Secrets of Outstanding Persons

Kudo Ph.D Eresia-Eke

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Secrets of Outstanding Persons shares simple but hidden secrets of happy people, great leaders and influencers; and even secrets of the best students in every class. It reveals in a simple, conversational style, deep secrets of the most outstanding and joyous people in every society. It delivers, with sweet ease and brevity, what many authors would convey in voluminous and complicated books.

The book provides invaluable information in an extraordinary conversational form, which gives the reader a powerful sense of interactivity. It entertains and enlightens as it massages timeless nuggets of wisdom into the hearts and minds of the reader. Its use of anecdotes, and in some cases, examples from true life events, make the reading compelling and utterly engaging.

Secrets of Outstanding Persons combines uncanny and uncommon wisdom with the masterful talents of a fantastic story teller. The wonderful values which the book conveys, sets it apart as a collector's item and a reference resource that can be re-read with ever new harvests of meaning and wisdom each time.

Looking for ways of being that outstanding person you always wanted to be? It is right in your hands!

The true value of Secrets of Outstanding Persons is beyond estimate. Anyone who loves wisdom, greatness, success and joy would find it a great companion. Like the wisdom it contains, it is a timeless treasure.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Développement personnel
• développement personnel
• Self-help
• Inspirational
• Motivational

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 21 février 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781456606374
• Langue: English

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Secrets of Outstanding Persons
 
By
Kudo Eresia-Eke, Ph.D
 


Secrets of Outstanding Persons
by Kudo Eresia-Eke, Ph.D
 
Copyright 2011 Kudo Eresia-Eke, Ph.D,
All rights reserved.
 
Published in eBook format by eBookIt.com
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ISBN-13 978-1-4566-0637-4
 
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.
 
DEDICATION
Dedicated to my wife and children who give me so much joy.
 
PREFACE
For those in leadership positions, this book is a must-read. For those aspiring to be leaders, reading this book is inevitable. For all, this book has something to offer.
Kudo has, once again, shown not only that he is a prolific writer but also that he cares for his readers’ wellbeing. All through the pages of this book, Kudo shows a lot of respect for his readers. It takes much love, devotion and sincerity to make efforts to put down profound truth in everyday language for all to appreciate and understand.
Kudo has shown his love for life through sharing the insights in this book. That much love was put into writing this book is stating the obvious. The contents of this book are actually vital tools for the individual who wishes to excel in any endeavour.
Life is a school. Only the bold, adventurous and courageous seek to catch the secret of living so as to find the secret of happiness. Kudo has, in this book, highlighted some keys that could open the door to success for that individual who sincerely seeks to find it.
This is a record of the selfless effort of a rare gem! A humble man who embarked on a journey to seek the secret of happiness, not only for himself but for all who wish to make the sacrifice…. And he found the secret of happiness. What sacrifice is required of you? Just create time to study this book!
What is this secret? Scattered within the pages of this book are the records of his search and the secrets he found. Read, so that you too may know some of these secrets and put them to practice.
Seeking to give happiness to others, Kudo has chosen to share these secrets with his readers. Be ready for a journey; a journey that will take you to the heart of existence itself … the joy that all seek … the contentment that all wish for … the beauty that all aspire to behold!
This book is a must-read for all adults and upcoming youths who aspire to be responsible adults, all persons who wish to be successful in life; all those who decide on being happy in spite of circumstances that threaten such mood, everyone who chooses deep within his heart to learn the secret of success and continuous happiness! This book is a must read for you and me.
The interview approach makes the reading smooth and assimilation easy. You can pick any chapter of interest and read. No chapter is a pre-requisite to another. The same with the sections.
Kudo deserves kudos for putting together this masterpiece that is bound to influence generations, timelessly.
 
Happy reading!
 
Enajite Orode.
 
PROLOGUE
When the water flows through the tap, for our benefit, it cannot claim to be the source of the water.
 
The microphone may magnify and relay messages, but it cannot claim to be the source of the sound.
 
The newspaper may bear the news of the day, but it cannot claim to own the imprint that sells it.
 
So it is with purveyors of the inner wisdom which bestow happiness, influence and excellence as we may find in the pages of this book.
 
To whom then does the credit for this book belong? It is difficult to say, except to confess that chapters have been written in conversational form in order to reflect the inner discussion from where this book is born.
 
Clearly, conversations imply exchange of ideas between more than one source; in this case between the author, who for the most part acts simply as a conveyor belt, and the voices within.
 
But to whom do these inner voices belong? Tough question. Let us just say they are voices of benevolent ones dedicated to the betterment and ultimate improvement of all; benevolent ones whose whole lives and existence are dedicated to our good as individuals and collectives.
 
You may notice from the tones and nuances of the conversations in these pages that there are numerous different “voices” which feature here. But varied as they may be, united, however they are by the common goal of helping us, to greater happiness, love, success, influence and excellence.
 
They wish to support us, as they have all outstanding ones before. Welcome to the movies of your own imagination as you enjoy the deep discussions that follow.
 
Enjoy the journey.
 
SECTION ONE: How To Find Happiness
 

Chapter One
HABIT
I have watched you for months and can’t help admiring you. You seem to generate much personal magnetism. Is it what they call charm? It is so unwavering, almost not subject to the mood of the environment.
 
Quite frankly, I feel flattered by your comments. I would never have thought that I had such a happy effect on people.
 
Your laughter rings with profound unmistakable joy. You are always jubilant, like a happy child. How do you do it in this world of turbulence?
 
Attitude!
 
What do you mean?
 
My father taught me a long time ago that attitude or behaviour is a product of habit.
 
I thought it was the other way round; that attitude is actually what makes habits.
 
Quite frankly I do not know what the books say; but what I have found to be true for myself is that habit is actually a mechanical process. Habits recur like the grooves on a record. It does not matter how many times you place your pin on the record, it just traces the grooves as etched on the record and what is produced is exactly the same sound as you heard before.
 
I do not get it.
 
What I mean is that your mind works like the grooves of a record. The grooves on it are the paths through which the mind must run when triggered by a particular stimulus. Over time the mind develops stereotypical methods of responding to specific stimuli.
 
That reminds me of Sigmund Freud’s experiments.
 
I think you are right. There is a clear association there. The point Freud was making was that, if a specific stimulus elicits a specific response continually, over time the response automatically follows the stimuli.
Now if I were to translate that into my own expression, what it basically means is that repetition helps to etch reactions deeper in the membrane of the brain; causing a strong link or association between stimulus and reaction. So that once the stimulus is introduced, the reaction is as good as predictable.
 
Sounds interesting.
 
Yes, I also think it is interesting. It works in probably the same way the recall mechanism works. We find it so much easier, for instance, to recall the names of persons we meet regularly than the names of those we seldom meet.
The repetitive recall etches them more deeply in the brain and therefore makes remembrance easy. On the contrary, the names of those we hardly meet only form faint impressions on our brains; hence recall is a bit more difficult.
 
What you are driving at here is that the mind is a phenomenon of habit?
 
Sure. It is a habitual entity that can be trained, to enable us behave in a certain way in certain circumstances. We can, for instance, train our minds to react angrily, no matter what someone whom we consider an enemy does. We can consciously form this habit in ourselves and in other people whose minds are vulnerable, and susceptible to our bidding.
 
So even where the so-called enemy acts positively and in our interest our programmed reaction remains negative?
 
Precisely! The programmed mind is no longer an open mind capable of objective or dispassionate evaluation of ideas or actions from that particular individual or group seen as enemy. It has been trained and indoctrinated to behave in a certain negative way to the perceived enemy over a prolonged period. So, of course, the stimuli almost instinctively elicits a negative reaction, no matter how good his intention.
 
Now, how do all these shed light on my original quest for the secret of your happiness?
 
Simple. The same way we can train a mind to react in a hateful manner, through repetition, to a particular subject or subjects, we can train it to react in a loving or happy manner. The logic is the same. Through repetition and indoctrination, the mind could be made to react in a friendly manner to a particular kind of stimulus; so that once the stimulus is introduced the milk of love and kindness is gingered to flow.
This is probably the kind of situation we have with most mothers and their children. Anything about the children, following years of experience and indoctrination, automatically elicits a love reaction.
 
Can the same apply to happy reactions if desired?
 
Yes. But I must say that this is usually a tall order and requires constant, minute-to-minute practice. The reason it can be so difficult is that for years, people would have made deep negative grooves of anger, jealousy, envy and the like automatic reactions to fellow beings.
The raw, animalistic part of the human appears to happily make the negative grooves almost with natural ease. Undoing the deep dirty grooves and possibly replacing them with fine happy lines is therefore difficult. But not impossible! It just takes a bit of determination and hard work. The tricks to be used are exactly the same as for the cultivation of the contrary - imagination, education, information, experience, and, above all, repetition.
 
Please level with me. How do you do this, practically speaking?
 
As I said earlier, it is a tall order, but it can be done. For as many hours as possible in the day, fill yourself with the feeling of joy and happiness. L