Never Stop Learning: How Self-Education Creates a Bullet-Proof Career by Paul Jun

Business writer Tom Peters once said, “A career is a portfolio of projects that teach you new skills, gain you new expertise, develop new capabilities, grow your colleague set, and constantly reinvent you as a brand.”

 

At the heart of expanding your social graph and reinventing yourself is an unquenchable desire to learn—a mindset that stays fluid and facilitates personal growth. It is the learners, those willing to open their minds and augment their skillsets, who will be poised to succeed in the future.
But how do we foster this desire to learn? Don’t we all want to learn? Who ever says, “I really hate learning new things?” Yet, in the midst of searching for security and comfort, I think we often lose sight of what’s important and enter a sort of tunnel vision that can lead to stagnation. After a long day at work, Netflix sounds more seductive than spending one or two hours diving into a book that challenges you to think deeply about what you do and who you are.

A Line

"Remember, you may not always understand why God does certain things but I can promise you it's all part of one big plan for your life."

Unknown

So Sad you Love and not be loved in return

You are madly in love. Your partner also claims to love you too.
But wait a minute? Is it really true? Does your partner really love you?
Your mind tells you one thing; your heart tells you another. But you prefer to believe your heart, because you don’t want to face the reality. You are afraid of the consequences of accepting the truth.
But you can see some clear signs that show you are labouring to keep a one-sided relationship going. You are hoping against hope to make this work.

If you don’t call, you don’t get called. If you don’t visit your partner, you don’t get visited all because she is busy. If you offend your partner, you apologise; and if your partner offends you, you still apologise. Why? Because if you don’t apologise, the cold war will continue forever.

Sorry, you are on a long thing!
Love is extremely painful and frustrating if it is unrequited. Our people say that the he-goat placed on a she-goat does not mate.

Above the clouds...

Life in not all that rosy but above the clouds there is a bright blue sky,
Just to make you smile and keep you happy.
She is like the splash of the waves while watching the stars on the beach.
A smile that uplifts the depressed soul and warms the cold heart,
What a wonderful smile to embrace.
In Her smile is the sky sparkling with diamonds.
Happiness is in her soul that animates our bodily frame,
Just to take up the struggle in the midst of the raging storm.
She will forever be the same
Just like the silver lining.

Nze Okemefuna

 

Making Global Impact

Our Mandate as believers is to the world and not to our locality alone. As a child of the Almighty you have a global destiny. As a citizen of the kingdom of light your singular light is enough to illuminate the earth.

           “He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.” 

          Mark 16:15 (NIV)

          “Ye are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 (NIV). You are designed to be a trailblazer in any field you find yourself. According to Genesis 14:22, our God is the Possessor of heaven and earth. Psalms 24:1 declares that the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof. Therefore, you as a believer are a global citizen! Someone of your status however “is not meant to beg to enter any nation of the earth.” Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us; for it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the gentiles through faith. Galatians 3:13-14. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”  Genesis 12:3 (NIV). You are a partaker of the Abrahamic covenant. The implication of which is to be a global blessing! This covenant confers on you global impacts! However, it must be clear that global impacts does not answer to mere confession, it places a huge responsibility on us. Global impact has a global demand.

Make it happen

...And Adam called her the man with a womb; womb-man = woman. So if you don't have a womb you are a man. A woman is a woman because she has a womb and a man is a man because he has no womb.

It is said "Behind every good man is a good woman" that is  not biblical. God designed the woman to be in front of the man because the man is the foundation of the human family. He was made first for that purpose. You don't put the foundation on the roof. Now, forget the man thing that you are "the head of the home", you are actually "the bottom of the home". When you want to build a house, you lay the foundation first. When God was going to build the human race, he laid the foundation first, which is the male and the foundation is at the bottom, therefore the man is at the bottom. That's why the bottom is the Chief cornerstone. Head doesn't meet you on top, it meets you on the bottom, you are the Chief cornerstone, you keep the family together, you carry the weight of the whole family...

"Be The Real You"

Whenever you find yourself drowning in self-hate, you have to remind yourself that you weren't born feeling this way.
That at some point in your journey, some person or experience sent you the message that there was something wrong with who you are,

And you internalized those messages and took them on as your truth.
But that hate isn't yours to carry, and those judgements aren't about you.
And in the same way that you learned to think badly of yourself,
You can learn to think new, self-loving and accepting thoughts.
You can learn to challenge those beliefs, take away their power, and reclaim your own.
It won’t be easy, and it won’t happen over night. But it is possible.
And it starts when you decide that there has to be more to life than this pain you feel.
It starts when you decide that you deserve to discover it.
So don’t fear the judgements of others; you know in your heart who you are and what’s true to you.
You don’t have to be perfect to impress people.
Let them be impressed by how you deal with your imperfections.
------Be Inspired

Ogbusia Ejiro Osakede

To Be

Life is what you make of it... very cliche, I know.  But it is true. You get what you never wanted and what you are dying to have, you never get.

Sometimes you do get it but "social conformity" ( ;) fancy words..lol)  snatches it away.

1 or maybe 2 things I know is life goes on, take it or leave it!

Ngozi Agwu

Grow and let grow

It takes some moments to realise you're no longer who you used to be.
 
Notice the change when it happens. If it be good, then, happily admit it to yourself. If bad, bravely admit it too but work on yourself.

We learn everyday. The knowledge gained are applied at different times and situations in our daily lives- sometimes, consciously or unconsciously.

In any case, if you're privileged not to mess up as often as others do, understand that maybe you're better 'equipped' than them. So, grow and allow others to do same as well.

Uzoma Nwabunze