LIFE GIVES YOU WHAT YOU SETTLE FOR! (Book) – by James Serengia

I started off poor, inexperienced, and sleeping on the floor. Despite my tough experience, deep-down I knew that my life was not ordained for such. Beyond the evident scars I had received from the harsh battles of life, there was a subtle belief in me that my life was made for something better.

Just as many people whose dreams have been buried under the harsh realities of life, I wished to have my life turn around. However, year after year, nothing seemed to change and my wishes and dreams remained to be just that—wishes and dreams!

Then something happened one fateful day. It was exactly nine months after my college graduation and until that moment, I had been looking for a job opportunity with no avail. On this day, as far as I can remember, I experienced one of my lowest moments in life. It was early in the morning and for the last two days, I had not managed to put anything in my mouth due to lack. Feeling lost and weak out of hunger, I crawled out of my beddings, switched on my phone, and what do I see…? A number of missed calls. I browsed through a couple of them and noticed they were missed calls from my creditors. I had been ignoring their calls for a few months now and the next move was perhaps to be arrested and be arraigned in court. I had such a bad debt that led me into being listed in the Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) as a notorious defaulter. This barred me from receiving any credit from all crediting bodies I knew.

Before I could put the phone down, it rung! I answered and on the other end of the line was my sister. She was calling to notify me that my mom was sick and needed some money to be taken to hospital.

“No…, this is not fair!” I remember breaking down in tears.

I checked my contacts for someone to borrow but realized I had borrowed from almost everyone, and the fact that I failed to repay them haunted me.

I was still in confusion when a short moment later I had a knock at the door. I reluctantly pulled the door open, and then I see him—the landlord! From his face, I sensed trouble. It was clear that he was fade up with me.

To confirm he meant business and was tired of the hide-and-seek games I was playing regarding his rent, he gave me an ultimatum to vacate his house in two days!

I had nothing to say and just stared at him blankly until he turned away and left. To him, it didn’t matter that what he called a house was a little 8 by 8 leaking tin-shack that had holes all over. I guess it was uncommon for him to have someone “default” paying rent in such a cheap property.

Feeling deject and broken, I wanted to just vanish from this life. In resignation, I threw myself across the mattress I had spread on the floor, and tears began to run freely down my cheeks as they soaked my beddings.

I wept for almost an hour and when I gathered myself together, I was just as broke and as hungry as I walked up that morning. It was at that moment of despair that I received what turned out to be a major wake-up call in my life. The wake-up call came in the form of a powerful insight birthed by the realization that, despite my tribulations, no one was coming to rescue me and that no amount of tears was going to improve my situation.

The insight that flashed into my mind was something like this: Success in life is not something that just happens to you; success is something that happens because of you. It occurred to me that I was fully responsible for turning my life around and no one else!

By this fateful day pressing me to the point of saying “enough is enough,” it marked the birth of my transformation. The first thing I did was refusing to settle for a life of struggle and lack. Once you are old enough to make your own choices, you are responsible for what you make of your life. You see, life gives you what you settle for. Again, God doesn’t brand anyone at birth with a label on the forehead saying, “…this one… hmm… unworthy …this one… not good enough …this one… below average… this one… a spectator through life… this one… a struggler through life….” We give ourselves those labels or allow others to stick them on us.

I also resolved to stop making excuses, assumed full responsibility for my life, and took specific measures and steps to transform my life. As opposed to having vague dreams and wishes, I clearly defined my WHY, changed the way I described myself, and vowed never to relent in action! My resolution was simple: I will make things work and never will I relent in the pursuit of my mission, no matter what!

Three years later, using the strategies outlined in this book, I have moved from dreaming to living my dreams.

My aim for writing this book is to help you achieve your wildest dreams, whatever they might be. This book will help you achieve the level of success you desire in any area of your life. If you are stuck below your true potential and you are unfulfilled because deep-down you know that you were made for something more, this book is for you. It is a blueprint to help you break any chains that are holding you below your true potential; guide you on making a Plan of Action; show you exactly how you can start with nothing or very little;and give you the execution blueprint and all the tools you need to win and stay in the game for the long run.

This book is for anyone who desires to turn his/her life around and is looking for a complete and proven execution strategy to do that. If you faithfully follow through and practice what I have recommended here, whoever you are, wherever you are, with whatever you have or don’t have, this is the most important book you will ever read and will help you transcend whatever circumstances that have gotten you stuck.

Right now, what matters is not where you come from, it is where you are going and this is the roadmap to get you there. You see, we are not animals or machines to live pre-programmed lives. As humans, we have the power to change the course of our lives if we so choose, have the right execution strategy, and be willing to pay the price.
This is the opportunity to change your life, and by extension, the lives of those around you. Embrace it with both hands.

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