Always comparing yourself with someone else. Thinking too much. Not expressing yourself enough. Arguing all the time. Trying to please friends. Living a sedentary life. Complaining. No passion. Wanting a perfect life. Reading too many novels. Watching too many movies. Always busy. Avoiding mistakes. Having a boss. School fees. In-laws. Landlord. LASTMA. Too much drama in your relationship. Mirrors. ...
Last week, I finally replaced my 6 years old Sony VAIO laptop. It had been my only laptop for 6 years (kk, would be 6 this June). Today's post is not about my laptop. But about your laptop, the one you intend buying. image: geeksincorporated.wordpress.com A laptop is meant to make your life easy. And not add to your burdens. I will be listing all you need to consider about a ...
I have a business card. It reads: Michael Olafusi, Microsoft Excel & VBA Consultant. The VBA part is pure programming. Therefore, I am a programmer. image: zazzle.com Today, I'll be telling you about the programmer's mindset and how you can benefit from it. A programmer is someone, like you and me, who knows a computer language so well enough to make his own computer programs. ...
Have you ever woken up in the morning and you just don't feel happy. Your tolerance level is almost zero. You suddenly find a lot of things irritating. And most puzzling of all, you can't find any reason for being this way. Well, welcome to Reality. image: housingwire.com The year before I got into the university, I got a mail that I had won a lottery: $1,500. Everything ...
I'm sorry if my frequent talk about taking my part-time biz full-time makes it look like I have a terrible day job. image: liveyourlegend.net Here's the truth. I work as the Service Delivery Lead and Switch Engineer for a Telecoms company. According to NCC, we are the biggest landline telephone service provider in Nigeria. And I work right in the core of our telephony ...
I'm one of the few people who make new year resolutions. They work for me. I still remember the one I made in 2005. It was a resolution to stop underlining and highlighting bible verses. My bible then was a sight to see. I had some chapters completely underlined with a black pen. Then some verses in them highlighted with a yellow marker. And then part of those highlighted verses marked ...
Have you heard the song "Let Her Go" by Passenger? It's the best song I've heard in a very long time. And I bought it. Just that song. image: YouTube.com But I found the story of the singer captivating too. It's of the type we all know and expect from successful people. Find what you love doing; give it your all and the sky will be the limit. And we frown on every success ...
One day in 2009, I saw a friend taking french lessons on his computer. I though it was cool. I joined and every task was easy. French must be very easy and fun. And so I thought within me, "This will be fun and rewarding. I hear girls like guys that can speak french. And I might land a dream job with UN." It's almost 5 years now. It hasn't been fun. I haven't come across any reward. When ...
Have you read my One Life Goal? Leonardo da Vinci is the main inspiration for it. He lived an extraordinary life. The kind of life I hope to live. If I could regard any man as perfect, it would be him. Leonardo da Vinci was born 15th of April, 1452. Like most other great men, there was nothing great about his birth, family and early life. What was most special about him is that he ...
image: usatoday.com Next to Jesus, there are other 3 people whose lives greatly shaped mine. Leonardo da Vinci, Samuel Clemens Langhorne and Steve Jobs. I have already talked about Samuel Clemens Langhorne (aka Mark Twain). And today I'll be talking about Steve Jobs. First of all, I need to let you know that just as diamond isn't found floating in it's purest form on the cleanest ...
I'm a member of Lighthouse Toastmasters Club. I have been a member since October 2011. I have been the Club's Sergeant-at-arms, Secretary, and now, the VP Membership. I have only missed meetings thrice since joining. But I have only given 6 prepared speeches. One of my mentees has already completed the Competent Communicators Speech projects, all 10 of them. And the VP Education is not ...
I'm on a queue at ParknShop, the attendant is taking longer than usual to attend to me. I feel like telling her, "You are wasting my time." You are at Lekki toll gate, the queue is not moving. You let your car horn do the screaming, "You are wasting my time." Then one day I thought about it. Most times, I'm not in a hurry to go do something else. In fact, I often go ahead to waste my time ...
To trust someone is to have to confidence in that person, that he won't suddenly change his mind. image: davidbork.com I've heard people discuss trust. Even on radio. And sometimes, when I listen on their discussions I wonder if they are being sincere and human. They talk about principles and rules of deciding if someone can be trusted or not. They relate their numerous experiences, ...
Last weekend, I spent the entire Saturday and Sunday making a dynamic Excel dashboard that creates a PowerPoint presentation slide in the end. It was no small task; I had just two days to get it done. Today I'm going to share with you an Excel feature that can make your Excel life easier. It helped me a lot in making that Excel dashboard. And it's also a smarter way to work with ...
The best life you can have is the one of doing what you really really want to do. A life spent in pursuit of your dreams. image: kellyjbaker.com These are what happen when you follow your dreams: You become very creative. Dreams require you to do what no one has done before. And necessity, they say, is the mother of creation. As you start small and keep building your dream, you'll ...
Tomorrow is Valentine. It's not too late to plan a surprise for your val. And if you don't have a val, don't feel sad. I don't have one too. It's my preferred choice. But if you don't have a val and don't know why or didn't make it that way. Then you should spend tonight in a prayer vigil. So let's talk about love, today. What it means to love. image: profmuluka.com Unfortunately, ...
To be honest means to be truthful in words and deeds. image: newerapolitics.org Unfortunately, it's not as easy as it sounds. It's hard because it will require most of us to change our characters. If you are someone who is a perfectionist, extremely hard to please. You will have a tough time having a healthy relationship with your spouse, if you decide to be honest ...
1 year ago, if I had come across a blog with all the posts I now have on my blog and if the guy running the blog writes daily, I would be trying to contact him to show me how. Today, I want to tell you that no matter how big your dream is or how tough the journey seems or how impossible your true desire is: Please give it a try. Don't think, "What if I fail?" Think, "What if I succeed, ...
