DD
MM
YYYY

PAGES

DD
MM
YYYY

spot_img

PAGES

Home Blog Page 4719

You’re More Than Ready!

0

If your company “promotes” you, or you accept a new offer where you are 100% ready on Day 1, it is not an elevation, but a job title evolution.

Career ascension requires taking responsibilities which even though you may not be 100% ready on Day 1, you know that you have inherent capabilities to quickly rise to the occasion. 

Today, I ask you to accelerate your leadership ascent. The most memorable presentation I have ever made was speaking before Bill Gates for about 60 minutes. I had calculated how much he makes per minute and was concerned about one key thing: would they cut me off after 3 minutes? But magically, after I finished, he came across the table, extended his hand, and I asked a fellow to take a photo of both of us.

I made it back to the hotel and said “Ndubuisi, you underestimate yourself”. Indeed, why was the doubt which could have pushed me to decline the invitation? I did not need to have done it until I did it the first time!

Simply, aim higher and keep looking up because no one was born a CEO, a Director, a strategist before 1% or a president. All, and everyone, were once not one. Yes, it’s time for the next lift because you’re more than ready. And will cross as many are holding that  crossover “bridge” to help.  #MoreThanReady.

Comment on Feed

Comment 1: You do not go into a new role with experience, else the role is no longer new, but a repetition of what you have been doing. The potential is what becomes the experience, overtime.

Comment 2: Better to be ready for an opportunity that never comes, than for the opportunity to come and you are not ready. Ironically, you don’t even know what you are preparing for, just keep sharpening that sword. Thanks for sharing this. We underestimate ourselves…

Nigeria Trains 60 Youth on Digital Skills for Content Creation Industry

0

In a bid to empower young Nigerians with relevant digital skills, the federal government of Nigeria recently concluded the training of 60 youths in content creation, distribution, and monetization.

Speaking on the training, The Executive Director, National Films and Video Censors Board, Alhaji Adedayo Thomas commended the youths for the commitment shown towards the training.

He disclosed that a large number of them have gotten support in the digital content creation space while noting that they are already maximizing their potential through innovation and technology.

In his words, “I must specifically commend our youths, who regardless of daunting social and economic challenges, have continued to show resilience and push for self-sustenance.

“Some of you have found succor in the digital content space, maximizing your potential through innovation and technology. This is our motivation for setting aside these two days for the training of 50 selected emerging youth talents and entrepreneurs in “Understanding the Modules for OTT Streaming and its Components.”

“This is an initiative driven by the need to attract young minds into the industry to significantly drive employment, and economic growth and create an avenue for interaction between the young and the old in the digital film ecosystem.

“This training has been specially curated just for you. You will be interacting with an array of proven and established industry experts and global industry players. You have a huge opportunity to improve your skills, and secure mentorship and collaboration.

“You must, however, play by defined rules. It is required that you subject your production to the approval of the Board for classification. While we remain conscious of not stifling creativity, we must also be the vanguard for the protection of our moral values as a society”.

The DG further disclosed that the initiative was driven by the need to attract young minds into the industry to significantly drive employment, and economic growth and create an avenue.

Nigeria’s Ministry of Education had disclosed that the country’s teeming youth unemployment is linked to a lack of specific skills required for the job market among graduates. An estimated 4.5 million enter the job market annually with only a 10 percent absorption rate.

Other challenges include skills mismatch between the labour market and the educational system, with over 60 percent of graduates lacking basic digital skills to compete in the 21st-century digital economy.

This skills gap has created a shortfall of an adequately skilled and educated workforce which is one of the major constraints to the growth and development of the country.

It is highly commendable that the government has been intentional about closing the skills gap, as there have been efforts focused on several skills and digital capacity-building initiatives.

Top Four Ways to Make Money Online 2022

4

There are many ways to make extra money online. Hundreds of people do it every day. As time is passing by, more and more people are seeking online money-making opportunities. All thanks to the Internet that made it easy. In this digital world, the internet has become the place to be. The online world’s attraction comes from its capacity to fulfill as both a social gathering place and a powerful sales and marketing network.

Working online requires little or no startup cost. Besides that, it gives you the comfort of working from home or wherever you are comfortable working on a flexible schedule. To start working online, you only need a laptop or computer and a strong internet connection. If you don’t have one, we recommend you check out Mediacom Internet. One of the best Internet service providers in the USA and offers high-speed internet plans at affordable rates.

However, beyond buying and selling old items and doing surveys, there are many more innovative methods to earn money online. To assist you, we have gathered ideas to make online money. This article will go through popular online money-making schemes. Let us dig in without any delay.

  1. Dropshipping

One of the famous ways to make online money is Dropshipping. It is a B2C business model where products are sold via an online store and orders are fulfilled by a third-party supplier. This practice is known as Dropshipping. It offers a low startup cost and is becoming a more popular way for both beginners and experts to earn money online. You can sell goods without keeping them in stock by using this model. Dropshippers allow you to make good money but its needs effort and persistence.

  1. Print On Demand

Another well-liked method of generating money online is POD or print-on-demand. This business model has a lower overhead than other types of businesses and is popular with many people. Print-on-demand enables suppliers to customize products with their own designs and sell them only after a customer purchases them, removing the need to stock inventory. Print-on-demand companies produce the product, add your design to it, and ship it to the customer after the order is placed.

Print-on-demand and drop shipping are quite similar because neither requires inventory storage nor client shipments. However, there are two distinctions. One is that you can create your own products, which is great for branding. In addition, you can select a specific item rather than a wide range of products. Print-on-demand businesses frequently offer T-shirts and mugs, two items that may be readily printed on.

  1. Sell Online courses

A lot of people are interested in online courses for a reason. The costs of delivering the product to more customers are essentially zero once a course is created, with the exception of hosting costs.

One of the most effective ways to earn money online is to sell courses. If you are an expert in a line of work, you can make money by selling your knowledge by creating online courses. Also, you can make use of certain online platforms, such as Udemy and Skillshare thrive, to promote your course. The platform on which you market your course will decide how much money you make. You don’t need to do much to promote your course if you sell it on a famous platform like Udemy. On the other hand, you can use various other social media platforms to sell and promote it.

If you want to create a successful and popular course, take inspiration from trending courses in your niche and then look at what others have said about those courses. In your opinion, what are the things that people praise, and what are the things that they dislike? Is there anything you can do to improve upon what has already been done? Furthermore, you must focus on producing content that solves the biggest fuss while imitating the positive aspects people rave about.

  1. Create a blog

One of the numerous methods to earn money online is blogging. Blogging is a great way to express yourself through writing, and you will be able to make a much more successful blog if you focus on a specific niche audience and market. It can be a food blog, movie review blog, travel blog, fashion blog, and many more like that. Exploring popular blog ideas can assist you in tracking down a profitable niche. The most well-liked ways to make money blogging are through advertising, affiliate marketing, and brand sponsorships.

You will be able to build a huge blog by focusing on very specific keywords and expanding into other relevant categories as you grow and overwhelm new spaces as you build your blog.

Conclusion

Earning money online can help you manage these challenging times and may even enable you to leave the routine of a 9-to-5 job and become a full-time company owner. Your options include freelancing, dropshipping, creating your own products, blogging about others’ products, and a lot more. It provides you with more money, flexibility, financial security, and freedom. The above-listed ideas can help you achieve a steady income stream that can help you live your life more easily.

 

https://www.oberlo.com/blog/how-to-make-money-online

https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/make-money-online/

The EFCC Chairman is not above the law in Nigeria

0

The news that Justice Chizoba Oji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory has ordered that the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa be arrested and committed to the Kuje prison for contempt of court was quite unbelievable to many people. 

Some people have raised the issue of; “whether a high-profile executive like the chairman of the EFCC can be sent to jail while still in office or if a judge has the power to send to prison a high-profile executive like a serving chairman of the EFCC”? 

Readers should therefore note that the office of the chairman of the EFCC is not shielded by “executive immunity” by the constitution or by any other subsisting law, hence, a judge has the power in the exercise of his judicial function to send the occupant of that office to jail if need so be. 

The reason why the Honorable justice ordered that the chairman of the anti-graft agency be committed at the Kuje prison is because the chairman neglected and willfully disobeyed the order of the court; On the 21st Day of November 2018, the court in a judgment ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja to return to the Plaintiff/applicant his Range Rover (Supercharge) and the sum of N40, 000,000.00 (Forty Million Naira) which was taken and confiscated by the EFCC. The Efcc failed to honor that order of the court and that amounts to contempt of the court. (Do check our previous essay on contempt of court to fully understand what contempt of court means).

In reading today’s judgement, the court held inter Alia; “Having continued wilfully in disobedience to the order of this court, he should be committed to prison at Kuje Correctional Centre for his disobedience, and continued disobedience of the said order of court made on November 21st, 2018, until he purges himself of the contempt”.

The judge further mandated that the Inspector General of police ensure that the order so given that the EFCC chairman be arrested and sent to the Kuje prison is executed with immediate effect. 

One can posit that this judgment of the court to send the chairman to jail is an attempt to embarrass and ridicule the person of the chairman and the office he occupies but the chairman first ridiculed the court by willfully disobeying and refusing to honor the order of the court and if everybody disobeys the order of the court the judiciary as an institution will collapse. 

This judgment will stand as a litmus test to show that nobody is above the law and the judiciary is always there with long “koboko” to lash out at anybody despite your status in society if you fail to act accordingly.

I just voted – The American Orchestra of Democrats and Republicans

0

I just voted – from top to bottom DEMOCRATS. The Republicans are amazing. The Democrats are amazing. But having been raised in Nigeria and coming to America, I see two major contrasts in governing philosophies. In the ranking of top 20 US universities, more than 90% of those schools are in democratic-run cities.

From Harvard to Johns Hopkins to UT Austin, one thing is clear: democratic cities incubate and nurture the best knowledge systems in America. In the ranking of the largest cities in America, democratic-run cities occupy more than 80% of the top 20. For me, that is statistically significant.

What is that significance? The sheer energy of many can accomplish great things and a governing philosophy that goes through a strong public investment will serve more people. Of course, the republican spirit of personal liberty and quasi-libertarian viewport are catalysts which deliver a unified system that makes America work like a great orchestra.

Indeed before the public can spend, people/companies must make the money which has to be taxed. So, in the end, at the high level, Republicans and Democrats operate in a symbiotic framework which continues to elevate America.

The Democrats are the operators while the Republicans are regulators. Together, they ensure the American system is not broken.

Comment on Feed

Comment 1: Prof just say in your opinion. This is not true. 90% of the democratic states have high rates of crime (NY, California, etc).

My Response: The top 7 are Republican states.

  • Tennessee.
  • Arkansas.
  • Louisiana.
  • Missouri.
  • South Carolina.
  • South Dakota.
  • Arizona.
  • Michigan. 

Comment 1b: Verify the number of people leaving California and NY to Texas, Florida… Someone said inflation is 5.3 and has been reduced from what it use to be 2 years ago. I shook my head

My Response: Again, since I quoted Fox, you did not like it, let me quote Bloomberg “California Defies Doom With No. 1 U.S. Economy. The Golden State has no peers when it comes to expanding GDP, raising household income, investing in innovation and a host of other key metrics. ” Notice, it says “no peers” which means no state comes close. 

On people leaving CA, California is poised to overtake Germany as the world’s 4th largest economy. What that means is this: even if few leave, they are growing and taking more economic wealth from everyone. In other words, they’re more efficient.

Comment 2: So the manifestoes of the individual candidates don’t matter? Then why are you preaching the opposite to Nigerians concerning the 2023 elections?

My Response: Nigeria has no party – so individuals drive all. 80% of APC leaders were in PDP or AD. In US, there are parties. That is the difference. So, In Nigeria, you cannot vote by party because parties have no core philosophies to govern. With parties the same, you focus on people.