Mr. Collins Nana Andoh outlines 10 tips for getting to the top based on his personal experience. The tips are: 1) Know yourself, your interests, likes/dislikes, and how to behave; 2) Set specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound goals; 3) Focus totally on your goals; 4) Surround yourself with supportive friends who give good advice; 5) Manage your time well by attending all classes and gatherings; 6) Work in a team for better results; 7) Think big and make a difference; 8) Persevere through challenges; 9) Help others; and 10) Lean on God but also work hard in your studies and career.

1. “Getting to the top;
my personal experience”
BY
Mr. Collins Nana Andoh
(CEO – Sir C Motivational Consult)

2. Going to the top
• Going to the top invariably presupposes that
you are currently at lower level on the life
ladder or there is a particular mountain
before you that you to climb.

3. Thus, going to the top means succeeding in your
stay here on campus and hence being able to go to
higher level in life or your education.

4. 1. Know yourself
Know
yourself
Know where
your interest
lies
Know how
to behave
towards
others
Know your likes
& dislikes
Know
when and
how to
talk

5. 2. Set a Goal
• The fastest way to fail in life is not set
clear goals.
• Set goals in the financial, physical,
health, spiritual, and career areas. Your
goals must incorporate the
techniques or else it’s just a
“conversation in the park.”

6. • S for specific
• M for measurable
• A for attainable
• R for realistic
• T for time-bound

7. 3. Focus
• Once you have a goal, you throw yourself,
body and mind, into whatever activities are
required to achieve it.
• Great achievers focus on one thing(their
goal) for a long time.
• Total Focus is the key to great achievement.
• The day you lose focus, you lose your
success in life.

8. 4. Have Good Friends
• Take friends who love you for who you
are
• Take friends that give constructive
criticism
• Take friends who will help you physically,
spiritually, socially, emotionally and
financially.

9. • Take friends who give you good advice
• “”whoever walks with the wise becomes
wise, but the companion of fools will suffer
harm”. Prov. 13:20
• Take friends who will not tempt you,
supposing he/she is an opposite sex

10. • The only difference between and
is which is Time.
• The same time is available to all and is
only the wise that makes good use of it.
• Attend all classes and on time
5. Manage your Time

11. • Attend all social gatherings on time
• Have time for your personal studies

12. • You are in no competition with any body
• Two heads are better than one
• Start or join a group discussion
• Give your result to someone in your field
higher than you or your mentor
6. Teamwork Count

13. •
See the big picture in everything
you do. So much of your time is wasted
dealing with the unimportant things in your
lives (what that person said or did and
activities which don’t add value to our
lives, etc.) that you forget about the big
picture.
7. Think Big

14. • You were put on this earth to make a
difference. You make a difference for your
families, your communities, your
organizations, and for yourselves.
• All of your actions must be put into action
with this concept in mind.

15. • Think a little bigger today than yesterday,
and you’ll create a better future tomorrow.
• Thinking big leads to great actions.
• Thinking small leads to small results.

16. 8. Perseverance

17. 9. Help Others
• Teach colleagues that come for help from
you
• Teach those at the lower level I your
community
• Help others in resolving their problems

18. 10. Lean on God
• With God all things are possible. Whatever
faith you find yourself in, do well to worship
your lord your God with all your might.
• Pray without ceasing
• Remember that you cannot harvest what you
have not sown so don’t only worship God
without studies.

19. • Worship Him in your small way
• Never joke with the Schools Church service
• But never just worship God without studying
because you reap when you have sown.

20. Notes on Selection into
higher level
• Know what you want in life
• Know what program takes you there
• Seek information from those ahead of you
• Seek information from the internet
• Follow all instructions given to you
• Start the program with your vision/goal along