What About Changes?

There comes a time (or many times) in one’s life where one has to take a stand for something because if you stand for nothing, you’ll fall for anything. That statement is true in every sense of the word. One’s inability to take a firm standpoint in a situation makes persuasion a lot easier.…

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A Time for Everything & Everything in its Time

I spent my first high school year at Lagoon secondary school; an all-girls, catholic high school in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. At that time, we had a 'virtue of the week' each week and for my very first week, the virtue was 'orderliness'. Beyond just stating a virtue, a clear theme was often defined. The…

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A Time to Relax

It’s no longer news that the media has been stuffed with more of the downsides of this pandemic than anything else. Even our favorite motivational speakers have managed to convince us that the best time to stress our mental capacity even further is now. Develop a new skill, take several online courses, learn a…

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Your Best Shot

It’s easy to focus on the goal and tell yourself it’s all or nothing but what the heck does that even mean? What happens when you don’t get it ‘all’ or when you don’t get it at all? Oftentimes, we keep our eyes fixed so hard on the finish line that we miss out…

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Cut Them Some Slack!

I am becoming particularly amazed by how my mind works. I wish I could say the same about your mind too but I cannot make any judgment with the limited information I have. What amazes me the most is my apparent ability to quickly discern evil from good and choose to pay more attention…

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Sit at the Table!

The best time to read ‘lean in’ by Sheryl Sandberg was in March 2013; immediately the book was first published. The second-best time is NOW. However, you may be way too busy to add an under-200 paged book to your overflowing to-do list at moment; I totally get that so I created this excerpted article for you.

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Everybody Needs Somebody

Does your life have an evident pattern? Maybe not or just maybe you haven’t consciously given it any thought yet. You can take a couple of minutes to reflect on everything you did in the last one week and try to identify a pattern or you can keep reading. It's a win-win for you…

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What to do When You Don’t Know What to do

It’s 8:30 pm on a Friday (as at when I wrote this). By the ultimate Lagos law, I should be either swayed by the excitement of a TGIF activity at this time or pumped up for a series of weekend turn ups but as you might have guessed, neither is the case. I just…

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Falling Out of Love?

“How do people even fall out of love with you?” Owen asked. There was a great deal of confidence in his deep, caramel voice but that had no positive effect on my unbelief. Owen was a middle aged, black fellow who had spent most of his life in southern Nigeria and only moved to…

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What Does Happiness Mean to You?

I’m going to make a list of the things that might be able to make you at least twice as excited about life as you are right now. Reflect on each one carefully and mentally tick the ones that are very particular to you.. Money Fame Power Academic Achievement Career Growth Found them yet?…

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