The Treasure House Blog

It took me many years of frivolity to learn what I’m about to teach you in this post. Now you need to “Come closer” and pay serious attention to this.   Actually, this is not my first attempt to teach people how to save money or try to convince them on why they should save money. And over the last one year doing that, I have discovered that people have a lot of reasons why they won’t save money. “My take home is not sufficient to take me home” I have too many responsibilities; I can’t really afford to put away some money when I have need for them” “Actually I try, but I’m just not disciplined enough to keep money in the savings” “Never mind I will start saving next year… when I get a pay rise… when I graduate…” And a whole bunch of excuses like that.  Well, they say failures always have excuses, so no doubt. Well, if you are one of these people, this post is not for you, because I’m done convincing your kind to learn to save. This post will focus ...

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...

YouWiN! Connect 2017, what participants need to know Congratulations and welcome to the next stage of the YouWiN! Connect 2017. YouWiN! Stands for Youth Enterprise With Innovation in Nigeria, a federal government project started in 2011 by the then federal government of Nigeria under President Jonathan. The programme gave a grant of between 1 million to 10 million naira each to 1200 youth enterprises (existing and new) every year from 2012 to and 2014. But the programme was rebranded and re-organized to YouWiN! Connect in 2016 by the current President Buhari-led administration, to a multi-media  However, it is not yet clear to many applicants what this re-branded programme will offer them and how exactly it will run.  This article is an attempt to answer some of these questions in the minds of applicants especially those that have been shortlisted into the next stage of the competition.  First; according to information from the YouWiN! Connect team, th...

 By Brian Tracy You can imagine your personality by thinking of a target with concentric rings. Your personality is made up of five rings, starting from the center with your values and radiating outward to the next circle, your beliefs and values in life. Believe in Yourself Your   values in life   determine your beliefs,   about yourself and the world around you. If you have positive values, such as love, compassion, and generosity, you will believe that people in your world are deserving of these values and you will treat them accordingly. When you believe in yourself and chose to be a good person you will find yourself to be more positive and successful in life. Set Expectations and Know Your Values in Life Your beliefs, in turn, determine the third ring of your personality, your   expectations.   If you have positive values, you will believe yourself to   be a good person . If you believe in yourself to be a good person, you will expect...

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...