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No. 144: Use Mental Abilities to Solve Your Physical Problems

I’m a keen student of human nature…comparing people from different cultures, especially with regard to how they tackle problems.

Here’s a hard truth  I feel compelled to state: I’ve found many Nigerians/Africans unwilling to actively apply their mental abilities to solve everyday problems they face in the physical realm.

Our Culture Influences Our Attitudes Towards Thinking Up Lasting Solutions to Problems

Out here, even well schooled persons sometimes display an aversion for investing quality THINKING time to evolve more efficient solutions to daily challenges in society.

This is why so much dependence on solutions from foreign cultures (often not directly usable!) exists.

A culture where people are too impatient to stop and think of a better way to solve a problem, is one that will most likely stay stuck with outdated methods for a long time, or keep depending on others.

In contrast, one that encourages – and rewards – people to spend quality time thinking of better ways to do things, will evolve to higher levels…and keep leading others.

Many Business Owners Out Here Are Often In a Hurry…To Do Things They Same Way They’ve Always Done Them!

What I’m saying here relates to stuff as simple as fetching water, cooking etc. It’s nice to use “traditional” ways – sometimes….

But the gas cooker and water pump make life much easier don’t they?

Guess where they were invented? How many “inventions” have WE sent over there? Hmm….

One would imagine that business persons, entrepreneurs especially, can influence a change. But what I’ve seen over the past decade suggests otherwise.

When you ask if they ever thought of a better way to do what they do, they often impatiently respond along the lines of:

 “Look I don’t have time for that now. I’m too busy.”

But THAT tends to be the reason why they are always too busy…and rarely have time!

You see, they fail to make out time to THINK up more efficient ways to tackle their challenges. As a result problems mount and KEEP them busy!!

 [Remember…life is a matter of percentages. So I am NOT saying ALL Nigerians/Africans are like this!]

Some Examples to Illustrate My Point…

Tell a Nigerian/African business owner that employing an army of “marketers” to find buyers for the 12,000 broilers ready for market may not be a smart way to spend money/time, and s/he might say “I don’t have time for theory!” – e.g.  in reference to your suggestion that one marketer use a mix of offline and offline strategies to find high paying medium to long term bulk buyers.

Talk to him/her about using custom software to record data and generate performance indicators for decision making, and s/he’s likely to say “I don’t need it”.

Yet s/he and her staff could spend hours writing down farm data in books or posting them in manual Excel sheets, then struggling to analyse them into something sensible. That is, if they bother at all!

Quite often some give “cost” as an excuse for not buying.

But when cost is okay, and they buy, I’ve found many fail to USE what they buy! They “try” for a while, then dump it and go back to killing fires.

Here’s One Short But True Story, That Should Jolt You Into Taking Me Seriously…

I once had a Nigerian consultant client pay me N100k in full, up front to build an app for his building construction company.

For months later I tried to get a meeting to review the finished product with me, and he NEVER once made himself available.

So I dropped off the app on a CD, with user guide etc…

And till this day he has NEVER called me about it (even though we recently met at a social function, and I mentioned it…to which he just said – smiling in an embarassed manner – “Oh, you mean I never discusssed it with you?“)

“Amazing!”…is what you probably think about the above. “Scary” was what it was for me…!!!

The above is one of many experiences that made me decide to focus on serving Farm Business Owners. More of them use solutions they buy from me, and that gives me something to tell new prospects!

I’ve Seen This Happen Repeatedly: My Conclusion Is That It Boils Down to One’s “Mental Attitude”

This mental attitude “thing” is what made it possible for the “smallish” Bruce Lee, to fell opponents much MUCH bigger than himself, within seconds of combat…becoming a legend in the process.

Any martial arts expert who knows his/her stuff will tell you it’s not size that determines who wins.

And it’s not strength either.

Oh, you can have intelligence, speed, agility and all those other things.

But one thing which can outlast ALL those other strengths in your opponent, is an ability to use your God-given MENTAL abilities to THINK up creative ways to (and keep believing you CAN) WIN.

That’s Why All Experts – Including Farm CEOs and Speaking Professionals – Need to Read Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich

It offers a timeless proven formula for solving problems in ANY area of life…through the use of a MENTAL approach! Even top sportsperson in the world have used Hill’s formula to succeed for decades…

Here’s a quote I from it, that you may find useful…

 “Top coaches, in their search for methods that will give their champions just that little bit extra over and above their regular scientifically devised training programme, are finding new inspiration in the doctrines of the great American expert (Napoleon Hill). They are adapting Napoleon Hill’s technique of mental approach to what is, essentially, a physical problem. Some have taken the PMA Science of Success course so they may apply the principles correctly.”

– Thomas H. Wyngard, an Australian newspaperman, in reference to the record breaking achievements of one time World’s Fastest Woman Swimmer, Dawn Fraser of Australia, who ascribed her success to following Napoleon’s recommendation in Think and Grow Rich, to “go the extra mile” physically, as we as mentally.

Source: Napoleon Hill’s Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude

Final Words: Start Using a Mental Approach to Get Better Results With Your Real-World Physical Problems

No matter what area of your life a problem affects, you’re better off investing quality time to THINK up a lasting solution once and for all.

Or you will end up punishing yourself.

Find effective solutions, and you’ll spend more time enjoying what you do.

a. If you’re a farm owner, this applies not just to producing farm output, but also finding good buyers.

Do you have a well thought out system for doing both?

Or is your approach a haphazard one?

I can help you. Click here to contact me.

b. If you’re an expert-who-speaks (and a Farm CEO should be!), do you have a routine for preparing and presenting your ideas to audiences.

Or again, is it just a haphazard process?

But then, maybe I’m getting ahead of myself here…

I should probably be asking: Do you even know what you can – and should – speak to audiences about?!

If your answer is No, contact Burt Dubin here, about his Speaking Success System. He can help you!

PS: In case you wonder why I say a Farm CEO should also be an expert-speaker, email tayo at tksola dot com and I’ll explain how doing so can earn you EXTRA income in multiple ways!)

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