“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” E.E. Cummings Its easy to blame it on peer pressure and even simpler to blame it […]
The secret to contentment is gratitude; the word contentment does not connote giving up and embracing a static position but totally embracing your present position with a goal in mind. I realize that majority of pain comes from “keeping up with the joneses” syndrome – It just so difficult to see your peer progress while […]
About 2 months ago, I was invited to speak on the subject; “Project Management in Small Business”. I was immediately excited about the topic and started meditating on how to connect these two topics together. With the rising failure of small business operation in Nigeria, I discovered with shame, how easy it is to adopt […]
As an elementary school student, I was always fascinated by Yoruba proverbs especially the literal English translation; the one that particular took my interest was the one about a king’s palace; “when the house of a king burns down, he will build a more beautiful one”. It never truly made sense until I gave up […]
As an investor, I love travelling because gaining arbitrage is simply capitalizing on the difference between varying geographical market prices. Majority of Nigerian investors (both big and small) focus on the China Market – its not a secret that almost 95% of everything you have in your home and office is produced in China – […]
This poem has been with me since 12 years ago and reading it continually brings fresh perspective – When I read it in my undergrad days, I thought of how much people read and still fail; when I read it during my job hunting days, it consoled me whenever I failed an aptitude test or interview; […]
The yuletide season is around the corner and there are many activities associated with this particular season; from weddings to house makeovers to various Christian functions. However, there is one particular important aspect that fascinates me about the end of the year – the need for Nigerians to get close to God through prayers. From […]
The red light of my BB started to blink – normally I will ignore till I was ready to reply any email or SMS but somehow I was drawn to reading the new mail. The subject and sending platform was discouraging the urgency – “I need help, financially” and it was from my blog. Despite […]
Freedom is a concept that I am very interested in and like I have mentioned in my earlier posts, freedom has nothing do with being self-employed; you could be gainfully employed and be at a higher level of freedom than someone who is self-employed. You may read my earlier article; “Before you leave that job“ […]
One of the greatest minds of the 20th Century – “ a philosopher and a scientist”; Albert Einstein said; “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is insanity”. A sizeable number of literatures have interpreted this quote to mean that if you want to change your life, you must […]
Wow, the year has gone; God has truly been there through the ups and down. Just some few days to a new year and I can remember vividly my first post this year; “Helmets for Saleâ€: Thanx to the Lagos State Government and the readers of this site who made it possible to make it […]
Actually going on the self-employed route is more like gambling and for most degenerate gamblers, it is not the end that drives them but the thrill of the possibility, the chance of recognition, the chemical high of anticipation, etc. They get more excited by the process rather than the endgame. For most people who have […]
