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I was about 70 pages into an economics and finance text, whilst multitasking on the submission of my finance piece - “You plan and then Pandemic” for a magazine this Eid holiday and decided to peep Instagram for a bit as per short break. As a fire girl, I saw a post I saw on Fire-boy's Instagram and made a non-style finance adaptation to it. “Every day we are upping finance levels. Raising the bar. I am talking about investments. I cannot lavish on certain things that I used to because I am a different caliber. If I have what I say, I am then I must prove it by net worth. By finance.” I readjusted the words to suit how I see financial growth improve and change people’s mindset, network, self-care, and preparedness for adulthood, impact, independence and a long list of other comforts. A major shift in personal finance (to a better and stable level) can be a result of how much you actually know about it and the economies that govern finance and related fields such as econo...

Dear Reader, God is super amazing and thoughtful for every and anything we go through! For this Sunday, I was ready to isolate myself and follow through with listening to the Rhemaword service first with a fight, lol, emi eyan Hulk Hogan! Abeg, I do not fight o. So planning, I joined the Saturday service, which thankfully we continued today: Following God’s plan for your life: Divine Geography . Unlike my previous Church Note , I’ll note this like a dialogue. The text was from Ruth 1:1-5, explaining the relocation of Elimelech to Moab and the aftermath. Today’s summary is from Pastor Peter Ayo-Alabi , which was dynamic in that pre-set questions were asked to four stewards that relocated overseas pre-covid. Just to juxtapose why, let’s peep the topic again and reflect. The key words here are “Divine” and “Geography”, which relate to having “Stewards in church” share their “Relocation” experience. The dialogue focused on four questions, which were on the process before rel...

Dear Music Lover, This weekend, I was reading the seventh edition of Passman’s “All You Need To know About The Music Business” and a “Dun Dun” Netflix moment occurred to me. LoL. Let’s chill out and take our minds on a stroll for a moment to imagine the basis of comparison between a neurosurgeon and a music professional or rock star? What? Brain racking. You see what I did there. Hehe. I promised myself to take baby steps and understand everything about the music business especially about the comparison the author mentioned. And voila! The basis of comparing both professionals was their creativity and business ethic. This made me understand how the author’s explanation on his love for music, practicing music law and how landing his first showbiz gig in general shaped his life. Leggo! Both professionals have to perfect their craft brilliantly, generate huge sums of money without the need for any financial skills and be schooled up in how the business works. It is easier...

Dear Reader, Firewall and Finance? Who you? Where are you from? *in Indabosky's voice* . Simply put, "What’s the relationship?". There is actually a connection between both terms, which will be explained in this article.  When we think about Firewalls, we think about it's science, which refers to a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules. I know that may be a lot of computing jargon, but stay with me, let’s think it through the Finance K.I.S.S way. Personal finance refer to financial management strategies, which an individual performs to budget, save, invest and spend resources over time, taking into account various financial risks and projections. To juxtapose personal finance and a firewall, in my opinion, a common link is strategies put in place to protect something – in this case your money. As a Firewall would, these strategies controls your financial inflows a...

Dear Reader, I woke up today amazingly early to prepare for service and read my bible through (this refers to studying the bible through one-year by apportioning daily scriptures for  consistent bible  study), I set out to completing 2 nd Corinthians and was refreshed doing so. Being at home, I attend two online services, my parent’s church and mine. This I do because of honor and the fact that I get blessed and stay in God’s presence for a longer period. My mum makes it compulsory to watch R CCG servic e either before or after watching Rhemaword’s service.     Today’s summary is from Pastor E.A. Adeboye’s teaching, which he intimated us on “The Secrets of Unending Success” with amazing and relatable bible references. The bible reading was from Isaiah 42:1 and Mark 16:15-20. To bring this home, everyone who is succeeding in Nigeria when asked always hides under the guise of God’s grace and never really tells people what effort they put in. Daddy Adebo...

Dear Music Lover, The acronym KWTMIIL represents - " K now W hat T he M usic  I ndustry I s L ike". Have you ever wondered what goes on at the back end of a “blown” star or artiste? That is, the effort, work, branding, processes, structures and deals before the music we hear. My dear, a whole lot of planning and networking takes place at the back end. Thanks to the effective A&R’s, managers, tour managers, band, financiers, publicists, fans, industry top-guns and a whole list / team of required services. In this age, an artiste cannot function effectively by leaving all the thinking to the label executives and just sing. Why? Music may be a passion for the artiste, but an understanding of the business side of it is key. The modern music industry has developed over the years. This has made it easier for artistes to understand different aspects of the business – legal, financial, educational, publicity and even the revenue streams from his/her art. For ...

Dear Reader, Consequent to the IPO post , I have gotten requests to blog on personal and start-up finance per how to stay afloat in this Covidian times. LoL, yes! Covidian! Apparently, that’s the new theme for this era. In addition to giving my two cents on the finance techniques, I have learnt and practiced over the years personally and for start-ups, I’ll also add strategies for companies to the extent I am capable of. Growing up, I wondered how people were categorized into the “haves” and the “haves-not” in the society and this sparked an interest into being in the most favorable class when I grow up. Fast forward to growing up, in the university, I was a saver! Yes, I’d like to call myself that. Always putting money aside and planning for the rainy days. As I matured, I began to question the basis of just saving away and denying myself of immediate pleasures. So again, growth made me start saving with a purpose, tying my saving to different milestones and projects I...