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Talent and Time

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                                You have limited time to use your talent. So what do you do with it?                         T reasure it once you identify it.                         A cknowledge that your talent is unique to you.                         L ook for opportunities to develop and deploy it.                         E mpower yourself to promote and brand it.                         N urture it and package it.                         T hrive and trade with it.                

Unending fun…still of Three Crowns Milk and the 2017 mom of the year award.

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This is one moment I greatly worry that my pen might be unable to express the depth of excitement and gratitude I feel in my heart towards Friesland Campina, makers of Three Crowns Milk. Great things indeed come in little packages. From buying a promo pack of Three Crowns Milk, I ended up as one of the 6 finalists of the 2017 mom of the year award.   This has put me on the path of ‘mindful fitness’ and with all my family members now tagging along to Saturday dance aerobics class, the excitement is endless.   Yesterday, my daughters and I went to check out Best Western plus along Iyanganku, Ibadan, venue of the Three Crowns Milk sponsored buffet. My girls got home to announce that the restaurant is splendid and superb! This sure stirred the atmosphere in the house – My Mazi, Myself, 2 kids, 2 Ladies and 3 uncles. A small family you say. lol My little girl woke up this morning and asked, is it today that Three Crowns Milk is buying us lunch? Just like kids! She wanted t

Hobbies of Then and Now...

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Memoirs Recently I was in a training session where participants were asked their hobbies. Hobbies like Cooking, Photography, Football, Travelling, and Learning were mentioned. This got me thinking about hobbies now and hobbies years ago. Growing up some thirty something years ago in South East Nigeria, I was an adventurous child who tried all sorts from tree climbing to baking, snail hunting, learning the piano, philately, photography, knitting, sewing, drawing, painting, and flower gardening. I had collections - coins and paper money no longer in use, sea shells, Pacesetter novel series, stamps. Today, I have over a thousand stamps in my stamp album (see some few clips below)  and oh my, I lobbied for stamps in secondary school like my very life depended on it. I could exchange a meal for a postage stamp back then. Themes on stamps taught me a lot about – African nations, Animals, Anniversaries of queen of England, Birds, Cultural dance, Festivals, Flowers, Inventors and Inv

The You, You desire

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Are you a woman living in South West Nigeria? Now this is one gathering designed with you in mind and I know you would not like to miss it! To register, visit : http://wcbpurpose.org.ng The other day it was #beboldforchange Now, the stakes have been raised by 'Change', #TheYouyoudesire