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Cheating- spiderman style through the window(s) of opportunity.

This is double bad.

Support him with your votes by coming out on election day because 'voiced support' doesn't count.

sirRiddy:
This is nairaland. We all just having fun.
Hope you're enjoying the afternoon?

Yeah and I bet you are too

sirRiddy:
Why not? I can give you live
data if you want some. Simpleton

Just joking! Don't take it too seriously. I know you are perfectly normal.

sirRiddy:
9 days left to decide Nigeria's fate
for the next 4 years. Who will win this
momentous day?
The Old General or The desperate sitting leader?

How is this related to the topic? You are talking off-point. Remember, we are discussing insanity here. Should we make you a case study?

This is further proof that psychiatry is going to be the next most lucrative field in this country soon. So many people are unstable and in need of mental exam.

Psychiatry is soon going to be the next most lucrative field in this country. So many people need mental exam.

The current administration seem very committed to making this election a success. It is a right step in the consolidation of our democracy.

It will reduce the instances of people stumbling over things (and probably breaking a leg) in a rush to answer an expected important call only to discover that it's a machine that's calling! What the he...

I don't support violence but if people can direct this kind of anger towards the big thieves in our public offices, the country would be a much better place.

This is part of the NOTHING that GEJ is doing.

They have no respect for the electorate, Throwing things at them as if they are dogs. And of all things to throw, it's (indomie) noodles. Noodles and sweets!

Anyway, it's not their fault. They know that people are easily bought over with small things.
The day Nigerians stop settling for all these cheap stuff and demand accountability is the day real change will come.

But earlier on, he was annoyed by what he perceived as insults by the press and the social media.

I doubt he will keep to his word. I don't think he can bear all the insults and criticisms that come with democracy.
GEJ has really tried in this regard. He allows even foolish opinions to be aired.
Can the General hold his temper without pulling the trigger?

lonelydora:
This Otuokean suddenly woke up from sleep, abi coma, some few days to election. Its already too late to win our votes.

Riclord001:
another desperate step

So everything that the govt does now is seen as an election strategy? Going by what you guys are saying, it means the presidency caused the bird flu in order to use this compensation as a means to gain more votes?

Let's not get stuck on the same line of thought all the time.

Even if these are desperate steps as you say, the most important thing is that Nigerians are benefiting from it.

Emergency contraception would have been employed but it is effective
only in the first few days following
intimacy. The earlier it is initiated, the better. It is usually done within 72 hours (three days). But in this case, it's already been a week.
Emergency contraception which is usually carried out with levonorgestrel does not cause an abortion, i.e it does not have an effect if an embryo has already settled (implanted) into the womb.

So at this point, you may have to brace yourself up to face the consequences of your actions. Just prepare your mind. I wish you good luck.

Is he the first to disagree with the president? If what he claims is true, then GEJ would have hunted down and killed all the opposition supporters by now.

I think this Rev.Fr has finally strayed into the realm of the ridiculous.

joywendy:
nice one.....but i think should be in the career section not family.

I guess I'm now used to creating topics in this section.

missdebs:
'bros, man cant go and come and kill hmself'.....this one is on d lips of almost every nigerian

But if man siddon, fold hands and begin dey look, E go still die of hunger. No be so?
The idea is to know when to work and when to take a break. Not striking a balance between the two will adversely affect the individual. If you are always on a break, you will go broke and if you are always working, you will get worn out.

ogaofficer:
Eleojo's post/thread making sense since 2005.

Lol. Thank you. By the way, Oga officer, you be police?

kristen12:
I've fallen for like 90% especially procrastination. Most times I know it isn't true but I just come up with some flimsy reasons from Ω̴̴̩̩̩̥̩̩o where just to convince myself. And when I realize, its always too late

I think everyone of us has fallen for this many times. We keep postponing a task wishing that it will go away but before we know it, we've put ourselves in a tight corner where many tasks have accumulated and we begin to rack our brains on how to clear up the mess we've created.
I'm not sure we can totally eliminate procrastination from our lives but we can work towards reducing the number of instances we indulge in it to bear minimum. That way we can reduce its adverse effect on our productivity. Have a nice week.

It is unfortunate.

Which of these lies/excuses have you fallen for often times? Feel free to share.

Someone once said, 'it is ultimately only our own thoughts that hurt us'.

We often find ourselves at war with our minds. Our minds lie to us and make irrational excuses because it wants comfort. It is afraid of discomfort, pressure and change. The mind is absorbed in its comfort zone, and anytime we try to stretch that zone too far, for too long, the mind tries desperately to get back to ground zero at any cost… including sacrificing our long-term health, happiness and success.

In this post, we will expose some of these lies and the need to guard against falling for them.
Before I continue, I have to give credit to Marc Chernoff of marcandangel.com whose article inspired this post. I have made some alterations to the original post by using my own words but there are still places where I used his words verbatim.

Now let's get started.

Here are some of those lies and excuses that keep us from making desired changes and progress in our lives.

1. I can’t do it.
Because it seems too difficult at first, you think you can’t stick to the positive change you’re making. You begin to doubt your ability to take another step. This is a common lie/excuse that can be countered by looking at the fact that other people no more capable than you have done it. You need to tell yourself, “If he/she can do it, so can I!” And with time you will see that you were right- you could do it after all. Truth be told, the only person who can tell you “I can’t” is you. If you hear those words echoing in the back of your mind, tune them out. Realize that your doubts and your faith have something in common – they both ask you to believe in something you can’t see. You simply have to decide which one you want to believe.

2. They can do it, but that doesn’t apply to me because they have it better than me.
You think just because someone else can, doesn’t mean you can, right? You look for reasons they can do it but you can’t – maybe he’s a good writer because he has no kids. She’s way smarter than I am, that's why she always gets the best deals. She doesn’t have all the work and family obligations I have, or has a supportive spouse, that's why she can do what she does.
OK, fine, it’s easy to find excuses: but look at all the other people who also have considerable obstacles and have done it anyway. Stories abound of people with disabilities or illnesses who overcame their obstacles to achieve great things. You too can join the league of such 'champions'.
Let me share one of my own experiences before we go on to the next point.
As I was growing up, my friend was better than in school. I never thought I could be as good as he because I told myself 'He is from a family of intellectuals, his dad is a PhD holder in a very analytical field and he will soon become a professor, his brothers are also good and always take the first position or second when they want to relax a bit.' So I felt disadvantaged. Unfortunately, I believed this lie for a long time until I saw my own potential and realised that I had caged myself with a lie.

3. No one will support this decision/ choice/action.
Have you ever had a novel idea and felt that nobody will share your vision? Hear what Ghandi has to say: "Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress." Don't conclude that your dream cannot come true until you have tried all possible means available to achieve it. Most times we place the death verdict on our dreams/goals even before they are born.
You never know what’s possible until you risk finding out. In the long run, there is only one thing that makes your dreams and goals completely impossible to achieve: Your lack of action today.

4. I’m stuck because I don’t have
enough time to make changes.
It is more important to know where you are going and why, than to get there quickly. In fact, the most important thing in life is knowing what the most important things in life are, and prioritizing them accordingly. The truth is, you write your own destiny through the choices you make every day. You become what you repeatedly do. Most of us spend too much time on urgent things and not enough time on important things. So do yourself a favor and implement these three action steps every time you’re building or sorting your to-do list: 1) Think about the difference between what is urgent and what is important. 2) Review all the obligations on your list. 3)Do what’s important first.

5. It’ll be too hard because I can’t do without _______.
Fill in the blank: I need my wine, my TV shows, my ten hours of sleep, my big house, my fancy wardrobe, or whatever it is that you consider very important. These are luxuries we convince ourselves we can’t live without, so we can justify not making positive changes like eating healthier or saving money or simplifying our lives or building a profitable side hustle. I’m not immune either – in the past I’ve made these excuses myself, but they all turned out to be lies. I could do without most of those things, and and so can you. Believing that you can't do without those things you hold so dear only gets in the way of the positive changes you are capable of creating for yourself. Your TV shows may be preventing you from finishing that book, studying well or attending to your job properly. Cutting down on the amount of time you spend doing the things you so cherish (which are not productive in any way) can greatly increase your productivity in things that really matter.

6. Life is meant to be easier and enjoyed more.
Sure, I agree that life should be enjoyed (as most people would) but the problem is that the idea that life should ALWAYS be easy and enjoyable is used to justify all kinds of lazy behavior. You might as well sit on the couch with some juice in hand and watch TV all day, because hey, life is meant to be enjoyed, right? (Friend, if you continue that way, your landlord will soon throw you off that couch and out of his house for not paying your rent and your juice can will be replaced with 'pure'/ sachet water!)

So you see that constantly being in the 'enjoyment mode' will land you in a mess. Fact is, you can give up a lot of comfort in your life and not lose a thing. In fact, the path of least resistance is often the path of least reward.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. You must run to be a runner. You must write to be a writer. You must actively work on a business venture to learn how to run a successful business. There is no substitute for doing the work. So meditate on this every day: “I will do the work. It won’t be easy. It will be worth it!”

7. I deserve a reward (or a break).
We all deserve a tasty treat, or a day off. I’m not saying you shouldn’t give yourself a reward or break when one is deserved. But if you make this rationalization a primary rule for living, you’ll always be on a break. You’ll always be giving yourself rewards, and never adhering to the original plan. Here’s what you should do instead: See sticking to your plan as the reward itself. See reaching your goals as a gift you give myself. Going on a run isn’t the thing you have to get through to get a reward – the run is the reward.

8. I can do it later.
Sure, you can always do it later… but your later self will feel the same exact way. Think about it: Why should your later self be more disciplined than your present self? There’s no reason. In fact, because you’re allowing yourself to slack off now, you’re building a habit of procrastination and actually making it less likely that your later self will be more disciplined.
This excuse is one which 99% of us are guilty of. I have put off writing this post to a later time several times since the thought came to me. I kept telling myself, I will write it this evening...no, tomorrow...oh men I'm so tired already, I'll make sure I write it unfailingly on Wednesday. And so I kept postponing it. The fact that you are reading this post means that I refused to give myself that excuse any further. I have overcome this one but there are yet many more instances in the future where I will have to fight against this excuse. So it is for everyone of us. Everyday we are tempted to push things to the next day.
But today, stop making excuses for why you can’t get it done and start focusing on all the reasons why you must make it happen.
Stop talking about what you have done or what you are going to do. Just do it and let your actions speak for themselves. Most great things in life don’t happen by chance, they happen by choice.

9. One time won’t hurt.
This lie is so tempting, because it’s somewhat true – one time won’t hurt. Assuming, of course, that it really is only one time. One scoop of ice cream, one extra hour of sleep, one time procrastinating instead of working, etc.
Unfortunately, it’s never just one time. One time means your brain now knows it can get away with this excuse next time too, and the next “one time” leads to another, until you’ve completely fallen off the wagon. Make a pact with yourself: never believe the “one time” lie. If you’re going to allow yourself six hours of sleep, decide this beforehand and build it into your plan – “I will allow myself six hours of sleep every weekday” and stick to your plan, rather than deciding on the spot when your conscience is weak. It makes you more disciplined and helps you make definite progress.

10. It’s better to quit now and cut my losses.
As Winston Churchill once said, “Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It is courage to continue that counts.” Nothing could be closer to the truth. Persistence is the mother of all productive effort. Failures, small and large, happen every day to the best of us. The strongest, most productive
people aren’t the people who always succeed, but the ones who don’t give up when they lose. In the heat of the moment when you feel like quitting, think about how far you have come and why you started in the first place. Oftentimes you’re a lot closer to making a breakthrough than you think. Some people give up their efforts when they have almost reached their goal, while others conquer their goals by exerting, up until the very last possible second, more vigorous efforts than ever before. Bottom line: Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit – so KEEP GOING!

11. It’s already too late.
Nothing is too late until your tired heart stops beating. If you’re reading this right now, it means you are still alive, which means it’s not too late for you.
Things can change if you want them to at any time.
However, while accepting the fact that you can change things at any time, don't give the excuse that you've got all the time in the world. That would be going to the extreme because tomorrow is not in your hands. The point being made here is that no matter the stage you are now, change is still possible. Irrespective of what you think you've lost, focus on the present and make the best out out of it.
Right now you can choose differently and make something new happen. Your future is immediate. Grab on to it with both hands and keep moving on. When you come up on a roadblock and are faced with the choice of sitting down and doing nothing or doing something to make further progress, choose the latter.
Think, work, and climb if you have to. Move your life forward.
Today!

OK. We have seen some of the lies and excuses that our minds always come up with. Can you remember any other lie/excuse that often hinder our progress? Feel free to contribute.

I thought the attention should be on her husband and not her. Why did they make posters for her?

I think she should not overdo this her campaign for her husband. Her good intentions may turn out to be counterproductive to her husband's ambition.
She seems to be getting more attention than the president himself lately and a lot of people are not comfortable with that.

In myself, I cannot and will never be able to keep any of the commandments. But in Christ I can keep more than the ten commandments. Why? Because the One who gave the commandments is at work in me to keep the commandment that he has given. That is the mystery of the indwelling life of Christ.

I will have to constantly rely on the power of the inner life for me to achieve any success in my christian walk. If I should attempt to depend on my own ability, I will certainly fail.

Some things are not spelt out as sin in the Bible but from the effect those things have on your life spiritually or physically, you can know whether it would be pleasing to God or not.
It looks harmless and even enticing to go into betting (which is a form of gambling), but the problem is that you get addicted to it with time and it can take the place of God in your life because it will become your top priority.

Here is a case posted on this forum by someone last year. He says:
"My friend is very addicted to football betting. He spends most of his income on sports betting and he does not win. He is so addicted to it that he can spend his last penny on it. Many times he has confided in me that he will stop it but he still goes on to try it again and lose all his money. He is always broke and does not feed well. The sports betting is destroying his life. He wishes to stop and cut his losses. But he does not know how to overcome the urge. His family and loved ones don't know he is passing through it. How can I help him stop the sports betting because it's ruining his life."

From this story, you can ask yourself: Would God be pleased with this kind of life? Would He want you to waste your resources/money like that? Would it bring glory to His name? The answer to these questions is in the negative.

Therefore, as someone who wants to have a pleasing life before God, you should not go into it. Don't say 'I will do it just once" because that once will lead to another one until you are deep in it and your case will become like that of the man in the example above who I'm sure also started with the mind that he will do it just a few times.

NB: I'm specifically answering the OP's question on betting. The title on the front page has made the topic broader by using the word 'gambling'.

They are laughing at many Nigerians for being so gullible and believing in the false change they are promising.

Many of our politicians need to be dragged to the ICC. Those pushing her to the ICC must also follow her to answer for their own case.

These politicians are smart. Just recently Rochas said that [b] if[/b]Buhari wins, many corrupt politicians will flee the country. It is now obvious why a lot of them are going to his side. They want to tie his hands when that time comes by declaring support for him now.
You wouldn't put a 'friend' in jail, will you?

This isn't a good time for anyone to be the president of Nigeria because we are currently experiencing a lot of hardship borne out of years of neglect and lack of foresight by past leaders.

GEJ may have his faults but you cannot say that he is doing NOTHING.

Nigeria is more or less back to the building stage and when you build, you lay the blocks one at a time making sure that the alignments are correct to ensure a strong foundation and ultimately a solid structure.

The problem is that Nigerians are looking for a leader who will rebuild the country overnight but we know that any building that is raised and completed overnight will eventually crumble when day breaks and the whole thing will be back to step one.
We are so used to doing a lot of quick fixes in this country and that has led us to this point but now is the time to address issues properly.
Hence, it may take some time to see the results of what GEJ has been doing.

As far as this election is concerned, the opposition will get more votes than the last time but the final victory is still tilting towards the current administration.

PassingShot:
The fact that the meeting only lasted for about 15 minutes is an indication that it didn't go well.

If the meeting had lasted for hours you would have criticised the president saying that he is wasting precious time seeking for endorsements instead of attending to national matters. Na wa o!