Important Life and Business Lessons To Learn From A 500 Naira Note

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I was in an audience listening to a motivational speaker. The speaker got out his wallet and pulled out a 500 Nigerian Naira note. Holding it up, he asked, "Who wants this 500 naira note?" Lots of hands went up, including mine. A slow chorus began to build as people began to shout, "Me!" "Me!"

How to Improve Your Public Speaking for Greater Impact and Productivity: Concluding Part

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THIS is the concluding part of the series started last week aimed at improving your public speaking capabilities. The response has been interesting. It is heart-warming to note that many people are interested in dealing with glossophobia (please refer to the last post) and developing their potentials to “waoh” their audience and create better impact and increase personal productivity.

  

        Important Tips

When you are not convinced or ill-formed about a subject you are talking about, don’t expect people to believe you. So research and believe in the topic you are talking about. Passion speaks.

9 Secrets of What the Super Successful Do in the Morning: You Too Should. Part 1

THE difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do all the things unsuccessful people don't want to do. Most people don't want to work more than they have to. They do the minimum they are paid to do. That's not the way to get ahead, always be ready to go the extra mile. I came across this very motivational piece at lifehack.org and couldn’t resist sharing it with you. It has formed the title for this edition.

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Successful people always get their priorities right. Significantly successful people don’t first check their email upon waking up. They do other things that are of higher priority, they claim and dictate their day. What else do highly successful people do upon waking up in the morning? Here are more important tips...

5 Ways to Know What You Are Really Worth

HOW much are you worth? This is probably one of the most disturbing issues many people face in today’s world; their worth. What is a person’s worth in the truest sense of the word? Is it in terms of money; Naira and Kobo, Pounds and Pence or Dollars and Cents, or property or other assets? Maybe it is time to redefine your worth, your value.

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We live in an age where you are assessed and judged by the balance on your bank account, your social net worth, the vast and diverse contacts you have, the investments and assets you own, or own you depending...But, are these criteria fair in assessing a person's worth or value? Is a person's value truly based on his or her accumulations? I think differently. Is it bad for one to have things and possessions? Absolutely not, but there is a problem when things and possessions own one.