I welcome you to the start of the year. It is going to be a phenomenal year for you. The New Year is gradually unfolding. This is the time when most of us reflect on the past year and make all kinds of resolutions for the New Year. Proper preparation and planning at the onset of the Year allows success to come easier and gives a superb head start. Personally, I usually take what I’ve learned...Read More
The 2016 career guidance week for students of the University of Lagos, organized by the counseling unit of the Students affairs office has come and gone but the students who took advantage of the program will never forget the impact of the salimo-wits foundation. Aside the gift items presented to them, students were offered opportunities to display their leadership ability through an open...Read More
Welcome to a wonderful week. Perhaps, you are thinking the ninth month is almost over and you are yet to achieve your goals. Perhaps, you are getting worried, frustrated and discouraged because you haven’t realized much this year?
I don’t know if you’ve heard this story about the Chinese Bamboo Tree before now but this is one of those stories that is really instructive. When I heard this...Read More
Welcome to a brand new week. It’s a wonderful week. Great opportunities awaits you. However, an important part of preparing for the New Week so that you can maximize it to the fullest is to review the past week. Over the years, entrepreneurship has been a truly amazing journey and a life-changing adventure and experience. One secret that has been beneficial in my adventure as an entrepreneur...Read More
Democracy is the system of government by the people in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents or representatives under a free electoral system. Democracy may be a word familiar to many, but it is a concept still misunderstood, misused and abused especially in this part of the world. Today May 29th is ‘Democracy day’ ~...Read More
Thinking about the economic turmoil in our nation presently: N145 new fuel price, high cost of foodstuffs, non-availability of forex, erratic power supply etc. one word comes to mind: ‘Resilience’. The dictionary define resilience in two ways:
*As the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after deformation caused especially by compressive stress.
*As the ability to...Read More
As leaders and would-be leaders, wildlife is replete with valuable lessons if we take the time to observe and ponder. Here’s a story of how the mother Giraffe teaches the Baby Giraffe the art of survival in the face of predators. Baby giraffes learn a very important lesson early in life. The birth of a baby giraffe is quite an earth-shaking event. A baby giraffe falls 10 feet from its mother’s...Read More
