Just Another Story - Part 2- The Shy School boy

I was in primary 3 when I got transferred to a new primary school. There we had slightly richer kids and more pretty ones too. One of the very first girl I had a crush on was Nike.

Nike was in my lil mind then a damsel, not too skinny not too fat, light skinned, jst perfect especially with her beauty spot which was slightly above her lips; I can still remember kissing those soft tender pink lips Damn!

Just Another Story - Part 1- intro

Hi, am Tunde Badmus and this is kindda like my story *wink.

I decided to do this because of the whole “Yoruba Demon” thing trending everywhere and as a Yoruba man, I feel it is my duty to tell you my story to prove that we Yoruba men are not the demons you people think we are.

The 10 Major Mistakes Most Women Make In Relationships

A friend and i was discussing about the mistakes ladies make in relationships. It seems that many women make the same mistakes over and over regardless of the stage of their relationships. In order to help you correct these mistakes, to help you stand out from all the other women, to get you closer to the healthier, happier, relationship you’ve been wanting, I’ve identified the 10 major mistakes most women tend to make. If you can at least understand and try to correct these mistakes, I promise you(fingers crossed *wink), your relationship will change for the better.

Let’s get to it.

8 Reasons Why Reading is So Important

Everyone knows that reading is important, but have you ever asked yourself why that is so? In this post, I will list out 8 reasons why reading is important. I hope you can really find out the reason why reading is so important for you, so you can get a brand new desire to explore the world of reading.

1. Expose Yourself to New Things

Through reading, you expose yourself to new things, new information, new ways to solve a problem, and new ways to achieve one thing. Who knows – you might find your new hobbies within it. Who knows – you might actually explore one thing you really like and it may end up becoming your career and success in the future. Exploration begins from reading and understanding.

5 Questions to Discover Who You Are and What Will Make You Happy

Who am I? What do I believe in? What is my purpose? What fills me with joy and wonder? These are questions that I am just beginning to understand after a long time, and I have to admit that getting there has been extremely difficult.

The hardest part for me was just knowing where to begin. After much thinking, meditation, self-reflection, and reading, I asked myself five big questions that served as a launch pad to begin my journey of self-discovery.

If you are ready to begin the process of truly understanding who you are meant to be, start here:

Top 10 Reasons to Start Your Own Business

As scary and intimidating as it can be to start your own business, there are many benefits and good reasons to start one. Here are the top 10 reasons to start your own business.

1. Be your own boss

Don’t like it when people tell you what to do? Do you like having control and making your own rules? Owning your business can let you do that. You make the rules of your business and run it how you want to. You don’t need permission to implement ideas, you can just do it!

Am Back!!!!

Hello friends,
Happy New Year!!! May this new year bring us good things .Amen

I would like to apologize for being away for so long (almost a year since my last post). I have being handling some personal stuffs and that took all my time.

Now am back and better!!!

Remember to share this blog with your friends and family.

How to Know When to Trust Your Gut

Entrepreneurs live a life of constant decision making. Is that new person you just met a good fit with the company? Should you enter into a cooperative relationship with another firm? Is the financing deal in the works likely to be completed?

These judgments are complex -- they involve a large number of intersecting factors and those factors change over time.

Psychologists' research suggests that there are two modes of thought people use to make complex choices. The first involves looking carefully at the features of a set of options and making decisions in a reasoned manner.

The other way is more intuitive and involves responding to the feelings that come up during the process of making choices, or following your gut. Often, we feel guilty about choosing from the gut, because we feel like our choices ought to be based on facts. It is valuable to know when you should go with your gut and when you should avoid it, follow these steps to reach better decisions.

5 Places Your Great Ideas Are Hiding And How to Set Them Free

Studying the marketplace is one of the best ways to come up with new product ideas. If you ask the right questions and look closely, you will find opportunities to invent everywhere. When you study the marketplace for ideas, you're all but eliminating the need to ask yourself whether people are willing to pay for your product and if they need and want it.

When you pull an idea out of thin air, you have to find out if there's actually a need or desire for it. Remember: you don't have to reinvent the wheel to come up with a great idea. I've supported my family for decades by making small improvements to existing ideas.

Here are five places to look for your golden opportunity:

Its Time not money you spend

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

DAD: "Yeah sure, what it is?" replied the man.

SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"

DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.

SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"

DAD: "If you must know, I make #10000 an hour."

"Oh," then little boy replied, with his head down.

Looking up, he said,

"Daddy, may I please borrow #500?"

The father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense,

then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such this childish behaviour."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

Relationships – 14 Ways A Man Expresses His Love For You.

Actions, they say, speak better than words. It is not about a guy telling you he loves you, it is all about expressing his love through his actions *talk is cheap*…. Lol. Here are some ways he demonstrates his love for you…. Read on!

1. He remembers what you say.
A guy who’s in love with a girl always listens to her and remembers what she says, even if it’s something trivial.

2. He treats you like a lady.
A guy is chivalrous to a girl when he cares about what she thinks of his behavior. If your guy doesn’t care about you, he wouldn’t care what you think of his behavior.

3. He takes care of your needs. If your man truly loves you, he would always look for little ways to make your life better, he would cover you with a blanket when you are cold, charge your cell phone when you don’t ask him, and serve you the bigger piece of chicken when you’re not looking.

Overcoming Procrastination – 7 Tips to Get Yourself Going

Figuring out why people procrastinate is simple, it’s figuring out how to get over it that’s difficult. Overcoming procrastination is at the top of many people’s lists for bettering themselves. If you keep procrastination to a minimum you’ll lead a productive and efficient and likely happy life. Who wouldn't want this for themselves?

In order to stop procrastinating now, consider the following procrastination tips:

1. Deal with Your Stress. Many people find themselves procrastinating because they lead stressful lives. You can solve many problems by dealing with your stress in a healthy way. Start getting enough sleep. Take plenty of time to relax. Ask for help when you need it. Find something that works for you.

2. Set a Schedule. It may help you to get a day planner or other type of scheduling plan. Not having a set schedule is one of the main reasons why people procrastinate. It’s easy to forget to do something, or to avoid doing something if you’re not holding yourself responsible at the end of the day. Look at your schedule throughout the day and make sure that you stick to it.

12 Tips to Overcome Laziness

"i think this would be of great help to a lot of people"

Tip 1: Make sure you read this to the end.

What is laziness?

It is the desire to be idle, to do nothing and resist effort.

It is a state of passivity and of letting things stay as they are.

Sometimes, we enjoy being a little lazy, such as after working hard for several hours, or on a very cold or warm day, but if this state occurs too often, something has to be done about it.

In order to perform our chores and work efficiently, and to live a full, active and successful life, we must learn how to overcome laziness.

Simple tips for overcoming laziness:

1) Break down a task into smaller tasks
We often avoid tasks because we find them too big, too overwhelming, too tiring, or taking too much of our time.

The Mental Noise

Mental noise is the constant chatter of the mind that never stops. It is the inner conversation or inner monologue that goes on constantly in the mind.

It is possible that you are not always unaware of this mental noise, because it has become a deeply embedded habit, and is considered as a natural and inseparable part of life.

This mental noise is like a background noise that never ceases, from the moment of waking up in the morning, to the moment of falling asleep at night. Often, it even prevents you from falling asleep. It is a sort of inner voice that constantly analyzes everything about your life, circumstances, and the people you meet. It is a voice in the head that just keeps talking and talking!

The mind also repeats the same thoughts over and over again, like in a loop, like a record that got stuck. If these are a positive thought that's fine. However, too often, these are negative thoughts that intensify stress, worry, anger or frustration. These are thoughts that you absolutely do not need.

Thinking is a useful activity required for solving problems, analyzing, comparing, studying, planning, etc, but too often, the mind roams where it wills, occupying the attention with trivial matters and unimportant, useless thinking that wastes your time and energy.

8 Tips to Help Create a Positive Mental Attitude

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt

For years I lived an uneventful existence. I wasn't happy. I wasn't unhappy either. I was just sort of stuck.

I had a good career, earned lots of money, and I had great friends and a loving family. You would think that this doesn't sound too bad, but I felt unfulfilled and unmotivated. I repeatedly lived each day like the one before.

I looked around me and saw that everybody within my own circle of friends, relatives, and immediate family were no different. They too seemed stuck. They seemed unmotivated—like they were living their lives on automatic pilot.

I began to question why this was. Why do so many people just accept this pattern as normal, as if this is the way it is supposed to be?

I read hundreds of books on philosophy, psychology, and spirituality. I continued with this for a couple of years until I gradually I began to see things with greater clarity. I began to wake up. Then one day, out of the blue it just hit me, like a ton of bricks.

The key to unlocking my prison door was not contained in any books I read (although they did help me somewhat). It was in my ability to accept what “is” in this moment. So I now I make that choice.

Here are 8 tips to help you make that choice:

Gossip Ruins People

"A LXG reader sent me this over the weekend and i think its a very interesting piece we all should read and learn from." Please enjoy.
If you don’t have something nice to say, just zip that trap. We all heard that line (or some variation of it) when we were little. Every one of us has been the subject of gossip at some point in their lives. You know how much it hurts. So here’s the big questions:

WHY DO WE STILL DO IT?

I laid awake for much of the night wondering that. Just before I fell asleep, I found out that there are people who I barely know, in this brand new town of mine, gossiping about me. Rash, hurtful words that pinned me at my most vulnerable point.

10 Simple Things Every Girl Wants

This was sent to me last night by one of the readers, it's an awesome piece of work.

It’s fine to look back on old relationships and find the humor in your obvious poor choices, but if you’re not learning lessons, you’re not doing your next relationship any favors. No one’s reading (or writing!) this blog because they want to be single forever—can I get an “Amen”?

I was asked recently to write a list of what I really wanted out of a partner. When I read it, I realized I was staying in relationships to, well, stay in relationships. And then I was single. Not throw-your-hands-up-and-celebrate-Beyonce-style single. More like oh-shit-I’m-single? single.

So here’s my list. I can assure you that any girl who’s ready to be in a relationship has a similarly honest one. And, if you’re being honest, fellas, you  don’t have 10 checkmarks here. I know some of you are rolling your eyes, but use it as a friendly refresher, a reminder that simple and honest is a good thing.

Developing Self-Discipline

Hey guys, sorry i haven't posted a lot this week, work has been hectic. Promise not to falter again. anyways got you something very important to everyone who wants to achieve greatness in their lives, and that very special thing is called DISCIPLINE.
Enjoy this and don't forget to drop your comments.

Self-discipline

Self-discipline can be considered a type of selective training, creating new habits of
thought, action, and speech toward improving yourself and reaching goals.
Self-discipline can also be task oriented and selective.
View self-discipline as positive effort, rather than one of denial.

10 Things Really Amazing Employees Do

It takes a lot to recruit and maintain top talent. Every once in a while special employees come along that just really seem to get it. They drive the entire company forward in ways that were unimaginable. Advancement and reward is never an issue for these rock stars because they understand the power of cause and effect, and only a worthy company can retain them and afford them.

Here are 10 things amazing employees seem to do effortlessly. Here's how to help your great employees be even more amazing.

1. Enthusiastically Learn All Aspects of Business

They understand they're part of something bigger and more worthwhile than just their job. They look to learn other areas of the business and be fluent in finance and management so they'll positively impact multiple areas of the company.

How I Hire: Focus On Personality by Richard Branson

If you don't know Richard Branson, then let me introduce you to him. He is the founder of Virgin (i.e Virgin Altantic etc.) and he is one of the wealthiest man alive.

So here is his view on how he hires his employees....we can all learn from this. Enjoy!!

There is nothing more important for a business than hiring the right team. If you get the perfect mix of people working for your company, you have a far greater chance of success. However, the best person for the job doesn’t always walk right through your door.

The first thing to look for when searching for a great employee is somebody with a personality that fits with your company culture. Most skills can be learned, but it is difficult to train people on their personality. If you can find people who are fun, friendly, caring and love helping others, you are on to a winner.

Personality is the key. It is not something that always comes out in interview – people can be shy. But you have to trust your judgement. If you have got a slightly introverted person with a great personality, use your experience to pull it out of them. It is easier with an extrovert, but be wary of people becoming overexcited in the pressure of interviews.