In our today's BMS meeting, Our facilitator Mr. Idoko Kel Banks talked about "Going extra miles". And he put it to us what going extra mile means? He stated that, it's Leaving that your comfort zone or to do more than one is required to do.

He continued that, Successful people are not average people. That the best you can do for yourself, is to try and learn from those that are successful in your area of focus or area of specialization.

He went on that, there is something a successful man/woman knows that made him/her ahead of you.
Factors for going extra mile; To go extra mile, you should consider the following:
-Develop new skills and always strategize.
-Go higher or go home: Whatever you are not ready to do, don’t waste your time. Which means what you are doing, Whatever you are involved with, do it like you have a career in it.
- Be an inspiration to those around you.
- Get rid of procrastination: whatever you are supposed to do today, don’t postpone it for tomorrow because tomorrow has its own activities.
- Solve imaginary problem.
-When others are working, keep working.
-When others are resting, keep working.
-when others are sleeping, keep working.

Reasons for going extra mile;
- it makes you feel good: If you remain on the average, your mind will be polluted with so many things that are polluting the mind of the average people.
- It is a booster of your career.
- It improves your knowledge, because you cannot be up there and having the same knowledge of those that are yet to get there. So going extra mile keeps you ahead. And for you to be ahead, it means that something is in your head.
- It helps fix your mistakes: As you’re going extra mile, people see your mistakes, they talk about it and don’t feel bad when people gossip about you, use that to build yourself.
- It helps impart others.

Director Ekwu Emmanuel made emphasis on the topic "going extra mile". He said, going extra mile is an attitude. He also said that, part of the things that makes our meeting (BMS & AFD) fulfilling is the fact that we are not only here to talk about properties and land, there are lots of things that surround life issue we also share.

He pleaded with business associates to make it an attitude to write, have your business meeting note, and have your marketing note (that’s where you keep your contacts, your feedbacks, your prospects and customers).

He continued making reference of the book he read today that says, "you don’t build in the past, you build in the future". Whatever the experience you have in the past, they all belong to the past. We are talking about tomorrow here. We are here today because we want to have an amazing future tomorrow, an inspiring tomorrow, a tomorrow that we will be proud of. Regardless of all the circumstances surrounding you, your picture must be, how your tomorrow will be and it is the product of our action today.

He went further to share the thought he had whenever he drives along a bridge, that what if he drives off the bridge? He said, since he can imagine such, He challenged and changed the thought by imagining how he can hits 50 billion in his account, and from there, the thought of driving off the bridge disappeared.

He pointed out a question, why did the 50billion push the sharp thought of entering bridge away? Because it has not occurred but yet, it has dealt with the negative thought.
He challenged all the associates that, whenever a negative thought comes to you, pick up a superior thought that will deal with it with immediate effect and the negative thought will let you be.
Same thing applies to business alike, ladies & gentlemen, whenever you are thinking about negativity, if you don’t have a positive thought today on how you can move and make billion, you’re the one cheating yourself. And by so doing, we push ourselves into going extra mile. When others are working, you should work, when others are resting, you should work and when others are sleeping, you should work, by all means you should work, but know how to balance it.
He rounded up and said, we should take advantage of every opportunity you have to do your best.

Information given in BMS & AFD meetings are very valid and practical. Your coming to meetings shouldn’t be a waste of time, try to learn as much as you can. Here, we try to be open and assessable so that we can help ourselves which is our corporate mission in assisting you to succeed.

Announcement by director Emma

1. Branch managers; please start putting their report together because all managers will be meeting with directors on Friday 2nd December, for meetings.

2. For those who want to be part of the end of the year party, our outfit is 5th anniversary T-shirt and cap. Please endeavour to place your order on time.

And there we draw the cut for the day.

Thanks and God bless.

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