image: sheepandstitch.com How do you unwind? How do you de-stress? How do you dust off the many little concerns that cling to you daily? How do you keep your life simple? Everyday, we go through ups and downs. Happy one moment, unhappy the next. Sometimes, from the very same cause. The same thing that made us happy suddenly make us unhappy when we change our perspective. Some other ...
Another Very Satisfied International Client: Financial Modeling and Valuation for Investment Raising
His exact words, "Michael, your work are very high quality. I have spoken to [someone up there] we are definitely going to want to engage you again in the coming weeks." This is a client who has given similar job to KPMG. Not do demarket any firm or divulge confidential information. Let's just say that if you work hard on a skill almost 24/7 and in a very specific area/field doing ...
Building My House: Should I Build Just For Myself or Include 1 or 2 Rental Flats?
I have started the process of building my house. It's a first for me -- no experience whatsoever, especially with dealing with people who can fleece one in very creative ways. Here's what is and what I know so far: The land is 20 mins after Lagos Business School. There's Greensprings Schools very close to it. It is also close to Lufasi Park, shoprite, a local market and a beach. It ...
Didn't Get The UK Visa. Slim Chance of Presenting At The London Conference.
image: freeeducator.com The reason given in the rejection letter I got instead of the visa I was expecting is that "the second statement which is in your name, shows a recent unexplained deposit amounting to $5,160 (£3,971 @ £1=$1.29913) which makes up the entire closing balance. I have been unable to establish the source of these funds, and I am not satisfied that the funds in question ...
The year has taken off. The memories of the holiday are already gone, wiped by overload of work. A couple of people have asked me to share our training calendar with them. They want to plan towards attending one or more relevant ones. And for you, my esteemed subscribers, there is a special discount offer for you when you engage us. You can look up the details of each course on our UrBizEdge ...
To Know my UK Visa Fate Tomorrow: Speaker at Global Excel Summit Conference, UK
In October 2019, I was given a speaker role at the Global Excel Summit that will hold 21-22 April 2020 in London, UK. On 12 December 2019, I applied for a 6 months UK standard visitor visa. Yesterday, I got an email, 2 actually, that my application has been assessed and I should come to collect my passport. The email didn't say whether the Visa was granted or not. ...
I Tried out Algo Trading for Cryptocurrency. Not a Pleasant Experience.
Last year December, in between Black Friday deals and Christmas deals wanderings, I got to try out a couple of very popular algo trading plarforms for Cryptocurrencies. The first I tried was 3commas 3Commas is the most talked about and highly ranked algo trading platform for Cryptocurrencies and it charges a hefty fee which made me feel it must be making its users very good money, at ...
Peak Performance: My Practical Tips To Operating at High Productivity Level
image: golemanei.com If you search online for the meaning of Peak Performance, these are the answers you will come across: "Peak performance is a state that is also known as peak experience, the zone of optimal functioning and flow." - Brain Performance Center "Able to do one's best, in one's best physical state." - English Baby "Peak performance occurs when you perform to the ...
Get Your Wife, Sisters to Apply for Les Margaret Award 2020: Business Acceleration program for Women entrepreneurs or Intrapreneurs from Europe and Africa
This one of the best business and career building program with a very global network access that is currently available for women in Africa. Below are the details (culled from: https://www.africanews.com/2020/01/10/les-margaret-award-2020s-call-for-applications-is-launched-a-business-acceleration-program-to-boost-women-entrepreneurship-and-intrapreneurship-in-europe-africa/) The ...
Nigerian Stocks, Financial Markets and Macro-Economic metrics, daily updated
Right from one portal, you can access all the major stocks, financial markets and macro-economic data on Nigeria: http://vip.urbizedge.com/economy And it is very interactive. You can set the date you want to compare stock or bond performance over. It has technical analysis to help you see which stock or bond or exchange traded commodity or exchange traded fund is a good buy or bad buy. It ...
Last month, a close friend called me about an urgent situation he was in and if I was close by (since it was just a street away from my office). The situation? Policemen harassment. He wished he had body camera so he could record all happening without them noticing. I thought it was a good idea, an insurance or personal safety type of decision. So I went online to read more about body ...
We Have One Open Intern Role. Only for Undergraduates.
On Tuesday we had our year start meeting and one of the decisions we concluded on is to have one intern spot always. Preferably for undergraduates. We felt it would be a very good way to help students get exposure to the data analytics field and some corporate world valuable skills while we also get their fresh ideas and an extra hand to help with non-core tasks. One of the ideas we have ...
Places I Consider Good Choice For Real Estate Investment
image: escrime.org 2019 was a real estate year for me. I went from not having any single real estate investment to buying 3 (and my wife bought 1). I did a lot of research and visitation to the different places I saw potential (good returns) in. I even started keeping multi-year records of price trends by location and type of property across Nigeria. It opened my eyes to some reality ...