MUSINGS - BUSINESS,ACADEMICS,LIFE

I have spent the last week taking care of a loved one who was challenged in her health. For someone who loves activity and always ends up sleeping off while watching TV or doing some work, taking time off to do nothing but watch over and care for someone else is a career switch I seriously did not enjoy. I must confess at this point that I am usually under the weather sometimes too. I subscribe heavily to faith healing, so most times, I take my time to be alone to focus on Jesus. So far, it works every time. I usually always try not to bother anyone even in my sick state. I literarily plan the day, ask for the needed things and then let the person go have a nice day while I manage myself through it. Being here at the clinic, waiting on the patient, I could see the effects that ill health has on everyone. I noticed, there were people making out time to come to visit, others, more involving, ran errands to get food, drugs and the likes, while very close friends and famil...

*131*7*5*1# is the portal to open you up to Data heaven (only for MTN believers only). It is funny because, as many people as typed in the code got in. Even in some cases where it came up with an error message, they were still rewarded for their efforts. I knew a guy who utilised a Nokia 3310 and still got into data heaven - got me thinking about salvation and heaven. It doesn't matter your type of phone, even if it is rubber banded with a cracked up screen, so far you type in the code, you get into data heaven. Get it? But my main concern now is the moral discuss surrounding the utilization of the flaw in the system of the telecommunication company that led many to get as much as 240GB of data valid for three months (I don't know if anyone got greater than this) without paying a dime. Social media was agog with messages from people intimating their friends (and foes) about the "good news" and later a moral discussion surrounding the event. From subscri...

Schooling for many people is to prepare them for a solid, safe financial future and this is where many get it wrong. While securing a future is a good thing, schooling is designed for a more holistic purpose. Has I had said in my previous post, wrong department or not, schooling helps build a total man (or woman). At best what your departmental choice will do for you is to bring you basic concepts and terminologies that will make training easier. So why school? EDUCATION FOR A FUTURE CAREER While the general concept of schooling, particularly tertiary education is to upgrade the level of thought and ability to reason, schooling, in particular, tailors your suitability for specific career choices. While you ultimately decide what you want to do with your life, the kind of education you get particularly based on your course options will prepare you for a future career in that area. I have emphasized before that while the techniques and methods for achieving results ...

Business is starting up, doing well and you are making strides, meeting your targets. The thoughts of registering your business come to mind or you have heard people talking about it. You are interested, but really do not see the need. Why spend your hard earned profit giving the government when you can continue your local business without any hindrance? Here are some reasons and benefits I know from registering your business. 1. Validation You cannot beat the sense of validation that registering your business brings. I remember when the silver grey and green CAC sheet got to me. It was a feeling of accomplishment. My dream was not fully achieved, but I had gotten it off from being just a thought to something concrete. I was not just another startup idea to be added to the countless others in dreamland, it was real and the energy it gave me to forge ahead huge.   As an entrepreneur, you want to break down your dream into smaller achievable tasks and registering is a ...

Being a man means you have men circles and most times the issue of marriage comes up. I remember being a part of an informal intervention for a bro who needed to make a decision about a lady he was considering marrying. It was interesting, particularly when the older "bros" who were unmarried started giving their advice with sprinkles of personal experiences to drive home their point. Many had regrets, particularly looking in retrospect about opportunities they missed and decisions they had made or refused to make. Another interesting thing, which I think makes it different from a ladies gang, was that nobody dropped a "to-do list", rather it was like an offering contribution of thoughts and experiences for the young man to go home and make a decision with. Ultimately, any decision, though influenced by the pot will not be an instruction from anyone but a resolution from within. While all these went on I remember, talking within myself, that even thou...

If you have attended any of my classes particularly for final and penultimate year students, you would have heard me at one time or the other make this statement, even with mild threats (of course with clear explanations. The phrase is just for catch power!). While I did a master's degree (and will conclude my PhD soon), I have advised a lot of students not to take that route. It might look hypocritical, but I will explain it to you. The problem largely stems from a lot of students not being able to decide on time what they want to do with their lives. Like I usually say, schooling is meant to mature you, and sadly, a lot of students spend 4/5 years in school without determining or charting a course for their lives or careers (I recently had to reprimand a small group who were more interested in bragging about the number of female genitalia they have mutilated with theirs, instead of focusing on their upcoming exams). Fortunately, the government gives everyone a one y...

Skills and Talents are a valuable resource one can possess in the market place of life. In fact, putting talent and time to use, one can get as much money as your heart can desire. I once knew a young man who travelled abroad with almost nothing save a backpack and his dreams. He was skilled and well vast in the creative space particularly media. Although it took him time to acquire a work permit and to get a good employ to work his skills at, he already got going from day one by selling his skills in exchange for the needed stability he required to settle down. He got talking to the employment agency staff and told them about his ability to design graphic elements, posters and the like and did a few for the office there. Immediately, the lady took up his case file, giving him tips and helping him secure the best job offers. She also linked him with small businesses requiring design services, gave him hints as to what to expect and how to negotiate a good salary at the int...