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      7 ATTRIBUTES OF SUCCESSFUL COLLEGE STUDENTS To be frank, being a college student is not an easy task. On the contrary, it's an hurdle-filled experience. Yes, college is a transitional part of life, moulding students to be mature and givers of society. But, however, your success in college hangs on your attitude and some other ingredients inclusive. Come to think of it, what makes a student successful in college while another struggles to make headway? Though luck is likewise a contributing factor, there are quite a number of personality factors that can also be helpful to students. One should however know that there is no one approach or strategy for a successful college experience. But there are some attributes that are inherent in many students who have been successful in college. Consider the following list of attributes that will enable you re-shape and position yourself to a track of collegiate success; 1) SELF-CONFIDENCE : You can if you believe you can. T

                   CHANGING THE RULES  Sitting on the couch, opposite the easy chair, with your face wrapped in despondency. You look at the window, thinking about certain issues of life. Your face lit by the moonlight and the hot air of the night touching your skin. You analyse, consider carefully and come out with a resolution- " It is not possible or I do not have what it takes". This might have been prompted by several failures of the past or frustration from seeing people, most times, people within your age bracket being successful in all sort of stuffs while every of one's attempt goes down the drain. Well, this most times comes from the fact that one might have actually been doing the same old stuff the same way and expecting different results.      This is where the idea of being creative comes to play. Creativity is just the ability to think of new ideas, not going with the same old idea which evidently leads to a dead end. It's not a matter of d

      5 REASONS WHY THE HIGHLY TRAINED ARE OFTEN DISMISSED    The case of outright dismissal or retrenchment of several highly grounded, intelligent and trained personnels seems to be the order of the day.   Most times, we all wonder why this set of rare gems get dismissed from their workplace. We utter statements such as- "why on earth will they do this to him or what on earth was the CEO thinking to have dismissed that highly intelligent personnel from work?".    But, rarely do we sit down to consider and carefully analyse the situation to see why.  " Yes! it happens, there's no new thing underneath the sun. Afterall, they don't deserve my services. I've got to move on to a better place." Those are the words these sets of people reach out to to console themselves. They fail or never try to take a look at the situation critically to know what caused it. Forgetting that there's always a REASON for every ACTION.   Having said this, let

  4 THINGS TO BE CAUTIOUS OF WHEN CHOOSING A CAREER     Choosing a career is a very very different thing from choosing a job or which organization to work for. In essence, a job can be considered as a trade time for money while an organization or a company is the place where you do it. But, a career is a much more bigger and indispensable concept.        A lot of students dive into different fields of study without  prior information about what they are signing up for. They choose a career with little or no information about it.    Choosing a career is as delicate as going into the school of marriage. It should be taken seriously and not with levity hands.       Several parents, guardians, schools, fail to see the cancerous effect a single error can cause both to the student and the society at large when he or she plunges into the wrong career.     Most students' view about choosing a career are limited by social, financial and economic factors. While looking at job grow

                      ADDICTION and the way out   Addiction has been a very big menace, though not having a face nor a figure. But, it has been destroying the lives of so many people silently. In its raw sense, addiction is a compulsive need for and use of a habit- forming substance ( such as alcohol, prescription drugs, nicotine) characterized by tolerance and by well- defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal.     Over the years, so many individuals have fallen victim and become slaves to several kinds of addictions ranging from alcoholism to smoking, drugs and the list goes on and on. Sadly enough, most of its victims have tried lots of strategies just to release themselves from the cage of addiction but most of their efforts have been futile. The more they try to untie themselves, the harder its grip on them. Thereby, making its victims see it as an insurmountable or unconquerable problem. However, below are some advisable steps or principles to follow in order t