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ON MY JOURNEY TO GOD: LEARNING THE LESSONS LIFE SERVED ME (Part 2)
ON MY JOURNEY TO GOD: LEARNING THE LESSONS THAT LIFE SERVED ME (Part 2) I began this by telling the story of the events leading up to my mom getting shot by armed robbers on the streets of Lagos. We found that the bullet had snapped her spine clean and she instantly became a paraplegic. […]
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ON MY JOURNEY TO GOD: LEARNING THE LESSONS LIFE SERVED ME
Everybody feels some sort of pain or the other. Life has shown me that pain is not an enemy, but is instead proof that an enemy exists. What we do with our pain and how we respond to it will determine how we turn out and what other things we will get out of life. Pain can actually be a friend if it is utilized properly.
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DONALD TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS AND DANGEROUS RED LINES
The late Nobel Prize winner and political economist Thomas Schelling is said to have noted 2 critical things in international politics and diplomacy- “Threats when they fail and promises when they succeed.” In his recent State of the Union address I was particularly interested in what President Donald Trump had to say about U.S foreign […]
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COMMUNICATION: 5 STEPS TO BETTER COMMUNICATION IN MARRIAGE
5 STEPS TO BETTER COMMUNICATION STEP 1 TAKE OUT TIME FOR EACH OTHER: Time must be invested in any relationship that will work. Time, although a highly expendable resource, is an invaluable one. We usually exchange our time for what we place value on. If you are on a 9-5 you exchange those work hours […]
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COMMUNICATION IN MARRIAGE: 3 OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
We began this series talking about Communication. In an earlier episode we defined the term and spoke about the various carriers of communication. Having identified them, and having resolved that Communication is the lifeblood of a successful relationship we will in this Instalment speak about the hindrances to effective communication. There are 3 Obstacles to […]
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SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: A PRACTICAL LOOK AT HOW PARTS OF CULTURE IMPEDE NIGERIA
In the two installments of the article- “Swimming Against the Tide: How Society determines our behavior and how to buck the trend” we established the fact that society and culture can shape the values, and by extension the behavior of its members. We then went further to give the technical definitions of each of the […]
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SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: HOW SOCIETY DETERMINES OUR BEHAVIOR, AND HOW TO BUCK THE TREND (Part II)
We began this series by speaking about the effects of culture on behavior and how to buck the trend if the behavior isn’t favorable. We spoke about Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions Theory and began to use it as a framework for analysis. We explored the 6 Dimensions and looked at 4 of them with some […]
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SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: HOW SOCIETY DETERMINES OUR BEHAVIOR, AND HOW TO BUCK THE TREND
SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: HOW SOCIETY DETERMINES OUR BEHAVIOR, AND HOW TO BUCK THE TREND Different societies, just like different individuals, have different ways they view and relate with the world. It’s the concept of the colored sunglasses at play. We tend to view the world not the way it is but the way we […]
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WHAT HATE SPEECH IS NOT
WHAT HATE SPEECH IS NOT This will be a very simple and straight to the point kind of article. Considering that this Blog is essentially a life class module we will delve into something that is a bit discordant even though it affects all who are Nigerians reading this. The most important resource on earth […]
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THE CONCEPT OF DEJA VU (Part 2)
THE CONCEPT OF DEJA VU (Part II): OTHER “EXPLANATIONS” We began this series on understanding the phenomenon of Deja Vu by pointing out the various potential explanations I heard a group of people giving over this phenomenon. We first defined Deja Vu, and one of the definitions we gave of it was- “…a feeling of […]