Its actually a dream come true to be able to run your own business especially if its something you have always wanted to do and even a better dream when you have the right team helping you grow that business. But then again is running the business only about making money or creating a need that fufills purpose? I dont believe that the size of the business has to determine the systems and structure that ought to be in place. Every entrepreneur should be able to establish these things before they become bigger, otherwise its very possible you will grow a big enterprise without solid structures in place.
Nigeria is a country that runs a system that encourages entrepreneurship so their are lots of fast growing one man businesses out there. But the way business owners run their business here is mind breaking. Most of the time the employer thinks he's doing you a favour, well because there are no jobs out there they think, so they take it upon themselves to treat you in anyway that pleases them. They usually wont pay you well(i can even overlook this),but then they will work you like a slave and still expect you to sacrifice your entire life for them, they will mandate you to close late and think its alright, they will speak to you sometimes in the most disrespectful manner ever, you can never have an opinion when they speak, you can never confront them when an idea or policy seem out of place, you are basically a human robot. This makes me wonder, in the first place when you render a service to someone who needs it you get paid for it, it doesnt come for free thats why i dont get why they seem to think they are doing you a favour, when they asked for your service you said you'd be able to render so i mean you get paid for working its not charity. I just pray that this people learn that the key factor in any growing organization is the people, if you dont have the right staff you are cooked, if you dont take care of your staff even when you have the right staff you are fried so any which way you want to look at it its important to understand that your people is actually what counts.
I know there are situations where you can actually hire a no good staff who is a complete waste of space but then again it still doesnt give the employer any right to be mean, if they dont fit in then let them go. Everyone must not love their jobs and its not compulsory to be excited about going to work everyday but in an organization if even 50% is unhappy then something is very very wrong.
I just think business owners should reconsider the way they treat their staff, they should go through the process, build systems and structures that work, train themselves in the area of people management, truth is you might have a great idea and know how to shoot your business but be very terrible managing people, if you are like that employ someone who's capable of managing your people and dont get in their business.
If a business is growing even the employees should benefit from it, because you are the owner doesnt mean you get to have it all to yourself. Its a shame if you are a business owner driving a very expensive car, wearing very expensive cloths and living in a very posh apartment and environment and your employee cant even afford to eat well. Sometimes its not about how much wages you pay but also those lil things that comes with a pat on the back.
Maybe am walking in the clouds but i just think its only fair to treat people well, and the owners of business should get off their high horses and learn the ropes of managing people. If you treat a janitor like he's just a nobody and rubs in it he's face, truth is he's just going to keep showing you filth. You can never get the best from people if you dont treat them well. Am not saying pamper them and spoil them but in all fairness i think its wrong to over impose on people just because you pay them.
Wednesday 27 June 2012
Tuesday 5 June 2012
Oh no!! Dana!!!!
Sunday the 3rd of June is a day i will never forget in a hurry. If I said i was not touched by the Dana Air disaster i will be a very big liar. It was very devastating to say the least. But Nigerians as usual will say its up to God, yet i sit still and wonder if all those people where actually meant to die that way. This is a situation that would have been averted but once again this is Nigeria a place where so many things is taken for granted where people expect God to come down and do all their work.
Last month i flew Dana Air from Abuja to Lagos and i must say it was a horrific experience for me and even my friends, the aircraft was leaking water while on air and gosh! before we landed it was so scary the aircraft was seriously shaking and making thunderous noise that i thought that was the end of all of us but thanks to God we landed safely and i told myself i will never board a Dana flight ever in my life.
And on sunday the 3rd of June in the afternoon i received this broadcast on my bbm saying a Dana plane just crashed, i was not surprised but felt deep pity and sympathy for those affected. 150 passengers all died plus some people whom the plane crashed into, injured people and people who's houses and properties turned into debris it was an incredible accident, once again lives and properties lost and destroyed.
Like i stated earlier that this crash could have been averted if and if all checks and balances was made, an aircraft is not one to be managed, it should be properly maintained and seriously if its not fit then it should be grounded. I figure the Dana management knew the aircraft was not sound enough but yet kept on because of a few millions they want to make now where did the millions take them??? ground zero they succeeded in causing so much havoc. The weather was not bad for it to have caused the havoc even the CCN weather forecast pointed it out, it was clearly a bad aircraft.
So many people lost their lives, young and promising even the old and yet aspiring, so many dreams and talents lost, hopes gone down, some family lineage wiped out completely, this is absolute calamity. I lost a dear friend Ikpoki Obiola, he was someone i was getting to know , someone with so much dreams, did he know he was going to die that day? nah! nothing in the world prepared him for the tragedy he faced and all the others. I was so pained i only wished i could turn back the hands of time or own a time machine that could go back in time and alter certain events. I cant even begin to imagine what he's family and other close friends would have to go through because of he's demise and not just that he died its the way he died, gross!! And the same goes for every one who died that faithful day in the crash.
I only hope that the Nigerian Govt will do something about the way things are being managed, I hope that the Dana management will be brought to book and the rescue operations in Nigeria should wake up, it took 20 minutes before the plane exploded, am thinking would it not have been possible for some people to have been rescued or some precautionary measures taken so the explosion wont be that severe?
Sad sad sad tale indeed, my heart still bleeds, i wish i can bring back my friend Obiola, i wish i can bring back Pastor Akin (House on The Rock Abuja), Mr Levi Ajuonima, Ehime Aikhomu, and so many others who lost their lives that faithful day. Above all my deepest sympathy goes to the families of the deceased, may the Lord grant them the fortitude to bear their loss.
Last month i flew Dana Air from Abuja to Lagos and i must say it was a horrific experience for me and even my friends, the aircraft was leaking water while on air and gosh! before we landed it was so scary the aircraft was seriously shaking and making thunderous noise that i thought that was the end of all of us but thanks to God we landed safely and i told myself i will never board a Dana flight ever in my life.
And on sunday the 3rd of June in the afternoon i received this broadcast on my bbm saying a Dana plane just crashed, i was not surprised but felt deep pity and sympathy for those affected. 150 passengers all died plus some people whom the plane crashed into, injured people and people who's houses and properties turned into debris it was an incredible accident, once again lives and properties lost and destroyed.
Like i stated earlier that this crash could have been averted if and if all checks and balances was made, an aircraft is not one to be managed, it should be properly maintained and seriously if its not fit then it should be grounded. I figure the Dana management knew the aircraft was not sound enough but yet kept on because of a few millions they want to make now where did the millions take them??? ground zero they succeeded in causing so much havoc. The weather was not bad for it to have caused the havoc even the CCN weather forecast pointed it out, it was clearly a bad aircraft.
So many people lost their lives, young and promising even the old and yet aspiring, so many dreams and talents lost, hopes gone down, some family lineage wiped out completely, this is absolute calamity. I lost a dear friend Ikpoki Obiola, he was someone i was getting to know , someone with so much dreams, did he know he was going to die that day? nah! nothing in the world prepared him for the tragedy he faced and all the others. I was so pained i only wished i could turn back the hands of time or own a time machine that could go back in time and alter certain events. I cant even begin to imagine what he's family and other close friends would have to go through because of he's demise and not just that he died its the way he died, gross!! And the same goes for every one who died that faithful day in the crash.
I only hope that the Nigerian Govt will do something about the way things are being managed, I hope that the Dana management will be brought to book and the rescue operations in Nigeria should wake up, it took 20 minutes before the plane exploded, am thinking would it not have been possible for some people to have been rescued or some precautionary measures taken so the explosion wont be that severe?
Sad sad sad tale indeed, my heart still bleeds, i wish i can bring back my friend Obiola, i wish i can bring back Pastor Akin (House on The Rock Abuja), Mr Levi Ajuonima, Ehime Aikhomu, and so many others who lost their lives that faithful day. Above all my deepest sympathy goes to the families of the deceased, may the Lord grant them the fortitude to bear their loss.
Thursday 31 May 2012
Photography, the essence
One of the most powerful tool of our time, is the camera and the art of photography. Its the only way you can freeze time and space for a lasting memory. Through photographs we preserve history.
The ability to envision a final result in your minds eye and then to make it so with the tools in your hand(camera) is beauty unspeakable. Its one thing to just flick a camera and take pictures but also another to seeing something, knowing how you want it to look and making it so. what makes good photography is the power of observation, getting the right angles, postures etc. Photographs "become" through making choices, and great photographs become through making the right choices, right choices are the direct result of the knowledge of the photographer.
The art of photography has gone to another level and seriously I personally think that when people engage in any kind of event they should make it a priority to consider excellent photography because when you look at these art pieces many years to come you'd almost give anything to relive the times.
It is actually possible for anyone who picks up a camera to take that one shot that you are so proud of for your life time, because it is never really about the state of the camera although sometimes it counts because it will have an effect on the result but rather a photographer who has the willingness to learn, a passion for his craft and an ability to connect with his audience.
Would you want to bring that imagination to live, or forever remember certain events in your life? Then never leave good photography out of detail when planning an event, actually never leave photography out of anything.
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