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Great thinkers don't just harbor doubt. They embrace uncertainty--and how little they really know. The smartest person I've known didn't, on the surface, appear to be that smart. She used qualifiers like "I think." "Seems." "Suggests." "Indicates." When asked for her opinion she could appear unsure, frequently asking for feedback and shifting the conversation to what other people thought. To make perception matters worse, she was quick to change her positions. New facts? New decisions. New situations? New strategies. New agendas? New tactics. She changed her mind -- a lot. In time, I realized those behaviors masked a staggering intellect.…
No matter what type of work you do, good grammar is relevant for all organizations, and it can make a big difference in your career path. As Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, an online repair manual company, wrote in a Harvard Business Review article, “if job hopefuls can’t distinguish between ‘to’ and ‘too,’ their applications go into the bin.” A bit harsh? Sure, but he’s not alone. Again and again, we’ve heard managers complain about employees not knowing how to write a correct English sentence. 11 Most Common Grammar Mistakes Employees Make Kathy & Ross Petras | CNBC Make It…
Wednesday, 24 March 2021 05:38

Why ambiverts are better leaders

It's like asking someone if they're a cat person or a dog person – so basic, almost tribal: are you an extrovert or an introvert? Each of these identities has its own strengths and weaknesses, yet it seems there's constant debate about which it is better to be. Some say the internet has a "love affair" with introverts, and that being an introvert is, at long last, cool, particularly during the pandemic. That's likely a reaction to a culture that has long seemed to celebrate and reward extroverts, especially in many Western countries and particularly in the workforce, where they're…
In 1927, my German grandmother was born in an orphanage 15 kilometers east of Munich in the small market town of Kirchseeon. With blond hair and blue eyes, she was classified as Aryan, which her nation's soon-to-be chancellor, Adolf Hitler, would declare the "master race." Still, she fell in love with a Black American GI in World War II. He brought her to the States--but not before they married and had a biracial child, my uncle, in a Germany defined by Hitler's ideals. My grandmother was one of my earliest examples of leadership. She spoke her mind freely and knew…
Kumar Mehta We're not all naturally skilled at the same things. Some are more athletic and have better coordination. Some pick up on language and words faster at a young age, while others are good with numbers and visualizing patterns. But most people don't fully understand their range of abilities, and as a result, may end up in the wrong careers. Or, they might enjoy their jobs, but struggle to identify effective learning techniques that will help them excel further. The theory of multiple intelligences To get a better sense of your skills and capabilities, I often recommend starting with…
The leading health experts at the Mayo Clinic define the general term "alcohol use disorder" as "a pattern of alcohol use that involves problems controlling your drinking, being preoccupied with alcohol, continuing to use alcohol even when it causes problems, having to drink more to get the same effect, or having withdrawal symptoms when you rapidly decrease or stop drinking." If this sounds familiar and you find that you experience any of the symptoms associated with alcohol use disorder—which range from being unable to control the amount you drink to willingly giving up social obligations to pursue your drinking (for…
Weaving contemporary designs into a traditional West African fabric, Nigerian Tsemaye Binitie is creating fashion he hopes can also bridge the gap between luxury and the everyday. His material of choice is Aso-oke, a hand-woven cloth indigenous to the Yoruba people and historically used on special occasions. Binitie, who cut his teeth as a design assistant with Stella McCartney in 2005, began using the fabric in 2017, and he infuses the yellow dresses that are his signature creations with cottons and silks to give them a post-modern feel. “We started to use contemporary African art and culture within the threads…
Erin Brockovich The end of humankind? It may be coming sooner than we think, thanks to hormone-disrupting chemicals that are decimating fertility at an alarming rate around the globe. A new book called Countdown, by Shanna Swan, an environmental and reproductive epidemiologist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, finds that sperm counts have dropped almost 60% since 1973. Following the trajectory we are on, Swan’s research suggests sperm counts could reach zero by 2045. Zero. Let that sink in. That would mean no babies. No reproduction. No more humans. Forgive me for asking: why isn’t…
If you peer into the gutters of any big Nigerian city, a filthy sight awaits you: Floating cans, nylon water sachets, empty bottles and other waste materials discarded by humans, swept there by rain, gathering and clogging up the drain. This is not only a Nigerian problem, it is a global challenge. The world continues to writhe under the burden of waste management. In 2019, the Global Material Footprint (the amount of raw material including fossil fuels, biomass and metal and non-metal ore, extracted to meet total consumption demand), according to the United Nations, was 85.9 billion tonnes – up…
Countless historic artefacts were looted from around the world during the colonial era and taken to Europe but there is now a growing campaign to return them. Among the most famous are the Benin Bronzes seized from modern-day Nigeria. Barnaby Phillips finds out about one family's dilemma. One morning in April 2016, a woman walked into Barclays Bank on London's exclusive Park Lane, to retrieve a mysterious object that had been locked in the vaults for 63 years. Attendants ushered her downstairs. Three men waited upstairs, perched anxiously on an uncomfortable sofa, watching customers go about their business. Twenty minutes…
January 15, 2025

Nigerian stock market loses N1.1trn in major selloff

The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) experienced a significant decline yesterday as investors lost N1.1 trillion…
January 11, 2025

Ohanaeze Ndigbo gets new President-General

John Azuta-Mbata, a former senator, has been elected as the new president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo,…
January 15, 2025

Essential skills needed to make money online in 2025

Melissa Houston Due to technological advancements and global digitization, there are growing opportunities to make…
January 04, 2025

Shy man cuts off 4 fingers instead of telling boss he wanted to quit his…

A 32-year-old Indian man admitted to cutting off four fingers on his left hand to…
January 14, 2025

Boko Haram’s strategy created 60,000 child fighters, military chief says

Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, has disclosed that over 60,000 children are among…
January 15, 2025

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 467

Gaza ceasefire appears close as US, Egyptian leaders put focus on 'coming hours' Negotiators were…
December 25, 2024

Stem cell therapy to correct heart failure in children could 'transform lives'

Renowned visionary English physician William Harvey wrote in 1651 about how our blood contains all…
January 08, 2025

NFF appoints new Super Eagles head coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach…

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