The Magic of Words

I have said here numerous times that Joseph Murphy with his book, The Power of Your Subconscious mind, changed my mindset. It changed the way I viewed the world, my environment and myself. That is one gift that unlocked the hunger that burns even today within me. From that book, I went to the next and the next after that because I had tasted the abstract and it carried power.

But, this book only introduced me to a world bigger than myself. It opened my eyes and I became aware of what I was missing. While Brian Tracy and Joseph Murphy started that chain reaction, I was catapulted to another level through audio tapes. In response to Day 3 of the November InLeo initiative, I’m writing about my top materials in sequence to the impact they had on me.

I was hungry for everything, still am, and that was when I heard Attitude by Rev. Chris Oyakhilome. This message restructured my mentality towards life and how I presented myself to people, to the world.

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Then I listened to The Soundcode and the Spirit, again by Rev. Chris. Look, I don’t think growth can happen to the fullest until you accept that spirituality does exist. No one is saying go full throttle on religious fanatism, rather I am saying that the world was framed from nothing. If that is so, don’t you think that everything you see today has the ability to perceive, especially words? I do, which is why I am always crafting my environment with my words and my mind.

One other book I can never get out of my head is Mindset: The Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck. Through this book I understood what the word Grit truly meant. By putting to practise what I learned, I understood how atomical a growth mindset is as well as how destructive a fixed mindset is. Through this book, I was able to see my areas of weakness and work on them.

If I truly want to focus on a book that helped me grow, it would be The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John C. Maxwell. One beautiful thing about this man’s books is that there is always a sheet for reflection. There is a section where you answer questions that are beneficial to you because when you truthfully write down those words, your journey towards betterment progresses.

I read as much as I can. I always make time to soak up words as they are the fuel to my imagination driven mind. When I dry up on words, I turn to m y materials. This is why I prefer books to movies. Movies give you the visual, the image whereas words make you exercise your brain. You create a mental image with each sentence, engraving it to your memory. This is why writing and reading are recognised as due procedures on the journey to success.