Action Zone

23/07/2017

SHOW ME THE MONEY – MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

What business should I go into that will give me lots of money? This is a typical wrong question people ask many a time. And the usual answers "experts" give are simple, enticing, surprisingly convincing and WRONG!

At one point not so long ago in Zimbabwe the answer was trucking. Many who had relatives in the UK imported trucks (magonyeti). And I said show me the money but most of these people made none. Then the answer became potatoes - growing potatoes in multiple layers in a sack was the new secret to riches. Show me the money - for the majority $0. Then a new circus came to town - quails (zvihuta). Show me the money? Sadly fortunes were lost.

Before you embark on the latest apparently "hot" money-making idea that people will be raving about please take time to understand how the model works and where exactly the money will come from. Ask whoever is advising you to show you the money.

Jonah Mungoshi | [email protected] | +263773056736

17/07/2017

GET ANGRY

Lost opportunities, poor choices, bad decisions, fear-based paralysis, limiting beliefs – just when are you going to start taking different actions to achieve different results!?

Your problem is that you are not angry enough to do something about it. You keep getting more of what you tolerate. This week I want you to get angry. How angry? Angry enough to take different actions.

People usually don’t act unless and until they are emotionally moved. By keeping your emotions out of your success formula you are perpetuating the status quo.

You have permission to be angry. But that anger must be channeled into a solution. It must lead to a resolute decision and breakthrough action to take you forward.

So what are you waiting for? Get angry now and take breakthrough action in pursuit of your success.

Jonah Mungoshi | [email protected] | +263773056736

13/07/2017

APPRECIATION POWER - MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

I would like you to make a mighty impact on the lives of three people this week using appreciation power. Think of 3 people who have had a significant positive impact in your life, who contributed in a big way to your success, who sacrificed their time, effort or even money to help you on the journey of life.

Once you have thought of these people I would like you to contact them and express your appreciation to them. For this to work you have to explain in detail the specific actions that they took which assisted you as well as the qualities you admire and appreciate in these people. Don't be general, be specific. Don't be brief, be detailed. Make sure you speak from the heart and express your heartfelt appreciation. It is fine to be emotional.

Why are you doing this? I want you to tell me but only after you have completed the exercise. I need your feedback. As soon as you have completed the exercise please give me some feedback - who did you appreciate and why, how did it go, what was the result and finally why do you think I asked you to perform this task?

Jonah Mungoshi | [email protected] | +263773056736

04/07/2017

YOUR BELIEFS ON TRIAL - MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

An albino is brutally murdered because some people have the stupid belief that this person's body parts will bring them untold riches. A heartbroken mother grieves for her lovely child kidnapped and brutalised because of the barbaric belief that somehow this will make some idiot rich. Brothers start a feud that will last for generations to come because one believes he has been bewitched by the other.

A so-called prophet or n'anga tells you he can give you a snake that vomits crisp freshly printed US dollar notes with unique serial numbers as long as you seed or pay and you believe that!? A nation stakes its hopes on the belief that diesel is flowing from a rock.

Despite the tremendous progress we have made in many respects we remain slaves to a host of negative, retrogressive, destructive beliefs that way too many of us hold onto tightly and yet despise the result. Most of those beliefs were hammered into you at a very early age by people who were themselves slaves to the very same beliefs. You might be older now but in certain respects you still think like a 7 year old for you have never dared to challenge those beliefs.

Today I want you to examine your beliefs. This is not about whether they are true or false – it’s about whether or not they are empowering you, your family, your community, your country etc. No belief lives in your mind rent free. Whatever belief you hold has an effect on your life, your relationships and your impact in this world.

You may find this insulting but someone has to say it. As long as you hold on to fear-based, idiotic, barbaric and stupid superstitious beliefs we will continue to suffer the consequences.

Your beliefs are not cast in stone. If they do not serve you well why are you holding onto them? Discard those limiting and disempowering beliefs, replace them and escape from the prison of your own mind.

Jonah Mungoshi | [email protected] | +263773056736

06/06/2017

GET SCARED - MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

You are probably one of them. My educated guess is that 95% of the people who will read this article are average, mediocre under-achievers and you are most probably one of them. You don't agree? I'll prove it.

When was the last time you consciously did something that really scared you? Or better still let's say in the last 3 years what big, bold, audacious goal have you worked towards? And I am talking here about breakthrough scary goals. Chances are you have played it safe, sticking to what is familiar, setting average goals (if any), doing what normal or average people do. That is the surest way to be a mediocre under-achiever.

You want extraordinary success, right? Then you gotta get scared. Come on be brave enough for once in your life to set a goal so big that you are scared to even think about it. And then act on it.

And please don't get me wrong I said get scared I didn't say get stupid. Doing something illegal, immoral or sinful is stupid. But challenging yourself to a higher level of achievement, of service, of developing and applying your God given talent is what I am on about.

So what shall it be? Will you remain average, mediocre, boring or will you set and start right away taking action on your big breakthrough goal that scares the living lights out of you.

Jonah Mungoshi | [email protected] | +263773056736

23/01/2017

RICHER FUTURE - MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

What you are, where you are and what you have today is a result of what you did yesterday. What you will be tomorrow is a result of what you are doing today. This is one of the most liberating realisations that a human being can ever reach.

What you are doing in this very moment right now is shaping what you will be, where you will be and what you will have tomorrow. To be a doctor tomorrow you study and take exams today. To be a soccer star tomorrow you practice your skill today. To be harvesting tomorrow you need to plant and nurture the crop today. Every day presents infinite possibilities for you to determine your future.

So you need to be clear on the future that you desire - write it down. And most importantly don't let any 24 hour period (one day) end without taking at least one significant action towards your desired future. This is how you will create a richer future.

Jonah Mungoshi | [email protected] | +263773056736

15/08/2016

PURPOSE! - MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

At the mature age of 48 I have not accomplished a significant number of goals that I expected and had planned to have accomplished by this time. I am sure you also have significant goals that you are still to accomplish and some that you are beginning to doubt that you will accomplish in your lifetime. So what’s my point here?

Listen up - what ultimately matters is not the extent to which you have achieved your financial, health, business goals etc. When all has been said and done the only thing that matters is the extent to which you fulfill the purpose of your life. That’s it.

I firmly believe that in a world of 7 billion people there is only one you with a unique life purpose that only you can accomplish. I believe you have the necessary talents and potential to acquire the knowledge, skills and resources that you need to fulfill your purpose. Therefore ultimate failure, waste of life, futile and pointless existence is to die without having fulfilled your purpose or worse still to die without ever discovering your purpose.

That’s what you should be seriously concerned about because that’s all that matters ultimately. What’s the purpose of your life and are you living according to that purpose?

Jonah Mungoshi | [email protected] | +263773056736

21/07/2016