By Charles Leyman Kachitsa
Business is first and foremost the selling of an idea. More clearer is when one is selling a service in that the idea can be identified without doubt. Bur even so where a business has products to sell as its output, the idea will be ingrained into those products which for the doubters they are able to see.
To start any viable business with success, you must have a good idea. An idea that is all encompassing; as to where you will source the capital, what business model you need to employ converting to a thing or another idea that other people will want by exchanging it with some value, in our modern times using money. You have to have an idea of what type of people and in which skill category you would want to employ for the business. Self employment is included as to think yourself as an employee of the business and therefore requiring of you to have self reflection to get an idea of your capabilities.
A man or woman armed with the right idea be it already tried and tested by others or a new one, will always succeed in their chosen business. A good well thought idea can be sold at a whim with buyers competing with each other to access it. If you desire to get into business, first thing is to look inside you to unearth that which would be a good idea that can stand out.
The quotes this week are a continuation of extraction from a book that when read in full would make you realize that all powers for human beings were already given. It depends on each individual how he or she uses that power. If you will, you can! I am sure the selected quotations below from this book will enlighten you to one or two life lessons. Read and enjoy:
THE POWER OF CONCENTRATION by Theron Q. Dumont
“You may think it foolish to try develop concentration by taking muscular exercises, but you must not forget that the mind is associated with muscle and nerve. When you steady your nerves and muscles, you steady your mind. But let your nerves get out of order and your mind will become erratic and you will not possess the power of direction, which, in other words, is concentration. Therefore you understand how important exercises that steady the nerves and muscles are in developing concentration.”
“everyone is continually receiving impulses that must be directed and controlled if one is to lead a successful life. This is the reason why a person must control the movements of his eyes, feet, fingers, etc.; this is another reason why it is important to control his breathing. The slow, deep, prolonged exhalations are of wonderful value. They steady the circulation, the heart action, muscles and nerves of the mind. If the heart flutters, the circulation is not regular, and when the lung action is uneven, the mind becomes unsteady and not fit for concentration. This is why controlled breathing is very important as a foundation for physical health.”
“I want you first to realize how powerful thought is. A thought of fear has turned a person’s hair grey in a night. A prisoner condemned to die was told that if he would consent to an experiment and lived through it he would be freed. He consented. They wanted to see how much blood a person could lose and still live. They arranged that blood would apparently drop from a cut made in his leg. The cut made was very slight, from which practically no blood escaped. The room was darkened, and the prisoner thought the dropping he heard was really coming from his leg. The next morning he was dead through mental fear.”
“……. It is necessary to be silent before you can speak wisely. The person who is really alert and well poised and able to speak wisely under trying circumstances, is the person who has practiced in the silence. Most people do not know what the silence is and think it is easy to go into the silence, but this is not so. In the real silence we become attached to that interior law and the forces become silent, because they are in a state of high potency, or beyond the vibratory sounds to which our external ears are attuned. He who desires to become above the ordinary should open up for himself the interior channels which lead to the absolute law of the omnipotent. You can only do this by persistently and intelligently practicing thought concentration…….”
“If you just realize that through deep concentration you become linked with thoughts of omnipotence, you will kill out entirely your belief in your limitations and at the same time will drive away all fear and other negative and destructive thought forces which constantly work against you. In the place of these you will build up a strong assurance that your every venture will be successful. When you learn thus how to concentrate and reinforce your thought, you control your mental creations; they in turn help to mould your physical environment, and you become the master of circumstances and the ruler of your kingdom.”