The first step in changing our attitudes is to change our inner conversations. What Should We Be Saying? One approach is called the three C’s: Commitment, Control and Challenge. Commitment Make a positive commitment to yourself, learning, work, family, friends, nature, and other worthwhile causes. Praise yourself and others. Dream of success. Be enthusiastic. Control [...]

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You are what you think. You feel what you want.   Why Think Positively? All of our feelings, beliefs and knowledge are based on our internal thoughts, both conscious and subconscious. We are in control, whether we know it or not.  Aim high and do your best We can be positive or negative, enthusiastic or [...]

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After giving an advanced test to a graduate class of physics students at Princeton University. Albert Einstein was on his way back to his office when one of his graduate assistants asked him that wasn’t this the same exam that you gave  to this physics class last year? He answered, “Yes it was the same [...]

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The Sun yawns up in the grey skies Sending forth its warm beams for a warm handshake The sleepy dew on the silent earth it warms The dew awakes to a new day Up to the skies it flies, to return at the call of the night All nature is at peace The birds sing [...]

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Hey! I have just finished my exams and guess what? I am now a FINAL YEAR STUDENT. It’s almost unbelievable. Three lo-o-o-o-o-o-n-g ding dong years have gone by since I came to UNILAG. My mind goes back to the day when I got admitted into UNILAG for the diploma II programme. It seems like it [...]

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1899 – Ezra Taft Benson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was born 1902 – Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opened 1929 – Yasser Arafat, Palestine leader was born 1947 – The Supreme Court of Japan was established 1983 – Thomas Sankara becomes president of Upper Volta (Burkina Faso) 1984 [...]

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The Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River, in northern Arizona, USA. The canyon appears on many versions of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World list, although none of these lists is by any means authoritative. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park — one [...]

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Many people have their idea of what Fathers’ Day should be. Some think of it as a routine, while some think of it as a day to really sit back, reflect and appreciate what a Father means to them. If you are among those to whom it doesn’t really mean much, perhaps the story of [...]

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America has denounced as “a good PR move” the suicides of three terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, Cuba. The comment was made by Colleen Graffy, a senior State Department spokesman, who told the BBC World Service that the suicides were “a tactic to further the jihad cause”. The US has imposed severe [...]

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A teacher once told each of her students to bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes to school. For every person they had refused to forgive in their life experiences, they were told to choose a potato, write on it the name of the person and put it in the clear plastic [...]

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•1580 – National day of Portugal •1793 – Washington replaced Philadelphia as U.S. capital •1793 – 1st public zoo opens in Paris •1915 – Girl Scouts founded •1921 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was born •1947 – Saab produces its first automobile •1971 – French footballer, Bruno N’Gotty, was born •1975 – Henrik Pedersen, [...]

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1824 – Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec 1936 – 1st parking meters are invented 1937 – World’s largest flower blooms in New York Botanical Garden, 12′ Calla lily 1968 – 1st reduced-gravity golf game is played on the Moon 1974 – U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract 1975 – 2 passenger [...]

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Strange things happen everyday! Imagine being born with two left arms or two right arms. It  sounds so unreal, but it is really true. I was surfing the internet when I came across this:  A two-month old boy, called Jie-jie, born with 3 arms. Doctors in Shanghai China, are considering surgery for the child. The doctors said that [...]

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