Build an Audience Before Writing Your Book
A brilliant young man recently contacted me about launching his book. He wasn’t the only one; I received similar inquiries this week. Having launched
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Why Nigeria Should Plant One Billion Trees in 2024
Last week, my column, Prof. Brainy, in the Daily Trust newspaper proposed that Nigeria should beat Ethiopia’s record of planting 350 million trees in
How to Develop Your Child’s Confidence
In “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell shares a story that illustrates how children from different socio-economic backgrounds learn to interact with authorit
How One Word Sparked a Viral Video, Conversions Among Young Americans, and Empathy for Palestinians
As international students, we shared a hostel with Riyad, my Palestinian friend. Riyad and I, unlike our peers, scraped by without scholarships or spo
One Way To Repel Narcissists
We’ve all met a narcissist. I’ve met women whose husbands are narcissists and I’ve met men – friends even – whose wives have this mental d