MOVE UP TO ACHIEVERS' LEVEL Some years ago, I was privileged to exchange letters with Peter J. Daniel of Australia. In autographing one of his books to me, he wrote “Reach To The Sky.” Who was Peter J. Daniels? Perhaps his story will inspire you to move up to achievers’ level. Get excited today that you too can make it. P.J. Daniels was described as an illiterate at age 26. In other words, this man did not know how to read or write at an age when many had graduated from the University . Some at that age have had more than the first degree. At this age he had worked as a bricklayer and as a factory hand. He was a third generation of welfare recipient. In other words, he was in a line of inheritors of joblessness and poverty. He was living on stipends offered to him by the state. What can an uneducated man do in the midst of the educated? Truly, he is an odd man. Let us interlude with a story of one man. Peter J. Daniel (PJD) was the product of a broken home, a man down
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BE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE IN GETTING HELPERS To make it well in academics you need helps. Helpers abound at various levels of academics. Help is the foundation or substructure that supports and sustains the super structure of an excellent academic life. Ask any successful person in academics and even in life, he or she will reel out stories of helps they received at various bends and turns of life. Seek help, go out to get helpers that will build you. Helpers can be grouped into various segments: let’s examine some of them. PARENTS AS HELPERS: Abraham Lincoln described as the most popular and most successful president in the history of America said, “All what I have become I owe to my angel mother”, Michael Wum brand became a voracious reader at the age of four as a result of his father spending hours everyday to teach him at cradle. I have spoken of what my father told me, he made me understand I TOO CAN. Many parents are angels to their children; they spare no labour off t
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CHOOSING A HEALTHY YOUTH GROUP Why healthy youth activities? Well, you know these days, a lot of teens are into drugs, gambling, sexual immoralities and alcohol. You probably don’t want to be with friends who will wrongly influence you. There is a need to choose your friends. Make sure that you have good friends who look after each other’s safety and best interest. This is also the very reason why youth groups are getting more and more popular. Parents as well as the teenagers can be sure that the group can be of good influence to them. In other countries, some neighborhoods usually organize a youth group to help the resident teens. Activities are conducted to encourage all the resident teens to join willingly. In the various youth activities, the skills of the teens are developed. Each individual is born with unique skills or talents. These skills and talents can be improved by joining different activities. Youth activities can include dance contests, singing contests, organi