Category: People

{People who talk to themselves are often seen as weird and crazy. People normally see people who talk to themselves as mental patients.}

According to a study published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, talking to yourself makes your brain work more efficiently.

No wonder the smartest people on earth talk to themselves. Albert Einstein was a genius and he was also known to talk to himself.

To arrive at this conclusion, researchers showed volunteers 20 pictures of various pictures and asked the volunteers to look for a specific one, such as a banana.

Half of the volunteers were asked to remain silent when searching while the other half were asked to repeatedly say what they were looking for out loud to themselves.

The researchers found that self-directed speech helped people find objects more quickly by about 50 to 100 milliseconds.

The researchers found that talking out loud to yourself helps spark memory.

The researchers also found that talking out loud to yourself helps you only when you know what you are looking for.

“Speaking to yourself isn’t always helpful – if you don’t really know what an object looks like, saying its name can have no effect or actually slow you down,” Gary Lupyan, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said. “If, on the other hand, you know that bananas are yellow and have a particular shape, by saying banana, you’re activating these visual properties in the brain to help you find them.”

{Everyone wants to be successful but not everyone achieves success. Many people will never succeed because of certain things they do.}

Here are 10 reasons why some people never succeed.

1. You can’t succeed when you don’t understand the importance of time. Successful people know that time is more valuable than money and you won’t succeed until you understand this.

2. You can’t succeed if you are satisfied with mediocrity. Successful people pursue excellence no matter the circumstances.

3. You can’t succeed if you don’t know the importance of planning. People who fail to plan have planned to fail already.

4. You can’t succeed if you are good at making excuses. Successful people don’t look for excuses as to why they can’t do it.

5. You can’t be successful if you keep pushing till tomorrow what you can do today. If you want to be successful, you should do what you have to do now because nothing is ever promised tomorrow.

6. You can’t be successful if you are quick to give up when you face challenges. Successful people understand that challenges are only as big as you make them seem. Until you learn to overcome challenges, you won’t be successful.

7. You can’t be successful if you can’t make decisions of your own. You can’t be successful if you are easily pushed around by people and never make your own decisions.

8. You can’t be successful if you are not open-minded. Successful people don’t expect everyone to view life as they view it.

9. You can’t be successful if you mistake being busy with productivity. Just because you are busy everyday doesn’t mean you will be successful. The question you should ask yourself is what are you really busy doing? If what you are busy doing won’t help you achieve your goals, then you should think again.

10. You can’t be successful if you limit yourself. Successful people never limit themselves. You have to believe you can do it if you want to be successful.

{Rwanda has been promoting women rights and building their capacities in the past 22, an act which serves as a model for other countries with 64% of parliament representatives being women and 8 out of 18 ministers are women. }

Such strategic positioning and building women capacities has brought them to the fore in contributing to national development compared to the past where they were deprived and subjugated.

Practicing specialized surgery, administration and business among others are some of the areas that women never dared to venture.

Women are now exploring heights in the practice of medicine. One such outshining star is Dr. Niragire Alice, a 34-year female Rwandan who obtained her PhD in Surgery, currently practicing medicine at Rwamagana Hospital, Eastern Province.

She is the first female Rwandan to graduate in Surgery at PhD level which was established in Rwanda in 2006.

December, last year, she was awarded by first lady Jeannette Kagame as an excellent young female with outstanding deeds for such unusual achievements.

Dr. Niragire explains that the award induced pride and encouraged other ladies to strive for good achievements as well as reminding them they can equally perform and or exceede their brothers.

“The award boosted my fame. I am often invited in big events by madam Jeannette Kagame through Imbuto Foundation, an organization whose board she chairs.There I am presented as a model of girls with outstanding achievements.I will do my best to make my contribution,” she said.

Dr. Niragire says that she plans to keep mobilizing girls from various schools whether primary, secondary school or university to put many efforts in their studies to realize great achievements.

“We have realized that what we perceived as impossible for girls is possible.The most important is to become self confident and working hard with commitment day and night to realize great things since cultural barriers that existed in the past were removed. We have education for all and leadership supporting girls’ progress as well,” she said.

Dr. Niragire became orphan at 12 years old when her parents were killed in 1994 genocide against Tutsi. She was helped to further her studies by the government of Rwanda and obtained her PhD in surgery last year in July, 2015.

Dr. Niragire did secondary school at Ecole de Sciences de Byimana, Biology-Chemistry, from where she continued her studies at the National University of Rwanda in public health in 2004.

{According to a survey carried out by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Public Health and Harvard’s School of Public Health, some jobs have more negative effect on employees’ health.}

The researchers found that stress, mental exhaustion, poor sleeping habits and poor eating habits gotten as a result of being employed in certain jobs are the biggest threats to employee safety.

The researchers surveyed 1,601 full and part-time workers who worked between 20 and 50 hours per week.

Below are 9 jobs that affect your health negatively according to the research

1. Retail outlet

2. Construction/outdoor worker

3. Factory or manufacturing

4. Medical

5. Store

6. Warehouse

7. Restaurant

8. Office

9. School

According to the research presented at The Forum at Harvard, retail outlets pose the biggest threat to employee health.

{A survey of 2,000 Britons aged 50 and above has revealed a list of 29 life lessons people over 50 will love younger people to learn.}

{{Check them out below}}

1. Treat others as you would wish to be treated.

2. Never smoke.

3. Stay in touch with loved ones.

4. Always vote.

5. Pay off your credit cards every month.

6. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

7. Don’t be a cheat.

8. Family comes first.

9. Don’t compare your life to others.

10. Spend less time online and more time in the real world.

11. Don’t waste time in a job you hate.

12. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.

13. Read more books.

14. Don’t take yourself too seriously.

15. Time is a great healer.

16. Forgive and forget.

17. You don’t have to win every argument.

18. Don’t judge others.

19. Never have children to save a relationship.

20. Follow your gut instinct, it’s usually right.

21. No-one likes a know it all.

22. Friendship is more important than sex in a relationship.

23. If a relationship has to be secret, you shouldn’t be in it.

24. Blood is thicker than water.

25. Make new friends and be sociable.

26. Don’t marry for money.

27. Learn to love your looks.

28. All that matters is that you are loved.

29. Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

It pays to little to listen to elders because they know a thing or two about life.

The survey was published in Mirror Online.

{Getting along with a co-worker can be quite difficult, but it isn’t impossible.}

In an office, there are different personality types, and this accounts for conflicts in almost every workplace there is.

How do you avoid this? How do you get along with a co-worker and avoid all these unnecessary conflicts that would make you unproductive at work.

{{1. Avoid office gossips }}

Many conflicts that happen in the workplace are usually as a result of office gossips and unnecessary chitchats. Staying away from office gossips would save you a lot of stress.

{{2. Be respectful }}

Be respectful to your superiors and subordinates. Treat everyone with respect, and you would win everyone’s respect — almost everyone at least.

{{3. Get to know your co-workers }}

Try to show interest in your co-workers and they would love you for this. Learn more about their interests and backgrounds, and you would understand them better.

{{4. Never take sides }}

As far as office conflicts situations are concerned, never take sides; try as much as possible to be impartial.

{{5. Recognize personality conflicts }}

There are people you just won’t get along with, no matter how hard you tried. Try as much as possible to avoid having an issue or anything more than a normal conversation with people like these.

{{6. Keep things professional}}

Try to have a professional relationship with most of your colleagues at work, especially the ones you just can’t get along with. Try to do your job to the best of your ability.

{{7. Learn to relate with everyone }}

Everyone have different ways that they should be talked to. The same way you joke with Mr. A shouldn’t be the same you should joke with Mr. B. Learn to talk to different people differently.

{{8. Be more a listener than a talker }}

Being more of a listener than a talker would help you understand people better and have a better relationship with people.

{{9. Help if you can }}

If you can help anyone in any way, then try to be of help.

With these nine tips, you can’t go wrong with your co-workers.

{You shouldn’t get yourself worked up because you didn’t get the job; it isn’t the end of the world and it doesn’t mean you wouldn’t get another.}

Sometimes, it isn’t your fault that you didn’t get the job. There are so many reasons you didn’t get the job that you shouldn’t blame on yourself.

{{1. Incompetent interviewer }}

An incompetent or partial interviewer might not bring out the best in you or rate you favourably even when you did well in the interview.

Also, the company’s hiring system might be flawed. Not every recruiting company have a recruiting system that would select the best candidate, and when this happens, it’s no fault of yours.

{{2. In-house selection }}

A lot of the times companies do in-house recruitment, but still advertise the job on offer. When this is done (which you wouldn’t even know), you shouldn’t blame yourself for not getting the job.

{{3. Too many strong candidates for limited job }}

Sometimes, interviewers get confused on who best deserves the job; especially in a case where there are so many good candidates with limited job openings. It isn’t your fault when this happens.

{{4. Your qualifications doesn’t match the job }}

You could be a fresh graduate without enough experience that’s needed for the job, or your qualification doesn’t totally match what the recruiter feels is necessary for the job. When this happens, it isn’t your fault and you shouldn’t blame yourself.

You shouldn’t always blame yourself when you don’t get the job, even when you made it to the interview; it might not be your fault a lot of the times.

{Your 20s are an important period in your life and this is a period where you start building the foundations for your future.}

Most people see their 20s as a period where they should have lots of sex and party but this mentality won’t take you far in life.

If you want your 30s to be successful, you need to change how you do things in your 20s.

Below are 9 things you should seek to achieve in your 20s if you desire a better future

{{1. APPEARANCE}}

You should start taking how you look seriously at this stage of your life. The way you dress matters because people will judge you on how you look. Dressing appropriately for an occasion can open doors for you.

{{2. PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE KIND OF FRIENDS YOU KEEP}}

This is the period in your life in which you should start building friendships that will last. When it comes to friends you keep, you should never forget that quality and not quantity matters.

{{3. HAVE CLEAR GOALS}}

If you don’t have clear goals in your 20s, I wonder when you intend to have them. Having clear goals gives your life a direction.

{{4. EARN AN INCOME}}

During your 20s, it’s expected you start earning your own money and stop depending on your parents. Write a good CV and get yourself a job. Sometimes you have to start with jobs you don’t like and get valuable experience. Don’t forget to learn a skill as it could be useful too.

{{5. STAY OUT OF DEBTS}}

Piling on debts won’t help you grow. Stay away from stupid loans and get yourself out of debt.

{{6. LEARN TO SAVE}}

You can’t achieve anything in life if you don’t know how to save. At this period of your life, you should build a savings culture. You need to have funds for emergency.

{{7. GET YOUR OWN PLACE}}

Living with your parents could be fun financially as you don’t get to pay rents but during your 20s, you should start seeking to get your own place and learn to survive on your own.

{{8. STOP SLEEPING AROUND}}

Imagine using this energy for something productive. Instead of sleeping around with different persons, I suggest you use that time and energy to do something productive.

{{9. LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE}}

Health is wealth so you should start taking your health seriously at this age. Eat well and exercise.

{There are a few things you should avoid saying to yourself if you want to be a success in life.
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{{1. “I CAN’T DO IT”}}

When you say you can’t do it, you shut your brains and you won’t be able to do it. To be successful, you need to believe you are good enough and you have to keep trying no matter the obstacles you face. Always believe in yourself, no matter what others might tell you.

{{2. “I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TIME”}}

We all have 24 hours a day, so you shouldn’t say you don’t have enough time. All you have to do is choose your priorities wisely. Stop complaining about not having enough time and choose your priorities wisely instead.

{{3. “IT’S TOO LATE”}}

It’s never late to do what is right. You might have made certain mistakes in the past that you now regret but you shouldn’t remain in your past. Sometimes we have to do it several times to get it right. Avoid getting discouraged easily because it’s never late to do what you have to do.

{{4. “I DON’T HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHER PEOPLE”}}

This is a common excuse most people give for not trying. Just because you were not born to rich parents doesn’t mean you can’t rewrite your story. It’s your responsibility to change your current situation and nothing will change until your responsibility and fight to change your situation.

{{5. “I’M NOT GOOD ENOUGH”}}

Never tell yourself you are not good enough. Take chances and try not to undervalue your performances. Believe in your abilities and stop comparing yourself to others.