Thursday, June 30, 2016

HOW TO QUIT SMOKING FOR REAL: MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE


Quitting smoking is not an easy task but with a strong WILL coupled with sheer determination the habit could be forgone and never revisited again. I had cultivated the habit of not smoking at all during the Ramadan fasting periods even before I quit the act indefinitely, there was always the resolution not to go back to the chimney culture after the end of Ramadan fasting but the innate urge and social inclinations takes center stage in that ultimate decision to quit smoking for real .  Even after you stop smoking, there are quite a few physical and neurological symptoms your body goes through. 

Depression is also among the most common negative effects of quitting smoking.
Catchy slogans make people mindful of the need to stop smoking because of its life-threatening consequences on health. There are a number of memories and habits connected with smoking, for instance, some folks start their day in the toilet with a stick of cigarette while answering the nature’s call. I was a victim of this entrapment for some years in the bachelorhood world where freedom to exhibit exuberance is absolute and unlimited.

Now that we've seen the psychological unwanted side effects of stopping smoking, let's also take a look at physical ones. Stopping smoking is the start of the program that may help cleanse the body after many years of toxin development. Smoking causes buildup of toxins within the body particularly in the lungs. Once somebody quits smoking, the body attempts to eradicate the damaging chemicals which might have accumulated overtime. Your lungs begin to clear out mucus and other smoking debris, whilst carbon
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

7 Top Revealing Secrets On How Best To Conquer Fear of Business Start-ups



I have encountered many obstacles in the last 7 years when I took a dive in the entrepreneurship pool in order to grow my small business idea to a brand name of my dream. At some point, I have been rejected and my proposal turned down many a times, not because my idea is neither fantastic nor needed but rather, maybe it was not just my luck. However, I have also had cause to secure contracts where I least expected and sometimes those opportunities arrived on a platter of gold. From my personal experiences and research, I have identified some limitations often faced by start-up businesses and entrepreneurs and these are the recipe to overcome such fear:

1.     START ON A SMALL SCALE: To overcome business fear well ahead of time, it is usually more advisable to start your company on a little scale and gradually figure out ways to expand the exact same without wasting more cash on wrong resources. If you don't get to a greater degree, you will lose the chance for further business. In regards to your own business you don't want fear since it will prevent you from stepping from the comfort zone and also you won't have the capacity to grow. When it comes to second example of what the majority of individuals fear in starting an extra business, it's the financial strain of the startup expenses, regardless of your financial status.


2.     BEGIN YOUR BUSINESS WITH A PROFITABLE SMALL BUSINESS: No matter your sort of business, if you're in sales, you may be required to do a little bit of form of `Prospecting' for leads and customers. Be certain to identify a profitable small business model, and then you have limited your exposure to risk or loss. This is sometime applicable if you're into a small business opportunity. Fear begins in your thoughts and you have to employ your mind to conquer fear particularly if you desire to increase sales for your personal business. Selling doesn't have to become a fearful experience!


3.     IDENTIFY YOUR GREATEST FEAR IN BUSINESS: Many small business owners I've related with had one small business fears or the other. Small business success is all about realizing the real fears from the ones which are self-imposed. In truth, it really is subtle and the majority of people don't recognize this is holding them back from having a prosperous business and a great life. If your inner drive is weaker than the physical energy propelling your business, there is bound to be apprehension and this could lead to business failure and eventual shutdown of such business venture. The final move is to consider the objections which are stopping you from closing the company.


4.     BE READY TO TAKE A PLUNGE: When I left Gtbank in 2009, I never wished to go back into the banking job for any reason whatsoever due to so many reasons which are currently manifesting as a result of economic recession, job insecurity, career growth, delusional bankers life, etc. The anxiety about success will allow you to avoid taking action to surely have a thriving business enterprise. Don't forget, small business success isn't about the amount of times you fail but about how many times you have overcome the challenges of being a successful business personality.


5.     SEEK MENTORING AND TRAINING: I have lost counts of how many trainings, seminars and business mentoring attended in the last 10years after my National Youth Service scheme (NYSC) and I still attend trainings till this very moment despite offering such to people as well. You need to ask the leaders of your own enterprise whether they have training along with a proven way that will help build your business. You need to master a few techniques to boost your communication skills in order to
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Monday, June 27, 2016

11 Beneficial Things You Should Know About Dangote Refinery



Is Dangote the messiah we've been waiting for in Nigeria to end the recurrent fuel crisis?
Will Dangote Refinery increase the GDP of Nigerian economy?
Can Dangote refinery make Lagos State the Dubai of Africa?
What will happen to FG refineries when Dangote finally commences operation in 2019?
With Dangote’s giant stride and unprecedented investment in the local economy, Nigeria will be taken away from the record of countries that import petroleum chemicals and allied products. Besides, Nigeria will be generating and saving an important quantity of forex that will be earned from the export of petroleum and petro-chemical products in a not too distant a future. From my trend analysis, Dangote will edge Mr Bill Gates or whoever is on the top of the ladder on the forbes list in a very short period after the commencement of operation in the refinery. Here are 10 things you should know about the Dangote refinery:

1.     JOB CREATION OPPORTUNITIES: Dangote refinery will create235,000 Jobs when completed. There would even be a whole lot of indirect employment and empowerment in and around Lagos-State, people who are into real estates, food supplies, commodities, dealers of petrochemical products, Government institutions, foreign investors, oil servicing firms, etc.

2.     FOREX EARNING POTENTIALS: Nigeria would save $17.5 billion in forex earnings from the project.
3.     FIRST OF ITS KIND: The refinery with 650,000 barrels of crude oil refining capacity per day is by all standards the largest in the world.
4.     RECORD BREAKING PROJECT: It is the largest single project anywhere in the world – be it fertilizer, gas pipeline, petrochemical or refinery. This is the largest single refinery in the world.

5.     EXPORT OPPORTUNITY IN GAS RESOURCES: The gas project from Dangote Plant would add Over 3 billion cubic feet of gas per day to the Nigerian market, meaning that with the current requirement of about two billion cubic feet of gas per day, Nigeria’s power sector would improve significantly when the project is finally completed.
6.     ATTRACTION OF FOREIGN PARTNERSHIP/ALLIANCES: The United States Trade and Development Agency has signed has a training pact with Dangote Oil Refining Company.
7.     MULTIBILLION DOLAR PROJECT: The Dangote refinery project is worth an estimated $10b usd, more than the nation yearly budget.
8.     24HOURS STEADY POWER SUPPLY: With Dangote refinery coming on board, Lagos State can have 24hrs steady power and electricity supply and this will boost the economic potentials of the state.
9.     POPULATION EXPLOSION: Human Population in Lagos State is bound explode to a
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