The Treasure House Blog

Congratulations to all the 2017 Applicants! I mean; what a wait! It was almost like forever. But then the N-power has announced through its social media channels that names will be released by close to midnight on Monday, 20th and N-power applicants will be able to check on the N-power website if they have been successful in the pre-selection.  Remember this will not be the final list as there will be physical verifications at your local governments for all the items necessary for enrolment in the N-power programme.  Remember the whole journey? Online application, BVN Validation, Assessment test and all that and now by Monday, pre-selection would be completed. But then a lot of people are asking how they would check their names.  Well after uploading the list on the internet, and test running it, the N-power will be able to let us know how applicants will log in to check their names. But it surely will have to be a combination of any two of the following in...

YouWiN Connect Online Training, what participants must know If you have just been shortlisted for the next stage of the YouWiN! Connect 2017, I want to congratulate you once more. I am sure one of the things topmost in your minds right now amidst the joys of being successful in this stage is "what would the online training look like? never mind, I have a solution for you. This is probably the first time the YouWiN is adopting an online training method, but it certainly isn't the first time online training is being used to train entrepreneurs in Nigeria. But never mind I got you covered on this one.  Here is what to expect in the upcoming online training;  (NOTE: These are not official information or instructions from the YouWiN Connect team. They are only my opinion based on the previous competitive online training I have been involved in and online courses I have taken. Consider these as some intelligent guess from an experience) 1. The training wi...

Social observers have said that meetings are the third major time waster in the world of work. And that as much as 50% of work time is spent in meetings, either group meetings or one-on-one meetings. In the estimate of almost every one of them, at least 50% of this time is wasted. This means that as much as 25% of all working time is lost in meetings of one kind or another. As someone who have from a tender age been in organisations and have been saddled with various responsibilities that make attending meetings almost inevitable, I do not agree any less with them. At a point in my life, I remember contemplating severing myself from any form of social or faith-based organisation, just because of the enormous time they take from me, most of them in meetings. But I realized that if I did that, it would be suppressing an important need in my life; the need to matter, to contribute and to be recognized. And I would not also have been this much experienced and skilled, and lots of ...

The ability to set goals and make plans to accomplish them is the master skill which anyone that wishes to achieve success must possess. Before I go ahead to outlining these steps, I want to say that a well-written goal must the fundamental ingredients generally referred to as S.M.A.R.T. To spill it all, your goal must be Specific , Measurable , Attainable , Relevant and Time-bound. Talking about a SMART goal can be 'theoretical' sometimes and a lot of people do not understand how to apply these theories in real time.   But whichever is the case for you, and in whatever situation you find yourself, this principle when properly applied will make the drive you along the road to success. Whether you are at the helm in ExxonMobil Nigeria, or a small business entrepreneur who wants to break even, or an student who simply needs to wake up by 5:00am daily; learning how to set SMART goals and following them through with actions is the difference between failure and ac...