IMPACT LEADERS HUB

So I stumbled across this while thinking about how best to engage young minds and help us change our society. I found out that until we decide to make a difference, we will remain where we are unsatisfied. The truth is that, youth activism and engagement can bring about important social changes that are sometimes left behind. You don’t have to wait to be an adult to be an active member of your community. Your opinion matters and it should be heard. Here’s a list of ideas on how you can participate locally and globally: 1. Know your rights: You might not be able to vote yet, but all children and youth hold national and international rights. These rights are only of use to you if you are informed about them, so read up! 2. Learn about local issues: Is a roadblock affecting your commute to school? Are the new taxes affecting your family’s livelihood? Whatever the case, learning the issue will help in creating solutions that will have an impact on you. 3. Speak out: Speaking your m...

Good morning and happy new month friends. Each time we awake to a new day and a new month, in the midst of the felicitations, we need to pause! Think and be grateful. It’s likely at some point you’ve heard this remark from a parent, grandparent or have even uttered these words to a child yourself. (Or even worse, a partner!) Our need to see gratitude in others as well as to be grateful is a huge part of us seeing that person also as a loving, caring person.  Having gratitude helps us to enjoy life more. It can break through huge barriers and reduce our stress loads, give us more confidence and help us to meet our goals- no matter how big they may be. There is no doubt that being grateful goes a long way. It’s just how to be grateful in times of stress or when suffering from disappointment or sadness that’s difficult. All you Need to do is Breathe Often, we get caught up in a vicious cycle of if onlys. If only the job came through, then we would be grateful, if only the...

Nigeria @56 Thought of this day had clouded my mind as September drew to and end. I reminisced on the Yester-years and compared them to the realities of this year. I was almost in tears about the state of the nation and the need to ceremonially remember this day midst the poverty stricken nature of today. The recession has bitten so hard that even the affluent bite their fingers. All in the name of building a better Nigeria. Many woke with regrets, curses, hate speeches, and wrath about the historical event of today. Many denigrated independence and went as far as saying we would have been better had we remained in the tyrant hands of our colonial masters, (What a shame full thought). The pains truly is enormous, but is the disdain needful? Does it help? The very first part of my independence talk today started with a whatsapp debate on defending that Nigeria is not foolish by a youth who was too bitter that he allowed emotions cloud his sense of reasoning. Next w...

STAYING RELEVANT The battle for relevance is one every individual automatically enrols in at the point of birth. This battle as fierce at it is retains only the determined at the long run. From innocent cradle, the young toddler struggles for food and water that he may survive. The struggle grows into whose parents are the best in primary school, to who worth’s being above punishment in the secondary school. The relevance game in the university is much more intense that cultism becomes a perfect pseudo-platform for existential relevance rivalling School politics and most times belittling academic prowess. The sum total of the reality is that everyone has been created to be unique and relevant in his/her timeline on earth. But the biggest question is “Why can many be the dream persons they ever wished to be and create that impact that lies in them?” The answer to this question lies in the interest of every young mind. It’s about what moves you? It’s about...