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Lovely couple.

Beautiful.

Never judge a book by its cover.

Eyah, only married nairalanders will truly know that feeling. Shout out to you guys. Not really easy at all.
See my signature.

Second Hand Products: Who doesn’t like spending less for something really superior in quality? Nigerians can readily pay anything for second-hand products if they are fit for use.
For this business, you need to understand what people want to buy and build connections with suppliers who can provide you with the goods. Goodluck.

Lovely.

RayHushPuppi:
Taking notes...

Sir, any amount i receive from you will go a long way as to adding the little i have in setting a business which deals in selling of both male and female wears. To see that i'm sufficient enough in taking care of my school needs and to better the lifes of others.

RayHushPuppi:
Good morning Nairaland...


I had this crazy idea this morning on doing something for the needy in society but as you know, I can't reach them (downtrodden) on social media. So I'm calling on you all to suggest ways that I can reach out to those really in need from Makurdi to Abakiliki, from Ilesha to Okrika. I plan on reaching at least 500 people with the aim of setting up businesses for them.


The 3 best suggestions I get, I will gift them 150,000 each. Good luck guys! Merry Christmas!

Good morning sir. I've been soliciting for financial aid. As a student struggling financially, it has not been easy for me. You can check my profile. Sir, no amount is too big. Please, help a bro.
God bless

The ability of religious faiths to provide value frameworks that are seen as useful is a debated matter. Religious commentators have asserted that a moral life cannot be led without an absolute lawgiver as a guide. Other observers assert that moral behavior does not rely on religious tenets.
What is your take on this topic?

Tip No. 1: Take care of yourself. We all know that when you get on an airplane the announcement reminds us that in case of an emergency, to put our own oxygen mask on before we help the person sitting next to us. This is a good reminder for our daily lives as well. If we do not take care of ourselves, we will have trouble being there for the ones we love. So what does it mean to take care of ourselves? For some people it means getting exercise, for others a hot bath, and for some curling up with a good book. Whatever nurtures you be sure to do it a little bit each day. When we take time to take care of ourselves, we are more present and available for others.

Tip No. 2: Be mindful about the relationships in your life. Practicing mindfulness (which some may call prayer or meditation) refers to taking a few minutes on a regular basis to stop, breath, and reflect on the relationships in your life. Reflection can be centered on many different aspects of the relationship. For instance, reflecting on being grateful for the relationships in your life and reflecting on what you love about the important people in your life are common in relationship mindfulness practice. Taking time to reflect is not only calming to most people, but it tends to make us more patient and forgiving with those we are in relationships with. It can keep us from dwelling on the negative or simply remind us to nurture our relationships.

Tip No. 3: Spend five hours a week with your partner. We all want more time with those we love. Spending time with our partners is so important. But how much time is enough? Recent research from renowned marital expert John Gottman says spending five hours a week minimum doing something with our partner is important (of course more is always better). Paying bills and cleaning the garage don't count! This is a time to just be together without chores or children. Some couples find they spend this time on a hike on Saturday morning or a movie on Wednesday night. Other couples enjoy coffee in the morning for 20 minutes and a walk in the evening for half an hour. It doesn't seem to matter if you spend the five hours split between various small amounts of time or spending larger amounts of time together less often. The point is to make time in our busy schedules for each other and spend it together doing something enjoyable.

Tip No. 4: Couples should nurture fondness and admiration in their relationships. Gottman has spent decades studying what factors contribute to long and successful relationships. His research suggests that nurturing fondness and admiration for your partner or spouse can provide an essential foundation that is at the core of a successful relationship. Many couples can be distracted by personality flaws or annoying habits, but simply reminding yourself of your partner's positive qualities - even as you struggle with each other's flaws -- can prevent a happy marriage from deteriorating.

Tip No. 5: It's OK to think of "family dinner" as a very casual affair. The importance of family dinners has been getting a lot of attention in the media. In a recent study of nearly 18,000 teens, "family dinners" were correlated with decreased substance abuse and delinquency. However, the frequency of "family dinner" was measured by asking teens, "How many of the past seven days was at least one of your parents in the room with you while you ate your evening meal?" So, take the pressure off yourself to have a Cleaver family dinner and focus more on being together.

Tip No. 6: Worry less about your teen feeling "overscheduled." Encourage organized activities. According to a report by the Society for Research in Child Development, the "overscheduled child" is a media myth. Parents might feel frazzled hauling multiple kids around, but many teens themselves generally enjoy their activities. In addition to being enjoyable for teens, these organized activities, build a sense of competence, and allow them to interact with peers and positive adult role models. Most teens still spend many more hours in unstructured leisure activities (such as media, hanging out), and the real concern is the 40 percent of youth who do not participate in any organized activities.

Tip No. 7: Make sure your teen is getting enough time with you, especially dads. In a 1999 survey of more than 1,000 kids ages 8-18, teens were more likely than kids ages 8-12 to report wanting more time with their parents, and were more likely to want more time with their fathers than their mothers. Forty percent of teens said they want more time with their fathers and 30 percent said they want more time with their mothers (and no differences based on whether mom was employed or not).

Tip No. 8: Parents should share their values with their children and tell them why they feel strongly about specific issues or behaviors. Research indicates that children adopt the values of their parents more often than not when they understand why their parents feel a certain way. Particularly in an election year, children and teens are hearing a lot about different social issues. This provides a valuable opportunity for parents to share what their values are about different issues, and to explain their rationale for their beliefs. These are rich discussions that will help children and teens better understand their parents' perspectives and identify their own values.

Tip No. 9: Sexuality education with children should start early and take advantage of teachable moments. Many parents feel nervous and unprepared to teach their children about sexuality, but research indicates that parents should start early and capitalize on "teachable moments" instead of a "big talk." This takes a lot of the pressure of off parents because it becomes part of regular conversations with their children and teens. Teachable moments include bath time or potty training with young children, and television, movies, or current events with older children and teens. Research also indicates that learning about sexuality encourages responsible sexual behavior rather than promiscuity, so parents need not worry that bringing up sexuality will have adverse effects on children's sexual behaviors.

Tip No. 10: You are never too old to be playful in your relationships. A child's primary form of learning, expression, and communication is play. As we grow older, however, we stop playing as much in favor of more "adult" interactions. Play has been shown to be a very effective form of stress relief and bonding for adults as well as children, and some experts encourage adults to engage in more play in both their adult relationships and with children. Play time can be pre-planned or spontaneous. Embracing the spirit of play is often what is missing in adult relationships. Try to increase the amount of time you spend in playful activities with your partner or children by just 15 minutes a day. Try playing making up a silly game the next time you are on a long car ride or create a scavenger hunt on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Go outside for a game of hide-and-seek around the neighborhood or have everyone dress up in funny costumes for dinner on a Friday night. One note of caution: playfulness is not the same as sarcasm or teasing so make sure the activity is fun for all.

The biggest problem founders and small business owners have is that they’re experts in their field and novices in what it really takes to effectively run a business. That’s what usually trips them up, sooner or later.

Don’t let that happen to you. Admit that you don’t know what you don’t know about business, starting with these 15 tips guaranteed to help keep you and your company out of hot water. Some are straightforward, others are counterintuitive, but they’re all true. And some day they’ll save your butt.

1. Always make sure there is and will be enough cash in the bank.
Period. The most common business-failure mode, hands down, is running out of cash. If you know you’ve got a cash flow or liquidity problem coming up, fix it now.

2. You can’t fire bad employees fast enough.
You just can’t. Just make sure you know they’re the problem, not you (see next tip).

3. The problem is probably you.
When I was a young manager, my company sent us all to a week of quality training where the most important concept we learned was that 90 percent of all problems are management problems. When things aren’t going well, the first place to look for answers is in the mirror.

4. Take care of your stars.
This goes for every company, big and small. The cost of losing a star employee is enormous, yet business leaders rarely take the time to ensure their top performers are properly motivated, challenged, and compensated.
5. Your people are not your kids, your personal assistants, or your shrink;
If you use and abuse them that way, you will come to regret it. Capiche?

6. Learn to say "yes" and "no" a lot.
The two most important words business owners and founders have at their disposal are “yes” and “no.” Learn to say them a lot. And that means being decisive. The most important reason to focus – to be clear on what your company does – is to be clear on all the things it doesn’t do.

7. Listen to your customers.
It boggles my mind how little most entrepreneurs value their customers when, not only are their feedback and input among the most critical information they will ever learn, but their repeat business is the easiest business to get.

8. Learn two words: meritocracy and nepotism.
The first is how you run an organization – by recognizing, rewarding, and compensating based solely on ability and achievement. The second is how you don’t run an organization – by playing favorites and being biased.

9. Know when and when not to be transparent.
Transparency is as detrimental at some times as it is beneficial at others. There are times to share openly and times to zip it. You need to know when and with whom to do one versus the other. It comes with experience.

10. Trust your gut.
This phrase is often repeated but rarely understood. It means that your own instincts are an extremely valuable decision-making tool. Too often we end up saying in retrospect and with regret, “Damn, I knew that was a bad idea.” But the key is to know how to access your instincts. Just sit, be quiet, and listen to yourself.

11. Protect and defend your intellectual property.
Most of you don’t know the difference between a copyright, trademark, trade secret, and patent. That’s not acceptable. If you don’t protect and defend your IP, you will lose your only competitive advantage.

12. Learn to read and write effective agreements.
You know the expression “good fences make good neighbors?” It’s the same in business. The more effective your agreements are, the better your business relationships will be.

13. Run your business like a business.
Far too many entrepreneurs run their business like an extension of their personal finances. Bad idea. Very bad idea. Construct the right business entity and keep it separate from your personal life.

14. Know your finances inside and out.
If you don’t know your revenues, expenses, capital requirements, profits (gross and net), debt, cash flow, and effective tax rate – among other things – you’re asking for trouble. Big trouble.

15. You don’t know what you don’t know;
Humility is a powerful trait for leaders, and that goes for new business owners, veteran CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, and everyone in between. More times than not, you will come to regret thinking you knew all the answers.
Behind every failed company are dysfunctional, delusional, or incompetent business leaders. The irony is, none of them had the slightest idea that was true at the time. Even sadder, most of them still don’t. Don't end up like one of them.

Okay.

May God help us all in quest for financial aid.

ekensi01:
Acceptable by you or God?

Stop saying what you don't know.

We all know the person here as a worldly singer in what ways will you classify it as praising God?

Young man, focus on the message and not the messenger.

darlingjoylyn:
How sir? I'm waiting

I do use my GT mastercard. All you have to do is, send me an email to vanvikvan@gmail.com
Then will follow it up from there.
Thanks.

darlingjoylyn:
Hi guys! I'm new! Wanna join you guys guys just registered on Betnja online yesterday.

Couldn't load my account via visa card. How do I load it please? Or can someone load it and I make transfer for ther person? Which ever way,teach me please. Thanks

I can be of help.

Tonapuck, just write the booking number of the last game you posted. Green fall on us today oo..

How i wish am buoyant enough to pay my school fee.

Only you can make you happy. Nice one op.

Don't let the mistakes and disappointments of the past control and direct your future. Op nice one.

Nice one op. I learnt how to make liquid soap and brown disinfectant; chemicals required are iso-propenol alcohol, carbolic acid/phenol, chloroxylenol, texapon, antiseptic, pine oil, caustic soda, soda ash, etc. which i know i can sell to the students, hotels, resturants and as time goes on, my product will be in every house hold because i believe in myself. And i also intend making pap(ogi). Students around here just love it, learnt it from my mum. All i need is financial support to make all these a reality. Thank you and God bless.

I'm interested.

Don jazzy matter don tire me.
Abeg, i need a meme to follow this up.

importexpert:
if you are informed enough, you will earn enough. affiliate marketing is the way forward. few days ago when gtb sent my bank statement, i felt affiliate marketing is a blessing to humanity. you can see the exact things i do in affiliate marketing at www.affiliatejagaban.com/p/jagaban.html

Making it big in affiliate marketing, how do i make it big when i don't have a running website? The ebook, is it still 3k?

Importexpert i need to make this money this year. Laid my hands on blogging and fiverr in the past yet no gain. Bro, abeg show me the way.

Few years back, i laid my hands on blogging and fiver yet didn't earn a dime. I belive money can be made online. I need the best platform to begin with. @importexpert

Between electronics/telecom and power and machinery, which is more promising to specialize on?