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If I got a dollar for every time I got asked how I manage to get things done, Mrs. Alakija would have nothing on me. In my own opinion, time management is a survival skill everyone should have. It saves you from a lot of unnecessary stress. In this article, I’ll share with you some tips that have worked so well for me. I am positive they would work for you too. First, you need a schedule. Yes! ‘Let me …

It’s been over a month since I was sent home for just two weeks and I am still home. I have seen humanity try to adapt to unprecedented change. So far so good, I must say that we are doing a good job. It reminds me of secondary school, the catch acronym for the characteristics of living organisms:  MR NIGER ACD M- Movement R- Respiration N- Nutrition I-Irritability G- Growth E- Excretion R- Respiration Adaptation C-Competition D -Death We were …

“If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.”– Elon Musk We all have hopes and dreams, so many people want to make their life count. I included. We all just want to do something meaningful but most of the things stopping us has a lot to do with us. From the last episode of the JM show, if you are not where you ought to be, you are 80% responsible. “Discipline …

They say time is an illusion, to me, time is that very big deal that I cannot touch but keep. Somehow seems to matter the most. I just have to master it! What is time? “Time slips through our hands like grains of sand, never to return again. Those who use time wisely are rewarded with rich, productive and satisfying lives.” Robin Sharma Understanding time and gaining true mastery of it will go a really long way in defining your …

What does it mean to feel entitled? We all have our respective definitions for entitlement but let’s just work with what the dictionary says: The condition of having a right to have, do, or get something The feeling or belief that you deserve to be given something A type of financial help provided by the government for members of a particular group Of these definitions, I love the second the most! The feeling or BELIEF that you deserve to be …

Year planner! year planner!!year planner!!! In my last article, I shared how I started using a year planner and a bit of my experience. It was one of the best decisions I made this year. Here are some of the benefits I enjoyed: I had a proper plan for my day I had a place to pen down my dreams, ideas and goals I had a year’s plan written down Better time management I hardly forgot important things Procrastination was …

    Many times, we all think that an advice is meant to come in a subtle environment. The advisor sits you down and tells you slowly about the way out or what you should do. I beg to disagree, one of the best piece of advice I got this year was never said to me. I know you must be thinking so how did you get it? This girl has come again with a new one! Patience, please stay …

7 reasons why you must love you Have you ever been in conversations with some people and you just discover that they have so much self-hate, or rather pity. They just they are no good. I remember being with someone once and she looked in the mirror and said is this how a human being should look? Right there, I wondered why so much hate though? Self-love isn’t about idolizing yourself, it is about allowing yourself feel your own love …

A mind purge might be all you need What is the mind anyways? The element of a person that enables them to be aware of the world and their experiences, to think, and to feel; the faculty of consciousness and thought. Have you ever been in situations and you can’t seem to figure the way out? I guess at one point or the other we’ve all been in that place. You just keep trying different routes out but it all …

It is very easy to get caught up with how beautiful something or people look on the outside; like my people will say, ‘all na packaging’. I remember when I first ventured into entrepreneurship, nobody told me it was a totally different ball game. I’ll simply say I was one of those people that walked in blindly. I always looked up to big brands (which is a good thing) but all I could see was the glory. Their story has …