Inspirational Qoutes

THE ENTREPRENEURS’ SERIES

INSPIRATIONAL QOUTES

In this article, I present to you the great words that were said by those men and women that have hitherto become legends because of their unending hope and wisdom. These men and women had more optimism than fear that their life’s challenges could unveil. I urge you to relax your minds and think through the lines of these great messages.

“Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel

realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will

tend...when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but

are grateful for the abundance that's present--love, health, family,

friends, work, the joys of nature and personal pursuits that bring us

pleasure--the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience Heaven

on earth."

Sarah Ban Breathnach

 “I know that greatness begins in the minds of the great. I know that what I believe for myself and about myself is what I become, so I believe in the best for myself.”

                “We all die; the goal is not to live forever, The goal is to create something that will.”            

 B. A. N. K

“Whenever you get the chance to love someone, do it with all your guts because it is the essence to all happiness in life.”  

 Ndyaguma Brian

“Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open"

James Dewar

"A man who does simply what is required of him will never know peace;

for that, he must do all that he can."

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"In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst

of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter."

Chinese proverb

“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or

last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory."

Betty Smith

            “Put your future in good hands…your own.”                                                                                         

 Kazibwe Robert

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can

start from now and make a brand new ending."

Carl Bard

“It is not the strongest of the species who survive, not the most

intelligent, but those who are the most adaptive to change."

Charles Darwin

“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life

actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into

your life."

Northrup Christiane

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long

and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones

which open for us."

Alexander Graham Bell

“Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created

them."

Albert Einstein

“Mediocrity accepts the norm, pleases the crowd and does what it can to get with. Maximum living however  pushes the norm, pleases God and sets the standard of excellence.”                                               

 Dr. Myles Munroe

“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer injury

to our self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of

their self-importance, learn so easily; and why older people, especially if

vain or arrogant, cannot learn at all."

Thomas Szasz

"Expecting life to treat you well because you are a good person is like

expecting an angry bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian."

Shari R. Barr

"View life as a series of movie frames, the ending and meaning may not

be apparent until the very end of the movie, and yet, each of the

hundreds of individual frames has meaning within the context of the

whole movie.

”View your life from your funeral, looking back at your life experiences,

what have you accomplished? What would you have wanted to

accomplish but didn't? What were the happy moments? What were the

sad? What would you do again, and what you wouldn't?"

Victor Frankl

Compiled by Ndyaguma Brian 0782 065 238/ 0702 065 238 ndyags2006@yahoo.co.uk



THE ENTREPRENEURS’ SERIES

HUMAN EMOTIONS AND MONEY

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t is so interesting how getting successful in matters to do with money has got almost everything to do with the individual’s emotions towards money. It is not all about hard work and good academic grades, all that isn’t necessary rather it’s about who you are in the mind and your emotions towards money. Money is an emotional subject.

As individuals, we are all subject to being human and being human requires us to embrace our emotions. These emotions include love, joy, happiness, hate, anger, fear and other few. However what makes each individual unique is how he or she manages their emotions. Similarly, individuals need to have an optimistic mindset before they can venture out to complete their obligations that earn them money. It is a fact that an optimistic mindset will set a clear platform for positive emotions like desire and a pessimistic mindset will breed emotions like doubt and fear.

Let’s take an example, two students are preparing for an exam and both are not all that knowledgeable as far as the overall class ratings. That state usually breeds in emotions of fear and low self esteem. However Student A overcomes his fears and decides to consult a friend and the lecturer and eventually, he passes the test. Student B, out of his fear, he even fails to consult a friend not because he doesn’t have one but because his fear has matured to the extent that he considers himself a failure before he can sit the exam.

In the same vein, when it comes to money, we have the Student A’s and B’s. Money raises different emotions within us including desire and fear. According to Napoleon Hill, it is the fear of poverty. For the Student A’s, they desire excellence as they earn their money, so they calculate their risks, make the necessary consultations and forecasts about their businesses and the money they are investing. They do not ignore the fear of losing money, rather they dwell so much on their positive mindset to play it smart and attain financial freedom. Unfortunately Student B will be overwhelmed by the panic of taking risk by investing his money and he makes a loss, so he plays it safe and keeps the money in the bank.

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ear is nothing more than a state of mind. This fear paralyzes the faculty of reason, destroys the faculty of imagination, kills off self-reliance, undermines enthusiasm, discourages initiative, leads to uncertainty of purpose, encourages procrastination, wipes out enthusiasm and makes self-control an impossibility.

Nonetheless I recommend that for us to overcome our emotional fears of money, first we embrace the fact that we are human and susceptible to failure. We are not perfect but we can focus on taking precautionary measures to manage our failures. Among these measures includes putting our mindset on a positive track of success. The mind is the author of success or failure. Buddha once said that “All that we are is a result of what we have thought”. Secondly, we set our goals right and by this I mean we right them down clearly, specify the time period in which we want to achieve these goals and all the necessary resources we need to offset these goals successfully putting in mind all the possibilities that could go wrong and how to either mitigate or avoid them. Thirdly, we develop a desire for our goals; a desire that is not only a hope, a wish but a keen, pulsating DEFINTE desire that transcends everything else. Let’s create a definite plan for carrying out our desire, and begin at once to put this plan into action. More so let’s endeavor to place all our energy, all our will power, all our effort and our faith in the means we are going to use to attain the goal. Lastly, pray for the Lords guidance and wisdom.

I wish you luck and hope you now understand the effect of our emotions in as far as money is concerned.

The writer is an entrepreneur and a business practitioner

NDYAGUMA BRIAN

BACHELOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND PROJECT PLANNING YR 3

UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY – MUKONO - UGANDA

0782 065 238/ 0702 065 238

ndyags2006@yahoo.co.uk