tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56694970751055177362024-03-14T11:45:54.017+01:00 Seasoned Life Journal | Lead Your LifeLead Your LifeAbraham Ologunduduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06442075642979699789noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669497075105517736.post-18199832416897458122018-03-04T20:40:00.000+01:002018-03-05T10:28:01.631+01:005 Signs Your Work Life is Overwhelming You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In this day and age, reaching a work-life balance poses a great challenge. On this slippery slope, it’s easy to lose your footing and succumb to pressure. We have all experienced it: long hours in the office, a pushy boss getting on your nerves, a bunch of chores waiting at home, and social life taking a backseat. Paycheck at the end of the month hardly justifies the whole ordeal you must go through. Well, stress cannot be avoided altogether, but you can mitigate its impact on your mental and psychical health. Recognize the red flags: Don’t wait for problems to accumulate and leave you on the verge of bursting out. <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When you are enthusiastic about work, you approach every workday with a smile on your face. But, as you approach a burnout, optimism pales and bad days are no longer few and far in between. At first, you lose interest in goings-on around the office and feel like you need your own time. You start to notice a lack of appreciation for what you do, and small things irritate you. At this point, when one isolated bad day stretches for a whole month, you are close to burnout. To escape the feeling of being trapped, you can<span style="color: #990000;"> <a href="http://www.health.com/home/workday-breaks-help-employees-reboot-researchers-say" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">take frequent breaks</span></a></span>, change your nutrition, and get more sunlight and fresh air. <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our work performance is deeply rooted in our motivation and job satisfaction. When these enter a freefall, we no longer feel capable of giving our best. In fact, we struggle to meet the bare minimum. Employees who feel overwhelmed tend to arrive late, dodge obligations, and come up with various excuses. They also go through daily tasks automatically, without thinking much. So, keep your eyes on these hindrances and behavior changes. Don’t fret if you receive a critique: evaluate whether you are still pulling your weight or not. <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you feel constant fatigue and chronic tiredness? This could not only be due to stress, but also a lack of physical activity. So, it’s high time to get more active: this can work wonders for managing stress, fatigue, and anxiety. You don’t even have to spend hours in the gym to real fitness benefits. If you are not really a loner, <a href="http://www.mpttransformations.com.au/group_cardio_fitness.html" rel="" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">go for group fitness classes</span></a>. At the very least, embed bursts of activity into your daily routines. Ride a bike to work instead of coping with crowds in public transportation. Cover at least one segment of the route on foot. Take stairs instead of the elevator every time. <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ideally, we all leave our work-related obligations and worriers behind in the office. Yet, distressing thoughts often creep in when we least need them, when we are trying to sleep, relax, or have a pleasant afternoon. You dream and live your work and your mind never gets a break. This is a clear indication that you have been thrown off balance. This is a big problem because everyone needs some time to recharge their batteries and melt the stress away. But, if your work persists and continues to haunt you everywhere, you are at risk of ruining your health. <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Speaking of which, you always need to closely monitor your health and well-being. Namely, under constant siege from <a href="https://www.adamkempfitness.com/how-busy-millenials-dealing-with-work-stress/" rel="" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">pressure and stress</span></a>, our immune system is weakened and left vulnerable to a variety of problems. Here are some of the most common issues that need to be on your radar: frequent colds, high blood pressure insomnia, depression, weight gain, and mood swings. You cannot allow your health to slowly wither away. Consult your doctor when you notice these sings. Explore ways of improving your lifestyle and building healthier daily habits. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It’s of the utmost importance to recognize early warning signs that you are on your way to having a burnout. Do you do just enough to get by, dread another Monday, and hold resentment towards colleagues? Well, you are not far away from your life becoming unbearable. On a brighter note, there are many everyday steps you can take to regain control and composure. Ignoring and pretending is not the way to go and certainly not sustainable in the long-term. When stress piles up, it can wreak havoc on your body and mind. So, act now and turn the tide before you hear the crash and burn knocking at your door. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>About the Author: </i></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #666666;">Peter is a lifestyle writer located in Brisbane, Australia. After graduating from Australian Institute of Creative Design, he worked as a trend forecaster and as a freelance writer for few local newspapers in Brisbane. Beside writing, he loves shopping, cooking exotic meals and travelling around tropical destinations. He’s future plans are in creating his personal lifestyle blog about everyday life-saving tips.</span></i></span></span></div>
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Abraham Ologunduduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06442075642979699789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669497075105517736.post-78948275781570666492018-01-13T18:34:00.001+01:002018-01-13T18:34:10.566+01:00GreatGlorious - My Reflections on 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
yearly declaration I imbibed for 2017 was EMPOWERED TO DO GREAT EXPLOITS (EDGE).
I embraced and walked with it with an abiding faith— <i>believing I have been edged to the best </i>throughout the year. My
first experience, January started with so much hope and assurance. I spent the
days with golden hearts; I was taught the word “love” in different dimensions
by different people, and I had enough quiet time so the Bible and Christian
literature became my daily companions. I learnt a lot in January writing tests
and exams on books read. Above all, on the 11<sup>th</sup> precisely, I got a
revelation that changed my life tremendously which shall be ever permanent in
my heart. It ended with much hope so I walked majestically into the next month.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">February
was all about service. It exposed me to men whose characters and lifestyles
defined the true meaning of what service is. As I went through each day in
February I could say, "Yes, I’m better and, serving anywhere won’t be a
problem”. I had the privilege of coming in contact with someone I had long
longed to meet (Rev. Mrs. Funke Felix Adejumo), and I came to understand better
the need to prepare for my future. I
crossed over to March with so much excitement, looking at how my year was
going. In March I dedicated my time to prayers and there were manifestations of
my words and decrees. I had the privilege to participate in prayer chains with
great men of God. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also did some self development this month: on the 23<sup>rd</sup>,
I started an online course with SHE LEADS AFRICA, discovered and read about
beautiful souls like Kagiso Madibana (Philanthropist, journalist and author)
and Samke Mhlongo Ngwenya (Specialized Banking Consultant). I also had the
privilege of being taught by Architect Jumoke Adenowo, who made me realize
there is so much in being a woman. I ended March with the mission to explore
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April
started so well. Its first week was spent at Balm of Gilead, Benin City and I
had the advantage of loving and understanding the gospel more. I made new
friends, amazing individuals; I did a lot of writing (of poems, articles, short
stories) and was able to structure most of my ideas into meaningful units and
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I got a name for my brand with the help of quite a number of
personalities such my good friend, Sir Abraham Ologundudu. Each time I look
back, I smile at the memories April has left on my mind. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then I entered into my
birth month, May! All I considered was purpose, vision, goals and direction.
May was for self-assessment—that is, how far I had come in terms of works done
and those still to be done. It revealed bigger and tasking responsibilities, it
was a time the needful and needless were defined. I also bagged my NYSC
certificate. I ended the month with thanksgiving in my heart. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">June set in on a
very high speed, bringing various appointments and birthing some of my most
cherished testimonies in the year, one of which was successfully training and
leading children to a competition and coming out overall best. I was able to
host a relationship programme for youths with Mrs. Selegha Amange as the Guest
Speaker. I had an interactive session with a thought leader and public speaker,
Samson Egbums, whose words shaped my ideas greatly. Nonetheless, June was also
a period of no rest as I resumed official duties fully.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">July
came highly demanding as usual but not unsurmountable anyway. I successfully
hosted a youth programme with the theme, “The Mandate” with 139 youths in
attendance. It was my most challenging month in 2017 where my ability and
capacity were put to the test. Also, I was conferred with the title of “Her
Excellency” by the General Overseer of our Church. One of the best parts of my July 2017 was
being redeployed from the Performing Arts Division to Public Relations Unit as
thee Assistant Public Relations Officer at my place of work. In August, I was
embattled with health issues, so many ugly medical reports were presented, I
spent most days going to and fro the hospital but I thank God for healing. My
source of encouragement and motivation during that period of health crisis came
from gospel messages by great men like Lt. Col. Moyo Akin, Apt. Joshua Selman,
Apt. Wale Feso, Rev. Craig and Pastor Chris Oyakilome. I ended the month with a
promotion to a new level. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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stepped in and though I was offered an appointment and upgraded to a senior
staff, it turned out to be my most confused month that I just couldn’t find
explanation to things. Each day brought puzzles for me to solve but as one
edged to be the best, I concluded in a grand style. October was all about
administration; it was fun being a boss lady though. I was able to launch a
library project for youths and sooner than I expected testimonies were
heralding from mouths of youths. November came also with victories, proofs of
works done; it opened a new chapter in my career. Hmm, GreatGlorious displayed
a high level of maturity here in all her life! I could say I have never acted
matured like I did in November 2017. I handled issues I thought were too big
for me, I said "NO" to impossibilities and I went for what I wanted
without looking back. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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grand finale of the year 2017, December, had its ups and downs but I had
reasons to move into 2018 boldly. I restructured ideas and decisions, I had
more reasons not to fail and packed my bag ready to achieve more in 2018. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking
back at these past 12 months, I can say boldly that EDGE was never a bad theme
to embrace. I understand that the challenges I passed through each month were
not to limit me or bring me down but rather to show me how strong I am; they
proved to me that inherent in me, lies virtues, energy, power to conquer and
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on my face but has also given me more zeal and faith to see success in
everything, including my unknown fears. I realized that if I had stamped blame
on others during my rough days in 2017, I would only have ended up
disappointing myself. I realized that if I had considered family, friends and
the public in certain decisions I took, I would have got regrets as the end
results for most of the months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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readers, for everything there’s a reason, January to December don’t just exist
for the purpose of calculation but actually exist to bring to us new chances,
new possibilities and opportunities to better and drive us to our purpose.
Though, it carries the same four weeks and days like Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
etc, we are a product of what we do each of those days and months. Believe me,
the months in every year carry packages which when appreciated bless us in
amazing ways. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don’t see your January to December as the normal 12 months that
make up a year; every day of the year shouldn’t be ordinary to you; tap into
each day and month with a positive mentality.
Failing in a particular month shouldn’t stop you from maximizing the
rest. I have learnt to be accountable for each day of my life. My January to December of 2017 was more than
the normal 12 calendar month, it moulded me, gave me the opportunity to grow
more. I made so many mistakes also but the testimonies in it are uncountable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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reflected on my 2017, I have gathered more momentum to dare new heights, build
and grow more. I have closed the chapters of everything concerning 2017; I have
opened a new chapter, a new book, with my pen ready to write my 2018, ready to
create and lay new legacies. So I have decided that stepping up is the only
better option; I, GreatGlorious/ladywithgrace (Her Excellency, Mama Edge) is
doing nothing less than expanding. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am Glorious Wilberforce,from Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.Graduate of English and Literary Studies from Niger Delta University; Assistant Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Council for Arts and Culture;a Godclass writer of quotes, articles, poems and short stories. I am a lover of the</span></i></div>
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Abraham Ologunduduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06442075642979699789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669497075105517736.post-21162374095254658832018-01-12T13:41:00.000+01:002018-01-12T13:49:32.868+01:00Liberate Your Mind & Find Your Inner Peace | Peace Itimi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufy9Vu0Gjn62PLLrXyteqXBuEj05EmUkvzIOug8QGCipJ8oxRTgDpGYZp2l1TZXvK7xJu5mFywlPXi7uV6gCy7ECGcoLV5nNGxJ9fZ11hpT6_zO9F5g29DxAtYhg5164AyXkNFl9sk2I/s1600/1-lead-your-life-series-peace-itimi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Lead Your Life Series 14 | Liberate Your Mind & Find Your Inner Peace" border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufy9Vu0Gjn62PLLrXyteqXBuEj05EmUkvzIOug8QGCipJ8oxRTgDpGYZp2l1TZXvK7xJu5mFywlPXi7uV6gCy7ECGcoLV5nNGxJ9fZ11hpT6_zO9F5g29DxAtYhg5164AyXkNFl9sk2I/s640/1-lead-your-life-series-peace-itimi.jpg" title="Liberate Your Mind & Find Your Inner Peace - Peace Itimi " width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="border: none; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">This week's episode of Lead Your Life Series features the story of how Peace, grew up with so much anger and depression, and how it led to discover what she's passionate about</span><span style="border: none; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">. Today, she is a super emerging Techprenuer helping business use digital marketing to grow their businesses.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Peace Itimi studied Medical Biochemistry at the University but is now actively pursuing a career in Digital Marketing after falling in love with it during her time as a Google Student Ambassador. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She has various certifications from Hubspot and Google in Digital Marketing and is actively involved in the Google Digital Skills Project where she has trained over 2000 people thus far. She is also the Co-founder of Rene Digital Hub and has published three Books.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back in April 2017,<span style="color: #990000;"> <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/united-ceo-apologises-passenger-removed-170412012733328.html"><span style="color: #990000;">United Airlines found itself under enormous scrutiny</span></a></span>
after an incident in which an elderly passenger was dragged off one of their
planes. The entire event was captured on video and shared on Facebook, Twitter,
and other social media platforms millions of times. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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criticism in the aftermath, the root of the problem goes much deeper than
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company’s policies without much thinking. As a matter of fact, if the work
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you’re a business leader, the scenario
above is probably one of your worst nightmares. And if you want to avoid
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people how to do a particular job – it’s also about doing it yourself.
According to a recent study published in the Harvard Business Review, <a href="https://hbr.org/2016/03/the-most-important-leadership-competencies-according-to-leaders-around-the-world"><span style="color: #1155cc;">around 38% of business leaders</span></a> believe that
good leaders cultivate feelings of success and failure as a team. So, if you
want your team members to work hard, you need to work just as hard, if not even
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it’s as equally as important to know the people you’re working with. Therefore,
you have to learn how to communicate with your team members properly, get to
know them and ultimately connect with them on a more personal level. Knowing
both their strengths and weaknesses will allow you to utilize their skills
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energy, time and in some cases, actual physical support. So, you need to set up
a support system for the success of your team. For example, a recent Rypple
revealed that 23% of employees want career development opportunities. True
leaders listen to their employees and provide them with the education they need
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specific problem, you shouldn’t tell them what to do. Instead, you should try
and guide them, so they could come up with the correct solution themselves. In
essence, you need to give them the freedom to brainstorm. If you have any
problems guiding your employees, maybe <a href="https://www.cameronfancourt.com/"><span style="color: #990000;">hire a
business consultant</span></a> to help you become a better leader that produces
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from people than those people may expect from themselves, and a real leader
should do the same. This means you shouldn’t hire or fire employees based on
their previous experience, because things just change too fast. You should try
coaching your team members instead and teach them properly, so they could take
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keep in mind that no matter what some people tell you, <a href="https://www.boxknocks.com/blogs/articles/key-steps-to-a-successful-online-business"><span style="color: #990000;">leadership is a skill</span></a> that can be learned. You
need to make a conscious effort to improve your leadership skills that will
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day, it’s up to you to decide what kind of a leader you want and need to be. Nonetheless,
the results you’ll see from following the steps above will definitely help you
be the leader you want to be and let you shine as a leader workers actually
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ever ran to a chemist to complain of stomach disorder? Or hurriedly call your stock broker because of the news about falling or rising market prices of stock? Or breathing heavily on a mechanic when your vehicle refused to move an inch in a one way street?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The need to be free and live comfortably drives us I guess that’s a significant characteristic of human being. Not only are we driven by our desire to live wholesomely but also we are ruled by the meaning we give to events in our lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">While an average man sees headache as threats to well being and he is so desperate to escape the state or alleviate himself of the pain, the pharmacy and medical practitioners make money out of that (not as if they pray ailment on people but in the clear sense how will they feed themselves).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Being in the police net for two hours almost turned my friend to a lunatic, he was infuriated that he hated himself and the experience always bring out the worst in him where as the police department saw this as “being your friend” uh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It is obvious that the meanings we give to things that happens in our lives are of utmost important and we are so fixated on its implications that we dare not look beyond what we think but it has been proved considerably times without numbers that an attempt to live out our thoughts and acquire new ones may carry us all the way beyond expectations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For instance, while some see it impossible to run a mile in a minute, Roger Barnister sees it as an opportunity to show the world his master piece, he beat the odds and present a new meaning and reality. Killing of twins may have sounded nice to a designed troupe but Mary Slessor stance against it has gave us another meaning with which we are living today?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do always see challenges or opportunities? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The meaning you give to life will determine your destiny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><b><i>Israel Godwin is a speaker and transformational coach, he help people maximize their potentials and profit from their talents. </i></b></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><b><i>He is the found of The Success Academy, a platform dedicated to raising exceptional achievers. </i></b></span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><i>You can reach him here <a href="http://www.israelgodwin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Israelgodwin.com</a></i></b></div>
Abraham Ologunduduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06442075642979699789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669497075105517736.post-75369948563164672462017-12-21T23:14:00.000+01:002017-12-21T23:14:20.426+01:0018 Quotes on Leadership and Entrepreneurship from Leverage Conference 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also known as social phobias is an anxiety disorder characterized by a significant amount of fear in one or more social situation, causing consideration distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life” Wikipedia</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Most of these fears are triggered by perception from the mind, criticism, or actual scrutiny from others. Social anxiety disorder often show up itself when giving a speech or interviewing for a new job. It is an occasional shyness alongside the attitude of not wanting to embarrass yourself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Social phobia is quite common, a lot of people struggle with fear daily less regarded of what they do, and how they do it. Some people experience anxiety in most precious all social situations while others anxiety is connected to specific social situations. Majorly in a place they are new at, such as talking to strangers, mingling at parties.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are few causes of social anxiety based on the sufferer.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Genetics</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Temperament goes a long way in human. Parents who are shy, un-intelligent, and scared of social gathering is bound to have children who would suffer from social anxiety. Studies shows that growing with an overprotective parents has been associated with social anxiety disorder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A previous negative experience triggers SAD. For example, a young man who is a public speaker was given a negative response/reactions after his speech. He is likely not able to return to his public speaking especially when he is yet to overcome fear and anxiety.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is known in Africa homes that women are not supposed to be seen doing some things, a place where ladies ought to sit around the corner, such child would not be able to outgrow the phobia created by culture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Examples of social anxiety triggers:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">· Meeting new people</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">· Public speaking</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">· Taking exams</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">· Being asked questions in a meeting</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">· Being the center of attention</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">· Talking with “important” people on authority figures</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">· Meeting a “big” client for the first time</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You might have felt anxious in public once or twice, that doesn’t mean you have social phobias. Here are signs and symptoms:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Self consciousness</b>: If you have social phobias, you pay a high self attention after an activity is done. Example; you had a presentation done, and made a mistake about the spelling of a word while writing on a board, a self conscious person would be worried everyone took notice of his/her mistake and then feels negative about the presentation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Persistence of fear</b>: Each activity the person is involved in, they are afraid of people’s review about it. Thus, interactions with strangers would seem difficult even if it is needed and important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is mostly seen in people who avoid public presentation or verbal presentation by all means , they don’t want to be noticed. They are scared of making mistakes while talking. According to Psychologist BF Skimer, phobias are controlled by escape and avoidance behavior.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Physiological aspects</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These includes tears, difficulty in breathing, shaking, palpitations, walk disturbance.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Staying quiet or escaping from the public before a presentation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Use of alcohol or drug before social situations</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Negative thoughts: social anxiety sufferers have negative thoughts, they take note of all their flaws, think other people noticed it. They also remember more negative comments than the good one.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ways out of SAD</span></h2>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Challenge negative thoughts, avoid negative thoughts. Instead say to yourself “my presentation would be mind blowing”, “people would learn from my speech”.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Avoid unhealthy thoughts: Stop thinking about what others think about you. The truth, you don’t know what they think of you, a lot of time you assume you know what other are thinking, which is not true.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Taking things personal: you feel people are talking about you because you must gave a public speech.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Focus on others: while standing on that podium giving a speech, they are people there who needs to hear what to say, and because your words is at the point of their need. So pay attention to your listener, it makes you feel they are listening to you rather than paying close attention to your voice.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Learn to control your breath: avoid talking fast, so you don’t stammer be in control of your breathe.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Face your fear: do not avoid social gathering, they now avoid presentations the more it prevents you from becoming comfortable in social situations. Avoidance might prevent you from scrutiny or negative criticism-which is a short term result, it would create more problem when you can escape in future.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Get along with people: meet people, take a social skills class and volunteer to do something you enjoy doing. Work on your communication skills.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Adopt an anti-anxiety habit</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Avoid caffeine or nicotine</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Get active: do something physical and enjoy doing them. Dance to your favorite music, involve yourself in discussions at work. Avoid taking alcohol before a social situation or better drink in moderation.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Get enough sleep daily.</span></li>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>Olayemi Adeola is a practising nurse, she loves to write about teenage issues, and health issues. She sees to helping others achieve an health living. She is one of those who believes sleeping is an hobby.</i></b></span>Abraham Ologunduduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06442075642979699789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669497075105517736.post-64270454679104248152017-12-05T12:22:00.000+01:002017-12-05T12:22:45.591+01:00#IVD2017 - The world we desire begins with you and I - Eleso Moyosoreoluwa <div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In this changing world characterized by unrest in several countries especially African countries, so many aids are needed, so many hands are called for but in most cases none is received. At every point in time, volunteers are needed in different organizations either to help restore peace to troubled society, provide medical aids, orientate, or even help rebuild such societies as seen with the </span><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cross" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Red Cross"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; line-height: 115%;">RedCross</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Scouting"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; line-height: 115%;">scouts</span></a> and many other groups.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect” — Ronald Reagan </span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Everyone loves to listen to a grass to grace story, but not many would want to actually take the grass to grace journey. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Truly, life is full of difficulties but it seems like not everyone gets an equal share of these challenges. I have read and heard stories of individuals who didn't have the best childhood but rose to become global phenomenons.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From all these experiences, one can conclude that humans are designed to break barriers. There's is absolutely nothing that can hold you back if you will just keep pushing in the right direction. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Adedayo is a Keynote Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, Thought </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Leader,Human Resources, Change and Confidence Expert. He is dedicated </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">to helping people live bigger, bolder and braver lives. He is the curator </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">of #BreakingBarriers a weekly motivational program on Twitter, </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">through which lives of many have been changed.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He is an astute Public and Conference Speaker. Adedayo have 10 years </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">vast experience in Leadership Skills and Human Development. He has </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">grasp insights in Project Management Certified from Institute of </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Finance and Strategic Business Management (IFSBM) and a Personal </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Development Skill from Prestigious Lagos Business School (Improving</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Adedayo is a Youth Leader at The Redeemed Christian stain Church of God </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(RCCG) where he serves as an Ambassador at the Provincial Level </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(Lagos Prov. 36) and YALI member with 5 certifications ranging from </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Strategies For Personal Growth and Development, Workforce</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Collaboration and Development et al He is Author of 360 Gems of Wisdom. He is passionate to make a difference in this </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">generation and help others to live a fulfilled life.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.seasonedlifejournal.com/2017/10/leverage-conference-2017-true-north.html" target="_blank">The third edition Leverage</a> which held on the 28th of October 2017 at @Ivory Music Building, 13 Alhaji Ashabi Cole CBD, Alausa, Lagos Nigeria, was a gathering of young Africans around the theme, “True North”</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Keynote of the Leadership session was taken by Segun Aderogba, who is the CEO Ceenai Multimedia. He never went to a Tertiary institution, but Bible school. In his words, “A man's value is worth building. Value is real money. What are your values? Those things that you despise, if you build it long enough. It will be great.”</span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While addressing the issue of entrepreneurship during his keynote session, Chinonso Ogbogu, Founder of TheIncubators Africa said, “Entrepreneurs do not complain they take advantage by providing solution. You do not succeed in life out of pity, you succeed out of principles.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Other speakers who were on the panel include, Olorunfunmi Adebajo (ED, Kindle Africa Empowerment Initiative), Dayo Samuel (Lead Consultant, Audacity2Lead), Teajay Chunu (Idea & Brand Strategist), and Eniola Adeniji, who is a Serial Entrepreneur.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They equally shared practical insights on various issues that were raised during the panel discussion from their wealth of experience.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The convener Abraham Ologundudu opined that, “Every young African has a role to play in the development of Africa. Hence, the way forward for us is that individuals should begin to see themselves as a subsystem of a supra system. The transformation we seek is a function of collective productivity of individuals.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Of course, you can learn and reinvent yourself more with the help of books. Books can help broaden your imagination and satisfy curiosity. It can also help you acquire new skills and knowledge that can be applied in day to day living. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Many people talk about being the “better person,” but most of us also forget to throw away our existing prejudices which is usually the culprit why we tend to shrug off other people’s struggles and faults.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After a <a href="http://www.seasonedlifejournal.com/2016/11/photos-from-leverage-conference-2016.html" target="_blank">successful 2nd edition in 2016</a>
at the University of Ibadan, we are set to Lead you to the True
North of Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As you know it, Leverage Conference is our annual leadership conference that brings
together young leaders from several sectors to share insights and principles of
personal leadership that will empower them to be intentional in the
maximization of their potential as they are committed to the transformation of
the nation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a project that has been growing since our humble beginning in 2015. This year's' theme is <b>True North.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">African Leaders need to keep thinking forward. Amid
all the predominant endemic challenges as well as our mind-blowing successes as
individuals, communities and organisations, we must consistently endeavour to
identify distractions. True North refers to what we should be doing as
individuals/communities and not what we can do. </span></div>
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conference is back to Lagos and is scheduled for Saturday, October 28, 2017 and
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Aderogba – CEO, Ceenai Multimedia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Abraham Ologunduduhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06442075642979699789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5669497075105517736.post-24480894740465418752017-10-07T02:27:00.000+01:002017-10-20T23:10:40.279+01:005 Work-Life Hacks Every Businessman Should Know<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Prospering in the ranks of seasoned businessmen is a daunting undertaking. There is no surefire way to success and obstacles can be more numerous than stepping stones. However, there are certain steps that take you a long way towards your business goals. Namely, achieving a fine work-life balance is the best shot you got. For many people, it is an elusive ideal at best and menacing bane at worst. And to hit the mark, you need to adopt simple, yet powerful new habits and mind your everyday choices, however small they may seem. <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first step on a long journey is to figure out exactly why you want <span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="http://www.seasonedlifejournal.com/2016/02/3-ultimate-success-principles-you-can.html" target="_blank">business success</a></span> and what it means to you. The definition may evolve over time as new projects and challenges kick in. In any event, you have to get your priorities straight and see how you can reconcile personal and professional life as well as individual and organizational achievement. If you ask me, it is not a good idea to sacrifice your emotional life and relationship with the partner for the sake of business growth or meeting the traditional male ideal. <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Habits are the copper-bottomed bedrock of business success. Our daily energy levels and circadian rhythms differ, so discover and follow your own pace as much as you can. Admit when you face problems like burnout and consider ways of overcoming them. Try to exercise regularly, strive to get enough sleep, and <span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_589144473"></span>eat healthily<span id="goog_589144474"></span></a></span>. Bear in mind that you can make tweaks to enhance your performance, motivation, and performance with products such as the <span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://lucid.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">smart pill</a></span>, on top of common habits like consuming coffee. <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Technology is a businessman's ultimate weapon. First off, one can stay in touch with everyone via SMS, instant messaging, email, and other channels. However, it is important not to dilute the attention with frenetic responding or trying to be in multiple places at once. Being perpetually plugged and bombarded by a barrage of alerts, notifications, and calls that can really erode performance. Therefore, utilize tech tools to tackle one challenge at a time, be it meeting a deadline or helping the kid with school. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Time management is one of the essential skills for navigating the hustle and bustle of the business world. Life cannot be a constant rush because such a struggle takes a toll on both physical and <span style="color: #1155cc;"><a href="https://www.arthurjhawke.co.uk/blogs/must-have-collection/lets-talk-about-mens-mental-health" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mental health</a></span>. Thus, make good use of scheduling tools such as phone calendars, but try to maintain a degree of flexibility at the same time. That way, you can maneuver your way to every occasion, regardless of whether it is a decisive meeting or a wild party. <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You are in for a long race and you do not want to run out of steam at one point. So, carefully combine work and home and give both their due. There are various routes to success and many ways to wander astray. No one can do it alone, so stay connected with things that matter most in life, such as family. Sustain the momentum without falling asleep at the wheel and juggling too many balls at once. Ultimately, you should be able to make a difference and get more things done every day. </span><span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have you ever been in that situation where you successfully convinced your friends and family that you were making the right decision on a certain matter? Only for them to see you struggling and failing repeatedly? </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You know that feeling? I can tell you that it can be really traumatizing. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you have a dream that seems like it's getting more impossible to achieve daily? My one question for you today is this: How badly do you want it? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's easier to teach, read, and learn about patience, perseverance, resilience, tenacity (or whatever you call it), than to actually practice. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Honestly, I can attest to the fact that perpetual failure can really be painful and sometimes humiliating. However, one thing I have learnt is that in the end, it makes me stronger. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Morenike is a lover of God and people, a graceful speaker, and heart-writer. She loves to help people live Awake to the Lives they have been called of God to live and she does so actively through <a href="http://morenikevincent.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">morenikevincent.com</a>. </i></span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Her heart for family life lead her to start a network for ladies called She's connected familylife Network for ladies to grow together in God while the mirror they phenomenal woman in proverbs 31. </span></i><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With the next generation, Her heart is burdened for the Education and as such she held the first online Seminar for Academic Excellence in 2016. There after she has spoken at events where inspiring her audience on to strive for Academic Excellence, make wise Career choices, and live Awake to their lives. </span></i><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She is the author of the Academic Excellence Devotional, a 31 day devotional packed with academic Excellence stories, Nuggets and wisdom,</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> which focuses on helping teenagers and young adults attain academic excellence </span></i><br />
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</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As a</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> faculty member of the Elaleoy Academy, a life coaching academy for teenagers and young adults, the convener of The Life on Purpose Conference for teenagers, she believes in the total and well rounded youth. </span></i><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Morenike is a Chartered Accountant with one of the big4 professional Services firms. In her part time she is, volunteering at Awesome Treasures Foundation, speaking and training young minds, writing on her website, for blogs and magazines. </span></i><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“If you want something to change in your present situation, you have to do something to change it. You have to take a step.” — Habiba Kehinde</span></blockquote><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When there's a discussion about how to find clarity in life, my favourite statement is this: clarity is a process. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many people think they have got to figure everything out before they can start something. That has been the bane of many dreams.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My story is a classical example, I started blogging 6 years ago just posting quotes and motivational stories on my blog. Fast forward to the future, it's been growing into other things I had never thought of. I'd say no more for now. Story for another day.</span><br />
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<h2><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #990000;">About Habiba Kehinde</span></span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P_nn_mHENM3IGIdL6ODHgCClZ_DsWu2mI_xMG4rVuKH52rB3k7HEv4GaW7eCuIz4jXvINRQm7B4lu_S5-mRcEPEOCwk7aNjHUUkljpS8VyJhsXq0HbOhHytgkDSaRWXtHBS_fwqzVoA/s1600/Habiba-Kehinde.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Habiba Kehinde (Founder, Digital Lucy Nigeria)" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P_nn_mHENM3IGIdL6ODHgCClZ_DsWu2mI_xMG4rVuKH52rB3k7HEv4GaW7eCuIz4jXvINRQm7B4lu_S5-mRcEPEOCwk7aNjHUUkljpS8VyJhsXq0HbOhHytgkDSaRWXtHBS_fwqzVoA/s320/Habiba-Kehinde.jpg" title="Habiba Kehinde " width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Habiba Kehinde is a Social Media Strategist who helps small businesses and entrepreneurs get </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">their businesses online and build profitable brands. She works with clients to strategically </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">leverage social media platforms to attract new customers, grow their businesses and build their </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">brands.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Habiba is a graduate of Computer Science from Babcock University and has a MSc. in</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Information Systems, Organisations and Management from Alliance Manchester Business</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">School. With over 7 years experience in her career, working with global FMCG,</span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Telecommunications and Finance brands in the United Kingdom and Nigeria; she started Digital </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lucy Nigeria in 2015 to help businesses leverage technology effectively.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Her focus is on working with female entrepreneurs simplify digital marketing in order grow </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">profitable businesses.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I recently came across a very catchy and thought provoking article on LinkedIn by Shane Rodgers titled “The career advice I wish I had at 25”. He said a bit about how we get to look back years from now and wish we had the opportunity to use a time machine once, go back in time to give our youthful selves a lecture or two on the things you should have done differently.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>“In the future, when we turn 50, we will each be given a ticket to a time machine and, just once, we will be able to go back in time and talk to our 25-year-old selves.</i></span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Even then, time travel will be expensive and wreak havoc with frequent flyer programs. So there will only be one trip. So what if we could? What would we say? What advice would we give?</span></i><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I often wish I could do this. Just once. So, just in case the time machine ever comes along, this is the career advice I would give my 25-year-old self.”</span></i><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Since I know using a time travelling machine is an incomprehensible feat, at least not for now and in the foreseeable future and as a young rookie who belongs to the group that believes in the school thought that says “It is better to learn from the mistakes of others, You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself”.</span></i><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Haha; yes he mentioned this but not in those exact words. Allow yourself get a breather, a career isn’t a race or a marathon affair. The prime of our lives comes with serious youthful exuberance and impatience but as we get older we realize that there is that life and the career we decide to pursue in it should be treated with a long term approach.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Take life in strides, allow yourself time to breathe and grow. Things will fall in place if you work hard and allow yourself time to get good at things but if you choose to overwhelm yourself with work, you end up empty and tired, wearing yourself out and lose all the joy it takes to do a good job.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As bizarre as it may sound, failure is one of the best ways to learn, it serves as a part of the process to eliminate unsuccessful options. Richard Branson’s first venture was a magazine run by students. He visualized the brand would eventually include banks and travel companies. He obviously failed at this first attempt in business and several others but got his big break with Virgin Airlines.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thomas Edison, the famous inventor once said: “I have not failed. cxI have just found 10,000 ways that don’t work.” Take some risk, do not let the fear of failure limit your reach and approach to all the wonderful opportunities around.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sometimes failing spectacularly is the best evidence that we are alive, human and serious about aspiring to the extraordinary. There is no value in being ordinary when you have the capacity to be remarkable.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">More often than not, Real Success comes from repetition. You don’t have to wait for that mind blowing, ground breaking and never-heard-of idea. Most of the real success stories you have ever heard of were as a result of sheer persistence and determination to do old things in better way persistently.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thomas Edison made a thousand unsuccessful attempts to create the light bulb, but his persistence paid off. The book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell perfectly explains that you need to spend at least 10,000 hours on something to become a true expert at it. Perfect examples include; The Beatles who honed their performance skills through several gigs in Hamburg, a very important part of their success story and Bill Gates who, through a series of unplanned accidents, spent more time than almost anyone else on a computer.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What type of life have you dreamt of? Is it to become a prolific successful person; like Bill Gates, Abraham Lincoln, Steve Jobs etc, to be a source of motivation to others and to be remembered and have an impact in this world, your success story should be a lesson to others.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The question is, are you living up to that expectation? As that dream of yours not become a mere imagination and the zeal dying down daily. And it makes you<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>settle for less.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Why are some making it big in career, family, achieving success, while others are struggling in every area of life? For me, I guess it's individual mindset towards life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do you really love life? If yes, then it's time to eradicate negative thoughts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Daily<i><b> </b></i>we placed so much setback on our mind, that can be called "<b>The Walls in your Mind", </b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have to accept this kind of life as my destiny.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Those thought are like a poison that pollute our mind. Anything we tell ourselves whether positive or negative, our body accept it as <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it is in our mind</span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as a robot.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What word have you placed upon your Mind? Or you have allowed others i.e parents, friends, environment to place on you; which are limiting you and making you to believe those illusions and you are singing it daily like a Anthem. And they seems like a trap you can't get out from.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You got to wake up from this dream of yours and shake off thoughts, believe that doesn't empower you rather take away your precious joy and happiness. </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do not let the memories of your past limit the potential of your future. There are no limits to what you can achieve on your journey through life, except in your </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">mind<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> -</span> </span>Roy T. Bennett </span></i></b></blockquote>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">there, you must go beyond them<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - </span>Bruce Lee</span></i></b></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To succeed; our mindset must be filled with optimistic and strong believe in ourselves, if you believe you can, You can, if you believe you can't, You can't.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">You become what you tell yourself daily, </span></span><b><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your word is a self fulfilling prophecy. </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Remember how much those limiting beliefs have <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cost </span>you in life, I want to remind you;</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The job they have make you to lose, by believing you are not a qualified candidate. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The friends you have lost, by isolating yourself thinking someone is better than you.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many opportunities lost by been reluctant to make a decisions for your life.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's now <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">time you </span>make a decision to put an end to this mess, for a change to occur it takes a deliberate decision, self discipline and motivation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When you find it difficult to eliminate those negative thoughts, feeling, have it in mind that it has become a <b>HABIT.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For you to change those limiting thought you have to change the way you perceive, view, see life and see the better side of things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You have been dwelling on those thought for long, it takes patient for you to form a new habit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. <b>Explore beyond your environment: </b> Don't just think live ends in your surroundings, explore to know more about life, read books, attend seminars, make online friends, learn about other people's culture will help you to see life beyond your immediate environment, this will enlighten you to realised that no matter where we come from everyone has the power to prevail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. <b>Read successfull people story: </b>Things going on around us, challenges facing us, the background we are might not be encouraging, but reading biographies of those who have overcomed many life challenges can be a source of motivation to trigerred us to believe we can overcome every situations of life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Likewise food, bathing, that's why we work daily to overcome poverty, practice daily to increase our skills, and many others things of life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You become a master of what you do daily. That's why you have to engage in things that would empower your life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. <b>Move out of your comfort zone: </b>Our comfort zone are like a shield protecting us from trying new things, facing difficult situations, changing our routine, but you can never grow beyond the level you are, it is when you try new things, do difficult work that we get different results unlike the same old results. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. <b>Find the source of your problem: </b>When we know the source of our problem, the battle is half won, For a week or month live a conscious life; what do I mean by that, by writing down events that happens to you daily and the thought that trigger out of your mind, <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-size: 14.56px;">Examine your external environment: What situations and people are draining you? Do you feel supported? Do you really lack motivation, or are you just burned out? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. <b>Believe in yourselves:</b> Its when you believe in who you are that you would realize how much you can achieve, level you can attain, opportunity you can grab. And above all believe in God, when you believe in him nothing you should fear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6. <b>Forgive the past:</b> whatever might have influence your thought, forgive others and also forgive yourself. The past can't be changed but we can learn to accept it and learn from the past mistake and make sure they don't repeat themselves again. Forgiveness means freedom; when we forgive others we are free from Bitterness, anger, hatred, resentment and so on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Remember you would be happy for what you did today, than what you should have done tomorrow.</span><b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><i>These are 7 ways to live a life beyond limit and live life you have dreamt of.</i></span></b></span></div>
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A sedentary lifestyle is a type of lifestyle with little or no physical activity. A person living a sedentary lifestyle is often sitting or lying, while reading or using a mobile phone/ computer for much of the day. A sedentary lifestyle can contribute to many preventable causes of death.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The world has so much revolved that people could sit all day receiving emails, calls and using the computer. Several jobs today involves this kind of lifestyle except it has to with walking up and down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A lack of physical activity is one of the leading causes of preventable death worldwide. A sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical activity can contribute to or be a risk factor for:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cardiovascular disease</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Computer vision syndrome (only for computerised and fresh depression)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">High blood pressure</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You practically do not have to stop your work to prevent sedentary lifestyle. So the solution to the dangers involved in a sedentary lifestyle includes the following:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Try as much to walk at least one hour a day, this can be done either by working out at a gym or through jogging. I understand that you have a busy schedule and you hardly walk for barely 15 minutes without a means of transportation. Exercises has mood boosting benefits, most people who live a sedentary lifestyle suffer from mood swings and it also increases their risk for anxiety, this is obviously because you are not fitting in enough.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Go for a run, a recent study found that running for as little as 5 to 10 minutes per day at slow speeds was associated with significantly reduced risks of death from all cause and from cardiovascular disease. In some parts of our country, especially states that are so populated like Lagos, Port-harcourt, Abuja where there are a lot of businesses, you can take a run while boarding a bus, and others.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can run your errands yourself while at work, especially when the errands is within your place of work.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Take a walk while commercials are going on on the television set, and if you are basically into the online business, you can walk around the house carrying your laptop or tablets.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In summary, sedentary lifestyle has a greater risk than its good, you can still live healthy, yet having this lifestyle. We all know health is wealth, your state of health determines your productivity. You can manage your lifestyle by doing the above.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” —Mary Kay Ash</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have come to discover that self sabotage can show up in different ways in the lives of people. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are some who are not confident about life because of their body type, height, colour, etc. There are some who have some sort of disability or even health condition that made them develop a negative perspective to life. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You may have also seen people who have similar conditions to yours and are enjoying a different reality.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These things may appear subtle, but in the end, it's about your disposition and not your position.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our guest this week, Sam Idowu, brings in a little twist to the flow of the series.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today's episode of Lead Your Life Series features the story of how Sam, battled with an issue of <i>frequent painful urination </i>(It might sound funny, but you can never tell what people are really going through)</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Today, Sam is helping people develop their ideas and talents into achievable goals. </span></span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am the founder of Mind and Ideas Network, and convener of the classy “When Minds Meet”, a platform created to raise exceptional leaders, where individuals and groups are challenged for greater living. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am a certified HR personnel and currently working with a consulting firm in Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria. Through my academic years in Ghana, I was opportune to hold several leadership roles among which were, General Secretary of the Business School Faculty, Foreign Student Representative and Chief Justice for the student representative council in which they all got me the award of the most influential student on graduation. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I am also a media consultant; I Co-founded a media outfit in 2015 named Innovators Media which is majorly for publicity and entertainment. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I produced my first movie titled, ‘Independence Day’ in 2017. I have acted and been a production manager in several other movies. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> “ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." - </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Oscar Wilde</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many people are trying to be a copy of another person. I do not say this to spite anyone, it's just a reality I have come to discover overtime. Most times it's not like you want to be someone else - It's just that the expectations of friends, family, and the society at large can make you choose to conform. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our guest this week, Osayi Emokpae Lasisi, after spending 7 years studying Law at the United States of America, wasn't quite excited about her job. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today's episode of Lead Your Life Series features the story of how Osayi, discovered what she really loved and how it has impacted the world</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Today, she is helping entrepreneurs (especially women) grow their businesses using social media. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Osayi is the mommy of one amazing African Princess, She is an author, speaker, and is excited around all things digital. She is the Convener of a series of virtual summits, and she uses her knowledge to teach entrepreneurs how to get more clients and build their income using digital media.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today's episode of Lead Your Life Series features the story of how Victor Onyekere - who we may say had a disadvantaged childhood, took charge of his life for Good</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">. Today, he is helping passionate individuals live their best live by improving their productivity through coaching interventions.. He also leads a social enterprise that is dedicated to the development of human capacity in young leaders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I must also say that I knew Victor from afar in the University. Out of over 500 students in our level at the faculty level, he had the 4th best CGPA and I was the 5th. I knew this because at one point, the faculty pasted the list of the 5 best students in each level.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Victor Onyekere, The Strategist is a trained Health Educator and a Life, Behavioural Change and Productivity Coach with a top-notch penchant for excellence. He is very passionate about helping individuals achieve productivity and increase their value in their chosen path. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He ultimately believes that everyone in life was designed to succeed by finding their own space and doing what they were built and wired to do. He helps passionate individuals develop a wholesome behaviour in order to create productive results in their life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In April 2014, He started Love Care Community, a Social Enterprise focused on developing the human capital of young individuals via creating the right channels, platforms and environment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He founded the Young Leaders Connect Conference in 2017, an initiative which he set up in response to the Nation’s failing standards on leadership. The platform is designed to connect, engage and build strategic, principled and excellent leaders who would ultimately lead within their environments with a new set of values and a culture of exceptional excellence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Due to his undying passion for Leadership and Productivity, he has helped hundreds of young individuals across Nigeria and Africa to increase their capacity to lead effectively and to be more productive in their diverse fields. He does this through Coaching, Mentoring, Training and Speaking.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He is an Alumnus of Olusola Lanre Coaching Academy (OLCA) and an Associate member of the Life Coaching Association of Nigeria (LCAN). He speaks in diverse platforms and currently works with high performing young individuals in order to move them from passion to productivity. He does this </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">majorly through Life Coaching utilizing sound and proven neuro linguistic programming models to achieve exceptional results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He is a Strategic and Disruptive Thinker always questioning systems and challenging several primitive and conventional beliefs. He is currently working to become AFRICA’s NO. 1 BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE & LIFE PRODUCTIVITY COACH. He is charged to GROW individuals, TRANSFORM organizations and REBUILD nations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today's episode of Lead Your Life Series features the story of Oluwatobi Adesanya who from a tender age was greatly curious about his identity. Today, he is helping many people achieve their dreams of authoring their own books. He also leads amazing initiatives for teenagers leadership development.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Oluwatobi Adesanya is a writer, inspirational speaker and currently the creative director of Heart2World Publishing; a company which provides end-to-end professional services for writer, and would-be authors. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With his strong passion for young people, he also runs Relevance Initiative, a youth organization geared towards raising exceptional young leaders. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He is the convener of Instructions for the Tertiary that gathers secondary school leavers and freshers in the university to prepare them for a purposeful life on campus. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He is presently leading #Project25000, an initiative to impact the lives of 25000 young people across Nigeria.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We all have plans. We make them because that’s how we’re taught life works. Some people even begin to think that living without a life plan is just like living for nothing. While many would agree, there’s the other side of the fence who proclaims that life should never be planned. Life is just life, and you just can’t expect it to go the way you want. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nevertheless, the majority of people cannot nurture a balance between the two mindsets. Yet, balancing the amount of planning and the amount of “just living” could be considered mastery. But why do some people plan and why do others hesitate to do it? </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A precise suggestion would be that most of us are <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/why-were-living-in-the-age-of-fear-w443554" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">living more types of fear</a>. Among those fears, the<b> fear of change</b> is extremely strong for most of the people. We absolutely love to stay in our comfort zones, without having to make changes. Changes mean risk, and they also evoke the fear of failure. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Well, during today’s post, we’re going to explore the <b>pros of planning or not planning</b> your life and goals. Remember: the key is to maintain the balance, but you should pick a perception and get accustomed to it all while staying open to the other perception. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">• Higher Degree of Diversity and Reduced Fear of Failure </span></h3>
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When you aren’t planning anything, you’re leaving enough room for diversity. More than often, individuals that aren’t planning out their future will come across different experiences. We attract these experiences by trying different jobs, different spouses, different habits, and different hobbies. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moreover, if you didn’t establish “ground rules” for your life, you’ll be tempted and willing to take more risks. When you take more risks, it means that your fear of failure is reduced. Less fear of failure means more success and opportunities. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">• You’re Staying Very Open to Opportunities </span></span></h3>
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Speaking of opportunities, you’ll get a lot of them. We often attract the things that we want, but when we’re not wishing for anything and we’re just letting things “choose us”, we become open to opportunities. Not that we’re just open, but we can definitely spot them easier than otherwise. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Opportunities can benefit you only if you have enough room for them in your life. If you’ve already got plans, you’ll be less open to exploring the experiences and opportunities life’s going to throw at you. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">• You Give Yourself the Chance to Discover Your True Purpose and Passions </span></h3>
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whenever we plan our future, we’re kind of deciding how our life will look like as the time goes by. This simple action makes you feel very focused on that specific purpose. So for example, if your purpose is to be the best marketer in the world, you’ll be studying marketing books, you’ll market products and services, and everything is going to be dedicated to the major goal. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yet, if you’re living life without plans, you give yourself the chance to discover other passions, and maybe, who knows, your<a href="http://www.actionforhappiness.org/take-action/find-your-true-purpose" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> true purpose</a>. When we find the true purpose, we just know that we did. It’s an unexplainable feeling that will turn you into a different person. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When you have a goal, you know what you stick to. Whenever you fail, whenever you have a personal issue, whenever life puts you down, you can get back up and align with your goal. Compared to not having plans, this is a huge advantage, because the ups and downs of life are always the hardest. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Moreover, you can organize everything according to your major goal. You can split achievements into mini-achievements and take care of them each, all until the big piece is finally completed.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Planning out your life should give birth to two important benefits or traits. I’m talking about the ability to focus entirely on your objectives, and the power of staying fully committed to whatever you’ve previously proposed yourself. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Having life plans and goals is often a more strategic way of going through life. Moreover, you’ll be able to get from Point A to Point B pretty quick as long as you’re dedicated. Of course, this will only happen if you know what Point B actually looks like. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As previously mentioned, failures will no longer affect you that much. As long as you understand that every failure should be compared to a war battle. You can lose the battle, but the war is far away from being over. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Both options give benefits. The question is – what benefits are best suited for your lifestyle? Maybe you prefer more stability and control. In this case, you should probably <a href="https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_90.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">plan your goals and objectives</a>. Doing so should give you a better sense of control over your life and future. In the opposite case, if you hate planning or you hate putting ground rules over your life, do not plan anything. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But as I mentioned before, you should strive to find a balance between the two mindsets. Have plans, but don’t make them strict. Plan things, but leave room for the unpredictable. I wish you good luck in your journey!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Have you ever had a period in your life when you felt like you were trapped in your own body? There was so much going on at the same time and it appeared there was no way of escape and you just wanted to vanish from this world?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our guest on today's episode has once felt like that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today's episode of Lead Your Life Series features the story of how Adedolapo Osuntuyi who at one time in her life was at the verge of committing suicide became a superwoman. Today, she is helping to improve the quality of living of vulnerable children in rural communities through education.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Adedolapo is a young woman with a keen interest in promoting quality education in community primary schools in Nigeria. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dolapo graduated from the prestigious University of Central Lancashire, Preston, the United Kingdom with a Masters Degree in Child Health & Social Care. She obtained an Africa – America Institute Scholarship to study Social Sector Management Course at the Enterprise Development Centre, Pan – Atlantic University (Lagos Business School). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She has gained experience in child protection, early childhood and community development programs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Adedolapo is the founder of Dolly Children Foundation, a non - governmental organization which focuses on improving the plight of the less privileged children in Nigeria through Education; emphasis on quality education for all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over 5000 children in 22 communities have benefitted through various interventions of the organization. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She is currently a cohort 2 participant of the Young African Leaders Initiative, West Africa Regional Centre, a US Government Initiative. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dolapo enjoys learning and researching.</span><br />
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