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COLLABORATION'S EDGE

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Just after the announcement of the criteria for a global idea challenge, several youths jumped into work. There was an option to either present as an individual competitor or as a team. Femi chose to run solo as he had a very intriguing idea he had always looked for the opportunity to develop showcase and get celebrated about. Two weeks down the line, just 3days to the draw for the first phase, he almost gave up out of frustration. The challenge wasn't that he didn't know what he need to achieve, but he didn't have any single idea about how to achieve a major process in the idea. He had surfed the internet, but was not making any headway. He had decided not to ask any direct question to avoid having his idea hijacked. And this caused him not to get any meaningful answer till 5mins to the deadline when he just added some disconcerted thoughts. Uche and his team were  also working on a project that needed a simulation. They didn't have a simulation lab. When Emeka,

SIGNIFICANCE FROM TINY DROPS

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We got a new water filter at home that has different filtering layers for purification of drinking water, and this new device gave me a stronger believe in the truth that “Tiny drops of water makes a mighty ocean”. From the topmost compartment, water leaves in drops to the next filtering layer, and then in drops into the dispense tank. Sometimes you have 2 drops entering the next stage, at other times it’s just one. However, it is always in drops, and over a period of time the dispense tank gets ready to release it contents to quench my thirst. Living a significant life as well doesn’t happen at a go. It’s not a destination, just like success, it is a journey. It comes from consistent intentional actions that may appear insignificant when considered individually, but with a memorable compound effect. Several ideas fly through the mind every day, but only few persons learn lessons from such ideas, and incorporate it into relevant areas of their life. For every 999 failed attempt