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ddddon:
When you are in race to achieve a goal, it is pertinent that you follow whatever rules might have been laid down to get you to that desired destination.

Usually, Businessmen and women read about what they should do, buy, and read to be great and successful. But how about things they should not do?

Our list comprises of things a good businessman should never do.

1. Wake up without a plan

Time management is a crucial part of being an entrepreneur. There are only so many hours in a day, so to be efficient you need to know what your goals are and what tasks you need to get done prior to starting your day. If you are scrambling to create a plan of attack every day you are going to be in trouble. End each day by mapping out the following day’s to-do list.

2. Never Look back

As an entrepreneur, you are going to face hard times, difficult decisions and possibly even failure at some point. Don’t let small bumps in the road stop your forward progress. Find ways to maneuver around obstacles and continue to push forward, never looking back.

3. Choose short-term comfort over long-term benefit.

Once successful people know they want something that requires a painful, time-limited step, they do not mind the painful step because it gets them to a long-term benefit. Living out this principle is one of the most fundamental differences between successful and unsuccessful people, both personally and professionally.

4. Be scared to make changes, Evolve or adapt

You need to be willing and able to adjust your plan and overall strategy, because there is a very good chance that you will need to adapt to maintain success in the future. Imagine if Apple never adapted and just stuck to making computers? After releasing the iPod it started manufacturing smartphones, tablets and now are releasing its first wearable technology, the Apple Watch. Once just a computer company, it is now a consumer-electronics powerhouse.

5. Let failure stop you

Most statistics state that, eight out of every 10 new businesses fail. Successful entrepreneurs go into everything knowing that there is a chance of failure. If in fact they fail, it is viewed as part of their growth and they keep plugging along.

source: http://www.edliner.com/5-things-good-enterpreneur-never/22829

Oliviaxx:
Ndi zombie will not like this

DropShot:
Good development. Obviously bad news for dem dem.

To all those of you who have made it a habit to rant and lament online about the state of the nation, I advise you do something worthwhile with your life. Wait for no government to come solve your problems for you. This is the time to think deep and come up with something of value to your immediate society.

Look around you and you'll see that plenty opportunities abound.

Many of you wailing online waiting for govt jobs that are not there can do something with your life:
1. Laundry business requires very small capital.
2. Waste management service doesn't need hundreds of thousand to start.
3. Private lessons for your hood children
4. House cleaning services
5. Game centre, etc, etc.

Don't be lazy, get something doing!

emmanuel596:
Its not all about the pre wedding pictures
It's Nt all about how many people attended the wedding
It's not all about how much was spent
It's not all about the kind of car that carried the bride....


It's about how long the marriage will last
How well the couples will endure and tolerate each other...how often they pray and plan together...pre wedding pictures are too overrated these days....my parent never had pre wedding pictures but they are 33yrs 2geda

But the power of prayer lies not on our faith, but on the finished work of Christ.



Hebrews 8:1-2 reminds us that it is through Jesus alone that we can now approach God in prayer. He is the high priest that mediates for us and stands on our behalf before the Father to come to His presence and offer worship, gratefulness and petition. That's why we end every prayer by saying "in Jesus' name."

Many believers pray today thinking it's their faithfulness that will get prayers answered. We watch for keywords, traditions and rudiments unawarely thinking that's what will get our prayers answered.

Even the simplest of prayers will be answered when we realise that it's God's faithfulness and not ours that answers prayers.

God's faithfulness to hear and answer our prayers does not depend on our rudiments, our works, or our ability to shut our doubts and fears. It's God that works out our faith and it is His perfect love that casts out our fears.

7. Microsoft pays for you to use Bing instead of Google.

HungerBAD:
If you like you wear pant.

If your husband don tire for Egusi,and him wan taste Ogbono,the guy go waka go chop.

Ask Caroline Danjuma,she bleach her LAPS Join sef and them still collect her man.

Dog wey go lost no dey hear whistle.

italkmoses:
“For the sake of this article, a formal certificate is considered as the certificate obtained from a tertiary institution; whether Universities, Polytechnics, Monotechnics or other higher institutions of learning”.

Our country has evolved. She is still evolving. She has evolved in almost every sector. She has evolved into a tragic bad on one part and an astonishingly advanced enclave on the other part. The interest of this article pertains to the evolvement between our formal certificates and their relationship with guaranteed meal tickets.

There has been an age long debate that cuts across many generations in this country about whose generation is Nigeria better or worse. Some commentators proposed that the 1960s’, 1970s’, and 1980s’, Nigeria was the best. Younger generations said the 1990s and 2000s’ is better. Whatever indices must have been used to reach both conclusions will suffice for another fresh article. But I want to focus on what formal certificates meant between the earlier generations and what obtains in today’s reality.

It was my dad that told me about how first degree graduates were treated in the 60’s, 70’s and even early 80’s. You may have been told similar stories of how graduates got cars upon graduation, white collar jobs were already waiting for them to graduate amongst several other pecks that seems unbelievable in today’s reality. In those days, all you needed to liberate yourself and your family from sheer poverty and consuming despondency was a degree from a tertiary institution. Your degree or certificate was the ticket and the only ticket you needed to transfer from lack to plenty, from have-not to have. I once attended a course on Facilities Engineering, Operations and Maintenance Management and the facilitator corroborated my dad’s tale to me, he was a beneficiary of the account my dad told me. Engr X (name withheld), a graduate of University of Ibadan, in the department of chemical engineering in 1978, before he was shortlisted for NYSC, already had a job waiting in Shell, where he eventually worked for 33years before voluntarily resigning as a Lead Projects Engineer. This is only one out of several other examples. These kinds of stories were popular until the 90s’.

Then, something happened! Something that is better imagined than described. This thing that happened will suffice for a PhD thesis if you want to undertake a study on it. Let’s not go into that story.

These pecks and assurances of securing white collar jobs started fading away like a diffusing flame, thousands of graduates now have to write application letters, converge at stadiums to write aptitude tests for fifteen (15) vacant positions, amongst other unspeakable tendencies. More unfortunately is that the trend deteriorates every other day. A close comparism on what is obtainable between then and now reveals that the distance between the experience then and now can be liken to the distance between heaven and earth. Honestly, it is that far! Hence, when people argue on what use their formal certificates are if they can’t get a job with them in their own country; I listen along with a heavy heart, worried about the imminent consequence of this quagmire. This may be a title for another piece.

However, are formal certificates still guaranteed meal tickets? I will answer Yes without batting an eyelid. Are formal certificates a deceptive illusion? I will not answer No.

Firstly, jobs are still available even though they are only a few vacancies that will never go round. Hence, to the graduates or applicants who eventually get employed, the certificates have paid off. There are several ‘fortunate’ graduates whose stories support this claim. Recall that without the certificate, you do not qualify to contest in the first place. However, it is also not incorrect to say they are a deceptive illusion. This is evident in the thousands of graduates that are roaming the streets or under-employed and waiting for their miracle day, if it will ever come. This is then a two way bridge, one is wider, while the other; slender like the biblical road that leads to heaven.

What is the way to go?

Whether or not the job comes, education shouldn’t be replaced with anything. Going to school should be non-negotiable especially if you have the capacity to. Going by the current reality of this generation, disabuse your mind from considering formal certificates as the only guaranteed meal ticket. Having established that, re-adjust your mindset to be open to all options. After graduation, if the job comes; lucky you. If it doesn’t, re-strategize. There are several other options you can consider. Learn a skill; go into business (if you can), deliberately develop your gifts and passion. The education you have acquired puts you in a better position to organize your life. Start something, grow it and move your life on.

Moses Ilemona Ihiabe

tosinjay:
2Timothy 2:19-21. Grace has been trampled upon often times and taken outside it's discipline.

badpeople:
@Op, thxs you are a good woman, pls I was using my IPad2 to upload my pictures on shutterstock.com but all I get is that I need 14 megapixel pictures to upload, pls wat do I do nw

funshyboi:
hi guys pls how do I increase megapixel of a photo. because I downloaded some pictures online which I re-edited as was once suggested by crazymommy, tried uploading on shutterstcock but was rejected due to the fact that they are less than 4.0mp. pls help out. cc. crazymommy any advice?

crazymommy:
I will advice u to increase the number of pictures to be 50 and leave the price that way and make sure u select the 70% royalty option..

crazymommy:
35% royalty option is for books priced at 2.98$ or lower..while 70% royalty option is for books priced at 2.99$ and above...if u read the instructions on their website you should have known this by now and select ur royalty option based on the Information....

crazymommy:
yes it is possible if u are lucky...and make sure that the public domain photo,not every picture u just see online is a public domain photo...a public domain photo is a photo that is not copyrighted and the owner allows anyone to use their picture...that was why I posted a website where you can get certified public domain photos...

crazymommy:
Renaming photos ??I said place your photos on Microsoft word you are talking about renaming...who renaming don help.....

well using an eBook cover is good to make ur book more attractive...u can get free eBook cover from amazon ...yes u need to give the book any title you like and u need to fill the name of the author which is u or if u like u can decide to use any other name,it is allowed...


that tags is not compulsory,tags are just a search terms that u can select to make ur book appear when someone searches for a book relating to your own genre...

descriptions means you describing what ur book is about...if ur book is book containing photographs ..describe it that way..

Solitin40:
For people having difficulties I will advise you use you Mobile phone or tablet because I just finished registration using my iPad and it was smooth so easy I already ve an account number but can't view the full number but the last 4 and I was sent a mail of the time interval I will get the debit card this thing is very very easy and for people who don't know there postal code just go to NIPOST website you will get it I used my passport as government ID don't worry you will be fine abeg I dey go register for the rest thank you to the OP I have a lot of pictures here on my phone iPad and memory cards which I can sell wow can't believe this OP God bless you all my photography classes are not in vain and for people who want the know the best photography app go and download VSCO you will thank me later don't forget to press the like button

Op abeg when will i get the $25 sign up my account is 0.00

crazymommy:
When you were registering on payoneer did they ask for zip/postal code?zip code which I do use is the normal zip code which is 23401 and that is what I use for every registration I do on any website including payoneer...so if you use the normal zip code for nigeria then you will get your card....and concerning your payoneer approval wait for the 3 to 5 working days na...b patient...

crazymommy:
that is why I said you will re-edit the picture if it is a public domain photo u want to use,but you can go to pixabay.com if you are looking for public domain photos,the website is meant for public domain photos which can use for private or commercial purpose without paying a dime or any legal problem./::..concerning your second question the number of photos you want to use will be determined by the number of pages you want your photo book to be,if you want a 50pages photo book then u will need 50 photos...etc if you want 100 pages photobook you will need 100 photos ...

crazymommy:
GOD is our mentor...if u have any questions or assistance you need concerning uploading the book..just let me know...after you and more people have successfully uploaded their books on Amazon I will now share another secret on this thread on how you can make money from your photo books when someone reads the book even without buying it...yes people can read your book on Amazon without buying it and you as the owner of the photobook will still collect your money..:

crazymommy:
olodo...that is how you people dey fail waec...yes I will be harsh on you and yab u!!do u know why??because I want u to succeed..and if getting harsh on you will make you be attentive to everything said on the thread so that you can succeed in the business then it is good to be harsh on you...now listen carefully..earlier on the thread you will see where I mentioned kdp.amazon.com as the place where Amazon allows people to sell books...to sell your photo book you will register through kdp.amazon.com which is the platform that Amazon created for book publishers..I guess what you initially went to do was to go and be opening Amazon seller account..you do not need a seller account if it is your self published books you want to sell

crazymommy:
Through payoneer....when you register on payoneer they will give you a US bank account which you can then use it to receive payment...or a PayPal account but Not Nigeria PayPal.