So I failed to send out the publicity for what I am to write on and share with you yesterday; partly because I have been dragging with my health lately and the fact that writer's block came visiting. Just like trust, consistency is one thing that once established, you don't just lose it. Building consistency is like earning trust, it takes time but can or may be lost in a blink of an eye. So I thought about this yesterday, knowing that someone out there may be waiting on me to send something out today, and here I am, about to make the waiting go down the drain. Well, I had to write something. In life, we exert our efforts, direct our attention and channel our determination to achieve or get some things through persistence, only to let them slip past our fingers because we lack the keeping power of consistency. What I mean is, persistence gets it, consistency keeps it; so by all means, in your persistence, be consistent.  In describing what consistency is not, Hundred Life Desig...

"Chalk and Duster" is one of the movies dear to my heart, it is among my premium movie collections. Every time I settle to watch it, most of the lessons therein always appear fresh to me. (You should add it to your to-watch list if you haven't seen it yet. I can not demean any of the lessons I gleaned from the film to the background, but for the sake of this piece, I will bring that of SEEDS to the spotlight. This is because its reality resonates with the timeless lessons my aged Dad use to tell me while growing, and now more than ever, I see the validity of the same in my everyday life. I strongly believe these few words will give you a push and bless your heart as well. So back to the film "Chalk and Duster", let us anchor our discussion from there. (I am not narrating the film here, the aim is to give us a backdrop for this piece).  Joyti stood by her colleague Vidya, a great and selfless teacher who was dismissed unfairly by a sadistic manipulative principa...

I begin this piece with an excerpt from Martin Meadow's "365 Days with Self Discipline", day 98. It’s not society that holds us back, it’s ourselves. We just blame society because not only is it easier but it’s a nearly impossible weight to move. This way, we don’t have to change. —Neil Strauss  It’s easy to use society as a crutch. “I can’t lose weight because there are billboards of fast-food restaurants everywhere, and besides, I just got a free coupon for a burger.” “I can’t become more productive because my colleagues laugh at me for making an effort, and besides, my boss won’t appreciate it anyway.” “I can’t stay faithful to my significant other because dating apps make it so easy to meet sexy people.” Is it the billboard, your colleagues, or dating apps that control your life? If so, is that really how you’d like to live — at the whim of advertisers, other people, or new technologies? Every time you claim that it’s the surroundings that hold you back, ask yourself ...

  "I Love you"! I know this is one of the probable set of words that came to your mind when you saw the caption "Three Magic Words". I am sorry to deflate your bubble of guessing. There is another set of three magic words that are very useful not only in life but in ensuring the practicality of I love you as well. Enjoy the ride. We had planned the day a month earlier, preparations have reached near completion but for the D-day, we embarked on the journey and we arrived at our destination after an hour's drive. She's one of the women whom I called mother and has proved it again and again (even though we play a lot). She had made me inquire about a hotel where she can lodge for the night before the wedding day - sadly the three top priority hotels were all occupied (thanks to my oversight). Fortunately, we got a room in another guest house though after I had received series of " You no try for me " looks. The day ended fairly well. It was the weddin...

What I will share today is very confrontational, it will look at us in the face, determined to bring about transformation in us. I urge you not to leave the piece halfway or read through with a predetermined stubbornness, who knows, it just may save/change your life. This may not cover everything on the topic under discourse, but hopefully, I pray that this challenge you wherever you are found wanting.  I  want us to act a simple play on the stage of our imaginations, all of us are major characters in this play, please actively engage your thinking faculty and get the best out of it. So here we go. For the last three months, you have been wanting to do something, you had planned for it, written it down, you have even informed your close friends about what you want to do, but once you are face to face with it, the rubber is about to hit the road, you will tell yourself to relax, you still have time, and you can always do it later or next time. Then you intentionally put it off...

This piece revolves around thoughts or thinking patterns and how they influence the outcome of our lives. I know you may be wondering, what is the relationship between your thoughts and wheels? All I can tell you for now is, your thoughts are powerful super wheels. I first began the art and act of intentional positive thinking four years ago when I read “The battlefield of the Mind” by Joyce Meyer. She said that one of the greatest battles going on in the mind is the battle of thinking, the daily haggling with our thoughts either positive or negative. The brain tattoo I got from that book was the fact that we should give thought to our thoughts, as they largely determine the direction towards which our life goes.   In his book, “Make Today Count”. John C. Maxwell gave 12 dozens that if we desire to make each day a masterpiece, we have to daily decide, think and capitalize on them; thinking is #number 5. He added that daily, we need to decide to think creative thoughts, reflect...

This is one of the shortest articles I have written lately, it’s going to be apt, rapt and straight to the point. This piece may sound contradictory, but I pray for you to understand its essence. I can still remember vividly when I was growing up, among many other precautionary and cautionary words spoken by parents and guidance to their children was: “ do not waste your life”. Whether they were spoken out of love, fear or sheer parental perfunctoriness, those words stuck to my memory to date.  When I sent out the publicity of this piece, a very good friend whom we have been having conversation on life with asked me quoting the words I used earlier; ‘we all must be wasted for something”? I responded with a definite ‘yes. She asked me to shade more light. I went further to tell her that the word wasted may sound negative, but the truth is we all must be wasted for a worthy course, if not we will end up being wasted in its real sense.  So far so good, I have grown, learned and...