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WHEN YOU PROCESS the habit of setting priorities and concentrating

single-mindedly, you will be able to accomplish virtually anything you

want in life. This core strategy has been the primary reason for high

income, wealth development, and financial independence for thousands

and even millions of people. Your ability to determine your highest priority

and then to work on that high priority until it is completed is the primary

test and measure of your willpower, self-discipline, and personal character. It is the hardest habit to develop but also the most important if

you want to be a big success.

THE MORE WE COMPLAIN about what we want and need but

don’t have, the more we will not receive. If we don’t act on

changing how we deal with not having what we want and

need we will never understand our way out of the current

situation we are ingesting. And that situation is a

consolation of the negative outcome of our thoughts

which permeates throughout the mind day in and day out.

Our thoughts determines the outcome of our decision

making and our decision making is the result of our

current position in life.

"IF YOU WERE GIVEN ONE SPECIAL ABILITY, WHAT WOULD IT BE?"

Today, I would like to take you back to a time in your life as well as mines. As we look back on this particular time in our lives, some of you may laugh, and some of you may tear up depending on whichever ability you wish you had as a child. And that envisioned ability often began with a question from a childhood friend or a significant other. If you had the ability to possess one power, what would it be? I'm pretty sure one was the power of invisibility, and the other was more than likely the ability to fly. And the imaginable ways we planned to execute those abilities were incalculable. Yet, there were times when I was asked that question as a child, and my answer was to bring a loved one back who had passed away. Or at least spend a day with that loved one. Which I'm certain many of you have done so and may still wish for today. But as years passed by, so have my wishful thinking. If, for some reason, I was asked today, If I was granted one special ability, what would it be? Of course, my initial thought would be to spend one full day with my late father, whom I miss dearly and think of daily. However, I'm not a selfish thinker. Therefore,  my special ability would be to get into the minds of the troubled youth for just two minutes. And like the incalculable places we would have taken our abilities when we were kids, I will take their minds 20 years into the future. If I could compress 20 years of your life into two minutes, many of you would start making some serious changes right now. Because during these two minutes, some of you will see an early death, burial, and grieving family. Some of you will see your crime, arrest, and incarceration. Some of you will see an early pregnancy. Some of you will see yourselves homeless. Some of you will see yourself no longer cared for. Some of you will see the death of your friends. Some of you will see yourself killing your friend. Some of you will see yourself struggling to get a job after incarceration. Some of you will see yourself on death row. Some of you will see yourself living in poverty. Some of you will see yourself regretting the bad decision choices you made. Most importantly, some of you will see yourself with none of the people you're surrounding yourself with today. And the only reason I wish I could possess such an ability is that I love you. I wish it were many more people loving you as much as some of us love you. But the truth is people are starting to hate you. They hate you because of the hate that you have for your brother while gunning him down cold-heartedly. They hate you for killing innocent bystanders while shooting at your enemy. They hate you because they think you're ignorant. Most of all, they hate you because you hate yourself. And just because I love you doesn't mean I condone your behavior. I love you because I understand you. I know what it's like to be you. I love you and want to see you do right. I know how tired you are. I know how bothered you are. I  know you're trying to keep at peace. I know what it's like to be full of rage. I know what it feels like to want to take someone's life. I know what it's like to fight for your life. And I know what it's like to walk away from an altered perception. As hard as it may be to see right now, they don't love you. As soon as you become confrontational with one of them, they are going to kill you. Who are they, you're probably wondering? I'm talking about your friends. It doesn't matter if y'all grew up together since elementary school, spent weekends at one another's parents' house, played football together, or wore each other's clothes. Under the right circumstances, he will take your life.  And if he gets away with it, he would even attend your funeral and cry at your burial. Yet, I also know what it feels like to be loved and cared for. And I'm not talking about street love or the only time a person expresses how much love they have when they're intoxicated. I'm talking about genuine love. The love a person poses within when they see you bettering yourself and not hurting yourself. And believe me, I get it. I understand that some of you probably have been kicked out of your parent's homes young. Or you left home early because you couldn't deal with their rules. So you turn to the streets where your lifestyle is accepted by young men and women who think like you. A short time after realizing you have nowhere to go, they talk it out with their parents and arrange to have you sleep on the couch or the floor in some cases. And while lying around in this person's parents' houses, you begin to feel loved and cared for. The thought of ever returning home never crosses your mind. You are at peace now. And some guy in a suit and tie all of a sudden comes to you tries his best to convince you that the life you're living is not liven. And out of respect, you're hearing him out, but you're just not feeling his message. The only thing you're feeling is the love shown to you at the moment, and like most moments, the best ones are the ones captured unexpectedly. So which moment are you prefer to be captured in? And although we have no control over life's unexpected moments, we do have control over our efforts. The effort you put in to do better costs you not but a decision you make. I'm telling you now; I know what it's like to look an old older adult in the eyes and hear him regret the bad choices he made as a young man after being incarcerated for 40 plus years. I know what it's like to look a homeless prostitute in the eyes and hear her regret the choices she made as a young woman after being forgotten about by her family. I know what it's like to look a young man in the eyes who wants to change but is finding it hard to do so. At some point in your life, your eyes will open, and the world you are blocking yourself from seeing will also open up. I know how hard it is to see brighter days when all you're surrounded by are people who think like you. Although many of these people are unavoidable due to the environment you all share, don't let it deter you from doing the right thing. Because again, the one thing that we all have control of is our efforts.

                                                        JUDAKELL
 

"THE SALESMAN"
If you've never been honest a day in your life with anyone besides your mother, I ask that you be honest with us all today. Now by a show of hands, how many of us have had that one co-worker no one on the job could deal with? Rather they ran their mouth too much, stole other people's food, snitched to the boss about any and every little thing, or maybe you couldn't deal with them because you didn't like them. If you could at least relate to what I'm conveying to you, let it be known. And if not, it's ok. Many years ago, I worked at a job where most of the employees didn't like the salesman for the company we all worked for. Who was one of those places of employment where the salesman goes out and pitch the company's offer to the contractor in Hope's to get the contract for the job? If the job gets the contract, that means many employees will work that particular job. Are you all seeing where I'm going with this? So, it is obvious why most workers would be upset with the salesman in this distinct case. He's not getting the workers any work, and they're pissed. So Tim, the salesman, finds nothing wrong with how the majority of his co-workers treat him. He has endured this treatment for years. Every morning Tim would acknowledge everyone from the janitor to the general manager. Although Tim's job title had nothing to do with the janitor's position, the janitor even treated Tim like garbage. Women workers would literally leave the lobby and their lunches behind if Tim happened to enter. On many occasions, workers would turn in the opposite direction of Tim if they noticed him heading towards them. Most of the workers would avoid having a conversation with him because they knew that a simple good morning Tim would turn into a full three-minute-long conversation. You see, Tim grew up with no friends or siblings, so the closes he has ever gotten to anyone during his adulthood years were his coworkers. Unfortunately, no one gave a damn about how Tim felt, slept, ate or thought, because all that Tim has ingested over the years would have made another grown man cry or would have made him do something even worse. It was very apparent to Tim the very first day he stepped onto the company's property; he was unwelcomed. Tim was not a good-looking man, nor was he a good dresser, and Tim was excellent with that. If you were to ask someone today what everyone's problem with Tim is, everyone would give a different account of why. I do know that Tim was never the reason many of us did not receive work several days out of the week. As a matter of fact, all who blamed Tim for the slow work weeks knew this as well. Tim was just that one person on the job no one could deal with, with no real explanation as to why. But you see, life itself could be a cruel teacher. It sometimes likes to give you the test first and the lesson later. Because a few months later of naturally enduring this inhumane treatment, Tim was promoted to General manager. How did this happen, was the question on everyone's mind. Now Tim, the general manager, is suddenly treated like a God. Many of his employees would smile, speak and wave at him on sight. They would laugh extremely loud at his jokes and pay close attention when he speaks. If he misplaced something and mentioned it, everyone would drop what they're doing to look for it. Good morning Tim, Hey there Tim, good afternoon Tim, Thank you, sir, good night sir, ok sir, morning sir, you're welcome sir, Thanks Tim, I got it, Tim, I'll get it Tim, no problem Tim, You bet Tim, Thanks again, Tim.
You see, Tim, the salesman, was a person of no substance, value, or importance to his coworkers until he became Tim, the general manager. In addition, as for this cold world we live in, if you're not a person of substance, value, or importance, someone who other people can gain from rather than help out, rather it's a financial gain, connection to a financial gain, security or simply being a part of your financial space, you literally don't exist. I will lend this by letting you know that everyone who smiles with you is not really down with you. And everyone who shows you their teeth while you're up against may bite you when you're down.

JUDAKELL