WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN...

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"When the chips are down, you are given the chance to find the strength you never knew you had and put it toward the greater good. Or go over to the dark side. You know, if that's how you roll." - Jessica Lave

Life, they say is not a bed of roses. Everyone is bound to face challenging situations at some point in time. Such challenges come irrespective of our class, pedigree, or status in the society, and most times, they leave us frustrated and depressed. Meeting oneself in a difficult situation is however not as important as the reaction to such situations. A person's response to unfavourable circumstances is what could ultimately make or mar him. How then does one navigate through the challenges that life consistently throws around? What do you have to do when difficult situations seems to be overwhelming you? And what is the next step to take when the chips are down? The answer to these questions have I provided in the following five (5) points.

DON'T GIVE UP

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Sometimes, life brings what you do not expect. At times, you feel that you

WINNING WITH TIME

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Hello my dear readers.

Today's post is a wonderful article which I got from the Facebook Timeline of David Adeoye. Although it was written about a month ago, it caught my attention because the things he discussed can be applied to our lives at any given point in time. I believe you my readers can learn one or two things from it. Enjoy it...

  For many individuals with an interest in specific knowledge pursuits (academic or professional educational), I am pleased to share with you a process and approach that I have tested and found to be effective in handling mentally tasking initiatives despite other demands on ones time (including work and commuting).
It was the late management sage, Peter F. Drucker (1909-2005), that said in one of his books that "the limits of any process are set by the scarcest resource". He continued that "in the enterprise called knowledge work, this scarcest resource is time."

WHY YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF (Part 2)

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 "If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride - and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards." - Paul Bryant

Good day my dear readers, trust you are very fine. I bring to you the concluding part of the last post. In case you are yet to read Part 1 of the Why you find it difficult to believe in yourself post, you can read it here  Now let's consider the number 3 factor which can prevent a person from believing in himself or herself.

3. PAST EXPERIENCES OF FAILURE

This factor is perhaps the mother factor when talking about the causes of a lack of self-confidence in oneself. This is so because almost all the other factors that one might think of have their root cause in a past experience of failure. Take for instance the two other factors we had earlier discussed: Fear in most cases comes from a bad experience that a person has had, or a bad experience that had happened to another person which we know about. This creates in us the feeling that a similar thing could happen to us if we meet ourselves in a similar situation. Also, one of the causes of a low self-esteem is a failure that had been experienced in the past - we said something about this in the last post, but perhaps, we can now get to understand it better.

WHY YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

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"Doubt whom you will, but never yourself." - Christian Nestell Bovee

Believing in oneself is an easy, but also, a very difficult thing to do. It is easy in the sense that it's all about the concerned individual. Nobody knows a man better than himself, therefore, such an individual can easily put confidence in his abilities, and go for whatever the target is.

On the other hand, to believe in oneself can really be very difficult if certain factors come into place. In such cases, no tangible result can be obtained from whatever is being done because without a strong believe in oneself, success will remain unachievable.

Today's discussion seeks to examine some of those factors that prevents a person from believing in himself or herself, and ways to deal with them.

2015: A NEW BEGINNING

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 Happy new year to you my esteemed readers. I thank God who has kept you and I alive to see this day. I also thank God for the successes of last year and the ones that will be recorded in this year. All glory to Him.

It's a new year! And I'm happy about that. I am very excited because this is a new year that come filled with new opportunities. It is another chance to build upon the achievements of the previous year, and attain greater heights. It is also an avenue to correct some of the mistakes which were made in 2014, in order to have a better and more prosperous 2015.

10 QUALITIES YOU MUST HAVE TO BE A GREAT LEADER

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"If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, then, you are an excellent leader." - Dolly Parton

Every leader wants to be successful at what he or she does. However, success at leadership is something that not everybody get to enjoy. While there have been many successful leaders; there have also been many unsuccessful ones. What then makes the successful ones thick, and what is responsible for the failures of others?

The answer to the question above is what I want to discuss in this post by taking a look at 10 qualities that you must have in order to become a great leader. These qualities are applicable to any leadership position you find yourself in; be it community, religious, organizational, political, ...just name it - and you can be sure that these qualities would work for it.

However, the things you need to be a great leader are not limited to these selected 10, but know that these selected ones would definitely put you in the category of great leaders.