely.
• Your focus is your highest point of concentration.
• Good focus, good success.

1. KEEP GOOD COMPANY

 1 Cor. 15 v 33

“Be not deceived: evil communication corrupt good manners.”

• Be careful in choosing your friends.
• Your friends can either make or destroy you.
• If you associate with the wrong people, you will not succeed in life.
• Remember that not everyone around you believes in your vision.
• Don’t slaughter your success in life on the slab of wrong company.
• Friendship is by choice and not by force.
• For an outstanding success in your pursuit, you need to associate with those with similar vision/focus.
• Certainly, you need people just as they will need you but you must prayerfully choose your friends.
• Proverbs 22 v 24 – 25. “Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.”
• May you not befriend destiny reducers in Jesus precious name.
• Allow God choose for you. The heart of man is deep.

1. TAKE CORRECTION
2. Tim. 3 v 16

“But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.”

• To remain of the track of success, you need to be corrected when things go wrong.
• If you hate to be corrected, you will remain in errors.
• Correction protects your vision, ambition and life.
• Wise hearted people take correction while the fools despise it.
• It is better to be corrected now than to be left alone wallowing in errors.
• Never you see the person correcting you as your enemies.
• Corrections are not always sweet. But take grace to swallow the bitter pills.
• Don’t go to the wrong people for corrections. Sometimes going to your mates or peers for corrections may not augur well because you are at the same level of perception. Visit those above you in that area.
• Prov. 17 v 10. “A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.”
• Remember that correction will bring you back to track as you journey to success.

1. YOU NEED GOD’S GUIDANCE

Psalm  32 v 8

“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will guide thee with mine eye.”

• God has the compass to your life
• He knows your beginning and the end.
• Nothing about you is hidden from God.
• Proverbs 20 v 24 “Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?”
• God can only help you succeed when you open your heart to his leading and guidance.
• What ordinarily looks good to the physical eyes may not be God’s choice.
• Since the spiritual controls the Physical, the onus lies on you to ask God for directions.
• Remember that you are a sheep that needs the shepherd always.
• To ask for directions, pray with the following biblical passages.  Jeremiah 33 v 3; Psalm 32 v 8; Psalm 25 v 12 & 14; Isaiah 30 v 21; Luke 1 v 79; Isaiah 48 v 17; Psalm 48 v 14; John 16 v 13; Romans 8 v 14.
• May you receive divine directions in Jesus name.

1. AVOID DISTRACTIONS 
2. Kings 2 v 3

“And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head today? And he said, Yea, I know it, hold ye your peace”.

• In any venture, there are Distractions & Distractors.
• Distraction and Distractors are enemies of Success.
• They are everywhere but prayerfully handle them.
• The devil can use anyone/anything to distract you.
• Take Grace and make up your mind not to be distracted.
• Don’t allow anyone to erase/nullify God’s purpose for your life through deceit & ungodly counselling.
• The sons of the prophet nearly aborted Elisha’s vision in      2 Kings 2 v 3 but he stood his ground.
• Distractions/Distractors may appear harmless or innocent, please be watchful and prayerful.
• Meditate on these two scriptures

1 Peter 5 v 8

”Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

Mathew 26 v 41

“Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

• God will help you out in Jesus marvellous name, Amen.

1. BE FIRM IN TAKING DECISIONS

James 1 v 8 

“A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways”

• Do not gamble at the gate of greatness.
• Your decision is either positive or negative.
• Positive decisions lead to success while the negative to failure.
• It takes firmness, stability and being daring to succeed.
• Major destiny lifting decisions must be taken by you and by no other person.  Please don’t shift your responsibilities.
• Indecision genders failure and backwardness.
• Take a firm decision today.  Ask yourself
  • What do I want?
  • Where can I do it?
  • How can I?
  • Who do I talk to?
  • What can I put in?
  • How do I improve on myself?
  • What must I change in my attitudes?
  • Who will mentor me?
  • Where do I start from?
  • How do I harness resources? Etc….

1. PLANNING

Luke 14 v 28

“For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it“?

• Planning is very essential to success in all areas.
• It is one thing to have a vision, it is another thing to know the path to fulfilling the vision.  The path to a vision is called the Mission.  It requires an articulate planning.
• Plan to achieve whatsoever you hope to become in life.
• Your line of actions must be defined very well.
• If planning is missing, failure is imminent.
• Planning enhances success and multiplication.
• In addition to planning, take the followings into consideration – Organising, Forecasting, Motivation, Control, Communication and Co-ordination.
• I see you on top.

1. PERSISTENCE

Luke  18 v 5

“Ye because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me”.

• To succeed in life, you need to persist in whatever you do.
• Persistency is your ability not to give up on a mission.
• You may not get it right the first time, don’t give up, try and keep trying until you make it.
• The number of times doesn’t matter.  It will soon become History.  What matters is the end result.
• Once you are convinced that you are on the right track, put in all efforts until success comes.
• Don’t allow people’s opinions make you give up your vision.
• Be persistent in what you are doing though insults, misrepresentation, false accusation, mockery may come your way.  The end justifies the means.
• Persistency will catapult you to the topmost top. Don’t give up
• Those who mock you today will celebrate your success tomorrow if you are persistent and succeed.
• Keep your eyes on your goal, what you are looking for is far more important than the distractions/distractors.

Mark 10 v 27 

“And Jesus looking upon them saith, with men it is impossible but not with God, for with God, all things are possible”

• To be successful in life you have to remove impossibility from your dictionary.
• Keep digging, you will soon get to water, oil and gold
• One with God is a majority.  Cheers!

19.         CELEBRATE THOSE WHO ARE SUCCEEDING

Proverbs 11 v 27

“He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him”

• Everyone has his season of success.  God is not a respecter of person.
• Celebrate and never condemn/attack those who are in their season of success.
• What you celebrate is what you attract
• Anything you condemn/attack you cannot become.
• Failure comes to those who attack successful people unjustly.
• Remember those who hate good things can never enjoy same.
• To succeed, rejoice with those making it now and by so doing, grace for your own success comes upon you.
• Find out their secrets, imbibe their principles and adapt them to your own visions.  No man is an island.
• The sky is wide enough for all the birds to fly.
• What you wish others will eventually be your end.
• Celebrate success and be successful.
• Your season of success in on the way.
• Be wise, identify with successful people, that is where you belong.
• Remember Galatians 6 v 7 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
• Think success, smell success, celebrate success, applaud success, connect to success.  Hurray !   !!   !!!

20.     BE PATIENT

Hebrew  6 v 12  –

“That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises”

• There is time for everything.
• What God has destined for you tomorrow cannot be achieved today.
• Patience means, trust God that His word is coming to pass in your life no matter what your situation may be.
• It means staying on the word of God/promises of God and not quitting no matter how long one’s expectation is delayed temporarily.
• Every great accomplishment in life is realised with patience.
• Saul’s impatience in 1 Samuel 13 v 8 – 13 made him loose the throne.
• You cannot harvest your crop the same day it is planted never!
• Every venture has a timing element attached to it to succeed.
• Give that marriage, business some time, they will succeed.
• Please don’t take hasty decisions that you will regret later.
• Meditate on the following scriptures –  Proverbs 29 v 20; Lamentation 3 v 26; Luke 21 v 19; Romans 2 v 7; Romans 8 v 27; Hebrew 12 v 1; Luke 8 v 15; Romans 4 v 20; Hebrew 10 v 36.

21.     DETERMINATION TO CHANGE

Romans 12 v 2

“And be no conformed to this world; but ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”.

• The most constant thing in life is change.
• As you improve on yourself, so your success grows
• A change of life style starts with your mind
• God has access into your life though your mind, so the devil.
• Do not live according to the systems of this world.
• Live according to the norms of God to succeed.
• Those anti-success attitudes, habits, conducts must give way for a change for you to succeed.
• The moment you decide to change from bad to good, God will stand by you.
• Make a total change for the better.

22.     STRONG FAITH

Mark 9 v 23 –

“Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

• To succeed in life, every step forward must be in faith.
• Faith says the thing you cannot yet see is real and achievable.
• It is the conviction that what you have not yet received will get into your hands.
• With strong faith, you will overcome every obstacle standing between you and success.
• You must have faith in yourself also.  Don’t look down on yourself.  Believe you are able to make it.
• Refuse to see impossibilities.
• Philippians 4 v 13  –

“ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.  Confess it daily to boast your faith.”

• Have confidence in yourself and what God can do through you.
• Faith is what God says, believe and run with it.
• He who swims with God never goes to the bottom        

23      BOLDNESS

Psalm 31 v 24 

“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord”.

• Boldness is very important in the school of success
• The Boldness of God to succeed comes into your life when you meditate on his word and confess it.
• Joshua in the Bible was commanded to be very courageous in order to succeed in his Vision.
• The same phase is for you, be courageous.
• Don’t be afraid as the presence of God is with you.
• When God is with you, there is no room for failure.
• Deuteronomy 31 v 6 

“Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.”

• Don’t give in to intimidation, harassment, mockery and rumours.  If God be for you, who then will be against you.
• Be bold, be strong for the Lord your God is with you.
• The disciples in the Bible asked for Boldness when they were threatened  Acts 4 v 29  “And now, Lord, behold their threatening: and grant unto thy servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word.”
• Meditate on these scriptures for Boldness  –  Proverbs 28 v 1; Joshua 1 v 9; Isaiah 50 v 7; 1 Tim. 3 v 13; Acts 5 v 29.

24.     DILIGENCE

Proverbs 10 v 4

“He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich”.

• For you to succeed, you must work hard.
• No matter how much you desire success, if you don’t work towards achieving it, your dream will never come true.
• You cannot be lazy and get to the top.
• Consider Proverb 30 v 25 – “The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer”  (The diligent ants)
• FIFTEEN WAYS OF THE ANTS  (Culled from Dake’s Study Bible Notes)
• The most hardworking insects in existence.
• The most highly industrialized.
• They collect food improper seasons.  (Proverb 30 v 25)
• Fondly attached to their young.
• They have keen foresight for others.
• They work quietly without show.
• They work tirelessly until the work is done.
• They work together in astonishing systems of organisation to the best good of the whole community.
• They are ingenious carpenters and mansions, building their own system of homes and underground tunnel.
• They keep their homes scrupulously clean.
• Each has a specific job to help meet the needs of the community.
• They fight to death to protect their own homes and young from enemies.
• Their social life compares with that of human beings in many respects.
• They are intelligent and wise  (Proverbs 6 v 6)
• They carry out life’s work without being forced to do so by a guide, overseer or ruler  (Proverbs 6 v7)
• Learn from the ants and apply some of their ways to your life.
• Remember, it is time for you to work diligently now at old age to jump around will be difficult.
• Make hay while the sun shines.  Hurray!

25.     GIVING

Luke  6 v 38 

“For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me”

• Financial success comes by obeying God’s principle of  sowing and reaping.
• Life in itself is in giving and receiving.
• Be faithful in tithing  –  Malachi 3 v 9.
• Give quality offering unto the Lord.
• Help the needy  –  Psalm  41 v 1 & 2
• Do something to improve on your community.
• Award scholarship to the orphans.
• elpHHhHHHHHHelp the widows without abusing them.
• Support God’s projects.
• Give towards Evangelism/Crusade/Outreaches.
• Be faithful in your First fruits.  Proverbs 3 v 9 & 10.
• Galatians 6 v 7  “Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap”.
• Equally embark on meaningful financial investment and back it up with financial discipline.

26.     DIVINE FAVOUR

Job 10 v 12 

“Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit”.

• Divine favour grants you success which you may not be able to achieve ordinarily.
• Joseph in the Bible had favour everywhere.
• Gen. 39 v 21  “But the Lord was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison”.
• When God’s favour is upon you, people will go extra mile for you beyond the natural.
• Favour guarantees you unusual success.
• Daily confess God’s favour upon yourself.
• These are some scriptures  –  Psalm 5 v 12; Psalm 89 v 17; Psalm 41 v 11; Psalm 106 v 4; Luke 5 v 52; Exodus 3 v 21; Proverbs 12 v 2; Proverbs 11 v 27

27.         WISDOM 

Proverbs  4  v 7 

“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding”.

• To succeed in life, you need wisdom.
• Many people with talents, resources without wisdom have made a shipwreck of their resources.
• You need divine wisdom and not the worldly wisdom that is earthly, crafty, devilish and sensual.
• Your talents, potentials, anointing, resources, academic laurel, technical know how can expire with you if you don’t operate them with wisdom.
• Wisdom is a principal weapon that takes one to the top.
• Ask God to give you wisdom to devise new things.
• Ask God to give you wisdom to manage your resources, gifts, talents, marriage, career and natural endowment.
• The wisdom of God is received by the hearing and doing of God’s word.
• To acquire and manage success, you need divine wisdom.
• Meditate on these scriptures  –  Mathew 7 v 24; 1 Cor. 2 v 4 – 5; Exodus 36 v 1 – 2;  Proverbs 3 v 13 – 17

28.         GOOD COMPANY 

1 Cor.  15 v 33

“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners”.

• The type of company you keep will determine your success or failure in life.
• Bad company spoils good character.
• Ungodly friends and family members can kill your dream.
• Associating with those who have been disconnected from heaven can quicken your failure and fall in life.
• To have good success, walk with the wise.
• No relationship leaves you the way it met you.
• Association is very key to success.
• Just as you affect others, others will equally affect you.
• Don’t keep company with lazy people.
• Meditate on these Scriptures  –  Hebrew 6 v 12; 1 Cor. 5 v 11; James 4 v 4; 2 Thess 3 v 14.

29.     SHUN PRIDE 

Proverbs 29 v 23 

“A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit”.

• Humility multiplies your success.
• Pride destroys and make mess of success.
• A proud person will not be able to maintain success as pride will pull him down.
• Pride genders distractions that will scatter what has been built.
• Pride goes before a fall.
• Take daily Grace to be humble.
• Remember that no matter your success, someone is more successful, no matter your greatness, some one is greater, so why cant you be thankful to God and maintain your calm.
• Success is costly to maintain.  Be humble!

30.         DO A GOOD WARFARE 

1 Timothy 1 v 18 

“This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightiest war a good warfare”.

• To have a good success, you have battles to fight.
• To be successful, you must be prepared for spiritual warfare.
• There are various giants on your way up, putting up resistance.
• You must have a good relationship with God by meditating on His words
• The spiritual controls the physical.
• No matter how some people try, satanic forces are frustrating their efforts.
• You need to ask God to reveal secrets to you.  Psalm 32 v 8.
• Deal with foundational challenges in prayers.
• Carry out restitutions where necessary.
• Carry out self examinations and effect positive changes.
• Go for counselling and deliverance ministrations.
• Let your mentors pray for you.
• Embark on prayer and fasting as led by God.
• Don’t mix your problems with Pride, seek genuine spiritual help.
• Different battles, different strategies.
• Ask the Holy Spirit to minister solutions to you.
• You are more than a conqueror in the precious name of our Lord Jesus.
• See you on top in Jesus name.  Amen.

31.         DISCOVER YOUR PURPOSE IN LIFE

• To be successful you must discover your purpose in life.
• Parent should pray their children into an early purpose discovery so that they will not be programmed for the bottom.
• A purposeless life is a life of the tail.
• Many are recklessly living their lives without discovering their purpose.

32.     OBEDIENCE

Deut 28 v 1  – 

“And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth”

• Obedience guarantees your being on top.
• It is the key that opens God’s blessings upon you.
• God asked Abraham in Gen. 12v1-4 to get out of his country and from his kindred and from his father’s home unto a strange land.
• He obeyed and was on top at the end of the day.
• If he had not, he would have remained unsuccessful.
• Disobedience to God’s instructions stagnates ones progress.

33.     DEAL WITH CHARACTER PROBLEMS AND DESTRUCTIVE HABITS  –  Galatians 5 v 18 – 26

• Character is the gateway of virtues.
• Negative characters will downgrade your destiny.
• Destructive habits will keep you perpetually at the bottom.
• Avoid habits like immorality, wrath, malice, procrastination. Alcohol consumption, smoking (tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, etc) gambling, anger, not heeding corrections, “I have arrived attitude, night crawling, being a spend-thrift, relaxing when you should be working
• Despising people in authority
• Irrational behaviour
• Taking God for granted
• Ingratitude to God and your earthly helpers
• Filthy thoughts and wild imagination
• Spirit of bitterness and unforgiveness, etc.

34      BE A GOOD TIME MANAGER

• Time is the commonest currency God has given to us all
• To be successful you must be a good time manager.
• Don’t waste people’s time and don’t let them waste your time
• Time is so perishable and can not be valued in terms of money worth when it is wasted.

35.         MAINTAIN HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP

1 Corinthians 15 v 33  –

“ Be not deceived, evil communication corrupt good manners”.

•   Carefully and prayerfully chose your friends those who will add meaningful values to you.
• Avoid those  who don’t have respect for the success, mix with those who have eyes for the top.
• Avoid destiny devaluers.
• Friendship is by choice and not by force

36.     AVOID WORRIES AND ANXIETIES

Mathew 6 v 25 – 32

• A person heading for success does not brood on his past mistakes.
• He puts the past behind him and focuses on today for a better tomorrow.
• Worry and anxieties are anti-success factors.

37.         DISCIPLINE

• To succeed in life requires a great deal of self-discipline, spiritual discipline, moral discipline, financial discipline, marital discipline, behavioural discipline, etc.
• Remember Samson, he dropped from the top because of indiscipline.
• May the Lord empower you in Jesus name.

38.         FEAR OF GOD

Proverbs 19 v 23

“The fear of the Lord tends to life and he that has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil”.

• This is a major weapon that will take you to the top and keep you there.
• Many are languishing at the bottom today because they lack the fear of God.

39.         DEAL WITH YOUR DOMINANT WEAKNESSES

• Samson failed to deal with his dominant weakness and collapsed from the top.
• Talkativeness, jesting that are not convenient, sexual immorality, prayerlessness, being a lone ranger were his weaknesses.
• Recognise yours, and deal with them through prayers, counselling, deliverance and avoidance.
• Don’t pretend at all.
• Your weaknesses will ooze out when you are under pressure on your way to success.
• The earlier you deal with them the better.

40.         MENTORSHIP

• You need someone on top to show you the way up.
• Elijah mentored Elisha.
• Be glued to those operating in the top echelon to learn.
• By understudying your mentors you will gain speed that will accelerate you to success.
• Be open to your mentors.
• Ask questions, understudy them, don’t be asking for money, ask for how they have made it and how you can get to the top.

41.         BE  ORGANISED

1 Corinthians  12 v 4 – 6

• Well organised people are meant for success.
• Unsuccessful people are highly disorganised people.
• Disorganised people are wasters of resources, victims of gross maladministration
• Potentials without organisation is a colossal failure.
• Get organised and be on top.

42.         BRIDLE YOUR TONGUE

Ecclesiates  5 v 2 

“Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart he hasty to utter anything before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy be few”

• Those who are candidates for success are very careful with their utterances.
• They only make positive confessions.
• They avoid idle talks, backbiting, debasing and vulgar utterances.
• Remember that your tongue carries enormous power.
• If you don’t want to remain below, use your tongue well.
• Bridle your tongue.
• Study the whole of James chapter 3

43.     DON’T  LOOK BACK

• Every human being has failures and mistakes from the past.
• To be successful in life, you need to learn from your past and value those difficult lessons but do not ever dwell on the stinking past.
• Simply move forward with determination to make things better, make more educated and wise decisions from the lessons learnt.
• Don’t ever look back.

44.     CREATE A BUSINESS PLAN

• It is important you create an innovative Business Plan as your very first step if you are planning to build a business empire.
• Your Business Plan will consist of market trends, financial planning, analysis, exit strategies, marketing and promotional options, everything about your goals.
• To woo an investor, you need a well articulated business
• Business plan will enable you keep track of everything including your goal.

45.         DEVELOP AN UNSTOPPABLE ATTITUDE

• You must be determined, focused and persistent.
• Friends and relations may want to suggest other things contrary to your vision.
• Make sure you uphold your unstoppable attitude and be highly determined to succeed.

46.         CONCENTRATE ON SOMETHING YOU LIKE

• You can never succeed in anything you don’t like.
• To increase your chance of making it, you must concentrate your efforts on something you enjoy.
• Make a list of everything you find interesting, then in the second column, write down the skills you have in relations to each of those items.
• This will help your narrow your choices down based on interest and skills which will get you started in the right direction for success.
• Once you develop passion for what you like, you are on your way to the topmost top.

47.         BE A GOOD LISTENER

• For you to excel and be successful, you must learn how to listen first.
• Pay attention to other people who have enjoyed successes in their various endeavours.
• Upgrade yourself regularly by attending seminars, and other viable meetings that can add values to you.

48.         BE PROACTIVE

• It is important you develop the habit of tackling problems before they arise in order to avoid future mistakes/errors and failures.
• This will help you to avoid wasting precious time on your way to the top.

49.     MAKE ROOM FOR VACATION/REWARDS

• Give yourself a break.
• Go on vacation to unwind
• As you are progressing in your endeavour, please reward yourself. 
• Buy yourself new dresses, nice shoes, new vehicles etc.
• You must eat out of your labour.

50.         SET  DAILY GOALS

• Setting daily goals will enhance your planning prowess.
• Make a list of the tasks to be accomplished and track them daily.  It requires a great deal of discipline.

51.         REFLECTION AND REPOSITIONING

• Periodically, reflect on what you have accomplished and check that you are still heading in the right direction.
• Check those things that are working and those that are not working.
• Carefully evaluate them for repositioning.

52.PREVAILING PRAYERS TO SUBDUE ENEMIES OF YOUR SUCCESS

1 Corinthians 16 v 9 

“For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries”

• For you to achieve ending success, you must prevail in prayers.
• For anyone to succeed, know for sure that there are hidden and open enemies of success all around you.
• For every Abraham, there is a Lot.
• For every Isaac, there is an Ishmael.
• For every Jacob, there are wicked siblings and a portiphar’s wife.
• For every Modecai, there is a Haman.
• For every David, there is a Saul.
• For every Nehemiah, there are Samballat and Tobias.
• For every Hezekiah, there is a king Senacherib.
• For every Isaiah, there is a king Uzziah.
• For a Jesus Christ, there is a Pontious Pilate.
• For an Apostle Peter, there is a King Herod.
• For a Paul the Apostle, there is an Alexandar the Coppersmith.
• Prevail in prayers to subdue all the awaiting enemies of your success.

53.         GIVING THANKS TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD

• To be successful in life you must always appreciate God.
• He is the all in all.
• Without Him, no one can get to the top.
• As you are grateful to Him, He is committed maintaining you as the Head
• Thanksgiving is a weapon to remain on top.