Friday, February 24, 2012

Ghana's Day of Shame (#GDOS) in Tweets #Nkrumah #CIA


"46 years ago, Ghana's first President Dr.Kwame Nkrumah was deposed in a coup when away on a peace mission in Hanoi. May Nkrumah's selflessness for Africa, and Ghana permeate throughout the continent NOW and FOREVER."--Facebook status of Emmanuel.K.Bensah Jr.

Below are tweets culled from the event, which I was unable to attend. It took place at Accra's International Conference Centre:




Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The case against Foreign Coaches for Ghana

Daily Graphic's Kofi Akordor has written a profoundly-insightful piece on why we must intensify the search for local coaches. I do not think he could have put it better stating that the Ghana Black Stars went to AFCON 2012:

''...withou a strategy but to exhibit individual talents''.

We can easily speculate that there was no Team GHANA. We must and CAN do better!!


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Monday, February 13, 2012

Must Wear White Shirt!

I am reminded of the Zambian team coach Herve Renard, who said on BBC World Service radio last week that any time he wears a white shirt, he gets lucky with the goals.

Now, this was the last thing on my mind when I wore my white shirt this morning. But after feeling so good doing so, I must re-consider doing it more often.

First, as I was waiting to flag a taxi to get to work, a strikingly-attractive young woman driving a sedan car unexpectedly slowed down and offered to give me not just a lift to the nearest junction, but even one further in town! Never mind that she gave a lift to two of us guys, which she doesn't know!

Secondly, when I got to work, one of my personable colleagues immediately remarked with what sounded like a 'hum...' that I 'look good';-)

Am I on cloud nine? Whether it was just a lucky day or not, I am certainly smiling the whole day...as I prepare to catch the fight between monumental evil and heroic good on the series finale of the existentially heroic and qualitatively excellent 1999 supernatural drama 'Angel' which ended in 2004 with a lot of thought on how much we would sacrifice ourselves for the greater good...if we could. Looking fwd to Fox TV tonight!


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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Education minister Betty Mould-Iddrisu resigns...


...prompting speculation NDC government will not have it easy in run-up to elections in December.

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Glo Ghana may not have launched on 19th January but...

...it sure is reminding us that it has not forgotten the customer!

I would have thought, though, that the media would have been awash with this very important information.

Rush and reserve before someone gets your favourite number. You have maximum 5 numbers per each mobile number you own.

Good luck!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Going Higher in 2012 -- Even in Ghana!

There's no gainsaying Ghanaians are being sensitised increasingly to the need of improving their lifestyles, their health, their whole outlook on life every year. While it is habitual to take stock of the year and see what one can do better every year-end, I notice a positive trend expressed through radio shows which advocate healthier life-styles and healthier living. I was thoroughly pleased to hear stations like CITI97.3fm doing this the very first day of the year. There's a lot of it in the papers as well, and it can only be encouraging.

Bitten by the bug of self-improvement, I've resolved to adopt a more minimalist look and feel to my life of clutter. While there's still the proverbial room for improvement, I am finding peace and a degree of sanity in reading up on making oneself indispensable. There are a number of great sites out there, but one of those which outlined the simple points best can be found here:

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from: http://mg.co.za/article/2012-01-17-africa-sees-positive-economic-growth-in-2011/

Make Yourself Indispensable

Make Yourself Indispensable
Even though the Great Recession is behind us and the economic recovery is (by most accounts) well underway, good jobs are hard to come by. So how can you be sure to keep yours once you’ve found it? Simple. By making yourself indispensable.

An example of indispensability

I was recently talking to a friend (let’s call him Steve) who related a story about one of his most valuable employees (let’s call him Mark). Times were tough, and Steve wasn’t actually hiring, but Mark showed up one day and got his foot in the door by offering to volunteer in return for the work experience. Steve checked out his resume and gave him a chance.

Over the next few months, Mark proved his worth – and then some. According to Steve, he made himself completely indispensable. Ultimately, Steve couldn’t help but hire him. And what a great decision that was. Mark has now become the “go to” guy for a number of things around the workplace, and Steve can hardly imagine how they got by without him. Do you think Mark has job security? You bet he does.

And… The exact opposite

At the same time, I’ve recently had the exact opposite experience with an employee. While I’ve generally been good at judging talent and character, I seriously mis-judged this guy. After a few decent months, his work ethic started to slip and we had all sort of problems. He was regularly late to work, he lacked initiative, and he had questionable judgment when he actually bothered to get things done.

In short, we just couldn’t rely on him to get the job done, so people end up working around him. He became little more than an obstacle – and an expensive one at that. We did what we could to get him back on track, but nothing worked. So… Do you think he has job security? Nope. In fact, he’s already gone.

Sure, he might have been having problems outside the workplace, but guess that’s no excuse. Everyone is dealing with a ton of stuff in the outside world. You’re not special, and your burdens aren’t any greater than those of the people around you. Life is hard, but you still need to show up and do your job. If you don’t, you might just find yourself living on unemployment.

Becoming a better employee

Let’s start with the basics. Don’t be late. Ever. Don’t fake sick days. Don’t make excuses when things go awry. Take responsibility for your actions. And don’t do busy work just to appear busy. Your boss isn’t stupid, so don’t try to pull the wool over their eyes. You’re just setting yourself up for failure if you do.
Now that you’ve covered the basics…

Spend the time and effort to do your job to the best of your abilities. You have to be at work all day, so why not make the most of it? Take initiative. Identify problems and solve them. Ask questions. Work quickly and efficiently. Help others when they need help – but don’t do their jobs for them. Become a resource. Make yourself the “go to” guy (or gal) at your workplace.

In short, make yourself indispensable.
If you do this, you’ll greatly increase your job security. I promise. And who knows… You might even get yourself a raise or – gasp! – a promotion along the way.

Friday, January 13, 2012

I love Ghana, but I have come to respect Nigerians!

Come on now, it's 2012. Although Ghanaians might know that GHANA is the gateway to West Africa while Nigerians believe their country to be the destination, I think it is only fair to doff
one's hat as a sign of respect to Ghana's sister country.

I think I can sum it all into a tweet I posted a few days ago, which stated:

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In #Ghana, #lawyers pontificate and ruminate; in #Nigeria, they go on #strike #fuelsubsidyremoval ;-D "
I do not ever re-call having seen any Ghanaian lawyer demonstrating out on the streets; they're mostly always on radio indeed pontificating and arguing with political and non-political opponents over legalities...

Kudos to Nigeria! Long love people power;-D

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