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Posted October 30, 2006 · Idiare Atimomo
When someone begins a journey to achieve some goal or the other, those who will eventually succeed are those who travel light. When I say ‘travel light’ I mean carrying the least amount of luggage possible.
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Posted September 27, 2006 · Idiare Atimomo
The woman got into the bus strapping a baby to her back. As she wobbled in, she also led in front of her a little girl of about two years. I was seated at the back seat and watched her maneuver her way in.
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Posted August 28, 2006 · Idiare Atimomo
In war it is reputed to be a good strategy to continually keep your opponent guessing. The less they know of your thoughts, plans, intentions and movements, the better your chances of obtaining victory in a contest of wills.
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Posted July 31, 2006 · Idiare Atimomo
I once spoke to a friend’s younger sister about an examination she was preparing for. It was either TOEFL or SAT because she was wanted to go schooling in the United States. A key requirement of the examination was an ability to write very good essays on subjects of your choice.
She was at a loss on what to write and asked me for help. I then proceeded to tell her to write on her experience of growing up without a father because their parents were separated. She was very puzzled about my suggestion and asked my reasons for that topic.
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Posted May 12, 2006 · Idiare Atimomo
You could cut the tension with a knife, at least on our side. We were making the most important presentation of our professional lives to the biggest of the big brands in that industry and we had exceeded the time given to us and hadn’t finished our presentation.
We had spent sleepless nights and a significant amount of money running into millions of naira to prepare for this presentation and here we were being told we had only one minute left! If we could fall on our knees and beg for extra time, we would have but our lead presenter did something else: he just kept on pressing on!
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