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“To stay focused means that the daily to-do list comes from goals that are generated from the personal or institutional vision and mission.”

Vision Focus Mission To Do List

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“What one does daily should be staircasing towards the overall accomplishment of the vision and mission of the organization.”

Vision Focus Mission To Do List

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Show me a big mouth and I will show you the self-sabotaging fellow; they happen to be the same person!”

Self Sabotage Big Mouth Bubbler

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Five major things to protect at any cost include our very life, health, relationships, properties, and freedom. If it is God-given then it should be protected.”

Things That Matter In Life

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“There is what is good, and what is planned. Performers focus on the good while achievers on the planned.”

Performers Achievers

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“I don't care if the devil is on the passenger's seat so long as God is on the driver's seat. Fasten your seat belt and buckle up; life can be bumpy!”

Rough Life Devil As Passenger God In Control

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Live long, and serve more! Learn to take care of your health.”

Longevity Healthy Lifestyle Service To Humanity

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“One day in your presence can't compare with thousand years in worldly pleasures.”

Presence Of God Worldly Pleasures Thousands Of Years

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“The threefold marks of great leadership include dwellings in the fortress, naming operations, and building things that didn't exist before or making them better”

Leadership Building Operations Fortress

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“If you found yourself at the top of the organization, try your level best not to directly manage funds or have ultimate power over financial managers. Otherwise, you will find yourself at the bottom of the prison cell wondering what happened.”

Embezzlement Funds Financial Management

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“It is in small things that big things happen.”

Small Things Matter

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Even the rope of steel breaks once overwhelmed with too much tension; how much more flesh and blood? Everybody has a breaking point, so do not push too much.”

Steel Overwhelmed Rope Breaking Point Breakable

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“I'm so sick and tired of leeches; blood sucking individuals with no remorse. It's now time to cut them off and get rid of them from my life. The hungry consultants, unscrupulous professional advisors, fake friends, dubious investors, bogus business partners, self-anointed good-soil for seed ministries, selfish relatives and those who feel I don't deserve!”

Stand Up For Yourself Leeches Spendthrift Taken Advantage Of

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“In wealth building, you will soon realize that the process is doable, practical, attainable and realistic enough if you engage in a systematic way of thinking, planning and rerouting your life to creating wealth lifestyle”

Process Wealth Creation Systematic Thinking

Book:Average to Abundant: How Ordinary People Build Sustainable Wealth and Enjoy the Process

Source: Average to Abundant: How Ordinary People Build Sustainable Wealth and Enjoy the Process

“If I take care of God's business; for some reasons I have realized He takes care of my business too. It's a principle of divine reciprocity, seek first the Kingdom!”

God S Business Divine Reciprocity

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“It is one thing to be challenged and another thing to be changed, never settle for less, go for the winner.”

Challenge Change Your Life Settling For Less

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“One reason for unanswered prayers is insufficient capacity to accommodate and handle what we are praying for and desiring in our hearts.”

Capacity Desires Prayers Unanswered Prayer

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“The clarity of purpose removes lots of nuances”

Motivational Purpose Clarity Nuances

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Leaders should have the ability to interpret things in vertical and horizontal aspects”

Leadership Vertical Horizontal

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Survival mode becomes our default when we inhabit it for months or years, and it begins to exact a significant toll. Physiologically, it manifests as chronic fatigue, disrupted sleep, weakened immunity, and increased susceptibility to illness. Psychologically, it presents as numbness, lack of joy, and disconnection from oneself and the world”

Survival Mode

Book:The New Me: A Step-by-Step Guide to Personal Reinvention

Source: The New Me: A Step-by-Step Guide to Personal Reinvention

“Reflection is the means of going forward while looking backward. Navigating the future using the past and using the lessons learned from yesterday to shape our tomorrow.”

Future Reflection Navigation Going Forward Looking Backward

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“If we are intentional and serious about eradicating poverty at all levels, from personal to global, then we must stop all the propaganda and gimmicks and mean what we say and do what we mean. If mankind was able to go to the moon, then they should not fail to completely eradicate poverty on the planet Earth.”

Propaganda Poverty Eradication

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Wrong motives are always short-sighted, narrow- scoped and selfish in nature, and can not withstand the test of time”

Unsustainable Wrong Motives

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“The older I get the more scared I am about my financial situation, unfortunately, I can’t afford to retire right now as I’m worried about my income. I feel bad about my current job, work, and business as it doesn’t do what it was intended and I wish I made different decisions that would lead me somewhere else not where I am now. Frankly speaking my past is characterized by lots of financial ignorance that I am ashamed of, I never had a financial coach or mentor to help me get out of this situation and I feel like it's too late to change my direction. —The Apathy of Financial Ignorance”

Wealth Creation Coach Financial Planning Retirement Planning Income Disparity

Book:Average to Abundant: How Ordinary People Build Sustainable Wealth and Enjoy the Process

Source: Average to Abundant: How Ordinary People Build Sustainable Wealth and Enjoy the Process

“It's not where you are but what you do wherever you are.”

Where You Are What You Do

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Not every doctor, professor, or lawyer graduated from the top of the class, so always get a second opinion.”

Best Service Second Opinion

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“To decrease the relevance of your superior or supervisor in the presence of his or her subordinates is equal to committing career suicide.”

Career Relevance Supervisor

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“And when you are fighting for your dreams and the world is beating the life out of you; many times you might be tempted to try to take a shortcut. Asking yourself: "Isn't there an easier way?”

Dreams Resilience Temptation Persistence Fight Toughness Tough Times

Book:Average to Abundant: How Ordinary People Build Sustainable Wealth and Enjoy the Process

Source: Average to Abundant: How Ordinary People Build Sustainable Wealth and Enjoy the Process

“Great preachers and effective teachers have one thing in common; two for that matter, mastery of storytelling and expertise in mental picturing”

Storytelling Public Speaking Mental Picture

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“I've a wife so I've my life!”

Wife Wifey

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“Tough operations might require unique strategies to be deployed such as volunteerism, reward system and honorable recognition”

Recognition Reward Volunteering Leadership Strategies

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“A prevalent misjudgment among new entrepreneurs is aiming for investor funds without considering the mentorship and experience these financial backers offer. Startup enthusiasts often chase after capital gains while overlooking the rich well of knowledge and connections that come with the right investors”

Venture Capitalist Angel Investor

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“The pitfall for many in the startup scene is seeing investors just as financial resources, rather than as wellsprings of knowledge and strategic guidance. Securing funding is often the sole focus of startup idea owners, bypassing the opportunity to tap into the wealth of wisdom from angel investors and venture capitalists”

Wisdom Entrepreneurship Venture Capitalist Angel Investor

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“A full house in disorder is better than an empty one in perfect harmony. Better to refine disorderly success than perfect orderly failure.”

Success Failure Perfection Disorder

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Success in business hinges on mastering the art of financial stewardship; guiding your business with a steady hand and wise financial decisions, balance is key: manage your finances with precision and foresight”

Success Business Management Financial Planning

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“True entrepreneurship goes beyond mere creation; it's about weaving resilience, innovation, and vision into the very fabric of our endeavors. Success, therefore, is not just in achieving our goals but in rising every time we fall, learning from every setback, and pushing the boundaries of what we believe is possible.”

Success Mindset Entrepreneurship

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“Paradigm shift is for the mindful; but those who refuse to adopt to new ways of looking at things will always catch yesterday's train, flight or bus.”

Motivational Mindfulness Paradigm Shift New Perspective

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Personal investment in your idea not only shows conviction but also ignites a spark of support from others. When you lead with financial commitment, you light a beacon of trust, guiding others to support your vision”

Personal Investment

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“Test a man with pennies; if he passes then put him over your business.”

Faithfulness Business Advice Trustworthiness Small Things That Count

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“If you are granted a second life here on earth, what would you do differently? Then start doing it's not too late”

Doing Things Differently Second Life

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Time is the ultimate paradox, a luxury for the poor yet a treasure for the wealthy, defining their divergent paths as speaking different languages: one of excess and neglect, the other of scarcity and respect.”

Time Poverty Paradox Wealthy

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“In the economy of life, time is the truest currency, lavishly spent by those less fortunate but carefully budgeted by the affluent. For the poor, it is a river flowing unchecked; for the wealthy, every drop counts in the ocean of thriving”

Time Poverty Wealthy Currency

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Life is a great puzzle that is woven into the pieces of time. The more we live the more apparent it gets, and it makes more sense”

Time Living Life Puzzle

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Sometimes good results are not celebrated by all because the process fouled, excluded or ignored those that hold the stake. This is when the means justifies the ends.”

Process Results Celebration Inclusiveness Stakeholders

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Past mistakes are the scars of the champions that tell the story of bravery, resilience, and courage to move forward with life”

Life And Living Mistakes

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Pigs and dogs have one thing in common, they both return to their past mistakes and never learn from their bad erroneous experiences.”

Mistakes Pigs Dogs Error

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Wisdom and worldview are shaped by the instructor which is called experience. The only way to develop as a person is to learn from your mistakes and grow from the experience.”

Wisdom Experience Mistakes

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Transforming a vision into a blueprint blends dreams with action, making abstract ideas concrete and achievable.”

Reality Vision Dreams Blueprint

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Believing in your dream enough to fund it yourself is the first step to greatness, setting the stage for the world to believe in it too”

Vision Dreams Investment Capital

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Before seeking the world's support, one must first invest in their own dreams—Take your own medicine! This act of faith lays a foundation for others to follow”

Support Dreams Self Belief Invest

Author:Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

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Average to Abundant: How Ordinary People Build Sustainable Wealth and Enjoy the ProcessRelated source material

The New Me: A Step-by-Step Guide to Personal ReinventionRelated source material