How Do You Feel When You Are Being Criticized?

It is quite natural for individuals to feel embarrassed, hurt or discouraged when their thoughts, opinions, suggestions, performances, etc are being criticized by other individuals in the society, community or public forum. Criticism can help people to improve on what they have already done, but it can also be a source of discouragement to other people who easily get discouraged at the slightest encounter with difficulties or challenges of life. Some Individuals expect encouragements from others after a performance, delivering speeches, displaying their skills, publishing their works, ...

Before I go on to discuss the topic I will like to let you know that you are a unique being with unique qualities. You are wonderfully made by God the creator, loaded with potentials to become what you want to be. You are full of abilities to achieve just what you want to achieve. In fact you have the power to effect any desired changes. And that is the power of belief. God packed every thing you need to live inside of you: your heart, lungs, kidney, brain, blood, etc are all inside of you. Likewise, the power for you to succeed is in you and not in anyone else. The only thing you have to do is

A major ingredient of success is worthy goals and ideals. Perhaps your deepest subconscious drive, according to Dr. Viktor E. Frankl, author of Man’s Search for Meaning, is the need for meaning and purpose in life. To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of direction. You need a commitment to something bigger and more important than yourself. You need to feel that your life stands for something, that you are somehow making a valuable contribution to your world. Happiness has been defined as “the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” you can only be happy when you are working ...

In the early years of the twentieth century, China was largely a backward country. The economy was largely agrarian, but the political structure was imperialistic in nature. There was widespread internal disenchantment. Tribal leaders asserted some levels of control, and government began to loose control. Frustrated by the Qing court’s resistance to reform, young officials, military officers and students began to advocate the overthrow of the Qing dynasty-( a succession of related rulers), and creation of a republic. On October 10, 1911, there was a revolutionary military uprising ...

Poverty is a dangerous weapon that can hinder the growth and development of any society, where it is prevalent. Poverty can come in different ways, but the worst form of poverty is that of the mind which may be referred to as psychological poverty. Unfortunately, Africa suffers from all forms of poverty. After the independence of most African countries in the 20th century, poverty, hunger, disease, etc became the major problematic factors that the continent has to contend with, and the negative effects of poverty have stretched into the 21 st century causing greater problems not only affecting ...

This article is not in any way supporting terrorist activities, but it will surely help the reader to have a clearer understanding of its concept, and bring the factors which necessitate its initial adoption into focus. Terrorism as a concept is not new in history. However, it came into limelight as a political phenomenon in the early 20 th century. The earliest recorded significant act of terrorism in the 20 th century took place in Serbia. In Serbia, a twenty- one year old student named Gavrillo Princip, who was trained by Serbian secret society known as the Black Hand shot and killed ...

Politics in Nigeria has been rightly described as a do or die affair. The manner in which the 1999, 2003 and 2007 political campaigns and elections were conducted justifies the above assertion. Hundreds of precious lives were lost in almost every state of the federation during each of these elections as political parties clashed with one another in what could best be defined as “gun boat political campaigns”. This prompts one to ask, who armed these thugs and for what purposes? Of course they were armed by politicians to subdue their political opponents. And this goes on to ...

Before going into the subject matter, it will be necessary to consider what goals and goal setting really mean. In the context of this article, a goal is referred to as something an individual hopes to achieve at a given period of time. Goals are set in different areas of life such as career, income, education, family, health, etc. On the other hand, goal setting is defined in this context as the act of writing down one’s visions and life dreams on a paper or where the individual can easily look on them, and this actually serve as a goad towards achieving such individual’s goals. ...

The principles of right and wrong behavior or accepted standard of behavior could be understood by individuals from different perspectives according to individuals’ idiosyncrasies, but there are actions that some people might consider wrong but prefer carrying out those actions. It is against this background that this article will place its focus in highlighting the decadence in personal morals. It is quite difficult to conclude that personal morals are decaying in other parts of the world because I cannot be everywhere, but judging from the society where I belong, and with the way people ...

Every individual is born with innate abilities, and these innate abilities may be referred to as talents. Our God given talents are always there to help us in serving our purpose in life. It is quite difficult for some people to discover where their talents lie as a result of the fact that talents are made to be discovered through serious meditation and careful observations. Some people are not careful enough to observe their strengths and weaknesses, abilities and inabilities, capabilities and incapabilities, and as a result, their quest and attempts to discover where their talents lie remain ...

Some decades after the independence of African countries, some scholars still point to the negative effects of colonialism as the cause of Africa’s underdevelopment. They argue that as a result of the exploitation of both human and material resources of Africa by major European powers, the continent has found it difficult to pursue positive economic and technological development. And scholars in this category still point out that the continent is still under indirect colonialism (neocolonialism). This article will try to highlight the points which are used to refute this assertion in ...

It is true that home team gets the best calls from referees, but that does not happen in every football game. There are instances where the home teams suffer from referees’ wrong decisions, even in the top flight football. For the fact that the home teams have their fans and crowd behind them in football games, referees are bound to make mistakes in their decisions. Most times, the crowd supports the home team by making unnecessary shouts thereby forcing the referee to make some wrong decisions against the visiting team. But there are times when the referees are not moved by the shouts ...

In recent years, the English Premier League has become the most exciting and interesting League to watch across the globe. As a result of its wide popularity, some people have continued to ask whether it will be good to take premiership games overseas. Although the English premiership is always exciting for both soccer players and fans across the globe, to take premiership games overseas is quite unreasonable. If such a decision would be taken which I doubt, it will not favor the English League players and fans in any way. In this article, I will try to highlight some points that make the ...

Faith may mean different things in different context usage, but in the context of this article, it has to do with one’s religious belief. It will not be good for people to allow their votes to be influenced by faith. If a country’s citizens should allow their faith to influence their votes, the growth, development and progress of that country could be put in jeopardy. For this and some other reasons that will be highlighted by this article, I strongly oppose that one’s faith should influence his votes in any election. First of all, religion should be separated from politics ...

Marijuana is one of such drugs obtained from the hemp plant, which makes people to behave and act in an abnormal way after its consumption. From my knowledge of this drug (marijuana), it sometimes results to brain damage, especially when it is being taken in excess or when an individual’s brain capacity is not strong enough to contain it. Legalizing Marijuana should not come up as an option, if we consider the negative effects it has brought to our society in general. If some people believe it has some advantages, and that its use should be legalized, I vehemently oppose this view for ...