Stop stressing the ‘I know’!!! The adage “action speaks better than words” is very popular and known by several people. Unfortunately, this does not apply to the lives of many. They live their lives in such a way that others will be aware of what they claim to know; whilst they know not. Pitiful!! In the recent past , I overheard a young guy discussing   what he intend to do after he had completed the senior high school as if he knew everything about it, on the basis of how he used to say it. However some very little interrogation I made with him revealed he had no idea   what he was talking about.   Not to suggest you need not to discuss or share your ideas. My intention is to make you explore for more knowledge. You don’t have to make noise for people to know what you are capable of doing. So if you know, do it! And stop stressing the ‘I know’ because if you knew, they would know.  ….. Daniel Odoi©...…

The loose-loose-game; unwinnable scenario!!! Couple of years ago, I witnessed a game between a young girl and her elder sister. In this game, a stone is hidden in one palm of the sister, the hand is sent back and the stone left on a chair without the kid’s knowledge. The two hands are brought forward again simultaneously and the kid is asked to guess which hand contains the stone. She never got any of the chances right because the stone is in neither of the two palms. I call this game ‘the loose-loose-game’ . It is an unwinnable scenario! Some youths instead of striving harder towards achieving their set goals, have entrusted their future in the hands of some families and friends who they thought will assist them in the course of their lives. Unfortunately some of these relatives do not carry them to their desired destination. In the long run, they only give ‘tangible’ excuses whenever they are approached. Like the kid who couldn’t win in ‘the loose-loose- game’, you...