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Farrah Gray once said; " BUILD YOUR OWN DREAMS OR SOMEONE ELSE WILL HIRE YOU TO BUILD THEIRS" Yes, I wouldn't  deny the fact that starting your own business has its own ups and downs. But, ask yourself this question, what in life is devoid of several ups and downs?  If you feel that you have this great idea which awaits being a reality and you are determined and very resourceful, then starting your own business offers a  way of life you will or may never realize as an employee. But if you are confused on what exactly to venture into, read  ONLINE BUSINESS IDEAS YOU CAN BEGIN TOMORROW Without taking much of your time, consider the following benefits of starting your own business today; 1) YOU BUILD YOUR OWN BRAND Nothing in this life do we humans take more seriously than our NAME( in this case, your BRAND).  Yes, there's a feeling of joy and fulfillment when you are part of the team that's solely responsible for building a BRAND ...

" Give me a base of support and I will move the world"--- Archimedes What base of support can we offer, a PERMANENT VACATION from NEGATION INFLUENCES! ONE thing you should know as from today is this; NEGATION can only rock and roll with the NEGATIVES, nothing more. To get away from negation influences is to reconstruct the whole perspective. Getting away from negation starts from the MIND, the centre of every thought and action. YOU can't entertain negation  influences and expect the opposite, positivity. Life itself shows no favouritism, you cannot possibly sow one kind of seed and get a fruit or flower that the seed does not contain. Your mind can't entertain ideas( NEGATION) and get experiences that are not contained in the ideas you entertain. With this stated, consider the following reasons why you should get away from negation influences: 1) IT MAKES YOU THINK YOURSELF A FAILURE Yes, everybody fails at one point or the other...

HAVING TROUBLE WITH SCAMMERS? HOW TO IDENTIFY FAKE BANKING EMAILS Without any doubt, fake emails are sent by scammers for several reasons which are not beneficial to you. How does it work? It's simple; it works by getting you to visit fake sites in order to input your personal information. Mind you, the emails are oftentimes difficult to identify because they portray very close semblance with the original email coming from your bank. So, to this effect, we've compiled, just for you, some tips on how to identify these emails and what to do if you suspect you've gotten one. Let's trek through it together; #NEVER TRUST THE DISPLAY NAME ONE of the major tactics cyber criminals employ is to deceive you through the display name of the email. The mail portrays the name and logo of your bank such that you easily believe it's coming right from your bank. So, to reduce the chances of becoming a victim of scammers, first verify the email...

JOB INTERVIEW: 7 EASY WAYS TO MAKE A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION Need I remind you the saying, " first impression lasts longer." Then, if truly you know this and you believe it holds( sure it does), you'll agree with me that making a good first impression is a serious issue that needs to be dealt with. What you showcase determines the kind of response you receive. Should in case you come out offensively, say in an argument, then you leave the recipient with no other option than to receive it defensively. Now, back to the matter in consideration, making a good first impression at JOB INTERVIEWS is simple but several people flop and at the long-run taint their chances of securing the job. Then you return to square one. First impression apart from your resume/qualifications  plays a very cogent role in determining whether you'd be singled out of the countless applicants for the job. Now that you've realized how important making a good first impressi...

              4 STEPS IN OVERCOMING STAGNATION Stuck on the road to success? Yes it happens a times but it's not always as a result of limitations.  It should be clear that stagnation quite differs from limitation. Being stagnant simply means to stop developing, progressing or moving. While limitation is not void of progress but rather, there's a fine-line, boundary or restriction to progress. Have you been stagnant in one way or the other? It's high time you overcame and set yourself on the right course! Consider the following steps for overcoming stagnation: 1) GET RID OF THE WRONG MINDSET Having a wrong mindset is just like walking with your eyes closed. It leads you to a dead end. A wrong mindset is an open door for stagnation. A man with the wrong mindset will never learn something new. He sits, breeds and lives conveniently on the same old stuff. It's more or less living in the 21st century and t...

ONLINE BUSINESS IDEAS YOU CAN BEGIN TOMORROW With the help of technology, you no longer need to own a commercial space to run your business. Your business idea doesn't necessarily need to include an office made with a set of chairs and bricks. Technological advancements has given us much more easier and accessible platforms for owning and operating our businesses. Additionally, it has also marginalised the expenses of operating a business. All you need do is select a business idea that's compatible with your strengths and capabilities and you're good to go. Consider the under listed ideas to walk you through making a decision today: # Freelancing:  This is currently becoming a great form of business. Most business platforms look -out for freelancers who can dish -out quality articles on different topics. If you have the skill set, you can begin freelancing work. It could either be on a short-term or a long term basis but either way, you get paid. ...

A MUST READ FOR BLOGGERS: 4 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR SEARCH RANKINGS              THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA ONE THING FOR SURE IS THIS: as a blogger or website owner, you need traffic( influx of people to your site or blog) and I'm sure you know there are a lot of ways to go about that [one being optimizing your blog post or content for google(SEO)]. There are many ways to the river you know. So, apart from optimizing your content for google, social media can also be a very good source of traffic. But this way is highly neglected or tapped into by BLOGGERS. With the rate at which bulk of the world's population make use of Facebook and the likes, increasing your search rankings through social media will be a reasonable thing to invest your time in. But, not to worry, we've provided specially for you 4 ways you can use FACEBOOK, TWITTER and many other whatnots to increase the search rankings of your blog/website. In no particular order; ...

                  TIPS FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT We all want to get better everyday. Personal development includes anything that helps you get transformed as a person. It means things you can do to help you harness your potential and be the best you can. However, it doesn't imply becoming better than the person next to you,but, rather, harnessing your potentials to become better than you were yesterday. Below, are some useful tips we've provided for you to consider for personal development: # SHUN PROCRASTINATION  The success or growth you crave for won't come overnight! If there is a time you need to take the journey to personal development, it is now! Do not procrastinate or postpone what you can do now. Besides, the more you procrastinate, the further your desire for personal development to materialization. # SHED THE UNNECESSARY WEIGHTS Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are. Shed the...

4 FACTORS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ARE THE MAJOR CAUSES OF FAILURE IN EXAMINATIONS I know there are times you retire to a serene environment, you alone with your thoughts. You give in to deep introspection as to why you failed the course/examination. Yes, you did all you could to ensure that you were fully set for the examination but it all seemed as if all your efforts just went down the drain. As a matter-of-fact, not all students fail because they didn't prepare for the examination. There are students who fail for reasons unknown to them, and that's why this article has been compiled to finally reveal the ' hidden factors you didn't know are the major causes of failure in examinations'. I'll implore you to read on! It's most likely you would have noticed some geeks among your folks who take ' struggling students' tutorials on a particular course but still flop during examination. With this experience becoming rampant among college studen...

6 FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING A LOCATION FOR YOUR BUSINESS Choosing a location for business is an issue most entrepreneurs approach with just a little seriousness. Many, however, settle for a relatively cheap location just to cut expenses and others take it to be of less importance as far as their product is of good quality. Be it as it may, a good location is very critical to the growth and success of your business. Before you begin the ultimate search for a business location, you should have a visual map, a clear picture of what you have at present and what you want to have in future. A visual map or a written guide that begins with where you are now, not where you've come from, is necessary to help guide you toward picking or choosing a business location. Location is far more than just choosing a building. As an entrepreneur, it is advisable that you move away from the smaller picture, the way people see it to be, and look at the bigger picture, the more real...

                          BATTLING KLEPTOMANIA IN CHILDREN THEN he stood up, leant down and took off his shoes. The hot darkness of the room lay heavily on him. He took a slow step forward and then another. His progress was silent. Opening the door, he stepped into the outer room. He moved on, trying each board carefully with his stockinged foot before putting his full weight on it. He closed the door gently behind him, his fingers easing the door so that it shut without a sound. Pressing his leg against the side of the refrigerator to guide him, his hands touched the ' chocolate pack'. With a smile, he reached out to two wraps and suddenly, the light came on and he was caught yet again. There's no doubt that raising children isn't without its attendant challenges. Right from inception, when a child is born, parents/guardians are saddled with the responsibility of providing the basic needs he  needs for ...

HOW CAN I PROMOTE MY BUSINESS? ( a question most entrepreneurs rarely get answers to) EVERYDAY, we see different start-ups sprout. They begin with so much enthusiasm and zeal that gives their ' target audience' a sought of impression they will be on for a long time. But, however, what we imagine or the   FIRST IMPRESSION  we get isn't always the end result. When these start-ups get hit with the frustration and failures on several attempts to promote their business, they allow the anger and bitterness that we all sometimes feel while on the job hijack their zeal and vision which makes their business divert from one of ascension to one of constant regression. This therefore births the ever- bulging option to fold up which they readily give in to. To be candid, no business or start-up experiences a bump free ride to success. But this doesn't rule out the fact that it's possible to make headway. To this effect, we've packaged, just for you, useful tips ...

            DEATH PAINS or BIRTH PAINS? OFTENTIMES, WE TEND TO MISREAD or misinterpret the message our present predicament is trying to pass across. So, we throw the brick of our dreams on the wall, bend and pick up the pieces, wrap it up with a thick black linen and empty it in the trash can. No one is exempted when it comes to feeling severe pains while on the road to success. But, the cancerous error we often make is that we fail to pause for a minute to ascertain if these pains are really death pains or birth pains. REMEMBER, a woman in the delivery room goes through a degree of pain before the baby pops out and when gold is tossed into the fire( Pain) by the goldsmith, it comes out refined. Oh! Ajayi Caleb, you don't seem to understand how hard it is over here. I've tried everything anybody in my shoes would have done but it all went over the bar. Yes, you hit a rock in your quest to succeed, so you quit, thinking yourself a ...

A FRESHER? ASPECTS OF UNIVERSITY STUDY THAT TAKES MOST FRESHERS BY SURPRISE The transition to a higher level of education is always a tough stage for most FRESHERS. The idea of leaving home, the comfort zone of your present environment where everything you need is at your beck and call, and plunging into a new world, new air,  or new environment could be freaky. The university being a world of its own, with customs and values you encounter nowhere else, coupled with the unlimited freedom to do, think and speak as you please, is by far different from the previous school settings you might have been exposed to. Faced for the first time with this openness, it's natural to feel perplexed. So, as a newbie to the system, you tend to wonder at the way things are done in your new world. The several styles that seem contradictory to that of your previous world confuse you. The somewhat big intentions and dreams fade away because you do not know how to deliver. Nobody h...

                      LEVELS OF FRIENDSHIP So many people lack a clear picture and understanding of the levels of friendship which entails specific freedoms and responsibilities, depending on the closeness of the relationship. At times, we take one level for the other. We offer our time, attention and resources to a friend expecting something equivalent in return. But as disappointing as it may be, we get something contrary or something below our expectations and at the long-run, suffer emotional trauma and heart- break. These emotional pains and heart breaks could have been avoided or at least reduced if one had a clear understanding of the different levels of friendship and had treated each friend according to his category. Of a truth, the following list of the basic levels of friendship can be found in many works on relationships. This list can help you determine the rightful place for the different peop...

HOW  TO MOTIVATE EMPLOYEES TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE All business owners definitely want to up their game, maximize profit and satisfy clients. However, to make this a reality, you need a workforce that's up- and- doing. Then the big question is- how do you motivate your staff to be more productive in order to help your business grow? Mandating them to work all day? Definitely not! Buying them with money; that's going to birth a short- lived result even if it works at all. Well, it might interest you to know that boosting employees morale to do more doesn't really require a whole lot of money as you may have imagined. All you need is a little planning and then devise a method to keep your workforce happy. Happy you say? Yes, happiness is the central point of all. When you're happy, you work faster, better and become more productive. Having said this, let's trek through the following tips we've provided below: # introduce fun- fil...

                            MANAGING INTERRUPTIONS You do want to get your work done on time. At the same time, you do not want to snub others as they approach you to catch up on various activities. Daily interruptions at your workplace can serve as an impediment to managing your time and at the long-run limit your success. Because your day is limited to some specific hours, interruptions of whatsoever form can rob you of the time you need to attain success in your work and life. Furthermore, interruptions can mar your concentration and this means you have to spend more time to re -program yourself to the processes needed to complete your work. Managing these interruptions well will help you improve your relationship status with your co-workers, your time management skills, and boost  your efficiency in your day to day activities. The ultimate key to doing this is to identify these inte...

                                                     I THINK MYSELF HAPPY IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, let it be known to you today that your thought produces your words, and your words instigate your actions. Your thoughts not only become things, they are very powerful things. Therefore, it's very important for you to guard what flows in and out of your ' thought centre'. You know how it works, if you think you're going to get depressed, you think yourself depressed. " I'm depressed." Why?- because you're thinking about it. Your ' thought centre' is supreme, it's the Creative Principle, and what a man's thought can fabricate, it can certainly liquidate. Whenever you hit a rock in your quest to succeed, you go all the way to ' think yourself a failure'.  But, have you ever read or talked to anybody who's done anything of any sign...