Courage

Knowing What’s Right and Asking the Right Way: The Key to Getting What You Deserve

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There’s a difference between what is rightfully yours and what you end up getting. Many times, the gap between the two is simply a matter of knowledge and the courage to demand what is due to you. Too often, people accept denials, delays, and outright exploitation because they do not know their rights or how to push for them effectively.

I learned this lesson firsthand, not once but twice, and these experiences reinforced the importance of being informed, persistent, and strategic in addressing issues—whether in personal matters, business dealings, or even nation-building.

Story 1: The X-ray That Almost Wasn’t Continue reading →

Relentless Pursuit – Striving for Excellence In The Face Of Adversity

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By Bernard Parah

Scourge of Discipline

“Certainly, my father and I need to have a conversation. This woman cannot be my real mother.” I was sitting outside under a wooden pole that connected power into our compound. Throwback months before this beating I climbed the fence in an attempt to reconnect our power after going to the NEPA office to argue with them about how the electricity bill they gave us isn’t correct. We had just learnt about kilowatts, electricity and energy. I recall constantly pouring kerosene at the back of the house so we can Continue reading →

Just Do It.

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That is the trademark of the shoe company Nike, a world-famous brand. And if you read their story, it was a journey of daring to do, and not hesitating.

Well, this article is not about Nike 🙂 … it’s more like a personal challenge to me as an individual. I am in a transition space and valley of decision which will require quite a Continue reading →

Trappings of Power

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Have you ever heard or read the report about a person…and you wonder either in consternation or in admiration…until your perception about this person is shattered or your reality is rocked by unknown revelations and insights about this person(s)?

I read a book very recently, “A Prisoner in His Palace” by Will Bardenwerper …stumbled upon it while reading another book, “Extreme Ownership: How U.S Continue reading →

The Impartial Judge in Us

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Who is an impartial judge? According to https://www.collinsdictionary.com/ “Someone who is impartial is not directly involved in a particular situation and is therefore able to give a fair opinion or decision about it”. 

In the court of law, this is very crucial to a free and fair hearing, the precursor to the judiciary been the last hope for justice for the downtrodden.

But it does not stay only in law, it applies to our lives especially if you are a Continue reading →