Four ways to make people listen

Flipping through the pages of the November 2009 O Magazine earlier today, I found this piece interesting, and thought I should share it. To get others to listen to you, John Gray, PhD says it all starts with noticing how others are reacting to you. The magazine highlighted four talking points summarized below.  (the original article can be found on pg 137.) People may stop listening to your ideas because your advice always sounds like criticism. When making suggestion, you should ask questions like “would you like to know what I think?”...

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Nigeria Ranks 158th in the 2009 Human Development Report

The UNDP released its 2009 edition of the Human Development Report recently with Nigeria ranked 158th out of 182 countries below Uganda and Lesotho and ahead of Togo, Malawi and Niger. Norway was ranked no. 1 on the list for the 7th time. The Statistics for Nigeria are below: Ranked 147th in Life Expectancy - 47.7years. Nigeria was just ahead of Congo DR, Guinea Bissau and Afghanistan. Ranked 112th in Adult Literacy Rate - 70%. Ahead of Mali and Madagascar. Ranked 114th in Human Poverty Index - 36.2 ahead of Mauritania and Burundi. Ranked...

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Chimamanda Adichie warns of the danger of a single story

Found this on TED. Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. my Point of View: While we may not need to understand all the cultures of the world to get by in this world, it is important that we rid ourselves of the belief that our story is the only story and as such the only way to see the world. (This also applies...

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4 Quick tips in Microsoft Office Word 2003

1. Convert Text to Table in MS Word – Assuming you had some bulleted texts with the words separated with commas on each line, e.g Seun, Tolade, July 21 Dotun, Daniel, July 16 Coleman, King, July 7 Joseph, Aparati, March 26 James, Talmond, October 7 To convert the following series of text to table: select the entire text > click on table on the Menu bar: select Convert; Text to Table (see result below). SeunToladeJuly 21 DotunDanielJuly 16 ColemanKingJuly 7 JosephAparatiMarch 26 JamesTalmondOctober 7 2.  Performing calculations...

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An Easy Way to Print Envelopes in Microsoft Word 2003 and older versions

An Easy Way to Print Envelopes in MS Word Printing envelopes can be pretty easy in MS Word. I imagine that you would find this tip useful when you don’t have your addresses typed into MS Word /Address Book or when you are just creating single envelopes (for mass mailing, it is advisable to use mail merge – this would be discussed in my future posts). Printing addresses on envelopes gives that professional touch to your work and ensures that you...

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Get rid of that belly fat

Want to have that great belly?   This exercise is great abdominal work - out for your excess belly fat whether you are a new mom or not. Even when you think your abdomen is aphrodisiac, its good to keep it that way by exercising. I tried it, it was intense but great. Try it at home for just 10 minutes.  This could give you 'That Posh Look' you earnestly desire. Let me know what you think! Email a frie...

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IMF-World Economic Outlook proposes steps to move Africa forward

The October 2009 edition of the World Economic Outlook published by the IMF says growth in Nigeria will slow to 2.9% in 2009 and expected to rebound to 5% in 2010. For Africa as a whole Real GDP growth is expected to decline to 13/4% in 2009 (it averaged 6% between 2004 & 2008) before accelerating to 4% in 2010. The reason for the slump in growth is as a result of collapse of global trade and disruptions in global financial markets. On the outlook for the Sub-Saharan African region, the report says "poverty could increase significantly as...

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Microsoft Office Tips & Techniques: Basic Shared Features

If you work in a corporate environment, then you probably have used any of the Standard Microsoft Office applications – MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Outlook. Despite the ready availability and popularity of this group of applications, I am not sure we utilize up to 50% of its capabilities which are meant to simplify business processes. MS Office tips and tricks would be providing you with ways and techniques to improve your knowledge of Office...

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