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“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to…
In The Power of One More: The Ultimate Guide to Happiness and Success, Entrepreneur and host of the Ed Mylett Show, Ed Mylett, provides…
“We don’t rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training.”― Archilochus To paraphrase the Greek poet Archilochus, “…
Your parents were right “Birds of the same feather flock together”, and “If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas”. These…
Noise is an unpleasant sound that is undesired. 1 Noise can also be anything that does not give us the desired sound signal. One…
Chinese military strategist and author of The Art of War, Sun Tzu, wrote, “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear…
It is ok to falter on your goal streak, get distracted and wander for a bit but don’t get lost. It is easy to get distracted in a…
Good people are found, not changed. They can change themselves, but you can’t change them You can’t send a duck to eagle school is a metaphor for the truism: You…
When it comes to the arts, passion should always trump common sense. American actor Robert De Niro delivered a frank, funny and thought-provoking speech to the 2015 graduating…
Actor, producer and screenwriter Charlie Day, a 1998 graduate of Merrimack College, delivered the keynote address at Merrimack’s 64th undergraduate commencement ceremony. Charlie is He is best known…
“Being an artist is not just about what happens when you are in the studio. The way you live, the people you choose to love and the way…
There are some people, who don’t wait. I don’t know exactly what’s going on inside them; but they have this hunger. It’s almost like an ache. American radio…
“We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.” American philosopher Judith Butler delivered the Honorary Doctorate Commencement Address…
In his illuminating book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals British journalist Oliver Burkema highlighted ten tools for embracing the finitude of our time here on earth. In…
The two kind of people poem is a great poem by American author and poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The final line of the poem asks a simple question:…
I stumbled on Coach George Raveling’s story while reading, Jon Gordon’s Book: The Power of Positive Leadership and after finishing the book, I googled him and I was…
Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina is the president of the African Development Bank since 2015. Until he was appointed Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2010, he…
Whenever you wake up, that is your morning. What matters is that you wake up. – Igbo Saying Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian Writer born 15 September…
After ten seasons in the NBA, the Nigerian-born Olajuwon won the league’s Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year awards. The only other man ever to be so honoured…
Adebayo Ogunlesi is a Nigerian-born lawyer and investment banker, who is currently Chairman and Managing Partner at the private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners. His father, Emeritus Professor Theophilus Ogunlesi was the…
Codependency is about normal behaviours taken too far. It’s about crossing lines. – Melody Beattie We all started out life being codependent on our parent, caregivers, society and…
Curiosity is the desire to gain knowledge or information. One of the hallmarks of highly successful people is that they have an insatiable taste for knowledge, they are…
Optimism is an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome. Optimism is from French optimisme, from Latin optimum whuch…
Helplessness is the belief that there is nothing that anyone can do to improve a bad situation (such as being diagnosed with an illness). In many ways, then, helplessness…
There is an old joke about someone trying to get to Carnegie Hall and he spots another man carrying a violin case. He asked “Sir, how do I…