CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE

CHANGE YOUR THOUGHT,
CHANGE YOUR WORLD
BE THE SOLUTION THE WORLD NEEDS
Simeon Ayoade Adedokun
Teacher | Author | Speaker | ICT Consultant
http://fb.me/osparkle | http://lnked.in/osparkle

“Everyone thinks of changing the
world, but no one thinks of
changing himself.”
Changing oneself starts with changing one’s
thoughts and beliefs.

WHERE WE ARE
We are living in an environment where we are consciously
or unconsciously being raised to live dependent lives. Our
culture informs us everyday to depend on the government
or some people for our survival; our educational system
is graduating unemployable graduates with no proactive
ability to look for white collar jobs that are not available.
These orientations are eventually not helping us to live
fulfilled lives.
Simeon Adedokun – http://fb.me/osparkle

A NEW MIND
To live and fulfil your life purpose, you need a
reorientation and a change of thought about life and
living. You need to develop the mind of great people:
believe in yourself; be determined to achieve your desires
and give it all it takes to realize your dreams in spite of
any challenges that may come your way. You are greater
than who you think you are, but to change your life to
achieve that greatness, you must change your thoughts,
change your words and change your beliefs because our
thoughts and beliefs are our destiny.

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW;
THINGS YOU NEED TO DO…
Simeon Adedokun

Set a Goal:
Identify What You Want;
and Stay Focused
1

Living a fulfilled life should be tied to a
goal—to an aim or purpose—not to people
or things. Set a SMART goal and develop a
plan with clearly defined objectives. That
will help you stay focused.
As you work towards achieving your goal,
try as much as possible to avoid
distractions, they often appear as shiny
opportunities.
Set a Goal and Stay Focused

Learn Continuously!
2

If you are not willing to learn, no one can
help you. If you are determined to learn,
no one can stop you and there is no height
you cannot attain.
Learn Continuously

Learning is a continual process, it never
stops. Learning is an integral part of
successful people's lives. Whoever hates
learning hates leading and greatness.
Learning is the passport to a brighter
future, so strive to know something about
everything and everything about
something.
Learn Continuously

Think Solution…
Be a problem solver, not a reporter.
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3

The day you stop reporting, arguing or
complaining about challenges but start to
think about the way forward is the day you
start having solutions and breakthroughs.
Problem solvers (i.e. solution providers) grow
faster, deeper and stronger than problem
reporters.
Complaints and arguments only waste time!
Think Solution – Be a Problem Solver

Be Uniquely Creative!
Your creativity is your uniqueness; and
your uniqueness fuels your creativity.
4

Always remember that everyone has unique
abilities to create unique opportunities for
himself and the people around him.
Stop hiding under the glory of someone else
and start using your ingenuity to create
unique things that the world needs.
Personality and individual differences are a
great blessing to the Creation.
Be Uniquely Creative

Be Yourself
5

You are a unique being with a unique purpose.
You are not like any other man, so nobody can
do what you can do like you. Don’t waste time
seeking social approval for things that are
morally right and important to you. You know
more than you think you do.
You can be the best you can only if you can
discover yourself, live your life simply and try to
be yourself always. Don’t waste your time living
someone else’s life or dreams.
Be Yourself

Believe in Yourself;
Depend on Yourself
6

Never discredit your instinct especially
that strong feeling inside of you telling you
to do something or act in a particular
manner, that it is achievable. Trust it and
act accordingly. Have confidence in your
ability and believe that you can achieve
your dreams and aspirations; believe
things will work.
Believe in Yourself

Also, remember that you will not always have
everyone and people can disappoint you
anytime, so you need to understand that the only
person you will always have and be able to
depend on is ‘you’. Don’t expect anything from
anyone, albeit help may come. Do what you love
doing, learn to motivate and inspire yourself
everyday, it will help you go a long way. However,
never underestimate or disrespect others.
Depend on Yourself

Build Strength Against Rejection
7

To shield yourself from the hurt and pain
associated with rejection, you need to stop
worrying about pleasing others; stop caring
about what other people think or say about
you. Don’t listen to naysayers! Trying to
please people may interfere with your ability
to reach your goal. Remember that you are
not like them so they may not see things the
way you see them.
Build Strength Against Rejection

Focus on Your Strength,
Not Your Weakness.
Stop wasting time on things you cannot do
or change at the moment and start working
on things you can handle.
8

The best improvement strategy is to
focus on improving one or two of your
strengths and ignore your weaknesses.
You need to understand your strengths
and weaknesses, shift your perspective
and stop focusing on your weaknesses.
Focus on Your Strengths

The difference between great winners
and losers is simple: the former always
see moments of strength even when they
are losing, while the later always see
moments of weakness even when they
have not started a battle.
Focus on your Strength

One thing that great men and top performers
out there have in common is that they
maximize their potentials in the areas of
their strengths. Trying to be good at
everything may not take you anywhere. The
earlier you accept the fact that you will
never be perfect but you can achieve your
life purpose if you focus on your strengths,
the better for you.

Instead of trying to be everything to
everybody or trying to fix what you are
not capable of, discover your core
strengths, then focus on expanding them
and maximizing your potential.

Know When to Ask for Help
9

Despite the fact that you are the only sure
person you can depend on to go a long way in
life, you should keep it at the back of your mind
that nobody can succeed or do anything great
alone. Everybody is nobody without somebody.
You need other people's strengths to achieve
something significant in life. Therefore, you
need to discover your angels and build
productive relationships and contact networks.
Know When You Need Help

The only difference is that you should try as
much as possible to surround yourself with
not just people, but the caliber of people who
can help you to achieve more in life and make
significant difference. Connect with those who
will help you make the future. In addition,
learn to appreciate people in your life. Don’t
look down on anybody.
Know When You Need Help

Change Your Words
Avoid words such as “cannot” or “impossible”
when referring to yourself, and remove “hate” from
the words you use. Learn to use positive words
and affirming statements about yourself.
10

Live Simply But Think Big
Thinking outside the box can still keep you
around the box, so think like there is no box
but a world of unlimited opportunities.
11

Victory begins when you start to
think big.
Have a dream that is bigger than
you; aim global—live a local life with
a global mind.
You are not limited because you are
living in a world of unlimited
opportunities.
Live Simply But Think Big

Learn From Your Mistakes
“Failure is simply an opportunity to begin
again, this time more intelligently.”
—Henry Ford—
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12

Never regret your actions or try to hide your
mistake when you make one. The best you
can do is to learn to accept responsibilities
for your mistakes and failures, knowing fully
well that they are parts of our lives, and learn
enough from each mistake that you are
guaranteed of not repeating the same
mistake twice. Mistakes are needed to do
great right things.
Learn from Your Mistakes

Occupy Your Time with
Rewarding Activities
13

There are lots of distracting activities that
often look like normal activities but waste
our time. Don’t waste your time on activities
that will not add value to your life; every
minute counts in making you a fulfilled man.
Life is too short to hang out with people who
are not resourceful. Therefore, invest your
time in activities that are important and
useful to building your life.
Occupy Your Time with Rewarding Activities

Positive Thoughts,
Determination, Courage and
Satisfaction
14

Those who live dependent lives usually
don’t believe in themselves, so they are
engrossed with fear whenever they are
asked to carry out a task. To achieve
something tangible and satisfactory in this
adventurous world, you need to be
determined and courageous.
Be Positive, Determined & Courageous

Always have the end in mind from the
beginning and focus your conscious mind
on the things you desire, not the things you
fear. Begin every day with positive
thoughts, determination and courage, and
work to end it with satisfaction.
Be Positive, Determined & Courageous

Get Involved!
Stop complaining about what somebody is not
doing right, get involved in activities that will
turn things around for better with world-
changing skills and make a difference.
15

Work Hard
Hard work never kills, it only makes one
stronger and better.
16

Nothing can replace hard work. Give your
best short at any task directed to you; be
committed, diligent and conscientious.
Commitment to working hard is very
important to achieving greater things. You
have the capacity for the unfathomable but
you need to go extra mile because, to
achieve the unthinkable, you have to be
willing to do the unthinkable.
Work Hard

Give Change Time
17

We grow with increased desire for
immediate results, wanting everything to
happen instantaneously; we don't want
to wait while we want the best results.
Learn to combine carefulness with long-
term effort and invest time to achieve
your goal. Give change a chance and
allow yourself to evolve.
Give Change Time

Never Give up!
18

Things may seem not working the way
you planned them today but if you keep
working on that which you believe in, you
will see things working for you soon. Put
premium on productivity and hard work,
and be optimistic; the darkest night will
soon be over and the sun will rise, only if
you don’t give up.
Never Give up!

Learn to Forgive
Keeping grudges will interfere with your
happiness. To have peace of mind and be able
to focus on reaching your full potential, you
need to learn to forgive and even forget wrongs.
19

Start Now!
“The way to get started is to quit
talking and start doing.”
—Walt Disney—
20

All goals fail without action; and you
can’t know or have everything before you
start anything.
You need to start doing something with
the little you already know or have, and
you will grow to acquire more.
Start Now!

Stop procrastinating! Remember that if
you can spot a pattern, somebody else
can. If you can think of doing something,
somebody else can. Therefore, you need
to act fast; chance favours only the
prepared mind. This is the right time to
start working on your passion for
greatness. Make it happen now!
Start Now!

The best way to predict a
better tomorrow is to start
creating it now.
Start Now!

Put God First!
“For it is God who works in you to will and
to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
—Philippians 2:13—
21

God is the source of all beautiful and great
things. There is practically nothing you can
achieve without God, because without him
you would have no life at all. You are created
by him and for him. He created you, gave
meaning to your life by setting your life
purpose, and he made provision for
everything you would ever need to live a
fulfilled life.
Put God First

God created man, you, in his own image, in
his own likeness (Genesis 1:27), so that you
could do things like him and be a further
creator. He gave humankind the task to
shape the creation and have dominion over
it by manipulating the existing things to
bring about innovations through processes
of time, in line with His purpose.
Put God First

The first thing is discussed last because it is
the pillar on which all other things rest, the
most important thing you should remember.
In God alone you can get the blueprint of
your life, which states your life purpose and
direction. Therefore in all your ways,
remember to keep his laws and obey his
commands. He will lead, guide and
protect you.
Put God First

CONCLUSION
Great people are outstanding because they discover
their uniqueness and create unique opportunities for
themselves. They try not to be like any other person;
they believe and depend on themselves. You need to
change your thoughts and beliefs to fulfill your destiny.
You are unstoppable if you know your life purpose—
know what you want, discover your unique potential,
depend on yourself, and give yourself chance to evolve.
Be the change you wish to see in the world.

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