I have written on the less than productive work attitude of both employers and employees in our environment. For more, visit, http://melyakub.com/work-attitude-and-entrepreneurship-in-…/. The negative consequences are too many, from economic losses to social strains. To ensure that you work towards improving your work habits, the first thing to start with is
In my book, SAIL YOUR BOAT – Success is a Lifestyle and a Journey, available on Amazon and on this site here, I, among other things brought in a few parallels of physical science laws that seem to have meaning in our social lives as well. I explained that the
– By Mirza Yawar Baig 3. Physical Fitness Adrenalin is the best natural energizer. And you get a lot of it on the treadmill provided you sweat enough. The gym is an absolutely fixed part of my day. I would go to the gym at mid-day because I was relatively free
– By Mirza Yawar Baig ‘In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow, wherever they may lead; the one being an innate desire of pleasure; the other, an acquired judgment which aspires after excellence.’ ~ Socrates, in Plato’s Phaedrus First question of
From providing education to opportunities for apprenticeship and the like, all societies support their youth to some extent. These and more are necessary if the youth are to be sufficiently prepared to take over leadership in the private and public sectors of the society. Whilst we all tend to focus
Caveat: This writer recognises the multitude of hardworking men and women in Africa that strive daily and with integrity at their places of work. Sadly, we need to do much more to restore certain cultures we have lost if we are succeed in developing entrepreneurship for the twenty-first century and
A few days ago, I placed an order for supply from South Carolina, United States. The goods were shipped and the international courier company had them delivered to Lagos, Nigeria within thirty-six hours. Covering some ten thousand kilometers, likely through at least two airports and two processing centres, within that
– By Mirza Yawar Baig I was in the Anamallais, just married a few months and a lowly Assistant Manager in Lower Sheikalmudi Estate. My wife and I lived in the ‘haunted’ bungalow near the tennis court and I was busy trying to make a career and stand out in
A robust entrepreneurial class is a blessing to any society. However, entrepreneurship is challenging and to enhance the chances of success, we all need to support our young entrepreneurs in any way we can. We work with mentors, investors and philanthropists to select entrepreneurs that need the kind of support
Business Grant Reference: G01 – 18 Amount: N300,000.00 Closing: 27/7/2018 Announcement: 10/8/2018 * Presentation: 18/8/2018 * We are pleased to announce the availability of an entrepreneurship grant of N300,000.00 (three hundred thousand Naira) only provided by a philanthropist. The said maximum amount is to be provided to a Nigerian entrepreneur
No matter the role you are playing in life, these are indeed very ‘noisy’ times. From distractions to outright wrong information and ‘principles’, we are daily bombarded by people and modern communication tools. Unless, our feet are fully grounded, we run the risk of putting effort and committing resources but
Irrespective of your calling in life, you need to define what success is. Unless this is done correctly, individuals and societies end up working hard on wrong premises and even achieving laurels that end up meaning nothing or only little to them. It is against this background that I wrote
Our ‘Pathway to Entrepreneurship’ is an intensive training and personal advisory program for those considering going into and those in early stages of business. Minimum qualification: University students in their final year of study, NYSC members, graduates, junior executives in employment, and those aspiring to leave or retire from paid
The competition between aircraft makers Boeing Corporation of the United States and Airbus Industrie, the European consortium, is a very interesting textbook case study in market trend prediction, product development and risk hedging. It clearly shows how businesses try to predict the future and commit enormous resources into their positions.
One of the major challenges faced by entrepreneurs in Nigeria and several other such countries is, unfortunately, fraudulent activities by staff. These activities include direct cash theft, under-invoicing of sales to favour a customer, over-pricing of purchases from suppliers, direct pilferage of products, etc. These actions make entrepreneurship more costly
In our post on ‘Personal Tribe’, we discussed the evolution of tribal groups and the need for an entrepreneur to have a ‘personal tribe’. The features, benefits and composition of ‘personal tribes’ were discussed. Here we will discuss the need for an entrepreneur to have a ‘business tribe’ as
As social creatures, human beings kept, and many still keep, to their ‘tribes’ for several benefits such as identity, protection, self-sufficiency and opportunity for growth. Overtime, trade, wars and politics have forced different levels of evolution to different tribal groups across the world. We are now living at a time we
