Just Thinking

Yea, I said it! I am asking all workaholics to come out of the closet!! If you read the title of this post and immediately thought, I am not a workaholic, then you most probably are so please read on. I have designed a five question survey using my patented, very unscientific process to prove to you and everyone who reads this post that we are all indeed workaholics.   If you answer yes to more than one of the questions below then no doubt you are most definitely a workaholic. Do you constantly feel sleep deprived? Or worse, believe 4 hours of sleep per night is normal? Do you have one or two recovery strategies for sleep deprivation (coffee, tea, coca cola, yoga or a cold shower)? Do you randomly remember things you need to do for work when eating, sleeping, hanging out with friends or getting laid? Do you get pissed off when you don't finish your to do list? Are you laughing and nodding right now? Yup! Its confirmed, you are indeed a workaholic. Congratulati...

In about 11 hours 30 minutes, I will be a year older. Each year around my birthday I typically think of a gift to give myself and so I decided to finally publish this article which I have been mulling over for weeks as a birthday gift to myself. If you think that's strange, you need to get to know me better 😀 Here goes! Up until just recently, my entire career has been spent in the Nigerian Banking Industry, with the latter part of my banking experience spent catering to the Retail Banking segment across a couple of banks. In that time I began to crave a new banking experience for the Nigerian Financial Industry because I could see, touch and smell all the possibilities we have available, its like dying of thirst while taking a swim in clear, fresh water.  Over the years, this craving has crystallized into a dream for the future of banking in Nigeria. I am not Martin Luther King but I have a dream! I have a dream for banks in Nigeria!!  I...

"The trouble with love is.... It can tear you up inside, make your heart believe a lie, its stronger than your pride. The trouble with love is.... It doesn't care how fast you fall and you can't refuse the call, See you've got no say at all." - Love Actually Soundtrack performed by Kelly Clarkson I love romantic comedies, love songs and the likes. Love Actually is one of my all time favorites. Sometimes I just want to listen to a good old melancholy love song with a glass of red wine and my phone switched off. However, at other times, I can't help but fault some of the prevalent "love notions". I have got no say at all? Really? Like Love is some cataclysmic event that you have no control over and which can potentially ruin your life. I honestly think it comes down to our general tendency to blame someone else or something else for our choices and decisions. Love is a choice pure and simple. And when you do choose to love, do it truly ...