LIFE
June 19, 2020
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LIFE
March 22, 2020
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Real love is rare. Love that transcends barriers is even rarer. Paul Ozioko met his wife, Zainab Shittu, while serving in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, in 2008. He was a struggling ‘youth corper’ who had just finished his first degree from the University of Benin. He had done menial jobs such as washing clothes to make ends meet and had graduated with a 2nd class lower result that tugged at his confidence. Three years later, while…
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Phew! 2019! What a year. I’ve had to endure crushing setbacks, I’ve made self-inflicted mistakes and also have tremendous and unexpected successes. Of all these, I’ve not only learned but grown, and I’d like to share some of the lessons i learned. I hope it inspires someone, I hope it helps. I’ll also like to learn some of the lessons you learned this year, kindly drop them in the comment section. Life is too short…
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So there I was, on a Friday afternoon sitting humbly at an MTN outlet trying to replace my Sim Card, praying and hoping I could resolve it just in time to make my Detty December plans for that evening. Let me tell you how I got to that point. I had just gotten a Samsung s10, bad guy like me and I had to change my Sim card from the normal size to…
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Who knows about the tale of the disappearing SIM? Who has ever wrapped those unbelievable tiny micro-sim cards in a piece of paper and the next thing you know you are turning your house upside down! Why? You lost the sim card! How? You are incapable of giving an answer to that one. One way or another, it happens to us all. It’s almost hilarious if it wasn’t painful. And may the heavens help you…
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I first came across the concept “Fire Bullets, then Cannon Balls” in the book Great By Choice, written by Jim Collins and Morten Hansen. The writers pictured a scenario where a ship at sea is attacked by a hostile ship. The logical thing for the crew to do will be to first take some gun powder and fire some bullets, if it misses it then reloads, aim and fire more bullets until it hits the…