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Worry maybe intangible but it oftens gives a small thing a giant shadow"

"Worry or the act of worrying has never solve a problem"

"Research has shown that 99% of what we worries about never happens"

So why worrying.

As a new week begins, stop the worrying .
And think the solution.

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It's not that hard to be successful. But it is hard to be extraordinarily successful.

Yet we all hope to achieve exceptional success (something we all define differently -- and should define differently.)

Unfortunately, there is no magic bullet. There is no one-size-fits-all prescription. But there are certain qualities that incredibly successful people share.... especially those who also make a significant impact on the lives of other people.

See how many apply to you:

1. You find happiness in the success of others.

Great business teams win because their most talented members are willing to sacrifice to make others happy. Great teams are made up of employees who help each other, know their roles, set aside personal goals, and value team success over everything else.

Where does that attitude come from?

You.

Every successful person answers the question, "Can you make the choice that your happiness will come from the success of others?" with a resounding "Yes!"



2. You relentlessly seek new experiences.

Novelty seeking--getting bored easily and throwing yourself into new pursuits or activities--is often linked to gambling, drug abuse, attention deficit disorder, and leaping out of perfectly good airplanes without a parachute.

But according to Dr. Robert Cloninger, "Novelty seeking is one of the traits that keeps you healthy and happy and fosters personality growth as you age.... If you combine adventurousness and curiosity with persistence and a sense that it's not all about you, then you get the creativity that benefits society as a whole."

As Cloninger says, "To succeed, you want to be able to regulate your impulses while also having the imagination to see what the future would be like if you tried something new."

Sounds like every successful person I know.

So go ahead. Embrace your inner novelty seeker. You'll be healthier, you'll have more friends, and you'll be generally more satisfied with life.



3. You don't think work/life balance, you just think life.

Symbolic work/life boundaries are almost impossible to maintain. Why? You are your business. Your business is your life, just like your life is your business--which is also true for family, friends, and interests -- so there is no separation because all those things make you who you are.

Incredibly successful people find ways to include family instead of ways to exclude work. They find ways to include interests, hobbies, passions, and personal values in their daily business lives.

If you can't, you're not living -- you're just working.



4. You're incredibly empathetic.

Unless you create something entirely new--which is really hard to do--your business or profession is based on fulfilling an existing need or solving a problem.

It's impossible to identify a need or a problem without the ability to put yourself in another person's shoes. That's the mark of a successful businessperson.

But exceptionally successful leaders go a step further, regularly putting themselves in the shoes of their employees.

Success isn't a line trending upwards. Success is a circle, because no matter how high your business--and your ego--soars, success still comes back to your employees.


5. You have something to prove -- to yourself.

Many people have a burning desire to prove other people wrong. That's a great motivator.

Incredibly successful people are driven by something deeper and more personal. True drive, commitment, and dedication spring from a desire to prove something to the most important person of all.

You.


6. You ignore the 40-hour workweek hype.

Studies show that working more than 40 hours a week decreases productivity.

OK...

Successful people work smarter, sure, but they also outwork their competition. (Every successful entrepreneur I know who reads those stories probably thinks, "Cool. Hopefully my competitors will believe that crap."

The author Richard North Patterson tells a great story about Robert Kennedy. Kennedy was seeking to indict Teamsters head Jimmy Hoffa (who some still believe is hanging out in Argentina with Elvis and Jim Morrison). One night, Kennedy worked on the Hoffa case until about 2 a.m. On his way home, he passed the Teamsters building and saw the lights were still on in Hoffa's office, so he turned around and went back to work.

There will always be people who are smarter and more talented than we are. Successful people simply want it more. They're ruthless--especially with themselves.

In short, they work smarter... and they also work harder. That's the real secret of their success.



7. You see money as a responsibility, not a reward.

Many entrepreneurial cautionary tales involve buying 17 cars, loading up on pricey antiques, importing Christmas trees, and spending $40,000 a year for a personal masseuse. (Wait -- maybe that's just Adelphia founder John Rigas.)

Successful people don't see money solely as a personal reward; they see money as a way to grow a business, reward and develop employees, give back to the community... in short, not just to make their own lives better but to improve the lives of other people, too.

And most importantly, they do so without fanfare, because the true reward is always in the act, not the recognition.

8. You don't think you're special.

In a world of social media, everyone can be their own PR agent. It's incredibly easy for anyone to blow their own horn and bask in the glow of their insight and accomplishments.

Truly successful people don't. They accept their success is based on ambition, persistence, and execution... but they also recognize that key mentors, remarkable employees, and a huge dose of luck also played a part.

Exceptionally successful people reap the rewards of humility, asking questions, seeking advice, and especially recognizing and praising others because...

9. You realize that success is fleeting, but dignity and respect last forever.

Providing employees with higher pay, better benefits, and greater opportunities is certainly important. But no level of pay and benefits can overcome damage to self-esteem and self-worth.



The most important thing successful people provide their employees, customers, vendors -- everyone they meet -- is dignity.

And so should you... because when you do, everything else follows.



Think GLC.

Brian Chesky, AirBnB

The 33-year-old co-founder and CEO of AirB’n’B is said not to have owned his own home since 2010, almost continuously using his own service, which connects travellers with property owners willing to offer short term lets.

24 million bookings have been made in 34,000 cities since the service launched in 2008, meaning that the company has collected a huge amount of data – estimated at half a petabyte – on people’s holiday and traveling habits.

This insight enables them to ensure they concentrate efforts on signing up landlords in popular destinations at peak times, and structure pricing so that the use of their global network of properties is optimized. Proprietary machine learning algorithmsare in place across the network to predict fraudulent transactions before they are processed, and a robust recommendation system allows guests and hosts to rate each other to build trust.

It has also just unveiled Airpal – a user-friendly data analysis platform designed to allow all of its employees, not just those trained in data science, access to all of the company’s information, and tools to query it with.

Chesky and his co-founders – Nathan Blecharczyk and Joe Gebbia – are said to be worth $1.9 billion each.



Vincent Viola, Virtu Financial

Viola founded the high-frequency trading (HFT) specialist Virtu in 2008, and is currently thought to have a net worth of $1.7 billion. His company developed its own proprietary trading algorithms based on big data principles, to trade equities, commodities, currencies and options on international markets. Plans to take the company which made him the first HFT billionaire public were shelved last year but are thought to be back on the table this year.

HFT, which uses algorithms to make thousands of trades, profiting little but often from tiny movements in price, relies heavily on vast datasets culled from the world financial markets. It is said to account for nearly half of all US equities traded, and 60% of futures.

Last year, the company announced that it had only suffered one day of overall trading loss in the previous five years – attributing this success to its real-time risk management strategy and technology.
Evan Spiegel (and Bobby Boggy Murphy), Snapchat

At 24 and 25, Spiegel and Murphy are the youngest newcomers to the rich list. The two met when they were studying at Stanford University and in 2013 they made headlines by turning down a $3 billion offer from Facebook for their social picture sharing app. This turned out to be a good move as the company last month valued itself at up to $19 billion.

Snapchat started with a gimmick – there were lots of picture messaging services but they were the first to spot that not everyone, for whatever reason, might want the pictures they send to friends to remain visible forever. By implementing an automated self-destruct feature they hoped to build trust. There have been a few stumbles but the service has been phenomenally successful.

Since then the product has evolved with the inclusion of data-driven features intended to help users connect with others, and to tell collaborative stories based on shared timelines.



Alexander Karp, Palantir

Karp had help from the CIA with building Palantir, which uses big data algorithms to combat terrorists and financial fraud around the world. Its biggest customer is the US Government, which uses its software to predict everything from the placement of roadside bombs to fraudulent transactions.

Much of its work is naturally veiled in secrecy, but it is widely known that its routines for spotting patterns and anomalies in data which indicate suspicious or fraudulent activity are derived from technology developed by Paypal. Karp’s co-founder at Palantir is Peter Thiel, who also co-founded the online payment service.

Data from DNA databases, surveillance records showing movements, social media data and tip-offs from informants can be drawn together to predict the activities of bad guys, enabling an appropriate response.

A key philosophy of the company is that human intervention is still needed to get the most from data analysis – particularly when you have to think one step ahead of an enemy. To this end, they provide hand-picked expert consultants to work alongside their clients on data projects.

Initially concentrating on security and anti-terrorism for government clients, Palantir now casts its net much wider and offers its services to the financial and pharmaceutical industries.

Thank you for reading my post. This post was originally written for Forbes. Here at LinkedIn and at Forbes I regularly write about management, technology and the mega-trend that is Big Data. If you would like to read my regular posts then please click 'Follow' and feel free to also connect via Twitter, Facebook and The Advanced Performance Institute.

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Good this thread i moving on. Been out of it for a while. As the election was a turn off to biz.

Well there are a lot of business initiative.

Is there a cooperative now?

If there is, which biz line?

Packaging services-

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Big businesses are not always the best ideas

You are right.

Among the new faces making their debut on the Forbes 2015 billionaires list are a growing number who have made their fortunes from Big Data.

These Big Data billionaires are at the top of their game – all of them have built empires on their ability to collect, interpret and use data in ways no one had thought of before.

Most operate in the mainstream consumer markets – where their focus on improving seemingly mundane aspects of everyday life – hailing a cab, or choosing a movie to watch – has proven hugely successful.

Others operate in specialist markets – combating terrorism and financial fraud by providing experts with previously unavailable insights.

So here’s a brief bit about how each one of them has gone about putting big data to work to change the world and turn a profit.




Travis Kalanick, Uber

The college dropout CEO of Uber leads the charge of newcomers into the rich list, with a net worth of $5.3 billion.

The mobile app-based service which connects people needing a ride with a network of drivers ready to get them to their destination may have angered traditional taxi drivers around the world, but that hasn’t stopped it being valued at $41 billion.

Uber stores and monitors data on every journey its users take, and uses it to determine demand, allocate resources and set fares. The company also carries out in-depth analysis of public transport networks in the cities it serves, so it can focus coverage in poorly-served areas and provide links to buses and trains.

Recently Kalanick has claimed that the new UberPool service, which analyzes ride data, to set up car sharing arrangements could cut traffic on the streets of London by a third.


Reed Hastings, Netflix

After a brief stint in the Marine Corps followed by the Peace Corps, Hastings studied computing at Stanford University before forming his first company Pure Software in 1991. Following a public floatation Hastings was made CEO and went on to form Netflix with Marc Randolph, which started out as a DVD-by-mail business. Today, Reed has an estimate net worth of $1 billion and he also sits on the board of directors of Facebook, another company built on big data.

Netflix has been transformed using big data analytics to ‘give people what they want’, as the New York Times put it. The company is analyzing detailed viewing data from their 55+ million subscribers to not only optimize their recommendations but also find the next ‘House of Cards’ blockbuster.

Predicting what you will want to watch next is the primary goal of Netflix’s data strategy. To do this it has employed teams of movie buffs to scour years’ worth of film and TV and tag the common themes they contain. It also regularly runs crowd-sourced contests with million-dollar prizes for anyone who can come up with algorithms that more accurately predict audience viewing habits than its existing ones.


to be continued........

Most of us could use a little extra income here and there to help us meet our financial goals, but finding an alternate stream of income can be challenging, especially with today's challenging economic climate.

This post has some very great insights that you will definitely find very useful.


5 Tips on Making Extra Cash Besides Your Salary


"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."


Everyone wants to be rich, to have enough money to live the good life. But sadly, wishes aren’t horses. If they were, it would indeed be a crazy world. There are no “wish horses”, we’ve got to wake up every morning and work our dreams! The closest anyone gets to a wish horse is money.

The more money you can make, the more wishes you can make come true for yourself and those you love.



Here are 5 tips to make that extra cash and get closer to your wishes.


1. Monetize your hobbies

You know how to sew? Great! What about graphics design? Or the use of internet? If you are good at anything, make efforts to showcase it, join internet forums, and show it on Facebook and Twitter. Let people know what you do for fun. You’ll never know who will be interested. And when people start showing interest, prepare to monetize it. That is a very simple way to make extra money part-time doing what you love doing ordinarily.


2. Get busy on weekends

If you have a Monday to Friday job that allows you free time on weekends, that’s nice. If you love to MC or go into photography or play a musical instrument on weekends, that’s superb. There are always social functions happening every other weekend in Nigeria, especially in Lagos. What you have to do is just identify and plan for some side gigs that you can do on weekends, that way you can make extra money part-time doing side gigs besides your regular pay.


3. Check out commission Jobs

There are many commission-type jobs that will not interfere with your 9 to 5 and will allow you make extra money . These jobs might include sales of products which you may even introduce to your colleagues and friends making them your first clients, to services you can do after work hours or online outsourced jobs. Just make sure there are no conflicts of interest with your 9 to 5.


4. Do research

You will be pleasantly surprised at the opportunities that abound with proper research (especially on Nairaland). It might be a business that requires only a certain level of investment or a part time stint that will give you good financial returns. You won’t be disappointed.


5. Start a small business

Keyword is small. Make sure this business doesn’t affect your 9 to 5. I definitely won’t advise you to shirk your responsibilities at work, but you can take a honest assessment of your job and see if it gives you enough time to start something on the side. Start a blog, set up a training institute, join your friends or spouse to set up a consulting firm, but keep your eyes on the cash!


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Problems -

- Recession?
- No funds?
- Unemployment?
- Health complications?
- Low savings?
- Payment of Bills?
- Tax payment?
- Abandoned?
- No retirement plan?
- Children School fees?
- House rent?
- Insecurity?


How prepared are U.

Why Overseas or Offshore Investment?


1. It is important to diversify the location of our investment portfolio in order to give more opportunity for expansion into more developed countries and to reduce the risk of putting all our eggs in one basket.

2. We earn US Dollar returns, a more stable currency than the Nigerian Naira, hence we hedge against inflation and depreciation of the value of our assets.

3. Our children can represent us in the nearest future on the board of the Offshore companies.

4. It gives more exposure to international clime and diverse opportunities may follow.

5. We assist our nation in the supply of foreign currency into the Nigerian economy when we earn US Dollars.

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7. It enhances greater opportunity to enter into other businesses of importing or exporting as we relate with businesses overseas.

Why Overseas or Offshore Investment?


1. It is important to diversify the location of our investment portfolio in order to give more opportunity for expansion into more developed countries and to reduce the risk of putting all our eggs in one basket.

2. We earn US Dollar returns, a more stable currency than the Nigerian Naira, hence we hedge against inflation and depreciation of the value of our assets.

3. Our children can represent us in the nearest future on the board of the Offshore companies.

4. It gives more exposure to international clime and diverse opportunities may follow.

5. We assist our nation in the supply of foreign currency into the Nigerian economy when we earn US Dollars.

6. It gives us the opportunity to interact with people of other Nations at business level and benefit immersely from this interaction.

7. It enhances greater opportunity to enter into other businesses of importing or exporting as we relate with businesses overseas.

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