KUFRE EKPO'S BLOG

                        #Business Many people think of negotiations, and by extension negotiations, as showy and cut-throat; a game where one side wins and the other loses. So it’s not surprising that many people dread having to negotiate , whether for a car, a house, a new job or a business. But I see negotiation from another lens, as part of every social interaction. We are all different. That’s what makes life wonderful. So, in order to live and work together, we need to learn to resolve our difference in productive, generative ways. That’s what great leaders do. I’m fascinated by how people think and act in reaching agreement (or not). Everyday people resolve difference in many ways – both explicitly and implicitly. Whether it is a non-verbal understanding of who will walk through the door first; a breakfast dialogue to decide what a family will eat ...

                         #Lifestyle T ruly, mature adult or the well-adjusted person fails as often and perhaps more often than the maladjusted, since he attempts more. He is far more interested in correcting the failure and learning from it, than he is in attributing blame for it. Therefore, he accepts the fact of failure, reappraises his goals and methods, and then either renounces, postpones, or substitutes satisfaction or reviews his attack on the source of his problem. Through all of this, he remains perfectly aware of “what’s going on”. He doesn’t try to fool himself. Why should anybody feel it necessary to fool himself or other? Why do some people feel dreadfully ashamed of failure, when other people, while regretting it, chalk it up to experience and forget about it? Why do some people go to great lengths to conceal their fear, when others, even in crises, may not feel it at all, but do their best ...

                                  #Business Today, I am going to look at how people can channel their abilities best possibly to enhance their performance, irrespective of a kind of job or work they are doing. My post will focus attention on those basic factors found to be seemingly common to the high- level performer.Are you ready? Let’s go. Only a few people are sensitive to the fact that achieving success calls for much more than just doing a good job. Most men find that they fall far short of being where they want to be at any particular time. Then too, they find that they aren’t making full of their capabilities . Literally surrounded by unused abilities, they watch others moving ahead faster. Faced with this frustrating situation, they ask themselves, “why?” For the most part, the problem lies in the fact that men are trained to perform specializes functions but are not ...

                                                 #Business It has been said and acceptable the world over that the only thing that does not change is change. People change, environment changes, taste and fashion change and without exception, the market for a product changes with time. This probably accounts for why a company’s customer base often shifts from time to time. And when it happens, it is those companies that shift with their customer’s needs that will remain relevant and useful. However, those who refuse, knowingly or unknowingly, to change along, of course, will have their self to blame when they finally came to realization that their customer base has decrease drastically within a spate of time. On the blog today, I’m going to share with you three proven methods in which a business owner can use as cardinal tool, to survey the market...

                        Writer's Life This time of year, many people take a moment to consider what they did or did not accomplish last year and how this year is going to be different. Honestly, I'm not a fan. This process sets a lot of people up for disappointment. And if you're a writer like me, it can be especially problematic. Writers don't need more goals. They need better habits. And the first habit you should cultivate is to write every day, which is the subject of the post. For years, I set a goal to write a book, and for years, I disappointed myself. Do you know what the problem was? I was setting the wrong goal -- deciding the finish line without mapping out the process. But here's the truth: Significant accomplishments are the result of regular habits, not arbitrary goals. When I figured this out and began writing 500 words a ...