I always never like to be tribalistic but rather, to see every tribe as unique. For every tribe in Nigeria, there are strong, positive characteristics as well as negative ones. There’s something so strong about the Ibo tribe, and that’s their business acumen. You can literally follow a young Ibo guys growth in business as he puts in dedication and a lot of commitment to see it grow. (more…)
Hello friends, i’m sure we all had a restful holiday. This week was a rather short, but exciting one for me. I’d like to write on a topic i find very important at every stage of life because there are always challenges we need to battle, always. (more…)
I just finished reading a book titled, “The Little Book of Business Wisdom” by Brian Banashak and i’ll be sharing some learnings in the next few posts. The first i’d like to share is the Businessperson’s 23rd Psalm. Here it goes: (more…)
In developed countries, it is illegal to scold/spank children, either verbally or physically, so children insist on having their way whenever they want to. Parents get frustrated once they get angry with their children and can’t do anything about it. But in Africa, “it is not so”….lol. (more…)
This is a long overdue article but i’ll write it anyway. Last week saturday, i was a participant and a group facilitator at the annual sex2sex summit organized by Praise Fowowe, the pioneer of the Uncommon Man Network. The theme was centred around promoting Abstinence. In the course of writing this article, i’ll be touching different points. Please read on. We had several speakers, i’ll just write about a few of them. (more…)
Here’s a write-up i came in contact with some time ago, it’s funny and kinda reminds me of the growing up days and i felt to share it with you all to start the week with. Read on:
My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION …
“Just wait until your father gets home.”
My Mother taught me about RECEIVING …
“You are going to get it when we get home!”
My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE …
“What were you thinking? Answer me when I talk to you … Don’t talk back to me!” (more…)
Here are new words for you to chew for the day. Enjoy!
1) Extemporaneous - Carried out or performed with little or no preparation; impromptu.
Synonyms: extemporary, extempore, impromptu, off-the-cuff, offhand, offhanded, unrehearsed, ad-lib
Usage: an extemporaneous piano recital;
2) Captious - Marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial faults.
Synonyms: faultfinding, critical
Usage: She found the new professor to be captious, marking all the grammatical errors in her essays while ignoring the points she had tried to make.
3) Beneficent - Characterized by or performing acts of kindness or charity.
Synonyms: benevolent, gracious
Usage: Distance does the same beneficent work far more speedily, and (when assisted by Change) far more effectually as well.
4) Didactic - Intended to instruct.
Synonyms: didactical
Usage: “The principal difficulty in your case,” remarked Holmes, in his didactic fashion, “lay in the fact of there being too much evidence.”
5) Recalcitrant - Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance.
Synonyms: refractory
Usage: Neither could he mobilize his army to go forth to war, nor could he punish his recalcitrant subjects.
6) bissextile
a leap year
bissext also bissextus noun [C]
February 29th, the extra day in a leap year
7) Twoc - to steal something, especially a car
Locavore - a person who only eats food which is grown or produced
locally
9) Bioneer - an individual or group who creates new solutions for dealing with environmental issues, especially when these interact with other social and economic factors
10) Meshing - the practice of joining together two names to make a new name for a married couple
There are certain openings within the human body which are called the windows to the heart/mind/soul. These windows are majorly the eyes, ears and mouth. There’s a way I feel when I eat too much, watch too much TV, attend parties or events too often. I’ll want to know how you feel; maybe I’ll be motivated to continue with this post, maybe not…..
Have a great day!
THE PLUS FACTOR
Over time, I started reading many books but am yet to finish some of them. Yesterday, I started reading “Power of the Plus Factor” by Norman Vincent Peale and so far, it’s been an interesting experience. I’ll be sharing with all summarily, the lessons learnt from the book, I guess it will help me finish reading it. Pls come along with me.
There’s a force, a power, an energy (invisible, intangible, but completely real) within everyone that has the capacity to make him/her extraordinary, stronger, more confident, better balanced, more energetic, more resilient and more capable of coping. That force lies very deep within, it’s latent, and is present in its potential form; it needs to be understood, then activated.
There are 4 preliminary things to do to make this factor to be activated in you:
1) Discover that the Plus factor is no myth, no abstraction but a reality that has been recognised and used by wise men and women for centuries.
2) Accept that the Plus factor is already planted inside of you, waiting to be released.
3) Decide you want it to become operative. You must want it intensely, urgently, ardently, and you must want it NOW!
4) Know that the Plus factor makes its appearance in a person’s life in proportion as that person is in harmony with God and His universal laws.
I look forward to learning and sharing more with you.
Enjoy your day!
The Burden of Freedom
This is the title of a book I read some years ago written by Dr Myles Munroe. This post is just an introduction; we’ll talk more about it in subsequent posts.
I remember when I was much younger and very much under my parents, I was ‘denied’ of certain things and I had restrictions as to where to go, what to do with my time, etc, then I always told myself that soon, I would be free. I looked forward to the day I would own my home, make my decisions, and just do what I liked.
When I became ‘free’ after I got married and had a family, I discovered that there was more to life than doing what I liked. RESPONSIBILITY was the key word that stood me in the face, making decisions of various degrees and magnitudes and facing the consequences of those decisions for new home were things I had to face.
There is indeed a burden in being free….. more gist to come.
