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SOME HARD FACTS ABOUT THE WORKPLACE.

1. Your boss is not your friend. Regardless of how close you both are, learn to set PROFESSIONAL boundaries.

2. Walls have ears. Be careful who you confide in at work. A listening ear could also be a flippant mouth.

3. Your employer is now concerned about RESULTS. How you get the JOB done is up to you. No excuses.

4. There is always that one person/ group of persons feeding the boss with happenings in the office. Some employees brief go beyond the official ( except in work cultures where such act is expressly frowned upon). Be guided.

5. When you get withdrawn from PROJECTS or someone is asked to understudy you or you get demoted without cogent reason(s), that may be a cue you'd soon be shown the exit door.

6. As much as you can, keep your private life away from COLLEAGUES. You might be under INVESTIGATION for achieving some personal great feat without you even knowing.

7. Somebody your colleagues may not even like you, it could be the way you LOOK, DRESS, SPEAK, your capabilities, accomplishments at work, your aura or for some weird reasons and that is fine. Everybody cannot like you, so accept that.

8. Pay attention to body language, tone, pitch and pace of voice from your team members, colleagues or your boss. They may provide important cues to what isn't expressly said. Studies have shown that emotions,likes and dislikes are communicated via 38% para- verbal and 55% non verbal. Only 7% are communicated via verbal communication.

9. There will always be that " exceptional colleague" who gets the job done, gets the recognition and praises. Don't let that feeling of DISDAIN or inadequacy set in. See what that person is doing differently, how they do it and learn. You'll become a better person. Be open to LEARNING.

10. While the workplace should foster POSITIVE VALUABLE RELATIONSHIPS, your primary aim is to get the job done and go home. Don't forget that.

EYA Oliver Uchenna®️

Profound
A rat swallowed a diamond and the owner of the diamond contracted a man to kill the rat.

When the rat hunter arrived to kill the rat there were more than a thousand rats bunched up and one sitting by itself away from the pack.

He spotted and killed the one sitting by itself and to the owners surprise, it was the exact one that had swallowed the diamond.

The amazed owner of the diamond asked:
How did you know it was that rat?

He responded: Very easy…. When idiots get rich they don’t mix with others!

No heaven no hellfire

What Lekan Babalola said about Ayinla Omowura

"Priviledge to have seen the Grandmaster of Pfunk live too at an Ogun Ajobo festival at Agege in the mid 70s. His performance was off the chain, great Worshipful Master of the Ayan linage, late Pa Adewole Oniluola ( His soul shall rest in groove), was on form that day. Playing the old drum syllabus and directed the band with his talking drum. late Great Anigilaje was a musical wordsmith that left us a lot of work behind, that we are yet to embark on as a module for music in education, especially for African/Yoruba Jazz Poetry . He was a lyricist that created a form, when there wasn't any form. Rest in PFunk, Earl of Ikijia🎼🖤🎼🌹"

Lekan Babalola is a musician and Percussionist who has won 2 Grammy Awards

In 2006, Lekan Babalola became Nigeria's first Grammy Award winner for his work on Ali Farka Touré's In the Heart of the Moon which he was credited in three tracks. He also won a second Grammy in 2009 for his work on Cassandra Wilson's 2008 album titled Loverly

Nigeria Should suspend BBC Yoruba too.

Den don show Chelsea fans shege

In life, you should either be able to drive and push yourself or have the wisdom of meekness to submit to the experience, wisdom, strength, leadership or mentoring of another who can push and drive you accordingly and appropriately.

You have to be one of the two to be able to excel at things and grow.

If you cannot push/drive yourself and cannot submit to those who also can, trust me, you have lost it. If you do not have discipline and drive at least cultivate humility.

To all hustlers still serving their masters:

Hustle with a purpose beyond pleasing others. Use your current position to learn, grow, and strategize for your own ventures. plan for your transition to independence. Stay resilient in the face of setbacks, and remember that every experience is a lesson.

Embrace challenges as opportunities for growth, and never lose sight of your ultimate goals. You serving now is paving the way for your future success.

With oga or Not you will still make just Honest, Persevere and Pray Without season.

Some day soonest you go become oga Master!!

I was a student of the Polytechnic Ibadan in 2003, was living off Campus Apete precisely. One day the fellow students in my hostel dey hungry, they concluded to kill one of our Landlord Goats, the Landlord travelled I didn't know how these guys did it,all I know is that I received some parts of the goat,only for the police to come the next day and pick all of us at the hotel. We sa pay for the goat sa, we paid #4,500 that year bfre they release us.

Same with mine when the power is low or too high. I think that's how it was configured

jelel6:
I remembered the 1-0 loss against Ivory Coast in 2006, I was in primary school then and our teacher brought his TV to school so that
every could watch together.

Didier Drogba score the winner. Imagine the bittersweet feeling for me and the teacher as we were both Chelsea fan.

The game was interesting, it was played around 5pm or so. Drogba scored the lone goal . I was in year 3 in higher Institution then

>>>The Yorubas were communicating before Oyinbos came...

In Yoruba culture, AROKO is a non-verbal semiotic system of communication

For Example, Sending a broom to someone means - you no longer want to see them in your house.

PÁKÒ (chewing stick)
When you receive a chewing stick from an opposite sex, hmmm... It means "I LOVE YOU"

ỌSÀN (Orange)
When you receive an orange from someone, maybe sent through somebody else, it means I am pleased with you. It could also mean I love you.

ÌYARUN/ÒÒYÀ (comb)
A comb is used ordinarily for combing hair, I.e for separation of tangled hair.

This phenomenon is transfered in coded Yoruba Àrokò. Sending a comb to someone far away means separation or ending Of friendship or love affair.

ẸNÍ (mat)
The sending of a piece of mat raffia especially of ore type is an indication that someone is sick in the household of the receiver and such a person is very lean.

Ọ̀JÁ/GBÀJÁ
Receing some part of cloth used to tie Baby means the pregnant woman you left home hassuccessfully put to bed

IGBÁ ÒFÌFO (An empty Calabash)
When a king receives an empty Calabash, parrot egg or skull.

It means the people are no longer pleased with him, he should commit suicide.

OWÓ ẸYỌ (cowrie shells)
Owó ẹyọ is an object widely used to indicate many things in different àrokò, depending on the packaging and their number.

A cowrie shell with a string attached to it is a sign of bad thing or that unfavorable thing happened.
Two cowries shells tied together facing each other sent to a party or another group means we are in agreement with you or your view, there is harmony.

But when the two shells are tied backing each other, it means disagreement, it means discord.

symbolizes rejection and unfavorable message.

Traditionally, the Yoruba abhor the giving of things in three (3).

Three in Yoruba numerology is confusing.

Six cowries tied together in 3 pairs, it is an expresion of emotion.

Ẹ̀fà (6) is symbolic in Yoruba numerology, it Means attraction.

Ẹ̀fà ló ní kíẹ fà mí mọ́ra (It is six that says draw me closer).

So this Àrokò means the sender is longing to see the receiver. Or simply put, it means I MISS YOU.

ÌRÙKẸ̀RẸ̀ (flywhisk/horsetail)
Sending of Irukere - flywhisk and cowrie shells from one monarch to Another is a request for agreement or solidarity or farewell.

ÌBỌN/Ẹ̀TÙ (Gun or gunpowder)
Gun or gunpowder is a communication means between states or towns to express a conflict or war.
It tells the receiving town or village to prepare for an imminent war with the sender.

IYỌ̀ (salt)
Salt or honey is sent in opposite meaning to gunpowder. It means peace, harmony and solidarity between the two towns or parties.

Sending both sword and salt to another party in an unresolved issue means the receiver should choose between war and peace.

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She deserve to die

Atleast Chelsea will go home with a Trophy this season 😂

Where's Kemi Adeosun? The Finance Minister sacked by Former President Buhari?

Procter and gamble didn't leave cos of bad economy. The stupid decision they make in 2015 is what backfired. They lost the control of their company's products price when they accept Transmed as their key Distributor in Nigeria. The greedy Transmed increased the products and competitors took over the market from them.

Offpointng:
You have 50m, landed properties, lands for Agriculture.

o dę fę japaa?? Oni ku re

Amin

Originality007:
Pls how did u manage to fix the car, should it has being long u posted this.

Same thing id happening to my Camry 2003 (big daddy). My oil is well gauged, but the oil light keep showing wen am driving especially wen am inside the traffic or I slow down the light will show, but the moment the road is free and firing on a free Road, the light will not show. Don't even no what to do,

Take it to your rewire

PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS LADDER.

Many of us were once Nobodies, unknown and uncelebrated. Along the way, God showed us mercy and we got mentors who showed us the ladder to success and also how to ascend.

We stood on their shoulders and today we see further and are now known, celebrated and sought after. Many now have " VIPs " attached to their profile. I rejoice with you.....

The bottom line , please do not become unreachable, self-centered, egocentric and delusional..., ' kindly respond to Mails, Text messages, phone calls etc when possible. Let us not look down on those who do not know how to climb "ordinary ladder" - mentor them.
Nobody knows tomorrow.

The "ordinary" person we show the way today can enthrone us as king tomorrow! If you have successfully climbed the ladder and have seen the other side of life, show others consideration.

Their success is your success -

A success without *impact* on the needy is failure"
"Make someone *happy* today, if you're *privileged* ! !

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Always brush your mouth in the night bfre u sleep

RIP ma

Lagos is a country on its own

Congratulations 👏🎉 to Mama Alakija

Which Abeokuta -Otta expressway pls?

In Yoruba land Babatunde is the most common name. You must have atleast one in a family