LIFE OF A MOTIVATED MAN

Good Morning Family, I would like to begin this day by sharing with you the following: 1.)  As of right now, be grateful that you are alive. Life is the greatest gift of all. Nothing else truly matters.  2.)  As of right now, love yourself, believe in yourself and express yourself in a way that shows good character, strength, and confidence.     3.)  As of right now, begin eliminating your negative tendencies; jealously, hatred, selfishness, envy etc. A negative attitude toward others will not foster success. 4.)  As of right now, feed your mind healthy fruits and vegetables: positive people, books, music, television, movies, etc. Those weeds in your garden is preventing the garden from growing. It's up to the creator to put you in a situation, but it's up to you to be brave enough to remove yourself from that situation. Prayer will not work. Prayer without effort is void.  5.)  As of right now, stop living your life  pleasing others. Live your life pleasing yourself.   6.)  As

Good Morning, "Today I will do my best to be the best. I will listen. I will learn. I will respect the rights of others. I can learn. I will learn. You see, I know, it's all up to me." I believe that phrase is the reason why I'm a great individual today. Everyday, while at Marion Sterling Elementary School, I was instructed to recite that phrase. I still recite it from time to time today.  I encourage you to teach your children the phrase. Better yet, I encourage you as an adolescent, young adult, adult, elder to recite it as well. It will help eliminate some of those negative tendencies that you have toward others and it will help you become a better someone.  Have a great day! With Respect,  Your Brother Jameel!  

Good Morning, Here's a self assessment exercise for you:  Every morning, enter your bathroom or somewhere in your home where there's a mirror (If you have a body mirror that would be perfect). Before applying make up/foundation, grooming your hair, brushing your teeth and putting on clothes, look in the mirror for a minute or two and repeat "I love you for who you are and I refuse to be controlled by what others think, say and do." Then smile.  The purpose of this exercise is to get you to love yourself and to free yourself.  Many people spend time trying to fit in with society or trying to live up to someone else's standards instead of their own. Loving yourself and refusing to be deployed by the thoughts and actions of others, help you become self-disciplined and it helps you to live out your purpose.  When given the chance to identify yourself, give your own definition of yourself. Let others know how you perceive yourself and show them that you have ownership

3+ years ago, I couldn't have imagined being where I am today. Back then, all I knew was college and being the person everyone else wanted me to be.  During my junior year of college, I began finding, defining and accepting myself and I created a plan to live out my purpose. I am living in my purpose and I'm proud to be me. I've accepted failures, mistakes, poor decisions, mistreatment/harm against me, being broke, etc. for it all have gave me strength to tackle obstacles that may come. My failures are in result of my success. Failure was part of finding myself and it allowed me to turn weaknesses into strengths. I've learned that you will never succeed if you are afraid to fail. You must take risk; step out of your comfort zone and find another part of you. Risk is what make people great.  #HowSuccessBecameMyFocus Purchase your copy from wherever books are sold... #Amazon #BarnesandNoble #Itunes #GooglePlay 📚

Who Really Got Your Back? Is a question you should really ask yourself.  Often you should give yourself a self-assessment to make sure you have the tools and the people you need to do well in life.  The people in your life, are they in control of your life? or are you in control? You have to be in control of your life especially if you want to do well.  Some people in your life are put there as a test from the creator. That person or those people are there to distract you from your purpose, especially if what you are doing isn't benefiting them. Check those whom you associate yourself with. Are they helping you or are they holding you back? If they are holding you back, let them go. Holding on to them, will keep you in that same predicament.

Good Morning Family, Have confidence in all that you do even if the outcome doesn't work out as you had planned. That confidence in your mistakes and failures results in success. Extreme failures come to those who don't believe in themselves.  Try not to worry about things/situations that are beyond your control. Worry is harmful and it causes indecision. An undecided mind may lead to an undecided heart and an undecided heart may lead to a form of action that you may not be able to fix.  Clear your mind of worry. Worry can kill you faster than a bullet. Feel your mind with positive thoughts. Positive thoughts create a positive heart and a positive heart creates a successful outcome, especially if you believe in yourself.  Have a great rest of the day. - Your Brother Jameel!