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START WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHERE YOU'RE AT

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  START WITH WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHERE YOU'RE AT Written By Joseph Adeleke, A Personal development Coach I grew up in a small room in gbagada with my parents and siblings. And while growing, my parents tried all they could to inform my siblings and I on the importance of being contented with what we have, especially when we know exactly what we want.  Some weeks ago while having a discussion with my dad, he said "never should you engage in a get-rich-quick scheme" and I figured young people of these days just want to break free from being broke to being rich without working hard for what they want. Biko, let me digress a bit...  So, I was watching a Nollywood movie sometime ago and Jide Kosoko went to an herbalist for money rituals. The herbalist said to him "my friend, you don't have to be hasty.. you will get rich soon" He replied "I said I want money ritual, I can't wait anymore. I am tired of waiting." The argument went on and on till the her

DON'T BOTHER READING IF YOU'RE NOT A WRITER

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 DON'T BOTHER READING IF YOU'RE NOT A WRITER Written By Felix Eshiet Many a writers have outrightly proclaimed themselves  savvy doyens and doyennes whose views and nuggets regards writing are iron-clad and fail-proof as long as writing is concerned. That's laudable though but I swore to steer clear from this caliber of writers with every bit of my being.  Indisputably, it is possible to attain mastery to a level that you turn out to be a force to reckon with in your field, but the predominant no-one-does-it-better-than-me syndrome displayed by writers is not just a massive turnoff to many but a matter of doing great disservice to themselves.  Most annoyingly, they feel and claim that their formula,  principles and hacks works for everybody— this indictable fallacy makes me cringe.  Take it or debunk it, there can never be a single route in our journey to stardom... other routes might be decoys or prototypes. Right?  Truth is, what turns out to be the best route to MR. A mi