How to Create Success Pt.1:

IT TAKES GOOD THINKING

            Many years ago as little boy, I saw a Toyota advert on TV where one of their slogans from 1953; “Hǎo sīxiǎng, hǎo chǎnpǐn” translated “Good Thinking, Good Product” was mentioned. Right from that moment, I developed this mentality that “if anything good must come out of you, you must be given to good thinking.”

            In the world of manufacturing for example, some products are more outstanding than others. However, every such outstanding product is a result of good thinking, -by the manufacturer.

            Similarly, if you must create success in your field of operation, you must not only be a thinker, you must be given to “good thinking”. The level of your success is determined by the depth of your thinking. The more you think well, the more you succeed. The less you think well, the less you succeed. Show me a great thinker and I will show you a man bound to have an accomplished life.

            Many people are frustrated by their lives today and the way things are going; but they hardly devote time to thinking. And even those of them that dare to think often think on negative things; -probably about how things will not work out or about the current situations and crisis they face and why they cannot come out of them. Very few actually engage in “good thinking”.

           My mentor and spiritual father, Bishop David Oyedepo once mentioned that he has in his house a “thinking room”. In that room, he has thinking papers and a thinking pen. Whenever he goes there, he just meditates and notes down in his thinking paper the ideas that come to him. Those ideas soon turn out to become action plans that eventually create success stories.

           SCRIPTURAL PERSPECTIVE

            Let’s see what the Bible says about thinking.

“O Lord, how great are thy works and thy thoughts are VERY DEEP” (Psalms 92:5).

            Here David the psalmist was talking about God Himself. He was in awe of God’s wonderful creation of the heavens and the earth and everything within it -including man. Then he concluded “...and thy thoughts are VERY DEEP.” Simply put; God was able to invent everything He did because He was given to deep thinking. Incredible, isn’t it?

            It was through deep thinking that the whole world and everything in it were created. God is a thinker, a deep thinker. He sat down to think deeply before He embarked on this great creation. We will talk about God’s creation till forever.

            The problem with most people who run around and are still stuck in the circle of frustration where they are is that they would just not sit down to think. You need to control your mind and be focused on the things you want to achieve.

           If you are not making progress in your life, then it’s time to sit down and analyze why. Strategize how to move from where you are to where you should be; but it takes good thinking to do that. The deeper you think the higher you go. The less you think, the less you grow. It’s a law (Rom 11:33).

           The Bible says “come now and let us reason together” (Isaiah 1:18). God beckons on you to start reasoning. This is an advanced form of productive thinking. Reasoning simply means thinking about something in a logical way in order to come up with a solution. God therefore, is asking us to start thinking logically and making analysis about our lives and the steps we have taken so far. He wants you to refine your approach in order to come up with more productive ways of succeeding.

            THINKING GENERATES IDEAS

            A popular writer once titled a book “Ideas Rule the World”. And as I often say “it was an idea that even created everything; including man.” Yes! It was an idea; just an idea that created you and me. You remember when God came up with that idea? “…and God said, let us make man …” (Gen 1:26).

            There was a problem. There was chaos and disorder on the earth and God needed a manager to put things right. Then he called the other two in the God-head and he said “…. Let us make man”. That was one of the most productive ideas history ever recorded. It’s results remain unmatched till today.

            What most mediocre-people need today is just an idea; one that will turn their world around. But only those given to good thinking can be inspired with great ideas.

            Many years ago, it was really difficult travelling around the world, not even over the seas. Those that eventually moved across the continents spent so many days and even months on the sea.

            Then two brothers came up with an idea. They thought if we create a machine that could fly over the sea; we would cross continents in record time. They thought so deep and their productive thoughts gave birth to the airplane technology.

            When you are confronted with stagnation, sit down and think deeply. How can I create success?  The four lepers at the gate of Samaria thought deeply. They said to themselves “we mustn’t sit here until we die” an idea was born and champions emerged out of them (2 Kings 7:3-13).         

            A prostitute was brought to Jesus; in order to test him. “What should we do to her?”  They asked. Then Jesus stooped down to think deep; to reason with God. When he rose up, all his opponents ran away. Deep thinkers are threats to challenges. When a deep thinker faces a challenge, he steps on it so easily.

            There are so many graduates in Nigeria today who are struggling so badly. However, very few of them are given to deep thinking. When you keep waiting …and waiting for a job you may never get one. All you need do is to sit down and think about what to do to create a financial future for yourself; and at the same time, making as much impact as you should.

            Opportunities are everywhere. You just need to recognize them and think deeply; about what to do with them. Abraham Lincoln said “we can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” If you must change your level, you must be given to good thinking.

            Remember “as a he thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7). You are a product of the type or nature of your thinking. Your ultimate destiny is shaped by the depth of your thoughts. Friend, it’s time to wake up. Stop running up and down. Settle down and draw the course of your future. It is good thinking that yields good products. And I want to repeat that Toyota slogan from 1953; “Good Thinking, Good Product”.

this is an excerpt from my book "How to Create Success." 

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