The Mindshift Corner

One thing I say to many people is this “Don’t be found sleeping when you ought to be planning ”. This is the very issue of many people; they are so focus on the dream world whilst that they lose focus on the real world. No matter how much you aspire and wish, it doesn’t translate to the real work being done in a real world. The language of the mediocre is “I WISH” be rest assures he isn’t going to make a move from where he is to where he ought to be. Take a student for instance, he applied for an online course where his going to be taught how to create marketing content for about $400. So he applied for the course, the classes ran for a month and throughout the month he only checks in anytime he feels like and refused to make practice of the things taught during the classes. A month after, he expects himself to be a renowned Content Marketer; haven forgotten just like many of us that the fact that you registered for the course doesn’t translate to you being the best at what you appl...

FINDING OUT YOURSELF This is one thing that I have found to be Lacking in this age is the fact that many in the pursuit of fame and wealth ends up in another person’s shadow. Self awareness or actualization is not you trying to be unique but rather because you’re. In Philosophy of self, self-awareness is the experience of one's own personality or individuality. It is not to be confused with consciousness in the sense of qualia.   Self consciousness is being aware of one's environment and body and lifestyle, self-awareness is the recognition of that awareness. The very reason why many are ashamed is simply because they are not aware of what they re and what they can do. I could remember well a scenario when I was in secondary school, just so you know in I was quiet an introverted person which is due to the kind of mum I had, you know those set of children that are not allowed to go out except for church, school or the market. This affected me in ways that was not so confi...

CHANGE MANAGEMENT     Change is the only constant thing in the world today and one thing we must deliberately embrace. Imagine a business that got established in the 90s, and coming with the technological innovation and the emergence of the internet; we would only be expected of such business to adapt to the change occurring already in the world such that we have many business already on every social media pages allowing customers and end users have easy access to the product but take in your imagination, that the company refused to adapt to such societal changes, they will only be left as a mediocre in the society because people will go to businesses   that are easy to reach; the company will many times make more profit whilst the other company will lose much customers. This is not just important to business but very important tom individual. Age is automatic but change is deliberate. If you’re going to live an inspiring and effective life you must learn ...

                WITHOUT FAILURE Failure is inherent in life, such that the most successful people in the world have stages of failure in their journey to Success. The Society many times have painted to us that failure is abnormal, people many times get mocked leading to Isolation and many times stagnation of such person. The lie again given by many alleged motivational speaker is that life is very smooth and no pothole; if you’re reading know that it’s a lie. Again, our parents in the bid to instill discipline they've done more injury to our minds, the School system makes the man that fail different from those that passed in the Exam. But you see in all of these you must never fall into that trap. You’re reading this right now and I am very sure you’re into a project or in the process of starting one. Don’t allow the fear of failing stop you from starting what you hope to begin. Or probably you have failed...

The Importance of Communication in Leadership and moreso in relationship cannot be over emphasis. Many times we trivialize relationship due to the fact that we expect people to know what we want or what we need without effectively communication it. This has so much affected leadership is organization, such that the bridge between the Manager and the Employee which ought to be Communication has been broken because bosses don't believe in the opinions of their staff and it many times reflect in their approach to leadership in such team. What is Communication? Being able to communicate effectively is perhaps the most important of all life skills. It is what enables us to pass information to other people, and to understand what is said to us. Imagine you have pain and you're in need of something, for a sentimental person seeing that people are around you, you expect them to know what you want and all that, which is not possible. Many of us need to learn to effectively communicate. ...

In Life we must things we do and the things we don't tolerate. If you live your life allowing the things around you get into you, you might end of having a damaged life.         You'd remember tagging some older people as principled! Because you saw some obvious trait in the way they go about life. Structures in life will start with what you do daily. What you do daily is as important as what you'd eventually become. Many don't become worthwhile in life because they don't have a solid structures to their lives. Structure helps you stay focused and get things done. Structures are the Combination of what you do daily and what you create. Structures don't just jump on you! You create them. Take for instance, do you have Plans for the week before they begin. Lack of plans are what make people jump into your Space and you end of wasting time, and even the week. The same way lack of proper plan will make an Entrepreneur or an individual feel like the work he has is ov...

There are Two important things I'd love you to take note of as you read. Personal Development is Very Deliberate. It doesn't jump on you. First; PROCRASTINATION We know thursdays are for Throwback, so let's throwback to the plans you made when the week started. Or probably you have an habit of not planning at all. Many of us starts the week or even businesses with lots of enthusiasm and liveliness. We had plans but only few people are staying through with what they planned.  Some have mastered excuses!. Procrastination is not a character trait but an habit. You need to deal with it as soon as today! Recent studies have shown that people regret more the things they haven't done than the things they have done. In addition, feelings of regret and guilt resulting from missed opportunities tend to stay with people much longer. If you remember when we were in Secondary School or Uni, you have a test some students will be forming oversabi they won't read when others are re...

Dear Thinker, Many times we all run away from many things because we are afraid, some of us are afraid of thinking outside the box or doing something that others are not doing! It has so configured us that some of us are afraid of people disagreeing with our opinion in matters because we feel that things should be done only in this way. But you see, we are very wrong! The Amount of time you put to think about something will determine the results that will come out of it. Many of us have chosen to remain average because we don't want to stretch. We have allowed societal system to take away our unique ideas and opinion about matters. Take for instance I remember early in April, I was opportuned to hold over 100 young minds in a Graphics Design Class which ran for close to a week or so. The Class held and some complied while some just didn't do anything. But during the class, I had two categories of students. The First are just interested in the learning and going to make money. T...

DEAR THINKER, Are you bother about what tomorrow looks like? Have you asked yourself, if you are really unique and you could do something worthwhile? Have you allowed the Societal System to make you less of who you really want to be? Do you feel plans keep changing because you are afraid of what people will say? Now; What's the colour of your thoughts? What informations do you consume? Do you just go by the trends and nothing new is coming from out of you? I have some answers for you! Keep reading. This is 2020, where the year started with lots of drama! The Excitement of the new year to the Valentine's Celebration and In March the Reign of the Corona Virus Pandemic. The Government of the world got so confused that measures where taken And people lots jobs, students were out of school and lots of discomfort happened. Even till the recent black life matter protest. It'd very surprising to know that in the months of lockdown many people are still where they are whilst some ar...

IN THE WORLD OF PERCEPTION. Have you heard someone say, Perception is Everything! How true is that? Many times I have seen personally how the way you see things can either reflect what the thing is or who we are. Sometimes one could tend to hear to much about other people and not even paying attention to an individual Perception about such individual. As a Leader, I'd say for that Perception informs reality because your sense of perception shows in your pattern of leadership. Wikipedia says; Perception is the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted. The way a leader is perceived by others will have a significant impact on their effectiveness and in many cases the reputation of their organization. I read someone about when President Obama was roundly criticized for commenting that he lacked a strategy for dealing with the terrorist organization ISIS. He certainly did not give any thought to the negative impact of how his leadership would be perceived before ...

Fear is a natural emotional response to things we don’t know. Its been programmed into us from an early age to keep us safe and protected, like those moments when you parents would tell you don’t poke your finger inside an electric socket because they didn’t want you to get electrocuted, that fear incited in you kept you safe. However it is this very same fear that holds countless entrepreneurs from really achieving remarkable success. So what about all those super successful moguls out there? What are they doing that the rest aren’t? It’s really simple, they have found a way to either work with their fear until they conquer it. The Risk is High. Many times I see alot of people afraid of doing great thing, afraid of starting something, afraid of letting others know their opinion, afraid of following their passion. The truth is this, it is better to start and fail than to not do anything. Doing nothing is Mediocrity. Starting is strength. There's only one thing that makes your dream...

Let's talk about Personal Development.  Improvements is not overnight, it is actually overtime. Whatever you do consistently is what you become! Everybody has a tendency of improving but many don't even bother to pay attention to development. And Personal Development is just those simple and yet deliberate steps you take to be a better version of yourself. Personal Development is irrespective of career choice, it is actually what positions you to either be a better boss or a employee. Here are few highlights . 1. Have a Plan . I love to always say that Planning initiates productivity. You must not let a day go without a plan. If you want to have noticeable development, then you must have simple plans for your day and your week. You need to understand that in life there are stages, many people are still moving round the circle of thinking and no work! Take Seun for instance, She's on her Job but she had a desire to start baking and selling it out. Her vacation came since sh...

"Do you agree with luck?" Many at time things happen and many attribute it to luck. Some say I was lucky! Lucky to get the job,lucky to married to that beautiful girl!. But truly is there really such thing as luck! You need to understand that whatever you have today is because of the kind of value you have placed on yourself, you being unlucky just imply that you couldn't offer much value as it ought to be. It's a simple illustration,you went for an interview and you got the job, firstly understand you deserve the job just like everyone. Yes, you are valued that's why. Truly it is said at times that life is based on chances and don't forget that chances is time based. What you feel on person is lucky might just be time. Time is the true measure of many things! Follow this, Humans are split between two worlds: The first is the world of space and time, cause and effect, energy and matter; the second is the world of histories and futures, stories and meanings, me...

Cultivating the Right Mind. The Mind of a person is a sit of all the idea and success you see them exhibit. It takes a proper mind to think about innovations and development. The issue many times is people have dropped the idea of the mind thinking it's a mere motivation not knowing that in the actual sense of it whatever you do is a function of what you have thought on whether deliberately or you just acted on an information. Information itself is a mind, someone's mindset about something. There is actually nothing achievable without the mind being in it's prosper place. The influence you have on your mind is the information source you allow into it. If you're going to current a person's mindset you'd have to go the information source and make the correction. Take this Scenario, you a friend of yours involved in a business or anything and it's thriving. Many things will come to your mind. You'd love to do the same or negatively envy the person. In eithe...

Motivation in Leadership Today with the increase in the number of people that uses the Social Media, some have taken it upon themselves to be a source of inspiration to others. Whilst this is on, we have another extreme of the same coin where some exaggerate this inspiration and makes the real one appear bad. Everyday of our lives, we engage in Jobs and activities that are sometimes what we need and what we don't need but needed for what we need. Some start and didn't finish what they started because they lost enthusiasm to continue. The Purpose of motivation is to charge people to do more and gain better expressions of their own potentials. The issue many times is "exaggerations", some principles give by some folks are quiet unrealistic so it tends to make motivation bad. Motivation is not bad at all, it actually spur you to relevance and sustainability. We all need motivation, even the person speaking against motivation. Many use motivation to motivate people to sto...