Lessons to Learn Before You Turn 30

1.Develop A Skill And Perfect It

The most successful people everywhere in the world look back to decisions they made in their twenties as those that put their lives on the path to success. If you want to be a caterer, stop waiting for money to go for classes. Volunteer to work weekends for free at a catering company around you. If you want to learn web design, and you’re broke, go to w3 schools online or meet a friend who is a web designer. If you want to be a writer, start a blog. Read what you need to read now and apply the knowledge. The time you’re wasting, thinking about how to start will haunt you in future.

2.Don’t Wait For Money To Pursue Your Dream

If you want to do business, you can volunteer to work on weekends at the type of business you want to do. If you want a job in a particular industry and you can’t easily get it, apply for a 6-12 month internship and start work. It will open opportunities for you later and is a lot better than sitting at home. Waiting makes you mentally weak and drains all energy and hope from you.

3.Start Saving And Investing Your Money Now

The best years to accumulate compound interest on any investment are in your twenties. Waiting till you get a job will make things much harder in future. Save what you can, no matter how little. Even if it is small, you would have developed a valuable habit.

4.Start Before You’re Ready

Remember in your twenties, you have few responsibilities besides yourself. Many people in their twenties are unmarried and without kids. So, go ahead. Take a risk. Feel free to pursue your dreams earnestly. If you make a mistake and go totally broke. No one will die because of it. At worst you’ll move back in with your parents, think about your life for a week and get back into life without a major disaster. It is better to learn through experience than just sitting in fear of what you’re not sure exists.

5.Learn What To Expect In The Future From Older, More Experienced People

Older people are around you for a reason. Their knowledge is valuable. They can save you years of pain if you learn from them. Ask them questions. Take advantage of their experience to avoid the mistakes they made and move your life forward with wisdom. Get into the habit of asking people older and more experienced than you questions like, “What do you wish you had known when you were my age?” or “What are the things you wish you started doing when you were my age?” You will be surprised at how helpful this will be over the course of your life.

6.Develop Valuable Relationships

Choose the friends you want to keep in your life. Cut the friends that suck the life out of your emotions and your resources, but never add any value to your life. Create professional relationships too. If you’re in a job, find superiors in your company who can be mentors. If you’re in a business, find conferences and associations in your business where you can meet mentors. Remember that the greatest influences on your future success are the relationships you have.

7.Don’t Forget To Enjoy The Process

The road to achieving your goals requires focus—a lot of focus. And this focus can make you lose sight of the beautiful things in life. I attended a seminar in April 2013 where Maneesh Garg, CEO of Nagode industries spoke about the lessons he learnt through his life. There was a time period allowed for asking questions. I asked him, “Sir, if you could do it over again, what would you wish you had known before starting?” His answer was disarming. He said, “I would take time to enjoy the process.” This is coming from a man whose company did N24bn turnover in 2011. Take time to enjoy the path to success. Although the top is good, it can also be lonely. So, make friends. Go out. Have fun with your loved ones. Create memories you want to remember in future. Let there be variety in your life.

8.Show Love To Your Family

A client who lost her dad last year told me in a state of mourning, “Don’t take your parents for granted. Before you know it, they are gone.” Family is too important to take lightly. Say the important things you want to say, which you know they need to hear. If you don’t, you will regret it. If there are disputes in your family, try everything within your power to reconcile. Forgive them. Ask to be forgiven. Call a third party if necessary. Life is too short to keep grudges with the people we should love the most. When they are gone, you will wish you had the wisdom to reconcile.

9.Have A Good Relationship With God

When you’re in your twenties, many times there is a certain feeling of uncertainty. You keep wondering how your life will turn out, whether you’ll find a good life partner, whether you’ll get a good job, whether your business will be successful and so on. This can be stressful. You need a place of certainty. A place where you can be certain of a love that is real and unconditional. And that is God. Your relationship with God gives you a balanced perspective on life and peace in your heart. This is more valuable than any success you will ever get.

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Bosnia Is Better Than Nigeria - Croatian Manager

Croatian coach Luka Bonacic

Croatian coach Luka Bonacic has blasted coach Stephen Keshi for the lackluster display of the Super Eagles against Iran in its first group match and insisted that Bosnia will overcome Nigeria on Saturday.

"Iran and Nigeria have played so bad that the game would be taken at any one point, and do not enter a point in the standings. Queiroz has confirmed his Iranian players are worse than the team is.

"The Nigerian coach was no better. Two coaches are the biggest culprits as the game was boring, I think the worst so far during the tournament, regret the result is best for the country.

"Before the championship I thought that BiH is a step ahead of Nigeria, but their step now has a length of seven miles,"

Luka Bonacic said.

Bosnia has chosen to head straight to El Salvador to keep a date with Iran immediately after its game with Nigeria instead of returning to its base camp.

Chris Brown: Karrueche Tran is THE ONE!

Newly-freed R&B superstar Chris Brown is going all out to make Karrueche Tran's dreams come true from the sounds of it. She's apparently The One!

He's spending every spare second with his live-in girlfriend, showering her with affection, and even taking her advice when it comes to his crew.
Chris also made a very public declaration of his undying love for Kae when he posted the picture above on Thursday, captioning it, “She a real one!”
Is she the one for him for life? He didn't go that far, but it's certainly trending that direction as Chris makes good on his promise to take care of Karrueche.
When he was in rehab and jail, she stood by him. He hasn't forgotten.
“The most important things are that he listens to her and gives her his time. When she suggests they go out to eat, he goes. No questions asked," says a source.
"He’s just like, ‘OK, babe.’ It's the little things, you know."
He's also changing bigger things for Karrueche Tran.
“She told him how she felt about guys he used to hang with, and voila, they’re not in the picture," the insider dishes, adding that he takes her seriously.
"When he’s not in the studio or with his lawyer or doing something relating to work and his career, he’s home with her. It’s a great connection they have.”
As we've reported, he's determined not to go back to jail and to clean up his life so that he can make good on that goal. Sounds like he's on the right track.
Conveniently, with a woman like this by his side, there's little reason to leave the house anyway. Have you seen that booty pic on Instagram? Damn, girl.
 

Yvonne Nelson’s Father Revealed

Actress Yvonne Nelson has always been talking good about her mum. When its mother’s day, its all about her and when its father’s day when she should be praising her dad, its still all about her mum taking the fatherly duty upon herself. This led to the question “Where is Yvonne Nelson’s father?”

Well, Ghanacelebreties.com has investigated about the actresses’ dad and this is what they say;

Yvonne Nelson’s total disregard for her father on several occasions with her last week’s Father’s day tweets being the recent got some of us wondering where the actress’ father could be—and why she seems to be bitter towards him.

As we mentioned, we started talking to our many sources and so far, we gather that Yvonne Nelson’s real father is Mr. Oko Nelson who lives in Dansoman, just near Mr. Biggs.

In fact, we hear he is the owner of Nellies Guest House in Dansoman — a very respectable man. From our sources, Yvonne Nelson occasionally drives her VW down there to see her father, so there seems to be some off the limelight relationship between the two.(GhanaVibes)

Darmaturu Explosion Survivors Narrate Ordeal

Survivors of Tuesday attack on the viewing center in Damaturu, Yobe State, recall the ghastly ordeal.

Photo: Damaturu explosion survivor

The explosion, which claimed according to police at least 14 lives, occurred late evening shortly after Brazil-Mexico game of the FIFA World Cup had kicked off.
Daily Telegraph refers to the words of those trapped in the place, who said that the explosion force blew off limbs and knocked people senseless.
One of the survivors identified as Babagana Mohammed narrated:
"The bomb just threw me and I didn’t even know where I was."
Another victim, Musa Mohammed, stopped at the spot just to buy airtime for his mobile when he suddenly heard the explosion. He said some people lost their limbs adding:
"Some were amputated … But thank God mine was a lesser injury."
It was later learnt from the eyewitness that a suicide bomber drove into the area in a tricycle taxi full of explosives, however police claimed the explosion came from the abandoned car parked on the road in front.
It would be recalled that the Nigerian police highly recommended people to avoid public viewing spots following the Damaturu bombing. (Naij.com)

Cristiano Ronaldo limps out of training with knee packed in ice as Portugal’s World Cup goes from bad to worse

fter a disastrous start to their World Cup  campaign, Portugal have been dealt another blow after  Christiano Ronaldo  was pictured limping out of training with his knee heavily strapped. There had been serious doubts over the  Real Madrid superstar’s fitness ahead of the tournament, after a thigh problem and tendonitis in his knee forced him to miss training and two warm-up matches.

Ronaldo declared himself ’100 per cent’ fit on the eve of Portugal’s opening 4-0 demolition at the hands of Germany but, although he managed to play the entire game, he was largely peripheral and failed to change the course of the result.

Injury blow! Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been suffering from thigh and tendonitis problems, is helped up

At a stretch: Cristiano Ronaldo is taken through some exercises before leaving the session 30mins early

Walk of pain: Cristiano Ronaldo leaves the training session to watch from the sidelines

It now appears that the Ballon d’Or winner has suffered a recurrence of his knee problems after receiving treatment during a training session in Campinas.

Ronaldo was taken through a series of stretches before having his left knee bandaged with an ice pack and helped off the field 30minutes before training finished. Ronaldo watched the rest of the session from the sidelines.

Denrele Grows Swollen Feet After Birthday Celebration

Television presenter, Denrele Edun, is actually carving a niche for himself as he is virtually seen everywhere on red carpet events to hosting of shows.

Recently, the fashion freak entertainer celebrated his birthday and friends and well-wishers floated the social media with his pictures and goodwill messages.

According to Denrele, with the whole stress, his feet were swollen because he had no time to rest after his birthday.

“Had a crazy weekend! From my Birthday on Friday the 13th through till Monday morning! #Nonstop Fun. I hosted the NeedleKraft Fashion Show at Civic Centre on Sunday afternoon. Got there a little late (as usual), swept in like a tornado, hosted the Red carpet live, handled the backstage interviews and then went on stage to work my magic!! As usual, I did not fall anybody's breast!! Handled the auction segment, raised a couple of millions and then wham bam..had to rush to the next event!! Oh and yeah, my feet were swollen the previous nights from madcap dancing but then #FashionIsPain! #picstitch #workmode #Life Of A Crazy Kid #hustleAndFlow #OnTop Birthday We Still Dey Work.”

REVEALED: Why Facebook Users Experienced Meltdown Today

A spokesman for Facebook has explained why the social network went down briefly this morning, Thursday, 19 June, 2014 with an error message on the site sending the internet into complete meltdown.

A statement from the spokesman read: "Earlier this morning, we experienced an issue that prevented people from posting to Facebook for a brief period of time.
"We resolved the issue quickly, and we are now back to 100 per cent.  We’re sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused."
The issue affected Facebook homepage, mobile and messenger services.
A generic error message on the site read: "Sorry, something went wrong.

"We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can."
Meanwhile, the site is running again as normal after sending many internet users into a blind panic, with many taking to Twitter to let everyone else know it was down.
UK and Nigerian users were unable to access their account for about 30 minutes from around 8:30 and 9:30 respectively this morning, with the outage affecting other users around the world.
It is the first time the site has suffered a widespread outage lasting more than a few minutes.
#facebookdown began trending on Twitter within minutes of the site going down. (naij.com)

Michael Essien sits out #Blackstars Wednesday training with toe injury #LetsGoalTraining

Micheal Essien   sat out training on Wednesday as team medics monitor his fitness for Ghana’s World Cup group clash against Germany on Saturday.

The Ghana midfielder picked up a toe injury during the Black Stars  ‘ defeat to the United States on Monday after coming on as a second half substitute. Ghana’s medical team are working to get him ready after watching the teams training in Maceio from the sidelines.

Tinsel Star, Gbenro Ajibade Denies Dating Osas Ighodaro

Tinsel actor, Gbenro Ajibade has denied rumour that he is in a sizzling romance with fellow Tinsel act, Osas Ighodaro. The handsome model said that he is just a friend to his pretty colleague.

There have been rumours that Gbenro was secretly seeing the former Miss Black USA and TV personality, but the actor described the tales as “old rumour.”

According to him, the speculations have been going on for some time now and he said he was surprise someone is still writing the story again.

Tinsel has been described by some people as a match-making platform. Florence Uwaleke and Iyke Okechukwu, both actors on the series, got married in 2013 while Chris Attoh and Damilola Adegbite are also expecting their first child together.