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I was born in the most unconventional times in the most humble Places a person can be born in Africa. Ekpe-Aggah is a Farm Village inside Aggah town.  It had the Complete Hallmarks of a full fledged Africa village setting. Source of water was only Stream and rain water. Source of cooking fuel firewood. No trace of electricity or its precursor, electric poles. Houses were mud. A block house miracle. Occupation was Farming, ( yam, cassava, corn, especially) fishing, hunting, Palm wine tapping (Ngor)  Palm tree climbing (Ete). Mostly on a subsistent Bases. Buying and selling. Side hustle.Hustle for Children like us involved: Palm kernel Cracking for sales. Broom making, Rabbit and Bush rat traps (Igbudu). Bird hunting with traps (Onya Asha) and Catapults. Primitive forms of fishing hunting and farming of different crops. Plays for us involved moon light plays in sand. Counter ball with coke bottle covers, Rubber Tree seeds (Akuru). Swimming in the river, tree clim...

Willpower is not strong enough to sponsor your life goals. How many times have you resolved to start or stop doing a Something, only to  fail after the first week? Want to succeed at your goals in life or business? But you have not found the self discipline to stay on course? You know what to do, and you know the impact that Action will make on your overall performance, but Somehow you can't keep up with this "willpower" thing to stay on course You know that your actions are what defines your  habits which will ultimately determine your destination in life. Maybe it's to break a negative cycle/habit or to form a new one. To add a valuable routine to your life. Exercise, Meditation, Journalling, Reading, Praying, Writing...etc. Here is 1 secret Factor that trumps "Will power" every time they come against each other. It makes a mess of your willpower every time. Many times stronger than it. It is only wise that we use it to our favour in build...

A Lot of people find discovering purpose a hard thing to do. It shouldn't be. It has been with you all your life. Here is this formula. When you are passionate about something, it drives you towards knowledge in that thing. Knowledge drives you towards competence.  In due  time you become an expert. One way to know your passion is to examine your current interests. What catches your fancy? What would you rather be doing in perfect conditions? What do you desperately want to learn about? If you say you love singing, and after several years you still can't sing well. Forget it, you are not passionate enough.  Your love for singing would have driven you to know a lot about it, join choirs, bands, sing a lot, get a role model-mentor, join singing competitions, seize every opportunity to sing in church, to the extent you start singing really well. What are the things you have a lot of knowledge in already?  Watch out, that could be passion drivi...

Dear Nigerian youth, there is a mindset that is robbing you of your relevance and delaying your big break. It is the idea that "I am still a student" Question : What do you do for money? What is your occupation Answer : I am a student. Me : Like seriously? The mindset of  "School vs Labour market" That after  finish school then you enter the labour market. As if the two are mutually exclusive. Whoever said you must put your life, your ideas, talents and passions on hold because you are in school didn't tell you the truth. Whoever says you should  "concentrate in school" at the expense of your big idea and discovered purpose didn't do you a lot of good. That mindset has delayed and killed so many good ideas, talents and passions. It has stifled the spirit of creativity and reduced maximum productivity among African youths. The labour market is not waiting for you to finish school. Your destiny should not be played w...

3 THINGS HOLDING YOU BACK (part 3) I promised to do a 3 part series on the things holding you back from launching your ideas, they include: >> Perfect timing >> Perfecting your skills >> Start up Capital Bonus >> Where exactly to start from The first two posts are somewhere on my timeline you can check them out today i will talk about the 3 thing holding you back, which is: 3). START UP CAPITAL. Many business and valid  ideas have died untimely deaths because the Owners couldn't get past the "funding stage". I usually think it is very unfortunate. Every business that survives must go through this stage, because essentially Capital is a very indispensable factor of production. Ultimately every Idea needs funding with money at one stage or another, if not for start-up then for necessary expansion.  The problem becomes when the idea doesn't kick off at all on the excuse of "start up capital." Because you see; any...

I started a series on this topic days back and on the 3 major reasons you are yet to launch your idea and start that project or business you  have been brewing for ages. Considering that starting is the most important step in a journey of success and maximum impact. Today the lets take the next major reason for inactivity NO 2. PERFECTING YOUR SKILLS AND IDEAS Many creative people are incapacitated by the need for perfection in their skill or talent. And they use this as a perfect excuse not to start working on their Big ideas just yet They safely say that they need more skill, more knowledge, better experience, more research, more and more of something else. This is understandable considering you have not done what is intended before, as a matter of fact nobody may have ever done it before. That's why its a big idea right? Take a look at Facebook today. Can you imagine the difference between the sophisticated platform we have today compared to the first ev...

 THIS MESSAGE IS FOR CREATIVE YOUNG MINDS. Nothing Influences the Outcome of your life for most creatives than this thing you are going to hear. It is that you START NOW. For Most young people like me,it is not a lack of ideas that's your Problem. Your mind is buzzing with ideas, You actually have a problem of too much good ideas. You have developed yourself, you have knowledge you can benefit from. You have a skill that can pay you. You actually know what to do or at least where to start from. but somehow you have not gotten yourself to START for reasons such as >> Perfect timing >> Perfecting your skills >> Start up Capital >> Where exactly to start from If you are plagued with any of these then you are the one Holding you back. I will be doing a post to cover these 4 major  Mind blocks and how to overcome them. This part 1 is about number 1 mindblock 1) OVERCOMING THE PERFECT TIMING MIND BLOCK First of all there is no perf...

Certificates are becoming less and less important. In the days of our fathers, if you as much as had standard 6, you are an elite. White collar jobs na dem go dey rush you. Then the standard was raise to bachelors degree, then to Masters. Today having a Ph.D does not guarantee you Nathing. Graduates are becoming more and more unemployed.  When i see those highly certified unemployed, broke graduates i feel they have been deceived. Not in the way that "school is scam". Abeg oo. But they where trained for an economy that is no more existent. They have been prepared and deployed for a battle that has long shifted to another level Not that their Training is essentially useless, but it is no longer the Main Arsenal for survival. In this war, certificates are no more the main instrument of offense, i will tell you what are the first line of defense against Hunger and poverty. >>>Skills It is no longer what you studied, it is not even what you k...

Do you look at the people performing in the higher platforms than you in your industry and envy, wishing you could be up there? People like you or  younger,  doing what you really wish to do at the very top of your field. Playing in the higher leagues on a Global or national stage? I have discovered you can play on a higher league. You are really not condemned to a local league if you do want to get out. The Strategy to Escaping the Local league is not rocket science. UP YOUR GAME. Have you discovered that in the game of football, highly exceptional Players are are not playing in our Local Nigerian league? No offense to the NPFL, but even them consider it great when their player is spo tted and courted by a club in EPL or Laliga In Europe. When a player does well, He outgrows the local league, it is not pride, it is progress. Two Ingredients are inevitable when it comes to Upping your game to  escape the local league and i am going to share them with y...

I am more afraid of the regret of doing too little than the regret of mistakes from attempting too much. It's because even the little attempted will not be free of errors. Much as no one sets out to make mistakes, they are inevitable. Mistakes are how we learn. I noticed while learning to speak English that those who where not afraid to knack kpoa are the ones that eventually improve. While the ones that where afraid of being laughed at remained as bad or worse. When embrace your imperfect self you release your perfect self. Don't be ashamed of your hustle. Don't disregard your journey. You will get there if you start and persist. Good morning. #ThursdayMotivation # IfUknowUknow

That Fallacy that people shouldn't think because it causes Hypertension Is why Africa is Underdeveloped. How can anyone dissuade you from thinking? Thinking is the greatest work there is. Thinking is one of the highest act of living. The world is a product of thinking. Everything you see is a brainchild of thinkers. The greatest people in every field are men who among the other skills they have are great thinkers. You must differentiate thinking which is mental exercise geared towards finding solutions to problems from worrying which is a negative disempowering use of the brain characterised by fear and inactivity. Fear of anything at all. worrying Is Bad , Thinking Is Good Worrying deactivates your creative problem solving brain. Thinking is calls upon it. While worrying will get you nowhere, thinking will get you out of trouble. Thinking is the first step in the right direction. If you will think more you will not only come out of your problems but will be moved to the ve...

If you really want to be poor as I suspect, this post will greatly help you. If not anyways you can take it the other way round. To be poor: 1. Never wake up early. Keep stretching and turning in bed until you get too hungry to continue dozing. If there are no bed bugs, why hurry to get up? 2. Never plan how to spend your money. Whenever you get money, start spending it right away and when it is finished, you try to count and recall how you spent it. 3. Don't think of saving until you have real big money. How can you save when you earn so little? Those telling you to save are not sympathetic to your burning needs. 4. Don't engage in activities usually reserved for the "uneducated". How can you, a graduate, engage in petty trade, network marketing or home-based production? That is for people who never went to school! 6. Complain about everything except your own attitude and laziness. Blame the system, the government and the banks that refused to lend you money. They ar...

We all want to be happy. If you asked  People what they want most out of life, they will probably list very similar things: a stable marriage, financial security, children, health and happiness. But for far too many of us, happiness seems to be elusive. No matter how hard we try, we just can’t seem to find it. Instead, we wallow in sadness and loneliness, and we wonder what in the heck we are doing wrong. The problem could be that you’re looking for happiness in the wrong places. It could be that you’re clinging onto things that you need to let go of. Let’s take look at 10 things you need to say goodbye to, in order to be happy. 1. Toxic Friendships We’ve all got a friend who is eternally miserable. They moan about everything, from the weather to the fact that there are no good movies anymore. Being around them can be a bore, because each time you try to be positive they put you down. Indeed, they put a downer on everything. This is an issue for you, b...

Communication is key to navigating life’s many challenges. From romantic relationships to friendships to work situations, everyone should know how to communicate effectively. Not everyone is the best at communicating. This is because communication is a skill that needs to be developed and practiced. If you find you’re a little lacking in the communication department, have no fear. Developing a few simple habits can help you become a better communicator. Here are some of the best ways to learn and foster your communication skills. Here Are 5 Habits That Give You Better Communication Skills 1 . START ASKING QUESTIONS Communication is about listening just as much as it is about talking. When someone is speaking, you want to take note of what they’re saying. No, you don’t need a clipboard or a notebook and pen. A good way to do this is to ask questions about what the other person is saying. Of course, you don’t want to bombard them with questions about every de...

You might have thought that you stop learning anything significant when you leave school or university, and that your intelligence levels are pretty much set, but you can keep on increasing your knowledge right through your life. You don’t even need to go back to school and study full time to make yourself smarter, you can add to your intelligence every single day. If you want to improve your knowledge and understand more, here are ten simple habits that will make you a little bit smarter every day. 1. Read more . This is one of the best tips on how to make yourself smarter. Books are an amazing source of knowledge, so get into the habit of reading at least a couple pages of a book every single day. It doesn’t have to be a lengthy reference book to make you smarter, even an average novel will probably teach you something you never knew. Whether it’s a book, a magazine or a newspaper, the more you read, the more you will learn. 2. Check out the Discovery Chanel on TV ...

High Achievers are people who achieve some level of greatness in life. They might be successful entrepreneurs, professional athletes, Olympians, famous writers/authors, painters, engineers, singers, prominent religious figures, etc. Essentially, they are individuals who, through their thoughts andactions, achieve greatness. These high achievers all share certain common habits. Research have identified 10 of the most common habits of high to include: Consistency . High Achievers go at it every day even when they are down, lack motivation, are sick, financially destitute or when life goes wrong. They have specific habits or routines they perform every day no matter what. You can always count on them to perform in a certain way. They are incredibly consistent. Focus.  High Achievers are single-mindedly focused on their goals, dreams and routines. They block out all distractions. They are masters at single-tasking. They never take their eye off the ball. They are not Jack...

Successmust be built on a solid foundation. Because life will throw many challenges and difficulties at you as you are working to build your success. The challenges that will be thrown your way can knock you off your path if it is not built on a solid foundation. Even worse, you may get to the end of your journey and be left utterly unhappy with the mark you’ve left on the world. What good is success if you can’t feel good about the way you attained it? Is stepping on other people to get ahead good for your heart and soul? Can you be proud if you misled or exploited people on your climb to success? Of course not! I guess So what are the essential building blocks in the foundation of success? 1. Integrity . A person is judged by their actions, and on the strength and weight of their word. How many times in your life has someone given you their word, only to go back on it when it became inconvenient for them? And did your feelings toward that person change? They demonstrate...