How to Protect Yourself Against Inflation

How to Protect Yourself Against Inflation Inflation is an inevitable economic situation that does come, and oftentimes, gives you not notice. Prices of goods and services are always on the rise, and they never rise to come down below where they took off. Every upward shift or rise in cost of goods and services ushers …

Asymmetry of Life

Asymmetry of Life By Joseph Ibekwe   Sometimes it’s like a hoax, a dream! It’s here today, right now! Suddenly, it’s gone. Yes gone! You plan! You wish! You even brag! You attain! You achieve, you even become! Alas! It escapes your grips!   Life is a mystery!  It’s simple, yet complicated. You live it …

Dealing with Offense

Dealing with Offense Offense is an inevitable part of life! Oftentimes, the problem is not about the offense, it’s about how you react, respond, or treat offense. That’s what counts! As long as you live in this world, among human beings, you must offend someone. Someone must offend you. The ability to manage offense and …

Thoughts! Words! Feelings!

Thoughts! Words! Feelings!  There are three things that define us. They are thoughts, words and feelings. We are thinking beings. That is one of our attributes that set us higher above other animals. We think. We think in pictures. We create those pictures in our minds. We think with those pictures. We hold the pictures …

We versus Them

We versus Them  There is a narrative that I have seen being elevated in our public engagements. I wonder what people tend to achieve when they promote narratives of “we versus them”.  You see, we are all important. We all have made contributions. Each of us also has potential to make much greater contributions.  I …

Talk to Communicate

Talking and Communicating in Leadership  Great leaders talk less, but communicate more. There is a world of difference between talking and Communicating in leadership. Talking is a one way traffic. Communication is a multi-door traffic that gives a leader access into the people’s heart.  Talking is mainly done in words; communication is done through different …

Your Friends and Associates

Your Friends & Associates By Joseph C. Ibekwe  There is a general saying, “Show me your friends, and I will tell you who you are”. Individuals are usually defined by the friends they keep and the associations they mingle with. This statement is universally accepted to hold true.   That’s the reason responsible parents warn …

Your Author Journey

Your Author Journey Being an Author involves three aspects of you. It involves your heart, your head and your hand. The journey into authorship should begin from your heart, otherwise you will fail in delivering a captivating message through your book. From your heart flows the issues of life. Until your heart is properly conditioned …

How to Deal with the Muds and Slings of Life

How to Deal with the Muds and Slings of Life   In your journey of destiny, mud and slings will be thrown at you by friends, family, enemies, colleagues and strangers. You will be misunderstood. But you have to be strong! You don’t always need to fight back. You don’t always need to explain everything …

One Thing to do in 2023

One Important Thing to do in 2023 Plan to Professionalize Your Leadership Competence By Joseph C. Ibekwe   Professions exist for a number of purposes. The primary purpose of every profession is to guarantee excellent provision of services by members that practice that profession. And the reason is that professions exist to serve people. No …