

CHANGE DYNAMICS

©Prince Benjamin 2019.

# CHANGE DYNAMICS

Copyright © April 2019  
Prince Benjamin

Published in Nigeria by Victory Press

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This book is dedicated to change agents across the world.

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# Contents

INTRODUCTION 6

CONCEPT OF CHANGE 8

THE MOTIVES OF CHANGE 23

CLASSIFICATIONS OF CHANGE 34

THE CHANGE PROCESS 44

THE MIND AND CHANGE 61

TYPES OF CHANGE 72

CREATOR'S INITIATION OF CHANGE 97

VOICES OF CHANGE 108

IMPORTANCE OF VOICES OF CHANGE 127

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# INTRODUCTION

The world is in unrest. There seems to be a sense of dissatisfaction with the status quo. The search for change is generic. Change is the ultimate pursuit of all humans. Many concepts by great scholars, scientists, environmentalists, psychologists, leaders and philosophers to help this search are available.

Everyone wants change but only minute fractions have achieved change. We want change in our family, business, relationship, ministry, schools, academics, home, finance, health, living and life. It is a mantra, a fundamental part of our thinking process in life. In almost every area of life, humanity is desperately hungry for it. We often wish, force, envy, and seek it but we have failed to possess it because we have not engaged its dynamics.

There are many beautiful resources on change but we discover that there are still questions lingering for answers. We end up questioning God and ourselves why we have not achieved change despite how hungry we seem to pursue it.

Every change you seek for is possible and accessible if you know the how to getting it and you follow through that path. Great leaders, authors, philosophers, speakers and leaders have unveiled secrets and unraveled mysteries that they have applied to change several aspects of their lives; but we fail to change our own situations. The reason why many do not achieve their desirable change is that they do not know the truth and processes that characterizes change. Your mind cannot enforce or attract what you lack knowledge of.

The knowledge of the dynamics of change, if applied sincerely can change every aspect of your life. This knowledge would contribute to the understanding of change for seekers and agents. For those who are trying to engage change with little or no knowledge of this dynamics, this knowledge would serve as a guide toward their change process.

I believe that this detailed revelation and discourse in this book will enable humanity and you especially to proactively engage change. The level of understanding or knowledge acquired is what empowers us for change. Get ready.

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#  CONCEPT OF CHANGE

The word change means so many things to different people. Let us see a few from the oxford advanced learners dictionary.

Change means:

  * To become or make something different; to alter.

  * To pass or make something pass from one form to another.

  * To take or use another instead of somebody or something.

  * To move from one state, position to another.

Change is synonymous with alter, modify, and vary. The word has been understood and applied on a surface level; there is more about it that we will see in this book.

Most persons seek real change but what they end up with is a part package of what they sought; maybe they got an altered version, a modification or variation of their original challenges. These are not real changes.

In social relations, change involves new ways of doing, organizing, framing and knowing. All this follows a basic and systematic order.

Every true change is capable of causing huge transformations and tremendous achievements, but this depends on how we understand and apply the dynamics of change.

Many individuals see change as a swift spontaneous occurrence but have failed to understand that the evidence were simply the product or result of a radical dynamic process. Change is neither a swift nor a spontaneous occurrence, it occurs via a root to shoot system.

We tend to recognize the shoot system because it is the product and evidence of change, but shoot is made possible only by a root. Just like trees in plantations and forest, we admire the shoot of such trees though we cannot see the root.

The root of change begins from a seed planted in the mind (thoughts and Ideas). Though it cannot be seen, it is the very foundation of the change and what we apparently see as the shoot, the positive results that we celebrate.

If change were swiftly spontaneous, this magnificent concept would have been a mystery and less more appreciated. The reason we all seek and engage its processes is that we have the power to actualize it. Seeking the knowledge for change would have been a waste of time and resources if it was spontaneous and our ultimate search for a new life or level would have been unfounded.

Change is beyond the above concept. There are many books pointing individuals to change but they fail to give us an understanding of change itself. Change looks like a chasm and a mirage when we do not know how to go about it. A lot of good knowledge about change is at our disposal but we do not change, not because the knowledge is not powerful enough or its application is weak, but because we lack knowledge of the dynamics of change it.

How would I embrace a concept, when I do not understand its basis? Your desire for the change you seek would continue to be a desire until you understand the dynamics of it. Change is one of the most powerful word and force on earth that controls human existence, but the full potency of it has not been achieved.

The reason our wished change and proposed better life is not actualized, is plainly, that change has its peculiar system and rules. If this dynamics of change is well captured, devoured, understood and passionately engaged, we can achieve our wished change; and transform lives. So many dreams, goals and hopes for a fulfilled effective life have been truncated, aborted and made futile because of the failure to adhere to the dynamics of change.

Every human race and generation does wish for change in one aspect of life or the other. These wishes are however truncated because of the lack of understanding of change itself.

The major challenge in the change you seek is you; your mind is limited and you have a poor understanding of the dynamics of change. You cannot change any aspect of your life without understanding the dynamics of the change required. People perish and wallow in negative situations of life because of lack of understanding and passivity of their mind to accept this concept. Everything you want is at your reach if only you know the workable steps towards getting it.

The problem is not change but our understanding. Most persons do not know what they want. You must know what you want because action is solely a follow up to compelling reasons. People claim to need change but you need to know what type of change you need. You also need to understand the dynamics to possessing such change. The change you seek must really be what you want. No pretense or desperation would give you the change you seek until your mind can define and align with it.

Irrespective of your state and who you are, if you can understand and apply these fundamental dynamics of change, the actualization of your hope, dreams, wishes, goal and proposed better life would be accomplished. It is possible for you to get to your positive zone and best seasons. Do not let anyone cloth you with an apparel of deceit and limitation. You can get that change you have hungered for.

Change does not discriminate; it is open for all who seek it. While you feel deprived from that change you seek is because of your approach. You are very much qualified to achieve that which you seek, if only you seek it the right way.

Change is an open call, but the impediment to getting it is the ignorance in understanding change. Whatever change you seek is possible, it only seems impossible because of your approach to it. We may know the basic dynamics to the change we have sought but our lethargic attitude towards it makes it seems impossible. You need to know the change you want and effectively engage it.

All things can change to suit and fit into what we want but it all depends on our approach to its dynamics. Sometimes, the lack of knowledge of the timing can be a limitation. However, once the dynamics is well captured and understood, knowledge about season of change can be managed.

Science proves change to either be reversible or irreversible. In extrapolating this fact to real life phenomenon, the fundamental existence of humanity suggests change to be a "reversible model." In the course of your existence on earth, you have sought or witnessed this reversible model of change. You have seen circumstances change in divergent directions, from positive to negative or from negative to positive directions. I belong to the school of thought that believes change to be a reversible mechanism and not a fixed irreversible system.

Life is controlled by change and time. It is either you are tuned in to control these changes or the changes control you. In life's channel, you either progress or regress. This is not a fixed channel, it changes its state. You cannot sit on the fence; change finds a way to get at us anyway.

The options available to you are for you to either rule or be ruined by change. Once life changes happen, if you choose to be constant instead of been variable to its happening in your life, you would observe retardation in that area of your life where change has arrived for.

You need to move with the pace of change for you not to be obsolete to yourself and the world. What causes most failures in life is poor engagement to change. People feel relaxed and subject themselves to accepting any offer of change without questioning what type of change it is.

Since change is a basic constant of life, we have to be alert, plan and fight through any changes we face. You cannot allow life's happenings cut short your dreams by just existing and not living. Those who exist cannot enforce what they want from life, only those who live. So many persons have become inanimate to life and accept any direction they see themselves. You are bigger than living that way; that is why you are created differently. Only the non-living makes no choice. Your life can be whatever you want and you can live out whatever change you desire.

Water occurs in three different states; solid, liquid and gaseous state. Depending on the environmental condition (cooling or heating), this changes can move from one form to another. This fact affirms the reversibility of change and it is sequential when certain fundamental conditions are met. Change can be favored or not favored by environmental conditions. Your environment could slightly or vigorously interfere with your change process. Once you are on any desired change process, it is better to seek conditions and the environment that would propel the change you seek.

Despite change been a reversible model, it does not happen spontaneously. Socrates the philosopher made this assertion "nothing just happens." This means change undergoes series of stages and dynamic processes before it is evident or felt by the world. Change does not just occur, though it may seem so, but it has its own root to shoot system. The root system of plant is not seen while the shoot is evident; so is change. Any change we experience or witnesses do not just occur sporadically or spontaneously, it has a basis and an antecedent to its evidence or visibility. It is stirred, built up and geared prior to its evidence.

The third law of Newton states thus, "to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction"... This explains the fact that nothing just happens and change is a dynamic or systematic process. Change is triggered, propelled and nurtured before it is fully experienced.

Actions do not just occur as confirmed by Newton and note actions to be the products of change. It is triggered and propelled by a possible reaction, which is nurtured. The change you envision is not yet evident maybe because the right action is not yet taken to produce the shoot system. It is not enough to desire; you must put action to your desire.

Change is a product of a continual thinking and a meditative process whose result is evident by our decision to act.

Did I just say, "Change is a product"? Yes, it is. Change is a product because it was manufactured, built-up, fueled, triggered, nurtured up and produced by your mind. Where you are today, who you are today, and who you ought to be tomorrow are all the change function of your mind. Change as a product is simply the result of this dynamic process and your mind is the platform or center stage for this meditative process and continual thinking. Until your mind accepts this thinking, and is been able to embrace the understanding of this thinking, change will not be possible.

This is the reason people stick to poor attitude, lifestyle and actions and they do not show remorse for previous negative results and experiences. This is because their minds have not yet accepted the instructions or lessons from previous experiences. It is not that they do not want change, but their minds have not accepted the profit or loss of such changes. The profit or loss is the threshold for the acceptance of change by the mind. If you can handle the profits or losses that hold that change you seek, you can achieve it and change anybody. People who stick to addictions, social vices, unsuccessful attitude, and negativity are simply because of this threshold.

Nothing would change unless you change. This starts in the mind. You need to change. Maybe you are waiting for your relationship, the economy, your academic grades, performances to change; they will not change until you change. Your mind can rule or ruin your life. The change you seek and hunger for is within you. It is not the external forces like environment, opinions or pressure. Things can only start changing when we change our mindset towards it and operate the demanded change cycle in line with what we seek.

You cannot expect the best from anything when you are not the best to yourself. You cannot expect anything to change when you are not changed. Once you change the way you see and act, changes occur in other areas outside your immediate life.

Your life is your mind. What your mind cannot capture your hand cannot handle. What your mind cannot see you cannot live and pursue. Your visions, purpose, pursuit, plans, programs, principles, conviction, beliefs, thoughts, ideas, are mapped in your mind. Steer your mind with all assiduousness for in it and out of it are the indispensable concerns of life. The reason while people fail and succeed in their change pursuit is their mind. The mind is an invisible eye for all we want; if our mind is weak and blind, our search for change will end in despair.

You could be inspired, informed, and transformed. All this are inward processes, which are intangible, and it becomes tangible by its evidence because of our physical actions. I stick with Socrates; "nothing just happens." You ponder on it, wrestle with it, and process it, which is all the root system.

The change process is anchored on the "intentions of your mind." Nothing can be achieved without an intention. Intention is the shield that bears the loss, risk, gains and benefits of the change you need; it is your assent through which you decide what rather change you want to experience. Your intention to change should be deep-rooted systems in order for you to sustain the change process you want to attain.

Despite change been a reversible model, the power to control it lies in our decision. Otherwise, if you review the infinite massive thoughts running through your mind without your decisive control of what you want, you would have an unprecedented awful experience in your daily living.

As every physical root system can be uprooted with time so is change. People living with negative changes or cycle can uproot these changes with the right approach. It may seem frustrating when trying to do that. This is simply because of the lack of adequate knowledge and poor engagement of the change process.

Habits and attitude, which have formed your lifestyle, can be changed, but you should not seek the shoot to change it. Just imagine a farmer who does not want a particular plant in his farm and he decides to cut the shoot without removing the root; what do you think would happen? That plant would grow again. When dealing with a type of change that has defined us by a particular lifestyle, we have to deal with the root and the base mechanism for such development.

The secret to welcoming or embracing positive change lies in our mind. Empty your mind; be like water, which takes the form of the container, that it has been put into. The reason I want you to be as water is because of its flexible nature. This is the nature you need to cope with life's change. This nature offers you the capacity to stay resilient through the change process for what you seek.

Once your mind accepts the change you want, the evidence begins to develop. The control board or fundamental platform for change is your mind, while the power switch of change is your decision. It is in your decision to allow the change you seek either come or not come to lime light. Most persons seek certain changes in their lives and have decided not to do anything about it. For change, your indecision is a decision.

People desire to buy change but have failed in their quest because it is simply a dynamic process, which cannot be gotten this way. It however can be gotten by a resolute action on positive thoughts. Change happens but it is systematic happening based on a specified dynamics. You cannot expect a forest or plantation without planting the seed. Coupled with certain environment conditions, this seed develops the needed root for the shoot to be seen. Change starts with the seed of the mind, which is the root system and our decision to take the needed action make the change visible like the shoot system.

Change is a dynamic approach or a systematic process. It is never magical or mysterious. It is a process that generates from the thinking of our mind. All the changes we have witnessed or are going through generates from the mind, the seed of the mind which are thoughts and ideas. However, this seed of the mind is not enough to bring change unto reality hence our decision to act is vital. You cannot achieve true change without this approach. Many people skip this systematic and basic dynamics of change and end as failed products of change or achieve mere adjustments of lifestyle.

Change cannot be forced but stimulated or triggered

You do not use physical austere measures. This is because if you take off these measures, people would return to their old ways. Change should only be stimulated or triggered through information, experience, inspiration and motivation. This is what implants the seed of the mind for a right change root. Using a forceful jungle approach to achieve change can only produce pretense and falsehood. It may seem a rewarding process at the beginning but it is often full of deceit. It will yield a shallow root, which cannot be sustained to produce a healthy shoot.

Malcolm X points out the psychology behind this dynamic process. In his autobiography, he talked about the most important lesson he ever learned. His mentor, Elijah Muhammad took two glasses of water. Into one of the glass, he poured some oil so that the water became viscous and dirty. The other glass remained clean pure and pristine. Never tell anyone that he has a dirty glass of water, he instructed Malcolm, or else he will get upset. They may end up fighting you. A much better strategy is to hold up a clean glass of water and let the person make a choice for himself. Real life changes are often achieved by yourself because nobody can do it all for you. No doubt, you can get support for the change you seek but it solely depends on your own personal effort and engagements.

You cannot trigger or stimulate change with hate but with 'love'. Hate kills, corrupt, and terminates the change program. Messages of hate instill fear to our minds. Human instincts respond to whatever is offered to it with the same response. You can only trigger or stimulate change with love because love conquers all. This is the greatest force and it cannot be opposed or repelled. Love shows care, affection, and attraction hence it can trigger change.

Most people's desirable positive changes on which they have applied the right dynamic approach have become futile because of the absence of love. Once this is absent, the mind cannot consider handling the risk of such change process because trust is only built on love. The endpoint is that we would end in the distrust of the change been introduced to us because of the absence of love.

Love and change are handy; this is because with love you can heal the soul, inspire, motivate, inform, share and transform life. An instruction in love would always be embraced by your mind, because your true nature is programmed to be loved. This is a fundamental ingredient for change to be actualized and stimulated. Never can hate bring change. It makes change possible and easily accepted.

All true changes are triggered and stimulated; it is the only means by which our minds can accept change. Once change is forced or compelled, such changes will not be fully accepted but would always be repelled by our mind. This would distort the antecedent of change development and manifestation. Always seek to stimulate and trigger change with love.

You do not just wish change; you act for change.

Change cannot be wished into existence. A popular cliché holds "If wishes are horses beggars would ride on." We all wish the best for life but if we do not take action, we cannot achieve it. Until we make a choice, decide and act on it, nothing is going to happen.

Our deliberate actions see us through our change process, we cannot wish our way through it. Your knowing the needed dynamics for the change you seek is not enough; you have to act in line with your wish. Imagine you wish to earn a good salary when you do not have a job, this will not be possible just wishing, you must seek a job that fits your desire for you to earn. Wishes do not bring change, actions do. It is high time you take the required action needed for the change you seek and stop wishing.

Living a wishing life is creating a fancy island in your mind. You have seen it and you wish to have it, however the only thing that can give you that is deliberate action. Action is the secret behind those who have achieved change and those who wish for it. Your wishes are not enough to bring you to change, but to place you in a daydream. Some persons will argue, that they have acted in line with a change process which they sought but yet no result. The question is not just acting, but is the action the required action? Your action should match the change you want; you cannot expect greatness while giving an average effort.

Change is powered by our decision but it is accomplished by our actions. Hence, the fundamental key to experience and achieving a change result is based on your actions. Note that positive actions produce positive results and negative actions, negative results.

Your action should always be positive. You cannot operate a negative change cycle and expect to achieve positive change. Recall that change is a sequence and a definite mechanism activates the achievement of change. This sequence cannot be complete when there is an interference or mix up along the way; this would alter and affect the whole system. You cannot be passive and contradictory with this mechanism. Once the change process is contradicted it causes a huge fault in the mechanism, thus the product is faulty.

Action is the role you have to play for the evidence of change. It is good dreaming, prospecting, and wishing the change you desire but it would never come to you if you do not do anything about it. You must act to see the change. Nothing can be gotten without action. Many persons have resigned to live their lives on wishes. This is the reason why they have not gotten what they seek. A good wish is never bad but it cannot give you what you want if you do not act for it. You wish it because you want it; get it by doing something about it.

Once you wish a change in any aspect of life, show corresponding action to go for it. You cannot get it by wishing and talking about it; change is gotten by the doers, those who take action for it. What change do you want? Yes, you might have gotten the needed knowledge for it; this is the right time to take prompt action to bring it to reality.

You can achieve any change you want to see no matter the limits or challenges around it, but this depends on your readiness to act. The earth has a way of honoring our actions. Your action determines your resolution and will toward the change you want. You must be willing to act towards your wishes if you want them to become reality.

APPROACHES TO CHANGE

There are several approaches to the stimulation or triggering of change. Each approach you seek to create change with has its own unique impact and response.

Every change you seek or promote has its own unique process. It is important for change seekers to understand these different change approaches. Change initiators, agents, and leaders need to understand these different approaches, so that they will not face challenges introducing any type of change. This will also make them know the specific approach to apply for a designated change.

The following are the approaches to change:

  * Top-down change system: This is based on the assumption that if initiators or agents of change plan things properly, change can be executed smoothly. The only obstacle may come from some individuals and followers. The focus is on changing the culture in an organization, society, and the way things are done around there.

  * Transformational change system: This relies on transformational leaders or change agents setting personal examples and challenging people to think outside the box and innovate while providing a safe environment for doing so.

  * Strategic change system: this is based on a certain recipe and is in contrast with the top down approach in that it aims to introduce new behaviors on a system. This allows individuals to witness the benefit of the system and thus based on the evidence; internalize the change in their ways of working.

In other words, it is the means chosen for the achievement of purpose. It encompasses primarily, mission, vision, strategy, objectives, goals, values, long term and operational plans, and tactics.

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#  THE MOTIVES OF CHANGE

There are people out there with much worse lives than you, who are in depths of negative situations. Most people live in crippling poverty but with their dignity, a grace and bravery that puts the rest of us to shame in seeking change. Despite the motifs of change, if your mind can embrace your wished change, pertinent decisions are made corresponding to your intentions. Change is assured if a resolute action backs your decision.

  1. The feelings of been uncomfortable and self-conscious.

  2. The thoughts of sacrifices that has to be made.

  3. The feeling of loneliness.

  4. The slow acceptance of change.

  5. The concerns of limitations and constraint.

  6. The difference in will power for change.

  7. The fact that pressure does not bring change.

  1. Feeling uncomfortable and self-conscious: During the course of a change process, many people feel uncomfortable. It is a normal feeling, because you are changing. You are moving into a new territory, season or zone, hence you feeling uncomfortable is normal for change process. Once the process is positive change, press on despite feeling uncomfortable but if it is leading you to negative change the process should be aborted. Change may stress, strain and challenge you; and all this may make you feel uncomfortable, but it is necessary. You cannot achieve anything in your comfort zone; the diamond and gold we all cherish and admire all go through a change process, which is hard and strenuous to be refined into great value. This process makes it possible for it to be appreciated. Won't you be ready to sacrifice or pay the prize of comfort for you to get that dream, goal, wish life and change you have been anticipating? Self-consciousness during change is a demonstration of change monitoring and assessment. You cannot achieve change without this because change demands a conscious and deliberate action for it to be fully actualized. This attribute indicates you are living and you are fully responsible for change, hence it abolishes the argument of change been a spontaneous happening. It is a confirmation that true change is solely our decision and we cannot be cajoled or manipulated into it. What manipulation, seduction, and cajolement, can achieve is adjustment. These cannot achieve change because it does not have a root system and the bearing mechanism is not efficient.

  2. Thinking about the sacrifice to be made: It is not bad to think about the sacrifice needed to pay for a particular change, because it is not wise for someone to consider building a house without estimating the cost. Overthinking on the sacrifice becomes an issue, because it may deposit huge fear in you, which may scare you and hinder your mind from bearing the loss of this process. Change is not free, do not be deceived to think that change is free; you must pay a price and make sacrifices for it. That is why it is called change. If it is positive change, your thinking on the sacrifice to achieve it should be optimistic because it is just a bridge or transition unto your dreams and wish changes. You cannot fully engage the change process without this thinking because once your mind is not willing to accept this, you cannot act toward it. It is normal to think because it alerts you with the pros and cons which would either be a motivation or cause a rejection of the change. People who jump into a change process without thinking on the sacrifice may end up not completing the process or may abort the process at last. The outcome of your thinking forms the meditation on which decision is made.

  3. Feeling of loneliness: When you truly engage any change process, you will always feel lonely and alone even though many persons are seeking that change with you. This lone feeling defines change as an individualistic approach and not really a cooperate approach. You feel lonely because it is solely your involvement in the process. Loneliness is a dominant factor in change, but you need realize that you are not alone. Someone somewhere is undergoing or seeking that particular change. There is nothing new under the sun, in one way or the other people have achieved that change you want. Do not feel alone; true change process occurs this way.

  4. People cannot handle bulk change but bit: This is a dominant element; you cannot present a bulk change process and expect an effective or efficient definite actualization. It is not possible. Change can only be fully engaged when it is in bits, since it is a systematic and dynamic order. The delivery of one change process is based on a focus, which is in bits. Bulk change cannot be achieved because it would affect the whole change mechanism. Due to the uniqueness of change, a single change process can produce a multiple or bulk effect. The engagement of bulk change process cannot be handled because the total engagement would not be equitable for various segment of the bulk. Recall that change is a product of a continuous thinking or meditative process whose result is evident by our decision to act. No doubt, you can handle several decisions but handling several actions is a hopping task that cannot deliver a desired result. Change cannot all occur simultaneously, it must therefore be made partly in series.

  5. Concerns of limitation and constraint: We are concerned with limitations and constraints during change process, some of which are self-imposed by our thinking. This occurs when we see and analyze change with the outer eye instead of it been envisioned by the inner eye of the mind. Sometimes, this occurs because it is a transition, people think about how it would happen instead of engaging the process and dynamics. No doubt limitations and constraint to change could be natural, by the power of our will we can overcome and break through it. When undertaking change process it is important we look beyond our capacity and ability. Look with faith unto the universe and God because they have a role in change.

  6. Different will power: During the engagement of the change process, many persons display different levels of will power for change. The level of your will indicates your level of change achievement; you can never display a passive will toward change and anticipate the best of the process. The difference between mediocre, average and great people is their will power. You cannot sleep your way into change; it demands a deliberate and conscious action. If your will is not strong enough to pull you through change, you cannot get true change.

  7. Pressure does not bring change: This has been a re-occurring theme. Most leaders and parents resort to pressure to cause change. It is impossible to bring about change with pressure; because once the pressure is off there would be a reverse to the initial. Pressure does not secure a good root system of change, but it releases a false shoot system to please the enforcer. The whole result of pressure during change is always falsehood; it cannot achieve true change. Pressure does not give chance to the mind to create a deep root system either via thinking or via meditation. As such, the whole change process is in chasm and shambles. This process does not give room for loss and gain; as such, it makes the mind unstable in the change process. Pressure is a force which is applied toward a given position or direction. Recall, change is never forced but it is triggered and stimulated; you cannot complete the change process under duress because it can abort the change process.

No matter where you are in life, even if life has hit you down. You can get back up only if you can look up and seek change. You can accomplish and achieve your dreams. Psychologists have discovered this natural law, which is the foundation of personal success. It states that 'whatever the mind can conceive and believe, that can be achieved'.

It all starts in your mind, but it ends at actions. It is not enough conceiving and believing the right change seed, action is vehemently inclusive to the achievement. Most persons conceive and believe good ideas, thoughts, and knowledge for change and they stop there. This is good but it would only create a fancy island and mirage for you. Action is the only way to getting change.

You can change your life, but you need to discover your intentions or why within you because without you discovering this, you cannot experience and embrace change fully. Your intentions are what would make you to annul limiting motifs and defy all odds on the change process. This intention defines the purpose for that change and enables your firm pursuit in the accomplishment of it. Your intention creates true change root system. This supports, nourishes and produces fruitful shoot system. Once your why is known there is no problem to sacrifices and price for change, because a person with an intention can bear anyhow.

Change make you do something you never did hence it welcomes a novel experience. For us to experience something unique and positive we must seek positive change. Our worse and bad experiences are in our negative or red zones. When engaging in change process and you begin to have new distinct experience, always be reminded it is change, you should not be scared because of such. Imagine when you were an adolescent during the course of physical changes of puberty, if you were not informed about it, you would have thought it strange while it is normal and essential for growth and development. Therefore, experiences offered by change are also normal for the process.

At the core of human existence is the capacity to spot a discrepancy between how things are and how they could be. Certainly, the process requires a belief that change is possible and right. According to Michael Eisner, 'five to ten short years; the one thing that we have done consistently is to change'. This change, since it is a certainty for existence, it can make us or break us, hence it is in our position to decide either to be victims or agents of change. As earlier mentioned, change controls life, so we must live with it as a variable to match its constant offers to our life. It just means you should be open to change at all times because our life is bound to face certain changes some of which could be precedent and unprecedented.

It may seem easier for our lives to remain constant, which is just an appearance of it. Remaining constant is a confirmation of not living but just existing. Change really, is the only constant. We cannot stop it and we cannot escape it. We can let it destroy us or we can embrace and control it positively. We must embrace it. Change happens whether we desire it or not, because it is designed with time to control human existence.

Change guarantees a novel result, experience, and life. As mentioned by Albert Einstein; 'insanity is expecting a different result while you continue doing the same thing". If you want to change the outcome, result, and replenish evident experience, the key is in your decisions and actions. Once you change your decisions and actions, automatically everything changes.

Change is an inward mental film which is been transformed into a tangible picture frame by action.

There is greatness, ingenious power, positive life not yet engaged or experienced still lying as a mental film in us. We need to wake up and make decisions, actions and engage the dynamic change process, which would enable the evidence of this our dream and wish life. The power of all great achievement lies within us, it is not enough for us to live with euphoria but it is our duty to seek, find, and make this a reality. Nobody would bring you into that mental film you have; and do not worry if they do not believe or support it, it is because they cannot envision that film. You can bring this unto reality.

All true changes start within, at the platform of our mind. Every human living on earth holds a picture of what they want, desire and wish for in their mind. We all have dreams, desires and wishes we want for ourselves, but we only need change for us to make the transition from who we are to what we want to be. The challenge faced by humans is not the change they want but how to get it into reality, which is the transformation of the root system unto an evident shoot system. This has become impossible because instead of such fellows seeking and following the dynamic step for this change, they would position themselves with calculative thoughts and motif, which hamper the change process.

During change process, your concern should not be how the change would happen or how possible it is. Once you know the positive change you want and the needed dynamics for such change, engage fully this dynamics and forget about the how part. The universe and the creator would do the how because they are the initiators of change.

When on the course of positive change do not look back or side but always stay focus on the change your mind has conceived and run towards it. You do not settle on this process until you are at where your mind envision. Hold that change firm in your mind and run with it, you cannot get there if you do not move for that change. It cannot just come to you; it would happen if only you are moving step wise in the right direction for it.

If you do not have this mental film in your inner eye, which is your mind, which aids it to be imprinted in your subconscious, then that change which you seek will not be possible. You seeing the change physically is not enough it is your inner eye, which can enable the transformation, remember you see with your outer eye but you cannot envision and activate change cycle with it but is only possible at the platform of the mind.

That change you want is possible if you can just envision it in your mind. See it, feel it and let it feel real to you. Once you can do this get the steps for it, the bridge between you and that change is the right actions. Most people see it but do not know the right action. Search and engage the right action, then watch the change happen.

There is nothing you cannot change. Do not let people's suggestions, opinions and criticism cloud you to believe that it is impossible. It is an inward film and you are the only one envisioning it. Others are just seeing with their outer eyes, go for it. That change you have sought and long to have is very possible if only you are determined to take the right actions for it.

PEOPLE'S REACTION TO CHANGE

The reactions people give to change are as follows:

  * Co-operation and Support

  * Acceptance

  * Neutrality

  * Indifference

  * Apathy

  * Foot dragging

  * Attack and Sabotage

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#  CLASSIFICATIONS OF CHANGE

On the course of change, one of the dominant dynamics to deal with is the loss and gain. If this factors are not properly understood, the change process would likely end in futility. Humans are conditioned by losses and gains. Change would be very easily accessible once this factor is handled.

Loss can serve as an encumbrance and constraint to the achievement of change while gain can be a motivation to change. When on the course of change or its process, you should be able to deal with your losses and identify them. Identification of your losses would make it possible for the comparison of the gains of the intended change.

The major reason for dealing with this is that they can abruptly interfere with the seed of the mind and the entire change process. If your mind identifies the losses and cannot capture the gains, it would be lowered to the acceptance of your inertia and negative season.

All leaders, change agents, and world changers should have a proper understanding of the dynamics of change loss and gain. Without the knowledge of this you cannot introduce, stimulate, and trigger change. This dominant dynamics would give you a wide horizon on how to structure and present the change. The whole psychology, philosophy and strategy for change would end in futility without the grasp of the loss and gain of change.

All successful change process is based on this secret. That change you are longing, wishing, acting and working towards may seem impossible because you have not handled the loss and gain of the change process.

CHANGE AND LOSS

The period of change is a period of transition. It is a time when you let go off the old and embrace the new. This transition is a movement from one season or zone of change unto another. It could be a transit from a familiar to the unknown. This bears uncertainty even when change is positive and the psychological process could affect us.

Feeling of loss is one of the responses and struggles to accept when seeking new directions. It can produce physical symptoms such as sweating, sleep, nervousness, loss, emotional distress, fear, thinking, which affects our work quality. All this can be spotted only when carefully observed.

Giving up a familiar pattern to change to new ones is an easy task only when the dynamics of change is well captured and adhered to. It takes a huge sense of concern to your mind, body and spirit to accept change. The loss is always felt in the mind and this can be handled by first identifying the loss and complimenting it with the prospect gain of that change.

For instance, a student who is used to mid-night sleep and rest, cannot give up that easily to study because it is a familiar routine and zone. The feeling of loss of comfort would occur. In other to deal with the loss, the student would need to compensate his mind and brain with the gains. This compliment would send a signal and a response would drive the action of that needed change.

Some people do not display or acknowledge their loss and some save it up. You cannot achieve complete change this way. Many people achieve adjustment because of this approach to the change process.

Feeling of an unending loss, could be associated with change. Change agents must learn to manage such loss, to lead people to change or provide the loss substitute mentality. The change crusade cannot be accomplished and fulfilled without a proper understanding and management of loss. The types of losses are as follows; relationship, competence, feeling, territory, sense of direction, etc.

CHANGE AND GAIN

Gains are the reason for one to seek change. That is, the main reason to get change is the profit that would make us engage in the change business or process. If there are no gains in any change process then loss cannot be handled by our minds.

For us to get positive gains in our lives and to the world, we should indulge only in positive change processes. You cannot gain positively while operating in negativity. It is not possible. The basic trigger and stimulant for change is the gains.

Our mind, body and spirit would not allow us to indulge any change process without the gains. All actions of positive change have gains to us and we can only complete and give up our old zones because of these gains.

The gain of change is the functionality of the loss substitute mentality. Recall, we outlined change to be a mental film that is been transformed into tangible picture frames by action. The transformation of this mental film into reality or tangible picture frame would not be possible if there is no gain on the change. The film would automatically be strangled by our mind or it would die a natural death because of the loss mentality.

For positive change, some of the gains may include new level, zones and seasons. This gain of change includes novel and new experiences. Exploits, discoveries and positive impacts are all gains of positive change.

CLASSIFICATION OF CHANGE

Change is bilaterally classified into:

  1. Negative Change.

  2. Positive Change.

NEGATIVE CHANGE

This is concerned with a transition from good to bad, best to worst, health to sickness, wisdom to foolishness, riches to poverty, success to failure, peace to war, cute to ugly, hero to zero etc. This is entirely the opposite of positivity. Negative change has to do with loss of value and sense of purpose. It is depreciation and depletion of state of life. This change is unwished and unwanted by all humans, but life changes bring this on our path.

We are tuned to negation in our minds when we are faced by a temporal diminishing condition that sometimes occur as a result of anger, frustration, challenges, limitations, depression, and bitter experiences. Hence, it makes us to take up the wolf robe of our mind. This crisis confines us to the negative zones, hence causing a huge challenge to our daily living. We are faced with two options during such crisis, either to resign to fate or fight with faith unto our desire change.

Finding yourself in a negative zone is not bad neither is it a taboo but remaining in that zone is bad and awful. Life highlights its trend with ups and down; at times downs becomes life test. This zone empowers our strength toward life and equips us with lessons for life though sometimes it may look painful. Negative zone is never a wish zone, but it is a making of the universe not to mar us but to build us for life. Those who have fallen often times rise stronger than those who have not at all. You cannot expect me to make the same mistake that lead me to this zone except I do not pay attention to the mistake to learn from it.

Every adversity and down of life has a seed of greater benefit. Our bitter experiences are for better life. Like every pregnant woman, the period of pregnancy is always a period they wish to skip but it is a necessary process, which prepares them for the future joy and value of the child. The day of delivery automatically wipes the whole pains of months. It applies to our life, if only we are willing to fight through.

Are you in the zone of failure, sickness, life crisis, hurt, broken home and marriages, you can overcome all these with positive change cycle. It is not permanence for you; do not settle, you have all it takes to win. By faith and taking the right actions, you would be safely transited into your desires. You cannot resolve to frustration and miserable actions, you should never let your situations control you because you are stronger and greater than that situation.

I challenge you to take action because you only have one life. You are the CEO of your life; hence, no one can do it for you. The choices of either making excuses or progress lie at your bosom. Do not avoid change because you have made mistake. It is like avoiding a doctor because you got sick. You are running away from the exact thing you need. Change is the answer to that which you seek; no matter how long you have tried, do not give up on change.

I believe every problem has a solution, you have to find the solution and engage it.

Causes of Negative Change

  1. Natural Occurrence: Negative change occurs naturally. Life is not a smooth drift; if you do not experience such I would say you are not truly living. Life presents us with ups and down but it is left for us to decide and fight our way through any of this which fate lay on us. This occurs naturally. Life is controlled by changes, but it is our response to it that matters. It is not what happens to you that really matter but what you are going to do about it.

  2. Mistakes: This could be caused by our poor choices, decisions, and actions. That is painful when it happens but years later, our collection of mistakes becomes our experience. We need to learn from our mistake because they are lessons life has to offer. Making mistakes is not bad but repeating the mistakes is a problem; most persons never get lessons from their mistake.

  3. Ignorance: One of the causes of negative change is ignorance. So many people have perished because of the lack of knowledge. I believe every problem has a solution, until we find and engage such solutions we would remain in our negative zone. Ignorance is the result of this inertia.

  4. Negative Change cycle: According to Brian Tracy whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience. Our thinking can lead either into or out of these negative zones. The operation of this cycle is based on wrong and negative mechanism, which all starts with our thoughts. No medicine can save a negative thinker. the only prescription I can offer is for you to change; think right and positively.

Ways to Handle Negative Changes

  1. Be Patient.

  2. Focus on Solution.

  3. Think on the Blessing.

  4. Fight or take right actions.

  5. See the Future.

  6. Stay Positive.

Sometimes the hardest decisions to make are the correct ones. When we find ourselves in a negative zone, a trance voice always beckons for us to retrace our steps and fight our way back. Life would always want to hit us hard if we let it. It is high time we rule our life and not get ruined; it is time for us to act in faith and not to rely on fate, it is time for us to stand up and not to bow to life's challenges.

We have all it takes to overcome, win, excel, achieve, rule, lead, produce, etc. We are not created to let situations, circumstances, problems, and disaster defeat us. There is a way out of this; we must believe and fight hard. It is up to us to break through from this zone. All it takes for our change is at our reach not at the mercy of anyone.

This negative zone is for a while. I challenge you to fight through it and you would be stronger and better, do not let it break you and do not give up in this zone. You are already hurt by it, get a reward from it. I am concerned not just about change but what are you changing into.

POSITIVE CHANGE

Everyone craves for this change. It is simply that kind of life we want to accomplish. It is a transition from bad to good, worse to best, war to peace, foolishness to wisdom, poverty to riches, zero to hero, failure to success, and ground to sky. This change only comes to reality when one's value is recognized and sense of purpose pursued.

The actualization of positive change lies in the bosom of our mind and our response toward the positive change cycle. The level of positivity we drive tells the extent of this change in our life. I believe tomorrow is not the result of choices among different paths offered today. It is a place that is created, created first in the mind, will and the life cycle we operate; and finally in our actions and activities.

Positive change gets halted mainly by a negative change cycle. The first demand for accomplishing this is a positive change cycle operational pattern. In this positive change zone lies the reality of our future and gains of all our pains. This change is achievable but it depends on you. This zone is a result of the change cycle we operate and the resilience to break fort and through from all unfavorable and damning season.

Numerous ideologies worldwide aspire to contribute to 'change' towards more growth, development, sustainable resilient, fulfillment, achievement and inclusive societies. Irrespective of these ideologies, the sole and singular possibility of this positive change is our own responsibility to bring to limelight. Not all this can make life's choices, decision, and action for you, but you are the one saddled for that. You do not expect anything to make the best-needed choice for you because nobody knows and love you any better than you do for yourself.

Certain transition from negative zone seems not to work in our life, because we have not yet discovered and applied the appropriate solution to it. I believe every problem has a solution. It is called problem because there is an answer to it. Do not have the thought that it cannot be solved. Always remember, there is always a way through this. Activate the mechanism of positive change cycle in line with the right solutions and see your wished change become reality.

If things are not working, it should be your concern to make it work. Most times, we shy away with complaints, excuses, etc. We cry at our situation and give dead ears to our situation crying back at us to help, save, lead and solve it. Do not give up on trying. If you do, you would never achieve that change. How long do you think a baby learns how to walk? The babies do not give up, but they try repeatedly until they get it all right. That is what we should do, fight harder and never give up.

Our positive zone always comes with a change challenge and this change challenge pressures us to do things differently, individually or collectively. Above all, imbibe a new mindset and principle. It only takes one right thought or idea, followed by action to achieve positive change when others are stuck or struggling with negative change.

It is not enough knowing the positive change cycle and getting the dynamics needed for your desire change, it is more than this. The conclusion of this matter is contained in our actions.

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#  THE CHANGE PROCESS

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UNFREEZING== THE STATUS QUO

EWIN MODEL OF CHANGE:

CHANGING== THROUGH A SET OF ACTIONS

REFREEZING== INTO A STABLE PATTERN

The change process is classified as follows;

  1. Unfreezing: Change may be initiated by crisis, natural cause, decisions of the individual, new demand placed on the individual or innovations proposed by change agents to the individuals. The old ways are opened to questions and the climate for change exists.

  2. Changing: Change occurs through a random process of looking for new solutions, or a planned approach to solving a problem. This is the transition point for any class of change to occur. In this phase, there is uncertainty, confusion, searching and probably conflict.

  3. Refreezing: Change slows, as new ways replace the old ones and becomes standard practice and life style.

The Lewin model of change confirms change to be non- spontaneous but systematic process. It is a basic process, which is a function of our mind, decision and action. Lewin model of change explains change to occur first when an individual undergoes the unfreezing process. This unfreezing can be explained using ice in a solid state changing to a liquid state in which the bonding forces are free. This is the proposition by a change agent, which questions the old patterns of doing things, all of which plays a function of opening the mind. This continuous meditation and thinking on this quest perturbs the mind of the individual; hence new ways and solutions are been searched. This further leads to changing processes although uncertainty exists. At completion, the individual refreezes and this change becomes the standard.

Change is a process, which occurs, in a systematic pattern. Change, which occurs spontaneous or invasive, is a mystery and is connected with God or the Universe. Change has a definite order and is never evasive, only exceptional cases remain mysteries.

Change is always initiated before the transitional process occurs. This proceeds from voices of change, motivation, inspiration etc. If left unengaged, the change process would be futile. Hence, change process depends on our decision and actions for accomplishment.

During the changing process or point of embracing change, you feel confused, uncertain and deserted. Yes, it is normal because it is change. It is a genuine feeling which should be embraced with courage and hope because it would bring you into your wish and dream life; with completely novel experiences.

Change process may look frustrating and sometimes sabotaged by our external environment but do not yield to it. This is your life and it has value. You may just be a step closer to that dream and wish of yours. I would rather go through the pain of positive change than live with the pain of regret.

CHANGE: THE EAGLE REGENERATION EXAMPLE

The Eagle has the longest life span of its species. It can live up to seventy years. This includes bald eagle or golden eagle, as well as eagles in general.

Eagles live around 70 years in the wild. Sometimes they do live longer in captivity due to a consistent food supply, veterinarian care, and shelter from extreme weather. However, 70 years is not common and even quite unlikely.

However, to reach this age, the eagle must make a hard decision in its 40th year. Its long flexible talons can no longer grab prey that serves as food. Its long and sharp beak becomes bent. Its old, aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, stick to its chest and make it difficult to fly.

Then, the eagle is left with only two options: to DIE or go through a painful process of CHANGE, which lasts 150 days. The process requires that the eagle fly to a mountaintop and sit on its nest. There the eagle knocks its beak against a rock until it plucks it out. Then the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back.

An eagle's beak is made of keratin, like human finger nails. Like our finger nails, an eagle's beak is constantly growing. Eagles tear at tough foods and wipe their beaks against hard objects like branches or even rocks to keep them clean. This process also helps keep the beak in magnificent shape throughout an eagle's entire life.

'...and then it will pluck out its talons'. The talons are also made of keratin, like human finger nails. Therefore, the talons are constantly growing. Grabbing and killing prey keeps the talons sharp as well as prevents them from becoming too long. If they get soft, there would be something seriously wrong with the bird.

The talons are what an eagle uses to catch food. To pluck them out would not only be extremely difficult and painful, but would also take away their ability to provide food for themselves. In addition, most importantly, when a raptor loses a talon in this fashion, it is difficult living. Therefore, it may die of starvation or die by the process.

When its new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its old, aged feathers. This is a change that arrives with pain. After 5 months, the eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and lives for 30 more years.

Why is change needed? Many times, in order to survive and live we have to start a change process. We sometimes need to get rid of old memories, habits and other past traditions. Unlike the eagle, we also have to pluck our unpleasant memories, negative and wrong mechanism, negativity and fixed mindset. Only when freed from past burdens, can we take advantage of the present.

In order to take a new journey ahead in the future, let go your negative old limiting cycle and beliefs. Open up your fixed mindset and let yourself fly again like an eagle.

KEYNOTE OF THE EAGLES CHANGE PROCESS

Hard decisions are made.

This Eagle regeneration process confirms change not to be a spontaneous process, and it is an all in effort of the Eagle. You cannot be casual or passive when it comes to change process. The change of the eagle is stirred up first in the mind of the Eagle, before a decision is reached. The decisions of change processes at times are difficult but they is worth it.

This change decision is conclusive and certainly, a reward or consequence would bond to it. All decisions we take, once it is concern with positive change would have either a merit or demerit for us. If we do not want to be bound to regret and demerits of not acting to positive change, we have to respond early to change process.

What change process are you faced with and what hard decision do you need to make. That necessary hard decision should be made; because the end is rewarding. Without reaching the conclusion of the hard decision, no change process can be accomplished.

The Eagle is Left with Only Two Options: Die or Go through Painful Change Process.

This negative zone of the eagle would only present two options to the eagle. You cannot play an intermediate or center part to this. It is an option to die or change. In reality, you are face with this same option to die or change. Do not believe it would get better when you do not choose. Many have chosen to die because they have not reached a decision to engage change.

Would you rather die, than for you to accept that process of change? It is a choice you have to make. Your challenges, problems, limitations, red and negative season would always give you choice to it. Do not tell me it is your fate to die in it, fate would always present an option for you to either stand or run, to fall or rise, to remain down or get up.

If you are convinced that fate has designed you and chose this season to be, then take up faith and change your life. This is your life and you cannot submit your life to fate or anything to decide the outcome. No doubt, the eagle is faced with its difficult, challenging, worst and problematic season but it always presents itself with options. Make a choice for change, take a stand and fight your life through.

You cannot continue in that negative zone, It is time to go through the change process. Despite it been painful, there is a gain for you.

Eagles Sacrifice and Pay Price for Change

Plucking their talons, feathers is extremely difficult and painful, and it takes away their ability to provide food for themselves. They still go on to break and remove their beak by hitting against the rock or hard surface. This period is a period of starvation and pain for the eagle but they go through it.

What are the sacrifices price and pain needed for that positive change you seek? Go through it despite it is hard. You have to pay and endure through life like the eagle. It may be hard but it is necessary. No good thing comes easy, the road may be rugged and rough but it would lead you to your treasures and wish life.

Change is not cheap; it is for those who have the heart. For you to overcome and make true decision to venture into a new and unfamiliar territory you need to have heart. Only the brave or courageous can pave through change.

Eagles Wait and Are Patient to Change.

Change is not spontaneous, it occurs in processes and patterns. This process requires patience. The eagle's change process takes 150 days, which makes up 5 months; yet the eagles are patient to undertake this change process. They wait and are patient for their change. The Eagle loses its wings, it loses its beak and talons and it starves.

You have to wait for that change. You may need to give up on the old to access this new and you want it so swiftly; you have to wait and be patient for change. Patience is a virtue needed for the full revelation and accomplishment of change.

I do not know what change you seek, but I appeal that you be patient and wait for change. That change may look impossible, but because change happens, you have to try. Why don't you exercise a little patience for that change? If you are not patient in seeking the change process the right way and waiting for change, you may end as an half bake product of change.

Flight of Re-Birth

The eagle gains the reward and lives on. A rebirth, regeneration and renewal happen to the eagle and the eagle live for more 30 years. Once the eagle is on the course of change, it is certain for it to achieve the reward.

You would achieve that change you seek and all your problems, sorrows, and tears would be over once you engage the positive change process in the right manner that change would not elude you but it would be achieved. Flight of rebirth is coming for your life.

EFFECT AND IMPACT OF CHANGE

You are where you are today because of the numerous changes you have experienced. As outlined by Newton's law; 'every action equals a corresponding reaction or impact'. Change is simply you undertaking an action on a definite course in other to achieve a successful result and reaction. Any type of change you yield to has its equivalent impact on you. The world, our society, businesses, life in general is at this point because of the kind of change it has imbibed.

Change has enormous impact on humanity, hence we need to be tilted towards positive change to make the world of our dreams paradise and achieve all our wished life. Change is constant; it is something we experience with time. Humans are designed to change, but life always offers us choices as to most changes. We have to watch the change we welcome into our life. Some changes humans experience are in growth, age, physiological and psychological development. Consciously or unconsciously, we are impacted by change in one sphere of our life or others. Policies, laws, reforms, decrees, theories, ideologies, information etc. are driving tools, which could cause the effect of change.

GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP AS A CASE STUDY

People hit the streets with placards to protest when there is change that is not favorable to them. If the government approaches are favorable, the masses rejoice and celebrate. Change effects and impacts are always felt.

Change is connected to a system, chain or hierarchy especially the societal facet of change. This system could be schools, organizations, churches, etc. Every leader should be very careful of what change they welcome because it is simply garbage in and out, you cannot give what you do not have. As such, they have to weigh the effect and impacts to their followers.

So many parts of the world are in societal madness and dilemma due to the effect and impact of the change their leadership and followers welcome. The tension, confusion, friction and alarming squabbles in our society are because of the impact of change from a faulty leadership.

Change has a connection. Hence, leadership is a strong emblem to influence change in the world. Dr. Myles Munroe defines leadership as the capacity to influence others through inspiration motivated by a passion, generated by a vision, produced by a conviction, ignited by a purpose.

The world is made up of families, which are a small or bedrock-leading unit. Leadership of whatever kind should own responsibility in the changes it welcomes and promotes. If you engage in negative or positive change, it has similitude effect and affects the society. The society is affected by our decisions and actions, because it affects people around us, which in turn put pressure on the society.

Your change vibe would be translated in one way or the other to your surroundings. The effect is like an energy that affects the whole system. So therefore, if you put up a negative change vibe you would be transferring a negative energy to the system and vice versa. We are born into this world as babies, been innocent, pure and righteous. As a baby we do not judge, hate, we are not racist or prejudice. We are taught and influenced by our environment and system and it is destroying us with negative change.

Let us move away from the general impact and effect. What change do you need? What change are you hungry for? It is up to you. Yes, it begins with you. As you read along, your heart feel the guilt, pant and cry. Let me say this to you: to get rid of that guilt feeling and crying within your soul, make amend; in other words change. Take positive action to get rid of this guilty feeling and crying within your soul.

Positive change can be achieved and maintained if only you try to keep on acting persistently with a positive change cycle. It all depends on the activation of the right and positive mechanism.

You may be struggling with a broken family, relationship or your health and business may be failing etc. Some people might have told you, you cannot make it. Believe me, you can!

Can I say this to you? Do not give up, keep pressing. Positive change is nearer you than you can imagine, move on, and press on. I cannot explain it any better than this word: "Kadima". This is a Hebrew word which means forward. Move forward, onward, upward, press and fight hard at it.

Take this simple illustration of you driving a nail into a vertical hard board. At your initial hit with the hammer, the nail will not pierce into the board. However, once you press on and hit harder, it would pierce through the board. Same happens to you. Maybe you are not using the right inches of nail and precise hammer. Once you discover the truth, idea and thought for positive change, hit at it hard and you would achieve anything you want to achieve.

The effect and impact of change cannot be over emphasize, but let's identify some basic outcome of change;

  1. Novel experience: Change introduces you to new, genuine, virgin experiences. This is a major effect of change. Every experience counts on our lives. Experience is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. Welcome every human experience that is positive because it is a transit for change. Every experience you welcome teaches you and equips you with skill, idea, opinion, and knowledge. It places you at the peak of life. Change takes us on an adventure, which rewards us with experience. Novel experiences no doubt can achieve mysteries of possibilities, contribute immensely to human capacity and lead to psychological development. Why we attend activities, take courses, read books, and get narratives is for us to seek for experience. As the popular cliché goes, experience is the best teacher. You are who you are because of the changes you have welcomed. Embrace more positive changes in your life. Change is an opportunity to let go of the old and experience the new. The new is always better than the inertia. Are you into the act of un-forgiveness, hatred, malice, quarrel, complain, excuses, lethargy, laziness, negative attitude, rudeness, let go these traits and embrace positive change to experience love, care, joy, peace, fulfillment, achievement, happiness, and responsibility etc.

  2. Enables Personal Discovery: Without change, it is impossible to discover all about you. There are personal secrets, treasures, extraordinary coded within us waiting to be discovered. The places we have never gone in us can only be reached by change. Truth and unknown virtue lies to be discovered in us. Change helps us to discover what have been there that we are ignorant about. Perhaps you have lived like worms not knowing you are an eagle, and you have acted like a gazelle not knowing you are a lion. Change enables us to unravel our personal mysteries and make our life better.

Change makes us see what others do not see in us. If you can change, everything would change. There is more to you, you can go beyond the point you are; just embrace change and make new discoveries of yourself. It would help you to redefine your course and make fine adjustments meant for positive impact.

  3. Actualization of aspirations: You may have great aspirations, which may seem impossible, unrealizable and not yet actualized. This may be the result of your approach. Try embrace change, you would actualize all of that dreams and aspiration.

During my first year (1st semester) in college, I struggled to make an A. All my efforts turned out futile despite working hard and burning the midnight candle. I sought for solution to my challenge. I observed that my study method and examination-answering pattern were circumspect. I embraced change in the second semester and my goal was achieved.

With change, all our aspirations can be actualized. If you are not on track to achieving that great aspiration of yours, seek help from those who have accomplished what you want. As it is normally said, 'success always lives trace'. Once you discover this trace, make the right positive changes to follow. Following the same old direction would always lead to that same old destination point.

Sometimes in life, we may have faced the challenge of trying to open a door or a lock with a wrong key. You might have observed that no matter how hard we try, the door does not open until we change the key to the perfect fit. That problem you are faced with can be solved only when you use the right key.

Are you aspiring to be the best in your field, to get a lovely home and family, to live a fulfilled life and it has seemed impossible? It is possible only if you can seek the perfect solution key and engage it.

It may not appear easy to you, and you would need to sacrifice a lot for it. Yes! It is worth it because it is your dream. You will derive tremendous joy on accomplishing it. Stick with it and if it is not working, make it work.

  4. Unveil greatness: It is only positive change that can unveil greatness in your life. If you are already great, change can bring you to legendary greatness. All the greatness in you is not yet discovered. You can be more than you are and think. Positive change unveils greatness in you.

We have greatness inside us but it cannot be unveiled until we embrace positive change. Greatness is the effect of change. You may be asking; what do I need to change to be great? You need to change your thinking, idea, attitude, lifestyle, you need to improve and live life fully by putting in one hundred percent.

  5. Transforms followers to leaders

Every leader was once a follower. The transformation of a follower to a leader is dependent on change. This change enables followers to recognize their life vision and mission through an inspirational and motivating approach influenced by others. It is change that enables every follower to imbibe proven rules, laws, ethics, and principle of leadership and awaken the leadership spirit within them.

  6. Promote growth and development

The world has advanced from analog age to this present digital era and of course this transition is known as change. The same happens with you. You have grown and developed not just physically but also psychologically in capacity and ability. This process is only achieved by change. If your mind, thinking and ideas are stunted you have to feed them with positive change tools to improve the growth and development.

Our world is constantly changing and I believe learners would inherit it while the learned would find themselves in an obsolete zone.

  7. Enhances value

Change gives room for growth and development, which in turn enhances its value. Take for example natural resources like gold, diamond, crude oil. In their raw state it has less value but when processed they are changed into finished products with higher value. This applies to your life too. You cannot encounter positive change without an increase in your value. It adds up to your worth and valid living.

  8. Change restores hope

The most significant impact of change is restoration of hope. While living life, it is change which reaffirms and stabilizes your conviction. Most times, it rains on our parade, plans and life but what strengthens our hope is change. If change is not real, hope will not be restored.

Once hope dampens, most persons resolve to suicide and other drastic actions that reside on negative zone. You must believe that your rain of joy, peace, prosperity, love and fulfillment will fall after the sun. No matter the intensity of the sun, stand still, keep calm and fight with hope. It is this belief that would allow you to seek change and thus arrive to a new hope.

You may be in tremendous turmoil because of the waves, storm, and challenges confronting your life. These are only for a while because change is coming. Stand and live on this hope. When change arrives, every other thing will be history and a success story for you. Fight through. Do not quit, do not stop, stick to your belief for change.

Let us learn from the great-celebrated icon, 'Abraham Lincoln'. He was an emblem of restoration and hope through change. When his business, politics, relationship, health and existence crumbled, he stood tall with hope, and convictions believing his moment of change would come. He thought of it, spoke about it and lived it. Alas, his moment came.

Positive Change will arrive for you, if you can believe and make up your mind to go for it. That your failed hope will rise and speak again because change is a possibility.

Your health, business, career, relationship, family and friends may have failed you. Stand up with hope and fight on. The God of the universe would restore your hope. This solely depends on you. You can, you will and you must make it.

You have to belong to the school of thought that will not ask God to grant them the serenity to accept the things they cannot change. Be a person who will ask God for the spirit and courage to fight your way through life.

Your hope for tomorrow is assured because change is coming. You cannot continue living in the dark or be a shadow to yourself. Against all odds, uphold hope because change is coming. Doubt your doubt and quench your unbelief. Yes, you may be a mess but change would make you a message for generations that would be valuable. There is hope for you because change is coming.

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#  THE MIND AND CHANGE

The mind is the stream of thought, awareness, desires, intention, consciousness and will base. Your mind is also the seat of conscience, which is the custodian of all moral sense of right and wrong chiefly as it affects one's own behavior and environment.

Your mind is the platform for thinking and idea generation, which can either link with positive or negative change. This occurs when it tunes you to the frequency of the change cycle.

Without the mind, change is impossible. We experience changes in life upon this bedrock. Let us think about this for a moment, what have you ever done in your life without the mind?

Having a mind does not guarantee your achieving of positive change. It is your choice to either choose savory or unsavory thoughts and idea. Any of the choices you make has its own effect and change cycle of operation. This choice would automatically present an impact to your life.

We have realized that not all days are alike. There are rainy days and sunny days. There are happy days and gloomy days. There are bright days and dull days. There are times when everything appears to be right on track and there are times when everything is out of course. These times may come in the form of failure, disappointment, misrepresentation, loss, delays, financial difficulties, persecutions and the like. At these times, the secret to change and breakthrough lies in your mind. This is a time to stay positive and trust in your God.

Everything we have accomplished and where we are today is simply just a function of our mind. The tiny bit of living starts in our mind. As such, change cannot be operational or real without the mind. Once you do not have a mind or become out of your mind, you are insane. The cycle we operate depends on the kind of mind we have. The good news is that because we can read this, we are in full control of our minds. Our mind is not controlling us, thus we can activate the kind of cycle we really want.

You cannot be different from your mind. Your mind is the greatest tool you have in your body. Your mind is what envisions life's prospects, not the eyes. You can rule and ruin your life based on what your mind accepts.

From our definition of change in the previous chapter, we see change as a product of a continual thinking and meditative process. The mind is the heart, brain, engine and fundamental for change to happen. Change is not spontaneous, it is been work out in the mind.

These platforms open you to the blue print of the change process and makes it accessible. You cannot access change if your mind is not open. Change is an upshot of the mind. Hence, it depends strongly on your thought and idea as the rising root.

Once your mind is renewed to positivity you would be tuned to the frequency of positive thinking. This frequency automates the activation of your positive change cycle, which produces positive outcomes and positive changes for you. The issue of negative and destructive habit exist base on the frequency of negative thinking, which is present.

Your desire, aspiration, and view for that change you seek are anchored on your mind. I would love to say this to you; your mind is the change. Yes! Your mind is the change because the feelings, thinking, will, consciousness, awareness, especially self-awareness all start there. You see with your mind, it is an inner eye that sees change beyond the physical happening unto the anticipated. It makes you to feel, see, taste, and imagines the change you want; this is what activates you to act for it.

Change is simply an inward mental film which is been transformed into a tangible picture frame, by action. Our mind is the fundamental hub of change, without it, no change can be ever accomplished. Without your mind been involved consciously and directly in a change process, you cannot achieve and actualize the best impact of that change process.

Before you get ready to give plan and give all your action for change; your mind have to be totally and firstly surrendered to the change. Is as simple as saying: what your arm is not opened to cannot be embraced, so those your mind. You talking, thinking, and acting for change is not enough, but firstly; your mind need to embrace the change.

According to Norman Vincent Peale, he said, "if you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goals." For change to happen you must paint. You are not to paint your body or an object but your mind. It is your responsibility to paint your mind in line with the direction of change you seek.

So many people may argue that they are painting their mind, but is it the right or needed painting. You would not see change until you paint the specific picture of change you desire. Your goal of change process is condition and conducive to achieve just with the right picture. Without the painting of right change picture, you cannot make decision nor carry action on the path of the change you seek.

For an artist to paint a nice picture, he must first paint that picture in his mind. Without this, he will not achieve change. You have to open your mind to change and paint the picture of what you want. You painting do not mean it would happen swiftly, though it may tarry but if it is the right picture, you have in your mind the God of the Universe would bring it to pass.

Change is impossible without the whole and sincere mind involvement. The mind is the active platform, which makes design and architectural plan for the pursuit of change process. No one would ever advance on change pursuit without this.

TYPE OF MIND

We have two types of mind;

  1. ACTIVE MIND: This is a kind of mind that has the power of acting, causing change, engaging action. This is the mind with promptness, energy, to set into action of dynamic change. This is the mind that rules, the mind for the optimist, leader, actualizes and achievers of change. Without possessing an active mind our thinking of change would submerge like a daydream. An active mind is a mind that sees the purpose of change despite the limitations; it plans enormously and engages the pursuits for change until change is fulfilled and actualized. This mind upholds the value of your conscience and voice of your soul.

  2. PASSIVE MIND: This mind is inactive, and does not support change. This mind is idling, uninvolved and does not produce positive change. A passive mind is the mind of pessimist, mediocre, failures and antagonist of change. In this kind of mind, despite continuous pinpoint thinking of change action no corresponding reaction is produced. This mind submits to life constraints and change challenges. In whatever activity, project, ordeal or life engagement the mind does not see purpose to; plan and pursuit would be unfulfilled. A passive mind is dead to conscience, voice of the soul and hope of change.

The most powerful dynamo that you have in your life to engage positive change, live effectively and fulfilled is the active mind. It is not your eyes, ear, or sense organ but is your mind. This is the reason people make this general statement that people are separated by their mind because we have different type.

Your mind can handle change only when it is in active form, change speaks through your inner voice of conscience and soul but it is only heard by an active mind; with this kind of mind, it is heard and yielded to. At the end of our living, we are our choices. What kind of mind do you have? You can change your mind.

Whatever kind of change you want to achieve all takes place in your mind. If your mind cannot accept it or absorb it then you cannot live it. The whole possibility of changing your world, life and anything lies at the platform of your mind.

Your life is just a physical evident manifestation of your mind; you cannot be any better than your mind. Hence, you need to actively launch your mind into positive change zone for you to achieve your dream.

SEED OF THE MIND

When I was younger, my sister and I would plant some maize seed in a vessel filled with soil with the hope of it to grow. We would wake up every early morning and water it with the wish of it growing. For some time we waited days without any sign of growth progress. As time went on, I observed my sister's own growing and mine refused to grow. I then took my own plant vessel to my grand mum who is a farmer to ask, why? She said to me, wrong seed, bad seed, poor environment and lack of sunlight. I was perplexed because I thought everything was perfect.

Just like my planting experience above, your mind is a soil where you plant seeds. The seed you plant are simply 'thoughts and 'idea'. Your thoughts and ideas are simply a product of what you have heard or learned. The question that keeps running through my mind is this; what kind of seed (thought and idea) are you planting? Always remember the law of sowing and reaping, what so ever you sow or plant you would reap. This is simple reason why ideas do not come fully formed because they are seeds, they need to be properly grown and developed.

You might have planted some seeds in your life and they are not growing or it did not grow. Just like the maize seed I planted, maybe it is a wrong seed, bad seed, may be the environment is not good for it or it is lacking sunlight. I know you may be perplexed like me, because you think you have all necessities and perfections in place. I believe with positive change your seed would grow and yield fruit.

Are you planting wrong, bad, and negative seeds, the seed you plant determines the cycle you would operate and the result of your life. You cannot plant negativity and expect positive change. It is not possible. Positive, right and good seed gives positive change and vice versa.

GROWTH PATTERN OF MIND SEED

The hope of every seed is to grow, become a tree and yield fruits, so is your mind. The growth pattern is as follows:

  1. Your thoughts and idea grows to become your belief.

  2. Your belief grows to your convictions.

  3. Your conviction grows to your perceptions.

  4. Your perception grows to become your behavior.

  5. Your behavior automatically yields your life.

This entire growth pattern takes place simply because of a seed called idea and thought, in a single platform or soil of the mind. This pattern undergoes systematic and dynamic changes at various points.

CHANGE YOUR THINKING

The most powerful statement I have ever come across is, "as a man thinks in his mind so he is." This means you are not what people think but what you think, nobody can think you through to your dreams; the universe and God honors your thinking. You are program to act on your active thoughts. So many people have attempted changing their life with a fixed thinking of which the result is futile. You cannot achieve a new result with same method that got you into the problem.

The possibility thinking despite the challenge should be inculcated and positive change thinking should be possessed and practiced. Your mind does not change with circumstances; change comes only when you change your thinking.

Your thinking is your invisible talisman that is emblazoned on one side with positive mentality and the other negative mentality. The positive mentality has the power to attract good wishes and your dream life while the negative mentality repels them and hinder you of all that makes your life worth living. Your success, health, happiness, wealth, dream and wish life depend on how you use your invisible talisman. How will you use it? The choice is yours.

Change is achieved and maintained by those who try to keep on trying with positive mentality despite the situation. I believe thinking is a seed that is first sown in our mind; finally, we reap the fruit in our activities. Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries, invention, and achievement.

NUGGETS TO CHANGE YOUR THINKING

  1. Forget your past and accept the present; forget your negative past.

  2. God and universe never consult your past to decide your future.

  3. Reprogram your subconscious mind.

  4. Never stay around people who have common past with you but those who have same future with you.

  5. Stop looking at where you have been and start looking at where you can be.

  6. Always know your worst life is behind you and your best life is before you.

  7. Never complain about your present if you are not willing to work toward your future.

  8. Possess a possibility mentality

  9. Make strong and lasting impression of what you want.

  10. It is not the challenge that is your problem but your mentality.

  11. Seek right information because Information affects your thinking pattern.

  12. Possibility thinking is not a gift.

  13. Control your inner dialogue.

  14. Acquire knowledge and apply them to change your life.

  15. Change your Believe and work toward it

  16. Stick to Positive thinking because it is better than negative thinking.

  17. Change your self-concept or self-image.

  18. Discipline your mind and thought.

  19. Think like a genius and optimist.

  20. Be consistent and persistent in thinking pattern you want in all activities.

FEED YOUR MIND

My story of maize planting I shared earlier, my expectation was for the maize to grow because I planted maize. I cannot expect mango, beans, orange but maize. Our mind produces what we feed it with. It is the simple law of sowing and reaping which states whatsoever you sow that is what you shall reap. It is garbage in and garbage out. The root of negative change cannot yield a shoot of positivity.

Your mind grows and stay healthy when properly feed with right stuff. Just as your body grows and is healthy when you are fed with balanced diet. If your mind is not fed or your mind is starved, you are going to experience stress, worries, aggravation, low self-esteem, anger, rebellion, negative thoughts, all would happen because your mind is starved or sick and it can make you physically sick.

Feed your mind with a different food for a different effect. I would advise you feed your mind with positive and life changing documentaries. Take a course, listen to a podcast. If you have a question, Google it. When something sparks your interest research about it, experience it for yourself. Study, learn, and stimulate your brain. Do not just rely on the institutions, organizations or opinions of others; feed your mind yourself. Above all, feed your mind with positivity.

It is obvious you feed yourself your meal; then why don't you feed your mind yourself. This is your life and it has a lot of value. The nutrient and experiences of feeding your mind is truth, love, knowledge, purity, power, tenacity, purposeful base living, honesty, courage, leadership above all you would experience dynamic change. Our world is constantly changing only those who feed their mind would inherit it and achieve it, while those who starve or felt full would find themselves in an obsolete zone.

You cannot get beyond what you feed your mind with; when your mind is well fed with positivity, it becomes nourished and healthy. This is a saddled responsibility you need to fulfill in other to keep relevance and resolute to positivity on the course of life. This should be a daily approach, we should not think of starving our mind because it can lead to defects.

The greatest investment to invest in is your mind; once your mind is heavily invested, it would produce classical and outstanding results. The seed positivity can only be laid on a mind, which is positively feed, and this would result to positive change. The mechanism of the change circle you operate is formed by what you feed your mind with. If you feed it with right or wrong stuff, it would automatically indicate the circle you would operate.

The question remains, what are you feeding your mind with?

The whole reality of changing our life and world depends on what we feed our mind with. It pays to feed our mind and we must be conscious of what we have been taking in, because it can either make or break our change prospects and dreams.

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# TYPES OF CHANGE

We have exclusively different types of change, which would define whether we are victims or agents of such change. They are:

  1. Internal change.

  2. External change.

  3. Induced change.

  4. Non-induced change.

INTERNAL CHANGE

This type of change happens within us. It has to do with interior, inner change within an individual. This change is anchored on the active mind. It is a change that is steered from inside before it is seen outside. This is a true change which has less of external change voices, but more of internal change voices to it.

Internal change is a result of self-realization, reflection, total surrender that is operational to our conscience and voice of our soul. This causes the repositioning of our mindset, decisions and actions

This change in a positive zone discovers secrets, purpose of living and actively engages the plans to accomplishing such desires with pursuits. It is a true representation of change because it starts within, and change operates on the root to shoot system; hence, this confirms this system.

This change is the structural positioning of the seed of the mind (thought and idea). This is mind innovation which affects how far we go in life. In fact, where you are today, where you want to be tomorrow and how possible you would surmount that challenge depend on this change. This positioning if positive is what make us fertile and sufficiently to germinate the seed of greatness within us.

This internal change gives us a firm conviction and restores hope in our daily living that steers the real optimist in us. It is what gets you far and makes you equipped to stand and surmount red and negative seasons. With this true change within, we would be able to stand up for what we believe. This builds true confidence and success in any given pursuit.

As we journey through life's challenges, red and negative zones, scaling over these challenges requires a consciousness to the adverse effect of such challenges to our internal change environment. Often, there may be a strong adverse effect on us internally as to compromise this positioning. Hence, if this effect is internalized it would create a rift with our internal voices.

You can withstand and fight through storms, waves, mountains, limitations and challenges life is presenting to you only with this internal change. The change that happens within us occurs by inspiration, motivation, education, instruction, information, and enlightenment. This exposure transforms our minds, activates our internal change voice and makes us actively ready with the capacity to face life's surprises.

Internal change is solely the change that births other forms of change. It is the root and it is based on mind's seed (thought and Idea). From our definition of change, change is the product of thought, idea, and meditation whose result is seen by our decision to act.

You need to be an agent of this change. Going against this change would end you as a victim leading to a life of mediocrity. Projects, activities, functions, pursuits, business, family, church, school and institutions have failed because you have failed to internalize the necessary changes.

Internal change in a positive direction gives no chance to fate. It puts up faith and confronts life to achieve that specific desire. It is a change that creates courage as well as a fearless and passionate mentality. It also steers confidence to pursue our desires.

Until you possess this change, you cannot discover mysteries, engage purpose and make tremendous exploits in your daily life. What could make you stand out in anything you do is the level of internalized change you have gotten from that thing. It is a change that is real and original; it cannot be imitated.

The actualizations of internal change depend on your total responsibility and commitment to living a purposeful and fulfilled life. Our dreams, visions, new level of experiences starts here.

EXTERNAL CHANGE

This change happens outside and around us. External change has the capacity to affect us directly or indirectly. This type of change is one we often wish to see happen in our lives but we are handicapped on how to bring it forth.

This type of change is passive to us because we are not custodians of it. The changing trend of your world is external not internal; only when the effect is internalize can it be internal. Globalization, discoveries, development, advocating, ideology and civilizations are external changes that could similarly affect us internally and externally.

We call active agents and custodians of these change celebrities. This change gives an optional role to everyone to either be players or become victims. Social contributions, policies, regulations, laws are basic representations of this change.

It is birthed from internal change because, internal change occurs within and the outer evidence is a replica of external change. No world or persons would display external change except they have welcomed internal change.

INDUCED CHANGE

This change is led by persuasion, influence, insights, motivation and inspiration. Induced change is the change we make happen. We give out this change. It is what our gifting and purpose offers to the world. The world is where it is because of the level of induced change that has been made available. To make the world a better place, our services are required.

This change is our greatest act of service to humanity. This change measures our impact, social contribution and immortalizes us in the minds of humanity.

The engagement of this induced change makes us agents and we are able to affect others and our environment thus making the world a better place by touching lives positively. This is sometimes our personal conceived visions that are driven by our mission pursuit. Key agents of this change are seen as leaders and everybody is needed to play a contributory role once it comes to positive induced change.

There are no selected few with the capacity to create this change; everyone can and should create this change. We all have what to offer to the world to contribute to its progress.

Our drive to bring this change to reality is love and the compensation or dividend we get in return is joy, peace, and fulfillment in our soul.

NON-INDUCED CHANGE

This change happens to us. We are not the initiators of this change. This change rules our lives and we have no option but be at its mercy. This is the change you adapt and adopt which alter your principles, beliefs and convictions over a period of time.

You are supposed to take the lead in your life. Once you fail to take the lead, you would become a slave to life. This is change that is not part of our dream or wish life but which we are subverted to accept because of our in ability to resist it.

Sometimes the change that happens to you drowns you by surprise due to your inability to enact certain visions, laziness, irresponsibility, cowardice to destiny and the inability to plan and confront life squarely.

Challenges that conquer you automatically make you a second-class citizen of your life. You live at its mercy and your life is limited. They are mostly invasive and occur mysteriously. This mostly occurs due to our shortcomings or responses in that direction.

Sometimes, we let life's challenges change us. Life is not fair; no matter what you are going through, have faith in yourself to change all things. Everything needed for you to live and go through life is inside of you. The real you is inside of you greater, powerful, far better than what you are seeing.

The change that happens to us is because we live our lives to fate. It occurs due to our inability to envision and predict our life. It can rule out our planning and change our total perspective to life.

LIMITATIONS OF CHANGE

The number one killer of change is you. Nothing happens in your life without your permission. Hence, your choices can either uphold or kill change. Change is restricted and imperfect because of your approach, thinking and your shortcomings when seeking for change.

Everything you want, crave and wish for lies in the power of decision. Even your indecision and passivity towards our situation, problems, challenges or circumstances is a bold verdict for your decision to accept fate.

You need to take up the driving sit of your life and be responsible for your living. Irresponsibility has caused a lot of disasters, damages and problems to many lives. You need to be in charge and own your life by controlling the wheel of your life into positivity.

Irrespective of your problems, hard-lucks, and challenges, you have a power within you to weather the situation. You just need to take up the will power. The power of change is in you. Your mind, decision and action only play confirmatory roles to this power within you.

Blame, excuses, complaints kill change and make you irresponsible to handle your situation. If everyone, great inventors, world changers, true leaders cower away from change with complaints and excuses and they play the blame card, how would the world be?

Myopic mindsets limit change. Inability to see hope, vision, and recognize the purpose of your existence can cost you a lot. You need to gear your life toward a positive sphere irrespective of how terrible your situations are. Change is possible only if you are ready to pay the immediate price for the ultimate prize of a better life.

Deep down within you, you know you want it. You dream it, you are hungry and thirsty for change but you become lethargic to pay the price because of the cost, pain and sacrifices. You will not get the type of change you want that way. It is high time you set your heart and embrace change sincerely.

The real you and inner voice is crying daily for a rescue. Who will come to the rescue? It is change! You need not limit it. Yes, it may be difficult and painful, but it is worth it. If nothing is ventured, there will be no gains. Can I say this to you? The life you live is for a purpose; change it to meet that purpose.

The fact is that life will continue with its series of vicissitudes. These unexpected and unwanted issues are however normal, natural and unavoidable. To change your life, you must make the decision to be in charge of your life and surmount your challenges victoriously. This depends on living the unlimited life.

The limitations and killers of change are;

  * Ignorance:

Ignorance is the greatest limiting force of change. People perish because of ignorance. You cannot engage a process you know nothing about. This is the condition of being uninformed or uneducated about change. This is the lack of knowledge, or simply put, the lack of expertise to achieve change. `

Every change you seek in life has its own unique process that must be captured before it can be engaged. You cannot double-cross the knowledge of a change process with another. For instance, achieving business change would not qualify you to achieve an outstanding personal relationship with your spouse. Each change process has its own unique path.

Many people imbibe a shallow model of change, but fail to understand its precepts. This book, dynamic of change provides light to bring you out of the darkness of ignorance.

The perfection and accomplishment of every change process is wholesomely dependent on the depth of knowledge on that process. Principle, laws, model, approach, reward, consequences, effect and impact are the custodian of any change process in the universe. You must meticulously understand and know it in details before you can fully engage it in a pursuit.

The map and full description of change is knowledge; it is not enough having the knowledge but applying it. No change is accessible without knowledge; this is the fundamental to the achievement of change.

As it is said, applied knowledge is power. Your life in any area is limited, stunted, barren, challenged, and a problem because you are ignorant of secrets to solve it. The secret to every problem is knowledge, go for knowledge, search, dig it, find it, and pursue it, because it has the power of change and transformation. Knowledge is light.

The level of knowledge you have dictates your command and functionality in any pursuit. You cannot achieve change with ignorance, because when you are ignorant about a change process what would be the efficacy of your mind, decision and action unto that process. It is impossible, because without this the whole change cycle would be messed up. The web of ignorance is the major reason many have not gotten change.

Just like in Africa before the arrival of the Europeans, digging the ground was for water only. We had no knowledge of any resource other than water. we only began to explore the depth of the ground in search of resources after we had gotten knowledge. Such is life; there are a lot we can achieve if only we get the knowledge to change. You want to change your finance, habit or character, thinking, relationship, leadership skill; every specific area has its own knowledge needed for this change.

  * Indecision And Unfocused:

You might have seen and talk it but you would never achieve it until you decide. This is your inability to decide on the course of action. You are faced between your problem and solution, anxiety and joy, sleep and work, limit and unlimited, success and failure, life and death.

You have to choose, make a choice. The universe and God honors choice. This is your power to change your life. Do not take abrupt decisions; seek counsel, advice, mentorship and knowledge from experts and professionals on the matter before making decisions.

Above all, you are the CEO of your life; make your own decision and do not live by people's opinions always. Indecision is simply a decisive verdict to live to fate and this automatically makes you victim to life. How would you expect to be great and access change without decision, been indecisive is a conclusion of unending mediocrity and negative zones.

You cannot achieve anything great without decision; and no action can ever be executed by an indecisive fellow. Indecision kills change greatly and make those who are supposed to be kings to beg as servant and slave to life. The engagement and advancement through any change process is dependent on your decision, change does not come by luck. Hence, you cannot operate the Positive change cycle when you are indecisive.

You might have made decisions and it may seem not to work because you lack the focus to achieve it. Are your exactness, concentration, attention and attitude all in positive direction to achieving it? I am not talking about an average focus, but full focus that commits to achieving it. Have you ever followed just that course or change process until you achieve it? Without true focus, you would ruin your good decisions.

How would you feel, if you discover at the end of your life you never truly lived? This can happen if you are indecisive and unfocused. You cannot change your life this way, this is your life and your involvement to happenings is solely on you. Nobody can do this for you; it is high time to take charge of your life.

The fruitfulness of every pursuit lies in the power to decide and focus. Get your eye single and your whole body would be full of light; make that necessary decision focally and achievement would be half way the line if engaged.

  * Absence Of Diligence And Action:

Diligence and actions cannot be replaced. I call this the executor of change. From our definition of change, we discover paramount that change is brought to lime light by our decision and action. It is not enough to dream, wish, plan, be strategic, have the right thoughts, ideas; it is enough when you act on them.

Absence of action or diligence is an issue, which limits change. A lot of person would see and talk about change, but would not have it because change is about action. The reality of that change is based on this, once this is absent then that change would be limited and hindered.

Act, do, move, work, and get involved in the process of your change search. The completely active power lies in you acting. The world are ruled, control by those who are diligent. Until you become determine, conscientious and persevere for change you cannot get it. You only achieve it at your level of diligence and actions as require by the change you want.

Sometimes you have to grind and work more when the problem is greater, do it for the solutions. You only can surmount and fly through with actions. The eagles fly higher by swinging their wings more. Your highest level of change is only achieved with more actions and diligence.

At the absence of this is no change. A life of misery and frustration shows up because it lacks action. If you do not act and be diligent for that change you seek, you will not get it. Everybody dodges from this part. They feel ok thinking and meditating on their right thoughts for change but they do not act, hence making the change cycle to be inconclusive.

Your true change is in diligence and actions. People who are achievers or celebrated in anything are always doers; they work persistently until they make it through. No matter where you are, if only you are ready to act, work and be diligent I assure you to get that change.

At the absence of action and diligence lies inertia and stagnancy on the red- negative zone. You cannot move out of any position neither can you bring your desired change into reality. This is what differentiates the changed and unchanged. So many persons, have the knowledge, and have made good decisions but have failed to act.

The destination of that dreamt and wished changes are only reached by diligent actions. The universe has a purpose for your discipline. There is a reason for your diligence and reward for your faithfulness. Do not give up. You have to persist with effort on the change process for you to achieve that which you truly want.

  * Poor Mindset:

All human are created equally but are separated by mindset. It is proven that mindset is what distinguishes, activeness and passiveness, optimism and pessimism, success and failure, riches and poverty, sickness and health, mediocrity and greatness, fear and faith, life and death.

This is your way of thinking, attitude, opinion that is habitual to your life. Where you are and where you want to be is at the mercy of the bridge of your mind. You cannot achieve in life with a poor mindset. This kind of mindset kills change and hinders progress on change process.

What is your mind seeing? Your mind can envision change. You want change it lays within you; it is in your mind. Every accomplishment or actualization of change is first achieved in the mind.

The transition of mind seed (thought/ idea) to reality depends on your mind-set. Today, I position myself to have a positive mind, active mind and super mentality. I am changing my life, this true me I see I must become. My life has value. I see solution, hope, faith, glory, success, health, wealth, empowerment, greatness, life etc. all in my mind and I become this day by an active working mindset.

You can position your mind at the degree, axis of achieving change or limiting it. Do you think that change is possible? Yes, it is. It lies in your mind. If your mind can see and handle it, you can achieve because the universe and God attracts to you what you can see.

Mindset is the eye of understanding, without this, you cannot seek change. Recall, the platform of change is the mind once the mindset is poor then the whole change process would be futile. You cannot operate Positive change cycle with a poor mind neither can you achieve positive change.

Recall, change operate on a root to shoot system. The setting of your mind indicate the root system for change neither it is fitted nor the kind of change it would produce. You cannot possess a negative setting and expect positive result.

It is obvious that most people who seek change may be conclusive to their good decision and equivalent actions without the apparent consideration of their mind. Your mind set or thinking set, once it is poor, it kills your pursuit for change. The mind is like the soil where the seeds (thought and Idea) are been planted once this soil is poor; you would simply have no growth.

  * Indetermination And Indiscipline:

Indetermination is the very thing that has land crashed and terminates change process. You being unsettled, unfixed, unfocused and wavering in mind on the desired change you seek. You need determination and discipline because it is the paramount key and secret of change.

Been undetermined is a sign of you not wanting the key of change; you cannot go through change hurdles this way because little prices and motif of change would hamper or swing you off your pursuit. It takes a resolute determined mind to achieve change; neither decision nor action can be carried out without this.

Indetermination is an indication of an unstable mind and since the mind is the original platform of change, it must be stable on focus for it to achieve the change. It only take active mind to fully execute decisions and take actions, but once instability is spotted in your mind that mind would be programmed to be passive to engagement of change.

The dictation of your true functionality and optimal productivity lies on discipline. It may be a painful process, but I would rather stick with the pains of discipline than the ounce of regret. Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. It may not look like a very pleasing word but it has potentials of granting desired results.

You cannot achieve change when you lack self-discipline. The change process may look hard, harsh, painful and tedious but you have to press, stay on, work it neither it is awkward or not, favorable or not. Your level of discipline determines the level of change that would be achieved. You must give in all your best to the change process.

You have to take on and live with discipline and determination just for your change. I know it may be painful but you have a reward. Do not be stuck in change process, reap the reward of it. You do not have to quit it; you have your life, hope and dream in it.

This one thing can create the bridge of achieving change. Indetermination and indiscipline would block you of the glorious future of change. You cannot progress nor engage change with these qualities; many that wallow in inertia, wishes and negative season have this. A lot have resided to their comfort and create mirage to them self-saying; someday it would happen. You are just in the someday Island and you cannot get anything there because it is you who can make it happen.

Get up determined and disciplined to pursue your change. Is yours, nobody else. This is your desire, passion, interest, believe; you have to go for it with all you have. This is the reason you are here. There is no limit to change for a determined and discipline person.

  * Lack Of Will Power:

The difference between a change achiever and others is not just lack of strength, not lack of knowledge, but also rather lack of will. Many have equipped themselves with the necessary knowledge of change with the assurance of instantly getting change; it would never come to you until you are willing to have it.

If your friend is handing over your most sought after gift to you, and you do not open your hand to take it; can you have it? No! You cannot because you are not willing and that may get your friend angry or to live and try later again. That is same for the universe, the universe is ever handing to us the change we seek and it is telling us to take; but our will is hindering us. What kind of will are you upholding? is it powerful enough to bring the change you seek? Without will power forget about change because you cannot get it.

The will of a person is powerful beyond measure. This is the real power you have to desire, hunger, and thirst, decide, and intend for change. All change seek on earth is available to humanity only when the necessary will power for it is possess. You do not need to be special, intelligent, great and powerful for that change; you just need the needed knowledge and your will for it.

It is your will to accept and embrace change. A man who falls to the ground can only get up when he is willingly to get up. Your willingness is a powerful force that propels you to act. How willingly are you, to accept and embrace that change? Your will is an answer to call on any change you desire.

Nothing can resist a person with will power. The validity of you to your decision and action is your will. It welcomes the responsiveness to make it possible; this is what makes you resilient and passionate for change. You lacking the will is same as you lacking consciousness for change; you cannot achieve change without your own resolution.

Your decisions and action may be right with the adequate knowledge but without your will, change cycle will not be steered. You can break through and transit from that red or negative zone only when you are willing. It is the key to unlocking of the door of change you want. No matter how dark the season and stormy the sail, once you are willing, change is possible.

Change cannot be forced but it is triggered and achieved at the basis of your will to make decisions with regard to the dream, wish change and bond to relative actions. It is up to you. Nobody can do the will thing for you because it is a power that lies within you. Use, engage, and act on your will power for that change to be unlimited, alive and fulfilled for you.

  * Irresponsibility:

This is lack of sense of responsibility and accountability to change. At the point of irresponsibility lies negative changes and poor living. If you settle to be irresponsible in your living and search for change, then change would elude you. You must respond and be ready to account for your changes if not you would accept and settle with mere adjustments.

Responsibility is to humanity. You must be responsible for your decisions and actions. No change is achieved with an irresponsible pursuit towards it. For your decision and action to be fully engage, you need your responsible effort toward it. This response get you active, recall change only occur successfully in an active mindset hence if you are not responsive you are unconscious to change process.

How would you sail or move, when you are unconscious. You cannot do anything, because you are not aware or awake to change. Most persons who have settled with inertia and negative zones are truly unconscious of change. Your responsibility makes it possible.

Your search of positive change would not be complete when you are irresponsible. You cannot display unconcern nature about this and achieve it. For you to be able to operate the positive change cycle you must be responsible to each mechanism of change.

Change depends on deliberate decision and action; with trial and error, you cannot access this change from the universe. Irresponsibility indicates your readiness to remain as a slave to life and satisfaction to inertia. It takes responsibility for you to access freedom unto your wishes.

Recall, change do not just happen. To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. That change you have in your mind is not coming forth because of your irresponsibility towards it. You cannot sleep your way into change, it is not a luck stuff; it demand your full and total involvement in its process.

In the world you live today, people live their destiny to fate and life to the universe to decide. You may be guilty of this fact. I am telling you that, this is your ship; the universe cannot and would not pilot it for you. Take charge, be responsible, pilot your ship with your compass to your dream, and wished destination.

Change is achieved by your sole responsibility and accountability in the change process. Own the faults, mistakes, challenges, problem and respond to it.

You are where you are because of the level of responsibility you have displayed. Responsibility is to humanity and ability is to universe. You may not have the ability to see the change through at once but it is your responsibility to think, decide, and act on your desire change.

  * Fear

This is a menace in our society today. Many people have hampered their hopes and dreams. Fear is a strong killer of change. It has strangled and aborted new birthed change. It makes us to see the price and sacrifices but not the prize, euphoria and glory of change.

It is an uncontrolled, unpleasant emotion about a sense danger in change process. This occur when giving up the old for the new, having anxiety and apprehension of your possible survival in the new. Fear have restricted and limited many change process.

It is a great killer of change, which is built from the mind. It all starts in the mind. Recall, the platform of change is the mind. Once it grips your mind, it causes your mind to be unstable, double and fizzled on your decision.

It promotes discouragement and scares you off change process, it has made many resign to fate. You have to rule over your fear or it would ruin you. You know what you want and desire, do not let your fear to be magnify than your faith in engaging that. You cannot achieve anything with fear.

Fear is best described as false evidence appearing real. You have to quench, drop, and avoid all your fear by possessing and activating the right courage needed for your wished and desired change. Those fears are not real, they are lies. This enlarges the motif of change and causes restrains in compliance to your decision.

Great missions, visions, inventions, decision, passions, nations, are not in active actions because of fear and hence have remained in there unfulfilled, negative change zone and actualized. I know it look scary to accept or embrace change because you don't know what it holds for you; know that once it is positive change it holds your joy, happiness, fulfillment, and actualization.

This FEAR has two meaning 'forget everything and run' or 'face everything and rise'. The choice is yours. Are you going to run from what you want so badly, that which would add a meaning to your life, are you? It is time to face that change. Yes if it is positive change, make a resolution to yourself that come what may, you would get it done.

Always be focus on the change circle, with a definite mindset to see that change through. Once your eyes are not fixed on that circle, what you would see is fear and this would deter you from your pursuit and the change process. Irrespective of the fear you have about change, go for it. You would achieve the blessings and euphoria of achieving it.

  * Complain

Complain is like sitting on a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it does not get you anywhere. Complain limits change. It does not get the change work done but drains your energy, idea, thoughts on acting. It would exhaust and make your mind unstable to enforce the necessities for the achievement of change.

It is simply expression of feeling of pain, dissatisfaction or resentment. Like I have earlier said; do not complain of your problem and challenges if you do not want to act to change it. You can never complain you way through that red or negative zone. If you do not want it, go for what you want.

Complain could be formal, right but it create restriction to speedy accomplishment of change process. Most imperfections, shortcoming and resentment in achieving change are because we have surrendered all our active actions for change in the basket of complains.

No one has ever achieved success in while living in the oceans of complains. All the changes we witnessed in our world and all change agents we celebrate this day did not come by complains but by actions. Without you acting for change, you would not get it.

Those who nag and complain cannot engage change process. Change is engaged by those who are ready to work it out. After you register the fact and comment about it, get to action. It would be like that all day. If you fall to the ground and you are been offer hand of help to lift you from the ground, if you stay there complaining would you ever get up? No! You would remain there until you are ready to get up.

In reality, you may say life is not fair due to its trend of up and down. The universe is offering you a chance and hand of help why do not you take this hand and get up. You cannot amount to anything if you keep complaining, you would always be there.

John .F. Kennedy says; in the Chinese language the word crisis means two things: danger and opportunity. Those who complain would always see the danger during change process and never would they see an opportunity through it. Change is an opportunity for you to get yourself to where and what you want.

  * Excuses

Nothing can ever be achieved by excuse. Excuses present itself in a universal manner. To every pursuit, assignment excuse always presents itself as a good option. Let me simply put it this way; you cannot excuse yourself to change. This kills the root of change and hinders the shoot system.

This is providing an explanation; reason with aim of alleviating guilt or negative judgment. Excuse does not get change achieved but restrict and kill change. It gives you the opportunity and reason to comfort yourself in the negative zone.

You are the one stopping your achievement and actualization of a changed better life, because of excuses you have made which is sounding best for you. Get off the pity party and wake-up fully to work for your desired change. You would never breakthrough with excuse because it would create hope for you in the red-negative zone.

The universe would not give change to you when you excuse yourself off the process. Once your mind accommodates your excuse all decision for change is bound to fail. It kills faith to pursue change but encourages reassignment to fate. Enough with all excuses, It may be real and truth but you have to fight your way through it. This is your life and you cannot get the best when you bury your positive change pursuit with excuse.

It would not happen by magic, you must respond to it. You cannot fold your hands and lay good excuses, change will not come this way. Your excuse may be valid, but do not believe it because excuse is not a decider of your life but you; you are the one to decide the outcome not your excuses. You can make change happen, you can make it.

You can either make excuses or make progress. Make progress through that change process, don't you excuse yourself out of change if not you would end up in frustration, regret, mediocrity. If you do not want to get abandoned in that red negative zone and awful season of life, stop making excuses and work toward it.

In you is the power to command change, you have all it takes. You cannot excuse yourself of your life. This is yours and you have to live it. I will not make an excuse any more, against all hope and fears I would rise and make it happen. You cannot get what you want with excuse but with action.

Is time for you to drop that excuse and act for change. Change is possible, and you cannot excuse yourself of change. The change you want is at your reach; defile and ignore your excuse to make your dreams and wishes true.

  * Blame

I am not this because of him, I am not here because of her, she caused it and it is his fault. All this are the blame words. This refutes change process. You cannot amount to anything when you live with blames in your live; your living is a chance to fix it.

People who see blame as a golden path are dead to life. You cannot be living and stick to blame. You are living and not existing, this is what makes it possible for you to do something about it. After the blame what next? why don't you act swiftly?

Blame encourages irresponsibility, which obviously kills change process. It creates a denial route and an uninvolved path for the pursuit of change. You do not live your own life on blaming others; you can do something about it. Just try; there must be a way out of that season.

The blame game will not get you anywhere. According to Elbert Hubbard 99% of people of people who fail do the blame game. It is time you take responsibility for your life; admit your faults and failures. Recall, change is dependent on activeness. You can only show commitment, activeness and participation when you drop off the blame thinking.

This is you; no one is living for you. Stand up and act right to achieve your desire change. If it is to be, it solely depends on you. You cannot live your life at the mercies of others; change of life cannot be achieved this way. Yes, they may be a good reason to blame but do not. Take responsibility for your life and make it what you really want.

Am not given chance for any blame in my life, am ready to be in charge to rule and control. It is my responsibility because this is my time and moment. This is my stage and I will not let Irresponsibility ruin it. I own my blames and I would do something about it.

This is the winning quality. With this lifestyle, I know my change is sure. I would make it up to the climax of change. I cannot let blame, course plot my life because it is my life.

You have just one life, take charge and see it through. No one is responsible but you; it is better you own up to your life to live unlimited despite the limits, it would be better for you. Change exist in a life that never give in to blames but always ready and committed to make it work.

Blame is not just a killer of positive change but also a killer of destiny. Do you think it would sound nice when blaming others in front of your creator, stop the blame game, it doesn't get the work done; get the work done.

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#  CREATOR'S INITIATION OF CHANGE

The creator is the 'initiator of change. As accounted in the book of Genesis:

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said let there be light; and there was light"...

This account reveals that he created every process and thing. Out of nothing, He made the earth. With the power of spoken words, He 'changed' nothing to something. The complete architectural plan, idea, thoughts and picture were in his mind. By His decision to act through his creative force of the spoken word, He accomplished this change. Action is paramount for change process to be fully executed.

Change is a mirage without the institute of change. Recall, change was defined to be an inward mental film which is been transformed into a tangible picture frame by action. The visibility of earth creation was based on the action of change's creative forces. The creator 'God' created change and time but He does not live in it.

God is the custodian of change. As a matter of fact, the Bible states thus of God, "I am the God, I change not". He owns the system, because He is alpha and omega, i.e. the beginning and ending. Since He is the present and future, He cannot change but has the power to ignite this mental film of change thinking in the lives of humans.

Certain mysterious, spontaneous and invasive changes that occur are a whole function of the creator. Every spoken word is connected to the thought of the mind, and the universe has the power to implement change.

God lives in eternity while we live in time and change. You are subject to change every day. The best of life is simply how we manage, plan and handle these changes because it can ruin us if not properly planned for.

"Be not conformed to your world but be ye transformed (Change) by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable and perfect will of God".

From the above quoted verse, it outlines important phrases:

BE NOT CONFORMED TO YOUR WORLD

Do not conform to your world. This means you should not act in accordance with expectations or situations. Your world may be going through a turbulence, peril and war; you may seem abandoned in the middle of the ocean. Do not conform.

Your world is your own life, how you see it and live it. Everybody has his own world, how he carries habitual living and daily actions. Your world may be cracking like hell has been let loose, don't submit to your world, and don't give into that sickness, delay, frustration, problem, difficulty, tears, peril, loss, bitterness, failures etc. It will soon pass.

Life is lived at a regular interval with patterns which unveils lots of novel experiences. Each of these experiences contributes to making us and building us. Sometimes, it is difficult to affirm this truth especially while undergoing these experiences. The world was designed and modeled to develop character, and you must learn from pain, mistakes, setbacks, downfalls, grieve. Learning to endure them will enable you go through life with ease.

In life, you have to be courageous like a lion. Life is not a problem to solve, but an adventure to encounter. It consists of series of natural changes. In spite of life's challenges, we have all it takes to live and create our life messages.

Many people conform to their world and fall to frustration, addiction, confusion, terrorism, family disintegration etc. Precious lives are been wasted because of conforming to life's challenges. It may be hard and painful but please do not conform. Better days are coming, this may be your night but dawn is arriving very soon.

Change is coming and your pains and difficulties will no longer be a thing of worry. You cannot achieve change when you conform. Conformity makes you handicapped to seek change and makes you a slave to your world.

The secret to getting a breakthrough and achieving that desired change of yours lies in unconformity. You cannot get it when you give up nor give in; it is only possible with non-conformity. That positive change you seek would happen because change is a constant.

What you are going through is for a while; it is only a season. It is not permanent so you cannot conform to it. Stand and pursue change, do not conform. You will see your life become your wish and dreams.

BE YE TRANSFORMED (CHANGE).

Do not conform but be transformed. At the end of your life on earth, conformity will not count but the way you were transformed and the things you have transformed are what will matter. It is best for you to live a meaningful life and be transformed than to merely submit to the challenges of life.

If you yield to the transformation call, your life would be much better. You are going to enjoy a quality lifestyle, good health, immeasurable success, purpose, fulfillment, and finally actualize change. You and people around you are going to be positively impacted by change.

You have an opportunity to answer the transformation call. Despite your present situation, your wealth, peace and soul treasure lie in transformation.

I know my life is a struggle but I am certainly not in warfare. However, if I am in warfare, I am gallantly going to win the war. All I have to do is put up my transformational thinking, living, decision, action and wedge the war. With my transformed nuke, that situation, negative red zone, pain, tears, sickness, delay, problem, difficulty would not stand.

In conformation lies the problem, and in transformation is the solution. You need to take part and witness transformation rather than get ruined by conformation. Remember, you have only one life. This is your own life, fortune, destiny and assignment. The only way to achieving your expectations, desire, dreams, wish life and changes is only when you plan, decide and take actions in line with transformation.

This day I accept transformation, not tomorrow but now. Right this moment I am transformed into my positive zone. Am the one in charge, am the CEO and Boss, architect of my life. You have to construct and optimistically live your life to transformation.

All that I want lies in transformation; I am going to seek transformation no matter the time, effort, resource, am going to wait for it because am going to live my whole life being transformed.

RENEWING YOUR MIND.

According to the earlier statement, 'as a man thinks in his mind so he is'. My mind is my life and the bedrock of transformation. Change is up to me but it all starts with a string of thought, idea, all in my mind. The availability of transformed living lies in the renewal of your mind.

To renew your mind is to restore freshness, original condition, make new, replenish, regenerate and revive. Most especially, the entire source, spark, and trace of mind renewal is of a lot of importance. Meticulous lifestyle should be the key, as to unravel truth when adapting any renewal tool; but if not suited for positive change we should abort the process and not adopt it to our living. My mind is sick because of the distress, struggle, pain, difficulties, tears but the only medicine to healing my sick mind is mind renewal. I regenerate the positive thinking, thoughts and life style.

The opportunity for mind renewal is available to all, and the challenge is many settle with the old mind, not willingly to engage the pursuit of a renew mind. The only cost we have to pay is to seek, find and engage the pursuit of a renew mind. The Change we want is possible, if only we can renew and engage this revival of our mind. Renewing your mind is the only available bridge from the old conformed living into the new transformed life.

The whole beauty, joy, happiness, actualization, fulfillment and accomplishment lies here. Your mind can be renewed by the creators' word, instruction, knowledge, inspiration, motivations, information, etc. Obviously renewing of the mind is a gradual process, which should be continuous in other for our mind to be totally renewed and developed for change and transformed living.

If you have lived on earth all this long and today was your last day would you be happy of your thoughts, ideas and mindset. Would it bring you from where you are to where you want to be? If everybody possesses the kind of your mind, would the world be habited today?

If your answers are 'no', then I say is high time to seek renewal of your mind so that you can think the right thoughts, ideas etc. and live a fulfilled and well meaningful life.

YE MAY PROVE

If it is to be, it fully depends on you. Change is you; it is your responsible living that enables you to live a transformed life. "Ye may prove," simply means you acting and demonstrating that something is true. Furthermore, prove means to test, manifest and experience.

The questions for you to answer are; is your life proving anything? What is your life proving? Is it proving truth or deceit, falsehood of living? You have to make your life a living proof, because in your proves lies the testimony and legacy of your existence.

The proof of your life should be solid, bold and not traced because it would compromise your legacy, history and accurate biography of you. Is time to experience the present totally and not to be hindered by your past mistakes, error, problems, make prove of your life by living with the present to solve, learn and grow from your past.

The life you live and proof, does it have doubt? Let your proof be void of doubt. Take up the new and dump the old. There is a lot to manifest in this new. Your purpose, dreams, desire, aspiration, etc. are all in it. Nobody would prove it for you, so you have to take personal responsible actions to prove it.

You cannot proof your life and be relying on fate. It is high time to live with faith daily. Prove the change you want, every problem has a solution; find it, search, if you have not seen the solutions to that problem or challenge keep searching, do not give up. The whole transformed live can be proved by your total commitment and involvement.

You cannot let things happen to you, make things happen. The whole manifestations of good fruits and blessings of the transformed lies in you proving it daily.

You need to decide, to make your life what you dream by your prove of effort, persistence, resilience, dedication and diligence. There is nothing you cannot achieve only if you are ready to prove it.

You would prove your own life. Yes, I know you are down, but you have to prove to raise yourself. You may be in the negative red zone but you have to prove to transit unto the positive zone.

Your part is to prove, to show the never give up and fighting spirit. Why do you quit that problem and challenge, when you have not proved it? You can upturn that to be for your good if only you are ready to prove it. You cannot prove when you are giving less to it; you can only prove when you are fully involved and totally ready for it with a conviction of no retreat no surrender.

It is like a fighter burning his ship in the offshore, to combat his enemy. The only option the fighter has is to defeat his enemy, not retreating. This is what it is like to prove, it may warrant you to burn your comfort zone and safety place for you to fight that challenge. I have never seen a man who engages in proves and never achieve the desire changes.

ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD

The hope, will and desire of every creator, manufacturer is to see his product prove the acceptable and perfect intent of it been created. No creator create a product to fail but for it to be accepted, effective and efficient in serving its function or purpose.

The will of God is not for his creation to perish but to have life more abundantly. The challenges, problems, encumbrances, struggles are not the perfect will of God for you but a growth process to that will. All this are building you, making you strong and teaching you. They are all experiences that help you to live a meaningful well life.

You cannot get gold and diamonds without digging or exploring. Hence, what you see are the exploration path to the change you seek, but it is up to you to hold on and continue exploring. Do not settle for anything but perfection, nothing below this is his will for you. You cannot settle for average when his will for you is to be outstanding and phenomenal. You cannot cheat yourself out from what he has design you to be. I believe where you are right now is not all of his will; you have more to what you can become and achieve.

Change restores us to the original plan, vision and mission of the creator. It makes us to align our living as a focus toward his perfect will. All our purpose can be discover if we only understand his acceptable and perfect will of God. What you are doing now, where you are now, is it the perfect will for you? You can accept change.

You are here for a definite reason and you are not a sort of experiment to earth. Live your life to meet up his perfect will and reason for you. Irrespective of your season there is a perfect will, the universe would not give it to you until you ask and go for it. You are beyond this, your whole essence and presence is built on his will.

His will is enough for you. He would go beyond him to make sure you achieve his will because it is his desire for your life. However, it solely depends on your interest to seek. If you do not seek for change in your life, you will not get it.

Once the life you live is faulty and away from his plan, then you are not in his acceptable perfect will. You cannot do it on your own; you have a creator. Why don't you align to his will for you? He has a will for that which you seek. Are you living your own will or his will, you cannot function at your peak on your will; he has a design for you. You must live in his original acceptable will for you. That is where effectiveness, efficiency and fulfillment lie.

Just like a phone manufacturer who makes a phone, with different functions and programs. The phone can surf the internet, make calls, send or receive text messages, transact videos and audios, etc. but most persons stick just to making calls and texting. That is not the perfect will of the manufacturer, there is more to that phone. It can go beyond that, that phone can achieve more but it is only doing little because of your usage.

In reality, what is your life doing? Is it doing little? Is it achieving small and you are happy. You are more than what you see; yes, you have greatness in you. His perfect will is for you to operate positive change cycle and live in positivity throughout your living, not as a part time stuff but full time.

All you seek, be it fulfillment, actualization, and accomplishment all depends on you. If you would change, everything else would change. Change your philosophy, psychology and mindset to suit his acceptable perfect will for your life and watch your life change.

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# VOICES OF CHANGE

Voice is a whole lot. It is not just about vocals, prints, non-print or sound uttered by the mouth. Voices of change are generally the tools, carriers, imaginations, contributions, experiences, knowledge, information, education, purposes, conscience, philosophies, thoughts, psychologies or actions that make change possible.

The voice of change can tell a narrative about the past, which could be a means transforming an individual, societal and cultural memory. The work of this narrative focuses on the past (biographical) and present (experience, meaning) with an emerging focus on the future. Such narratives about the future evoke imagination and invite what or us to think 'from what is to what if'.

The change we seek, believe and want cannot be accomplished without a collective contribution of these voices to implement, and possibly aid the execution of the dynamics of change.

TYPES OF CHANGE VOICES

We have two types of change voice, which are:

1. Internal Voice. 2. External Voice.

1. Internal voice: This voice is inside, interior or within the body. This kind of voice cannot be seen or touched, it is intangible. It whispers solemn and serene. Your mind, brain, soul, life is the key holder of this voice. Internal voices which contribute to change are; conscience, thoughts, philosophy and psychology. This internal voice needs a serene atmosphere for it to be heard. This voice speaks within us, polices us and points us towards the direction of life we are created for. This voice aligns with universal rules. For self-image and change, God speaks through this medium.

2. External voice: This voice is outside, exterior. This kind of voice is felt and often tangible. Examples of external voice include; print or non-prints, media, educational and knowledge accessions, as well as informational tools. These external voices trigger change. The voice influences character, attitude, actions and plans in line with the proffered opinions. While adapting to this external voice, it should be well analyzed and researched to know the rewards and consequences before adopting it into your life.

Voices generally are necessary and important for human existence. They are responsible for corrections, rebuke, instructions, and leading of our lives. The question is "is the kind of voice you obey pointing or triggering positive change in you?" or what kind of change is it triggering?

You have to yield to positive voice because it brings about positivity. You cannot achieve positive change or operate positive change cycle without this voice. What voice of change is been sown in you that stimulate or trigger change in you? The kind of voice you permit could be either beneficial or destructive to you.

VOICELESS WORLD

Our world today is a lot more beautiful, civil and developed with the contributions of various positive voices. If not for these voices, ignorance and uncivil culture would have been the norm. Great scientists, philosophers, and psychologists have contributed meaningful ideas, theories and laws, through their various voices, which has made the world what we live in today.

A voiceless world is a world lacking a voice of change, without real vocal sound of change. This kind of world occur when all individuals, populace, inhabitant of such world is dumb to existence. If humanity is dumb then catastrophe, war, pain, oppression, ignorance, error, failure, poverty, voices would be heard.

You may argue that your world is not voiceless because of the few who are courageous to speak while you don't. If no one is speaking, won't this world go into extinction? Why are you voiceless? Speak, the world need your voice. Change is only achieved when our internal and external voices are heard.

In your family, environment, society, state, and nation, don't act dumb when you see social vices, illicit, addicts, corruptions, political confusion, family disintegration, youth disillusion, cultural clashes, value depreciation and unpurposeful living. If you do, know you are making the world voiceless. You may say it does not matter and you act lukewarm but always remember it takes drops of water to make an ocean.

Speak; let your internal and external voices be heard. Your voice is important to the world. Everyone is created with a voice to make an impact in society but many have ignored theirs on the platter of inferiority and insignificance.

Even if you decide to be a backup voice of a major voice, it is good. If not for the contributions of other peoples voices, the world would have been stagnant, backward, outdated and obsolete. The world is changing at its pace because of new voices. I am of the opinion that your own voice should be heard because it is unique. No voice can be like yours; this is what makes you unique.

Your actions should speak louder than your vocal voice, everything you are doing is speaking and above all your life is speaking. What is the world hearing? Are you voicing positive change? What you voice is what the world would remember you for; you cannot voice out negativity and expect the world to celebrate you.

Our world cannot go dumb. You must speak boldly; speak out to make the world a better place. Give room for your internal voice to speak, do not silence it. It has truth and leads you through your original plan. Follow your heart; it has a way of taking you to positive change.

Change cannot be achieved without your voice, choose today to speak up, speak out and stand for positive change. You should speak against negative change and proffer solutions to it. Everything you are enjoying today are peoples voices, where is your own voice?

MOST UNIQUE VOICE

Every positive voice is unique for change. The unique voice of change is the voice of purpose and gifting. Without understanding and proper engagement of this voice, we may end up dumb or echoing some other person's voice to our world.

At each stages of life, you have a solemn voice trapped crying for expression. This voice is our true purpose in creation, looking and searching for a minute way of expression. If voiced out, your life would feel joy, peace and change.

Voice in this sense is your purpose and gift deposited in you. Every human have their own uniqueness of what they are created to do and contribute to humanity. The ultimate meaning of life is to find your purpose and the purpose of life is to serve your purpose to the world. You are not born or created by mistake, you may be a parental accident but you are never a divine or universal accident. The universe knows you are coming with a message that is unique.

There is something special within you to deliver to the earth. You are uniquely created with distinct and precious gifts, talents and abilities in you that are necessary to change your life and the world. This unique voice wail and struggle for freedom within us and we have made it dumb. Many have imprisoned their true gift and purpose in the web of ignorance or fear.

Until you discover this unique voice, you will not recover from the delusion you have cause your world. This is the only thing that can stand the test of time and stand as your life statement or legacy. The meaning of life is to discover your gift, and purpose while the aim of life is to serve your purpose to the world. This unique voice when discovered first transforms you and blesses you before it is translated to the world.

First, you have to change and engage this unique voice, then watch change come to you. There is a lot in you, which can change you and create the world of your dream. Imagine for a few minutes, if the great gems, scientists, philosophers, and psychologists never discovered their unique voice and served it to humanity, how would the world look like, personally how would your life be? It would be a whole lot like hell. They have made it possible for life to be comfortable and awesome.

This is your time; do not go dumb on yourself and the world. You are not here by mistake or accident, the creator knew you would come. You are bigger and better than whom you think. In you is greatness that eyes have not seen nor ears heard. You have all it takes for your life and world to be that dream you desire. Change is in your unique voice, if only you can engage it. Your living is beyond consumption but solely on contribution. Are you living in your purpose? Have you discovered your unique voice? All your dreams, fulfillment and accomplishment are all stuck up here, discover your unique voice and let it speak.

SING THIS UNI-VERSE

Note this simple concept, we are given one life for just one universe, "uni" meaning one and "verse" means song. Hence, every human has a "voice" to contribute to this one song in other to make it a success.

The choir needs the alto, tenor, soprano, bass and orchestral to render a superb verse. Therefore, the world needs your unique voice in this uni-verse. This uni-verse could be the song to heal the world, in it lays the world of our dream. Join this choir of the world and sing this universe.

Your generation and those unborn are crying to you to deliver to us what you came to earth with. Will you not sing this one song? This unique voice is a firm catalyst that propels change. We need to hear your voice in the singing of the uni-verse because we all have a superb and solemn contribution to this world.

We all need to find our gifting, purpose in any area and field and make absolute contributions to our self and the world. Just like the choir. You may have excuses but remember it is one life for one song; put up your strength, faith, talent, skills and all to sing and watch things change.

BE A VOICE NOT AN ECHO

Are you a voice or an echo? You know yourself. What I would say to you is, be a voice of change not an echo. Echo could be a reflected sound that is heard again by its initial observer or someone who has lost their own voice and are been able to mimic that of others. Echo is not original or best, it is another. Echo cannot bring change because it is a reflection. You have the voice, speak boldly, and impactful. You cannot be an echo when you have a voice.

I would rather be a voice of change than be an echo. My unique voice would not be lost or mimicked because I have my voice for a reason. My actions would speak louder and my voice will not echo because I am ready to be in charge of my life. I am speaking or singing the universal song of change, I won't echo. I would voice out bolder, stronger, louder and better. This is my time and my life. I take charge to be a voice today.

Are you going to go through life as an echo, and expect the world to be a world of your dream? It is not possible, you are beyond that. You cannot afford to be an echo; echoes are not remembered but real voices. Echoes are reflected away, they do not make major impact in life. The world would never celebrate echo, echo is simply living in the dark, doing below expectation and taking the second seat of your life space, not been in charge or fully responsible.

The question I would live in your mind for you to answer is this; do you know that you have one life? Where is your voice in the universe?

DISCOVER THE VOICE OF CHANGE

A voice is necessary for change. People have assumed the medium in which this is projected through as the actual voice. There is more to this because this voice is echoed through popular mediums. To discover your voice means to uncover, expose, and create your own voice. Like every venture of discovering, it is usually not an easy task but a tireless search with an aim of getting a new stuff. In you lies a voice you need to find and search for tirelessly.

Many of our voices are covered by people's opinion and societal noise, we need to uncover this voice form this veil. You may be in a system where you think your voice is already heard, outspoken or unmatched; you can create your voice to suit what is contributory required by that system. All your goal of exposing your voice should be to drive positive change.

Passion and obsession are needed in the voice discovery process. How passionate and obsessed you will reveal your ability to cross rivers and mountains to get this search done. You have to be hungry for your voice because it is your own life statement for generations to experience.

Lunch out fully with your body, energy, spirit and time, what I call your best in discovering of your voice. In your voice lies your gifts and purpose. If you want to live your life with purpose and out of your purpose and contribute confidently your voice to the universe, then you must discover your own voice.

The civilization, education, innovation, globalization, development and whole world improvement you are experiencing today are all contributions of people's voices to this universe.

Recall, your voice is your true purpose on earth. You have to discover your voice because it matters not just to you but to the world and generations. You need to explore deep and discover this unique voice. Nobody can discover you. Yes, you can be spotted and scouted but that is not discovery. True discovery is self-discovery, only you can do it. You are the one with the voice, you are the one hearing, recognizing and disturbed at the voice within you.

Each passing day an inner still voice is crying and whispering to you to discover it. That is your contribution to humanity placed in you. It is time to unleash, free and rescue that voice. This universe change song cannot be complete without your voice. Can we ever spell the word 'generation' without the little letter 'a', we are going to have "genertion". That is entirely a different spelling altogether. As important as this little letter 'a' in the word generation so are you important to the world. The change you are hungry for is within. The earth has different layer/ horizon; at one you have water beneath you have mineral resources which requires mining. To those who are discovered, there is more. You are not at your peak and fullest of that discovery.

If your voice is not yet heard; you need to join your voice. Do a lot to promote change. The best song haven't been written and sang yet, the best policies and ideas haven't been registered and enacted, your best thoughts haven't been conceived and been reasoned out yet, a lot of beautiful purposes have not yet been discovered and accomplished.

In you lies all the change for your life and the world. It is in you, the ideas, innovations, power, knowledge, wisdom, skills, potentials, books, creativity, leadership, business and your true purpose. You need this discovery, because until you discover all the secret and treasures hidden within you, change would be incomplete. True discovery is important. Myles Munroe said the greatest tragedy in life is not death but something worse than death, which is not discovering and fulfilling your true purpose on earth. Your lifestyle today is what it is because of what you have discovered.

Our world today fights abuse of any kind, child abuse, rape, human trafficking and slavery. The law punishes abusers. Every individual who is not yet discovered is an abuser; because we are slaving our true self, purpose and the world. We could be punished by the universe because it is a universal crime. We have to dig deep, mine hard, lunch full, search hungry until we discover this secrets and treasure. As a matter of fact nothing is found except it is a secret, and nothing is hidden except it is a treasure.

No matter how small and irrelevant you may think you are, know this... in that tiny and worthless orange seed lies an economic tree. Your fruits and blessing would be for posterity. In you is a seed, voice of purpose and future. Your voice would make a whole lot, it would influence, develop, impact and affect your environment. It is necessary and important for change.

TIPS FOR DISCOVERY THE VOICE OF CHANGE

  1. Pray to God.

  2. Be quiet and meditative.

  3. Follow your heart and intuition.

  4. Connect the dots.

  5. Think on what you love.

  6. Connect with universal law.

Pray To God: It is important you pray because it means you soliciting help from a supernatural and Supreme Being. If your creator creates you and he is your God, he has every tendency to know your voice and how best you can find and use it. Just as every true manufacturer know the component or composition of their products.

So prayer is very important, it is a deliberate inquiry unto your creator for your unique voice of change. Everybody has its own design and predestination but this cannot be discovered without the help of the supernatural. Many end up functioning out of their design that is why they are not effective, efficient and fulfilled. Your true life lies on the discovery of your own unique voice only then would you live fulfilled.

Be Quiet And Meditative: You cannot hear your true voice of change when you are noisy. A lot may argue that there environment is not noisy, then what about their internal environment it is calm and quiet. Meditation is an act that must be mastered because what you meditate on the conscious would be reveal in your experience. This is to contemplate, to keep your mind fixed upon, to study. Meditation is you reaching beyond the thousand thought to get the thought of change within. You have to be quiet in other for you to follow the leading of your soul; you cannot get this instructions or messages in a noisy environment.

Follow Your Heart And Intuition: Your heart have a way to discover this secrets and treasures you have to follow it, don't follow peoples suggestions, opinions and sometimes don't follow your brain because it can deceive you but your heart if not bias is always reliable. Your brain is design to keep you safe and most times due to its logical reasoning it would scare you from venturing into real discovery about yourself. Intuition is an immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes. This is perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty. You have to believe and follow your intuition because it has the power to lead and direct you.

Connect The Dots: According to Steve Jobs, you cannot connect the dot looking forward, you can only connect it looking backward. You have to trust that the dot would connect to your voice of change, you have to trust in something, your God, destiny, life; because believing that the dot would connect down the road would give you confidence to follow your heart. There are significant dots, and minute trace that could bring you unto this great discovery, but most time we overlook this. Simply put, what is it in the past you fill fulfilled doing, or you can sacrifice anything for? That which is contributive to your life and the society, which have the capacity of driving positive change, you can connect the dots.

Connect the Universal Law: The universe have a law guiding and ruling it. You need to connect to the universal law to help you discover fully your voice of change. We know these laws but have failed to observe them. We are talking about this universe. Many laws have been proven. Follow the lanes of this proves unto your own positive discovery.

Think on what you love: Think on your interest and passion, the truest change is driven from doing what you love because achieving such would not be a challenge simply because it is what you love. That which you love so strongly could be your design that is why you are bonded to it. Your discoveries lie in what you love and not in what you hate doing. This is the bedrock for exploit and actualizing change process in any life.

Your voice of change is not far from your reach, this could be your internal voice within you or the external voices. All you have to do is to discover it because it is there. Listen, be quiet and meditative the voice is solemn and it whispers; it is your responsibility to discover this voice, which would necessitate change in your life and to your world.

DISCOVER YOUR OWN VOICE

We must know that we cannot command things or events but we can command our own voice, that we cannot coerce the voice of others but our own; we can find and create our own voice, because things, events only obey and serve people who find and serve out their own voice. Individuals have their own sensor voice that makes them unique; in this their own voice lays enormous greatness. You can be great beyond your imagination if only you are willing to find your own voice.

Do you have internal voices and external voices yet untapped and you are seeking for change in government, society, locality etc. Why don't you be the change you seek? It is yours that matter, you have a lot coded within you. You can learn but do not copy, if not you would be a second class of yourself and that voice in the universe. You cannot afford to go through life without you been heard, your voice has a lot to offer in making the world of our dream possible.

Discover your original and real voice, do not let people's noise, opinions drown out your own voice. Your dreams, ideas, and thoughts whispers, pay absolute attention to discover them. This is only what would be remembered of you, your legacy is simply your own voice contributed to society. What legacy would you be remembered for? You have to be remembered for positivity.

Your voice has value. No matter how minute and insignificant it might have been, discover and tap into it. A lot of the immortalized voices of change yielded to and celebrated today was once doubted, tried to be shut up but they persisted to the discovering and service of their voice.

If you haven't found your own voice of change yet, keep looking, don't settle until you find it. That voice of change; be it external or internal if discovered and obeyed, it would solve your problem and bring you to change. No one can ever make a significant impact out of his voice, no doubt team or collective voices are good but let your own voice not be an echo in such team, let it be so active and bold to reckon with. This is the kind of voice that would be impactful.

Now is the time to discover that voice of change. Every word or voice is spoken for certain persons. This is the perfect moment, and if the moment is not yet perfect then take it and make it perfect to search, find and discover your own voice. What would your generation remember you for? What kind of voice would the generation unborn hear of you? Discover your positive change voice and make it bold enough to be reckoned with and not just an echo.

There is no copy to the original, what is yours is yours. Everybody have their own voice. You can only voice out your own voice of change; so be more concerned and discreet on discoverying your own and not imitating, copying others voices. Your own voice of change has a dynamic endowment behind it that is geared for your own profiting before the total contributions to the world.

DEVELOP THE VOICE OF CHANGE

Change as explained as an inward mental film which is been developed into a tangible picture frame; by action. You cannot experience or actualized true change without proper development of it. From this book we have seen the models and various processes outlined which depict change to be a developmental process.

Development is very important, nobody ever wants to remain same, stunted or raw in any aspect of life. Once you discover true voice of change you must commit to its development. The blustering treasured stones we cherish, love or admire would never be love in the raw, undeveloped and initial state.

To develop voice of change could be explained as:

  1. Nurtured and mature voice of change.

  2. To progress voice of change.

  3. To create your own voice of change.

NURTURED AND MATURE VOICE OF CHANGE

It is not enough to discover, you have to nurture it, develop it, incubate it, and allow it to mature. Remember we define change as "continuous thinking"; it is continuous because we have to nurture, work, prepare, and develop it before it is mature for decision. The change voice within you should not attract a hasty decision, you must plan for it neither it be positive change voice it is necessary you nurture and let it mature so that it don't get destroyed.

The act to nurture, and mature change voice is simply nursing, care, nourishing, processing, training, educating, on the voice of change until it is fully developed. Be it an internal change voice of 'thoughts and idea' it must be nurture, because thoughts and ideas are not fully formed but become clear and mature when you nurture them properly. The process of nurturing and maturing could require a lot more time but it is a necessity for the development of the voice of change. If adequately matured up to expectation its results and impact would be evidently relevant to you and the society.

Take time to think more on that thought before taking decision, have you ever meditated and researched on it don't just act. You must allow this voice of change mature. Those who pilot external voice of change or are in charge of change hierarchy should nurture, watch, work on this voice of change before passing there message because there voice can impact the world positively or negatively. Your message once it is serve and eating by humanity it cannot be retrieved; it would either hunt you for life or uplift you. We need to pay attention to our voices.

If the voice of change is mature enough it can withstand the test of time, pressure and criticism. The maturation is the basic foundation for change voice which enables the legacy to last for posterity. An immature voice of change would be terminated in change process and hope of achieving such change would be void. In other to annul such result we need to nurture the change before engaging it.

It is not enough to discover, you have to develop it, nurture it, incubate it, don't harsh it premature or else you may missed it or you may be an echo. For every change voice to serve its value and achieved its proposed change it is expected of us to nurture and allow such voice to mature before acting on it. Proper examination and analysis of the voice is needed.

PROGRESS VOICE OF CHANGE

To progress voice of change means moving it forward, onward, advance and growth to modern society. You cannot progress what does not exist, this voice of change exist. It could be internal or external you have to progress it. The true external voice of change is one that thinks for others, it is a burden to change a city, country, or the world. To get this done you must progress the voice of change of that your neighbor, friend, citizen, automatically you can change the world.

How do you see the world around, are the voices of change dying, is it becoming a lost art in history, while don't you revive it. You are not here to only read and preserve history but to make yours. In you is an internal change voice crying deeply and bitterly. You cannot change the world around you, until you first yield to that voice of change.

The advocating of positivity is an open call; no one is selected to it. You can play your own role to this positive change advocacy, if your voice is not enough progress the voice of others. This is the hour of change for our world but we must make it happen because we cannot get it right by keeping quiet. Is time for us to speak, to shout, to cry out and be loud. We need change in our world; we cannot continue this way if not evil would rule us.

The Barbarians and uncircumcised philistines have sought to destroy, submerge, rape, molest, and abuse our world yet she stands strong with high hope and prospects. We must progress positive change within and without for us to achieve our dream world and accomplish our desires. This is the moment for us to collectively join our voice in the progress of positive change voice. Let positivity be promoted, exalted and celebrated. We must be upright to positivity and eschew evil in us and our environment.

CREATE VOICE OF CHANGE

One of the most powerful phrases I have come across, which can dictate your actualization of change is, 'action speaks louder than voice'. This means our action speaks more, faster, better than our voices. Our action is connected with how we see and deal with the world around us.

How your character, attitude toward positive change, is it attractive to it or repels positive change. Your action can speak more because it is the bridge between the change you desire and your inertia. The process of creating our own voice of change won't be actualized if our attitude and character don't align. People can lose interest, value for positive change because of your character and attitude; of course it is very dangerous for you to be identified as anti-positivity by the universe.

We may argue on this note that we don't own a voice to contribute in the advocacy of positive change but it is not true, you own a voice, all your experiences could be a voice. Just as what Nelson Mandela says if you speak to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart. The language that connects you and me may lie in the experienced you have in a situation or about to experience. This could be positive impact for whosoever is seeking change in that direction.

Every experiences inspire, motivates, transform and teaches those who heard it and fully participated in it. Your own voice could be a development of books, songs, words, articles, journals, programs, seminars, video, audios, etc. It could be inspired by your experience or the corresponding change which you experience can be turn into a message and pass out as your external voice of change. This your experience can transform, impact and correct life on the same zone or path you have been before.

If you want to see love speak love. If the voice of war and clashes has risen over you; your voice is more power and mightier than swords. You can change it, change that voice to voice of peace but you must always speak peace. Your voice has power and the universe honors voices, you don't have to look down on your voice. It was giving to you for a purpose; it is time for us to create the right voices.

Our world need this voice of change, what have you said about the corruption, killings, fighting, crime, war, terrorism, illicit behavior, juvenile delinquencies, addictions, etc. taking over the world. I can't say it any better than what John Wesley said, ' voice out all the good you can, by all means you can, in all ways you can, in all the places you can at all times you can to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.

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#  IMPORTANCE OF VOICES OF CHANGE

The positive change voices; be it internal or external voice, acts specifically as a pointer and instructor of change. At some point in our lives, this pointer in the direction of change tilts us. Most times, when we hit the brick walls due to our poor actions or at the middle of our confusion in taking positive actions this voice serve as a guide pointer to us, pointing us steady to the right direction of life.

Once this positive voice is lost in your life and society; our instructions would be options of negation and red zones that would ruin our life. This positive voice serves as an instructor with the basic rules that lunch us into the dynamic process of change and advances us into the actualization of each required step of change.

A lot of self-discovery and rediscovery is made possible by the pinpointing and instructions we have received from the voice that has rediscovered our true nature, personality and reality. Hence, we have been welcomed into the realization of who we truly are and our potentials. Without this basic instruction of positive change voice, a lot of conscious and unconscious action in the pursuits of our dreams would not have been possible because it would be at the trap zone of confusion, frustration, indecision toward this positive direction.

This voice serves as a rescuer or savior of our lives. Many have lived a life of jeopardy, mediocrity and have sunk deep into the ocean of frustration. However, we have been saved and rescued from our grass level unto grace.

The fulfillment and actualization of our dreams, goals, and purpose are in simple directions. These little directions are what make us accomplished. Your life can be directed daily into greatness once you are responsive to this voice. A pilot without a compass is heading for a loss or crash. We need positive directions in our lives so that we do not head for the red or negative zones.

The truest directions toward achieving are from this voice. It enables the comprehension of the positive zone requirement and guides our responsive pursuits to success. You are in left or right, in positive or negative zone right now because of your level of yielding and acceptance of this positive change voice. You can change no matter what it is; just align yourself in the full directive of this voice and strive towards the instructions.

CONNECTION TO OUR TRUE BEING AND THE CREATOR.

Our living on earth, especially our environments have altered and influenced our original make up and disconnected us from the creator. The voice of change enables the fundamental connection to our true being and our creator. Our true being is already established just like an architect who draws the plan of the building and sees the entire project via his mind before embarking on the physical establishment of the project. Just as every producer knows the result of his product, so does our creator. We are striving and living each day to achieve our true being.

Once you recognize the mystery of your creation, that your very presence came from something greater than you; you would discover you need a strong connection to this universal and sovereign creator. The connection is this voice of change that whisper within your soul, mind and brain. Externally it is sounded around your environment. You are here for a reason and the fulfillment of that within you.

What you are trying to accomplish, fulfill, and pursue depends on the connective guide you receive from this positive change voices. Your connection to your creator is sacrosanct because your creator knows your design. You must connect with your creator for repairs, proper and effective functioning, and upgrade, which is necessary for you to live a fulfilled life.

You cannot achieve the attainment of your essence alone. You must connect, and this positive change voice would enable this connection to your source. Your figuring your purpose and hearing the whisper of the universe lies in your connection to your true being which sometimes may dissolve into reflections.

Your greatness and fulfillment lies in your true being. Humanity is striving to achieve its true being. This achievement will not be possible alone, we need the positive voice for direction and instruction on the path of living our true life. It is only this change voices that makes it possible to get novel directives or afore experiences of those who have achieved their own true being which is similar to ours.

This connection empowers us and activates us to experience positive change. Once we are connected, we can be repositioned from our mistakes, errors, mis-directions and conceptions, hence we are placed in the place of effective and fulfilled lifestyle. Many people not living up their potential and true purpose have not yet connected to their true being and creator. We go to school, churches, mosque, religious activities, programs, seminars, conferences and activities for us to discover our true being. Your creator designs your true being; until you are able to connect 'fully', the whole dreams and life you are worthy to live, would not be accomplished. It is a great tragedy to live life without this connection because living would be futile, unfruitful and frustrating.

ACTUALIZATION AND ACCOMPLISHMENT OF WISH CHANGES AND DREAMS

The actualization and accomplishment of our wish changes and dreams depend solely on our yielding unto positive change voices. This voice brings hope into reality and not for it to be a mirage. We all have our dreams and what we wish for, which cannot be accomplished without this voice because we lack the path way to our own design of true being. All the changes we seek and passionately wish for its happening is all possible; on our directive we receive from this voice on the step of the change because each and every change has its own dynamic required paths.

Our enablement to decide and act lies on the direction of the change voice. We should endeavor to always act in line with positive change voice, because it would lead us to our positive zone or change we seek. No one can be transferred and translated from the negative zones unto the positive zone without a positive change voice. This abreast and alarm the alertness of our hope, `hence enables us with the responsible regard in the pursuit of all our hopes.

Our living today is either effective or meaningful depending on what change voice we adhere to. The positive change voice tilt you into responsible and principle lifestyle, as such you are position on the pathway of actualization and accomplishment of your dream. The whole pattern of our behavior and daily habits which could either mar or make our life depend on the kind of voice we yield unto.

Sometimes it gets rough and rugged on the road of change. At some point it may seem all hope is lost and we cannot break through, we have an option to fall or run for change. What keeps us going at this point is the positive change voice that inspires and motivates us to run for the change we seek.

That dream you hold in your mind is possible and that wish can be actualized. All you need to do is to fully and passionately yield unto the positive change voice beckoning on you. Is high time we drop our excuses and take the first step of progress to yield. I know the fear of uncertainty is there; we don't know for sure what would happen and neither can we handle the outcome. It is your choice to either run from your positive change voice or rise with it.

Embrace that fear and step out for that change. Don't follow your brain; follow your heart, your brain is designed to keep you save, to follow the custom and tradition, the whole change dynamics may request to break the status quo, to set a new standard and principle. Listen to that change voice in your heart, yield to it and all you seek for would be possible. Your very best life is in positive change voice. Nothing worthwhile has ever been accomplished without total yield to this positive change voice.

RESTORATION OF CIVIC RIGHTS, VALUES AND JUSTICE IN OUR SOCIETY

Our today society of decadence and crabbedness can only be reposition and restored by positive change voices. Civic rights, values and justice system are all in decline because of total avoidance of positive change. A system of corruption, crime, violence, anarchy is simply a system which is void of positive change voice.

The restoration of values and rights of humanity is only made possible when leaders and followers adapt and adopt unto this positive voice in totality. The rule of law and effective voice of justice are all vocals of this positive change when abolished, unenforced and unexecuted the society suffers a drastic negative outcome as a resultant effect.

Societal norms and values can only be restored in our society when this positive change voice are heard and not just echoed. A voiceless society is a society of catastrophe, social vices, mediocrity, and injustice etc. this can only be remedy by positive change voice.

The decadence and rupture of the value of our society is seen. In many societies there is a strong aura of fear. They are in Siege by their night mares. Hostility and rascality has become a norm and order for living. It is a system of survival of the fittest, where those with value who are civil are seen as prey. This is the picture of what many societies is turn into, and if we let it, it would consume us.

My heart beat for loss of the value and civic right is our society, killings has become a known order. Where survival of the fittest is the esteemed mentality and the feeblest are left to wallow and die. It is not to be so; the strongest among us are those who despite their challenge help another. This voice of change is needed more in this time than ever. It has a large importance to safe our world.

The importance of positive change voice in our personal experience and society is enormous. The reformations and revolutions from negative or red zones unto the positive zones are made possible solely by yield unto positive change voice.

It is of great essence for us to uphold and imbibe this positive change voice within and around us for our society to be well, freely and happily lived. All the fair experiences of modernity are made possible by people's contribution and encouragement of positive change voice in our society. Hence, we should imbibe such culture of promoting positivity in our society.

The society is where it is today because of the level of positive change voice which has been contributed, improved and witnessed. Nothing can impact or transform our society to our desired wish without the drive of positivity. Therefore, the hope of restoration of civic rights, values and justice in our society is dependent on the level function of positive change voice.

DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH AND IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION

Development and growth we are experiencing in our world today are all results of positive change voice yield unto. Every day of human existence we are faced with either positive changes or negative changes, the outcome of our decision would dictate its impact in the growth and development of our society.

The word development is twine to change. It is in the birth of change that give rise to development. An unchanged society would always be in its inertia and formal poor state, the accession of development would only be possible when true change is birthed. Our society is what it is today because of this, if change persons inhabit society, development of that society is assured because their impact would be valid and contributions would be on the basis of change.

Check around you, nations or countries that are not developed are not lacking development because of resources or the technical knowhow, but because of unchanged people. We can restructure this nation only when we reach change. I am of the opinion that such country should pursue mind restructuring instead of looking for National restructuring.

Technology, ICT development, economic growth and social growth etc. are all possible when we are in tune with positive change voices. It directs and lay instructions into unraveling the mysteries of earth, also the discoveries of the unknown.

The discoveries, innovations etc. are products of positive change voice yielded unto which resultant effect is witness in the growth and development of human existence. No development and growth witnessed are void of the propensity of positive change voice, which is a factor of individual or group contribution to the society. All social contributions, service, goodwill etc. are all evidence of positive change voice. None of this would be possible, without a positive voice, a wicked person and people controlled in life with negative voice of change cannot think for others. This is only possible with positivity.

Life improvement and self-development are possible by positive voice of change heard within or without which stimulates one to change or live in accordance to such revelations. The great and powerful positive visions we establish, are all conceits of positive change voice. Be it growth, development and contributions of whatever kind witnessed in humanity are all function of positive change voice. At every given moment we yield the call of positive change voice, we are stepping into growth and development. Our daily living and life style should be in accordance to positive change voice for us to experience growth and development in our life.

Hence, in the engagement of positive change voice lies the secret of growth, improvement and development we have been seeking. The value humanity attaches to acting in line with this secret produces positive results. Many persons are seeking increase in their pursuit, progress at every position or stage of their life but answer to this entire request is the positive change voice that is often ignored and void of attendance. Until we yield in totality to this voice, that wished change of ours cannot come to lime light. The reality for the achievement of this prospect is simply our adherence unto this positive change voice.

KILLERS OF POSITIVE CHANGE VOICE

The killers of positive change voices are simply that which kills or which cause the failure of positive change voice. These killers include; Neglect and non-execution, social vices, fears, trap words, poor attitude etc.

  1. Neglect and non-execution

Neglects and non- execution of positive change voice kills this voice. Internally, once we neglect this positive change voice and it struggles for engagement, if left unimplemented this voice eventually would die. It is voice suicidal to leave positive change voice unengaged; this situation if internal lead to what is called dead conscience and minds.

Our lives are based on action and execution; neglects only kill things and make positive course, dreams and wishes unimportant. Non- execution of positive change voice is simply a funeral call to the voice and resolution to once state of negative zone or red zones. We need to offer abrupt specific attentions to positive voice beckoning within and without for the realization of our prospect, void of such attention is simply living in the mirage of our prospect. Many beautiful life and destiny are all drown in the ocean of negative zones, because of neglect to the positive voice call.

Neglect and non- execution to positive change voice would simply yield denial of the voice and its results. Hence, negligence and im-promptness or non-execution is a path to remain in negative change zone or the past. You cannot achieve any prospect with this approach.

Regard with care and attention that positive voice of change in line with the prospect you seek in other to experience full manifestation. Nothing is ever achieved with neglect and non-execution. This approaches kill the voice and dynamic change process

  2. Fear

Fear is a great killer of positive change and voice. This is strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger. Fear to positive change voice may occur due to the result of uncertainty, unknown and the whole outcome of yielding and response to this voice. Sometimes due to the loss, which the mind cannot handle, the whole change process would be futile.

Fear aborts and terminates these positive voices of change. As such, it encourages negativity and negative zone. Sometimes we may hear this positive change voice but due to fear, we fail to answer and yield to it. Most times, positive change voices are debunked and abandoned apparently because of fear.

Once we are afraid and attach fear to positive change voice, our body and brain would create a safe zone for us to dwell. Hence, we remain in that comfort zone of excuses, blame, and complain. We need to kill all our fears attached to positivity because if we do not, it would kill us and the prospect of change would be futile.

Replace your fear with courage. This courage is not the absence of fear but it is the power of the mind to overcome fear. Once courage is in place, the positive change voice would be easily adhered and its result would be well experience. The positive change voice, if threatened and terrorized, would be silenced automatically, but when a persistent positive change voice is in place, it would be well experience.

This positive change voice, if threatened and terrorized, would automatically resolve to silence, but in place of a persistent positive change voice, we would witness it as an echo. Sometimes, the society and structural systems abruptly threaten effective voices to cower to the threat and rather relinquish the society within negative and red zones.

  3. Trap words

Trap words are words that procrastinate, postpone, and excuse positive change voices. These words are based on uncertainty and fear of the corresponding result of such change if welcomed. They are slow and obvious killers of change. These words suppress decision and action yielding to positivity and confining the yearning, desire of positive change voice.

Short changes to positive change voices and its effects are relatively caused by these trap words. These words could be just, only, little, kind of, later, not now, tomorrow, I will etc. A person receiving positive change voice about a bad habit, i.e. an addiction capable of harming one's life, still excuses himself with these trap phrases;

It is just this thing.  
It is only this time.  
I will try.

These words would trap you with an abode of postponement and procrastination, which are the greatest killers of every prospect and pursuit.

The greatest enemies of change are these trap words and they are friends to comfort. These gives you reasons to remain in your negative habit, attitudes, zones etc. Are you involved in the used of these words; you need to use urgent words that would prompt you to act out of those negative zones. Trap words accommodates negativity, you cannot grow out and experience all the possible benefits of positive change voice because of this traps words; it would make you relentless to act and make your pursuit ineffective.

  4. Poor attitude

It is often said, your attitude determines your altitude. For every great achievement and accomplishment, good and positive attitude is seen as the quality that necessitates such achievement.

Poor attitude is simply poor position, disposition, state of mind, negative, irritating quality that affects the positive change voice. Our attitudes indicates the change zone we are operating in, the whole change process is only possible by the right attitudes. All forms of negations to positive change voice are caused by poor attitude. This does not only kill change voice but also hinders change. Your attitude would either allow you to accept change or decline from change.

Attitude is everything, without attitude is nothing. Your attitude to positive change voices determines the change. You cannot overlook your attitude toward change because it is an hundred percent requirement for change. You cannot extol a bad attitude and expect to be offered change.

Poor attitudes are barriers to and strong killers of the positive change voice. These poor attitudes resist this voice and terminate its prospective effects. These attitudes demonstrates positivity and lethargy toward the positive change voice, hence the engagement or listening to the voice would immensely be void. Passive nature is a nature that does not produce any reaction or actions. This nature is a poor nature that kills this voice. The state of our extreme torpor or apathy especially with lack of interest also shuts the positive change voice.

For your positive change voice to be alive and to adhere to you, you need the right change attitude. Until you possess the right change attitude, you cannot welcome and embrace the change voice. You will repel it.

  5. Social vices and ills

Societal vices and ills are major killers of positive change voice. These have silenced a lot of voices and our society is becoming voiceless. Many voices are not heard. they have been silenced by juvenile delinquency such as cultism, abortion, crime etc. All this has damning effect on us and our society.

Why do we indulge in acts that cause regrets and quench our voice? Why do we stop voices that could have made a turning point for our country? We terminate our dream for tomorrow and our hope for the future. Many feel okay taking the lives of unborn children full of innocence all in the name of mistake. You have no right to take life. If you were aborted, would you still be here? We have seen the exploits of those who were supposed to be aborted in our world today.

Our future lies in our hands. Without taking wrong paths, we must develop voices because our voices are of great importance to our nation. It is high time we stand to speak against the ills of the society. Rape has become a menace in our society and this act has silenced the voices of its victims. It is time our society fights against such ungodly wicked acts.

We need to raise our voices against these acts in our society in other to protect our society from becoming voiceless. It should be your concern and my concern. All hands should be on deck toward this fight. I believe together we would win this fight and make our world a better place. I stand for truth and justice, I fight against ills in my society, and we all need to possess the activism and right human spirit to make our world what we wish.

Enough is enough; this world cannot be destroyed and left inhabitable because of what our society is turning into. The creator of the universe has placed you here as the guardian of earth and the world. What are you doing? You need to wake up and watch over your society, now is the time to speak out because you cannot speak in the grave.

Stigmatization should be quenched and abolished. This act has ruined many voices and has broken change chain. Yes, the person may be wrong or guilty but the change call is an open call. You have to encourage those yearning forward to change and help them get this change instead of labeling and castigating them. Change gives room to forgiveness and a second chance. Believe in change and heal your society.

Societal ills have ruined many societies and have caused a lot of harm. This issue should be declared as a state of emergence.

