Success is a marathon, not a sprint. But many of today’s youth do not know this, or they know but not make it a maxim in running their life race. If we take things easy, and act as purposely and positively as we can, success will surely come our way. There are rules for success,… Continue reading Success is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
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Broke But Beautiful: Making the Best of it When on Budget
There can’t be anything worse than realising that you’ll have to drop your beauty standards a few notches in order to be able to live through the month. Being on a budget is sadly, a rather common occurrence but there are ways not to let it affect your grooming too much
Thus Sayest Gen. Collin Powell with my Commentaries
Over the Christmas break, I was reading a newspaper article which passively made mention of Gen. Collin Powell, the former US Secretary of State. I instantly decided to do article on this great African American leader. The result is this article. I collected some of the most powerful quotes by Gen. Powell and added my… Continue reading Thus Sayest Gen. Collin Powell with my Commentaries
Making It Slowly but Surely
Success is a marathon, not a sprint. There are rules for success, and one of them is: ‘Never rush’.
Freedom, Opportunity and Tolerance
Sitting at less than five metres from the former President of Ghana, John Kufuor, I listened to what turned out to be one of my favourite public lectures in my adult life. The venue was the Rhodes House in Oxford. President Kufuor was still in power then. Three words summarised his incisive paper: freedom, opportunity… Continue reading Freedom, Opportunity and Tolerance
Surviving as an International student: Friendship and Dating
This is Part 3 of our series ‘Surviving as an International Student’. Today, we cover Friendship and Dating.