IMPACT LEADERS HUB

I stepped out of my comfortable position behind the cab and headed straight to the front seat,  to share the single seater space with a plump lady. Not because I didn't worth the comfort of my fare,  but because my mind reminded me that the pregnant woman deserved such a sacrifice if she must comfortably enter the cab with us for her appointment. Funny enough she least expected that I'll do so especially, considering how tired I appeared and how well dressed I was - like the guest speaker at an international conference #winks.  But that single act earned me more favour than I anticipated and deeper level of happiness and impact that day. Sometimes we get so careful about our interest that we find it difficult to put a smile on the face of someone else. You get so profit minded that you lose touch of impact in your business dealings. You get so emotional that you transfer aggression unnecessarily. Yet you enjoy the impact made in your life by people who live with th...

So much has been said about the power of visualization, that even the 5years old boy has a dream of a golden future. A future where he sits in a Leonardo Da Vinci decorated apartment, consuming sauced vegetables and grilled fish, enjoying the luxury of the smartest technological equipment their financial affluence has afforded them. We have told, written, discussed and criticized our dreams about our countries, states and life. We have painted the most descriptive pictures of fantasies, and consoled our aggrieved and frustrated hearts with hope of a future of our dreams. But Friend… How much efforts have we put into the realization of this dream? Many a times, I speak to people about discovering purpose. I create the positive energy in them about why they must discover and understand purpose in life. But these days, I think there is a different dimension to that message that needs to be preached, to bridge the gap between Purpose Discovery and Purpose Achievement. That is the me...

       Female Genital Mutilation (or female genital cutting), comprises all surgical procedures involving partial or total removal of the external genitalia or other injuries to the female genital organs for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons FGM is practiced in about 28 African countries as well as in a few scattered communities in other parts of the world. It is one of the most serious forms of violence against the girl child/woman and is practiced in Nigeria for a number of reasons: • Psychosexual: to attenuate sexual desire in the female, maintain chastity and virginity before marriage and fidelity during marriage, and increase male sexual pleasure. • Sociological:  for  identification  with  the  cultural  heritage,  initiation  of  girls  into womanhood, social integration and maintenance of social cohesion and social acceptance. • Hygiene and aesthetics: among some societies, the extern...

As we celebrate the International Women's Day 2018, we need to always remember; In a woman lies a great deal of strength. It's what best defines her. Oh, how she makes being a woman seem like it's a piece of cake. How she carries on like life has got no hold on her She believes she can, and so she does! Where she's absent, it becomes obvious that something is missing. When all hell lets loose; when life seems to come in the way; when it looks like she's on the verge of breaking down, that's when she appears in all her glory - strong and ready to conquer the world. They say they do not understand her. How she presses on, resilient and ever ready to make lemonades from life's lemons. When the ups and downs and the tossing around of life try to disfigure her, she ends up getting a better figure than the last. She multitasks even unconsciously. Little wonder people say "what a man can do, a woman can do better" Isn't it amazing that the...

Part of the difference we can make in our society today is to advocate against gender stereotypes that relegated the girl child to the background. Enjoy this write-up from a fellow advocate. 👇 If someone brought up the topic of gender preference, do you react by saying, ‘Gender preference? Really? Isn’t it a thing of the past?’ Your reaction is probably due to the fact that you see around you more girls among top-ranking students; more women having jobs, access to education, money and resources; more women holding positions of authority and making strides in all fields. But, what about all those girls and women who didn’t even get a chance to live? Here are a few reasons for gender preference in Nigeria - socio-cultural factors like dowry, wedding expenses, custom of gift-giving, inability of girls to take care of parents after marriage, domestic violence, ill treatment by husbands and in-laws, ill treatment on account of giving birth to a girl, and so on. This gender preferenc...