Unfortunately, the clock is ticking; the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.
Haruki Murakami
It was one of those Sunday mornings. My wife was racing against time. Turning to our then two years old son, she soothingly addressed him, “Bobby, let’s hurry…
Igrew up in rural Nigeria where books are scarce. I was well past my sixth birthday before I learned to read. Afterwards, and still in my naivety, my first self-assigned mission was to read everything in sight.
At our town’s Tourist Center, I discovered a book with many pages missing…
Every one lives by selling one thing or the other. Either you are selling or being sold to. Those who are further on in life’s game of survival have among other skills, mastered the art of selling, early in their journeys.
Even though this book has been around for almost…
It was late Sunday night. Both of us have been busy from late the previous night. The early hours of the new day of a new week were rapidly counting up. The FM radio station on the phone was on. I joined her to listen to a lively ministration from…
As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. (2 Corinthians 6:10)
~ Apostle Paul
Merriam Webster dictionary on my phone defined abundance as, an ample quantity of, relative degree of plentifulness, profusion, and wealth. …
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Yes, I know it. You’ve already had more than your fair share of those seemingly unending tips and hacks for keeping your head above the waters in these turbulent times.
Right from our mothers’ wombs to our infant days and all through our early…
If you are a Nigerian or if you ever have lived in or have interactions with my people, you cannot but wonder and ask “Why has my nation been increasingly becoming underdeveloped in recent years?” I think I’ve found the major reason. Read on.
Through the view of developmental economics…
Many people are familiar with Intelligence Quotient (IQ). Many of us still remember our first job placement interviews and the fleet of IQ bombarded at us from across the table. With time, experience has proved that high IQ is not directly proportional to how successful or effective one is in…
Often we presume to know the reasons behind others’ behaviors and actions. In reality, we are frequently more in error than otherwise. This is due in part to what social psychologists call fundamental attribution error (FAE).
“Fundamental attribution error also known as correspondence bias or attribution effect is the tendency…
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude.~William Shakespeare (As You Like It)
One good turn deserves another. Meaning, kindness should and ought to be reciprocated. Unfortunately, many people often chose to forget the reciprocal side of the compassion equation. …
