Issue 2, 1st April 2005

Welcome to this issue of the Up-Mobile Ezine™, designed to bring you “Nigerian Inspiration for the Nigerian Situation!”™

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From the Publisher

Hi there! It’s good to be back with you again! Many thanks to those who sent us feed back on our first issue. Your questions, comments and contributions are highly valued. Just keep on emailing them in and we’ll implement whatever is feasible.
We’re here to serve you, remember? You’re the reason for this ezine!
So please keep the feedback coming.

Some of you have taken our 5 Minute Quiz and are on the way to a new lease of life! Many a time, we’re not satisfied with our lives but don’t know exactly what we want to change, or how to achieve it. Professional goal coaching can be quite expensive, but at Up-Mobile Ezine we’re giving it away f*r*e*e of charge to our readers! Just click on the link in the side-bar, to the right of the page that says "5 Minute Quiz" and let’s get started. The journey to success begins with knowing where you’re going. We want to help you get started on it.

We also bring you the follow up to last issue’s “Creating Your World.” We’ll be looking at how your thoughts can help or hinder your progress. You certainly don’t want to be your own enemy, so you must read this! It’s titled Self-limiting Beliefs—the Inner Enemies of Progress. It’s rather long, so we bring you part one in this issue, and part two in the next. Be sure to read both articles. I suggest you print them out and read them together again!

We’ve got news in the “What’s New?” section, and tips for jobseekers in the Quick Tips and Ideas section. Take your time and read them all. And be doers as well as readers!

Enjoy this issue, and please tell your friends about it.

Happy to be of service,

Oma Edoja
Editor/Publisher, Up-Mobile Ezine

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Motivational Article (1)

Self-limiting Beliefs-The Inner Enemies of Progress by Oma Edoja

What are they? Self-limiting beliefs are those things you believe about yourself that place limitations on your abilities. They may be conscious or unconscious. They may be founded or unfounded e.g.:

I am fat and so no one will marry me, or,
I am not lucky; I won’t get the job.

That you are fat may well be true. That no one will marry you as a result definitely isn’t. Some people prefer fat partners, and it’s the person inside that really makes the difference. And luck isn’t the criterion for getting a job. You get jobs based on merit. Limitations are actually a thing of the mind. In reality we have none. You can do anything if you make up your mind to do it. Determination always finds a way around obstacles.

Henry Ford once said, “If you think you can…. or if you think you can’t…you’re right!” It all depends on what you believe about yourself. Our thoughts and beliefs colour our vision and perception of the world. It all begins with our thoughts, since we have to accept a thought for it to become a belief. It’s been said that whatever you believe becomes your reality. You do not believe what you see; rather you see what you already believe. For this reason, two people facing the same situation may interpret it differently, act according to their different beliefs and experience different outcomes.

How do they work? Self-limiting beliefs act like brakes on our progress. They leave us acting forward, but believing backward. They have been described as a malicious thermostat; you can take all the action you want, and in the right direction too. But anytime you make progress, the thermostat pulls you back to conform to your inner negative programming. Attempting to move forward when you have backward programming is like expecting a photocopy to be different from the original!

To get out of the vicious cycle of acting forward but believing backward you’ve got to identify these malicious thermostats, and eliminate them, consciously and continuously. Sometimes it’s a lifelong battle, but one that you can win each time. Fortunately, you can get rid of self-limiting beliefs. But first you have to identify them. They could be lurking in the recesses of our minds without our awareness. Talking with a friend or consulting with a coach could give you more objective feedback as to their existence.

To be continued in next issue: What can you do about Self-limiting beliefs? Where do they come from? What happens if you do nothing about them? A proactive solution. All these coming up next issue.
Copyright 2005 Oma Edoja
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Quick Tips and Ideas

For the unemployed

1) Rather than stay home waiting for a job, approach a business owner and offer to work for free, for a stipulated period of time. No, I’m not crazy, and yes, I do mean it! Your skills are growing rusty at home, and you are getting older, and less employable. Three things could result: (a) You could gain valuable job experience, something employers want but fresh graduates don’t usually have, (b) You could earn valuable recommendations from your bosses, colleagues and customers, (c) You could get employed by your boss! I have actually heard of a young man who got a job this way.
2) What skills and qualifications do employers want, that you don’t have? Do you have just the basic qualifications? A first degree is considered basic these days. How can you make yourself desirable to prospective employers? How can you stand out in the employment market? Those who get the jobs have something that you don’t have. For as long as you think it’s a godfather, you’re going to remain unemployed! This is because such self-limiting beliefs place responsibility on someone else. When you take responsibility, you can do something about it. Do whatever it takes to stand out strikingly. It could be as simple as improving your spoken English or self-presentation.
3) Be willing to start small – at lower pay or position than you expected, if necessary. As long as there are growth and exposure prospects it’s worth considering. Money isn’t everything when you’re first starting out.
4) Could self-employment be for you, or your group of friends? Consider what the fathers of Yahoo! And Google did.
5) Applying to newspaper advert does work. In my working days I received several invitations to interviews from newspaper ads, with no godfather or mother! Ditch the self-limiting belief that it doesn’t work. It could be that you need polishing up in your CV-writing or interview skills. See our Success Resources for help with this.
That’s it! Do something you’ve never done, to get something you’ve never had, in the coming week. Use an entirely new approach to look for work and reap entirely different results!

Best wishes, Oma.

Copyright 2005 Oma Edoja
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Inspirational Quote
“There is no scarcity of opportunity to live your dreams; there’s only a scarcity of
resolve to make it happen.” -Wayne Dyer

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Motivational Article (2)

Bud or Blossom?

“And the day came when the risk to remain closed in a bud became more painful than the risk to blossom.” -Anais Nin

What are your dreams? Are they hiding with you in your comfort zone? Will they ever see the light of day? Will they follow you, uncelebrated, to the grave?

Unfortunately, this is the plight of most people and the dreams that God has given them. They get so busy with the mundane and mediocre that their dreams fade into oblivion. The years pass, responsibilities pile up, the grave beckons, and another one bights the dust. May this not be your biography. But shouting, “Amen” will not do the trick. You’ve got to come out of the crevices where you’ve been hiding and work on those dreams.
You have them, we all do. And you can turn them into reality. As long as you can dream it, you can have it. God does not waste dreams, and He gives them out selectively. You and your dreams were hand picked and matched by God. They are no coincidence.

The choice however, is yours; remain in the anonymous protection of a bud, a dream that never came to light, or take the risk of blossoming. I chose the risk, frightening as it was. Danger loomed and failure threatened, but that’s all they could do. You get stronger in the wind and the sunlight, but that’s something you’ll never know if you stay inside your bud. Think of that.

Copyright 2005 Oma Edoja

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What’s New?!

We’re planning a Reading Club! Some of you wrote in response to the article on reading, last issue, suggesting we start one. It’s still in the planning stages. But we’d love to have more suggestions. What would you like to read — business, self-improvement? How would we pick the books — voting, bestseller lists? Please see the last (first!) issue if you missed it. Scroll down the page for it, or visit the archives near the links, to the right of the page.
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Feedback

Please email the editor at proact04@yahoo.co.uk with questions, comments, or contributions. You can use the comment link also, at the end of the newsletter, but
that may not remain private.

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Success Resources
Here are some books I found tremendously helpful. I believe you will too:
1) Lions Don’t Need to Roar by D.A. Benton This is about creating favourable first impressions and cultivating people skills, vital ingredients in the corporate and business world. I’ve practised some of Benton’s tips and had doors open for me that once remained closed. Get your copy and read it; do something different, read this book!
2) Failing Forward by John Maxwell This is all about succeeding by profiting from failure. Many think that it’s over when they fail. But Maxwell shows that it’s normal when we fail! Success begins with failure. Learn the secrets of turning your failures around. You’ll stop being laughed at when they see you start to shine! Get your copy ASAP!

Online resources next!

Be sure to visit www.financial-freedom-inspiration.com for tips on exiting the rat race and entering financial freedom.
For info on writing winning CVs please visit www.alec.co.uk
See the links for more success resources. Remember, readers are leaders!

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