To rise above failure means to:

• Not give up on what’s important to us.
• Continue taking action, while making necessary changes.
• Not let an experience we define as a failure affect our identity.
• Hold on to our beliefs or develop new beliefs to help us achieve what we want.
• Use our failures to do better next time.

The fact is that every person will, at one time or another, experience the missing of a mark, a failure in achieving a goal, a disappointing conclusion, a downfall.

That reality, however, must be balanced by this greater reality: Failure is never final. By doing some re-thinking and taking a few creative steps, a setback can be transformed into a comeback.

10 Ways To Unwind After A Long Day At Work

After a long day at work, you probably want to relax and let go of the pressures of your day. Are you a person who finds it difficult to unwind? You’re not alone. Perhaps you have responsibilities at home that require your attention – cooking, cleaning, looking after the kids. Maybe you try to get a head start on the next day’s workload, by working into the night? Continuing on in this way can be physically and mentally taxing as your body continues to expend energy. Over time, this can have seriously impacted your overall wellbeing. To help your mind and body relax and rejuvenate every day after work, we have found 10 of the best ways to help you enjoy some ‘me time’. Try doing one (or more) of these things to get the most out of your leisure time.

1. Schedule In Your Downtime
   Make downtime a specific goal and prioritize it by scheduling it into your day. It could be as simple as setting aside 5 minutes to do nothing after work. The same applies for date night or planned activities for exercise and play. Perhaps you can set a goal of achieving 3-5 relaxation activities during the workweek and build them into your calendar.
2. Disconnect
   No matter how you choose to unwind, it will be difficult to do if you are still thinking about work even when you’re out of the office. The first thing you should do as you step out of the office is to turn your work phone off. Avoid bringing work home with you. You deserve to save some time for yourself and your family after putting in most of your energy for the day into the office.
3. Take A Warm Shower Or Bath
   The best way to leave work behind you is to wash away the tension from your body. Water has a calming effect on the mind and soul. Try a nice hot shower to help your muscles relax followed by a cool splash of cold water to energize the cells in your body. If you have a bathtub, light some aromatic candles and soak your body with some Epsom salts. Don’t forget to moisturize after a long soak!
4. Unwind With Exercise
   Work off the stress – literally. Exercise releases endorphins. You can’t argue with science. Aside from that, regular physical exercise will help you feel happier and more energetic in the long run. Team sports have a great social element to them, but if you prefer to exercise alone, a good playlist can be just as good!
5. Get Out Of The House
   A change of scenery after being cooped up indoors all day will help you relax. In fine weather, try seeking out nature – you don’t even have to go farther than your garden. Breathing in some fresh air and looking around the greenery can let your mind wander away from the office.
6. Relax With Music
   Seek some peace and quiet with some soothing tunes. The music you listen to influence your mood substantially. To promote calm, avoid fast and loud genres of music as it may only aggravate you and give you a headache. Slower music that you can close your eyes and breathe along with, will help to reduce your heart rate.
7. Read A Book
   Sometimes the best way to escape the chaos of the day-to-day is to slip into another one. Research suggests that the part of our brain that feels empathy gets a great workout when we read fiction, for example. So, try reading about a powerful character, or a positive situation. If you are not an avid reader, you can opt for an episode or two of the TV series you like.
8. Have Company
   Some of you prefer to be alone at home after a long day. Solitude and silence can be the ultimate way to relax. For others, there is nothing more diverting than enjoying the company of your loved ones. Whether they provide a distraction or they help you to ‘hug it out’ shifting your focus with the help of a friend or loved one, can really help to reduce stress.
9. Meditate
   You don’t have to sit in a lotus flower pose and chant “ohm” to meditate. Some people find formal meditation a great way to channel their energy from stress to positivity and calm – others find a comfortable chair and a heated eye mask more beneficial. If you’re keen to try meditation, try searching free podcasts. There are plenty out there.
10. Sleep Tight
    There’s no better way to restore energy than getting a good night’s sleep. This can be challenging for many of us. To set yourself up for success, prepare early. Ensure that your bedroom is a place for sleep only by removing distractions that prevent you from sleeping. Once you’re in bed, you are there to sleep. Avoid checking your phone and power down your electronics at least half an hour before going to bed.

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We are all human, and it’s natural to cry when we feel really down and especially when things don’t seem to go our way.

But then, who listens when you cry?

Over two decades, I lost touch of that one person that I grew up to feel could listen to me whenever I cried. My mother.

Thanks to the presence of my wonderful father, my beautiful wife, and my siblings. They’ve always wanted me to cry leaning on their shoulders. Unfortunately, I don’t feel the original piece like it would have been crying while leaning on mum’s shoulder.

The reason is that by birth, her shoulder has become my natural pole to lean on.

The point I’m trying to make here is this.

We all need a shoulder to lean on when we cry but remember these shoulders won’t be always close to you or be there forever. Hence, we must be able to build one for ourselves. Of course, not taking our creator out of the bracket.

One that we can easily fall back on when things don’t go our way.

And what I found out in the last few years is one thing and nothing more.

Getting Back To Work………………..

Work is the only thing that gets you out of pains. Work will fix a whole lot for you.

While it’s natural to cry because things aren’t going our ways, a lot is lost grinding and screaming about those things that failed to work in our favours.

But when you look away and brace up with the realities that beckon at us to get back to work. Either starting all over again or getting back on track with that same thing you’ve been doing all along, I can assure you that things will find its way back again.

The Government, Your Uncles, Aunts, Friends, Siblings, can only do but a little.

The biggest part is in your hands and it calls for you to go back to work.

It’s a new week again, and just like a wind, it’s going to fly away faster than we thought.

Get back to work my dear friend and get things working for you again.

It may not come back in one swoop but slowly wins the race. And FOCUS is the King.

I wish you a brilliant week ahead.

This Is To Motivate You – It’s Okay To Cry But Get Back To Work.

Be Great, Nothing Else Pays.

Retail Industry Report:

A few months ago, OXFORD BUSINESS GROUP reported that: Following a decade-long period of growth, in which formal retail supplies more than tripled, Nigeria’s retail sector faced several challenging years. Macroeconomic volatility, a recession in 2016 and the naira’s rapid depreciation impacted retailers and consumers alike. Likewise, both purchasing power and household incomes declined, while input costs and vacancy rates simultaneously increased. Despite these recent economic challenges, the country remains one of Africa’s most attractive retail investment destinations for local and foreign investors. As retailers move to capitalize on opportunities in the sector, stakeholders anticipate that developers will increasingly shift their strategy towards smaller, localized retail developments offering essential grocery, pharmaceutical and clothing items. In the longer term resurgent middle-class growth, supported by improving oil prices and strengthening macroeconomic fundamentals, should see a return to large-scale, high-end regional and mixed-use retail centres.

McKinsey & Company and Euromonitor have similar views.

They believe that Technology and specifically the E-Commerce platforms are going to be the major beneficiaries of this huge growth in the retail sector.

The question now is who has got your money in this very massive growth that we are seeing and experiencing?

Note that most big companies today have decided to take on the E-Commerce stores as an approach to massively comb the market target audiences’ buying powers.

In fact, Shoprite has taken a totally different approach to what they do. They are currently aligning forces with local suppliers, farmers and service providers and making a whole lot of gains.

This goes to say, that in no time, those using the old brick and mortar methods of doing retail business will be out of stock.

Somebody indeed has got your monies and you should go after them.

The best ways to do so is to start selling online.

Master the acts of selling products and services online and ensure you are up to date with the developments in the industry so you are not left out.

With my book on “How To Start A Business Without Money” I have laid it out clearly on how you can transform any business into an online retail store and make as much as you can.

Brick and Mortar stores should begin to adopt the same approach and ensure they can reach out to the over 130 million Nigerian Online Shoppers to collect their share of the income from sales.

Somebody has got your money.

Be Great! Nothing Else Pays.