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May 14, 2020
The Challenges of Leadership in Crisis Situations. Lessons of COVID-19 [21]
Experience is measured by what you have overcome in your pursuit of set objectives. Leadership is the ability to be ahead of your circumstances, challenges, emotions, and those around you […]
Published on May 14, 2020 08:09
May 13, 2020
Tribute To The Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria. Lessons of COVID-19 [20]
Maturity leads to insight and understanding. Maturity should, ideally lead to intellectual independence and the ability to analyse issues from different perspectives based on understanding. Maturity is the ability to […]
Published on May 13, 2020 08:18
May 12, 2020
Identify Yourself. Lessons of COVID-19 [19]
I have spent so much time watching and studying how people reacted, and still react to the COVID-19 pandemic. No matter the nation or subnational entity, the response will fall […]
Published on May 12, 2020 03:25
May 10, 2020
I Married My Wife For The Wrong Reasons. Lessons of COVID-19 [18]
I have been married for 35 years now, but during the recent lockdown, I discovered that I married my wife for the very wrong reasons. Like most young men, I […]
Published on May 10, 2020 01:03
May 9, 2020
Irresponsibility and Crisis Management. Lesson 6.1 of COVID-19
One of the lessons we must learn from the COVID-19 crisis is that leadership cannot be on party basis. Leadership cannot be zoned. You can zone political offices, but the […]
Published on May 09, 2020 11:51
Life and Living: Constantly Pushing The Reset Button [Lesson 17]
Nothing is constant in life except change. You cannot step into the same river twice, according to an author. The water flowing through the river is constantly changing. The banks […]
Published on May 09, 2020 08:07
May 6, 2020
The True Nigerian Spirit. Lessons Of COVID-19 [16]
I was pleasantly surprised that the research into the drug, Remdesivir, to treat coronavirus, was coordinated by a Nigerian and an alumnus of my medical school, the College of Medicine, […]
Published on May 06, 2020 12:35
May 5, 2020
Rule Over This Virus Now or it Will Ruin Many. Lessons Of COVID-19 [15]
I recently wrote about the metamorphosis of the novel coronavirus infection from an imported disease to an endemic disease. As I stated in the write up, it was initially a […]
Published on May 05, 2020 03:50
May 4, 2020
Minimalism: A New Reality. Lessons Of COVID-19 [14]
During the lockdown period, I found out that I really did not need most of the activities that drain my time and energy to enjoy life and living. Minimalism involves […]
Published on May 04, 2020 08:11
May 3, 2020
The Metamorphosis Of COVID-19 To A Catastrophe For The Poor. [Lesson 13]
Andrew Cuomo’s statement that the poorest usually pay the highest price in a crisis situation is likely to play out in Nigeria, Africa, and even the United States of America. […]
Published on May 03, 2020 10:33