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THE MAGAZINE FOR GAME CHANGERS MAY 2020
PREMIERE ISSUE
INARA ZIHA FINDING YOUR TRUE PASSION WITH
BUILDING A PORTFOLIO
UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF INVESTING
THE YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR SERIES LARA BOSS
A PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH
EMERGING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS
Get to know more about the fashion entrepreneur. Now is just a time as good as yesterday to start your own business.
EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT! You Owe It To Yourself To Keep Improving
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10 On Investments: Too Young to Invest
12 Original Series: Lara Boss
Original Entrepreneur Series LARA BOS S Story on p. 12
16 Discovering Entrepreneurship: On Problem Solving
1 Editor's Note: Building Entrepreneurs
3 Young and Vibrant Entrepreneur The full story of January's promising young and emerging entrepreneur; and how she started 4 Entrepreneurs Read: Dear to Dream Hole in the wall bookshops are popping all over the Metro 6 Contributing Writers: Getting to know what our contributor's think about being a budding entrepreneur 8 Entrepreneur with style January's Feature profiled exclusively
9 INARA ZIHA: The Illustration Brand A mini showcase of INARA ZIHA'S Illustration and art works 18 How to Learn Online Effectively Explore five important things to consider when learning anything online
14 Vitai's First Interview Get to know Vitai's first guest and how her responses will capture our hearts
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BUILDING ENTREPRENEURS
Now is just a time as good as yesterday to start your own business. by IreOluwa Bolajoko, Chief Editor
The Vitai brand is one that seeks to bring entrepreneurial knowledge closer to all by sharing the experiences from active and prospective stakeholders that motivate action
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ntrepreneurship is a form of art. It is creativity morphing into existence from the mind of the entrepreneur. The art of entrepreneurship therefore is one that is so attractive, it is desired by all who possess a creative mind to build a piece of art that functions to amaze and serve all who may be in need, successfully and effectively. The art of entrepreneurship is one that looks easy, relatable, flexible and duplicatable. However, entrepreneurship which is further defined as the art of building a business that is creative enough to effectively meet the need of its end users, is no easy task.
Building a business is plain and simple hard work, but building an entrepreneur is even harder work! A successful entrepreneur constitutes a number of ingredients to produce a properly seasoned manager and by extension, a successful enterprise or business. One of the entrepreneurial ingredients includes thinking to start a unique business as exemplified by our cover feature on page 3. A very useful piece that will challenge your entrepreneurial mindset to life and dare you to dream can be found on page 4. Don’t skip a very vital ingredient that helps you to understand the key skill for delayed gratification, giving us tips on how to save and invest for business and financial stability on page 10.
On page 12 you’ll find our original series, the story of your very own relatable emerging entrepreneurial character, Lara Boss. From page 16, read about how you can start to effectively acquire some entrepreneurial knowledge online, and also think up problem solving businesses that are relevant today. I have found the practice of these techniques very effective to starting my business, I hope you do too.
What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
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INARA ZIHA
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YOUNG AND VIBRANT ENTREPRENEUR EMERGING Inara Alazigha, popularly known as Inara Ziha, is a 24-year old artist and an outstanding individual . She is one who we can all truly call a multipotentialite (a person who has multiple talents and potential) in the making. Inara’s journey to greatness started while she was pursuing her first degree in the University of Lagos. As one of the students who studied Mechanical Engineerig, Inara gradually began to learn and build her entrepreneurship skills along with a great and resilient fighting spirit. In 2016, she started out as a selftaught make-up artist and began to monetize her skill. Despite the stress of taking on her academic workload, she also decided to start a small brand for what has now become her make-up suite called Ekoglow. Ekoglow became a sensation and began to gain popularity on campus and later, within Lagos. Inara at the time decided not to relent due to the increasing levels of responsibility, rather she began to venture into other areas of artistry such as hand rendered illustrations, realistic drawing and painting. Inara continued to acquire skills in portrait drawing until she graduated from the University of Lagos. n 2018, her final year in school, she had her first exhibition at the Cadeaux dans event and was later awarded Most creative student by the University of Lagos Engineering Society.
In 2019, Inara entered into the Nigerian Creative enterprise support program organized by the British Council where she reached the semi final stage of the competition. Later that year, she enrolled into Edubridge Academy where her group came first in a business challenge she participated in. She proceeded to get a short training with FMCDQ (next gen) and won the prize for the second runner up at the Foreign Exchange Trading competition. With all of these success stories piling up, it was all the confidence she needed to apply for the role of bridal consultant/Fashion Designer at Andrea Iyamah later in 2019, where she is currently working. It is no surprise that in 2020, Inara has begun building her own fashion consultancy where she consults for fashion brands and enthusiasts in the fashion industry, rendering various services including 2D drawing, 3D drawing, Tech Pack renditions and illustrations, to mention a few. In the future, Inara mentions that her flair for professional designs and providing solutions are key drivers for her intention to pursue a Masters degree in Product Design.
INARA ZIHA
“Not everyone has it figured out at the beginning stage, but with time, perseverance, consistency and hard work, our efforts become clear to us".
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DARE TO DREAM
A dream’ is an imaginative term for ‘a goal’. Using the term ‘dream’ to describe the more articulate and physical structure ‘goal’, helps us to paint a mental
The things I love about my generation: Have you ever heard this popular saying, “the world does not revolve around you?” I bet you have! Many different voices around discourage us from doing a whole lot of things, but most importantly, dreaming. It would be refreshing, better still, emancipating, to know
picture of our ultimate desires. I am taken by this definition because it is that which many, if not most successful people affiliate with. ‘Everyone wants to be successful’
that the world does revolve around you. I dare say that
There are different schools of thought concerning
the world depends on you. Only that you have to be
success.
patient enough to find out the why and how.
dictionaries recon, is that success is the achievement of
There are perspectives to perception, it depends on your
However,
the
central
idea,
as
many
one’s aim or goal. In Clear terms, to achieve success, you have to have a goal -a dream.
angle. There are degrees to temperatures, it depends on your location. There are clarities to views, it depends on your position. There are alternatives to situations, it depends on your connection. There are
Sometimes, the path to follow, which eventually leads to success, may not be entirely clear. However, at some point in time, there are indicators, ushering the way to a possibility, which when taken advantage of, could
levels to dreams, it depends on your definition.
eventually lead to a unique outcome -success. You are
What is your definition of a dream?
clear about success when you have a dream, a goal The word dream is an ambiguous term. To someone, a dream could mean an imaginary event seen in the mind,
that drives you to take on daily missions in the pursuit of the execution of a larger vision -your dream.
to others it may mean a visionary scheme or an idle fancy. To yet another, it may mean hope or a wish. Many people say they have dreams, they claim to know what it means and have an in depth understanding of its concept and demands. Yet again the question comes back to you; what is your definition of a dream?
A good dream always has to do with doing things from which other people can benefit. This kind of dream has a high chance of being successful. When it comes to career, whether one is an employee or employer, our goals or dreams revolve around the things we work towards. We then break our goals down into miniature
Here is my definition of a dream that can be put to test and will last: A dream is an inspiring picture of the future that
energizes
your
mind,
will
and
emotions,
empowering you to do everything you can to achieve it. A dream worth pursuing is a picture and blueprint of a person’s purpose and potential.
tasks which we can take on, one step at a time, to either sustain a living and/or provide something others can benefit from. Either of these outcomes (personal or social gain) always takes priority position when motives for success are examined. Motives for success however depends on the individual. As a result of this description, much importance is therefore placed on
A dream is the seed of possibility planted in the soul of a human being, which calls him to pursue a unique path to the realization of his purpose. -John C. Maxwell, in his article ‘What is your dream’.
dreams that are affiliated with our career path. Some people may work for others, and fulfill their dreams doing so. Others may need to create special entities that offer solutions to people and problems in order to record success for their invention.
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Both of these kinds of success exist in ways that are
Many times, dreamers who undertake existing dreams
well distributed in many developed nations. And so
modify them to suit their mental personality or bridge
here is the basis, what about the less developed nation?
a gap found in the existing dream. Whatever the case may be, the importance of dreaming can never be
Opportunities to dream
overemphasized.
Anyone living in developing economies would agree that there are still a lot of things to be done before the
What kind of dreamer are you? The unique
state of such nations are brought to an acceptable
dreamer or the existing and modified dreamer?
ground. There are so many problems and by extension, countless needs. Invariably, there are so many solutions
Choose one and run steadily with the vision to
that should be calling for entertainment. However,
the success line.
there are not enough! Many people -who may be contributing something to the dream or solution provided by a minority of solution providers- are contributing nothing to the bank of solutions required to raise the state of the developing economies. This leaves you with one option -have a dream and provide a solution. We humans have been equipped with much more than we think we can offer. It therefore should be
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pertinent for each individual to search around and within, engage high levels of thought regularly, and realize a need for which he is able and passionate enough to provide a solution. Why should you dream? In as much as the developing nations are starved of solution providers or dreamers or inventors, there are still quite a few who have established a dream. The fact remains this; not everyone has to have a unique dream. More of a particular invention may be what is required to sustain or uplift the status of a particular problem.
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IMPACT FEATURE
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 1 BUSINESS DEVELOPER OREOLUWA ANAKO
Oreoluwa Anako, our favorite investment expert, is one person we are confident in when it comes to finance and investment advice. Born into a family where information concerning general finance, trading on the stock market, foreign exchange and international investments was common knowledge, it is no wonder why we trust her judgement when it comes to money matters. She has broken down some facts for easy application in our finance, savings and investment section on page 10.
I believe business is a part of life which cannot be done away with. This belief is premised on the fact that the needs of human beings are innumerable. Fortunately, in response to this fact, we are built to solve problems; one of the best examples of opportunities uniting with an entity's preparation. I love the sheer simplicity of it sometimes as well as well as observing its intricacies. I also love seeing owners and executives think up and successfully implementing business strategies. - Oreoluwa
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS 2 FOUNDING PARTNER IREOLUWA BOLAJOKO
My guess is as good as yours. This may mean we all don't have much of a clue! In the world we live in today, our guesses are most likely not good enough, if at all they are good. The notion that entrepreneurship is an inseparable part of life is a one I have learnt to come to terms with. I remember the first time I sold something; I was barely ten years old. I made a few hand-made cards and sold them to my classmates at what may now be referred to as a negligible price. I did this for the fun of it and also because I was curious.
That said, the world is now more complicated than ever before, there is a need to have much more than just a feeling of curiosity and innocent ambitiousness. "Dare to dream" is one of the articles I wrote to inspire the entrepreneur that once surfaced in me when I was much younger. My entrepreneurial journey these days is one that has taken a slow but steady flight; this I believe has been for a reason to ensure that there is a sufficient foundation to build sustainability. My goal however is to carry as many who wish like me to create an enterprise with impact, on board to a successful destination. IMPACT MAGAZINE
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ENTREPRENEUR WITH STYLE Inara Ziha is a fashion consultancy brand providing solution services in fashion design,illustration, campaign graphics and tech packs. The brand caters to fashion brands and enthusiasts who may find it difficult to communicate their ideas through designs and create compelling stories around their brands. The consultancy aims to redefine the phase of storytelling in the new age of fashion by bringing together the dynamics of art and fashion.
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MONEY AND INVESTMENTS
TOO YOUNG TO INVEST
Based on this truth, the best time for the type of
BY OREOLUWA ANAKO
people we discussed earlier to have begun investing
For many Nigerians approaching middle age, the importance of investments has never been so glaring. Since the recent global economic turmoil, thoughts on
would be as soon as they could have invested. The next best time is right now. Investing means committing resources for a period of time, in hopes of receiving
needs,
benefits in future. Investments earn one money by
healthcare, and maintaining one’s economic status rear
appreciation or increase in the value of investment,
their unsettling faces at prospective retirees.
payment of dividends or shared profits from equity you
impending
retirement,
pressing
financial
bought as an investor and interest payment or additional amount to that which you lent out. It’s a little obvious at this point, but a good question is; why invest? · Wise investments can Increase your financial worth, ‘wise’ being the keyword here since investments can be high risk. However not investing at all is more costly. A good example of this would be celebrities who branch out of their line of work which made them famous, into other profitable businesses for instance, Rihanna with Fenty Beauty, The Beckhams with their designer lines, Jay-Z and his numerous investments such as Roca wear, record labels, Banky-W with Sooyah Bistro outlets in Lagos, Nigeria etc.
It is at this point many begin to seek out “viable” business opportunities to pump money into, the chief of them being agriculture. This usually ends in ugly tears. While it is noble for them to do this in preparedness for the days to come, money has a Time Value. This is embodied in a concept which postulates that any sum of Money in the present has more value than the same sum in future. Not considering inflation now, money received earlier can earn you more interest compared to the same sum received later. It basically has more growth potential.
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MONEY AND INVESTMENTS
· You usually can earn higher rates on investments.
Markets can be very volatile in short term periods and
Saving can only do so much for you in terms of building
this may make you wonder if you made the right
wealth. In practice, investment is directing your funds
decision. If you’re unsure on which stocks to invest in,
to active use and receiving benefits from those
go for Blue-chip stocks, which have a track record for
activities, as opposed to saving; where your money is
good performance over the years.
being minimally productive. In reality, when you ‘save’ money, there are higher chances that the institution
· Funding as a group or as It’s commonly called,
you saved with is investing your money elsewhere and
Crowd funding: You might not have all the money you
not giving you interests for it.
need for an investment, but partnering with a group of
· Investments provide one an opportunity to start a
trusted friends/family members or investors will get
business or help someone start/expand theirs. This
you the money and even more. So, instead of waiting
creates utility and opens up jobs and streams of
and saving for investments, you can pool resources
income for a number of people.
with other people and make your investment dreams
· Life happens. Sometimes, huge financial setbacks
come true. This unlocks a world of possibilities because
occur (Many of which have led people into financial
more funds are available, you can look into real-estate,
bankruptcy). Investments help to cushion the effects of
starting a business, etc.
these incidents and help you up on your feet faster.
· Save or invest your money in stable currency: Pension funds in Naira are great in thought, but in
Investment is never a function of age, you are not too
practice highly illogical, as the Naira depreciates
young to invest! Money spent now has a higher value
quickly against other currencies, and rising costs of
than at a later date. To begin with, Education in itself is
living can quickly render your saved-up money useless.
an investment; it changes one’s mind-set and attitude
· Save to invest and not the other way around. Never
towards certain things and causes one to evolve and
let the bulk of your money just sit somewhere, let it
become
from
work for you. Also, if at this moment, you don’t have
education are not immediately used however we draw
any funds to lay aside for investment, save towards it. A
from these deposits from time to time, which generally
thoughtful application which can help with this is
make our lives better.
PIggyVest, which
How can you invest as a young person, right now, right
extended time periods and periodically has fixed
where you are?
investment instruments which one can buy even for as
· Stocks and Equities. The good thing with stocks
low as N5,000.00 per unit.
more
aware.
Experiences
gained
allows users lock monies for
nowadays is that you don’t have to buy them in large amounts which many young people don’t have access
On a final note, don’t invest in anything you don’t
to anyway. Stocks can be bought in units and when
understand hundred percent. Ensure you do your due
these units are expensive, can be fragmented into
diligence to find out about prospective investments,
smaller ones. You can buy 0.2% of a stock with about
especially about the part where it makes money for
$1,000.00 if that is what you can afford.
Equity is
you. Investments come with risks, therefore spread
basically buying portions of a business or entity in
your investments across different instruments, so you
exchange for a percentage of the said business. Apps
don’t get burned all at once.
such as Bamboo, which comes highly recommended,
Hopefully unlike most people at retirement, your
can help you get started. One thing to note with stocks
thoughts concerning the future won’t be fear-filled, but
is that one should have a long-term outlook for them.
brimming with confidence and contentment.
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LARA BOSS “Ms. Janet, I’m so sorry. I promise I will fix up the report. It will be ready for submission tomorrow morning and I will take it to the postal office myself”.
AN ORIGINAL STORY WRITER: BOLADE ADEGBITE
Lara pleaded desperately, feeling very insecure and by this time uncontrollably emotional, she burst out in tears instinctively wiping her face with a hysterical demeanor. “I said get out of my office and pack your things along with you. You’re fired! I will not repeat myself” Ms. Janet yelled ever so loudly, the whole building even from five floors above and below could hear her scream. As her pitch grew decibels louder, so did her figure as it now began to occupy the whole space in the room,
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violently trashing everything that was in the way of her eerie expansion and casting a horrifying shadow upon Lara’s frail figure which stood in the corner scared half to death at this point. “Ma ple-e-a-a-s-e” Lara whimpered, hardly hearing even herself. “I said get out! Get out! Get out! Get out! Get out!.......” Get up! Get up! Get Up! Get Up!........
Lara sprang up violently to life at the sound of the alarm. With her right hand on her chest and her left scooping off streams of sweat from her forehead, partly relieved and partly troubled, she exclaimed “Oh Lord! It was just a dream!” Lara got out of bed reluctantly. Throughout the course of the night, the still air that refused her room a refreshing circulation and the lack of electricity in addition to the heart wrenching nightmare, had caused the bed to become soaking wet from the streams of sweat that made their way out of Lara’s skin in a bid to cool her body from the creeping heat, aggravating her irritation for the bed from which she arose.
LARA BOSS
Lara went on into the bathroom and picked up her toothbrush on the way. She spent another blissful ten minutes caressing each tooth with the brush which now had some toothpaste on it. For the next twenty minutes, Lara took her time to run some water in a bucket and then take a cool shower –one she had not been able to enjoy without having a constant reminder of the urgency to get to work. Each bowl of cold water that swept over her body washed away the sweat and It was the thirtieth day in March and the most urgent
the horrors of the night, especially that of a magnified
holiday had been declared nationwide to prevent
bully that had threatened her financial, social and
people from unnecessary exposure and protect many
emotional balance.
more from contracting the disease that had now been declared a pandemic.
With a smile that could be seen from miles away,
The week before this day Lara now enjoyed, Ms. Janet
thoughts of satisfaction could be perceived off of Lara’s
had grudgingly ordered everyone to stay home. “If not
countenance. She was just about done with her bath
for this urgent declaration from the government, left to
and reaching for her towel which hung carelessly over
me we will all report to work next Monday and do what
the shoulder of the bathroom door, she thought to
needs to be done so that you all can have a job”
herself, this is really nice. I could have more days like
Ms. Janet lamented loudly as usual at the weekly meeting held on Fridays to close all reports concerning the office. Lara was not compelled to get out of bed extremely
this, even when this pandemic is over, I could be more ‘
at peace like this. I should not have to live the rest of my life the way I do like a headless chicken. What if I owned my own business, I bet it wouldn’t be the same!
early in a bid to beat the third mainland bridge traffic, after all she had finally been granted the long requested work from home wish which Ms. Janet had publicly and vehemently disapproved of, even the slightest hint of it, one time it accidentally slipped out of Lara’s mind into their conversation. Nevertheless, Lara woke up early as a function of habit which she had now become well accustomed to in order to avoid nags and threats from Ms. Janet on account of lateness. It was the most relaxed morning Lara had had to herself in a while. It was still dark and the moon could still be seen, though faintly, and now disappearing into the morning clouds, Lara spent some ten minutes staring outside the window at this beautiful scenery, leaning in on the burglarproof bars that extended only a couple of inches from the wall.
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VITAI'S FIRST INTERVIEW IN 2020 In an interview we had with Inara on the 5th of January 2020 where she discussed
‘Finding
your
Passion;
Starting out a meaningful career’ she disclosed some of her secrets to navigating a number of interests in a short time frame and finding the path that leads to true passion. “Not everyone has it figured out at the beginning stage. Rather, with time, perseverance, consistency and hard work, our efforts become clear to us. I studied mechanical engineering but I cannot say for sure that I am going to continue practice in the profession. My passion as an artiste unfolds everyday as I venture into the things that interest me. It is always amazing to me when I find out new talents I never knew existed as I explore myself”, Inara had this to say in response to a question asked by our interviews host on finding passion in the midst of feeling talentless.
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She spoke profusely about paying attention to cues and signals around that point to the creativity or talent you may not see or admit in yourself for various reasons. She also gave a message that resonates with all who aspire to own an enterprise. “for you to find an enterprise that best suits your personality; one that you will succeed at, you have to identify
the
things
you
are
passionate about –those things that you do not get tired of when you do them- or that you will not easily give up on when you mess them up. Pay attention
to
what
people
complement about you. Is it your talking, reading, writing, singing, hard or soft talent, develop it into a formidable skill. Don’t forget to ask your creator about the purpose for which he has brought you to life, and trust His leading. Lastly, take every step with faith and courage that you are up to the task, no matter what it is. Kill your Impostor's syndrome!”
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The problem solving approach All of life is problem Solving. When solving problems, dig at its roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. -Anthony J. D'Angelou
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PROBLEM SOLVING
Many times, young people complain of a lack of so
Defining and clearly mapping out problems will help
many things including jobs. While it is good to seek out
you to draft up a number of possible innovative and
and find profitable jobs you may be passionate about,
suitable solutions, an array from which you can
the hard reality is that there are only few jobs that are
conduct further research to decide upon which
decent and satisfactory at the same time; most of
solution best fits the needs of the end receivers.
which are created by enthusiastic and sometimes high profile entrepreneurs. The following circumstances
A well defined problem usually will contain its own
may prevail among others; competition in the job
solution within it which may be simple and straight to
market in many cases are too high,
you may be
the point. I most cases however, more specific details
overqualified or otherwise for jobs that are available or
about solutions drawn up, such as the strategy
the job you get may not compensate properly for the
required to execute the solution or the process through
intensive labour you're required to invest.
which the end users will have access to the solution, are not usually clearly defined in the definition of the
The next thing you may want to consider to is to start
problem or the framework of the solution, and hence
your own business enterprise. Yet again, many young
need to be carefully thought through, planned
people may complain of an over-saturated business
organized
space or an inability to find and start a business that
individual.goal’.
and
executed
by
the
enterprising
will be successful. In addition to these concerns are the problems or difficulty of funding newly established businesses or the lack of an enabling environment. A magnified focus on funding businesses exposes a few core principles, some of which we will come across in the next few
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Remember you cannot solve a problem until you ask the right questions.
paragraphs. As a young individual thinking to start a business, your orientation is best directed towards solving a problem or meeting a need. In solving a problem, you provide the solution to an existing demand. Defining problems when founding enterprises often involves a thorough fact based diagnosis or in-depth research about real prevailing problems that are being suffered in your environment, or any environment you choose to operate.
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Ways to Learn Online Effectively Learning Online has to be one of the greatest revolutions in contemporary education systems. Read about five ways to benefit from it successfully.
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Fetching yourself a skill is a highly important need in
4. Take your breaks
this age. Many living among us have taken advantage
It is good to relax and give your brain some rest at
of the skills that acquired first hand, eyes on hand, to
specified pre-determined intervals of time when
make reasonable to an outstanding living. Gone are the
studying. This may be a good time to visit your social
days when we were required to travel distances, long or
media platforms in order to distract your brain with
short,
we
pleasurable chats, news and pictures among others.
considered expert enough to pass down knowledge to
You can also use the break to take a walk, eat, see a
us.
short movie, and the list of things to do goes on.
With the advent and popularity of the internet which
5. Be disciplined with your schedule.
we are now mostly familiar with, and even better, the
One of the most important things to do when you
development of mobile devices and application and
decide to study online is to create a study schedule.
social media.
This includes an approximated amount of time you
everyday
to
someone
or
somewhere
would be comfortable spending to reach a particular As human beings, we are bombarded with a massive
study objective target. This is unfortunately where most
flood of information all over the internet and it has
of us get lazy. A good way to ensure that you get the
become increasingly difficult to streamline important
best out of whatever you are learning online design a
information we need to learn effectively. Here are five
learning schedule around an identified concept .
tips that can help us to learn online effectively. 1. Set up a studying space.
Ensuring that you stay true to to the time apportioned
The environment in which you study determines
to study on a schedule basis is the most difficult, yet
whether you will be able to concentrate and assimilate
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most important aspect of the endeavor. You can share
or not. Be sure to set up a suitable environment where
your learning goals objectives, schedule and journey
you can study at your own comfort. I would like to
with your friends in order that you may be accountable
prescribe an environment that makes you feel serious
to your learning process, and reduce distractions to
about what you’re doing.
meet up with set deadlines.
2. Set goals for your studying Every learner has expectations and you must be able to express them as knowledge goals broken down into learning objectives. Putting together a list of what exactly you wish to learn by the end of each study session or learning experience in a realistic set period of time example, daily, is good to keep you on track. 3. Do not forget to take notes We may feel awkward about this point since this is not a formal learning environment. However, making your own not notes from your findings helps you to internalize the pieces of information that you come across and effectively convert them into knowledge for your use.
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