I. C. Clinton
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Unedited facebook conversation between two readers of SIXTH-SENSING (Kim’s statements are in red while Sophy’s responses are in blue):
“Have read them
sophy.. but these r ideologies by dis clinton.. but he has a point... making u
think how to move from that state...
Books by Robrt Kyosaki r better..
explaining how to do it!!
You have a point, Kim. But i think its good material for those who dont
have time to sit down and read a whole book.
yeah!!...
giving the state of pple without getting them ways of going out of that state
is not helpful.
But at least Clinton is helping us identify the
problem first, and since his articles are an ongoing series, mayb and hopefully
he had hopefully he has a solution somewherr along the way.”
I admire Kim’s
boldness to express his reservations. His openness is something I cherish as
much as I cherish criticism. For without criticism no inventor may gain the
impetus to improve his invention! I thank Kim for expressing his disappointment
and (probably) his frustration; and I would have appreciated it more had he
taken the pain to express his thoughts on the comment section of the blog. That
way, others would have been obliged to debate and consequently benefit from the
ensuing open discussion. However, Kim’s
disappointment and frustration is, in my opinion, too premature. Now that’s
because, as Sophy rightly pointed out, the article under review is an ongoing
series. Kim’s thinking is a mirror of the mind of many with a “fast food”
mentality and “instant noodle” philosophy. The instant noodle types do not have
the patience to wait for the cooking of a home-made meal that is healthy for
their health, so they settle for the less-than appropriate measures that we
call “fast food.” Kim wants to know how to solve the problem but is not
interested in knowing where the problem lies and what caused it. You cannot
proffer a lasting solution to a situation that way. The wise tell us that “knowing
the problem is half the cure.” Back in the days when the preachers of
perfection and professors of accurate precision were still around, our schools
used to teach something known as “Analytical Skills.” I don’t know, are such
skills still relevant in our world today? Do the schools still teach them? Any
good doctor will diagnose (figure out) what a condition is and analyse the
cause before attempting to cure it. That is the right way to treat an ailment.
That is the best way to solve a problem. If you do not know where you stand,
how you came to stand there, and why you are standing there, you will not know
why you need to move away from there, how you can move and where you should
move to. As the old saying goes, if you
do not know where you are coming from, you will not know where you are going
and how to get there! You might be healed of leprosy by a spoken word of
prophecy, but to be made whole, you must be soaked or immersed in water; and
that immersion must be done by you and not by anyone else. For you to be made
whole the healing process has to be holistic. Sophy’s reasoning is different.
It mirrors the mindset of realistic treasure seekers who understand that the
job of a compass is only to direct you in the direction of the treasure, it
doesn’t have to dig out the treasure for you; it’s your job to do the digging. Even
the shovel and digger are only tools to help you dig; they shouldn’t and of
course don’t dig for you. What the teacher does is to guide the student; he
doesn’t study or think for the student. Why we call smart people smart is because they don’t wait for you
to show them everything before they start thinking and acting and expanding the
little idea they have been given. And what I am trying to do here is to breed
smart people with creative minds and emboldened spirits!
Highly intelligent people do a lot with little
information; action-oriented men do much more with minor motivation.
Describing his
third-grade educated mother in his famous autobiography (“Gifted Hands”), Dr Ben
Carson wrote: “...Sonya Carson has the classic type A personality –
hardworking, goal-oriented, driven to demanding the best of herself in any
situation, refusing to settle for less. She is highly intelligent, a woman
who quickly grasps the overall significance rather than searching for details.
She has a natural ability – an intuitive sense – that enables her to perceive
what should be done. That is probably her most outstanding
characteristics.”
A smart mind and
active spirit, while he may need the details sometimes, does not wait for it
before knowing what to do or trying out something. He is perspicacious and
knows how to use little information as compass for self-education and personal
initiative. Dr Carson tells us the story
of the other fellow when in the same book he describes his father thus:
“...Intellectually, Dad didn’t easily grasp complex problems because he tended
to get bogged down in details, unable to see the overall picture. That
was probably the biggest difference between my parents.”
Here is my advice
to you: Marry Carson’s mother, forget his father!
What is more?
Of course my
original intent’s to show you how to put your mind to good use and exercise
your brain for better bargains with life so that you can get more out of living.
But before I begin to do that showing, it’s only proper I show you first where
your problems lie and why and how you got those problems in the first place. I
have been where you are now, and I know how I moved away from there. So you can
trust that I know how best to guide you out of it. We are certainly progressing
to the next stage where I shall be showing you exactly what successful people
do and how you can do what they do so that you too can begin to experience
success. But before we get to that stage, you must not take for granted the
wisdom in the preambles so far presented. They are necessary for progress to
the next stage and beyond. As they say, there
is no shortcut to success.
And for the
records, no man can make you successful but you. I. C. Clinton or any other
writer or motivator can only inform, encourage, and direct you; we cannot
perform the act of doing or becoming for you, that’s your part to
play. So no matter how many times I show you what to do as we progress in the
ongoing series, you will make no progress if you do not take action based on
the secrets I reveal to you as we progress in the ongoing revelation. Am I the
first motivator to say this? Not at all!
“This
book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is
written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou
shalt have good success.”
After the death of
Moses, God spoke to his replacement, urging and motivating him to keep faith
with all the revelations he had received. He told him to follow the
instructions previously received by his predecessor, Moses. The admonition was
that he should never veer off
track, either left or right, so as to make sure he gets to where he’s going.
And that he shouldn’t for a minute let the Book of The Revelation go out of his
mind. He must ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure he practiced
everything written in it. Then he would get to where he’s going; then he would
succeed. “Haven’t I commanded you?” He said, “Strength! Courage! Don’t be
timid; don’t get discouraged. God, your God, is with you every step you take.”
Please underline
the statement, “every step you take”. That implies that protection and profit
are guaranteed only in action and not in idleness of hand or mind. So long as General
Joshua acted out/on the written script, he profited from the promise, otherwise,
he became a loser.
Observation is the beginning of education. Meditation is the fuel that
fires up desire. Action is the clincher for accomplishment and success.
In the Big Book
the next General was told, “Observe to do all…,” not part. He was also informed
that only he could make himself prosperous – by doing all that he’s instructed to do. You don’t become successful
by reading the biographies of successful people or how-to manuals and
memorising the dogmas in them. You only become successful by doing what
successful people do after you have learned what those things are and how to do
them. Knowing how to do something without actually doing it is as unprofitable
as ignorance about how to do a thing. No person or book can make you a success
or a genius, only you can. Knowing the law and not obeying it doesn’t make you
a law-abiding citizen.
Robert Kiyosaki’s
book or Clinton’s blog cannot make you a thinker or a winner; you only become a
thinker by practicing positive thinking. You only become a winner by learning
how to fight and practically fighting with a zeal for victory. Experience
doesn’t come from reading, it comes from doing.
What you get out of reading is knowledge, you gain experience through practice.
While the
beginning of your education is observation, the beginning of your experience is
action or practice hence the admonition: “OBSERVE to DO all that is written therein; so shall YOU make your way prosperous,
and you shall have good success.” The writer or the writing will not make you
successful, you achieve success by using the knowledge the writer communicates
in the writing as a guide to take informed action. That’s why the things the
Apostles did were recorded in the Big Book as the “Acts” of the Apostles while
the things John received or saw were recorded as “Revelation”.
You don’t get out
of the rat race by reading Robert Kiyosaki’s insightful and motivational book;
rather, having had your rat heart transformed into a lion heart through the inspiring
words of a master-motivator, you get out of the rat race by boldly walking or
running out of the rat hole or cage. Only action can do that, nothing else
will! You don’t become rich by reading “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” you become rich by
thinking big, dreaming big, and acting big in line with the insights Kiyosaki
shared in his bestselling book.
Truth is, if you
cannot make effort to leave the cage after you are given a little glimpse into
the freedom outside, you will likely not take advantage of the freedom outside
to live freely if you ‘re taken out of the cage by means of
magic.
My advice is
simple: To get out of the rat race, you need to acquire a lion heart and act
boldly and promptly like a lion would.
To move fast you
need to think fast. That’s what smart people do. They think deeper than they
are instructed; they look farther than they are shown; they begin before others
begin; they move first and faster than others and so get there before the rest
and become the leaders. Give them a mango seed and they will give you a mango
tree with more than enough mango fruits to nourish your body. Give them a
flimsy idea and they will run with it and turn up later to give the world a
Facebook. Such people are always the pioneers of a Digital Order. That’s why we
call them whiz kids!
So to the Kims of
this world I say, don’t wait till you are shown everything. Do something with
the little you have received and make sense of the bigger picture through
perception and imagination. Yes, it will take preparation, patience and perseverance,
all necessary for your journey to victory.
To everyone I
say, listen to Carson’s mother when she says, “The doors of the world are open
to people who can read.” The more reason why you should marry the wise woman!
Keep reading this blog, people.
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Until next time.
Your man,
- I. C. Clinton
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