How to Be Successful in What You Want to Be

By Akimua Timitimi

HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT YOU WANT TO BE is a practical guide to achieving your goals in life.It also gives deep guidance in times of adversity and, cuts across age,political and religious barriers.It is for all those who have the breadth of life.You can start reading from any topic.Enjoy your time with this simple but rich book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503529960

Akimua Timitimi

Akimua Timitimi was born in Kaiama in Kolokuma Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa State in Nigeria. He attended Federal Government College–Port Harcourt and won academic prizes in the course of his studies. He had a stint at Aladumo Educational Center, Port Harcourt, before studying a course in computer science and later electrical engineering, both at the University of Port Harcourt, the City and Guilds of London Institute, and Southland University, California, USA, where he has a master’s degree. After his studies, he worked at Port Harcourt as a branch manager / engineer with Solar Power International Products Limited, engineer / safety officer with El-Lafraa Nigerian Limited, and First Aluminum Plc, Port Harcourt. He wrote this and other books while he was a computer science student. He was inspired by Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Rivers State branch’s literary workshops and seminars. He has published many poems, a cartoon series (Papa and Pikin), and short stories in daily newspapers, such as Sunray and the Nigerian Tide. A very good sportsman (athletics and martial arts), he did competitive sports in school and the Rivers State Sports Council and won laurels.

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Contents

Within Us

Preface

Introduction

How To Use This Book

About Words

Part A Destiny

Thoughts

Vision

Purpose, Aims, Ambition

Evaluation, Foresight

Vacancy

Planning

Decision, Will, Courage

Risk Taking

How To Have Will

Opportunism

Action

Diligence

A Spirit Of Competition

Perseverance, Patience

Faith, Providence, Prayer (Supernatural)

An Arithmetic Of Faith

Knowledge, Humility

Knowledge

Perfection

Virtues

Appearance

Part B Setbacks When They Come And Are Inevitable

Afflictions

Adversity

Injustice

Pain

Attacks From Others- Skeptism, Jealousy, Sarcasm

Why They Say I Am Crazy

The Man With Many Looks

How To Overcome Afflictions, Worries, Pains Etc.

Your Personality

Things That Make Our Personalities, Leading To Our Destiny

Human Relationship

The Lion And The River

Why People Don’t Play With Snakes

Why People Chase Mosquitoes Away

Ladders To A Happy Married Life

Ladders To Longivity

Maintaining Your Success

To God the source of all wisdom

WITHIN US

Within us lie trees of wines,

Seeing in us such might,

let us tap the vines,

To dine in dimes.

Within us hides a name,

feeling in us such fames

let us search the books,

to find a page it glues

Within us lies a mine

even though rigs we have not

let us dig with what we have got,

to wear our robes in gold,

Within us lies a sea,

living in us such feats

let us fish in such things

to reap in all the gifts.

Akimua Timitmi

(An extract from my Anthology Political lrony and other Poems)

PREFACE

I have been able to come up with this book because of the importance I have seen before encouragement in life. Often times what that people need to move to the next step in life or to come out of affliction. I also use this principle to overcome many situations. Money is not all that a man needs. As the body needs food so does the soul need food. I do hope this book will touch and lift all those who come across it.

Akimua Timitmi

We give rudiments of reverence to the body but regard as nothing the rape of the human mind.

INTRODUCTION

Words have power to lift you to the next steps. I was watching a film "The Arabian Nights" where a woman was encouraging her discouraged husband, a king who was to be attacked by another king. The method she employed was the theme of the film the "Arabian Nights’. It was a series of stories she told her husband in the night. Stories about great deeds, how people used their wits and courage to conquer, escaped great dangers and subdued kingdoms. Each time the king started his fits of fears she told him a story. Finally the king summoned courage gingered by those stories went up and took the bull by the horn and won his battle. That is what the bible primarily is, stories to push you on. All scriptures is given for information (2nd timothy 3: 11-17) so that we can learn from the faith of others.

Words can demoralize and can also mobilize a man. The Bible likened the word of God as a two edged sword, which can reach the soul to bring it up or down depending on how it is used. Most of the words used here are not exact quotation from the bible some are my own words, but the truth is always the truth. Gold will always be gold where-ever it is found, in the dustbin