KEYS TO MENTAL EVOLUTION by Rufai Oseni of Inspiration Fm

 

 

Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve- Napoleon Hill.
It is with a great sense of nostalgia that I write this foreword. Especially because, from time immemorial the capacity of man has been adjudged by his height, weight or even more ridiculously, by the colour of his skin, yet all these things have nothing to do with the elasticity and capacity of his mind.

Concept Nova Launch E-commerce based Website

Concept Nova, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing Information Technology Company is proud to announce the launch of a newly redesigned eCommerce based Website. The redesigned website presents the company’s key messages and value propositions in a more evident and clear manner.

 

In addition to the change in design and layout of the pages, new features have been implemented, thereby giving Concept Nova’s customers the option of viewing and shopping online for all of Concept Nova’s innovative products.

The Dangers of Gamification

Jane McGonigal’s book Reality is Broken talks about the benefits of turning uninspiring tasks into an act of play - that is, gamification. McGonigal’s book encourages us to adapt the structures of those games - rewards, measurements, social engagement, quests, and so forth - to our daily lives. I have taken this to heart with my blog and volunteer work … and felt vindicated for the thousands of hours spent playing on my PC.

However, I suspect McGonigal is just formalizing something that most of us already do. To motivate myself to do my taxes, for instance, I have to frame it as the type of challenge in which I could take some pride. I set up some charts with the details of my bank accounts, bonds, superannuation, and student debt in Microsoft Excel, and then I’ll let myself spend a few hours just graphing it all.

5 Essential Skills Any Data Scientist Needs

So here’s an overview of what I feel are the five essential skillsets that are required from any data scientist who wants to be competitive in today’s market. Some of them are more valuable to organizations with a need for strategic planning of their data-driven enterprises, and some are more valuable for organizations needing people who are willing to get their hands dirty with the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of data.

However with a broad understanding of all of them, as well as an idea as to where your own particular strengths and interests may lie, you’re in a strong position to sell yourself to the growing number of companies looking to hire top-notch data talent.

Business Skills

The Test I'll Never Forget

In this series, professionals reflect on their inevitable career mistakes. Follow the stories here and write your own (please include #BestMistake in your post).

During my senior year of college, one of my final exams consisted of a single question that I’ll paraphrase here: Suppose your client is a mining corporation, and you have to do a year-end audit where you have to assess the value of coal in a pile. How do you take inventory of that pile of coal? 

I had studied my brains out. I started drawing isosceles triangles and cones – elaborate solutions to calculate how much theoretical coal would be in that theoretical pile.

Kids and Instagram

Last week, when my 11-year-old son S. asked if he could sign up for an Instagram account, I was a bit surprised. He’s been a big fan of video games for years, but this was the first time he seemed interested in social media. I figured he wanted to try out the popular photo sharing service because he’d seen me use it for the past two years. But that wasn’t the case at all.

“All of my friends are on it,” he said. “So I want to be on it, too.”

I guess I should have known. He’s reached the age where that’s the number one reason for doing anything.

But after a day or so of thinking about it, my husband and I decided it was okay. Compared to Facebook or Twitter, Instagram seems fairly harmless. From my experience, it’s usually just pictures of people’s fingernails, food, cats or kids and there isn’t much commenting. And although my friend Maria has had some minor issues with her middle-schooler using Instagram (which was detailed in this Wall Street Journal article by my Twitter pal Katie Rosman, I figured we were at least a year away from any bad tween behavior. I figured wrong, but that I’ll get to in a minute.