I have come to the realization that virtually everything we do in life is based on relationship. The quality of love and success that we share and maintain in our families, organizations and businesses is largely depended on the relationship we build. Relationship is what keeps the world silling smoothly. Indeed it is human relationship that counts as J.Maurus aptly expresses it.

Interdependence plays a major part in every aspect of life, for instance in business it is necessary to understand the relation between employer and employee, in the family similarly, the relation between husband and wife, parents and children must be cultivated and cared for just as a gardener cared for his garden for it to bear much fruit. Thus,quality and healthy relationship is then what i considered as the eight best-kept secret of abundant success.

In virtually any field of human endeavour, be it sport, business, profession, or academic, the difference between the top 10% and the rest of the crowd is passion. The top 10% are typically better than the rest and not just a little bit better. This is because they are passionate about what there are doing and therefore achieve abundant success. You can indeed achieve modest results without being passionate, but it’s unlikely that you will be able to compete with more passionate people. They will work harder, longer, and pay more attention to detail than a non-passionate person. The result will be a glaring difference between you and them. So,having a great passion is the seventh best-kept secret of abundance success.

Have you ever been tempted to do something that in your heart you knew to be less than ethical or untrue just in order to get ahead in your business, profession or in life? It maybe you even stopped to ponder over the idea, thinking it through in all angles trying to justify your thought process to yourself and to eventually find out whether it would be worth it or not.

We are both physical and spiritual beings.Essentially; we need adequate air, the right kind of food, and water for survival. However, mere survival is quite difference from living an abundant life that will lead us to the abounding success we desire.
Remember, you are only a heartbeat away from death, thus having and maintaining a good health is the fifth best kept-secret of abundant success.

“…..because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.” Luke: 11.8.

The ability to persist until a desired goal is achieved is one of the essential habits that have always distinguished successful individuals from failures. Indeed, none succeeds in any worthy endeavor without overcoming some kinds of difficulties or obstacles. Thus the story of most people who almost succeeded is largely the story of those that opted out so soon at the rise of the slightest difficulty that has shown itself on the path of success.Hence,persistence is the fourth best-kept secret for abundant success.

“Man who chases two rabbits catches neither”-Confucius

Focus is essential to the achievement of success in any area of life. If you desire personal success, business successs, financial success or success in any other area of your life, certainly you cannot go far without the discipline of focus. Success is defined as the achievement of purpose and without focus you will be running round and round aimlessly.Being focused is therefore what i considered the third best-kept secret of abundant success.

Success doesn’t just happen to you. It‘s all about choices and how you respond to every situation. Remember, i talked about discipline last week.Honestly; it takes discipline to maintain good habits. If you are in the habit of making bad choices, failure and disaster will inevitably be the result. Your everyday choices will ultimately determine whether you will end up living with abundance and joy or living in poverty and frustration.Thankfuly, life never completely closes the door of opportunity, contrary to the popular saying that opportunity comes but ones.Certainly, you can make new choices and decisions that are more consistent with the person you want to be and the things you want to accomplish with your life.

Thanks to our Good Lord for His benevolence and unconditional love upon us all.

How far have you been moving along in the pursuit of your dreams for the year? I hope you have not given up yet. I am convinced you still remained focused.

Now let get back to the issue before us -the 10 Best-Kept Secrets of Abundant Success.Those set of principles and rules by which if one would strictly follow through and by God’s grace would ultimately lead to genuine success.Actually,they are secrets  not in the sense of being strange but because  they are often overlooked and were not given serious considerations and attentions that they deserve.

Congratulation! You have made it to the second quarter of the year.Honestly, it is not about you but God who in His infinite mercy, kindness and love has seen us through these past four months of the year.Oh how time flies! Just another eight months ahead of us and year 2010 is all over.Thus, let us count our blessings and name them one by one .Surely Our Good Lord has been so good to us.