Advice
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A good tree bears good fruit. The moral here is, if the philosophy is right, the outcomes will be right. On the contrary, a tree is only bad if its fruit is bad. Fruit can be anything from words to bank balances. So, pay attention to the fruit, and not the tree because its the…
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Very often, when one feels uneasy about a person or situation, without hard evidence, it’s the gut telling you something about a pattern it recognizes. You have no dataset with which to approach the matter but you have a weird feeling that sits at the back of your mind each time the person or issue…
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Sometimes, people tell you ‘no,’ for genuine reasons they can’t help. It stings in the moment and very often, leaves a soured outlook on your self-esteem. The sting passes but the disappointment is the crucible. Disappointment is often not the problem but how you deal with it. Instead of roosting, spend time thanking God for…
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What radical steps do you need to take to diametrically morph from a consumer to a producer? What associations, habits or lack thereof could be holding you back? And how can you condense the time it will take from months to weeks, or weeks to days? If you truthfully answer these questions, there would be…
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The good book teaches two patiences. The first, commonly known and practised, is the ability to put off anxiety while delaying gratification. This patience is inbuilt in every Christian and we are called to cultivate this one. The other patience, more in-depth and life changing, is the ability to hold on to God’s words, without…
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There is no persuading after a decision has been made. Indecision may benefit from persuasion. But as soon as a decision is reached, what’s left are consequences.
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You’ve probably heard ‘no’ is a full sentence. ‘No’ provides constraints. And constraints keep you safe.
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Sometimes, things would get eerily bad due to no fault of yours. “It’s just luck,” someone might say, and they’d be right. But when bad things happen, your better judgment might not be to needle needlessly on what to blame. Your better judgment might be to dissect what happened and learn the lesson within the…
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Markets function to tell us about human behaviour; what we value and what we don’t . That should immediately tell you that where there aren’t markets, things are not measured and for this, injustices, inefficiencies and downright corruption become the order of the day. It’s not that markets don’t fail or become untenable, and create…
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In his book, Value(s), Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney challenges what and how we value the things we do. Contending that the global milieu has shifted from a market economy to a market society; that much of the state has been captured by business, and that we aren’t valuing the climate as we ought, Carney…