Believe

By Efe Uwuseba

The message in this book is simple. If you believe you can, then you can. If you believe you can’t, then you can’t. This book shows you how beliefs can either unleash or cripple your brain power. It goes further to explain the power inherent in beliefs to either attract or repel the right circumstances and needed resources required to attain your objectives.

The driving force behind all great achievements is belief. It keeps you going when everything else is shouting at you to stop. The power of belief is so great, you can change anything by changing your beliefs. Believing the unseen is what we call imagination. Effective use of our imagination does not come naturally to us. This book will teach you how to get remarkable things done with the imagination.

Misuse of the mind is the reason many give up on their dreams during setbacks, delays, and trials. A lot of folks do not understand the truth, ‘whatever you imagine can become a reality’.

There are at least Six takeaways from this book. 1) Understanding the link between beliefs and success 2) How to apply the principles of self-motivation 3) Knowledge of the powerful tools for turning dreams into realities. 4) How to realize your goals in the face of hardships, obstacles, and disappointments. 5) Awareness of the spiritual laws governing success, abundance, and happiness. 6) The secret to good relationships.

One of the things that make this book’s format so friendly is that you can pick it up at any page and find inspiration. Each subheading is a section that stands on its own. A prior chapter’s understanding is not required to benefit from a later chapter.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Writersforimpact
• Release date: Jun 11, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005718558

Efe Uwuseba

Reverend Efe Uwuseba, is a trained Scientist with degrees in Industrial and Analytical Chemistry from the Universities of Benin and Ibadan in Nigeria, West Africa. After his Postgraduate studies, he worked for several years as a quality control chemist in a textile manufacturing company, then as a university lecturer, and later went into business as an industrial detergent manufacturer.He ended his secular work as a management consultant before stepping into the ministry on a full-time basis. He has been in the ministry for over twenty-five years. He is a gifted prophetic teacher with deep insight into the word of the Lord. He is currently the Senior Pastor of RhemaWord Living Ministry based in Abuja, Nigeria, West Africa. As a hobby, he practices journalism and is the publisher of Spirit & Life, a Christian faith-building magazine. He loves researching contemporary issues. He is married to Bunmi Uwuseba and they are blessed with three children Joshua, Abigail, and Daveena.

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BELIEVE

The Powerful Tool to

Create and Control your Future

Published by WRITERSFORIMPACT

Copyright 2022 Efe Uwuseba

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to all men and women hungry for success

AKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My deepest appreciation goes first to God and then to my mum. When it comes to achieving dreams, there is no better person I have learnt from than my mother.

Great gratitude to my wife, Bunmi Uwuseba and our three lovely children Joshua, Abigail, and Daveena for their wonderful support, as always, throughout working on this assignment. Special thanks to all the members of RhemaWord Living Ministry for their partnership in the divine assignment of helping men and women live in accordance with God’s will.

Also, to be much cherished are my numerous friends and partners too many to mention for their various insights in the making of this book.

Efe Uwuseba

ABOUT THE BOOK

The message in this book is simple. If you believe you can, then you can. If you believe you can’t, then you can’t. This book shows you how beliefs can either unleash or cripple your brain power. It goes further to explain the power inherent in beliefs to either attract or repel the right circumstances and needed resources required to attain your objectives.

The driving force behind all great achievements is belief. It keeps you going when everything else is shouting at you to stop. The power of belief is so great, you can change anything by changing your beliefs. Believing the unseen is what we call imagination. Effective use of our imagination does not come naturally to us. This book will teach you how to get remarkable things done with the imagination.

Misuse of the mind is the reason many give up on their dreams during setbacks, delays, and trials. A lot of folks do not understand the truth, ‘whatever you imagine can become a reality’.

There are at least Six takeaways from this book. 1) Understanding the link between beliefs and success 2) How to apply the principles of self-motivation 3) Knowledge of the powerful tools for turning dreams into realities. 4) How to realize your goals in the face of hardships, obstacles, and disappointments. 5) Awareness of the spiritual laws governing success, abundance, and happiness. 6) The secret to good relationships.

One of the things that make this book’s format so friendly is that you can pick it up at any page and find inspiration. Each subheading is a section that stands on its own. A prior chapter’s understanding is not required to benefit from a later chapter.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEDICATION

ABOUT THE BOOK

CHAPTER ONE

BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS

1. The Art of Dreaming 2. Imagination 3. Make Room for Your Dream 4. Quit the Old Way of Thinking 5. True Meaning of Education 6. Fred Smith 7. Faster and Easier Success 8. Parental Guidance is Pivotal 9. Wasted Talents 10. Musician, not Physician 11. A Different Interest 12. Arnold Schwarzenegger 13. Step out of Comfort 14. Live, don’t just Survive 15. True Dreams are Realizable 16. Beliefs are Magnets 17. Defining Success 18. What a Great Gift, our Brain is! 19. Everyone has Potential 20. There is Greatness in You 21. Labor Brings Satisfaction 22. Quit Idleness 23. The Rat Race 24. Failing is not Bad 25. Failing Forward 26. Choose your Friends 27. The River of Life 28. Forget and Move Ahead 29. My Mother’s Story 30. Two Kinds of People 31. Change Your Views 32. Perception is Reality 33. Get Knowledge 34. Close the Gaps 35. Brain and Beliefs 36. Start with Imagination 37. Get rid of Beliefs 38. Determination will Make a Way 39. Stop the Blame Game 40. It is all in the Mind 41. Real Maturity 42. Take Responsibility 43. Responsibility and Greatness 44. Die Empty 45. Interpretation is King 46. Right Beliefs 47. Key Points

CHAPTER TWO

THE FORCE OF BELIEFS

1. Road to the Heart 2. Belief is the Key 3. Beliefs, not IQ 4. Courage and Greatness 5. Seeing is Believing 6. All Things are Created Twice 7. Beliefs and Actions 8. Refuse to Quit 9. Get Rooted 10. Action is the Proof 11. Life is About Others 12. Get Wisdom from the Wise 13. Beliefs and Endurance 14. From Invisible to Visible 15. Attitude Determines Altitude 16. root out Wrong Attitudes 17. Turn Evil to Good 18. Beliefs put you in Control 19. The Syrians are Coming 20. Why People do What they do 21. Pain is an Ally, not a Foe 22. Beauty out of Ashes 23. Be Proactive, not Reactive 24. The Forceful Nature of Beliefs 25. The Heart Rules 26. Beliefs and Health 27. Nature of the Brain 28. Beliefs and Neuroplasticity 29. Winners Never Quit 30. Quitters Never Win 31. Greatness has a Price 32. Risk Nothing, Achieve Nothing 33. The Path to Success 34. Soichiro Honda 35. Abraham Lincoln 36. Thomas Edison 37. The Cross Before the Crown 38. Ruled by Beliefs 39. The Mark of Champions 40. It Takes Perseverance 41. Picture your Future 42. Goal Setting 43. Beliefs and Passion 44. Being Comes Before Doing 45. Beliefs and Focus 46. If You Believe You Can, You Can 47. Right Timing is Important 48. Your Life Reflects Your Values 49. You Are What You Value 50. Needs Are Different from Wants 51. Beliefs and Happiness 52. Beliefs and Relationships 53. Emotional Intelligence 54. Treat Others Well 55. Beliefs and Identity 56. Beliefs and Creativity 57. The Law of Attraction 58. Key Points

CHAPTER THREE

HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED

1. Repetition Creates Beliefs 2. Believing is a Choice 3. How Beliefs Start 4. Kickstart the Process 5. From Idea to Belief 6. The Science Behind Beliefs 7. Believing is Work 8. Beliefs and Doubt 9. Galileo Galilei 10. Beliefs Bypass the Intellect 11. The Wright Brothers 12. Key Points

CHAPTER FOUR

HOW TO CHANGE BELIEFS

1. Know What You believe 2. See Good in the Evil 3. You are the Boss, not the Events 4. The Power of Acceptance 5. Questioning beliefs 6. Freedom Starts from the Mind 7. What are you Seeing? 8. Power to Change your Life 9. Key Points

CHAPTER FIVE

REWIRE YOURSELF

1. The Power of Beliefs 2. Think Like an Adult 3. Who do you Spend Time With? 4. Choosing What to Believe 5. Saul Becomes Paul 6. The Lion in You 7. Beliefs and Rules 8. Choose to be Happy 9. Change your Value System 10. Set up Empowering Rules 11. Faith and Hope 12. Keep Hope Alive 13. Believe What God Says About You 14. The Wisdom of Believing 15. Limitations are in the Mind 16. Beliefs Determine your Life 17. Belief and Success 18. The Power of the Tongue 19. What are you Saying? 20. According to Your Words 21. Beliefs Produce After Their Kind 22. Key Points

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CHAPTER ONE

BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS

THE ART OF DREAMING

A dream is a promise of what you shall one day be. The future you picture, you will feature. Every great achievement started with a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, and the bird waits in the egg. Visions are the seeds of realities. You can count the number of seeds in an apple, but not the number of apples in a seed. Inside an apple seed is a potential for a forest; in our dreams is the potential for a great future.

The purpose of a seed is to reproduce a forest. The real genius is seeing the trees in the seed, which is like seeing the future in what you are presently doing. Dreaming is your imagination taking you from your immediate environment to the future you desire. All men can dream, and we all should. A dream is a mental portrait of your future. Dreaming is your mind intentionally taking an idea and turning it into a vivid image.

Most ideas do not become dreams because people are not using their imagination effectively. If you ask little children, what will you like to be?’ Some will say excitedly, Uncle I want to be a doctor, a lawyer, a nurse, while others without much enthusiasm will respond, "a teacher, a soldier, an accountant.'' These are only notions and not yet concrete dreams. As they grow up, these could become dreams if they can hold unto them.

IMAGINATION

The use of our imagination is what fills the gap between an idea and a dream. John Maxwell defines a dream as "An inspiring picture of the future, which energizes your mind, will, and emotions; empowering you to do everything you can to achieve it.’’ The Wright brothers dreamt of flying a plane. Thomas Edison dreamt of the electric light bulb; Alexander Graham Bell, of the telephone; Steve Jobs, of the iPhone; Henry Ford, of mass production of vehicles; Mark Zuckerberg, of Facebook. The list goes on.

How could these people dream such big dreams? Are they the only ones, God gave the capacity for big dreams? Are they special humans? I think not. It is even possible that these same ideas occurred to others, but they could not turn them into dreams.

Different thoughts come to us based on our exposure. When an idea flashes through your mind and synchronizes with your natural talents, there is a possibility it can transform into a dream. We convert ideas into mental pictures with our imagination. What most people have, are just ideas and not dreams. They have not done the necessary work of visualization.

Our imagination is like the imaging process of a camera. An illuminated object scatters the light incident on it. Any camera facing this object collects some of the scattered light with its lens and uses it to create the image of the object. Your mind is like the camera lens; the object is the idea, and knowledge is the light. The greater the light the camera has, the sharper image, the same way, the more knowledge you have of an idea, the better your mind can vividly picture it.

Relevant knowledge on any subject is so powerful; it is the ingredient the mind uses to change ideas into dreams. When an interesting thought goes through your mind, it is only the beginning. You must do the vital work of researching the notion. Collect as much information as you can about the idea, and mentally turn it into an exciting picture. This is how to use the imagination to achieve remarkable things.

No one accepted, it was possible for human beings to run the mile in less than four minutes. But an English man, Roger Bannister did it through the power of imagination. He visualized himself breaking the barrier repeatedly until he felt sure it was possible. Walt Disney was an American filmmaker that used possibility thinking to transform his circumstances.

MAKE ROOM FOR YOUR DREAM

All of us with few exceptions start adult life by doing a job. While on the job, find out what is your work. Only a handful of people are doing a job that is also their work. People can sack you from a job but not from your work. As we do our jobs, we should also be engaged, somehow, doing our work.

Susan is a single parent with two children. She does two jobs to make ends meet. From 8 am to 3 pm, Mondays to