An Enemy Called Average - No Not Me

I read an inspiring book. The headline reads: "WARNING this book can be hazardous to areas of mediocrity in your life" An Enemy called AVERAGE by John Mason.This grabbed my attention. I do not want to settle for an average life, I want to go past the middle and go right to the top.As humans we all have the natural built-in desire to be different, to excel, to go higher, to contribute, to grow, to move forward, to be above average, but the challenges and hassles in this world drags us back. At least so was the thinking, until I made the decision that enough is enough to remain a victim of mediocrity.I've always tried to defend my present position and situation and got me nowhere until I was told by my close friend that we all have a role to play in this world and I should move away from being defensive and become more offensive.I've noticed that all whom I was acquainted with fell in two groups, they either fit in the defensive type (and not too popular) or the offensive type
and contributed favourably to many pressing issues of life. I observed my own style did not contribute, but was looking at the problem rather than solution. This book challenged me to read it then to make a decision within.A good strategy is that when your feet touch the floor in the morning you mentally think offensively, today I'll take control of the challenges, because God has given everyone the power to control our minds. If we don't then the problem will control us, the choice lies within.God has given us talents and gifts they lie dormant in our minds. The seed of talent never germinates, but an active decision gives it water which makes it to grow. Think like a person of action and act like a person of faith. The more we use these gifts and talents the stronger it grows. It has to grow, it is a law. If we don't water it, offensive people will naturally help other offensive individuals to reach their goals, while defensive people will be left behind. That is a law. Ju
st begin with a million dollar worth of determination. The postage stamp consists of the ability to stick to an envelope until it gets there. Persistence and endurance guarantees a change from within.When I asked myself; What ONE decision would I make if I knew that it would not fail? I realized that successful people with an "offensive mind" gained control over their time and time did not control them, neither did their obstacles. They went around the obstacle, they went over then or they broke it into pieces. It is the first thing to decide upon in the morning and the last thing before sleeping that a decision must be made that we have the talent and the gift to persevere and not to be content with mediocrity. The solution is within; it is in the decision process. The future arrives an hour at a time for every living being. The decision then - make a decision today I will be assertive and use my offensive ability to go through this obstacle, it will not role over me, never
.Wishful thinking is mediocre thinking, but offensive thinking and decisive thinking is to commit to ones dreams. Success is on the horizon, strength is generated by the seed you are watering within. Help arrives even at the last minute.The more I looked backward the less I could see forward, my defensive mind pulled out the yesterday failures until I realized that offensive minds seeks to get answers. The choice was mine and so it is for every living human being, we have choices. I chose to be offensive and rejoiced about it. If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done, never. We are called to make progress not excuses. I choose to operate with an offensive mind.To have a defensive mind is to have fear in the mind and fear is a blunt tool to carve out tomorrow. Fear is an ENEMY. Fear and worry are interest paid in advance on something you may never own. Whereas offensive minds casts out fear and move forward. Worry gives a small thing a BIG shadow.
Worry will lead from somewhere to nowhere, the choice is within each one of us.Words are important; it plants seeds into other people's lives. A defensive mind plants seeds of weeds. An offensive mind plants seeds of food for the soul that is uplifting to others. Every day we make decisions, we choose one or the other:"Growing or dying, Trying or committing, Destruction or development, Resisting or receiving, demanding more or excusing ourselves, Progress or regression, Solutions or problems"Our Creator does not give up on anyone who does not quit, but will see us through till the end.Say to yourself, I will write down my vision and pursue it daily with an offensive mind. Say it out loud; claim it as if it has been achieved already. Write it down on paper. By writing ones' vision down will start a fire inside you. Believe in your vision. That is an offensive mind. The ENEMY of mediocrity will flee and the higher offensive mind will launch itself into top position. The offens
ive mind will zoom onto the written goal, the vision and the excitement of the heart. With this inner commitment the outer goal becomes easier. If you can't see the mark, you can't press towards it.An offensive mind sees the possibilities in others, an offensive mind smiles a lot, it is happy most of the time. A smile adds value to the face, it improves ones' personality, it builds character.A smile is a powerful weapon, it is very contagious if combined with an offensive mind it can move mountains and stop wars.People always get sent to cross our paths to help us when we need help. The words written in this article are crossing your path right now, view it, internalized it and take it to heart. It is powerful.Decide for yourself, learn yourself and answer yourself. An offensive mind is a winning mind. A winning mind gets up after a knock down; we are obliged to learn from it. Successful people had more failures than mediocre people, those who never try, never fail, but neve
r wins either. God sees us as learners, those who never hold onto past failures. No chances also means no advances, aim high, have an offensive mind and mediocrity will give way to success.Rising above mediocrity never just happens; it is always a result of faith combined with works. There is always room at the top for anyone who is willing to say, I'll serve. Before looking for a way to get, look for ways to give. A goldmine has no value until it is being worked on. Work on the inside and the glitter will appear on the outside. In the eyes of average people, average is always outstanding. It is not so for the person with an offensive mind combined with faith.We are called to stand out not to blend in, it only happens when you climb above mediocrity.We must be moved by what we do not see; rather say, I've had enough of this challenge. Now is the time, I'm going to get through this what I see and move towards my vision with faith.Say NO to many good ideas coming to you or els
e you will spread yourself so thin that you are mediocre in everything and excellent in nothing. An "offensive mind" can say NO and focus in on generating results only. It does not mean "never", but it means not right now. There is power in the word NO. It can free you from burdens that you really don't need to carry right now. YES and NO are the two most important words that we will ever say, it determines the destiny in our life.Everything big starts with something small and we all received small talents at birth. When we grow and use these talents we qualify to receive bigger talents, it never ends, keep growing.Learn to grow where you were planted. Choose to think eternally, but act daily, this attitude comes from an offensive mind. No obstacle will ever leave you the way it found you, you either will be better or you will be worse. Mediocre people tend to become tamed and subdued by obstacles, great leaders rise above obstacles. Your mind decides and the choice is yours
.An offensive mind is normally a leader and it is always full of praise. It says thank you and it is growing. It makes others feel better, it is a servant it does what is right not what is popular.We should look for opportunities to invest ourselves in others and to help make them better.A real home-based business on the internet offers such an opportunity to anybody around the world. It is exciting, it is educational to you and to others, it takes patience and persistence. It makes a leader to become a servant. Leaders invest in others and believe in that person.The call in my life is not to be a copy in life, but to be an original. An offensive mind will never compare himself with other people; each person is unique in its own right.Persistence into a certain direction is God's way to speak to us and is not just an idea that comes to mind and this makes each person unique. Direction is a matter of fact; ideas are a matter of opinion.Take solitude time for yourself, you wil
l hear much more clearly about how to go ahead. Silence is an environment in which great ideas are breathed, a place of refuge, it is to "retreat to advance" it is a time to focus from within. Spend this quality time often in our Creator's presence and share your loftiest dreams with Him while in His presence. Yes, Retreat to advance.When you stop your bicycle ride, you will fall off. There are three types of people:(1). Those who make things happen (2). Those who watch things happen(3). Those who wonder what is happening.Our call in life is heard not seen, divine direction is heard not seen. Learn to distinguish between the voices that come your way, especially the foggy voices. Learn to "hear" on the inside, not what we "see" on the outside. God's presence is more valuable than His presents. His presence offers joy, it offers light, it offers divine protection and finally it offers great peace.When wisdom reigns, it pours, but we should expect wisdom to be given. Wisdom is
seeing everything from God's perspective. As humans we have available to us the wisdom of the Creator of the universe. We can drink from the fountain of His wisdom for free.We stand tallest when we are low down, we will get wisdom when we ask for it.There are two kinds of listening: hearing and interact with humans and hearing the spiritual voice of God. We need to learn to listen aggressively, but we must try harder to truly listen and not just hear when people talk. A person gains spiritual wisdom when you listen and hear the voice of your Creator. An offensive mind will remember that it is not the absence of problems that gives us peace, but it's God's presence with us during our problem that gives us peace.An offensive mind never looks back, it looks forward. A mediocre mind becomes stale and never expands. A mediocre mind is an enemy to society, it settles for an average life and nation starts to stagnate. An "offensive mind" operates with decisive thinking and it comm
its to the requests of the dreamer with great joy.Reading this book was inspiring and is highly recommended for any person who believes that there is an enemy called Average. When you become aware of this enemy and take action to raise your bar a higher insight to life becomes more exciting.

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