Energy Disposal.

The law of conservation of energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but it can be changed into different forms.

In order words, your energy disposal should be proportional to your value delivery and vision accomplishment. If it doesn't go together with your vision, it needs not extract more of your energy and you should better focus more on those things that perpetually contribute towards the accomplishment of your goal.

Let me briefly explain simple but unique features of a lion. 
A lion will never go after its prey unless its hungry and when that happens, it does everything possible by applying all the tactics of killing the prey. Lions don't go hunting alone, they have a strategy of hunting as a team (i.e. more than two lions).

In an attempt to make a dream come true, the greater part of our energy must be directed towards the good cause of the dream & it starts by taking the right steps today and also networking with the right set of people that are focusing on great things as well. 

Niccolo Machiavelli said in a quote: "Who so ever desires constant success must be willing to change his conduct with the times."

It takes energy to convince yourself that you need a change and it also takes energy to implement that change. In order to develop the right attitude for every situation you find yourself, you can either change what you can or adjust to what you can't change, simply because you've already tried it many times and found an alternative way to go about it.

As always, I would like to ask you this...

What are you trying to change today, that would make you channel all your energy and ensure that you achieve your desired outcome?

I challenge you to take up few steps today that will propel you to the cause of your dream and focus your energy towards that good cause.
Go for it and go get it...

You can leave your comment here below this page and I look forward reading your lovely comments.

By Temitayo Oyediran.
(Director, Teesoft Limited.)

(Teesoft Limited is a consulting and coaching company with expertise in project management, service management, business analysis and personal/corporate coaching.)


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MOTIVATION

Motivation on its own is not the art of doing something but the means of being influenced or inspired to do what needs to be done.

There are things to be considered for effective motivation.

3 Keys to effective motivation.

·         Mission

·         Move

·         Mind

These are the keys to effective motivation. In order for the ‘Motivator’ to inspire the ‘Motivatee’ (i.e. a person to be motivated), there must be a reason behind the action and that is what I call MISSION. People don’t just respond to changes but they need to be given the reasons to do so and that is why both the ‘Motivator’ and ‘Motivatee’ need to be highly motivated, in order to achieve a successful level of motivation. While motivation is good, the motive behind it is paramount and must not be neglected.

In accordance to MISSION, there must be a MOVE to justify the reasons for your actions. When a leader of a company/organization wants a work done, he or she must be willing to take the company through a change(s), which would definitely involve some forms of actions to be taken. The leader needs to take the employees of the company through a journey of achieving the vision for the company. It is often said that it’s impossible to motivate, if we ourselves are not motivated. That means anyone can motivate, as long the person is motivated enough to motivate others. So then, what does it really mean to motivate? It simply means that the more you do, the more others will see you do and the more they will want to join you in achieving your aim for the task. We cannot motivate if we do not engage in doing...

Let me give an illustration of a jockey riding a horse for a horse racing. In order for the two of them to come out as the winner of the race, it’s impossible for the jockey to do the running alone with his own legs, so then he needs to drive the horse to run faster and win the race; hence he needs to understand the horse, communicate (directly or indirectly) to the horse to move faster. We would observe that the more the jockey beat the horse, the more it moves faster but it can get to a point where the horse will get tired, so the jockey needs to have an understanding of the horses’ endurance level and not push it beyond the limit. This is just a simple illustration of how we human beings can motivate others to do more, when we ourselves are engaged in doing. I remember the quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson (Champion of individualism), which says: “Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” The horse knows that it can run, but it would need a jockey to drive it to run faster and win a race.

Let’s quickly jump to the last point of effective motivation, which is MIND. It is the mind that enhances motivation, which drives every other part of the body. I will say, a motivated mind is a motivated body. If you are motivated from the inside, it will quickly and obviously reflect on the outside. While many people are focusing on the effects of motivation to be seen on the outside, it would have to complete the process of inner motivation. The difference between inner motivation and outer motivation is that one is temporary while the other one could be permanent, if maintained and controlled properly. If the mind of an individual is motivated towards success, even if the success does not come as early as possible; the drive to succeed will keep pushing him until it comes but if the person is only motivated on the outside, the MIND (inner motivation) is not strong enough to handle the waiting, so it will break down and give up (i.e. temporary motivation).

It is possible to be the ‘Motivator’ and the ‘Motivatee’, if one can easily motivate himself/herself to have a change of mind that will move for change.

I strongly recommend that you motivate yourself, to motivate someone today.

What are your ways of effective motivation?

Share them with me here and I look forward to reading your comments... 

By Temitayo Oyediran, 
Director, Teesoft Limited. 

(Teesoft Limited is a consulting and coaching company with expertise in project management, service management, business analysis and personal/corporate coaching.)

CREATIVE MARKETING MASTERCLASS!!!

Why Creative Marketing?

Ask yourself this: What's the greater risk, following others and battling with the competition to get noticed or being bold enough to blaze a different trail and turn heads your way?

This masterclass will provide you with the confidence to come up with unique marketing concepts and the know-how to make them really pay off. It's strictly for those that want to go beyond the competitive edge.
 Come along and fire your creative mind with 2 experts in the marketing industry who specialise in training business owners, directors, senior managers and marketing teams on how to build creative campaigns that make an impact.

Tim Arnold is a Portfolio Marketing Director, recognized as a Marketing Futurist and Creative Consultant on how to integrate your marketing plans to embrace the digital age. He'll be taking you through a journey of understanding:

• What makes a successful marketing campaign and how to use the digital age to enhance the profitability of your business.
• How to integrate your marketing strategy to a definite target audience. 
• How to understand customer behaviour and the psychology of buying. 

http://www.themarketingdirectors.co.uk/marketing-consultants/
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Simon Jack is a Creativity trainer and Creative content provider who empowers anyone to unleash their creativity with simple, practical and effective skills. He'll be giving you hands-on with a number of exciting techniques that will enable you:

• To transform your marketing content into the attention-grabbing and unmissable. 
• To understand what motivates and drives your audience and how to delight them with clever ideas. 
• To learn some tricks on how to generate positive reactions with creativity. 

http://www.creativeencounters.co.uk/  

Plus there's a Bonus
 Everyone gets the chance to have a FREE one-hour consultation period with our speakers; which would be communicated to you by Teesoft Limited.

There's also a FREE prize draw to win a copy of Tim’s book,
‘THE MARKETING DIRECTOR’S HANDBOOK - The definitive guide to superior marketing for business and boardroom success.’

Get Involved 
 'CREATIVE MARKETING MASTERCLASS' is organized by Teesoft Limited and HertsEntrepreneur on Saturday 21st September, 2013 at room W102, Law building, Dehaviland campus, University of Hertfordshire. Hatfield. AL10 9EU.
Time: 12 noon.

So book now!!!

Tenacity against adversity brings visibility!!!

A fisherman has more & greater chance of catching more fishes in an ocean than in a small pool of water, a hunter has more opportunity of hunting down a bush meat in a thick forest than he does in a field of small grasses. 
The birds have more opportunities of flying higher there in the sky than when they are locked up in a room or cage.

What this means to us is that, the more problems or challenges around us, the greater our chances of gaining more opportunities to become great by solving those problems.

The best way around this is not to focus on the problem itself but keep trying different means, as you look forward for the best way possible to overcome the problem. 
This makes you innovative and then you also learn new things as you try to resolve the issue. 

Here is a simple quote; "At times of adversity, we must be tenacious enough to come out refined & not burnt." ~ Temitayo Oyediran. 

Remember to always have the attitude of winning and don't be defeated by shivering at problems but be bold enough to withstand the problems and thereby emerge as a refined gold out of a burning furnace. 
FEAR simply means: "For Every Adversity, there's a Reason; so bear it & stay strong to come out great."

By Temitayo Oyediran,
Director, Teesoft Limited.

(Teesoft Limited is a consulting and coaching company with expertise in project management, service management, business analysis and personal/corporate coaching.)

 

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE NIGERIA!!!

Happy Independence to Nigeria. I know many people will be wondering, why the need to celebrate but I want to simply remind us this. That Nigeria is still called Nigeria today is a celebration and Nigeria itself is only the name of a place that occupy Nigerians, as well as the people who dwell in it. We all know that a child grows up gradually by facing both positive & negative effects of challenges but his attitude towards these challenges will define who he will later become. I believe that's why we have also experienced both bad & good governances, but the only difference between our negative & positive experiences from these previous governments is the attitude ascribed to those experiences. Are Nigerians willing to move Nigeria forward or accept defeat as a failing country? No I believe. So, therefore Nigerians should not tell Nigeria to make progress by itself but we Nigerians need to make the progress & it starts with you, I mean you... It is the act of unity & collaboration among the future of Nigeria that can take Nigeria up to a greater nation, because Nigeria is already great today but it can only be greater tomorrow & tomorrow is the future that those that are working towards building the future, must begin the implementation today. And, because we want to move forward doesn't mean that we should neglect or not look backward to pick some lessons from our good & bad experiences in the past; since we will be needing them to foster ahead in the modernization & manifestation of a greater future for our dear nation. I hereby call on those that are working towards the future of Nigeria to work in collaboration & take this great nation to a greater future that we all want; but we can only achieve this, if we try. Remember, a great team make the dream work and a divided house can never stand; so we must work together in unity with great attitude. I am willing to work with anyone that has any strategic plan to fulfill this purpose without causing any havoc or pain to anyone. God bless Nigeria & God bless Nigerians. Happy 52 celebration!!!

Some key words that I picked out from 2012 Democratic National Convention spoken by President Barack Obama.

"Hope in the face of difficulties and uncertainty... Our hope is been tested... We have been there, we've tried that and we're not moving backward, we are moving forward, America... We don't think the government can solve all of our problems and we don't think the government is the source of our problems. No one is to be blamed for our problems... Our destinies are bound together... America, is not about what can be done for me but what can be done by us... And He rounded up his speech with this statement of truth and hope; "America, I never said this journey will be easy and I won't promise that now. Yes, our path is harder but at least to a better place. Yes, our road is longer but we travel it together. We don't turn back, we leave no one behind, we pull each other up, we draw strength from our victories and we learn from our mistakes, but we keep our eyes fixed on the distance arising, knowing that confidence is with us and we are surely blessed to be citizens of the greatest Nation on earth. Thank you, God bless you and God bless this United state."~ President Barack Obama (2012 Democratic National Convention)

Failure is minor but lesson learnt is major...

I came across a tweet that gave me an insight into a topic that I've been pondering on how to compose the message and I feel I should share it while I also elaborate more of it. "If you have the willingness to learn, learn the lessons from your failure. Forget the details & try again the next time more intelligently."~ @sam_adeyemi. If you know a little bit about planting seeds, then you will understand that a seed sown into the ground must first be dead & decay before it can grow out to produce any fruit. And these goes to tell us that we sometimes face challenges that are meant to make us learn some lessons that would take us to that greater height we've always envisioned. We only just need to have great attitude towards learning from these challenges and using those lessons to sharpen our paths to greatness, with great commitment. Diligence sure pays off more than just wishing!!!

Reasons for every season!!!

Without a target there's no goal/aim, without a destination there can never be a drive and without a deadline, time is so useless & irrelevant. 
There's always a reason for any action, either good/bad but the end result justifies the reason for the action. We most times forget the reason we are doing something and focus only on the end result. 
The reason for our actions serve as the backbone of anything we do and without a backbone/foundation, the project or anything we're doing may not last. 

I will also like to say that there's no reason to wake up everyday if you don't have anything to do for the day & there's also no reason to stay awake all night if there's no reason to do so. When we focus more on the reason for our actions, we make those actions/projects easier for us to carry out and therefore boost our energy of bringing them to reality. 
 Make every reason count for your actions in every season.

Challenges are also for greatness, don't prevent them but deal with them!!!

When we are faced with difficulties, it's like a man in the jungle faced with lion. Two things will come to his mind; the first is to run & obviously you can't run faster than a lion & the other option is to look for any sharp object around him, to try and kill the lion before the lion does likewise. If he is fortunate enough to kill the lion, then he becomes a warrior and ordinary people will begin to fear him & he will not be afraid to deal with other smaller animals anymore, because of his victory with the lion; being the king of the jungle. In the period of difficulties, we have two options to make & any of these decisions can either make us great or defeat us to the bottomless pit. Why don't we try to fight those difficult situations rather than running from them? Maybe that will be our own way leading us to greatness. I have come to understand that it is better to fight against your challenges rather than running from it, even if the problem looks bigger than what you can deal with. In the process of wanting to fight the challenge, you gain an invisible strength and boldness from your inside, and that's very important in overcoming most challenges. Therefore, don't run from your challenges but stay to fight and deal with them, so that you can become a hero & a great person.

Innovate through observation!!!

How do we become innovative if we cannot innovate, how do we innovate if we cannot find a problem to solve, how do we find a problem to solve if we don't look for it, how do we look for problems if we are not been observant? 
Observation is the beginning of any innovation but desperate desire to innovate must come from the problem solver by always looking for problems & generating different solutions, until one of the solutions produce the actual result expected and it also gives room for improvement on the long run. No innovation should be static, or else it will be useless; but it must also be flexible enough to be able to adapt to diverse situations & circumstances. 
James Russell Lowell said in a quote; "Creativity is not the finding of a thing but the making something out of it, after it is found." 
So, when you have found a problem, observed it & have come up with a solution to the problem, then you can device a means of mapping the plans to propel the development of the idea.

Difficulties that sharpen your future, learn from them!

To cut down a tree, you must use a sharp object. You can never use a blunt object to cut any other object, it must be a sharp one. To win any competition, you must go through tremendous practices. To become a great man, you must be prepared to go through hard situations & come out sharpened for greatness. Anything that does not cost you anything is not yours, therefore it's not appreciated. Try to identify those difficult situations, learn from them & build your experience from there. Experience is the best teacher. A great man is that person, who has been sharpened by sharp objects, refined by seething furnace of fire and who has been made pure from impure circumstances, to achieve great success. The hotter the water on the fire, the quicker it cooks. I quote Jim Rohn when he said: "The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, light will dawn and shine with increasing clearness on your path." Learn to be sensitive to the lessons that your hardship is teaching you.

Value your vision to be evaluated!!!

Many people do say that they have visions but they are not just sure if the vision is really for them or for someone else. 
It is obvious that those person are only living in a mirage and not in reality, why?
Because, a vision is like your birthright and it can only be for you or not for you, though you might need or would need other people to actualize the vision with you. 

It just has to be specific and realistic, if you truly want to pursue the vision to achieve it. 

I often say to people, that you must discover yourself first before you can identify your vision; because your vision must be in-line with your personality. They both go together.

Here are some of my quotes to support this article on Valuable visions:

"If the vision is not yours, then you won't value it. The vision is definitely for someone who will live to die for his dream."~Temitayo Oyediran.

"A man with a vision has more people to carry his vision than he can even envision."~Temitayo Oyediran. 

Maybe you've not envisioned your vision yet or it could also be that you've not even identified who you really are. 
When these things are in place, you would be amazed at the rate at which people will flock around you to assist in making your dream come to live. 

People want to help someone who values what he/she carries. 
If you value your vision, it will also be valued by others... It is essentially valuable to value your vision, after it has been envisioned. 

By Temitayo Oyediran,
Director, Teesoft Limited.

(Teesoft Limited is a consulting and coaching company with expertise in project management, service management, business analysis and personal/corporate coaching.)

Lessons of Observation!!!

There's always a lesson in everything. Observation is better than waiting to be thought, before you understand why things are being done like this or like that. Great people that have achieved success don't wait to be thought before they go and look for the knowledge, wherever it may be found. Every bad or good thing that has happened to you must have thought you atleast a lesson, if you're observant. Take time out to meditate on those things, identify which ones are good & the few ones that are not too good, and then find out from your meditation why they happened the they did. What could you have done instead of the steps taken that led you to the success or failure of the event/situation? By doing this, you would have also acquired more knowledge of identifying your great strengths and how you can measure your success.

MEDITATION AND EXPECTATION...

Meditation is only for those that have anticipation. 
If we are not expecting, then there's no need to be reflecting on our steps/actions taken in the past that brought us to where we are today. 

Meditation is the act of acknowledging the fact that some steps taken toward things that happened to us in the past have brought us to our present situations and we have to take the right steps that will channel us to a greater future. 
It is the same mindset that we have today that will take us to where we will be in the future, so we need to have a positive mindset for a positive future. 

If only we can meditate on those times we had to sit for exams many times before we finally passed it and moved to the next class or when Parents would tell us not to do something but we would go ahead to do them until we got to that point when we realized how bad those things were, because we've grown older and now we know better...

It takes only a quiet and less busy mind to critically meditate and be committed to come up with a vigorous action plan on what to implement in making a better future. 

Here is a simply quote from myself that explains more about meditation and implementation of action plan: 
"We must dedicate to meditate before we communicate, and after then we have to formulate a plan that we must activate; so as to relate the result with what we intend to generate." ~ Temitayo Oyediran

And here is also a similar quote from a Ester Buchholz when she said: "Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers." 

It's not good to only focus on the future alone but to also meditate on those good/bad past, learn some vital lessons from there and device a plan that will prevent you from making the same mistakes of the past, while you embrace the skills or talents identified from your meditation on the past. 

Meditation is only done by the wise and for the wise.

By Temitayo Oyediran,
Director, Teesoft Limited.

(Teesoft Limited is a consulting and coaching company with expertise in project management, service management, business analysis and personal/corporate coaching.)

CRITICS AND SUPPORT, ALL TO YOUR GOOD!!!

Surround yourself with some people who criticize your views and many people who support your views or ideas; at least you are still in the position to actually make the final decision on what actions to take. The critics are not to break you but to make you better and stronger, while the supports are to make you feel special that you're doing something right & you should keep up the good work. If there's no critics, you might not know your weaknesses and that also tells you that they are following what you do but not in total support. Without the support on the other hand, you might be blinded to your strengths but the most important thing is what you do with both the critics and the support that you get from people you surround yourself with. I quote George S. Patton when he said "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking" and Daniel Priestley also said in his book (Key People Of Influence) KPI that "A Vital person welcome challenging debate & stimulating ideas, to bring out the best in them." Don't just listen to supporting views of others but also evaluate the critics, because there might be a bit of truth in it. By Tee-softCL Oyediran!!!