Balmoral Hall after the fire

 

The Balmoral hall events center located at Kudirat Abiola way, hosting the City People Magazine awards got razed by fire. Cause of the fire is still unknown but sources says the place was completely burnt down bringing the program to a halt. No life was lost while the fire lasted.

The Commitments of an Extraordinary Leader by Chris Widener

Its been a while I posted here, I apologise. I came across this inspirational piece from motivational speaker,  Chris Widener




Leadership is a continual process of making to commitments... to oneself, to others, and to the organizations we lead and serve.

With this in mind, here are the commitments an Extraordinary Leader makes:

With a desire to become an Extraordinary Leader, I commit to:

• Continually pursue personal and professional growth
• Treating everyone I come in contact with the dignity and respect they deserve
• Finding the way for as many people as possible to benefit from my decisions and actions
• Be willing to make and carry out hard decisions without regard to personal expediency
• The highest level of personal and corporate integrity
• Tell the truth and be honest, regardless of potential personal loss
• Think "team" first
• Finding a person who can mentor me
• Finding at least one person I can personally mentor
• Help others discover their strengths and function in them
• Maintain my priorities and organize my life and work according to them
• Live a life of balance between work, family, and leisure
• Pursue balanced growth in body, soul and spirit - understanding that each area affects the others innately
• Pursue what is best - for myself, my organization, and for others - and not settle for that which is simply "good enough"
• Do work and live a life that leaves behind a lasting legacy of excellence
• Build a team to surround me in order to enhance my strengths and make up for my weaknesses
• Surround myself with people who will tell me the truth and not just what they think I want to hear
• Become a great listener
• Be an Extraordinary Follower of those who are my leaders
• Help others develop their skills
• Dream big dreams and encourage others to do the same
• Stretch my followers enough to make them grow but not so much as to discourage them
• Be driven by vision, mission and purpose, not by circumstances or expediency
• View the world through optimistic eyes
• Embrace the concept of change as a positive force for improvement
• Be responsible in my actions as they relate to my commitments to myself and others
• Be tenacious in my pursuits
• Give more than I receive and to be characterized by generosity
• Show courage in the face of challenge
• Be an example of dedication and commitment
• Share the privileges of leadership with those who follow me
• Give power away to those who can share in it responsibly and help the organization
• Use both my head and my heart when leading
• Manage my time according to my priorities
• Be the first to sacrifice when sacrifice is needed
• Make all short-term decisions with the long-term goals in mind
• Develop a successor
• Develop excellent communication skills
• Use a variety of means of influence
• Be the primary strategy setter for the organization
• Teach others
• Inspire others
• Keep my eye on the big picture
• Making the complex simple
• Motivate others
• Consider others as important as myself
• Identify future leaders
• Train and develop future leaders
• Regularly reward accomplishment
• Allow followers to fail in their attempts at growth and innovation
• Work leadership development into every level of the organization
• Have a clear vision
• Remain calm in difficult situations
• Keep a sense of humor
• Remove people from their position as soon as I know they need to go
• Empathize with others

 Chris Widener

As we prepare to elect new leaders in the forthcoming polls, let us watch out for some of these qualities. God Bless Nigeria

It's been a while....Register to Vote and Make your vote count

Compliments of the season to everyone (late though). It's been a tough past few weeks for me but I'm gradually getting back to normal. Hope Y'all enjoyed your holidays.

Party primaries have come and gone, some acclaimed free and fair and some accusing of imposition of candidates. The thing is we now have candidates.

As widely reported all over, voters registration started slowly but has picked up in most part of the country. For me I don't understand what the problem because for me I got registered yesterday and what I simply did was to go early enough, got my name written down and when it to my turn they were through in less than ten minutes. The only thing there is I was told to come back for the laminated printed copy.

However, in the past few days I've been having a hard time trying to convince people to why it is important to register. The truth is despite the popularity of the exercise (voters’ registration) most people still don't believe that their votes will count. These are youths who should be the most concerned about this whole electoral process, some agreed to registered but vowed to not to vote.

I implore everyone who's not registered to go and register to vote before the exercise closes in the next few days (heard it might be extended). The first step to encouraging rigging is refusing to register hereby giving chance for multiple registrations by riggers. Also after registering and you refuse to vote you also encouraging as the ballot paper printed for your use will be used to rig.

Let's all participate actively in this; whatever happens to our country lies in our hands. It belongs to us; no one will build it for us.

LONG LIVE NIGERIA!!!!!!!!!!!

The Power to say NO!!!

NO is a two letter word, probably one of the simplest in word formation  for a child, but the Fastest Escape Route from a snare which comes with attractive wrap.

We need to learn and note the right and appropriate time to Say No.

When a seeming blessing is not of God, say NO

When your freedom and Enjoyment will bring bondage or sorrow to another, say NO

When a cheap opportunity announces subsequent / ultimate “paralysis”, say NO

When an avowed enemy sets a table with toothpick, say NO

When a Red-Eye couples with white teeth, say NO

When a gift comes from a wrong owner, say NO

When you observe a swarm of flies around a jewel of gold, say NO

When the feather on your cap is coming from a neighbour’s tears, say NO

When a suspicious text appears on your cell phone, say NO

When a telephone discussion is getting too personal, say NO

When you take a subtle pledge for an illegitimate / unholy reward, say NO

When you must act what you are not, say NO

If examination success is from the wing of favour or any “arrangee”, say NO

When sex becomes the test of fruitfulness or trap to settle/confirm marriage vow, say NO

When abortion becomes the only option, even at marriage, say NO

When giving of a bribe is the only way out, say NO

When a stolen good is browsing for your custody or an article comes too cheap, say NO

The power to say NO lies within you and nobody else as nobody can make you inferior without your consent

A New Me

Sitting here with rap music bumping off my headphone. It's what I've always done, music has always been a part of me since my early teens. From song writing to poem writing to disc jockeying and attempted sound production.

The computer came and I put music aside, my book of lyrics was abandoned with unfinished songs, unfinished dreams, I had to let go of music for computer. The reason why I studied Computer Science. Almost a graduate now and I'm getting more interested in happenings around me, political events.

I see things go wrong and have the urge to make changes, I want to see things turn around but I can't. I'm incapacitated by various limitations and all I can do now is watch with keen interest, watch as situations unfold and also learn meaningful lessons from happenings around me.

I'll be writing more about political happenings around me even though some unfolding events get to bore and annoy me, I'll tackle them as much as I can.

Welcome to my world. ..

Oluwafisayo Oyeromade Ogunjimi

30/11/2010

A good name or silver and gold

I was in a bus some minutes ago and as the bus approached the mazamaza brigde, a discussion started between two women.
The first woman insisted that the road expansion going on is just a flash in the pan and that it will soon be abandoned. The second woman disagreed saying that will happen only if Gov. Fashola refuses to go for a second term term as he had earlier said.
The other woman agreed and added that if he eventually refuses to run, then his successor must have to be someone who will be ready to serve the people sincerely rather than his pocket saying that Gov. Fashola has won peoples' heart with his performance so far. She was however quick to add that she does not beleive that a credible election will ever take place that it is whoever those who are in power want that'll be. The other woman agreed and the conversation ended.
In other words, both women beleived in the ability of the state government to perform but had no belief in the electoral system of the country.
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) has made a name for himself in a short while, what have you done to leave a long lasting possible impression?