Dipo Tepede

For the past week, I have been getting calls and emails from guys who want more out of life rather than the 8-6, Mon-Fri, work cycle; I could detect frustration and hopelessness in their voice viz-a-viz the emails. I have been in this position several times in my life while in paid employment and most …

Last year, my daughter’s report card was brought to my table and I hurriedly perused it hoping to see a position. Alas! There was none. After a conscientious inquiry from the school, I was told she was 2nd in class. The first thing that came from my mouth was; “the person that came 1st in …

Francis Bacon describes knowledge as “Power” but this is very wrong in so many contexts because knowledge that is not personally applied over a period of time is simply a hypothesis. However, Applied Knowledge (aka Experience) actually breeds insight (or understanding) – a commodity worth it salt but is quite limited when compared to wisdom …

Playing a big part in someone achieving his or her dreams is actually priceless. Remember the first walk of your first child – the smile that radiates on your face truly comes from the heart. All the money in the world cannot buy such gift. This is the feeling I get when I get a …

It’s very easy to participate and win.  I remember an adage that said the numbers of friends you have determine your wealth but this adage does not really pan out in reality, as most wealthy people are loners without friends. However, I can tweak the adage a bit to make sense in reality; “the number …

If you are seriously looking for a corporate job, there are some important things to note:   Despite insinuations and perceptions, there are job vacancies everywhere but lack of “right” personnel to fill in the job. Employers are more eager to get the “right” person for the job than employees. Employers go all the way …

I woke up this morning (7th March, 2012) to a myriad of BirthDay wishes in my Facebook inbox. Thank you for being so kind. God has truly blessed me and has given me XX years life on earth. If anybody can accurately guess my age, I will give the person a Brand New Jumbo Washing …

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” E.E. Cummings     Its easy to blame it on peer pressure and even simpler to blame it …

The secret to contentment is gratitude; the word contentment does not connote giving up and embracing a static position but totally embracing your present position with a goal in mind. I realize that majority of pain comes from “keeping up with the joneses” syndrome – It just so difficult to see your peer progress while …

Kindly look at the picture above; I want you to focus on this picture for a while before proceeding to read this article. What do you see? If after looking at this picture, you do not see yourself then you are really doing what you do every day – ignoring your true calling. Apart from …