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All I want is to be free! Have you ever heard someone use this phrase? I certainly have, and I have said it myself. Many people, from different generations, have expressed this desire. We all want to be free from something. I remember craving freedom from my parents’ protective hands while growing up. When IContinue reading “WHY MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT FREE: Freedom vs. Slavery”

Growth is the process through which a person increases his or her spiritual, emotional, cognitive, and skill capacities via learning, experiences, and introspection. In order to do this, one must actively seek out and take on new challenges, develop new skills, and nurture character traits that lead to personal growth and fulfillment in general. AtContinue reading “WHAT YOU MUST KNOW IF YOU CRAVE FOR GROWTH: The come-at-able well vs Inaccessible well.”

I will like to kick start this writeup by stating that nobody was created to be a failure, everybody was born with the ability to be great. Dr. Benjamin Carson in one of his interviews stated that anybody can do great things as long as they have brains.  TABULA RASA  This is the state ofContinue reading “WHY SOME KIDS PERFORM BETTER THAN OTHERS ACADEMICALLY: Self-confidence vs intelligent quotient”

Before now, we used to see the game ‘’chess” as a game meant only for the rich folks, the privileged smart ones. This is because they are the ones that can afford a chess board. But recently in Africa, that seems to be changing. But before diving deep into this, let us take a lookContinue reading “THE BIRTH OF UNEXPECTED CHAMPIONS: How chess is changing lives in Africa.”

Tupac Amaru Shakur, better known by his stage name 2Pac, released a powerful and controversial song in 1991 called “Brenda got a baby.” In the intro of the song he said “I heard Brenda’s got a baby but Brenda barely got a brain (she was just 12) a big shame because she can hardly spellContinue reading “BRENDA GOT A BABY CALLED LESSELY: The inevitable fate of most children.”

My twin brother called me one lovely morning; it was the first time we had spoken in a few months, so there was definitely a lot of catching up to do. Just as he was ready to end our lengthy talk, he asked, “Bro, did you hear about what happened to Samuel?”  Samuel Tochukwu wasContinue reading “HOW TO HEAL FROM EMOTIONAL INJURIES| 5 reasons why we must not bottle it up. “

I have read an intriguing article titled “My father, my mother’s love”  After reading and considering this material, I came to the conclusion that I knew just a little about the influence families have on their children’s lives. In this sense, the term “family” refers to one’s immediate family as well as their extended family,Continue reading “WHEN KIDS DONT GET ENOUGH LOVE: How love deficiency affects human beings and the role of parenting.”

When I was in school (college), I used to be envious and jealous of a girl by the name Judith Chikaodi, not for any particular reason other than the fact that she was so brilliant, smart, talked with so much courage, and that she never shied away from bringing up her mother in any conversation.Continue reading “HOW HUMANS LEARN: The 4 cadres of knowledge.”