Introverts work extrovert jobs and slay it. Don’t be deceived. Growing up, I wanted to become certain things at different times. These things I’d wanted to be even when I didn’t know that I am introverted. If I remember correctly, the first thing I wanted to be was a pastor, this dream died when I […]
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle
5 Tips for a Better Work-life Balance
The first time I heard about the struggle employees make to achieve work-life balance, I reassured myself that the experience is one struggle I’d never relate to. I was in secondary school and never understood. Just a month after going back to full-time employment, I’m this close to being burned out. I’m terribly struggling with […]
Luxury Brands: Millennials’ Taste and The Way Forward by Emmanuel Ifegwu
Luxury can be seen to be a state of great comfort or elegance, especially, when involving great expense. In fashion, however, it’s more than that. In addition to comfort and elegance, luxury is exclusivity, satisfaction and status. Through the ages and across cultures, luxury fashion brands have successfully offered value, elegance and status to the […]
Leadership in Transformation by Gracious Ogoun
Leadership cannot be defined in simple terms because it has so many components. Leadership has a myriad of traits and an effective and ethical leader must embody a combination of these traits that would make people motivated to follow his/her direction. Don Martin in his book ‘Tram Think” says a leader’s success can be judged […]
Who is to Blame for my Inability to Speak my Native Language? by Gracious Ogoun
Speaking the English language wasn’t a problem for any of us. We grew up feeling really comfortable speaking the language, and we did speak it well. But there were times my mum would say things in another language, we didn’t bother to listen, because it wasn’t what we knew. At other times dad’s siblings will […]
Nigerians are Africa’s Sixth Happiest People by Gracious Ogoun
Nigeria, the home of my fore-bearers, the place where I was born, raised and learnt to be me, the place where I learnt to believe that nothing comes easy and you need to work your fingers to the bones to make it, you could get lucky (if you are an ardent socialist) or you could […]
7 Fashion Essentials For The Rainy Season
The rainy season is my best season of the year. And I’m glad it’s that time of the year again. One of the best memories of my childhood was standing by the window to watch it rain. For a lot of people my age, theirs could be running around in the rain. Growing up, that […]
Legacy: A Fashion Commentary on Classics
Pause! Quick questions, please? What are you wearing? Why are you wearing that? Is it an expression of your individuality; your values; your love for details or more? Oh, you never thought of those? Let me help you. Patek Philippe’s generational adverts have this line, “You never actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look […]
7 Tips to Eat Healthy on a Budget by Chef Daniel
It is shocking (well maybe not) that more than 10% of the world population is currently obese and that since 1975 the worldwide obesity has nearly tripled. The numbers keep increasing which explains why more people are starting to eat healthy. A lot of us think that it is expensive to eat healthy. Even when […]
A Lonely Christmas can be Merry
What does Christmas mean to you? What makes Christmas special for you? Have you had a lonely Christmas before? No, never? I thought so too, until today. I saw it coming. But it never dawned on me how lonely it will get. It’s a thing – lonely Christmas. This would be my first ever Christmas […]