Breathe, it’s a new month

Every new month comes with great opportunities. I hope you will be productive and prosperous this month. It’s the last quarter of the year, usually the quarter where we get to review how the year has been so far. There is still an opportunity to get it right this quarter — review, implement, iterate. I want to share 4 things you can do to have a spicy month 1). Network…

Acceptance and Identity

We all want to be accepted, right? Me too 🙂 So, we try to identify ourselves with events, groups, schools, etc that gets us the acceptance we need from others. Sometimes, we do this even against our will. At this point, we become people pleasers, we lose ourselves trying to belong. Great men and women are people who build their life styles upon rock-solid principles. You find people pleasers always…

The Missing Link

When I was 12, I planned my life up to 25 years — modified as I grew because life isn’t a straight line equation. It’s more like a sinusoidal wave equation. Every time I return to that little jotter, it makes me smile. I did accomplish most of the things I wrote down. Interestingly, when I was in college, one of our course work was to write an essay about…

Cultivating An effective Listening Habit

Listening is an important part of communication and life in general. Most people want to talk more than they want to listen – you want to be heard, you want to express your opinion  –  I get it. Recently, I found myself in this situation – wanting to be heard more than I want to listen, so I tend to cut people off in a conversation just so I could…

How I am improving my productivity right now

With thousands of apps struggling for your attention every second, it’s really hard to stay focused and get work done. Especially if you work remotely or as a freelancer.  You need to make a conscious effort to avoid distractions to be productive and of course, be happy. Have you ever heard of the theory of not touching your phone first thing in the morning? It’s a great idea. However, it…

Ultimate Guide to Getting a Job as a Fresh Graduate (with real samples)

Landing your first job is hard. You are a fresh graduate getting ready to enter the workforce, you have no professional experience. You’ve probably seen a lot of job ads demanding you have several years of experience even for entry-level positions. You have also heard that a lot of university graduates complain of no job several years after graduation.  Now you are wondering, how are you going to get the…

How to make money from blogging

Some years ago blogging was either just a fulfilling hobby or something to do on the side in addition to a full-time job.  A lot has changed since then. Now, blogging has become a full-time career that pays in thousands of dollars.  As a result of this in 2021, the United States is projected to have about 31.7 million bloggers according to statistics. If you started a blog because you…

How to Introduce Yourself in an Email

Emailing is not dead. Emailing plays an important role in nurturing, converting, and retaining customers.  It’s one of the best ways to engage with prospects and or anyone you want to reach out to for collaboration, a job, or just about anything. According to a recent study by OptinMonster, email has even more engagement than social media on average. Wait, not too fast. An average person receives over 13 emails…