This is very important, please, read:
In one of our training sessions,my mentor collected a Nokia torch hand set with fully charged battery. He brought a fresh egg. Then he puts the egg and the handset together and place them into a polythene bag. He tied the bag and told us to call the phone number..... Calling....calling.. ..busy.. busy.
When the battery is drained down, he gave the phone to the owner and cracked the egg.
Behold the egg was cooked!!.. done!!!. We were surprised and asked for the explanation. He told us that every handset emits electromagnetic rays. That it was the rays that was responsible for cooking of that egg. He also said that for device to be named " hand set " by international bodies is not by accident.
He said that it is never a pocket set. He went on to say that males (men) have egg resemblance in between their legs...scrotum. He admonished men to stop putting their hand set in their pockets, but to hold on hand. If you continue to put set in your pocket, the radiation from it will denature your spermatozoa and cook your scrotum . That is why our men will marry 2 to 3 years no Issues. They begin to blame their wife. They will visit men of God for fasting and prayers. God will answer them and reverse the condition, but coming out of the church/Mosque, they put back the handset in their pockets and continued to denature their sperm and cook their scrotum again.
Before a communication mast is mounted in your property, you will be paid between 10 to 20 million naira as long as you sign a document the network provider gives you. People don't even read the document. Only sign and collect the pay. The document reads in part within the middle ( we are giving you this money to buy land in another place and relocate, because what we are about to mount here is dangerous to your health ) . If you continue to stay there in about 10 to 15 years period, you and others living there will be suffering from one cancer case to the other.

Please guys, don't be putting handset in your pockets. Inform your friends and relatives about the dangers. Ladies inform your brothers, male friends and relatives the same.

By putting sets in your pocket or inside bra Can cause prostrate and breast cancer respectively.

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to discuss a little on one of the burning health issues.

Practical Effect of Handset and Tel. Mast

Adewale Monday, 24 October 2016

Coke acts as an acidic cleaner. The amount of acid in soda is enough to wear away at the enamel of your teeth, making them more susceptible to decay. In tests done on the acidity levels of soda, certain ones were found to have PH levels as low as 2.5. To put that into perspective, consider that battery acid has a pH of 1 and pure water has a pH of 7.

To prove Coke does not belong in the human body, here are 20 practical ways you can use Coke as a domestic cleaner:

1. Removes grease stains from clothing and fabric
2. Removes rust; methods include using fabric dipped in Coke, a sponge or even aluminum foil. Also loosens rusty bolts
3. Removes blood stains from clothing and fabric.

4. Cleans oil stains from a garage floor; let the stain soak, hose off.
5. Kills slugs and snails; the acids kills them.
6. Cleans burnt pans; let the pan soak in the Coke, then rinse.
7. Descales a kettle (same method as with burnt pans)
8. Cleans car battery terminals by pouring a small amount of Coke over each one.

9. Cleans your engine; Coke distributors have been using this technique for decades.
10. Makes pennies shine; soaking old pennies in Coke will remove the tarnish.
11. Cleans tile grout; pour onto kitchen floor, leave for a few minutes, wipe up.
12. Dissolves a tooth; Use a sealed container…takes a while but it does work.
13. Removes gum from hair; dip into a small bowl of Coke, leave a few minutes. Gum will wipe off.
14. Removes stains from vitreous china.
15. Got a dirty pool? Adding two 2-liter bottles of Coke clears up rust.
16. You can remove (or fade) dye from hair by pouring diet Coke over it.
17. Remove marker stains from carpet. Applying Coke, scrubbing and then clean with soapy water will remove marker stains.
18. Cleans a toilet; pour around bowl, leave for a while, flush clean.
19. Coke and aluminum foil will bring Chrome to a high shine.
20. Strips paint off metal furniture. Soak a towel in Coke and lay it on the paint surface.

Now can you imagine what is does to your stomach lining? Who needs the ‘household and cleaning’ section at the hardware store when we have Coke.

20 PRACTICAL USES FOR COCA COLA – PROOF THAT COKE DOES NOT BELONG IN THE HUMAN BODY

Adewale Saturday, 8 October 2016

A team is made up of team members, but it’s the manager who builds that team. He’s the one who brings people together and aligns them towards the goal. This is why they say that the success of a team largely depends upon the way a manager handles it.

But, that’s not how things work at offices. If you have worked as a manager or are working under one, then you must have observed that team members usually try to stay away from the managers. Why so? What’s the cause of this behavior?

More often than not, this behavior has a lot to do with the way a manager handles the team. Here are some of the reasons that push employees or team members away from a manager -

Failure to make an emotional connect

Running a team is nothing short of running a family. As a manager, you’re the one who has to step up and take responsibility of everyone in your team.

Whenever someone in your family achieves something you praise them. At the same time, whenever they make a mistake you don’t judge them or blast them off in anger.

You discuss with them about what lead to the mistake and then reach to a conclusion so that the mistake does not happen. That’s exactly how you strike an emotional connect. Handling a team is no rocket science. You just have to follow the basic human behavior of showing empathy. But, that can only happen when you can connect with the team on an emotional level.

This is not to say that you must get involved in their personal life. Try to be empathetic instead of being sympathetic. Everyone likes being appreciated for good work. So, try to strike the chord with your team members where they feel appreciated rather than neglected.

2. Being too judgemental

Do you judge your family members on the basis of their behavior? I don’t. And, I’m sure no one does. Being judgmental is like tagging someone for something that he/she might not even realize that they are doing. Perhaps they are not aware of the mistake they are making. Or, they don’t understand how the process works. Maybe they were too confused in the workflow that they simply got stuck in the rut.

Anything can happen in a project, and anyone can make mistakes. The key, as a manager, is to not be too judgemental on the basis of a single mistake. Whenever you find someone lacking in their efforts or making a mistake, try and discuss the same with. See what they have to say about it. Maybe they have a different perspective of looking at things, which you are not even thinking.

So, don’t be judgemental. Get to know about their perspective and get on the same page so that there is no misunderstanding of any sort.

3. Playing blame games

Blame games can suck life out of the team. A healthy team requires every team member to trust each other. But, when blame games start to creep up trust factor is thrown straight out of the window.

It is a common scenario in corporate culture for the manager to try and take credit for success of a project. But, when it falls flat they are the first ones to put it on the team. If you have also been practicing something similar, then you cannot expect to grow in your career as a manager.

A manager's responsibility is to manage people. Saying things like “You should have done it like this”, “I told you this won’t work”, “You are the sole person responsible for this” etc., can create void in the team, which is hard to be filled.

A great way to avoid these conflicts is to take the team together into everything. If it is a success, divide the credits equally within the team. And if it is a failure, then be brave enough to face everything with the team.

4. Micromanagement and bossy nature

Strategizing everything is the job of a manager. Creating a roadmap on how to take on the challenges in a project and then keeping an eye on how things are processing is what he’s supposed to do.

But, that doesn’t mean you have to get the detective lens and poke into every small step they are taking in the project. You don’t have to micromanage everything. Each team member is there for a reason, and they are there because they are the subject matter experts. To make sure each team member is accountable for his/her tasks, you need to give them the freedom to work according to their style.

A good way to avoid the conflicts and stay away from the habit of micromanagement is to indulge everyone in the decision making process. Rather than asking questions, let their results speak. Stay on top of everything by creating online discussions or virtual meetings just to ensure that everyone is on the same page. But, don’t interfere in every small detail of their work.

5. Lack of self-control

Anger and frustration are the signs that a person lacks self-control. Showering that anger and frustration on team members is simply going to kill the team. No team likes a manager who vents out his frustration at the team members.

There are bound to be challenges in projects. There will be ups and downs. There will be successes and failures. But, simply getting frustrated and angry when such a situation arises is simply not going to cut it. As they say, anger destroys a person’s thinking ability. So, if you are angry then you can expect the things to go from bad to worst. And, as a manager you cannot afford that to happen. Sometimes we are too bogged down by things in our personal life that we let the frustration show in our professional life. Don’t let that happen.

How can you get a better sense of self-control? Meditate, practice yoga or indulge in something that gives you peace of mind. Practice mindfulness and your mind come to a state of peace.

6. Inability to draw the line

There is a thin line that separates a manager who is loved by the team from the manager from whom the team wants to stay away. Being friendly is one thing, but being an intruder in their personal life is completely not acceptable.

It’s okay to ask the team members about their personal life once in awhile, but constantly poking them with questions about what’s happening in their life is simply not going to cut it. Being friendly is one thing, but being over friendly is going to push them away from you. You must know where to draw the line.

As a manager it is your responsibility tocreate a comfortable and friendly work environment. You need to take steps to ensure the same. Team bonding activities like weekend outings, going for a movie etc., are great as long as they are not interfering with your team members’ personal life.

These points are based on my personal experience as a manager over the past so many years. I’m sure there are others who will resonate to this post as well. If you are a manager, then think about it and see what wrong you are doing that’s pushing your team member’s away.

Don’t forget to share your experience with us!

What’s pushing your team members away from you?

Adewale

LET'S FIGHT THE DOLLARS BACK WITH FASHION. BY Otunba Olufemi Fadairo.

11 Mistakes Standing Between You and Your First Million..... JOHN RAMPTON

it seems the exchange rate is the single most crippling thing threatening to kill our national economy right now. We have done all we know to do but it isn't abating in in its continuous decimation of our economy.

We have tried saving more Naira, it failed. We tried banning some imports, it has not worked. We pegged the Naira, no way. We floated the Naira, no show. Everything we have done have been centred around the Naira, now,lets fight the dollar.

Winning a war is usually about winning many small battles, especially when you are already in a disadvantaged position. So, let's pick the small battles in the exchange rate war and win them little by little.

The Federal Government has chosen to fight the agric dollar battle. The government is investing seriously in Agriculture now and we are already beginning to see the result. At the rate rice is being grown now, By 2017, we should no longer be needing dollars for importation of rice which is the most dollar guzzling food import item in Nigeria. The government is really winning that battle.

The other small battle i think we should face is our textiles and fashion. If we all decide to wear only our Nigerian made clothes, it would immediately reduce our dollar demand the more. Just go to Mandillas in lagos island and you would quickly realize that the aggregate foreign office suits sitting in those shops would be between 200 to 500 Million USD. Just suits alone! If our dollar demands per week haS been estimated at about 2.5 billion USD, that makes about 15% of the demand. We as a people, need to fight that battle for our government and children.

In recognition of this fact, the NIGERIA INTER-BANK SETTLEMENT SYSTEM PLC (NIBSS) has
taken the bull by the horn to become the FIRST private organization in Nigeria to officially sign a policy that says staff can wear Nigerian fabrics and native dresses FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY. We wish other financial organizations would take a cue from this. Supporting the government is not just by mouth, lets pick a battle as an industry and fight it.

One immediate result that has been observed from that policy of NIBSS is that the tailor that usually sews clothes for the ladies in NIBSS officially informed the staff in June that he can no longer recieve new fabrics for sewing TILL DECEMBER 2016 as his hands are full. The staff are shopping for another tailor as i write.

If NIBSS alone with staff strength not up to 10% of UBA has made this impact, what do we think would happen if the whole financial industry tows that line? To a large extent, the financial industry in Nigeria dictates the corporate dressing tone in this nation. Let's make more tailors, let's create more business, let's fight back the dollars -- in our own little way -- with fashion.

SAVE NIGERIA ECONOMY, LET'S FIGHT THE DOLLARS BACK WITH FASHION

Adewale Thursday, 11 August 2016

I've been a millionaire three separate times in my life. The first time I saw $1,000,000 in my bank account, I almost fainted. Even though I knew it was hitting my account, it still caught me off guard.

Becoming a millionaire isn’t as far-fetched as you would believe. With dedication, patience and focus, becoming a millionaire is completely obtainable. If I can do it, anyone can.

The hardest part? Actually reaching your first million. After that, everything else falls in place. But why is it so difficult to reach your first million? I find that most people are pretty close, but hold themselves back with the following mentalities:

1. You’re not thinking the right way.

As Napoleon Hill discovered in his landmark 1937 book “Think and Grow Rich,” wealthy individuals think differently than the average person. After interviewing 1,200 of the wealthiest individuals in the world, self-made millionaire Steve Siebold agrees with Hill’s findings. They include:

The rich believe poverty is the root of all evil.
Selfish can be a virtue.
They have an action mentality.
The rich acquire specific knowledge.
They dream about the future.
They follow their passion.
The rich enjoy challenges.
They use other people’s money.
Millionaires focus on earning, not saving.
They know when to take risks.

In short, if you want to become a millionaire, start changing the way you think about money and success.

2. Being too concerned about perfection.

Here’s one of the most important and valuable lessons I’ve learned in life -- nothing is perfect. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you can move forward, instead of being stuck in one place.

If you’re starting a business, the more time you spend perfecting your product or service, the more time your competitors have to tap into your market and take away potential customers. Don’t hesitate to experiment. Get to market as soon as you can. You can always work out the kinks later while you’re still making a profit.

3. Spending everything you make.

You just received a fat six-figure check. It’s tempting to go out and buy a luxury car. The thing is, wealthy people know how to live below their means, as opposed to spending everything that they just made. Many wealthy people, like Warren Buffett, live in modest homes and drive practical cars.

4. Setting unrealistic expectations.

While the wealthy definitely dream big, they also set realistic expectations. They’re well aware that they’re not going to become millionaires overnight. It takes a lot of hard work and patience to achieve their goals.

As any marathon runner will tell you, you can’t expect to run 26 miles without the proper training and conditioning. Review the progress you’ve already made and where you’re headed.

5. Following others blindly.

It can be incredibly beneficial to seek mentors or read words of wisdom from those who have struck it rich. The thing is, what worked for them may not work for you. For example, launching a company like Apple or Microsoft may not work today. So, following how Jobs and Gates became successful step-by-step isn’t going to help your subscription-based cleaning service.

Understand what works for you and your business and how you can be successful in that industry.

6. Relying too much on plastic.

Credit cards can be useful if you need to build your credit or invest in your business -- as long as you’re smart with how you use them. It’s incredibly easy to get yourself into credit card debt. That means that instead of making wise investments or putting money into your business, you’re busy paying off your credit card bills with those high interest rates.

7. Plan for the long run.

The wealthy have a knack for always looking and planning for the future. They know where they want to go and what it will take for them to achieve success. This allows them to anticipate any obstacles and have a plan in place to handle those challenges.

If you are starting a new business venture, you need to have a long-term plan that addresses how to attract and retain clients and customers and outlines how you're different from the competition.

8. Spending time with the wrong people.

The rich don’t waste their time by associating with the wrong crowd. I’m talking about the naysayers and negative people who keep telling you that you can’t achieve your dreams, or the people who are using your success to their advantage.

Instead, the rich spend time with like-minded people who are driven, passionate and are thinking about how amazing their future is going to be. They are always building their brand.

9. Doing everything yourself.

Despite wearing multiple hats and being a jack-of-all trades, it’s impossible to do everything on your own. Let’s say that you just launched a startup. You need to hire talented individuals who enhance your strengths and pick-up the slack in your weaker areas.

Learn how to outsource and delegate the tasks that you’re not familiar with or aren’t as strong in. This is one the secrets that entrepreneurs rarely tell you, but it’s essential if you want your business to grow.

10. Not being in the right place at the right time.

Whether it’s making an investment or starting a business, timing and location is everything.

Take Ryan Graves, for example. He simply tweeted “hire me : )” to Travis Kalanick in 2010. Graves became Uber’s first employee, then the company’s head of global operations. He's estimated to have $1.4 billion in equity.

Instead of daydreaming, seize the opportunities that are right in front of you.

11. You don’t believe in yourself.

What’s the biggest thing holding you back from becoming successful? It’s probably the fact that you don’t believe in yourself. Instead of second-guessing every move you make, trust your gut and go with your intuition instead of waiting for insights from those around you.

As Dale Carnegie once said, "Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

11 Mistakes Standing Between You and Your First Million..... JOHN RAMPTON

Adewale Friday, 29 July 2016

Jubrin Abdulmumin, a member of the House of Representative in Nigeria is opening a big can of worms about Dogara (the Speaker of the house) and other senior members of the house. Hear him below. I just hope that the masses would not revolt some day soon....

"I am obliged to make further statement after listening to the full statement of Speaker Yakubu Dogara on why I had to leave as Chairman Appropriation. It is a fact I went up to the Speaker and told him clearly I wanted to leave. He confirmed this in his statement but it appeared he wished he had fired me instead of my personal decision to step down.

Thereafter I proceeded to my office. I was therefore not surprised when an aide of mine walked into my office to inform me that the Speaker had announced my departure. I was relieved and went straight to adress the press and released a statement. It was only later in the evening while monitoring the news that I watched the full statement he made on the floor. Speaker Dogara's statement was a complete misrepresentation of the facts, false, mischievous, unfair and a calculated attempt to bring my name to disrepute, blackmail, silence and use me as a scape goat.

The plan is to execute it just before the recess so that by the time we return I would have been buried and the issue forgotten. Mr Speaker, this issue will never be swept under the carpet. We are closing for recess with it and we shall commence the next session with this issue. This was the last option they had after every attempt to find something to nail me failed. It is a known fact that I am a very blunt person by nature. I don't know how to pretend. I don't do eye service neither will I ever be a sycophant. I don't give returns. I just do my job faithfully and dedicatedly. My offence was asserting my independence and insisting that we do the right thing at all times and expose corrupt people in the House.

Lately I openly disagreed with some principal officers on the issue of immunity for Lawmakers and budget issues. I still maintained I will never support immunity. I strongly believe with every conviction that in cleaning up the budgeting system and considering what transpired during 2016 budget which I have all the facts documented, Speaker Dogara, Deputy Speaker Lasun, Whip Doguwa and minority Leader Leo Ogor should resign. These members of the body of principal officers were not comfortable with my independent disposition and my refusal to cover up their unilateral decision to allocate to themselves 40billion naira out of the 100billion allocated to the entire National Assembly. The four of them met and took that decision. In addition to billions of wasteful projects running over 20 billion they allocated to their constituencies. They must come out clean. My inability to admit into the budget almost 30 billion personal requests from Mr. Speaker and the 3 other principal officers also became an issue. I have every documented evidence to this effect. After the submission of the first version of the budget which was returned by Mr. President, I briefed members in executive session and told them as agreed at our pre budget meeting with chairmen and deputy chairmen of standing committees, we simply adopted their reports with little amendments. No body faulted my submission. Members insisted they must know how the N100 billion was allocated. I told them the truth. Since after that meeting, Mr Speaker with the suport of the three other principal officers effectively blocked me from briefing members, ensured I was not at the last executive session and refused to investigate issues I raised that I believe must be addressed if we intend to build a better budget system for the House. I gave Mr. Speaker statistics of 2000 new projects introduced into the budget by less than 10 committee chairmen without the knowledge of their committee members he did nothing about it because he was part of the mess yet he is talking about improving the budget system. I did nothing wrong. I worked within the rules of the House and instructions of Mr. Speaker. During the budget period, Mr. President graciously granted myself and Sen. Goje audience. It was a very good meeting. Speaker Dogara took it extremely personal that we saw the president without his knowledge and went on to scuttle all our efforts to help the president during the budget process because he wanted to be seen by the president as the only good man. He forgot that he sees heads of MDA's daily which he enjoys doing more than his job as Speaker for reasons best known to him anyway, without Mr. President's knowledge. That is how petty and narrow minded Dogara can be. A coward, hypocrite and pretender of the highest order. Mr President must be very careful with him. He wines with Mr. President and dines with Mr. Presidents enemies. I am glad that I am finally free from his emotional blackmail of constantly trying to make me see my appointment as appropriation chairman as a favour. He has failed to realise that I came a long way and even attained chairman finance when he was chairman House services before this appointment. Seeing as the Speaker claimed that they have taken the decision or were going to take decision to replace me, he now has a responsibility to tell the world why they took or were going to take such decision. I challenge them to tell the world why? I will be releasing a more detailed statement in due course. Meanwhile, I intend to explore all internal avenues of the House to brief my colleagues in detail and testify against Speaker Dogara, Deputy Lasun, Whip Doguwa and Minority leader Leo Ogor on why they should resign. If I am not allowed to exercise my privilege, I shall consider legal options. I can no longer bear the brunt of abuses and baseless allegations keeping quiet all in the name of "confidentiality" expected of an appropriation chairman. I will not allow anybody no matter how highly placed to destroy my life as intended by the full statement of Speaker Yakubu Dogara. Now Nigerians will see clearly the ulterior motive behind the desperate moves for immunity for principal officers of the National Assembly."

- Jubrin Abdulmumin.

Politics

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE "DOGARA" AND 3 OTHER PRINCIPAL OFFICERS MIGHT BE IN TROUBLE.....

Adewale Friday, 22 July 2016

13 Scientific Facts About Friendship That Will Put A Smile on your Face

Can you imagine this world without any friends? It would be pretty darn boring, and depression would take over our lives. Whether we accept it or not, we need friends at all phases of life. We need them through the highs and the lows. The interesting thing is that even science agrees to all these things.

1. Animals can form lifelong friendships with individuals that are not from their own species.

Many studies have shown that chimpanzees, baboons, horses, elephants and dolphins make friends, not necessarily from their own species, forever. In fact, whales literally have BFFs!

2. In a lifetime, you make 396 friends, but only 1 out of 12 friendships lasts.

3. Not having any friends can be dangerous to your health.

Lonely people listen up! Having zero friends is as bad for your health as smoking or being overweight.

4. A 2004 study published in the American Sociological Review said that the average number of trusted friends fell by a third in the past 20 years. Instead, in the same duration, the proportion of people with no confidantes had doubled.

5. It’s the friendship aspect in a marriage that makes it last.

According to John Gottman, successful marriages are based a great deal on deep friendship. Mutual respect for each other's company plus a good knowledge of each other's quirks, likes and dislikes, is good for the marriage. Spouses who are friends try harder to make repair attempts during a spat.

6. When faced with major illness, individuals with a good social network are in a better position to survive.

According to a 10-year study by the Centre for Ageing at Flinders University, a strong network of friends is more important than close family relatives for a prolonging life. People aged over 70, but having an extensive network, tended to live 22% longer than those with less extensive networks.

7. Your brain reacts the same way when you are in danger and when a friend is.

It’s true, friends and friendships make us more empathetic.

8. It is scientifically proven that the company of good friends reduces stress in life.

9. Close friends share about 1% of their DNA

We often wish that our BFFs were our siblings. Well, it’s somewhat true. A recent study suggests that close friends share about one percent of their DNA, making them as close genetically as fourth cousins. Researchers at Yale University and University of California, San Diego, took data from 2,000 people and found that the chemistry that draws friends together might stem from shared DNA. In fact, this could help explain the evolution of friendship.

10. Your close friends influence your weight.

Believe it or not, if your best friend eats a healthy diet you are likely to do the same. If she’s a junk food eater, then you better make her see sense!.

11. Our best friends are pretty much like us.

It’s right for most cases - you and your friend share the same social identity for your other friends and social circle.

12. Friendship is even stronger when you know what irritates your friend.

Did you know that knowing what irritates a friend can make your relationship more stable? Dr. Charity Friesen called this the ‘if-then’ profile. She believes that knowing a friend's reactions when faced with different situations is as important as knowing their tastes.

13. Friendship is the emotion babies recognise even before they start walking or talking.

Imagine the beauty of this emotion! According to a study conducted at the University of Chicago, even young babies can understand social relationships, especially friendship, before they can walk or talk. ‘Infants are able to watch strangers interact and then make inferences about whether those two people are likely to be friends,’ Amanda Woodward, the study's co-author, told The Huffington Post.

Go ahead and share this with your friends right away!