http://hermanjnajoli.com Exciting Insights for Empowered Living Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:22:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every single human being has a special and particular destiny that they were born to make a reality. In my book, Battling for Your Prophetic Desiny, I have written at length about specific strategies that can be utilized in making one's destiny come alive. I recently developed an acronym that captures ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/08/12/destiny-seven-keys-to-making-your-destiny-a-reality/ Human beings are so designed such that they move forward based on the quality of their thinking. If our thinking is stagnant then our growth will be stunted! One of the things that keeps many people at the same level is herd-think - they go with the masses instead of ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/08/01/thinking-makes-a-difference/ As I celebrate my birthday today, I want to clarify what I believe making a mark is all about. As a young kid growing up I used to hear many of the significant people around me say that charity begins at home. This particularly became a joke when my brothers and sisters would ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/07/21/family-first-making-a-mark-begins-at-home/ When I was a kid I used to love it when my mom would wash the bedsheets. Mom had this theory that for bedsheets to smell fresh and nice you had to hang them in the open air. She set up a clothes line in the backyard where she would use ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/07/08/use-pegs-to-increase-other-peoples-opinions-about-you/ Many times we get involved in situations where we are tempted to engage in so many trivial things that may not necessarily be beneficial to our passions in life. Sometimes these temptations can come from people who want you to join them in projects, activities or events that may not ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/06/29/saying-no-can-enable-you-to-make-a-mark/ Many people fail to realize that self-esteem determines the quality of personal performance and the impact that one can have in the lives of those around him or her. We all have certain degrees of 'mini-self-esteems' that govern each and every one of our activities. We have a self-esteem for relationships, a self-esteem for ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/06/14/high-self-esteem-the-secret-key-to-making-a-mark/ I once read a quote that I’ve enjoyed requoting over the years. I don’t know who gave us the quote (might have been some wise wag like Socrates, or something) but here it is: “A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/06/01/nurturing-your-seeds-of-potential-and-promise/ When I was a student in college, one of my favorite subjects was marketing. One of the main concepts that I learnt was that businesses succeed when they find a niche area in which they can concentrate their efforts. A niche area is simply a focused and targeted area of the market. ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/06/01/making-a-mark-in-your-niche-area/ We have been told many times in the past that “If you build it, they will come”. This line was popularized by a movie, Field of Dreams, I believe. While this was a great line for many years, it proves to be insufficient for today’s world. Today’s world demands that ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/05/28/choose-to-increase-value/ Life is all about growth. Every day we are faced with situations and circumstances that provide us with two choices - grow or go! Having a menatlity of growth is the first step towards being able to maximize your life and live above the level of mediocrity that plagues most ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/05/14/lifes-two-constant-choices-grow-or-go/ No man demonstrated greater leadership in the 20th Century than Nelson Mandela - that icon of a man who was jailed for more than twenty years yet stayed focused and came out to break apartheid’s back, becoming his country’s first black president. In his book, Long Walk to Freedom, Mandela ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/04/17/optimistic-leadership/ There are many different traits that are essential for a better life but when it comes to truly winning in life, there are three crucial traits that one must embody. These are knowledge, passion and humor. Let’s take a quick look at each of these:  Knowledge Knowledge is the key quality that ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/04/03/the-traits-of-a-winner/ We have a saying in Kenya that “A granary cannot be pushed into a hut”. This saying has been upper-most in my thoughts this week as I looked at the idea of personal potential in the light of current capacity and the limitations that surround it. We all face moments when our ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/03/20/your-potential-and-capacity-is-unlimited/ Personal growth has always been a key topic when it comes to realizing personal potential. The truth is that if you don’t grow, you will go. Personal growth is a necessity in today’s world.  The secret to any person’s future is hidden in their level of commitment to personal growth ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/03/06/personal-growth-starts-within/ There’s an old African saying that “To till the land is to love oneself”. When I was a kid I heard this saying a lot. I come from a community that tilled the land using very rudimentary tools. It wasn’t easy but it was rewarding. I remember being in the ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/02/16/to-till-the-land-is-to-love-oneself/ We live in a day when many people are being inspired to reach for the greatness that is within them. A lot of credit goes to the self-improvement industry which has done a lot to expose people to their true potential. People are dreaming more and dreaming often. But still ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/02/01/capture-your-dreams-and-let-your-vision-soar/ We all have moments when we come to grips with our deficiencies or lack of training in certain skill areas. Our awareness of such incompetence should never freeze us from action, it should instead motivate us to acquire the training that we need. In order to motivate us towards this, I have ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/01/24/learning-to-be-peak-performers/ One of the basic things that you must understand is that talent is never enough. I know that’s a shocking statement given the title of this treatise. Let me clarify: talent is powerful but it’s not enough. To gain the full power of talent you must understand the magic of TALENT. Here is what ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/01/19/talent-is-key-to-a-productive-life/ One of the most impactful lessons I have come to learn is that most people are inspired by other's dreams but it’s only a few who can be connected to a vision. All men have dreams but very few have vision. For dreams to have a chance at being a part of ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2009/01/05/achieving-purpose-and-potential-the-magic-power-of-dreams-and-vision/ Michael Jordan once said that “there’s no “i” in team but there is in win”. Let us consider an extension of that - the word winning. There are two “i”s in winning. For you to win as a leader in 2009 you will need to discover and develop the two “i”s that ... http://hermanjnajoli.com/2008/12/18/there-are-two-is-in-winning/