Archive for “July, 2006”
Posted by: Adeolu Akinyemi on July 14th, 2006
A good deal of organizations are goverened by rules. The Personnel department is the police in charge of communicating the rules and or catching defaulters. Thou shalt not this, thou shalt not that. Don’t mind me, they may not sound quite as old as that, but there are words that get used in the office [...]
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Categorized as: Career, Choice, Entrepreneurship, Organization, Success | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Adeolu Akinyemi on July 12th, 2006
Once upon a time, the Japanese leaders wanted to eat fresh fish. They had eaten frozen fish up to the point that they were almost growing fresh fish from their heads, and they got bored of frozen fish. They longed for the taste of fish that was fresh from the seas. They longed for [...]
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Categorized as: Career, Encouragement, Life, Motivation | 2 Comments »
Posted by: Adeolu Akinyemi on July 11th, 2006
“Free is a Mirage”-Adeolu Akinyemi
I don’t know where we got it from, but we love free things in this side of the world. We want gifts, we want unmerited favour, we want to get great Jobs, we want companies to sponsor our programs, we want people to show us affection, we want yearly promotions, we [...]
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Categorized as: Career, Culture, Entrepreneurship, Insights, Motivation, Opportunities, Success | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Adeolu Akinyemi on July 11th, 2006
“Jobs are not scarce, good people are!”
I’m certain that this statement sounds like a falacy to many of the people being churned out from schools in Nigeria and some other parts of the world where unemployment is real. The supply of graduates and wannabe workers are more than their demand, hence the price of [...]
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Categorized as: Career, Choice, Motivation, Opportunities, Success | 4 Comments »
Posted by: Adeolu Akinyemi on July 10th, 2006
“If we all did what we knew we should do, we would all live better lives.” Adeolu Akinyemi
I believe that all of us understand most of the basic things about life, and all of us fall short of applying what we know fully. I guess, he that knows what he ought to do and does [...]
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Categorized as: Career, Life, Success | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Adeolu Akinyemi on July 7th, 2006
“Experience is what you get after you needed it most” -Unknown
One of the most inspiring statements I have heard about the use of the past is this, “Learn the lessons and forget the details”. I have also heard things like, “Experience is the best teacher”, “Experience is a costly teacher, but a fool will learn [...]
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Categorized as: Career, Courage, Encouragement, Entrepreneurship, Fear, Motivation | 1 Comment »
Posted by: Adeolu Akinyemi on July 5th, 2006
“There is a way that seemeth right, but the path thereof leads to destruction”-Holy Bible
“It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end” -Ursula K. LeGuin
The way we get to where we are going matters a lot. It is true that all roads [...]
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Categorized as: Career, Goals, Success | 5 Comments »
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