“Failure is a feeling long before it becomes an actual result.” Michelle Obama, Becoming. As I was preparing to embark on the few weeks left of my… Read more “LESSONS FROM MICHELLE OBAMA’S BECOMING”
Category: 1001 TALKS
THEY ARE COMING FOR US
*B’oni ti ri, ola o ri be, ni ng mu babalawo d’ifa oroorun. I was at an official retreat recently, and one word has refused to leave… Read more “THEY ARE COMING FOR US”
WELCOME 2017
Those who have followed this blog for a while would have noticed that I write New Year notes. And you guessed right, here is the one… Read more “WELCOME 2017”
AN INDIVISIBLE AND INDISSOLUBLE NATION 2
“… for the purpose of promoting the good government and welfare of all persons in our country, on the principles of freedom, equality and justice, and for… Read more “AN INDIVISIBLE AND INDISSOLUBLE NATION 2”
AN INDIVISIBLE AND INDISSOLUBLE NATION
“We the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, having firmly and solemnly resolved, to live in unity and harmony as one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign nation… Read more “AN INDIVISIBLE AND INDISSOLUBLE NATION”
WHAT WE NEED ARE FUNCTIONAL REFINERIES
“Every nation and people that operate at the ‘ordinary’ plane are always subservient to those who go beyond the ‘ordinary.” – ‘Seun Alade At the start of… Read more “WHAT WE NEED ARE FUNCTIONAL REFINERIES”
LET’S TALK ABOUT PAIN
“Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.” – Psalm 30:5b The above was the welcome message I had on the Nokia phone… Read more “LET’S TALK ABOUT PAIN”
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: BOOKS VS. REALITY
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”… Read more “BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS: BOOKS VS. REALITY”
SEEDS OF KINDNESS
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou… Read more “SEEDS OF KINDNESS”
AS WE CELEBRATE 15 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY
For many weeks last year, one of the first things I did when I got to work on Mondays was play a particular track from Beautiful Nubia’s… Read more “AS WE CELEBRATE 15 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY”
