BY UDEME ARCHIBONG

Success begins when you understand your value and it ends when you devalue yourself. The value you place on yourself determines the value others will place on you and also influences the quality of reward you attract in life. The amazing discovery is that you hold the key to your self-worth; it’s all in your hands!

A wise man once said, “Your self-worth determines your net-worth” And I hasten to add, your self-worth determines the quality of your life; the quality of your thoughts; the quality of your relationships; the quality of your performance and the quality of the choices you will make in life. When you do not value yourself you lose your essence.

Let’s explore the power of the human brain, so that you can understand clearly your inestimable worth.

The brain is superior beyond measure to even our greatest modern computer technology. It has the capacity of processing up to 30 billion bits of information per second and it boasts the equivalent of 6,000 miles of wiring and cabling. The human nervous system contains about 28 billion neurons.

Serve the purpose of interpreting the information we receive through our sense organs, conveys it to the brain and also carry out instructions from the brain as to what to do. Each of these neurons is a tiny, self contained computer capable of processing about one million bits of information.

The ability of your brain to process information is mind boggling considering that a reaction in one neuron can spread to hundreds of thousands of others in span of less than 20 milliseconds. That’s about 10 times less than it takes for your eye to blink surpassing the ability of even the fastest computer which can make connections only one at a time.

A neuron takes a million times longer to send signal than a typical computer switch, yet the brain can recognize a familiar face in less than a second beyond the speed of the most powerful computers.

You have such a remarkable power within you, why not utilize your brain effectively and watch your life count.

What lies within you is what creates success. Within every human being lie geniuses waiting to be awakened and revealed. It’s a tragic thing to observe many people go through life looking without for greener pasture; big breaks. They are blind to the fact that the greener pasture; opportunity lie within them.

Yes! Everything that you will ever need to become a success is within you; unlimited wealth and opportunities are packaged inside you. In fact, opportunity is when our emotions and mind alertness come to play so as to maximize the moment and resources in order to create or bring to reality the object of our imagination.

Opportunity rests on the oasis of positive and creative mindset which is inherent in everyone but must be recognized and maximized for it not to lie dormant within. Therefore, the major help you need in life lies within you.

Failure comes when you look outside of you for the major help. People, government or society can only give you a minor help in order to succeed. In fact many great successes have arisen despite the harsh economic environment, oppressive government, and despicable circumstances.

The great successes in life are those who take up their flashlights and look over the untouched treasures buried within them. As you know gold-mine and diamond are not found on the surface of the earth and neither is it found everywhere. Therefore, your rarity and uniqueness is what makes you valuable. William Arruda reveals, “What makes you unique makes you successful”.

According to Dr. Howard Gardner of Harvard University, we possess at least ten different intelligences that could make us geniuses. These intelligences include: Visio-spatial intelligence (art, design), entrepreneurial intelligence (business start-ups), physical or kinaesthetic intelligence (sports), musical intelligence (playing musical instruments, writing music), interpersonal intelligence (getting along well with others), intrapersonal intelligence (understanding yourself at a deeper level), intuitive intelligence (ability to sense the right thing to do and say), artistic intelligence (creating works of art) or abstract intelligence (physics or science).

You are loaded with potentials; you shouldn’t be broke. There is a need to take an inventory of yourself and take stock of your assets. Discover your potentials, develop it and keep improving on it, so that you will become valuable to the extent that men will pay any price for you. When you maximize the value within, you set the price on your ability and time.

If a 24 gold karat chain gets messed up in mud, does it diminish in value? What if ignorant people despise the gold chain thinking that is of an inferior quality; does it still make the value of the gold chain diminish in value? Of course not. Therefore, if your life is messed up with mistakes and adverse circumstance; your inestimable intrinsic worth remains intact. Your value does not depreciate even when people have a lowly opinion of you.

Remember, the value within determines the value you create which determines the value you will receive.