When you have a definite major purpose - that single thing which you are willing to accept as your standard of success - you develop long-term vision and concentration of effort to sustain a lifetime of pursuit.
The rapid upturn of Ethiopia’s economy is almost a foregone conclusion. Kenya’s Safaricom has created thousands of direct employments and hundreds of thousands in indirect employment. With a population more than twice that of Kenya, Ethiopia stands to create jobs that will create a visible middle class.
For Africa to change its image and advance its standing in the world, Africa cannot ignore Nollywood. As we enlist technical skills, manufacturing systems, intracontinental trade and free movement of labor, Nollywood is a key plank in telling these stories because it has the reach and the influence.
It is the aura people read off us when they meet us that counts. Confident people are able to bring out their personalities without caring about who is around, what they will think and the consequences associated.
In the same way diet and fitness contributes fundamentally to our well-being, so does mental stability. When our mental health is in check, we become creative idealistic beings.
Creativity is not a miraculous quality with which one is gifted or is not gifted at birth; it is born of creative effort and ceaseless importunity. Thus, you can influence it into being.
Is it not time that Nollywood positioned itself to market Nigeria with the kind of commitment that Hollywood markets the United States of America? Nollywood has a role to reflect the Nigerian society, and an even bigger responsibility to influence what Nigeria becomes.
Chris, through fight and strife, chose to be among the efficient few. He drew out his goal and focused on his success path. Not even his wife could come in the way of his goal. He divorced her after coming to the realization that they were of distinct personalities. He chose to stay single until his demise.
Habits are stubborn things – rooted in cultural prejudices and are sometimes anchored in enduring superstitions. You cannot eliminate a bad habit through an acute angle tackle. You can only supplant it with another habit.
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