Books Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman: A Review As we come to the end of March 2020, I also, have come to the end of my book for the month:- Emotional Intelligence: Why it matters more than
Anime I Hate Getting Hurt, So I Put All My Skill Points Into Defense Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu AKA I Hate Getting Hurt, So I Put All My Skill Points Into Defense, is my Anime Recommendation
Announcements The Global Pandemic For the past few months, word has been going around about the Corona Virus AKA COVID-19. Since the disease emerged in Wuhan, China and began its rapid spread around the
Announcements New Year, New Me, New Red String. Hello, 2020! Happy New Year Everybody! I know it's already March but this is my first post of the year, so chop my greeting. It has also been about 6 months since
Twists Moving On to Routine So... I have to admit that since my last post On Discipline, embracing discipline hasn't been going so well. In fact, I think that right after I made the resolution
Life On Discipline (and Adulting — yes again) So I've finally figured it out! This thing that has been bothering me about adulting. This thing that is so worthy of Awe, so deserving of Practice, and so mindblowing
Life Awestruck by Adulting Over the last few days, weeks, and months, I have been repeatedly awestruck by the process of adult-ing. So awestruck in fact, that it has made me doubt my own
Life A Masterpiece in Progress Between the ages of 20 and 40 we are engaged in the process of discovering who we are, which involves learning the difference between accidental limitations which it is our
Twists Happy Valentines Day (2019) Happy Valentines Day! On this special day, I want to celebrate by commemorating my love for my current companion. Let me begin by telling you the story of how we
Anime 4 Anime Recommendations for Philosophers Recently, I have found myself fascinated by the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). I have been reading up on the different types a little at a time. Nothing heavy, or
Books Quiet, My Favourite Book of 2016 On April 3rd 2016, I finished reading a book called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain. I am able to recall
Healthcare 5 TED Talks to Help You Love Yourself In my last post about What I Learnt From My First Year in Business Development, I talked about how I was struck by an initial feeling of "being lost&
Life What I Learnt From My First Year in Business Development A year and a half ago, I was a Software Engineer working for a tertiary institution in the United States. However due to health challenges and medical complications, I decided
Announcements 2016 Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop Farafina Trust will be holding a creative writing workshop in Lagos, organized by award-winning writer and creative director of Farafina Trust, Chimamanda Adichie, from June 21 to July 1, 2016.
Thoughts Insecurities Scream The title of this post has haunted my thoughts for the last 3 weeks. The two words combined, say something so simple, so powerful, and so profound, that their depth,
Thoughts On Rejection Rejection, I think, is a profound experience. Especially when it comes from those close to our hearts. Profoundly sad, profoundly lonely, and yet also, profoundly illuminating. Because rejection, leads us
Thoughts The Stories We Tell Ourselves Dear readers, For the last few weeks I have struggled to write. I have been out of ideas, short of inspiration, and devoid of motivation… But last night, I had
Books I Saw Ramallah Poet Mourid Barghouti's prize-winning novel, I Saw Ramallah is a thought-provoking chronicle of displacement. In it, the author tells the story of his return to his birthplace of Dier Ghassanah,
Thoughts Is the Glass Empty? I recently found myself in discussion about Nigeria with an acquaintance of my grandmother's. A man only a few years older than my older brother. He was of the opinion
Thoughts A Fire in the Atmosphere About a month ago, I was sitting in the car when one of my favourite songs came on the radio and struck me differently. It is a song by Asa
Announcements Greetings from Nigeria! Bawo! Sanu! Kedu! Dear readers, I hope you can tell from the languages I am using to greet you, that I am back in my home country. Lest you wonder
Life Go on, Take the Chance... Last week, I wrote about fear. The idea behind the article, was to challenge us to face those fears we want to overcome. I even came up with an acronym
Life FEAR Oh! Feeling Extremely Anxious over Rubbish Hello everyone, After a couple of months spent writing The Honest Truth, I truthfully, was kinda spent. So I spent the entire weekend mulling over what I should write next.
The Honest Truth The Honest Truth VII: With The Love of God Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the beginning. This old commandment - to love one
The Honest Truth The Honest Truth VI: The Straitjacket Epiphany Now at this juncture, I could pretend that the things I have mentioned so far encompass my entire manic experience: An explosion of thoughts, words, and deeds, grounded in suppressed
