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BEFORE THE NIGHT COMES

November 05, 2024

BEFORE THE NIGHT COMES "We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us. The night is coming, and then no one can work." ~ John 9:4 NLT In the ever-evolving world of business, every entrepreneur needs to find ways to; ✓ Increase visibility ✓ Increase footfall ✓ Increase market value ✓ Maintain reasonable profit and ✓ Generally remain relevant in their chosen field.

Dedicate Yourself To Life Long Learning

July 23, 2024

A wise man once said "Invest more time in developing yourself than you do on your job" Leaders are learners, and continuous learning is key to the 21st Century. In your field or in any field My challenge for you this week is to commit to becoming a lifelong student of self-improvement. Humans have more ability and more intelligence than we could ever use if we were to work on developing ourselves for the rest of our lives. We are far smarter than we can ever imagine, there is no obstacle that we cannot overcome, no problem that we cannot solve, and no goal that we cannot achieve by applying our minds to any situation but our minds like our muscles only develop with use. There are several keys to lifelong learning:

TINUBU: IS THIS THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME?

May 30, 2023

TINUBU: IS THIS THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME? “Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty.” ~ John Huston Finley Nigerians by now are used to the unpredictability of governance as we have endured mostly uncertainty in the past eight (8) years But I think supporters and none supporters of BAT would have hoped for a better way to commence his days in office and not to be welcomed with uncertainty occasioned by a needless pronouncement and the nightmare of fuel scarcity that followed Having a positive start for the administration would have given the nay sayers the impression that there may be light at the end of the tunnel after all. The damage control notwithstanding, it's obvious our President is convinced that if Nigerians either directly or Mahmoudly opted to have him as president amidst uncontrolled inflation, bitting fuel scarcity and unavailability of cash due to the ill conceived and not well thought out policy of currency redesign his Party embarked upon, then we are a

BE MINDFUL

June 10, 2020

BE MINDFUL: Habits are formed and or sustained by repetition. Our brains are wired to protect us, so they tend to enjoy anything that you consistently do. That's why it's very easy to imbibe an habit albeit a bad one than break it.

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS:

June 08, 2020

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: A few positive actions repeated daily result in winning and a few mistakes repeated every day result in failure. Notice two important keywords here: ▪Repeated & ▪Daily Repetition is the mother of learning. We should recognise the extraordinary power of repetition. Repetition brings consistency and consistency results in proficiency; it is proficiency that really shapes our lives.

CHANGE FOR GROWTH

January 03, 2020

MAKE THAT CHANGE: The late Pop legend Michael Jackson in one of his hit songs has these lines "....(If you want to make the world a better place) Take a look at yourself, and then make a change......" ~ Michael Jackson - Man in the Mirror (2012 Remaster) We have known for long that "It's our habits that defines our habitat" but more often we feel helpless in our old habits and continue with the same pattern of living, working, spending, sleeping, tv-ing, gaming, etc hoping someday some outside force will help break the circle.