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ISBN-10: -0578077957
ISBN-13: 9780578077956
E-Book ISBN: 978-1-61397-492-6
Copyright ©2011
Kennedy C. Achille
Dedications
To my friends and family
for unconditional support.
“Bugg”
A Special Recognition to
- Lorenzo Reed, a little G.A.S. never hurt.
-Serge Aurubin, for your vast knowledge and sincere optimism.
-Fredrick Ingram for being my greatest support in many times of need.
-Torrance Gary, I am forever grateful for the support and encouragement.
-Travis Brown, Thank you for providing me the opportunity to continue my passion.
-Dr. Fabian Cone, Thank you for giving me the title I thought I would never have.
-Dr. Pierre Rutledge, Thank you for giving me my new life.
-To the crew at the cigar shop, Thank you for providing an atmosphere of motivational energy and great times.
-Marvin Scott, Thank you, you were right as always. “You can never take away a leopards spots.”
-To all of my students, Thank you for allowing me to learn from you.
-Gary Knapton, Bushido Knights Dojo, Thank you for a more disciplined me through the ancient martial arts.
-Alonzo Ellis, The Greatest Friend Ever!
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Internal
Think R. A. W.
(Re-Ignite Your Motivation)
Back To The Future
(Turn Back the Hands of Mind)
You’re Winning Season
(The Time Line of Success)
Real Responsibilities
(What is it?)
My Dead Role Models
(Always Having Them Around In Spirit)
Action –Vs- Reaction
(The Barrier To Self Truth)
A.L.L. of You
(How To Really Change For The Better?)
Use The Elements With In
(Earth, Wind, Fire, & Water)
The Island of You
(The journey that awaits you)
The Sweat Test
(Take the Pressure off)
Table of Contents:
External
Phantom Thought
(Envision It Before It Happens and It Will Happen)
Relationships
(Have Them Apply To Qualify)
B. M. W
(Prepare For The Change Because It’s Coming)
C.A.G.E.
(How To Lock In Your Career Path)
What’s in the P.O.T
(How To Use The Ingredients of Success)
Project Management
(100% Results In 100%)
Multi-Task
(Jack-Of-All-Trades, Master of None!)
Keeping a Title
(Yes, you can lose your title)
The Greatest TIP
(Let’s Turn You Into the Perfect Pyramid)
Say Cheese
(Smile, you are on everyone’s camera)
Screw Ethics
(Do You and Only You)
The Agent
(You Now Work For You)
Finances
(How to Find Your Money And keep it!)
Savings
(Produce It!)
The Thief
(You Will Be Surprised)
Mental Masturbation
(Embrace your Surroundings)
The Homeless Voice
(The Good, The bad, The ugly)
Been there, Done That
(Words of Wisdom)
Theme & Energy
(I feel Great)
Terms of Awareness
Final Thoughts
Professor Interview
Invictus
Purpose of This Book
To engage in an argument or debate with someone
who lacks education, evaluation, empathy, and
exposure is a lack of judgment on your part because
the ignorant does not consider possibilities.
(I will use the elements within).
From the strategy titled
“Use The Elements Within”
FOREWORD
When called upon to speak to freshman students regarding the journey that lay before them, I begin by reminding them of the power that they have within themselves. They are the only person who had the power to begin the admissions process to decide to come to school, and they are the only one who can initiate the withdrawal process to leave school. Society has taught us that power is within us, and sometimes I think this statement is a cliché. The human mind is a very powerful thing and sometimes we under estimate its power. There is an old saying that on a tombstone, it does not matter the year of birth, or even the year of death, it matters the years represented by the dash. This work helps us make sure that we make the dash between our years count. Society breeds individuals who began with meager and rocky beginnings; but were able to rise above their circumstances and write their name in history.
Henry Ford failed five times and became broke five times before he was able to found Ford Motors wrote his name in history.
R. H. Macy failed seven times before successfully opening the first Macy’s department store in New York.
F. W. Woolworth worked in a dry goods store where the management thought that he was not smart enough to work with customers so he had to work in the stockroom. He later went on to start one of the biggest department stores in the US during that time.
A newspaper company fired Walt Disney because they did not feel he had enough imagination and creativity. He then failed at another business, but there is not a child today in the world that does not benefit from his creativity and imagination.
Mr. Achilles’ thought provoking work makes us understanding fully that we have the momentum and innate power to better ourselves. As you read it remember what I told the freshman student…”The Power is yours, use it wisely.”
From
the Pen of
Dr. Santarvis Brown
Authors Intent & Projected Outcomes for the person reading this book
Greetings, it is a great pleasure to finally meet you. I want to take a few moments to describe to you what this book entails before you start reading it. I designed this book strictly for one purpose and one purpose only; to enhance your current position in life. I will be honored if you allow me to assist you with this process. Before we move on to the contents that await you, I want to make sure you understand my theories and my approach to support them. For starters, look at the title of this book, “Know!” notice the word “No” highlighted in red. The color red is emblematical to the red of a traffic stop sign. When traveling to any destination, the stop sign is a constant reminder that every now and then we must “STOP” and look in all directions before moving again, also keeping in mind the consequences if we do not STOP! This book contains the necessary strategies that we must use along life’s journey to greatness I refer to as “Know!” Too reach “Know!” both you and I must first recognize that “No” we are not completely aware of our current potential in life. Maybe it is our finances, the relationships we are involved in, undesired living arrangements, insufficient transportation, or our negative attitudes towards life. Both you and I have the power to enhance any of these situations. It is safe to say that a large portion of the general population is not satisfied with their current situation, but more so, contagiously upset and discouraged in the process. To remedy any undesired situation, both you and I must collectively understand the following statement “Identifying what you are not, is the first step to identifying what you are!” To put this statement into practice, you must have a method. You must have strategies. You must implement strategies daily until you generate the desired outcome of your situation. Success does not choose people by random nor will success fall from the sky to land on any person of preference. Success must be created. Just as humans are created into this world as a result of two people that came together to engage and accept each other in intercourse to produce human life, success requires the same process. Success must have parents as well. The parents of success are “Humble” and “Wisdom”. Both extremes must accept and engage each other to produce a child named success. Are you humble? Do you have wisdom? If the answer is “No” then allow me to help you change your answer to “Yes”. “To perform like a champion, you must listen like a rookie!” To be humble requires a silent tongue, and wide-open ears to digest valuable information for the nutrition of the mind. “Boast your achievements just as loud as you boast your failures.” To posses wisdom you must learn from unwanted life experiences by evaluation. Let us take your wisdom teeth for example, if you ever had the experience of dealing with such pain you learned to have a newfound perspective on taking better care of your teeth. I have created a powerful collection of 28 crucial strategies that are projected to increase personal awareness and unconventional personal growth in all aspects of our actions. It is expected that upon the completion of reading this book, “Awareness” will fuel your desire for achievements. “Awareness” will fuel the need for a change in attitude. “Awareness” will fuel the growth on your path to becoming a better person. The word “Know” will no longer be considered a word used as a figure of speech in idle conversations. The word “Know” will now and forever be branded into your mind like a hot iron on cows hide as a reminder of personal growth. I can honestly tell you that you are not alone in reading this book. My chess coach Weber J. Charles, constantly reminds that like the game of chess, having strategies and knowing how to use the strategies with patience and thought, is the only way you can play and win at the game of life. If you want to win at the game of life, you must have strategies and know how to use them or “Check Mate!” The same frustrations of “where you are” and “where you want to be” is a common thread that pulls us together. In reading this book, I want you to see that common thread and pull on it with both hands. Together, we can get to where we need to be if we pull “together”. So as crazy as anything that I say may sound, I want you too “Just do it.” Your future is calling and it wants you fully engaged and nothing less than the best of you. You are reminded that each strategy require five consecutive days of implementation for optimal results in your life. Through this process both, you and I will grow together as friends by encouraging each other to grow from “No!” to “Know!” I look forward to hearing from you on how my strategies assist you.
How to Read this Book
This book is designed for you to effectively implement different strategies of personal development that will enhance your life forever. This book is divided into three significant parts, The Internal, The External, and Terms of Awareness. For the strategy to be effective and improve your current situation, you must put into practice the following directions. For each strategy to be effective and long lasting, you must repeat the name of the strategy in question in your mind, daily. This means repeating the name of the strategy to yourself before going to bed until you fall asleep, repeating the name of the strategy in your mind upon waking up, repeating the strategy in your mind at work, around friends and family, until the strategy becomes second nature. After implementing the strategy in question and repeating it to yourself for five consistent days, you will move on to the next strategy following the same instructions until you have finished all of the strategies in this book. I make a promise to you that this book will positively alter your life forever and those involved, only if you embrace my teachings with an open mind, and only after you have finished implementing all the strategies into daily practice. There is no excuse for you not to finish reading this book!
“Excuses are the tools of the incompetent, and those who specialize in them build great monuments of nothing, and seldom accomplish anything in life.”
The Three Sections
The Internal Section
This section consists of strategies focused on improving your individual weaknesses such as emotions, goals, personal growth, and motivation.
The External Section
This section consists of strategies focused on improving your interpersonal skills such as communication, networking, and productivity.
Terms of Awareness
This section consists of terms that will assist you in identifying both internal and external situations and increasing your vocabulary in the process
Internal Strategies
Think R. A. W.
The strategy to assist you in finding your true and natural motivation. Motivation is not a new concept for you, but rather an old friend from the past that you must find and reunite with to regain you’re natural fuel
Back to The Future
Let us turn back the hands of Mind!
You’re Winning Season
A strategy developed to help you identify your seasons of greatness
Real Responsibilities
An awareness strategy to help you heighten your understanding of true responsibility
My Dead Role Models
Use this strategy to humble your thoughts and it will teach you to appreciate your living opportunities from the great people of the past
Action –Vs- Reaction
An investigative strategy to help you identify the root of any reaction, which yields further reaction
A.L.L. of You
For a positive change to take place in your life you must first make positive changes to yourself. If positive change is what you seek then this strategy is for you
Use the Elements
Neglecting what you have or even worse neglecting what you were born with, will result in disappointment and frustration. Use this strategy to identify your natural born ability on your trip to true maturation
The Island of You
The journey of all journeys that will lead you to the point of no return, for peace and happiness awaits you
The Sweat Test
Learn how to take off the pressure from any situation
External Strategies