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Continue reading →: Characteristics of an opportunity you have to chase afterDepending on who is defining, an opportunity is a, when compared to alternatives, a seemingly easier solution to the realisation of elements in the item-lost of your desires, goals, vision, thoughts and mindset. As the one judging and assessing all options available, an opportunity emerges to you as shockingly easier.…
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Continue reading →: Navigating the gray areas of research ethicsOne of my posts in a subreddit r/Zimbabwe had a link to a Google Form questionnaire. I needed to have it filled in by citizens in my country who had some experience with internet banking because the study I was working on was mainly on adopters of the technology. The…
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Continue reading →: Social Pressures on Beliefs and ChoicesYour very own beliefs, mindset, ideals and values, no matter how distinct they are, are compromised by others’ own beliefs, mindset, etc. It’s a negative compromise, whereby these items are punished by society until you give yours up to tally with the society, social hurts. On the other side sit…
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Continue reading →: Invisible AI voices fuel the rise of digital hate
After terror attacks have been made, we often hear of a group behind it coming forward to claim responsibility. They do this with a lot of motives, one of them being seen. In fact, they identify themselves as terrorists and that’s how they want to be seen. Even, in some…
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Continue reading →: What is love? What is it’s purpose? How to love?Love is the most senseless of the products of the human senses. This nature of love allows it to be unconditional when there is a need for it to be. Love just like hate, does not have to be justified. The recipient does not have to deserve it. S/he is…
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Continue reading →: What sets apart morality from immorality? Lessons from Great minds.To Marcus Aurelius, good morals are in “modest and manly character.” The ancient Stoic praised his education which earned him “piety and beneficence, abstinence not only from evil deeds, but evil thoughts” and “simplicity in [the] way of living, far removed from the habits of the rich”. The Stoic’s approach…
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Continue reading →: Gender expectations, objectification and the societal loop lensSome men feel and think of women as sex objects, and nothing else. Not as contributors to half of humanity’s progress. Not as beings with constructive thoughts, touch, feelings and effort. Men in return are seen as pursuers of sexual pleasure and nothing else. I call this a loop in…
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Continue reading →: On preparedness and desperationHope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. Maya Angelou When I was reading a controversial novel “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown. There one of the characters in the narration of the author is said to…
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Continue reading →: Ali’s analogy of process to success without showI have been watching Mohammed Ali’s old clips in the ring. His opponent usually appears dominant from the start. Ali is on the defence dodging as many punches, and when he gets hit the punch is not that strong. In a sudden plot twist, Ali hammers the opponent when he…
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Continue reading →: What makes you learn from failureA solution is a product for a thought process. A thought process that leads to a solution is a product of an actual problem. The solution, the thought process and the actual problem leading to the solution must be discovered. They cannot exist before their discovery. But why do we…
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Continue reading →: Avoidance as non-decision: What makes a decision poor?There is no way to set apart a good decision from a bad one in most cases where you make a decision hoping that it will lead to something positive. Even when that decision does not lead to positive outcome, the intend makes it a good decision. These are the…
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Continue reading →: Cheaters still want us because they see us as valuable, not attractiveI just found a reason why some people decide to cheat, then come back begging their original partners to stay when side relationships go burst. A cheater wakes up with one reality after all the adventure of seeking alternative options to the original partner… that s/he can’t live without a…
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Continue reading →: From mentor to misleader: How mentors by recognition turn bad?
When a mentor becomes one, as I stated previously, he is one because the mentored has recognised him as one. The mentor I have in mind here, however, provides his services, per long-term and is unpaid: At least that’s what we observe from the first known man in history from…
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Continue reading →: Internalised and self-imposed Anti-Blackness
A Reddit user based in London posted in r/Zimbabwe that he was changing his name and surname to an English one— preferably, his girlfriend’s second name for the latter. Zimbabwean surnames are quite distinct from “Smith” or “Green”. One might be Tinotenda Dzambacheka (male or female), Sihle Ndlovu (female) or…
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Continue reading →: Negatives of Attention Dependency and Approval on Social MediaNarcissism, defining our self-worth, and validation has always been a part of human nature; however social media has created digital and seemingly endless means of having our basic needs for acceptance met. Attention addiction has increased relevance in today’s social media environment. Edwards, F. (2017). An investigation of attention-seeking behaviour…
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Continue reading →: The cycle of consumption: From Life to Death and BeyondDuring the course of the human life, consumption is one of the main activities from which causes other activities in one’s life. Consumption is one of the reasons why we educate ourselves, be skilled, find a job or any undertakings which may lead us to any tools for consumption such…
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Continue reading →: On cartoon shows in profits driven age and parental controlSince an ulcer was ravaging my internals, I needed someone to look over me. As a bachelor with a landlord at his place he had learnt to detest, I finally accepted my well-wishers’ offer to come and stay at their place until recovery. These were the same people paying for…
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Continue reading →: On rethinking wealth creation and challenges of African migrantsI opened a subreddit where my countrymen and women, the few who are fortunate enough to afford smartphones (even the cheapest ones) and the invention called the internet, share their thoughts and ask for advice. Wow, for the moment I thought, live in a world where the few chosen ones…
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Continue reading →: On incompatibility in romantic relationshipsShe wants to be serviced as a fleet. So I give her a one-sided service. She lays on the bed facing upwards like a baby who needs a diaper change. She can’t be undressed yet because this positioning begs me to tickle her—a procedure that must be done well by…
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Continue reading →: The Art of Meaningful Sacrifice: Strategies for Hard Work and EnduranceThe strategy that compensates for lack: The world is attracted to persons incredibly shooting the ball out of the 18-yard box, role models amassing a record following on social media and so on. On the stories of years or decades labouring on an invention like Nakamura’s breakthrough blue led contribution…
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Continue reading →: A bachelor’s tale on morality, virginity and conservatism.At 19:00hrs, 15 September, a knock found me planning for the proceedings of a long night. I felt angry hearing the voice of the landlord summoning me for a briefing. An unknown had spoiled the bathrooms and it was the property owners’ duty to stop him before furtherance of his…
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Continue reading →: The iPhone Movement: A Cult of Exclusivity, Reality Bending and Kidney SellingA local store in Ukraine was giving away an iPhone 7 plus to the first twenty people to change their names to iPhone 7 just after its release. Moved by the news, Olexander Turin (then 20) legally ceased to be known by such a bad name after changing it to…
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Continue reading →: A declassified letter examining own mistakes in love, Feb24Case: Concerning the current girlfriend, otherwise known as VEE in the Diary Subject Me. There is need to look into yourself before you judge the girl as bad for your tastebuds of love. It is also wise to deal with all the facts resulting in the downhill trend the graph…
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Continue reading →: Mastering the Process of Becoming VictoriousThis motivational article is written for the only person in this world who calls him/herself “me”. It may be you. Listen! You are the only person in this world who calls yourself “me”. This means you are a unique signature in a sea of Eight Billion others. I don’t want…
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Continue reading →: When values hold you backJust as I was doing my midnight ironing to utilise electricity which usually departs at 4 or 5 am—an invisible hand which I blamed for stopping me from building good habits due to the times we normally have it on the twenty-four-hour chart here—a not-so-rare memory with a usual thought…
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Continue reading →: Minds as gold mines: On success, thinking, failure and positivityI love a statement from Napoleon Hill, “More gold has been mined from the thought of man than has been ever taken from earth.” The thought is the core—an excel every advance at the individual level revolves. Advances at human level makes a civilisation. It is no accident that the…
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Continue reading →: What happens when you stop a lover from complainingHow do you stop him/her? There are times when you unknowingly prevent your lover from saying something vital to you. Just telling him/her words like “you are being talkative these days,” you have prevented some not only the complaints but vital communication from reaching you. No one wants to be…
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Continue reading →: Hammer and Anvil Tactic: Empowering Others for Strategic SuccessThe article provides an explanation of the anvil and hammer tactic and its application in both warfare and helping others succeed. It also emphasises the importance of empowering others and identifying potential for growth.
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Continue reading →: Looking good and feeling empty: The unseen costs of social pressureFeeling good and looking good: The two things are not interchangeable. While feeling good is strictly a matter of your interior business, looking good is external. Feeling is all about your emotional well being regardless of how you look. Looking good is all about your physical and outward appearance and,…
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Continue reading →: There is no passion contagious as that of fear ~ Michel De MontaigneIn an essay titled Of the Uncertainty of Our Judgement, that’s where Michel De Montaigne (1533-1592) wrote, “there being no passion so contagious as that of fear, that is so easily believed, or that so suddenly diffuses itself.” The understanding here is fear is a force. To solidify the argument…
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Continue reading →: Business Inspiration from the life of Steve Jobs, Founder at AppleA video titled “Steve Jobs Unveils the iPhone in 2007” was posted on a Facebook Page. The followers, composed mostly of iPhone haters like me, littered the comment section, accusing Jobs of copying and pasting ideas and then going on to make a name for his own as an innovator…
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Continue reading →: Good Advice: A wise approach to guiding you and othersThe article highlights the importance of not imposing advice onto others and emphasises the need for individuals to independently mature and grow. It stresses the importance of understanding the advised person’s unique life and intentions, and how good advisors shouldn’t aim to control or manipulate the advised. Instead, they should…
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Continue reading →: Building habits with limited resources and infrastructureUnexpectedly, the topic of habits filtered its way into the discussion I was having with someone, just after referring to James Clear’s Atomic Habits. The conversation exposed me. In the world of habits, I felt naked. If I had any habits they were in place to cover up a few…
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Continue reading →: Controlled Chaos: A Personal Journey of Resilience and Self-DiscoveryI feel like I am a character in a game recklessly being skipped through obstacles, hitting some, losing all my vigour only to be saved by a dose of life seconds before I die. After a day spent running on four slices of bread, a day preceding one I slept…
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Continue reading →: Turning Failure into Business Growth: Key Lessons for SuccessYou need to learn from failure. You need to know how to learn from failure. But the conversion of failure into growth is the part where what you have learned from failure is applied in the things and business in your life and leads to growth. Failure at that point…
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Continue reading →: How to learn from failureLearning, is (i) being taught (ii) teaching yourself. This means that you must, as you have no choice, learn in and outside curricula, through the formed and the unformed. Failure is a vital point of reference you need as you teach yourself. It is part of the unformed that does…
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Continue reading →: On Vagetius’ and fighting for what you desire, success and peaceI have been negotiating with the city to treat me like one of it’s better citizens, I mean those who are taxed after spending their profits. Those who leave the government with no access to other figures they make except the net profit. I have been asking the city to…
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Continue reading →: On luck, its roles on success and utilising itWhen people are out there explaining how they got successful. They tell the world how hardworking and smart they are. But all the hard work and smart work are just man-made devices that sail the seas of impossibility upon pre-existing flotsam of luck. For record holders like Usain Bolt, being…
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Continue reading →: On focus, peripheral vision and downsides of patienceI realised I needed what I called a lost-and-found approach in an article on imagination and creativity to spark my creativity. I have since adopted the tactic as a measure to escape writer’s block. Using the tactic, I let myself worry not when I find myself with nothing to write.…
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Continue reading →: Functional saving—capital-raising methods I learnedThe actual banks have enough structures to preserve savings cash for us but this is not true for all the citizens in the world. The question is not on “where” you put your cash when saving but on “how” you save your cash and for what reason. To save functionally,…
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Continue reading →: Take advice that is only worth having!“Advice is the only thing that is freely given away,” read a line in Cason’s book, “But watch that you take what is only worth having.” The cheaper a thing becomes, the easier it becomes for anyone to access it. Now, when a thing becomes free, it means what you…
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