GOOD ACADEMIC GRADES AND PERSONAL QUALITIES: "KEY DETERMINANTS OF LABOUR MARKET SUCCESS."
It
is so good that you have taken this audacious step! I mean, making the
decision to take your education to tertiary level and even beyond.
Getting this far was not easy, I know. No doubt, you have endured many
rainy and sunny days. You have gone through the bustle and hassle of
elementary education, basic education, secondary education; and you have
even done various examinations that range from WASSCE, NECO, UTME and
post UTME.
Now, here you are! An undergraduate hoping to be a
graduate in the nearest few years; serves his father land, and land a
‘very well paying job’ for himself. Good, you have envisioned well! But,
truth be told; all these may possibly remain a mirage, or might I
simply say ‘fantasy’, if you fail to strive for good grades and work on
your personal qualities and traits.
You need not be told that this
country has become so fiercely competitive that only those who possess
the prerequisites are making head way and getting to the peak. As a
student, graduate to be, and a potential job seeker, the prerequisites
to becoming successful in the corporate world are your good academic
grade and personal qualities.
The growth of this country’s
population has become so exponential that we now find it hard to balance
our needs with resources. By implication, Jobs that were always readily
available for graduates in the 70s and 80s, have become so scarce that
companies now take different stringent measures to streamline the number
of applicants that can apply for their openings. One of such measures
is setting ‘minimum academic grade’.
Except and unless you are
not interested in working under anyone; if you do, I sincerely urge you
to strive for good grades in your academics. Although, a high academic
grade is not an ‘end’ in itself, but it is sure a very good ‘means to an
end’. A good academic grade gives you an identity and recognition. It
endears you to employers and carves attention to you. Good academic
grade gives you competitive edge and you will need not be disturbed by
minimum grades set by employers. However, all that said, I need to
sincerely tell you that getting good grades takes sheer hard work and
self-discipline. It takes perseverance and self-determination. You must
be ready to pay the price and give all it takes. You need to set the
goal and ensure that you diligently work towards it.
Now, after
your good grade has gotten you those appointments for interview, the
next thing that could either make or mar you in the journey of landing a
good job are your personal skills and qualities. It is good that you
have good academic grade! But, beyond that, the employers want to see
what you are bringing to table. They want to see your demeanor,
communication prowess – the usage of the queen’s language, your
analytical skill, your professional etiquette, among others. Every
employee of an organization is presumed to be a brand representative of
that organization. Hence, no ‘image conscious’ organization would be
willing to have a mediocre has its representative.
In
conclusion, evaluate yourself today and try to figure out those personal
traits, if any, that can mar your success and try to do away with them.
That might require that you stop some of the things you currently do or
even avoid some of your friends. You need to try as much as possible to
cultivate those excellent qualities and also try to put-in for skills
that you know would place you in a better position in the labor market.
I pray that we will all get to the mountain top after our sojourn in our various campuses.
Beautiful day to you all.
Showing posts with label career. Show all posts
Showing posts with label career. Show all posts
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Monday, 7 March 2016
8 Things You Must Do Before Concluding Your NYSC Programme
Job hunting could be an uphill task for most fresh graduates considering
the fact that it is a game of the survival of the fittest.Below are a
list of 8 things you must get done while serving your nation to be
better positioned for the job hunt especially in the private sector.
1.DECIDE ON THE KIND OF JOB YOU WANT: The first thing you must do is to take a decision on the kind of job you want.You can even stream line it down to the list of companies you would want to work for, that way you know what you are preparing for and how to go about it. It amuses me when job hunters come to an office and are asked what kind of job do you want and they go like “oga, any job”. Any job is no job dude, take a decision today because it will determine a whole lot of things in your preparation.
2.RESEARCH: Carry out a research on the company(ies) you would like to work with. It baffles me how people submit their CVs to companies they know little or nothing about. A little research will do you some good. Get to know a thing or two about their history, the people, their organizational culture, their vision and their mission statement.
3.PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION: Acquire at least one professional certification. This is why you should decide first on the choice of career/job you want as it will help you decide on which professional course to go for. Don’t be a party to the band wagon mentality that is prevalent among corps members. Everybody is going for project management, therefore must you too go for project management? Everybody in your lodge is enrolling for NIM, so you too must enroll for NIM. That is not true. Get to find out the professional certification that best suits your dream job. All you may just need is a course on safety or data base management. Trust me!
4.SKILL ACQUSITION: Please learn a new skill. Get your hands on something, so when they ask you, what can you do? You can provide a definite answer, instead of just telling them what you studied. What you studied and what you can do are two distinct things altogether. This is very important especially for my friends with a background in social sciences. A good skill acquired could also be handy pending when the dream job comes.
5.CHANGE YOUR WARDROBE: Dude please dress like your dream job. Starting building a professional wardrobe from that small alawee. It’s not the time to spend your money on another dirty jean, combat pants, or what have you. Get yourself a cutting edge professional suit (don’t bank on your convocation suit to do the job). It doesn’t cost much. For guys, invest on good ties,cufflinks, shoe, shirts, and a good brief case or bag and stop carrying your cv in that big brown envelope, some directors can sight you from their office and tell the security or secretary “don’t let that guy in, he is looking for a job.
6.WORK ON YOUR WEB IMAGE: Image is everything. Shun those clichés’ or fat lies on our CV, if I go through your Facebook timeline or twitter handle , I will tell the kind of person you are ( I just shared a little secret of what some employers now do, work on it and thank me later). If your Facebook timeline and profile is not decent, work on it or get a new one before you start job hunting. Follow the company you would like to work for on twitter, like their page on Facebook. Build a professional online presence .Get a good e-mail ID (Do away with the xyz4love@yahoo.com craze and the likes of it.). a good professional ID comprises of your name and your surname e.gadewalejohnson@yahoo.com.
7.IMPROVE YOUR NETWORK: The job you are looking for dey some people hand, Hello! Start building your contact list, invest in strategic relationships while you are still serving. Join associations, clubs, and forums. Ladies you can join Women in Management and Business (WimBiz), the biggest association for women professionals in West Africa. You can enroll for their mentee program as a young female graduate. Trust me, you don’t need to know the caliber of women you meet in such an association. One good contact is worth more than a hundred CV submitted at random. Build new, better, and strategic relationships.
8.GET A MENTOR: Identify someone who has distinguished him or herself in the career you desire to pursue. A good mentor can carry you along, just make sure the person is accessible. Don’t go telling me that Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is your mentor, when you two don’t communicate. She can
be your role model, but obviously not your mentor. Identify someone that can create time for you and probably entrust you with responsibilities, even if you don’t get paid.
I hope you find this useful
1.DECIDE ON THE KIND OF JOB YOU WANT: The first thing you must do is to take a decision on the kind of job you want.You can even stream line it down to the list of companies you would want to work for, that way you know what you are preparing for and how to go about it. It amuses me when job hunters come to an office and are asked what kind of job do you want and they go like “oga, any job”. Any job is no job dude, take a decision today because it will determine a whole lot of things in your preparation.
2.RESEARCH: Carry out a research on the company(ies) you would like to work with. It baffles me how people submit their CVs to companies they know little or nothing about. A little research will do you some good. Get to know a thing or two about their history, the people, their organizational culture, their vision and their mission statement.
3.PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION: Acquire at least one professional certification. This is why you should decide first on the choice of career/job you want as it will help you decide on which professional course to go for. Don’t be a party to the band wagon mentality that is prevalent among corps members. Everybody is going for project management, therefore must you too go for project management? Everybody in your lodge is enrolling for NIM, so you too must enroll for NIM. That is not true. Get to find out the professional certification that best suits your dream job. All you may just need is a course on safety or data base management. Trust me!
4.SKILL ACQUSITION: Please learn a new skill. Get your hands on something, so when they ask you, what can you do? You can provide a definite answer, instead of just telling them what you studied. What you studied and what you can do are two distinct things altogether. This is very important especially for my friends with a background in social sciences. A good skill acquired could also be handy pending when the dream job comes.
5.CHANGE YOUR WARDROBE: Dude please dress like your dream job. Starting building a professional wardrobe from that small alawee. It’s not the time to spend your money on another dirty jean, combat pants, or what have you. Get yourself a cutting edge professional suit (don’t bank on your convocation suit to do the job). It doesn’t cost much. For guys, invest on good ties,cufflinks, shoe, shirts, and a good brief case or bag and stop carrying your cv in that big brown envelope, some directors can sight you from their office and tell the security or secretary “don’t let that guy in, he is looking for a job.
6.WORK ON YOUR WEB IMAGE: Image is everything. Shun those clichés’ or fat lies on our CV, if I go through your Facebook timeline or twitter handle , I will tell the kind of person you are ( I just shared a little secret of what some employers now do, work on it and thank me later). If your Facebook timeline and profile is not decent, work on it or get a new one before you start job hunting. Follow the company you would like to work for on twitter, like their page on Facebook. Build a professional online presence .Get a good e-mail ID (Do away with the xyz4love@yahoo.com craze and the likes of it.). a good professional ID comprises of your name and your surname e.gadewalejohnson@yahoo.com.
7.IMPROVE YOUR NETWORK: The job you are looking for dey some people hand, Hello! Start building your contact list, invest in strategic relationships while you are still serving. Join associations, clubs, and forums. Ladies you can join Women in Management and Business (WimBiz), the biggest association for women professionals in West Africa. You can enroll for their mentee program as a young female graduate. Trust me, you don’t need to know the caliber of women you meet in such an association. One good contact is worth more than a hundred CV submitted at random. Build new, better, and strategic relationships.
8.GET A MENTOR: Identify someone who has distinguished him or herself in the career you desire to pursue. A good mentor can carry you along, just make sure the person is accessible. Don’t go telling me that Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is your mentor, when you two don’t communicate. She can
be your role model, but obviously not your mentor. Identify someone that can create time for you and probably entrust you with responsibilities, even if you don’t get paid.
I hope you find this useful
Sunday, 31 January 2016
4 steps to dealing with rejection or self persecution
You know that time of the year when we do a thorough “self
evaluation”, to know what good and what bad we did in the year. How much
we met our “New year resolutions”?
Well, that time is here. And it can play a tricky one on our feelings.
Imagine setting so many goals for the year, and realising you achieved almost none, imagine the feeling of rejection or in most cases self persecution that will come from that…
It is very normal to go through that feeling, but the question is how do we deal with that realisation?
1. Do not isolate yourself for too long: It is okay for you to feel
like being alone or isolating yourself when you feel rejected or
unaccomplished. But there should be a time frame for that.
Too much of anything is never good.
2. Get/speak to your care bears (People ready to listen to and give you a loving word or two).
Sometimes all we really need is a hug or two.
3. Re-engage yourself: Assuming the rejection/ self reflection showed you how much free time you indulged in. The fact that you don’t fill fulfilled means you are NOT doing something.
Re-engage yourself, start new projects, add something to your plate. Do more.
4. Re-strategise: So you got rejected or you feel like you did not
accomplish as much as you would have loved to. Well that’s in the past.
It is time for you to re-strategise, plan for the future.
If xyz did not work last year, maybe ABC will work next year.
However, ALWAYS Believe in yourself. Because you got rejected now,
or didn’t accomplish all you planned to doesn’t mean you can’t make it…
Rejection can be seen as a wake up call, reminding you that you can do better!
Saturday, 30 January 2016
More things you should be doing as an undergraduate
- Diversifying from your major a bit: Imagine a scenario where you don’t get what you really want but you can/are willing to be engaged in several other profitable and legitimate endeavours; in fact, I advise aside your regular 8-5, if you intend going that path(like me), have a side business/venture and at least one non-taxable (or very low rate) income source. I intend becoming a process engineer for instance but have been preparing for other career paths or at least prepare myself to take up other roles. Procurement, logistics and supply chain management, lecturing, civil service (only in certain departments) etc have their respective points in my list of priority (this list I advise should be drafted after considering my next point). Albeit, If I decide to leave the engineering discipline entirely. Within the discipline, I still have priority based on assumptions I made from investigations and happenings. All these are based on my current orientation which are subject to the constant law in life, change! FMCGs, oil exploration and production, gas processing, consulting, oil servicing et al, they all have their place based on several factors (not discussed now). Independent research and gathering as much knowledge as possible is strongly preached. The side business could be anything that fetches revenue based on your ‘person.’ Non-taxable (or with less rate) income sources in our society are numerous. Paid personal career advices and services, speaking engagements, a distinguished Compere/Master of Ceremonies(MC), professional dancing/singing, modelling, events planning, tutorial centres/services, professional or free lance writing etc. The list is endless. Just plan in that regard, basically.
- Study and try and understand how life works: I like telling people that critical in this life is understanding yourself very well and the way the world works. That simple understanding will save you a whole lot of stress. Lots of things are decisive; good information, networking, seizing opportunities, being a master in your field, climbing the corporate ladder, politicking and politics, bribery, corruption, importance of common sense, knowing when to draw the line in all your dealings, relationships and affairs, sex, family, money, responsibilities, fate, virtues, how everything now depends on speed etc. The list is endless but I’m certain you can relate.
- Have fun: It used to be a cliché that “I love you” was the most deceitful teenage word which even extended to everyone. Now its UOLO (U only live once). Many now take it to mean several things. I recommend having fun, within your own limits. When you start that life, you’d be saddled with many engagements, so have that fun and don’t lose your youthfulness. Eat, try other things, party, meet lots of new people, dance and sing, play well. [While I agree that one should be Social, I don’t buy this point fully. If you play or party too much, you may lose focus. You can be Social without being a party-rocker]
- Learn and try different things: I voluntarily interned with drycleaners, one week each just because I wanted to learn about fabrics tendering, how to starch and iron properly etc. I had always wanted to learn the organ, so when I am less busy, I look and pay for who can teach me. I feel I have a lot of energy and time, so I make use of it. Positively. You can sing, go to a studio, record it and just share it for free, I still write lots of stories and articles, convert to ebooks and give out, some I try to publish on various media. There are tons of things to do. You can learn a language, there’s catering, fashion, dance, blogging etc, all for fun. You’d be happy when people appreciate your work.There’s GRE and GMAT, you can start preparing ahead, professional exams too. Learn freely, without compulsion. Organise a programme for younger ones in your department. I still advise 100 level students on importance of applying for scholarships, debates and writing competitions, competitions and great programmes generally. Aside the money, if you win, those tests help you stay in shape, would be helpful during job-hunt. The vocabularies you are exposed to while writing, constantly thinking and creating cannot be overemphasized. Several activities are there. Focus on indirect learning as well.
Friday, 29 January 2016
HOW TO PASS PROFESSIONAL EXAMS
Passing professional exams can prove to be a daunting task to many
people. It is common to see people that did well in their academic programmes – even first class graduates – struggling with professional exams.
The following tips can be helpful in acing professional exams, especially management exams like ICAN, ACCA, CFA, CITN, CIMA etc:-
1, You hardly need to cram
Academic exams, especially in Nigerian schools, are majorly restricted to your school notes. Also, in Nigerian educational system, residual knowledge is hardly helpful as many teachers are one-way – either you give the definition they gave you in class or you fail. This has forced many students into crammers. In professional exams, you hardly need to cram. Read to understand the concept and put in your own words. Thankfully, if you scored 50% in many professional exams, you have passed.
2, Syllabus-based reading
It is very important to get the syllabus for the professional exam you want to write and use as a guide in reading. Most times, they don’t go outside of the syllabus. Sometimes, you may not even need to complete the syllabus. Most professional examining bodies don’t set questions from same topic in two consecutive diets, so if you don’t have time to complete the syllabus, you can specialize by concentrating on areas that have not been set as exams in recent times. But it should be noted that your best bet remains completing the syllabus.
3, Residual knowledge can be helpful
One major bane of many candidates for professional exams is tendency to be thrown off balance once they see a question on a topic they have not come across before. Sometimes, examining bodies set shock questions, questions that are not in the syllabus or in the syllabus but twisted in a such a way that you may not even know they are there. They are only testing your ability to think on your feet. Residual knowledge is the key here. The answer may be in some interactions you have seen on Facebook, or on discussion forums like Nairaland, or in newspapers. These are hardly 1+1=2 questions, and the examiners know this. They just want to test your ability to apply your knowledge. You will not see “Corruption & Managers” as a topic in ACCA syllabus, but you may see a case study that tests that. You may see a question that tests “Sports & Tax practitioners” in a tax professional exam. Your residual knowledge is they key here. Being versatile, rather than being only a narrow-minded, unidirectional book reader, may be helpful here.
4, Never leave a theory question blank
When you come across a question that you have no idea about, write anything you know about that subject, even if it is not the answer. You see, if you leave the question blank, you will score zero in that question, but if you rant for like 5 lines on the topic, even if it’s just perambulation, the worst is that you will still score zero, but you’re likely not to score zero. Just write something, just anything you know about the subject. The 3/10 you score in that from your rambling may be the difference between 47% (fail) and 50% (pass).
5, Past questions are king
Treat as many past questions as possible. If possible, get past questions for as much as 10 years. Test your knowledge by first answering the questions and then go and check the answers. Do that again, again and again. The role of past questions in acing professional exams just cannot be overemphasized.
The following tips can be helpful in acing professional exams, especially management exams like ICAN, ACCA, CFA, CITN, CIMA etc:-
1, You hardly need to cram
Academic exams, especially in Nigerian schools, are majorly restricted to your school notes. Also, in Nigerian educational system, residual knowledge is hardly helpful as many teachers are one-way – either you give the definition they gave you in class or you fail. This has forced many students into crammers. In professional exams, you hardly need to cram. Read to understand the concept and put in your own words. Thankfully, if you scored 50% in many professional exams, you have passed.
2, Syllabus-based reading
It is very important to get the syllabus for the professional exam you want to write and use as a guide in reading. Most times, they don’t go outside of the syllabus. Sometimes, you may not even need to complete the syllabus. Most professional examining bodies don’t set questions from same topic in two consecutive diets, so if you don’t have time to complete the syllabus, you can specialize by concentrating on areas that have not been set as exams in recent times. But it should be noted that your best bet remains completing the syllabus.
3, Residual knowledge can be helpful
One major bane of many candidates for professional exams is tendency to be thrown off balance once they see a question on a topic they have not come across before. Sometimes, examining bodies set shock questions, questions that are not in the syllabus or in the syllabus but twisted in a such a way that you may not even know they are there. They are only testing your ability to think on your feet. Residual knowledge is the key here. The answer may be in some interactions you have seen on Facebook, or on discussion forums like Nairaland, or in newspapers. These are hardly 1+1=2 questions, and the examiners know this. They just want to test your ability to apply your knowledge. You will not see “Corruption & Managers” as a topic in ACCA syllabus, but you may see a case study that tests that. You may see a question that tests “Sports & Tax practitioners” in a tax professional exam. Your residual knowledge is they key here. Being versatile, rather than being only a narrow-minded, unidirectional book reader, may be helpful here.
4, Never leave a theory question blank
When you come across a question that you have no idea about, write anything you know about that subject, even if it is not the answer. You see, if you leave the question blank, you will score zero in that question, but if you rant for like 5 lines on the topic, even if it’s just perambulation, the worst is that you will still score zero, but you’re likely not to score zero. Just write something, just anything you know about the subject. The 3/10 you score in that from your rambling may be the difference between 47% (fail) and 50% (pass).
5, Past questions are king
Treat as many past questions as possible. If possible, get past questions for as much as 10 years. Test your knowledge by first answering the questions and then go and check the answers. Do that again, again and again. The role of past questions in acing professional exams just cannot be overemphasized.
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Students, Start Now To Prepare For Life After School
Let's make something clear, “students think". In fact, students think a
lot about money, drinks, parties, opposite sex and so on but most
importantly students think about their lives after school, which is
good.
The bad thing however is that what they think about life after school are majorly unrealistic thoughts like, "hey, I am finally in 100 level studying economics in Kogi State University, and I'll graduate in 4 years’ time, then go for service and probably do some masters and PhD thingy then get a job and make money".
That's so unrealistic that its makes WWE wrestling more real. Its plain garbage thought you need to start getting out of your head. This life isn't Hollywood, and when you're born into one hell of a country like Nigeria you need to wise up and start thinking with your "brain".
If you can take your time and look outside your window to see millions of graduates roaming about the streets you'll probably understand that it’s not as easy as you think it is, if it was that easy your parents and your friends parents and all parents in Nigeria will be multi billionaires and you may not even need to go to school.
Life isn't easy, and Nigeria is making life even harder for Nigerians. The labour market is so choked up, it will take extra power for an angel to pass through. There is hardship in every corner of the country and the earlier you realize these things, the better for you.
So instead partying and smiling all around school why don't you sit yourself down and not only think logically but also plan logically. These topics might get you onto the right path:
- First and foremost you need to realize you only have one life to live, every circumstance you find yourself will most definitely come once, you don't go to primary school twice, well, except you're going there the second time to teach or something. My point is, in every situation you find yourself you have to try hard in making the best outta that situation, if you don't succeed, it’s okay, at least you tried.
- Ask yourself questions, like why are there few rich people in the country, what can I do to get there, what are my potentials, what are my weaknesses. You have tons of questions you should start asking yourself.
- You need to start tasking yourself. Are you too young to make money?? I mean, there are lots of unemployed graduates out there who still depend on their parents. I know you don't want to belong in that category when you're done with school. You need to know what you have to do to make that money so you do not have to depend on anybody.
God has given you a talent, why don't you discover it and start using it to make money now. There are tons of things you can do as an undergraduate that can cough out money for you, you just need to think and plan on how to strike a balance between your academics and what you're doing.
It's not how petty the job is or how little you're earning. It’s about knowing for a fact that you can do something to improve your situation.
A lot of OND, HND, BSc, PhD holders are out there (those certs are common these days), some even have all those certs with them at the moment but have nothing to show for it because they failed to realize that school is not about learning on how to work for a boss, it’s also about how to develop yourself to being your own boss.
- You need to stop thinking about your future and know that the future you are thinking of is "NOW". You have to start thinking and planning logically from now on.
- You need to start encouraging yourself to do things that'll make you big. Forget where you are now, it doesn't matter, its where you're going to be when it’s all said and done that matters.
Forget the fact that you stay in Dagana or you stay in one shady place around KSU, and your fellow mates stay in billionaires lodge or exquisite lodge (it’s probably not their money anyways), it doesn't matter. What matters is that you are formulating a plan that will change your situation when four years is done and dusted.
- All in all you have to think of doing only what's necessary to get that money, not something people like or what they don't like, not what brings shame to you or doesn't bring shame to you, you don't have to care what people think about you, 'cause at the end of it all it's you and only you that matters.
Nobody remembers the disgusting or not disgusting things Dangote has done in the past, because it was necessary to get him to where he is now, “the richest man in Africa".
The bad thing however is that what they think about life after school are majorly unrealistic thoughts like, "hey, I am finally in 100 level studying economics in Kogi State University, and I'll graduate in 4 years’ time, then go for service and probably do some masters and PhD thingy then get a job and make money".
That's so unrealistic that its makes WWE wrestling more real. Its plain garbage thought you need to start getting out of your head. This life isn't Hollywood, and when you're born into one hell of a country like Nigeria you need to wise up and start thinking with your "brain".
If you can take your time and look outside your window to see millions of graduates roaming about the streets you'll probably understand that it’s not as easy as you think it is, if it was that easy your parents and your friends parents and all parents in Nigeria will be multi billionaires and you may not even need to go to school.
Life isn't easy, and Nigeria is making life even harder for Nigerians. The labour market is so choked up, it will take extra power for an angel to pass through. There is hardship in every corner of the country and the earlier you realize these things, the better for you.
So instead partying and smiling all around school why don't you sit yourself down and not only think logically but also plan logically. These topics might get you onto the right path:
- First and foremost you need to realize you only have one life to live, every circumstance you find yourself will most definitely come once, you don't go to primary school twice, well, except you're going there the second time to teach or something. My point is, in every situation you find yourself you have to try hard in making the best outta that situation, if you don't succeed, it’s okay, at least you tried.
- Ask yourself questions, like why are there few rich people in the country, what can I do to get there, what are my potentials, what are my weaknesses. You have tons of questions you should start asking yourself.
- You need to start tasking yourself. Are you too young to make money?? I mean, there are lots of unemployed graduates out there who still depend on their parents. I know you don't want to belong in that category when you're done with school. You need to know what you have to do to make that money so you do not have to depend on anybody.
God has given you a talent, why don't you discover it and start using it to make money now. There are tons of things you can do as an undergraduate that can cough out money for you, you just need to think and plan on how to strike a balance between your academics and what you're doing.
It's not how petty the job is or how little you're earning. It’s about knowing for a fact that you can do something to improve your situation.
A lot of OND, HND, BSc, PhD holders are out there (those certs are common these days), some even have all those certs with them at the moment but have nothing to show for it because they failed to realize that school is not about learning on how to work for a boss, it’s also about how to develop yourself to being your own boss.
- You need to stop thinking about your future and know that the future you are thinking of is "NOW". You have to start thinking and planning logically from now on.
- You need to start encouraging yourself to do things that'll make you big. Forget where you are now, it doesn't matter, its where you're going to be when it’s all said and done that matters.
Forget the fact that you stay in Dagana or you stay in one shady place around KSU, and your fellow mates stay in billionaires lodge or exquisite lodge (it’s probably not their money anyways), it doesn't matter. What matters is that you are formulating a plan that will change your situation when four years is done and dusted.
- All in all you have to think of doing only what's necessary to get that money, not something people like or what they don't like, not what brings shame to you or doesn't bring shame to you, you don't have to care what people think about you, 'cause at the end of it all it's you and only you that matters.
Nobody remembers the disgusting or not disgusting things Dangote has done in the past, because it was necessary to get him to where he is now, “the richest man in Africa".
Monday, 25 January 2016
Things Life Will Teach Every Guy When He Leaves Campus
So many undergraduates, including those in their final year in school
erroneously think that life on campus and life outside campus are same
thing. Far from it!!! Life outside campus could just be a sharp contrast
to life on campus. Foresight is better than hindsight...as Book of Proverbs says in the
Holy Book, 'A wise man sees trouble on the way and hides himself but the
foolish man sees it and walks into it'. The wise man will surely learn
by foresight while the foolish man learns by hindsight...after he has
entangled himself.
Below are things life will teach you when you expire from the campus:
1) Life will teach you that creating a romantic relationship with a responsible lady is no longer based on your looks or swaggz but how stable you are financially, emotionally and religiously. In school, you had it easy in getting Kemi to fall over you, abi? You should even think like a grown man before you leave that Ivory Tower!
2) Life will teach you that it is good to work hard to get good grades but not putting all your hopes on degrees and being enterprising and creative is excellent!!!
3) Life will teach you that you should have the fun while it lasts but don't waste your precious time and future banking on relationships that might not see the light of the day after campus!
4) Life will teach you that those people you and your crew were referring to as 'dull and a nobody' might be very intelligent without you knowing. Don't be surprise when you see them in later years in enviable positions in their respective careers! The Ukwuani people of Delta State say, 'Chiosa'...it means that destinies differ! Just because you are close to some corrupt lecturers and they give out marks to you doesn't mean you should look down on everyone!!!
5) Life will teach you that your parents did a lot for you by sending you to school. If you allow heavy hips and water-melonic boobs (Abeg, whatever that means) to confuse, distract and mesmerize you, you are on your own. To see a child through higher institution in Nigeria today nor be bread and Akara o! If na lie I lie, go ask your palee for house!
6) Life will teach you that you should never have compared your life with that of the female. They are and will always be ahead of you in emotional maturity! They might get married before you even think of rounding off your Youth Service Scheme!!!
7) Life will teach you that life, itself, has changed! If you feel you have been a salary earner by deceiving your parents for money back home with cooked-up stories, only to waste it on fruitless things, you will surely get the message vividly when you discover that the cash doesn't come again. You'd need to get up and do something.
8. Life will teach you that you dated some nice girls who you would want for a wife ...you just couldn't help losing them but you did because they are always readily available to be taken far more than you
Below are things life will teach you when you expire from the campus:
1) Life will teach you that creating a romantic relationship with a responsible lady is no longer based on your looks or swaggz but how stable you are financially, emotionally and religiously. In school, you had it easy in getting Kemi to fall over you, abi? You should even think like a grown man before you leave that Ivory Tower!
2) Life will teach you that it is good to work hard to get good grades but not putting all your hopes on degrees and being enterprising and creative is excellent!!!
3) Life will teach you that you should have the fun while it lasts but don't waste your precious time and future banking on relationships that might not see the light of the day after campus!
4) Life will teach you that those people you and your crew were referring to as 'dull and a nobody' might be very intelligent without you knowing. Don't be surprise when you see them in later years in enviable positions in their respective careers! The Ukwuani people of Delta State say, 'Chiosa'...it means that destinies differ! Just because you are close to some corrupt lecturers and they give out marks to you doesn't mean you should look down on everyone!!!
5) Life will teach you that your parents did a lot for you by sending you to school. If you allow heavy hips and water-melonic boobs (Abeg, whatever that means) to confuse, distract and mesmerize you, you are on your own. To see a child through higher institution in Nigeria today nor be bread and Akara o! If na lie I lie, go ask your palee for house!
6) Life will teach you that you should never have compared your life with that of the female. They are and will always be ahead of you in emotional maturity! They might get married before you even think of rounding off your Youth Service Scheme!!!
7) Life will teach you that life, itself, has changed! If you feel you have been a salary earner by deceiving your parents for money back home with cooked-up stories, only to waste it on fruitless things, you will surely get the message vividly when you discover that the cash doesn't come again. You'd need to get up and do something.
8. Life will teach you that you dated some nice girls who you would want for a wife ...you just couldn't help losing them but you did because they are always readily available to be taken far more than you
Sunday, 24 January 2016
Are You Having A Tough Time In Your Academics?? Read This Story
I just have a feeling this may be useful here for some categories of
students. Let me quickly share my story with you....the best sermon is
one's personal experience. I left secondary school in 2004. By 2005, I
got admitted to a state university in Ekiti State. After two years of
studies in Ekiti state, I discovered the program I was enrolled into was
not accredited. To make the story worse, nearly all lecturers in the
faculty of science avidly disliked everything about the program. It was
called SLT then.
Consequently, they mark down our papers. Not only that, they called us all sorts of names like NFA, unfortunate students and the likes anyone who attended the university and did that course can attest to what I am saying. My dad happened to be a staff of the University, so I told him about the poor grades, everything I heard about the program and the intensity of the lecturer's hatred for the program all to no avail. All he said was whenever students don’t want to read, they come up with different flimsy excuses so I kept mute.
After five years of my life in that school, my dad was made one of the board members of the faculty so he saw the whole results since the inception of the program. He saw so may spill over students from year 2000, and the fact that the program has not been accredited. I was in 500 level (final year) then with a lot of carry over courses.....carry over is not a big deal in that program....people had 15. It was so worse that from 300level, you can be so sure you are already a spill over student. My father saw how bad it was and he immediately invited me to his office for a meeting. He blamed himself for not listening to me when I complained 3 years earlier and he said he would want me to transfer immediately. That was how I took my transcript using his influence. I was the first person ever and possibly the last person to get a transcript from the program. I returned to 200level in another school entirely when I ought to graduate with maybe a third class or a pass.
I wasted 5years of my life in Ekiti state University and as a result, i was so sad and depressed. Merely sitting with my younger brother's age mate turned my stomach in anger. Infact when I got to the new school, my own younger brother who I happened to be ahead of by 3years became my senior. The retrogression started affecting my grades such that attending classes became a burden. Along the line, I sat myself down and reasoned deeply about how my life has been. For crying out loud, I used to be one of the best students in secondary school. I was only unfortunate to have attended the wrong program in Ekiti. Though I wasn't given any certificate despite the number of years spent but what about the life lessons I learnt?
From that day onward, I made a concrete decision to change my attitude towards my new classmates and I began to humble myself to a fault. Above all, I began to see my new school as the golden opportunity to start afresh again. My declining grades all of a sudden began to soar so high such that I had 5.0/5.0 in one of the semesters with a bit of dedication and I ended finishing top 5 out of the class
Today, I am currently in Canada on a graduate program fully funded by a Canadian university. Up till now, I am yet to spend a dime of myself in Canada because the scholarship covered everything. Guess what? I even got two scholarships from two different universities and just last week, I got another funding again. Yes just last week! What if I had committed suicide then? Would I have seen the goodness almighty God has packaged in my future today? What I am saying in essence is you can fall as much as possible but whenever you fall and refuse to rise again is when you failed. The righteous shall fall seven times.....but they shall rise again.
Conclusively, whatever the case maybe, dust up yourself and try again. Do not give up so easily because winners never quit and quitters never win. I am sure very soon you gonna look back and smile. Every successful man or woman at some point had a share of that gloomy period when you feel you are all alone and the world is about coming down on you. But I am happy to announce to you that alot of people have tread this same path and today they have become success and point of reference in the society. My brothers and sisters, it is never how far, but how well and tough time never lasts tough people do!!!!!!
SOURCE
Consequently, they mark down our papers. Not only that, they called us all sorts of names like NFA, unfortunate students and the likes anyone who attended the university and did that course can attest to what I am saying. My dad happened to be a staff of the University, so I told him about the poor grades, everything I heard about the program and the intensity of the lecturer's hatred for the program all to no avail. All he said was whenever students don’t want to read, they come up with different flimsy excuses so I kept mute.
After five years of my life in that school, my dad was made one of the board members of the faculty so he saw the whole results since the inception of the program. He saw so may spill over students from year 2000, and the fact that the program has not been accredited. I was in 500 level (final year) then with a lot of carry over courses.....carry over is not a big deal in that program....people had 15. It was so worse that from 300level, you can be so sure you are already a spill over student. My father saw how bad it was and he immediately invited me to his office for a meeting. He blamed himself for not listening to me when I complained 3 years earlier and he said he would want me to transfer immediately. That was how I took my transcript using his influence. I was the first person ever and possibly the last person to get a transcript from the program. I returned to 200level in another school entirely when I ought to graduate with maybe a third class or a pass.
I wasted 5years of my life in Ekiti state University and as a result, i was so sad and depressed. Merely sitting with my younger brother's age mate turned my stomach in anger. Infact when I got to the new school, my own younger brother who I happened to be ahead of by 3years became my senior. The retrogression started affecting my grades such that attending classes became a burden. Along the line, I sat myself down and reasoned deeply about how my life has been. For crying out loud, I used to be one of the best students in secondary school. I was only unfortunate to have attended the wrong program in Ekiti. Though I wasn't given any certificate despite the number of years spent but what about the life lessons I learnt?
From that day onward, I made a concrete decision to change my attitude towards my new classmates and I began to humble myself to a fault. Above all, I began to see my new school as the golden opportunity to start afresh again. My declining grades all of a sudden began to soar so high such that I had 5.0/5.0 in one of the semesters with a bit of dedication and I ended finishing top 5 out of the class
Today, I am currently in Canada on a graduate program fully funded by a Canadian university. Up till now, I am yet to spend a dime of myself in Canada because the scholarship covered everything. Guess what? I even got two scholarships from two different universities and just last week, I got another funding again. Yes just last week! What if I had committed suicide then? Would I have seen the goodness almighty God has packaged in my future today? What I am saying in essence is you can fall as much as possible but whenever you fall and refuse to rise again is when you failed. The righteous shall fall seven times.....but they shall rise again.
Conclusively, whatever the case maybe, dust up yourself and try again. Do not give up so easily because winners never quit and quitters never win. I am sure very soon you gonna look back and smile. Every successful man or woman at some point had a share of that gloomy period when you feel you are all alone and the world is about coming down on you. But I am happy to announce to you that alot of people have tread this same path and today they have become success and point of reference in the society. My brothers and sisters, it is never how far, but how well and tough time never lasts tough people do!!!!!!
SOURCE
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
5 Creative Way To Make Money In 2016 Without Any Capital Investment
Many of us couldn't achieve our 2015 financial resolution not because we
are lazy or lack of good innovations or ideas but as many of my
colleagues then will say "I have an Idea, but no capital",this was also
my best quote or best excuse for not taking bold steps whenever am faced
with issues related to my financial status. Although, I have moved over
that bad mindset now and changed the kind of life and people i share
and discuss my ideas with.
Today i will like to show you 5 good creative business you can venture into without capital, these business does not really require special knowledge or expertise but you have to grow up and sharpen your skills
1. Blogging
I know few of you reading this now, the word 'Blog', 'Blogging' or 'Blogger' is not a new ideology or terms especially when bloggers are making millions doing what they love when they like. Though many in the IT world makes blogging look too complex for interested newbie to start a blog. The good news is Anyone whether old or young, educated or non educated inasmuch you have a genuine reason why you want start one and it is free. People like Linda Ikeji, Jide ogunsanya and my humble self earn from our blogs, so why not decide to know about blogging and start today.
2. Sell for others
Recently, I was in camp for the RCCG annual congress where i met a young beautiful lady who is a student with a strong desire to succeed . While discussing with her i discovered she has nobody to sponsor her tertiary education but she has been coping by selling a mixed fruit package produced by a woman back home in Jos. Many are blessed with good marketing skills that can convince an Eskimo to buy Ice so if you are one this people instead of waiting for that white collar Job while not start utilizing that skill to make cool cash for yourself.
3. TeachingAm not here to advice you to take up a secondary school teaching job that will end up paying you 10k or 30k at the end of the month. We are in an information era where people scout for information, apart from blogging i am an information marketer, i sell what i know or have learnt and people pay me well especially for my money making materials, you too can also venture into this it very easy my friend.
4. Real Estate Agent
I know many are familiar with this business,i mean if you are reading from Nigeria you should have come across those sharp fellows we call the caretakers. It will cost you nothing to start this but you have to inform with vacant apartment and also tell your friends and family about your status as a caretaker to get free referrals.
5. Help People looking for Jobs
Now you are also looking a good Job or maybe you are an underpaid employee, money can still be made. Yes! this is not about scamming others by sharing Job offers that don't exist but do you know many job applicants are damn confuse about how to write a good Curriculum Vitae (CV) or don't just know Job interview ethics? Well am one of the few that makes stipends doing this. You can as well start this too.
Hope this really helps.
Today i will like to show you 5 good creative business you can venture into without capital, these business does not really require special knowledge or expertise but you have to grow up and sharpen your skills
1. Blogging
I know few of you reading this now, the word 'Blog', 'Blogging' or 'Blogger' is not a new ideology or terms especially when bloggers are making millions doing what they love when they like. Though many in the IT world makes blogging look too complex for interested newbie to start a blog. The good news is Anyone whether old or young, educated or non educated inasmuch you have a genuine reason why you want start one and it is free. People like Linda Ikeji, Jide ogunsanya and my humble self earn from our blogs, so why not decide to know about blogging and start today.
2. Sell for others
Recently, I was in camp for the RCCG annual congress where i met a young beautiful lady who is a student with a strong desire to succeed . While discussing with her i discovered she has nobody to sponsor her tertiary education but she has been coping by selling a mixed fruit package produced by a woman back home in Jos. Many are blessed with good marketing skills that can convince an Eskimo to buy Ice so if you are one this people instead of waiting for that white collar Job while not start utilizing that skill to make cool cash for yourself.
3. TeachingAm not here to advice you to take up a secondary school teaching job that will end up paying you 10k or 30k at the end of the month. We are in an information era where people scout for information, apart from blogging i am an information marketer, i sell what i know or have learnt and people pay me well especially for my money making materials, you too can also venture into this it very easy my friend.
4. Real Estate Agent
I know many are familiar with this business,i mean if you are reading from Nigeria you should have come across those sharp fellows we call the caretakers. It will cost you nothing to start this but you have to inform with vacant apartment and also tell your friends and family about your status as a caretaker to get free referrals.
5. Help People looking for Jobs
Now you are also looking a good Job or maybe you are an underpaid employee, money can still be made. Yes! this is not about scamming others by sharing Job offers that don't exist but do you know many job applicants are damn confuse about how to write a good Curriculum Vitae (CV) or don't just know Job interview ethics? Well am one of the few that makes stipends doing this. You can as well start this too.
Hope this really helps.
Friday, 1 January 2016
3 Sharp Ways To Achieve Your Career Goals In 2016
2016 is here and the resolutions and goals have started rolling in. But permit me to tell you this:
You don’t need new year resolutions!
They’re simply traditions that do not amount to something great after 2 to 3 months. And they’re for those you need to get over a struggle. A research at the University of Scranton suggests that only 8% of people achieve their New Year resolutions and goals. What you need is to plan your goals beforehand; relevant goals that can be achieved.
You do not have to wait till January 1st before you set your goals. Most people fail at goal-setting and consequently fail at achieving their goals because the foundation of such goals isn’t even right. After the Christmas celebrations, spend the remaining days of the year planning your goals. Here are the 3 Sharp ways you can set and achieve your goals in 2016.
Make it SMART
Your goals should be S=Specific M=Measurable A=Action-Oriented R=Relevant T=Time-Bound.
Be specific; do not have a generic goal like ‘I plan to be better next year’ but at what? It’s better to say ‘I plan to be better at cooking/being a father/mathematics/public speaking/playing the keyboard etc
Make it Measurable. How do you know you have achieved success or you are failing at it. Having a goal like ‘I plan to be good and make people love me’ may not really cut it. How can you measure the love (or hatred) of ‘people’ for you?
Also, make sure your goals are Relevant and Time-Bound and packaged with some action. Give yourself a timeline e.g ‘Before the middle of January, I plan to shoot my first movie’. Let it be relevant to something e.g your career and make it actionable (what you will do to achieve it)
Make it Simple
The simpler, the better. Experts are of the opinion that people use the New Year opportunity to list a huge number of goals forgetting that other priorities will rise along the way. Keep it simple. It is more sensible to start small and set attainable goals but visualize the larger picture, the bigger dream.
Always Visualize and Believe it
Never loose your dreams or yourself in the euphoria of successes that will come your way in the new year. Have your goals written down and always believe it even when you fail at first attempt. A mental picture of what you want, where you’re going, what you want to achieve and even what you do not want to come your way keeps you on track especially when people who do not believe in you talk you down!
Failing to plan is the first step at planning to fail. You succeed: people will be happy and celebrate with you. You fail: it is all your fault and nobody will care to know what you went through that made you fail. It’s your decision.
Make those goals of yours SMART, Simple and give it a Mental Face.
Happy New Year!
Source: http://www.acegoals.com/3-sharp-ways-to-achieve-your-career-goals-in-2016/
You don’t need new year resolutions!
They’re simply traditions that do not amount to something great after 2 to 3 months. And they’re for those you need to get over a struggle. A research at the University of Scranton suggests that only 8% of people achieve their New Year resolutions and goals. What you need is to plan your goals beforehand; relevant goals that can be achieved.
You do not have to wait till January 1st before you set your goals. Most people fail at goal-setting and consequently fail at achieving their goals because the foundation of such goals isn’t even right. After the Christmas celebrations, spend the remaining days of the year planning your goals. Here are the 3 Sharp ways you can set and achieve your goals in 2016.
Make it SMART
Your goals should be S=Specific M=Measurable A=Action-Oriented R=Relevant T=Time-Bound.
Be specific; do not have a generic goal like ‘I plan to be better next year’ but at what? It’s better to say ‘I plan to be better at cooking/being a father/mathematics/public speaking/playing the keyboard etc
Make it Measurable. How do you know you have achieved success or you are failing at it. Having a goal like ‘I plan to be good and make people love me’ may not really cut it. How can you measure the love (or hatred) of ‘people’ for you?
Also, make sure your goals are Relevant and Time-Bound and packaged with some action. Give yourself a timeline e.g ‘Before the middle of January, I plan to shoot my first movie’. Let it be relevant to something e.g your career and make it actionable (what you will do to achieve it)
Make it Simple
The simpler, the better. Experts are of the opinion that people use the New Year opportunity to list a huge number of goals forgetting that other priorities will rise along the way. Keep it simple. It is more sensible to start small and set attainable goals but visualize the larger picture, the bigger dream.
Always Visualize and Believe it
Never loose your dreams or yourself in the euphoria of successes that will come your way in the new year. Have your goals written down and always believe it even when you fail at first attempt. A mental picture of what you want, where you’re going, what you want to achieve and even what you do not want to come your way keeps you on track especially when people who do not believe in you talk you down!
Failing to plan is the first step at planning to fail. You succeed: people will be happy and celebrate with you. You fail: it is all your fault and nobody will care to know what you went through that made you fail. It’s your decision.
Make those goals of yours SMART, Simple and give it a Mental Face.
Happy New Year!
Source: http://www.acegoals.com/3-sharp-ways-to-achieve-your-career-goals-in-2016/
Sunday, 20 December 2015
15 Tips To Become A GREAT ENTREPRENEUR
1. Acknowledge your creator:
Let your creator be your guide and decision maker,Read religious books to strengthen your faith and believe in him to help you in times of need.
2.Sincerity:
Your Yes should be Yes and your No should be No.
Your 1000 should be 1000 not even 999.5 or 1000.5
Your sincerity would get people to trust you more and bring you good reputation
3.No to Greediness
Do not in the quest to make more money lose the ones you have .
Especially those that would want to use #3000 to get #50,000 and use #10,000 to get #400,000
. Even Dangote didn't start like that.
4.Learn to Save and set Target:
Even if the money comes in bit by bit or in full. Save immediately irrespective of the amount and set Target amount to be saved monthly or weekly to save and work to achieve them.
5 .Spend Wisely:
Not every latest device should be purchased, do not spend your money in a way to impress, always spend on what has value and durability and on something that you would see and be proud of.
6 . Work harder and stop Procrastination
When ever you have the urge to procrastinate,work hard to accomplish that task and you would be glad later on you did.
Work hard,play, sleep and eat when necessary.
7 . Owe less Lend out Less.
That moment you think you owe less and you total the amount you owe different people you would realize you are actually RICH
We ought to help each other when in need but do with care not all who promise to pay back would do.
In summary Borrow what you won't have difficulty paying back and Lend out what you can Forfeit
8 .Avoid Distraction and Unnecessary Expenses:
Examples like Opposite sex, alcohol, clubbing, boasting,attention seeking etc
They are necessary activities that should be done once in a lifetime ,but they should be done when financially stable.
They might be tempting and calling but the Ability to Overcome them makes you a Great Entrepreneurs
9 . Dream Big and Be Determined:
Dream big ,yes very Big dreams
. Dream of you having that company,having your own workers, your own car,mansion, family, kids etc
Then after your dream your Determination and Hard work would help you achieve those dreams
No food for Lazy Man
10 . Be Prepared for Unforeseen circumstances and have PLAN-B standby :
We are not perfect and that is what makes us Humans. Our plans should be carefully set out and every areas touched and PLAN-B set aside coupled with preparation for Unforeseen circumstances.
Many upcoming Entrepreneurs Omit this and it cause them some setbacks and disappointment.
11 .Learn and Seek more Information.
Never stop learning about your area of work ,Google is your friend,meet professionals on the field,ask questions,after digesting every info and embark on any project be sure of success and less error.
12. Have a Mentor and Role Model.
Have that Role model you would always look up to that would give you 1001 reasons never to give up.
Have a worthy Mentor you can run to at any time when ever you need information, who is also ready to guide you to make your Success his Joy.
13. Learn more Trades.
You are a GREAT ENTREPRENEUR not a Doctor,Lawyer,Engineer,Dentist etc that are fixed to one field of work for a Lifetime.
When ever you have that Spare time,Utilize it and learn more Trades and attach them to your existing trade. Be it Blogging,Mini-importation,PLAN-B,Forex, Bio-gas, BulkSmS etc
Even those White collar worker have PLAN-B
14. Health is Wealth.
In the quest to make more money you should not ignore your Health.
Note: When your health is down your business goes down. When you are in good health you acquire more wealth.
15.Tithes and Charity Donations.
To whom much is given much is expected. After achieving your goals and plans do not forget to appreciate your creator.
Helping those in need of donations and visitation even if you know them or not.
The Blessing is Divine!
WISHING YOU A GREAT WEEK AHEAD
Let your creator be your guide and decision maker,Read religious books to strengthen your faith and believe in him to help you in times of need.
2.Sincerity:
Your Yes should be Yes and your No should be No.
Your 1000 should be 1000 not even 999.5 or 1000.5
Your sincerity would get people to trust you more and bring you good reputation
3.No to Greediness
Do not in the quest to make more money lose the ones you have .
Especially those that would want to use #3000 to get #50,000 and use #10,000 to get #400,000
. Even Dangote didn't start like that.4.Learn to Save and set Target:
Even if the money comes in bit by bit or in full. Save immediately irrespective of the amount and set Target amount to be saved monthly or weekly to save and work to achieve them.
5 .Spend Wisely:
Not every latest device should be purchased, do not spend your money in a way to impress, always spend on what has value and durability and on something that you would see and be proud of.
6 . Work harder and stop Procrastination
When ever you have the urge to procrastinate,work hard to accomplish that task and you would be glad later on you did.
Work hard,play, sleep and eat when necessary.
7 . Owe less Lend out Less.
That moment you think you owe less and you total the amount you owe different people you would realize you are actually RICH
We ought to help each other when in need but do with care not all who promise to pay back would do.
In summary Borrow what you won't have difficulty paying back and Lend out what you can Forfeit
8 .Avoid Distraction and Unnecessary Expenses:
Examples like Opposite sex, alcohol, clubbing, boasting,attention seeking etc
They are necessary activities that should be done once in a lifetime ,but they should be done when financially stable.
They might be tempting and calling but the Ability to Overcome them makes you a Great Entrepreneurs
9 . Dream Big and Be Determined:
Dream big ,yes very Big dreams
. Dream of you having that company,having your own workers, your own car,mansion, family, kids etc Then after your dream your Determination and Hard work would help you achieve those dreams
No food for Lazy Man
10 . Be Prepared for Unforeseen circumstances and have PLAN-B standby :
We are not perfect and that is what makes us Humans. Our plans should be carefully set out and every areas touched and PLAN-B set aside coupled with preparation for Unforeseen circumstances.
Many upcoming Entrepreneurs Omit this and it cause them some setbacks and disappointment.
11 .Learn and Seek more Information.
Never stop learning about your area of work ,Google is your friend,meet professionals on the field,ask questions,after digesting every info and embark on any project be sure of success and less error.
12. Have a Mentor and Role Model.
Have that Role model you would always look up to that would give you 1001 reasons never to give up.
Have a worthy Mentor you can run to at any time when ever you need information, who is also ready to guide you to make your Success his Joy.
13. Learn more Trades.
You are a GREAT ENTREPRENEUR not a Doctor,Lawyer,Engineer,Dentist etc that are fixed to one field of work for a Lifetime.
When ever you have that Spare time,Utilize it and learn more Trades and attach them to your existing trade. Be it Blogging,Mini-importation,PLAN-B,Forex, Bio-gas, BulkSmS etc
Even those White collar worker have PLAN-B
14. Health is Wealth.
In the quest to make more money you should not ignore your Health.
Note: When your health is down your business goes down. When you are in good health you acquire more wealth.
15.Tithes and Charity Donations.
To whom much is given much is expected. After achieving your goals and plans do not forget to appreciate your creator.
Helping those in need of donations and visitation even if you know them or not.
The Blessing is Divine!
WISHING YOU A GREAT WEEK AHEAD
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
See How He Got A Job With A Third Class Degree
Most employers have shut their doors against graduates with third
class degrees; but the story of Adeoye Adekola, a tailor and a third
class degree holder.
Are you a third class degree holder and think you will never become a success in life again? Perhaps, the story of Mr. Adeoye Adekoya, a tailor and a third class graduate of Economics from the University of Ado-Ekiti, (now Ekiti State University) could stir you out of your state of despondency.
Born on April 4, 1979, the Sagamu, Ogun State indigene is not just a Dealer Sales Specialist with a fast-rising telecommunications company, he is an author and an accomplished motivational speaker.
Adekoya said he never thought he could get this far in life due to his unenviable performance in the university. “But I discovered my inner abilities and strengths when I was in life’s lowest ebb,’’ Adekoya disclosed to THE Punch in Lagos.
Narrating his life story, Adekoya said, “My teenage years were very eventful, I’m naturally very adventurous. I attended Ijebu-Ode Grammar School and later St. Finbar’s College, Akoka, Lagos. I was involved in almost everything. I played soccer for my street, in fact I was very good that sometimes our coach then would have to go over to my mum’s school to plead with her so she could allow me play at tournaments because they didn’t have a better replacement for me.
“I had five credits in the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. I got admission to the University of Ado-Ekiti to study Economics. But I was carried away with the luxuries of life. I spent most of my time partying and having fun. Education became my second priority. If I had known the consequence of my wrong decision, I would have done things differently,’’ he explained.
Adekoya said that his frivolous lifestyle and youthful exuberance in the university made him come out with a third class degree.
“In my case, I passed through the university, but the university didn’t pass through me,” he said.
His life after university became much worse as he became depressed and addicted to drinking and smoking. In his words, the bottle became his best friend.
“I was depressed and got hooked to the naughty lifestyle. I was drinking and smoking heavily. I also did many other naughty things. I was regular at most of the pubs (beer parlours) in my neighbourhood. I was also a regular at the African Shrine. I was very discouraged and was practically hopeless. Eventually I decided to leave Nigeria, but I was refused the entry visa to the United Kingdom three times. I also won the American Visa Lottery and was refused a visa,’’ he added.
One morning, he woke up and realised that he had wasted most of his life.
“On this particular day, after leaving the pub, I got into my room; I broke down and started sobbing. I remember saying God, I’m tired of this type of lifestyle, I’m tired of drinking, smoking and trying to rule my life by myself . I need you to come and take control of my life. And since that fateful morning, my life hasn’t been the same again.
“I realised that for my life to change I had to change my mindset, so I started taking step to feed my mind with positive information. I enrolled for leadership training at an academy, I started reading more inspirational books and listening to inspirational audiotapes. I had people who had positive lifestyles as my role models. I changed my association.
“I was no longer frequent at those odd places any more; I was now very frequent in places where positive information was being shared. All these helped me a lot to purge my mind of the depressing thoughts. I began to discover my real self, I began to discover and deploy my leadership potentials. So I began to respond to the challenges before me, instead of reacting to them. My life literarily made turn for good since then,” he said.
So at what point did he become a tailor? Adekoya said the reality of his third class degree and its impact on his academic pursuit and career advancement dawned on him during his service year in Ebonyi State.
“I thought of what to do with my life after service because nobody would give a third class graduate job and decided to learn tailoring, which I know I have passion for.
“But rather than call myself a tailor, I preferred to be identified as a Fashion Solutions Provider,” he said.
Though his parents were supportive, some people mocked him. “But I didn’t care about those who mocked me because I had my eyes fixed on the bigger picture ahead,’’ he disclosed.
Speaking on how he found himself in the telecommunications industry, Adekoya said, “There was an opening in the organisation and I applied for the job. I was called up for the interview, which happened to be my first ever interview after graduation. I went for the interview and I remembered that the interviewers were very impressed with the way I answered two of their questions. They asked what I did for a living as at that time, and I told them that I was a Fashion Solutions Provider. The second question matched a scenario in one of the books I was reading so I just downloaded the principle I discovered in the book to them, which gave me the job.”
Adekoya’s story is just one in a few cases. There is also Mr. Abiola Onabule who finished with a third-class degree, but works with one of the top Information and COMMUNICATIONS firms in the country.
Employers claim third class degree certificates are very easy to filter out, as it is the perfect excuse to get rid of a reasonably sized number of applicants without needing to read the CV.
However, they said the value placed on degree classification is slowly giving way to experience and skills.
Recently, our correspondent received a Blackberry message that read “Graduates needed at one of the top banks. 2:1 and 3rd class graduates should apply”.
However, the Human Resource Officer, Estymol Oil Services, Lagos, Miss Mary-Anne Omobomi, said Adekoya’s success story was rare and that the least class of degree that the company could employ was a second class upper.
She said, “It is true that when you are looking into the multi-national database, majority of the members of staff are first class or second class upper graduates. If you find people who are below 2.1 qualifications, they must have come in through someone they know in top management.
“There is a change in focus because the competition between companies is stepping up every day. Everyone wants quality output and professionalism. Knowledge and innovation, they say, are the keys to success and companies are striving to become multi-national companies with a reputable calibre of employees. The idea behind bringing in first class and 2.1 degree- holders is to recruit well-learned people. I conducted a research and found out that it was the system or procedure that was obtained abroad and the Nigerian employers have sustained it,” she said.
For Miss Ebunoluwa Oyatogun, an employee in one of the new generation banks in Akure, her 2:1 degree secured her employment with the bank.
“I give God thanks for making me finish with a 2:1. If I had finished with anything lower, I doubt if the bank would have employed me. Even those with a 2:2 and third class were not employed,” she said.
Reacting to the issue of companies employing graduates with either a first class or second class upper degree, Mr. Oke Adewale, a graduate, said, “Our education will remain in shambles and destruction if 2:1 is the desirable grade for employment; besides, armed robber will champion the cause of justice. Eighty-five per cent of Nigerian graduates will remain beggars.”
Another graduate, Mr. Adetuga Marcus, said, “The assumption that 2:1 is the best qualification for graduates is absolutely wrong and unjustifiable. Our university system is so corrupt that students seek illegal ways to scale through the university. Results are not on merit principle. My advice is that all graduate job seekers should be subjected to the same quality and ability test irrespective of their classes of degree.”
For Mr. Marcus Kamai, “Using 2:1 to sift candidates for employment is not a ridiculous approach. The truth is that in most cases, 2:1 graduates must have worked a bit harder in the university to earn a 2:1 compared to other grades lower in the ranking. Most employers who are disappointed with the performance of 2:1 graduates are likely to be more disappointed with the performance of graduates with second class lower or third class.’’
SOURCE : PUNCH
Are you a third class degree holder and think you will never become a success in life again? Perhaps, the story of Mr. Adeoye Adekoya, a tailor and a third class graduate of Economics from the University of Ado-Ekiti, (now Ekiti State University) could stir you out of your state of despondency.
Born on April 4, 1979, the Sagamu, Ogun State indigene is not just a Dealer Sales Specialist with a fast-rising telecommunications company, he is an author and an accomplished motivational speaker.
Adekoya said he never thought he could get this far in life due to his unenviable performance in the university. “But I discovered my inner abilities and strengths when I was in life’s lowest ebb,’’ Adekoya disclosed to THE Punch in Lagos.
Mr Adeoye Adekoya
Narrating his life story, Adekoya said, “My teenage years were very eventful, I’m naturally very adventurous. I attended Ijebu-Ode Grammar School and later St. Finbar’s College, Akoka, Lagos. I was involved in almost everything. I played soccer for my street, in fact I was very good that sometimes our coach then would have to go over to my mum’s school to plead with her so she could allow me play at tournaments because they didn’t have a better replacement for me.
“I had five credits in the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. I got admission to the University of Ado-Ekiti to study Economics. But I was carried away with the luxuries of life. I spent most of my time partying and having fun. Education became my second priority. If I had known the consequence of my wrong decision, I would have done things differently,’’ he explained.
Adekoya said that his frivolous lifestyle and youthful exuberance in the university made him come out with a third class degree.
“In my case, I passed through the university, but the university didn’t pass through me,” he said.
His life after university became much worse as he became depressed and addicted to drinking and smoking. In his words, the bottle became his best friend.
“I was depressed and got hooked to the naughty lifestyle. I was drinking and smoking heavily. I also did many other naughty things. I was regular at most of the pubs (beer parlours) in my neighbourhood. I was also a regular at the African Shrine. I was very discouraged and was practically hopeless. Eventually I decided to leave Nigeria, but I was refused the entry visa to the United Kingdom three times. I also won the American Visa Lottery and was refused a visa,’’ he added.
One morning, he woke up and realised that he had wasted most of his life.
“On this particular day, after leaving the pub, I got into my room; I broke down and started sobbing. I remember saying God, I’m tired of this type of lifestyle, I’m tired of drinking, smoking and trying to rule my life by myself . I need you to come and take control of my life. And since that fateful morning, my life hasn’t been the same again.
“I realised that for my life to change I had to change my mindset, so I started taking step to feed my mind with positive information. I enrolled for leadership training at an academy, I started reading more inspirational books and listening to inspirational audiotapes. I had people who had positive lifestyles as my role models. I changed my association.
“I was no longer frequent at those odd places any more; I was now very frequent in places where positive information was being shared. All these helped me a lot to purge my mind of the depressing thoughts. I began to discover my real self, I began to discover and deploy my leadership potentials. So I began to respond to the challenges before me, instead of reacting to them. My life literarily made turn for good since then,” he said.
So at what point did he become a tailor? Adekoya said the reality of his third class degree and its impact on his academic pursuit and career advancement dawned on him during his service year in Ebonyi State.
“I thought of what to do with my life after service because nobody would give a third class graduate job and decided to learn tailoring, which I know I have passion for.
“But rather than call myself a tailor, I preferred to be identified as a Fashion Solutions Provider,” he said.
Though his parents were supportive, some people mocked him. “But I didn’t care about those who mocked me because I had my eyes fixed on the bigger picture ahead,’’ he disclosed.
Speaking on how he found himself in the telecommunications industry, Adekoya said, “There was an opening in the organisation and I applied for the job. I was called up for the interview, which happened to be my first ever interview after graduation. I went for the interview and I remembered that the interviewers were very impressed with the way I answered two of their questions. They asked what I did for a living as at that time, and I told them that I was a Fashion Solutions Provider. The second question matched a scenario in one of the books I was reading so I just downloaded the principle I discovered in the book to them, which gave me the job.”
Adekoya’s story is just one in a few cases. There is also Mr. Abiola Onabule who finished with a third-class degree, but works with one of the top Information and COMMUNICATIONS firms in the country.
Employers claim third class degree certificates are very easy to filter out, as it is the perfect excuse to get rid of a reasonably sized number of applicants without needing to read the CV.
However, they said the value placed on degree classification is slowly giving way to experience and skills.
Recently, our correspondent received a Blackberry message that read “Graduates needed at one of the top banks. 2:1 and 3rd class graduates should apply”.
However, the Human Resource Officer, Estymol Oil Services, Lagos, Miss Mary-Anne Omobomi, said Adekoya’s success story was rare and that the least class of degree that the company could employ was a second class upper.
She said, “It is true that when you are looking into the multi-national database, majority of the members of staff are first class or second class upper graduates. If you find people who are below 2.1 qualifications, they must have come in through someone they know in top management.
“There is a change in focus because the competition between companies is stepping up every day. Everyone wants quality output and professionalism. Knowledge and innovation, they say, are the keys to success and companies are striving to become multi-national companies with a reputable calibre of employees. The idea behind bringing in first class and 2.1 degree- holders is to recruit well-learned people. I conducted a research and found out that it was the system or procedure that was obtained abroad and the Nigerian employers have sustained it,” she said.
For Miss Ebunoluwa Oyatogun, an employee in one of the new generation banks in Akure, her 2:1 degree secured her employment with the bank.
“I give God thanks for making me finish with a 2:1. If I had finished with anything lower, I doubt if the bank would have employed me. Even those with a 2:2 and third class were not employed,” she said.
Reacting to the issue of companies employing graduates with either a first class or second class upper degree, Mr. Oke Adewale, a graduate, said, “Our education will remain in shambles and destruction if 2:1 is the desirable grade for employment; besides, armed robber will champion the cause of justice. Eighty-five per cent of Nigerian graduates will remain beggars.”
Another graduate, Mr. Adetuga Marcus, said, “The assumption that 2:1 is the best qualification for graduates is absolutely wrong and unjustifiable. Our university system is so corrupt that students seek illegal ways to scale through the university. Results are not on merit principle. My advice is that all graduate job seekers should be subjected to the same quality and ability test irrespective of their classes of degree.”
For Mr. Marcus Kamai, “Using 2:1 to sift candidates for employment is not a ridiculous approach. The truth is that in most cases, 2:1 graduates must have worked a bit harder in the university to earn a 2:1 compared to other grades lower in the ranking. Most employers who are disappointed with the performance of 2:1 graduates are likely to be more disappointed with the performance of graduates with second class lower or third class.’’
SOURCE : PUNCH
Monday, 14 December 2015
Things To Work On Before Graduation
Things to work on before graduation
1. Spoken english
It is so sad that majority of Nigerian students in tertiary institutions don't bother about polishing their spoken and written english. Some graduates speak english worse than a toddler, making one wonder what they spent 16yrs doing in school. You hear them spew gabbage like "he come and slap me and I come and beat him". If you speak such english to an interviewer, even with first class clearly written on your CV, he will probably think you runzed your way through school. The use of words like yeah, goddamn, omo, sh*t, f**k etc should be stopped cos they don't portray you as a decent person.
2. Mode of dressing
Looking fly on campus was one of the things I enjoyed during my undergraduate days. It was fun cos you had so much of the opposite sex around to admire you. The moment I graduated, my orientation changed. Not that a graduate should stop wearing denims and sneakers, but sagging and putting on studs with crazy hairstyle should come to a stop if such a person wants to fit into the corporate world. In the corporate world, you get to mingle with matured or married men with enough decency. Sagging in their midst will make you look kiddo. Just cos your favourite musician davido sags his trousers doesn't mean you should do thesame. He gets paid to do that while you could get fired for doing thesame.
3. Spendthrift attitude
The first time I heard someone say his salary is 70k, I hissed and mocked him in my mind cos that was thesame amount we students spent on phones just to oppress each other. Now I've seen people earning less than 45k even with years of experience. What kind of person do you think you'll turn out to be when all you want is the latest expensive gadgets? In the real world, no one cares about the kind of phone you use. Even on naija campus these days, girls have stopped falling for a guy because of the phone he uses, they now trip for flashy cars. So, before you spend that huge amount on a phone, ask yourself this question: "is it going to improve my standard of living?". I didn't know I could turn my smart phone to a mini laptop with WPS, Excel etc until I got employed. My phone was all about bbm, whatsapp and facebook. I now saw the full potential of the phone. You need to cut down on your spendings. Also, get the idea of clubbing off your mind or it might ruin your pockets. The money saved from disciplining yourself can be used to start something great. Use your head.
4. Laziness
You remember how you use to complain about the large notebooks you have to read for exams? If you lack a good reading culture, it is certain you will be bereft of ideas to contribute to a company's growth. You are always seen reading gossip blogs where you are updated with the lifestyle of celebrities but lack the idea of what the top 20 questions interviewers ask. Scaling through campus days as a lazy person doesn't mean such is likely to continue in the real world. Carrying on with laziness is what leads to prostitution, where a lady feels she can use her body to fetch her daily bread instead of her brain, or where a guy still expects his uncle to be the one to help him achieve his targets even after getting him a job through nepotism. You get to wonder why they spent 16yrs developing their brain in school.
5. Pride
I remember when I was in my final year at school, I was always happy about what the future held for me. I knew I was going to get a job that pays 350k immediately I graduated. Reality slapped me in the face when my first offer was a job paying 30k. I had no choice but to take the offer cos I was already tired of adding more months to the six months I had spent at home just sleeping. Luckily for me, that job paved the way for a better one cos it gave me the needed experience recruiters want to see on a CV. I've now realise that 350k is only feasible for those in the oil sector and those with huge years of experience, not a fresh graduate who doesn't know his left from his right. As you are about graduating, never see any job as demeaning. Take it up while you continue searching for a better one. This gives you experience. A bird in hand is better than a million in the bush. Remember, you are a nobody and no one gives a damn about you out there. So, drop your pride and use your head and hands or end up spending years still eating your mum's food with insults.
Written by Adewole Segun
http://lifestyletonight.blogspot.co.ke/2015/12/things-to-work-on-before-graduation.html?m=0
1. Spoken english
It is so sad that majority of Nigerian students in tertiary institutions don't bother about polishing their spoken and written english. Some graduates speak english worse than a toddler, making one wonder what they spent 16yrs doing in school. You hear them spew gabbage like "he come and slap me and I come and beat him". If you speak such english to an interviewer, even with first class clearly written on your CV, he will probably think you runzed your way through school. The use of words like yeah, goddamn, omo, sh*t, f**k etc should be stopped cos they don't portray you as a decent person.
2. Mode of dressing
Looking fly on campus was one of the things I enjoyed during my undergraduate days. It was fun cos you had so much of the opposite sex around to admire you. The moment I graduated, my orientation changed. Not that a graduate should stop wearing denims and sneakers, but sagging and putting on studs with crazy hairstyle should come to a stop if such a person wants to fit into the corporate world. In the corporate world, you get to mingle with matured or married men with enough decency. Sagging in their midst will make you look kiddo. Just cos your favourite musician davido sags his trousers doesn't mean you should do thesame. He gets paid to do that while you could get fired for doing thesame.
3. Spendthrift attitude
The first time I heard someone say his salary is 70k, I hissed and mocked him in my mind cos that was thesame amount we students spent on phones just to oppress each other. Now I've seen people earning less than 45k even with years of experience. What kind of person do you think you'll turn out to be when all you want is the latest expensive gadgets? In the real world, no one cares about the kind of phone you use. Even on naija campus these days, girls have stopped falling for a guy because of the phone he uses, they now trip for flashy cars. So, before you spend that huge amount on a phone, ask yourself this question: "is it going to improve my standard of living?". I didn't know I could turn my smart phone to a mini laptop with WPS, Excel etc until I got employed. My phone was all about bbm, whatsapp and facebook. I now saw the full potential of the phone. You need to cut down on your spendings. Also, get the idea of clubbing off your mind or it might ruin your pockets. The money saved from disciplining yourself can be used to start something great. Use your head.
4. Laziness
You remember how you use to complain about the large notebooks you have to read for exams? If you lack a good reading culture, it is certain you will be bereft of ideas to contribute to a company's growth. You are always seen reading gossip blogs where you are updated with the lifestyle of celebrities but lack the idea of what the top 20 questions interviewers ask. Scaling through campus days as a lazy person doesn't mean such is likely to continue in the real world. Carrying on with laziness is what leads to prostitution, where a lady feels she can use her body to fetch her daily bread instead of her brain, or where a guy still expects his uncle to be the one to help him achieve his targets even after getting him a job through nepotism. You get to wonder why they spent 16yrs developing their brain in school.
5. Pride
I remember when I was in my final year at school, I was always happy about what the future held for me. I knew I was going to get a job that pays 350k immediately I graduated. Reality slapped me in the face when my first offer was a job paying 30k. I had no choice but to take the offer cos I was already tired of adding more months to the six months I had spent at home just sleeping. Luckily for me, that job paved the way for a better one cos it gave me the needed experience recruiters want to see on a CV. I've now realise that 350k is only feasible for those in the oil sector and those with huge years of experience, not a fresh graduate who doesn't know his left from his right. As you are about graduating, never see any job as demeaning. Take it up while you continue searching for a better one. This gives you experience. A bird in hand is better than a million in the bush. Remember, you are a nobody and no one gives a damn about you out there. So, drop your pride and use your head and hands or end up spending years still eating your mum's food with insults.
Written by Adewole Segun
http://lifestyletonight.blogspot.co.ke/2015/12/things-to-work-on-before-graduation.html?m=0
Sunday, 13 December 2015
Education Beyond Certificate
EDUCATION BEYOND CERTIFICATE::::
It is high time we gave another definition to the term "education". To some people, education borders on going to school, acquiring degrees and working for a company to earn a salary at the end of the month.
My dear readers, education goes beyond acquiring certificate, "we must redefine education"....
Education teaches you about how to make rules, break rules, and challenge an ongoing trend, school teaches you about how to follow rules, live by the rules, and live an ongoing trend unchallenged, thereby limiting that power of creativity in you.
Have you witnessed a scenario whereby you asked a Maths lecturer about how he arrived at a certain formula, and he tells you "that is how it is done"?, and mind you, if you do anything contrary...you FAIL his exam, therefore you must follow the rules.
A truly educated man is he who has developed the faculties of his mind to follow his passion, find solutions where there are problems without following the rules, but creates his own ways through his deep imagination to achieve his dreams.
Checkout most of the world's richest people today, they are mostly school dropouts. Do you think they are not educated because they are school dropouts? Far from it! They are really educated in their own ways, they simply decided to build their own dreams rather than allow themselves to be hired by other people to build theirs.
So many people spend their precious years in school only to end up acquiring certificate NOT education.
Examples of these people include:
1) * People who don't practice what they learn in school before graduation.
As a student of Computer Science, how many codes have you written that worked? Have you been able to (in reality) write a program that solves the problem of an organization?
As a student of Business Administration, how many businesses have you started? How many times have you experienced failure in business, and rise again?
So, are you putting what you are learning in school into practice?
The school will not give or teach you these orientation but education will.
2) *People who have no SKILLS...successful people don't depend on the government of their country to provide jobs for them. A truly educated person has skills, an uneducated fellow can only boast of his certificate without any skills to back it up.
True education lies in the ability to solve problems with the skills you possess.....what are you waiting for? STAND UP NOW, do not procrastinate, learn a skill you are passionate about.
What am I advocating?
This write up is not in anyway articulated to undermine the importance of schooling...Going to school is very important but our mindset about school is what we are advised to change.
TRUE EDUCATION PREPARES YOU TO SURVIVE WITHOUT YOUR CERTIFICATE.
Dedicated to all Nigerian students
WISHING YOU A GREAT WEEK.
It is high time we gave another definition to the term "education". To some people, education borders on going to school, acquiring degrees and working for a company to earn a salary at the end of the month.
My dear readers, education goes beyond acquiring certificate, "we must redefine education"....
Education teaches you about how to make rules, break rules, and challenge an ongoing trend, school teaches you about how to follow rules, live by the rules, and live an ongoing trend unchallenged, thereby limiting that power of creativity in you.
Have you witnessed a scenario whereby you asked a Maths lecturer about how he arrived at a certain formula, and he tells you "that is how it is done"?, and mind you, if you do anything contrary...you FAIL his exam, therefore you must follow the rules.
A truly educated man is he who has developed the faculties of his mind to follow his passion, find solutions where there are problems without following the rules, but creates his own ways through his deep imagination to achieve his dreams.
Checkout most of the world's richest people today, they are mostly school dropouts. Do you think they are not educated because they are school dropouts? Far from it! They are really educated in their own ways, they simply decided to build their own dreams rather than allow themselves to be hired by other people to build theirs.
So many people spend their precious years in school only to end up acquiring certificate NOT education.
Examples of these people include:
1) * People who don't practice what they learn in school before graduation.
As a student of Computer Science, how many codes have you written that worked? Have you been able to (in reality) write a program that solves the problem of an organization?
As a student of Business Administration, how many businesses have you started? How many times have you experienced failure in business, and rise again?
So, are you putting what you are learning in school into practice?
The school will not give or teach you these orientation but education will.
2) *People who have no SKILLS...successful people don't depend on the government of their country to provide jobs for them. A truly educated person has skills, an uneducated fellow can only boast of his certificate without any skills to back it up.
True education lies in the ability to solve problems with the skills you possess.....what are you waiting for? STAND UP NOW, do not procrastinate, learn a skill you are passionate about.
What am I advocating?
This write up is not in anyway articulated to undermine the importance of schooling...Going to school is very important but our mindset about school is what we are advised to change.
TRUE EDUCATION PREPARES YOU TO SURVIVE WITHOUT YOUR CERTIFICATE.
Dedicated to all Nigerian students
WISHING YOU A GREAT WEEK.
Thursday, 10 December 2015
HOW TO COPE UP WITH BUNDLES OF READING MATERIALS IN COLLEGE
If you thought college was as easy as school you need to think seriously about attending college. The school life was easy for all of us, however college is different in all manners, and getting to read materials is one tough job for most of the students. So, once you are at college you need to prepare yourself to get immense packs on notes and books that you would need to peruse in a restricted time. In the event that you have as of late joined school, this may appear like a troublesome errand for you, however with time and a few ways you’ll have the capacity to stay aware of the gigantic heap of understanding you will need to do.
Did you know there is no single strategy which you can approach so you can manage perusing with bundles of reading materials? Rather, it is a trial and run premise where you will need to try different things with the different methodologies and see what works for you.
You are not to worry because in this article we will be looking at top 5 tips and tricks which you can follow to make the college reading on time and effectively.
Tip# 1: Figuring out what system works for you
Reading your task paper does not mean you should do nothing more than look over the paper. It obliges you to peruse while understanding the significance behind every word. A few students find reading with short breaks supportive, while the rest discover it less demanding to peruse at a stretch and get it
What do you discover less demanding? Is it reading at a regular interval and enjoying a reprieve, or reading for 2 hours together? In the same way, you have to comprehend in what environment you realize better, is it a noiseless spot like a library or a bistro with noisy music?
So, in short how and what environment you want to read depends on you solely. Try out the different methods and sit with the one you find best.
Tip# 2: Mark a timetable on the date-book for your reading time
A large portion of the times, students check their date-books to make help them to remember their meetings with the specialist, clubs or with companions. Have you ever taken a stab at making an arrangement on your timetable to help you to remember setting aside time out for perusing? Believe me! You got to try this method. Once your calendar reminds you that its reading time, there is no escaping. Even if you try to run, you will feel guilty and the result would be you’ll end up reading the course materials.
Tip# 3: Read Effectively
Out of all the other tips if you follow this one effectively, you will end up saving a lot of time. So always make sure that at whatever point you are perusing your paper, you are highlighting the catchphrases, or bringing down notes. Do anything which assists you with understanding the substance of the paper better. You will need to work with this strategy to see what is simpler for you.
At whatever point you read, read it completely with the goal that you don’t need to wind up understanding it once more. Nobody needs to re-read every one of the pages again,right? Thus, be successful in your reading at one time itself.
Tip# 4: Be practical and comprehend you can’t read everything without a moment’s delay
You should be practical here and comprehend that attempting to read everything at one go is very silly in reality, rather, attempt to accept circumstances for what they are. Be that as it may, what you can do is to divide the reading task among your group. This way whatever you will read will be more thorough and you will end up understanding the concept. You need to understand one thing here and that is you read not to get over the material, rather, you read to understand the concept behind what you are reading. Therefore, attempt to be adaptable and read just till you are understanding the idea.
Tips# 5: General Tips
- Read with regular intervals
- Read only till you understand what you are reading
- Take small amount of portions and complete them first
- Check the arrangement of the material.
- Always read the summary
- Do not forget to underline the keyword
- Write down important pieces of information
- Each section has some questions at the end, try to answer them
- If you fail to understand something, underline it and ask your teacher
Conclusion
Although college is fun, you need to make a proper regime to be able to enjoy the college life and get the proper education. You should not by any means take this reading lightly. Remember, this is college and your career depends on it. If you fail to achieve good grades in college, you will be risking your future. So, good grades mean better and secured future. I know everyone wants that, don’t you? So, college reading may not sound fun, but it is not an option, it is a necessity.
Try to follow these tips and tricks and hopefully you will be able to get the reading done on time and that too, effectively. Once you get into the habit of reading large bundles, you will fall into a routine. Just be patient and you will see the difference.
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Monday, 7 December 2015
Why Are You Not More Successful – The Bitter Truth
You might be wondering why things are not being more smooth, then the
question becomes why you are not more successful? Here it is, Why Are You Not More Successful – The Bitter Truth. Read Along :
Having a bit of self-awareness can go a long way – instead of blaming external forces around you (a convenient cop-out), identify your strengths, as well as your weaknesses (and work to improve them). If you’re unable to achieve a task, don’t just quit. Think about what aspects of your attitude and approach held you back.
Successful people don’t make excuses, they stick to their words and commit themselves wholly to their tasks – if something needs to be done, it gets done. If you’re not willing to take massive action and work for your goals, how do you expect to ever achieve them?
What’s stopping you? Don’t let yourself succumb to fears of resistance, failure and challenges. It takes real strength and courage to do what we know we need to do in order to have what we want. If it’s any comfort, we often paint things out to be a lot more difficult than they actually are, but you’ll never know what you’re really capable of unless you give the task an honest try!
You may have the best attitude in the world, but if you’re not taking the right steps towards your goals, you’re not likely to achieve them – the wrong actions with the right attitude won’t get you very far!
Becoming more familiar with the trial-and-error method can help you to use your failures as stepping stones to take you further toward success; one wrong stepping stone towards the wrong direction isn’t the end of the world, it’s just one step less to think about!
Remember, no one is going to achieve your dreams for you – you only have one life to make things happen, so get to it!
The road to success isn’t always as easy as it sometimes appears when judging from the success stories of people living their dreams. Most successful people don’t have the luxury of getting ‘lucky’ and actually have to work hard and put a lot of effort into their goals. So what sets the goal achievers apart from the rest? The answer to this question may not be what you want to hear…
If you’re wondering why you just can’t seem to make it big, the truth is that YOU may be standing in the way of your own success! Most people want to succeed but don’t actually do anything to make it a reality. Everyone has the opportunity to be successful (we’ve all heard hundreds of rags-to-riches stories), it’s what you make of your opportunities that really matters.
1. You’re in self-denial
Denial is a coping strategy that allows us to maintain a preferable image of ourselves. While this may initially keep us emotionally safe from painful truths, in the end it does us no favors – it prevents us from dealing with the real issues. It takes guts to look at yourself and to honestly identify why you haven’t been able to get the results that you want.Having a bit of self-awareness can go a long way – instead of blaming external forces around you (a convenient cop-out), identify your strengths, as well as your weaknesses (and work to improve them). If you’re unable to achieve a task, don’t just quit. Think about what aspects of your attitude and approach held you back.
Giving up on your goal because of one setback is like slashing your other three tires because you got one flat. – Unknown
2. You don’t do what it takes
It’s one thing wanting to achieve a goal and quite another doing what it takes to achieve it, well let me put it this way if you want to travel to England there are things you need to do. Many people start out with very real intentions of becoming more successful but don’t actually have the commitment to do what it takes. You may start strongly and then give up at the first hurdle and make up convenient excuses for either postponing or quitting the task all together.Successful people don’t make excuses, they stick to their words and commit themselves wholly to their tasks – if something needs to be done, it gets done. If you’re not willing to take massive action and work for your goals, how do you expect to ever achieve them?
Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. – Jeff Olson
3. You procrastinate and don’t challenge yourself
If you spend more time thinking about tasks than actually doing them, it’s time to make some changes. Instead of making things complicated, put theory into practice and bring your plans to life – you know what needs to be done, so go out there and do it!What’s stopping you? Don’t let yourself succumb to fears of resistance, failure and challenges. It takes real strength and courage to do what we know we need to do in order to have what we want. If it’s any comfort, we often paint things out to be a lot more difficult than they actually are, but you’ll never know what you’re really capable of unless you give the task an honest try!
Courage is looking fear right in the eye and saying, “Get the hell out of my way, I’ve got things to do.”- Author Unknown.
4. You don’t have the right attitude
No one is completely negative or positive about everything. Because most of us have a mixture of attitudes towards different things, we become so used to our own way of thinking that we’re prone to developing blind spots – it becomes difficult to pin-point our self-destructive attitudes. This is why having a coach as an unbiased, external observer, can help to shed some light on areas you may not have thought of before, as well as to guide you towards making the changes that will help you achieve better results.It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. -William James5. You don’t take the right actions
You may have the best attitude in the world, but if you’re not taking the right steps towards your goals, you’re not likely to achieve them – the wrong actions with the right attitude won’t get you very far!
Becoming more familiar with the trial-and-error method can help you to use your failures as stepping stones to take you further toward success; one wrong stepping stone towards the wrong direction isn’t the end of the world, it’s just one step less to think about!
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. -ConfuciusUnfortunately, the truth does sometimes hurt, but if you’re unable to handle it, are you really cut out for the field you’re hoping to succeed in? Instead of letting the above truths hurt your feelings, use them to empower you! While it may sting a little to think about yourself not being as successful as you want to be, you have the power to change things, as long as you can just be honest with yourself! So think about how bad you really want success and whether you’re really willing to do what other successful people have done to be in the positions they’re in.
Remember, no one is going to achieve your dreams for you – you only have one life to make things happen, so get to it!
The road to success isn’t always as easy as it sometimes appears when judging from the success stories of people living their dreams. Most successful people don’t have the luxury of getting ‘lucky’ and actually have to work hard and put a lot of effort into their goals. So what sets the goal achievers apart from the rest? The answer to this question may not be what you want to hear…
If you’re wondering why you just can’t seem to make it big, the truth is that YOU may be standing in the way of your own success! Most people want to succeed but don’t actually do anything to make it a reality. Everyone has the opportunity to be successful (we’ve all heard hundreds of rags-to-riches stories), it’s what you make of your opportunities that really matters.
Sunday, 6 December 2015
The Hard Truth About Your Salary
I got this from facebook and thought it is worth sharing
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HARD ANALYSIS:
Divide your SALARY by 30 days and see what you get (i.e. the number of days in a month and see the funny thing about your salary plan).
For example,
(1) An average level-12 worker in the state government civil service earns NGN 60,000.
**** And this translates to NGN 60,000÷30= NGN 2,000 every day. This is LESS THAN the amount made daily by an AVERAGE HAWKER in the city.
(2) A freshly EMPLOYED GRADUATE BANKER in most NIGERIAN BANKS earns an average of NGN120,000 monthly.
***So everyday, you get NGN120,000÷30= NGN4,000 as the daily value for your work-life. By implication, this is LESS THAN the amount earned DAILY by an AVERAGE DRIVER in d city and in some villages.....
(3) If you are a FRESH GRADUATE EMPLOYEE in some oil companies, you earn an average of NGN300,000 monthly. So in a day your WORK-VALUE is NGN300,000 ÷ 30= NGN10,000
**** This is LESS THAN the daily amount earned by an IRRIGATION FARMER supplying vegetables to Lagos MARKETS, a TIPPER CAR DRIVER supplying sand for three BLOCK INDUSTRIES and CONSTRUCTION SITES just 3 times a day and DRIVERS of DANGOTE TRUCKS who have bought off the trucks at scrap value and are using them to convey products between villages and the cities for just five business owners.
--------->>>HOPE BY NOW, IT IS SINKING IN, RIGHT?
And when there is an ISSUE in the FAMILY that requires FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, the DRIVERS, HAWKERS and the rest are looking up to you with a WHITE COLLAR JOB.
(4) If you are an NYSC MEMBER, you DON'T need to be told that:
*****NGN19,800÷30 = NGN 660 is your worth on a daily basis.
I hope you know that PURE WATER SELLERS who own a shop, a pepper soup joint and a small TOYOTA COROLLA car to distribute pure water to five restaurants earn MORE THAN you & WHEEL-BARROW PUSHERS working on contract for three warehouses probably make MORE MONEY than you EACH DAY
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We shouldn't end at satisfactions from these earnings. We should be more proactive, create room for more income and strive to diversify our streams of income.
The earlier you wake up and smell the coffee, the better for you......
I know of someone right now who will say this is too ideal to be true but take your time and do this analysis over and over again, and you will grasp the crux!!!
STOP waiting for the Government to feed you, feed yourself and help the Government feed others. That is where we are in this age.
DO have an Entrepreneurial week ahead!!!
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