By Tayo Olarewaju     Self-esteem is how we feel about ourselves, and our behavior will clearly reflect those feelings. A positive self esteem is crucial to later success in life. A positive self-esteem is really one’s view of one’s self and it is a major ingredient to happiness and success in life. A positive [...]

Picture yourself in a stress management workshop. The speaker approaches the podium with a glass of water in her hand. “Okay,” you think (along with every other participant), “I know what this is about. She wants to highlight the importance of optimism in keeping stress levels low. She’s going to ask, ‘Is this glass half [...]

by Kathlyn Eyitemi We’ve all heard it before, “throw out those old clothes. Buy smaller clothes that don’t fit so you can work your body into them”. But after many attempts at weight loss, what do we do? Ignore the treadmill, throw in the towel and revert to that old familiar diet that felt so [...]

By Tayo Olarewaju   The commencement address Steve Jobs (the former CEO of Apple and Pixar animation) gave on the 12th of June 2005 at Stanford University remains particularly poignant given his recent death and rings especially true at this time. Going through the speech there are different lessons in it for parents. Below are [...]

By Adeleke Adeyemi   The g-factor The verdict is in and it provides empirical evidence for the Yoruba saying that ‘the vulture — gunugun – never dies young’: To lower your cancer risk, and thus avert early death, pray to lose hair prematurely. Men who lose their hair by the age of 30 could be [...]

By Adetola Asabo     It is a common phrase that is often said that “It is a man’s world”. This might be true more in Africa than in the West but it cannot be denied that the male species have it better than the female in a lot of instances. Some cultures even have [...]

By Folake Jeremiah     “Are you saying there are rules associated with eating? Oh please!!! Let me eat my food and get it over it…” I can hear some people mutter the above statement to themselves but what they fail to understand is that there are certain rules that every way of life must [...]

  By Tolu Abiola-Lawal   You have been looking forward to your dream holiday, maybe even saved up for it…like most of us have to and then you finally get there only to find yourself faced with decisions you have to make that may ultimately determine just how pleasant the memories of the place will [...]

By Tolu Abiola-Lawal   Are you planning a family holiday?? That’s great, as you most certainly deserve one, not to mention that you’ve earned it… with all your hard work! To ensure you make the most of that well deserved family holiday, there however are a number of things to consider when planning one, and [...]

By Yemi Sanusi He had tried, really tried, to “toast” me, as they say, but I wouldn’t budge. I was just plain tired of all of them – tall, short, thin, fat, dark, fair. I was simply fed up with his ilk: all smoke and no substance. Yes, I know it: I’m breathtakingly beautiful, thank [...]