MONTHLY RECAP || LOOKING BACK AT AUGUST

Happy new month guys!

Thank God for bringing us to September 2016. Fast isn't it?

I decided to start a monthly recap on the blog sharing my favourites in the past month, lessons all other little things. I hope you enjoy this new section. Let’s get to it.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

·       I invested some money into buying some money into buying hair extensions to gain extra cash in school.

·       I finally bought a tripod. (You don’t want to know about my handmade tripod).

·       Mom gave me a 2016 year planner. (I know its kind of late to be getting a 2016 year planner but it is a good start towards organizing my life).

I am hoping and working towards greater achievements in September.

MY QUOTE OF THE MONTH:

“It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.”- Steve Jobs

TRAVEL:

I travelled to Nigeria in august and stayed home for half of august.

I also travelled to Benin Republic for my older brother’s convocation in a night bus and it was my first time travelling in a night bus. I vlogged my experiences. If you haven’t watched it, then you should and don’t forget to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my YouTube channel.

I also travelled back to China. It was a very stressful journey and I had 15 hours transit at Ataturk international airport, Istanbul.

YOUTUBE UPDATE:

Currently have 72 subscribers.

I am working on improving my channel with some new tips I learnt.

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BOOKS READ:

I made a post here about 10 books I was reading that can change your life for good. To be honest guys, I wasn’t able to read all. I read only one. *embarrassed face.

·       Good leaders ask great questions by John C. Maxwell.

Also reading my Bible more often and hope to create a special connection with God for without him I am nothing.

August was good month I received a wish bone chain as a friendship chain from a friend whom I never thought I meant that much to. Thank you Ezra!

GOALS FOR SEPTEMBER:

·       To be more consistent on my blog and YouTube channel.

·       To develop an everyday study habit.

·       To move into an apartment.

·       To eat more of self cooked food than buying food outside. (It saves money and reduces the risks of getting sick from eating unhealthy and unclean food.)

           How was your august?

       Any special goals and plans for September?

What do you think about the monthly recap?

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          TEENAH

HOW TO PREPARE FOR EXAMS; MY TOP 5 TIPS

Hello lovelies!

It is that time of the year again. “Exam period” If you have already written your finals then you can use this to prepare for your next examinations but if you are still preparing like me, I hope these help you. These are my basic tips for preparing for my exams.

v Know what reading method works for you and stick with it. Some people understand better in a quiet place, some by taking notes, some by being asked questions and various other ways.

v Create a detailed study timetable and stick to it. When making the time table, include all your minor daily activities like laundry, meals, shopping etc. Everything should be scheduled so you have enough time to study without distractions.

v A lot of us complain about lacking motivation to study. I advice you study with friends sometimes. Not just any friend but the type that are willing to learn so they can drag you up on your lazy days. 

v Teach others. Be willing to teach others what you have already studied. It helps you understand better and can also be corrected if you are wrong or if you left out a point.

vDon’t be over confident. If you don’t study, you won’t pass. Study in details, don’t try to predict the questions and only choose a part to study. Always remember that while you are sleeping, other people are studying.

If these were useful to you, be sure to leave a comment and share with others.

Thanks for reading.

                                   TEENAH

NO TO SMOKING || KOSY UGWUMADU

My Name is Kosy Ugwumadu . I'm a Nigerian medical student at Liaoning Medical University China. I love photography, fashion, art and medicine.

2 years ago, I found myself in China, a country with the largest number of smokers. I was tempted to start but my love for my family and loved ones made me avoid this Epidemic. YES! "Epidemic”, “WHO” tagged it an Epidemic. Tobacco users need help to quit. 

Studies show that few people understand the specific health risks of tobacco use. For example, a 2009 survey in China revealed that only 38% of smokers knew that smoking causes coronary heart disease and only 27% knew that it causes stroke. Among smokers who are aware of the dangers of tobacco, most want to quit. 

Counselling and medication can more than double the chance that a smoker who tries to quit will succeed.

BEFORE YOU LIGHT THAT CIGARETTE READ THE FOLLOWING

 *Thousands of people stop smoking a day – by dying from it.

 *The best way to quit is to never start. Smokers don’t grow old…they die young…

 *Smoking is like cutting onions…it affects you and the people beside you.

 *Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide.

*To know more about LUNG cancer….keep SMOKING!!

*Long life or cigarettes? You choose.

 *If you’re thinking about smoking think again.

 *Don’t try to stop smoking. Just stop smoking.

 *If we lose the battle against tobacco, we will lose the war against cancer.

 *The more you smoke, the cigarette gets shorter and your life gets shorter too.

12 QUICK FACTS ABOUT SMOKING

1. Smoking causes 1 in every 5 deaths in the U.S. every year.

2. Every cigarette you smoke reduces your expected life span by 11 minutes.

3. A single cigarette contains over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer.

 4. About 69% of smokers want to quit completely.

5. Exposure to Second-hand smoke causes nearly 50,000 deaths each year in the U.S. alone.

6. More than a third of the world's smokers are Chinese.

7. Over 30% of cancer could be prevented by avoiding tobacco and alcohol, having a healthy diet and physical activity.

 8. 8.6 million people in the U.S. live with a serious illness caused by smoking.

 9. The Chinese smoking population is higher than the entire population of the U.S.

10. Smoking makes the risk of a heart attack 200% to 400% greater than that of non smokers.

11. Cigar and pipe smoking is every bit as dangerous as cigarette smoking, and possibly even more dangerous.

12. Smoking makes breasts sag faster than normal by breaking down a protein in the skin called elastin, which gives youthful skin its elastic appearance and supports the breast.

So if you are planning to start, be smart don't start.

 If you are already smoking, put it out before it puts you out.

Smoking kills, QUIT NOW...Your life depends on it.

                                                                          

17 GREAT QUOTES/GREAT PEOPLE THAT INSPIRE ME

Hello friends!

How are you all doing? It has been a while but I am here now. Today I want to share 17 quotes by entrepreneurs, public speakers and more that inspire me, motivate me to move forward and know I can always do better than I can imagine. These are powerful quotes and there are a lot more out there but these are still working for me in my academic life, my social life, my financial life and more. I couldn't resist sharing with you all.  If you like these quotes please feel free to comment and share other great quotes that inspire you. Also share on other social networks to reach out to other people.

1.“PEOPLE THINK I AM JOKING WHEN I SAY THAT WHOEVER EXPERIMENTS THE MOST IN LIFE WINS.” – TAI LOPEZ

If you have an idea, experiment it. You will never know if it will be successful or not if you don’t try. It is better than regretting.

2.“THE BIGGEST RISK IN LIFE IS NOT TAKING ANY RISK. IN A WORLD THAT IS CHANGING REALLY QUICKLY, THE ONLY STRATEGY THAT IS GUARANTEED TO FAIL IS NOT TAKING RISKS.” – MARK ZUCKERBERG

3. “MOVE OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE. YOU CAN ONLY GROW IF YOU ARE WILLING TO FEEL AWKWARD AND UNCOMFORTABLE WHEN YOU TRY SOMETHING NEW.” – BRIAN TRACY

4. “IF YOUR FAITH SAYS YES, GOD CANNOT SAY NO.” – MARTINA AIKI

A popular Bible verse Matthew 17: 20 He replied, "Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

I like to say I quoted this because I wrote this quote a long time ago and it increased my faith and worked wonders for me.

If you have a business plan or any plan, you need to believe in it. You cannot start up a business plan having doubts about your products. Whatever you want to try out in life, believe in it and in yourself.

5.  “IF YOU ARE NOT FIRST, YOU ARE LAST” – GRANT                CARDONE

Nobody is interested in who is second when there is someone first. Work hard until you are the best. In my school, there are people who are only interested in getting 60, the pass mark and just relax. I cannot be that way for as long as I know I can do better, I continue to push harder. Nobody wants the person getting 60 when someone else is getting 99. Remove the mentality that you just need to get the pass mark or you just need to be able to feed your family. You can continue to do better so why set a limit? If Bill Gates had a set a limit for his achievements don’t you think he would have crossed it years ago?

6.    “AS LONG AS YOU KEEP WAKING UP IN THE MORNING, IT IS AN EVIDENCE THAT HE IS NOT DONE WITH YOU YET” – STEVE HARVEY

If he is not done with you yet then why are you giving up?

7.    “IF YOU ARE HAVING A HARD TIME STICKING TO A SCHEDULE OR YOU PROCRASTINATE ALOT, THERE IS A SIMPLE SOLUTION. REDUCE THE TIME. DO LESS BUT BE MORE CONSISTENT. – TAI LOPEZ

8.    “YOU WILL NOT HAVE A SUCCESSFUL LIFE AROUND NEGATIVE PEOPLE.” – GRANT CARDONE

9.    “AT THE END OF THE DAY, MOST PEOPLE ARE SELFISH AND SEE YOU AS A MEANS TO AN END. BUT A FEW WILL BUILD WITH YOU. FIND THOSE FEW.”- TAI LOPEZ

Choose your friends wisely. I wrote about obvious ways to identify fake friends CLICK HERE

10.              “WHILE YOU ARE SLEEPING, SOMEONE ELSE IS TRAINING TO BECOME BETTER.” –TAI LOPEZ

11.              “PRACTICE UNTIL YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO BE IGNORED.” – TAI LOPEZ

12.              “YOU CAN GET MOST THINGS YOU WANT IN LIFE. IT’S JUST THAT MOST GOALS WILL TAKE ONE OR TWO YEARS LONGER THAN EXPECTED. BE PATIENT.” – TAI LOPEZ

13.              “IF SOMEONE HAD TO THINK OF SOMETHING THAT REMINDED THEM OF YOU, WHAT WILL IT BE? – DR  MYLES MUNROE

14.              “THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO AVOID CRITICISM: DO NOTHING, SAY NOTHING, BE NOTHING.” – ARISTOLE

People will always criticize but you cannot decide to do nothing and become a “nobody” because you don’t want people to criticize you.

15.              “JEALOUSY IS A GOOD INDICATION YOU ARE DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. PEOPLE NEVER GET JEALOUS OF LOSERS.” – RANDOM

16.              “THE PEOPLE, WHO ARE CRAZY ENOUGH TO THINK THEY CAN CHANGE THE WORD, ARE THE ONES WHO DO.” – STEVE JOBS

17.              “DO NOT READ SUCCESS STORIES, YOU WILL ONLY GET THE MESSAGE. READ FAILURE STORIES, YOU WILL GET SOME IDEAS TO SUCCESS.” – ABDUL KALAM

I hope you find a few quotes that can also inspire you from these.  Thanks for reading.

7 TIPS ON HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC AND ACE IT

Hello friends!

It’s been a while, hope you all are doing good? School resumes tomorrow and it is going to be an excellent semester. I decided to share my 7 tips for public speaking to help those of you who are not able to speak in public, to encourage you and inform you that you can get better.

I also made a video on public speaking, I advice you watch it and learn from some of my life experiences I shared. 

1.    VISUALIZATION

When you need to talk to an audience, the first tip I recommend is visualize. Think about what you want to achieve at the end of the talk; answering questions, giving advice, people looking up to you and wanting to listen to you again. Visualizing what you want to achieve, will encourage you to work toward achieving it.

2.    KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE

Identify the type of people you are talking to and direct your talk in the way that affects their lives. For instance, you are to talk to farmers about how to be successful. You cannot tell them to read their books or study hard and pass their exams. Although this is needed to be successful, but not to farmers.

3.    YOUR MESSAGE/CONTENT

Do your research and have adequate knowledge to give your talk. Nobody wants to be asked a question and cannot answer because they don’t know the answer. It is very embarrassing.

Your message should be brief and direct. Deliver a clear message to your audience.

Do not recite. Understand your topic and let it flow while you are talking. Have an outline and use bullet points to show your important points and key words to help your remember.

Use humour and life experiences to keep it lively and to enable people understand how your speech can apply to their lives.

4.    PRACTICE

Practice your speech. I don’t advice to practice in front of a mirror because you can get distracted by how beautiful or handsome you are or that might be when you notice you have a pointed nose. I advice you practice in front of camera and watch it so you can notice your flaws and correct them. You can also practice in small gatherings or with friends who are willing to help you and who give you constructive criticism. Any opportunity you have to talk in front of people, use it. Public speaking is a skill, you get better by practising.

5.    DRESS WELL

Dress well and give a very good first impression. Some people judge you by your looks so dress irresistibly and also maintain a good posture while you speak in order not to look dumb.

6.    EASE YOUR NERVOUSNESS

Know what makes you calm and do it. It might be hand gestures or pauses in your speech to take a deep breath. Just stay relaxed. Everybody gets nervous but the ability to control it when speaking is what makes them different.

7.    BE YOURSELF

You can’t be anybody else. If you follow the tips I have listed above, it is enough to make a good speech. You are capable, you just have to let it flow and do it your way. You cannot dance into the stage because you saw someone else do it and was applauded when you cannot dance well.

PRACTICE UNTIL YOU ARE TOO GOOD TO BE IGNORED!

Thanks for reading!

VALENTINE'S DAY GIFT IDEAS FOR YOUR LOVER

Valentine’s Day is almost here. I know it is about three weeks from now but we also want to take our time and pick out the right gifts for our lovers. So I usually get questions like what do you think I can get for her or him for valentines'? So I did a little research and I have a list of gift items and ideas for you. If there is anything you think will also make a good Valentine’s Day gift, feel free to share in the comment.

FOR HIM

CUFFLINKS AND DRESSING ACCESSORIES 

 

SHOES

TIES

    

HIS FAVOURITE WINE WRAPPED IN SILK

SPEAKER

BOXERS UNDERWEAR

PERFUME

JERSEY

SHAVING KIT

SUN GLASSES

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT YOU

These are few gift items I have listed for him.

You mustn't buy him exactly these items. These are just my ideas. You know your lover; if he likes sports you can buy him jersey or sport shoes. If he is the shirt and tie kind of guy, you can buy him brogues or Monk straps etc.  You can modify my ideas to suit the personality of partner.

OTHER ITEMS 

  Ø Shirts

  Ø Cards

  Ø Cook him a special meal.

  Ø  Take him to see his Favourite movie

FOR HER

ALARM CLOCK

CUSTOMIZED THROW PILLOW

TEDDY BEAR

 FLOWERS

MAKE-UP

  

JEWELLERY

    

PERFUME

 COUPLE WRISTWATCH

   

VALENTINE'S CARD

DRESS FOR YOUR DATE 

SHOES

   

COUPLE MUGS

ROMANTIC DATE

CHOCOLATES

NIGHT WEAR

These are the few items for her. You can also add whatever you want or what you have noticed she really needs.

Thanks for reading and don't forget to follow me.

                   P.S- These are not my pictures. They were taken from pages of the Internet.