When A Rookie Attains Fortune

To a rookie in fortune, remonstrations by concerned friends to curtail his/her excesses can be interpreted as envy or jealousy until the reality sets in, usually after the chickens have come home to roost.

- Babatunde Oladele

Life is Tougher Without Thinking

 Generally, life can be tough. But it is tougher on those who do not apply much thinking to their ways and doings, and toughest on people who live or work with them because they are usually the first at the receiving end of the consequences of thoughtlessness.

Sympathy and Support

We all need sympathy and support because we all stumble and need help getting back up. So we need to offer them to others and be willing to receive them in return.

- Word for Today

The Essence of Good Leadership

The essence of good leadership is not about trying to do everything yourself, but getting it done through others. Instead of trying to do the work of ten people, get ten people to do the work.

- Word for Today

Of Self Concept

Many people live their lives believing they’re intellectually inferior — born that way, and will always be that way. The problem with believing this is that you begin to live accordingly. Not because it’s true — but because you believe it’s true! God created us so that whatever we really believe, we act on. So our self concept becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

- Word for Today

Smart Parenting

A smart parent helps the children to prioritise what they ought to do over what they want to do.

- Babatunde Oladele

The Bias of Commerce

The world of commerce generally has little patience for excuses and “reasons.” It usually favours the fastest, the most efficient and the most utilitarian.

- Babatunde Oladele