Life And Business Lessons From A Gospel Singer

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RECENTLY in church, we celebrated first fruit harvest and mid-year thanksgiving with Nigeria's famous gospel singer Evangelist Amaka Okwuoha, also known as, Chioma Jesus. I have never seen my Church dance in this manner. It would seem that we were in a dance competition. I saw happiness in an extraordinary way likened to heaven, maybe.  I saw people sweating off their sorrows, smiling away anger and praising God for his favour, grace and love. I share some life and business lessons I learnt as I listened to Chioma Jesus minister in songs.

Test That Narrative

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GROWING up, in the news, on social media platforms, in our environment, virtually everywhere, we get fed with all manner of narratives that eventually form our belief system and view of life. But you may want to pause and take a second look at some of these narratives. Indeed you may want to challenge these narratives and live free. Here are three examples worth considering.

Time Is Short; Live Your Dream

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IT is probable that the most painful phase of life will be when, all is said and done, one looks back and wishes one had done some things one was passionate about earlier on in life. The truth is that by taking the appropriate steps now, one doesn’t have to experience that phase in one’s lifetime. One can live fulfilled, even if one doesn’t become the richest man on planet earth. This article shows you how to, slowly but surely, live your dream.

Let’s first establish and agree that one can live his dreams, infact millions of people are living their dreams, and you can be one of them.

July: 2nd Half, 2nd Chance

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IT'S July, the second half of the year. For many people, they don’t want to imagine it; there are still a lot of unmet expectations, broken dreams and tough unachieved targets, and the clock is still ticking. Well, the clock is created to tick, and you and I can really do nothing about it. So this is surely not a time to despair, rather it’s a time to overhaul and advance. Growing up in the 1980s and 90s, I used to enjoy watching an interesting Nigerian TV programme called 2^nd Chance. Basically, the programme was about...