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If you lost your possessions today, will you still be valuable? ... Wait! Before you answer, continue reading. John Milton once said, "the mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a heaven of Hell and a hell of Heaven." Your mind is your most precious asset. With the right mindset, you can make miracles out of misery and create opportunities out of difficult situations. Like every other asset, your mind needs proper maintenance and management in order for it to thrive. This is why your "personal development" should be one of your top priority. Personal development involves learning new things, habits and building new skills that help you increase your chances of success, achieving your goals, and living your dreams. The sweetest thing about improving yourself constantly is that it prepares you for bigger opportunities and attracts the right people to you. Self development makes you an interesting and pleasant person to be around. So try and block out some time

We all have 24hrs in a day irrespective of our different time zones. So recently I started being more observant about what I do within my 24hrs each day, because I find it quite baffling how we all have the same amount of time in a day but some people tend to make the most out of their time and lead more successful, happier and balanced lives while the rest struggle. By performing this observation exercise, I discovered that on those days I followed through with goals on my "to-do list" I ended each day happier and more energized than on those other days I moved without a "to-do list." This made me realize that there is enough time in a day to accomplish great feats if only I block out time to work towards specific goals on my "to-do list." Try writing your goals on a "to-do list" and block out the time to follow through with those goals over a period of time that's convenient for you and let me know what you discover. PS: writing this short

Progressive Reflection 👇🏾 One of the least most popular topics in the business of life is CONTROL. (Yes, life is business. Your life is your business and if you learn how to manage it well you'd have self-fulfillment, progress, contentment, peace of mind, positive influence, and a lasting legacy that outlives you.) By control, I mean progressive reflection. In business management, control is simply looking back to understand what aspects of planning worked and didn't work for a business/organization over a period of time; and helpful actions to take going forward that contribute to the success of the business. You need to engage progressive reflection occasionally in order to lead a purposeful life. If you live in a busy city like Lagos, I know it's harder for you to engage in progressive reflection because there's much more to distract you from your most important business, you. But eventually, it's up to you to decide if you would prefer living on

1. Get Serious About Relationships: Check on your old friends from time to time and offer them support. They could be former work colleagues, class mates, or people you grew up with. Ignore your ego and put your social media and mobile airtime to good use. You never know what opportunities you're missing by not doing this.  2. Improve Your Personality: Embrace new ways of thinking, use criticism as motivation, fix your personality flaws, read books that develop your mind, make friends with a stranger, do something for someone who can't repay you, attend events outside your industry, follow positive influencers on social media and be humble enough to seek feedback.  3. Learn From Strangers: Everyone, including those younger than you knows something you don't know. Listen to discussions, ask questions, and be curious to learn about what seems strange to you. You might just discover something very useful to you because it's possible for you to have a problem and not know i

To The Nigerian Youth 👇  Sometime ago Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Jimoh Ibrahim, Mike Adenuga... were looking at Abiola, Nwanyawu, Igbinedion, Dantata as YOU are doing now. Sometime ago Messi, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho were looking at Maradonna, Roberto Baggio, Romario, Jeep Stam, Luther Mathaius as YOU are doing now.  Sometime ago Bill Gate, Warren Buffett, Carlos Helu... were looking at Rosthschild, Rockefeller, Henry Ford as YOU are doing now. Sometime ago GEJ, Late President Yaradua was looking at Tafawa Balewa, Muritala M, IBB as YOU are doing now.  Sometime ago Adeboye, Oyedepo, Areogun, Kumuyi... were looking at Ayo Babalola, Obadare, Idahosa, Kc Price... as YOU are doing now. Sometime ago, Emeifile, Sanusi Lamido, Soludo were looking at Clement Isong, Vincent, O.Ahmed, M.Borno as YOU are doing now.  The only constant (K) in the lives of these outstanding individuals is TIME called TOMORROW. Your tomorrow depends on what you do with today.  Prepare yourself to fill the vacuum of the

Wow! Time flies fast. Memories from the 5th day (in November) last year, 2019, remain fresh in my mind. It was my very first day at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp where I met several others like myself who had left the comfort of their homes/families for sake of fulfillment, excitement or perhaps sheer necessity; to experience something different from the predictability of college life. Apparently, my first 60 hours staying at the camp were not as fun as I thought it should be... Perhaps I wasn't the only one who felt this way after realizing that: one had to share a room which was poorly ventilated with 29 others of akin gender, one also had to leave anything one was doing to report to the parade ground immediately one heard the sound of the loud beagle, one would be all dressed in white 98% of the three weeks one had to spend in camp, one wasn't always guaranteed access to running water nor a socket for re-charging essential devices. By w

"Creativity is related to 9 of the top 10 skills that global executives say is essential for 2020 and beyond." – World Economic Forum   So what really is "Creativity"? According to Stefan Mumaw, who has authored six books on creativity,  "Creativity is problem-solving with relevance and novelty." It also is,  "the ability to combine and recombine bits of information — either from your store of memories and knowledge or from the outside environment — in novel, original, and useful ways,”  says Shelley Carson, author of  Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life. Based on the largest known sample of one-on-one CEO interviews, involving over 1,500 corporate and public sector heads across 60 nationalities and 33 industries polled by IBM - 60% of CEOs cited creativity as the most important leadership quality required to help manage companies in today’s world. It not only is the most soug

The life you acquired or were born into isn't yours. Forget about your age, quit bench-marking your life against that of other people, your life hasn't started yet; so don't be mad desperate to get out of your acquired life in a hurry such that you inflict damage on your soul for eon or sell your freedom and peace of mind in the interim. Be patient with yourself, the purpose of life is to evolve at your own pace. Take all the time you need - learn, unlearn, relearn and equip your mind with all empowering knowledge, principles and models to help you build a solid, decent and healthy life for your true self, your higher self, the you that you actually are. Notwithstanding, if you now realize that you already made some terrible decisions and choices with your life; my dear, you're not alone and everyone makes mistakes, but understand this "it's not your fault and there's not a much better time than now to turn a new leaf." ... "The bl

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." — Mark Twain  Did you know that an estimated 70% of people experience " Impostor Syndrome " at some point in their lives, according to a review article published in the International Journal of Behavioral Science.  Yes, more often than not we fail to see how much this feeling of self-doubt suppresses our courage to go after new opportunities, explore potential areas of interest, and put ourselves out there in a meaningful way. Impostor Syndrome, the idea that you’ve only succeeded due to luck and not because of your talent or qualifications; was adopted by clinical psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes in 1978, after studies showed that despite obvious adequate external evidence of accomplishments, most successful people remained convinced that they don’t deserve the success they have and often dismiss it as luck, good timing, or as others’ believing they were smar

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” ~ The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Reality television, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook have taken all our time away from where our hearts once begged to be – in the middle of an incredible story. In the good old days, we fervently turned each page while missing breakfast, lunch, and sometimes even dinner just to see what would happen next. We forgot in a haste, the special memories that come from reading literary fiction, viewing a play with an open mind for inspiration and listening to the soul soothing works of poetry. We forgot so soon, when we stayed in bed on a beautiful day just to finish a book, went late to class because of a chapter that just had to be finished, and the moments we escaped from our unsettling moods to jump into an unexpected journey. The good news however is, those beautiful stories and lessons that lie