LADIES IN BUSINESS MAGAZINE GLOBAL

EDITOR’S NOTE

MOVING FORWARD TO 2023

2022 has been both a challenging and fruitful year for us at LINBIZ GLOBAL. Therefore, it is important to take time to step back and reflect on how far Ladies in Business Magazine Global, the enthusiastic readers, and our ever-reliable patrons and members have come.

THE JOURNEY

Starting a publishing business could be daunting, but the satisfaction derived from putting a face to stories of unsung heroes and placing them in the limelight has been priceless. These women we feature range from female entrepreneurs, business startups, intending business owners, laid-off workers, housewives, and undergraduates to young female leaders, etc. The source of our inspiration, which defines us and guides our significant decision points is to not throw the light on high flyers, but concentrate on that woman out there trying to make something happen for herself by herself.

More importantly, our articles have been accessed by a vast audience, topical content is cited in other publications, and the magazine has lived up to the potential of having a substantial impact.

In today’s world, so much is pushing us, women, to live fast, to experience as many things as possible, and as quickly as possible. So often, we have a goal in sight and all we can think of is reaching it and how much we can enjoy and benefit from the journey Early July 2018, when we commenced this quest to start

a magazine publication, it has been a series of processes from engrossing in empirical studies, solidifying our goals, creating our brand and image, developing a business structure, setting up infrastructure, advertising, and then marketing. More ominously was in making the difficult business decisions in response to trials, selfgrowth, and self-realization.

Behind the scenes, Ladies in Business Magazine Global has extensively benefitted from the encouragement and guidance from friends, family and acquaintances, and it is a privilege to work alongside a highly driven and supportive team.

Autonomy over creative control, once we get an editorial piece ready to publish, we put all of our resources into action. This journey commences with drafting the interview questions, compiling responses, reviewing, content design, uploading a complete magazine online and sending it out for print. We are always mindful to move from our perspective into a more objective awareness that is clearer, unbiased, and focused. We pride ourselves in hearing the authors’ communications and understanding the complexity of their messages, serving as a security feature that enables featured women to effectively review and own the contents we put out without running a risk of rogue or incorrect posts being published.

Our greatest success milestone has been a new knowledge gained every single day about the world of publication. Very early on this

journey, we recognized the need for adaptability and steering clear off of the fear of failure, a fixed mindset, and overreliance on past performance which we deem as impediments to success. And truly true, this has forged a successful path for us and invariably won the trust of the global populace who are forever willing to do business with us.

Ladies in Business Magazine has then been contracted as a trusted Media Partner for over 100 corporate and social events. Since our venture launch, demand for cover page and profile page features keeps increasing per edition, not to mention the advertisement requests and articles brought forward. Ladies in Business Magazine Global has featured diverse segments crucial to productivity and has currently published twelve (12) editions encompassing broad themes as delineated in our editorial.

The way forward

Our future terrain is boundless from where we stand now. Ladies in Business Magazine Global has the potential to offer key nuggets of gold for multiple stakeholders and interested parties. I can divulge that the magazine’s pipeline is packed with even more interesting reads and discoveries in *2023*. Other projects and expansions to look forward to in the coming year include but are not limited to:

*A* Magnifying our reach and assiduously followed by a wider audience.

*B* Becoming a household brand and holding up to the potential of having a substantial impact.

*C* Branching more into business spheres such as events,

consultancy, and advocacy services.

*D* Expanding on our original intent for establishing Ladies in Business Magazine Global which is to promote unsung and unrecognized female personalities to now become fully inclusive of all women. We are riding on the coattails of our success trail and we have commenced a sister magazine that is a *PREMIUM VERSION* and features highflyers, overachievers, renowned personalities, notable brand names, and all women making waves in business and leadership in various Economy and internationally.

*E* Introduction of our Board Chairwomen to represent Ladies in Business Magazine Global in full capacity in their countries. This is a yearly appointment and candidates would be subjected to vetting and approval. Delegations of duties and authorities regarding LADIES IN BUSINESS MAGAZINE GLOBAL will be followed and maintained accordingly.

In sum, Ladies in Business Magazine Global has witnessed humungous increases in distribution and recognition, and our happiness and satisfaction have soared.

Dominantly, our paramount gratitude is to God Almighty. We are learning from past mistakes and feeling empowered rather than the victim of a situation. Additionally, we are discovering new insights and ideas, fostering increased mindfulness and self-understanding to conquer the future!

Our theme for 2023 is STRATEGIC QUALITY PEOPLE/BUSINESS ONLY. Therefore, LINBIZ will be moving towards the gear of this theme without looking back. They say, show me your friends and i will tell you who you are. Knowing fully well that we have worked in the past and have gained the sincere trust and honour of women in business globally. Because of our consistent effort, series of empowerement activities and of course, collaboration with female organisations and platforms to help ladies and women in business globally to grow and also to be SEEN, HEARD & RECOGNISED. 2023 will surely be a year for more of these and other substantial impactful conferences and connections at the high level. Therefore, all registered members of LINBIZ COMMUNITY will begin to enjoy:

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The sky is just the beginning! LET ME BE THE ONE TO WELCOME YOU FIRST INTO 2023. MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

THANK YOU!.

Dr. Ambassador

Funke Kehinde

CEO of BRILLIANT CONCEPTS REALTORS

Dr. Ambassador Funke

Kehinde is a Multiple Award Realtor and the CEO of BRILLIANT CONCEPTS REALTORS.

She is also the President of REMS, a Large Real Estate Marketing Group in Lagos, Nigeria. With over 17 Years Experience in Real Estate Marketing she has mentored and Empowered over 7000 entrepreneurs in Real Estate Marketing.

She holds a bachelor’s ’s degree in business administration and a second degree in entrepreneurship management from Lagos business school and enterprise development centre

After working in different Real Estate Companies for over 10 Years and gathering Adequate Work Experience, she started Brilliant Concepts Realtors In 2015 and she has been making New and Happy Land Owners and Home Owners till date.

This has earned her several Awards and Recognition within the Real Estate Industry and beyond .

How did Brilliantconcept realtors become a reality?

Brilliant Concepts Realtors was borne out of the Need to fill the Gap In the Housing Deficit in the Population of Nigeria.

What services does the firm offer to the public?

About 16 years ago, I wanted to start investing in Properties. I was scammed at my very 1st attempt. This made me develop interest in Real Estate so that I won’t be scammed again and gradually, I found out I began to have a Passion for it and I went fully into it.

According to data released by the NBS recently, the real estate sector posted a 3.85% growth in the

second quarter of the year 2021.

Compared to the slump in the market during reduced activities occasioned by the COVID-19 induced trade restrictions, does the sector’s renewed growth trajectory portray investors’ confidence in the market?

No matter what happens to the economy of the World as a whole, Real Estate will still and always bounce back. This has been proven time and time again. Of all other sectors that have been hit by Covid and different factors, REAL ESTATE still stands because people will always need a home to live.

People will always want to Invest their money in Land and Buildings.

Real estate looks like a mirage to those who fall under the low income earners strata . How can these set of people benefit from your market ?

Real estate is for everyone, both low and high income earners. At Brilliant Concepts Realtors, we have properties (Land and Buildings) for all Levels of Income Earners and we also have Convenient and flexible Payment Plans up to 24 months. We believe everyone (No matter who you are) deserves a Home and some sort of Real Estate Investment and its our duty to help you get yours.

12 days of Red Christmas

What does the festive season of Christmas mean to you? Does it mean more time with friends and family? Parties? Concerts? Travel? A common theme is gatherings and giving of gifts - coming together in some form or the other - formal or laid back, large crowds or more intimate settings.

For those of us that love to dress up and prepare for any occasion, it’s a wonderful excuse to dress to the nines. The identity of cozymeets-glam wear, the special colors and styles have a significant effect on the mood of the season.

Why Red for Christmas?

Color has a psychological impact on

human behavior and impression. Colors can give positive or negative connotations. However, the festive season is about all things positive and inspiring.

To many, Red symbolizes something significant and stimulating in their lives.

During the festive season, it is impossible to omit the color Red which is a dominant color of love and vitality, light and intensity. The significance of Red this Christmas is a little different. For the past 32 months the world has gone through a difficult pandemic, drastic climate change and an unprecedented war.

People are paying more attention to their surroundings and choosing warmth, kindness and humanity.

Fashion Lifestyle &

By Modupe Omonze

Red has a new meaning this Christmas. Red this Christmas means friendship, the care that we crave and the respect that we deserve. In my opinion, Red is one of the most combined colors in the color wheel.

Let’s look at a few creative ways in which you can wear Red this Christmas - if you feel like the gift you want to give out this Christmas is the gift of:

Love - Red with a combination of White and Purple. Vitality - Red and Green Light - Red with a combination of Yellow and White. Intensity - Red with a combination of Gold and Green Happiness – Red with a combination of Blue and Yellow Romance- Red with a combination of Purple and Silver Joy- Red with a combination of Green White and Gold Courage- Red with a combination of Orange and Black Revelation- Red with a combination of Black Abundance- Red with a combination of green and yellow Serenity- Red with a combination of pink and purple Acceptance- Red and Gold

ABOUT MODUPE OMONZE: Culture-fusionnCulture-fusion fashion designer and founder of Runway Dubai, Nigerian- born Modupe Omonze is surely an inspirational woman in fashion. Her fascination with costume design and travel is the inspiration behind her work. Having studied the rich culture and heritage of the people of Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, as well as that of the United Arab Emirates, she created her Afro Arabian aesthetic. It is no surprise that she has been dubbed a “culture fusion genius.”

Runway Dubai, which she launched in 2013, is an event she created for up-and-coming designers to showcase their work. This annual show quickly gained recognition for being a platform for future trendsetters as well as for the initiatives it promotes such as autism, Down syndrome and breast cancer. Endorsed by industry giants and celebrities around the world, Runway Dubai is a fashion platform that also provides exposure for creative talent and undergraduate fashion students through intense fashion workshops and mentorship programs.

Modupe Omonze continues to make a difference with her love for fashion and humanity as her platforms promote ethics, inclusivity and diversity. She is an entrepreneur to watch and aspire to as she breaks boundaries and building a great fashion network.

You are sorted with a more stylish guide this Christmas 2022

Tackle That Nagging Pain

By: Dr. Hanadie Basil

It’s a pain you know. The one that has been bugging you for weeks, maybe even months. It is the pain that doesn’t seem to go away no matter what you do. You have arrived at the right place if you are tired of living with pain and are ready to take it head-on. It’s time to dig a little deeper into the causes of nagging pain and give you some ideas on how to eliminate it for good. Read on if you’re ready to be pain-free for good!

What’s the cause?

It is possible for nagging pain to have many causes. Injuries, overuse of body parts, or chronic conditions such as arthritis may cause this pain. It could also be caused by something as simple as incorrect posture.

If you have nagging pain that persists, it’s important to see a doctor to rule out any serious underlying conditions. Once any serious conditions are ruled out, you can work on treating the pain with home remedies or over-thecounter medications. If the pain is still not relieved, you may need to see a physical therapist or other specialist for further treatment.

Unusual solutions:

There are a variety of options available for those looking to find relief from nagging pain.

Over-the-counter pain killers can be effective at managing pain. Natural remedies such as essential oils may also provide relief. It is critical to identify the underlying cause of the pain and treat it accordingly. For example, if the pain is due to an injury, rest and physical therapy may be necessary. Chronic pain from a nagging, ongoing injury can have a negative effect on your quality of life. Recognizing that chronic pain is a problem is the first step towards finding effective treatment.

1. Massage therapy

Massage therapist can provide relief from chronic pain in two main ways. It increases circulation to the injured area, which encourages the body to heal itself. It also improves the flexibility of stiff muscles to relieve pain and tightness.

2. Gua Sha and Tui Na:

The Chinese scraping massage, deep tissue massage and remedial

bodywork also work for those with chronic pain. Combined with stretching and neuromuscular therapy, this neurological massage can reduce pain by increasing blood flow to the back, which in turn elongates tightened muscles.

3. Neuroactive exercise:

Therapists who are licensed and highly educated professionals can help patients develop the necessary skills to manage and improve their chronic pain condition. This practice often involves the development of a safe activity program and advice on how to correct problematic postures and movements via a series of sensory, body-activated exercises.

4. Jin Shin Jyutsu: JSJ is a Japanese method of acupressure that uses light finger pressure to stimulate points on the body while fully clothed. The JSJ restores a blocked flow of energy, which may have occurred as a result of illness or pain. As

HEALTH AND

well as improving digestion, JSJ offers benefits for acute and chronic pain, boosting the immune system, alleviating fatigue, reducing stress, and improving digestion.

Doctor’s visit.

If you’re experiencing nagging pain, it’s essential to see a doctor to determine the cause. In some cases, nagging pain can be a sign of a more serious problem. If you have any of the following symptoms, then you must see a doctor right away:

• The pain is severe

• The pain is constant

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The pain is getting more severe

• You have other symptoms like fever or swelling

If you’re not sure whether or not your pain is serious, it’s always safer to err on the side of caution and see a doctor. They can help determine the cause of your pain and recommend appropriate treatment.

If you’re struggling with nagging pain, don’t despair. There are plenty of things you can do to get relief. First, identify the source of your pain and then take steps to address it. If your pain is due to muscle tension, try some simple stretches or a massage. If it’s due to an injury, give yourself time to rest and heal. You may also want to consider seeing a doctor or physical therapist for help. Whatever you do, don’t ignore your pain or try to tough it out. That will only make it worse in the long run.

Biography: Dr. Hanadie Basil is an Award-Winning Health and Wellness Leader (His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Faisal Al Qassimi Leadership Awards), Integrative Health and Pain Management Practitioner, and founder of “THE PAIN MANAGER” Health and Wellness Company, Dubai, UAE.

Her mission is to help people get their pain free life by integrating the latest scientific research with the power of ancient natural therapies.

Contact: www.thepainmanager.com

Legalities in Business

By: Hajiya Maimunat Bolajoko Folami & Kingsley O. Oghoro

Let us start by appreciating that Legality and Business both have definitions that place them in different discipline, but can be used together in conformity. In this case, we shall be considering their different aspects and putting them side by side.

LEGALITY: can be defined or referred to, “as the quality or state of being in accordance with the law irrespective of what it is”.

BUSINESS: on the other hand can be referred to, “as the exchange of goods and services either for profit or non-profitable reasons or services”.

The above descriptions or short definition is a summary of the definitions from various Scholars and Researchers. Now in summary, we can now combine Legality and Business as one, which is the subject matter of our discussion.

Legality in business can simply mean that in doing business in whatever form, one must follow due process of the law or the required process as stipulated in the law that establishes such business.

This is a topic that is so important to every business to become operative. First things first. There must be legal requirements for starting a business such as; creating a company, registering the business name, applying for a tax number whether Federal or State, obtaining of permits and licenses where necessary, Insurance cover,

Bank accounts and Consultation with Professionals from time to time.

What then is the meaning of a Legal Business? A Legal Business again can be defined as any company or organization with legal rights and responsibilities of any activity entered into for profits.

Also, what must be considered are the legal aspects for any business to succeed such as, the legal structures and liabilities, taking on employees, the premises for the business, terms and conditions for the business, licenses, copy rights, trade marks, patents etc. and public relations, responsible for handling of the personal information for the business.

In furtherance to starting a new business venture, the parties involved should make sure they

comply with all the legal obligations of running the business.

There are various ranges of legal requirements as startups stated above. Most importantly, you must make sure your company or business complies with all the necessary legal responsibilities which helps in focusing on growing your business.

Lastly, the company or business must have a legal adviser or company secretary on standby for the protection of the said company or business to enable it run efficiently and effectively well at all times.

In conclusion, it is advised that for any business to grow due process of the law should be strictly followed or adhered to.

Maimunat Bolajoko

was born on the 2nd day of August

Hajiya

Folami

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1961. She started school at the age of 5 years old from the prestigious Capital School, Annex Kaduna and completed her Secondary School education from the popular Queen Elizabeth School, Ilorin, Kwara State. Her university education was at the University of Maiduguri, Bornu State where she obtained her LL.B (Hons.) in Civil Law in 1990, NYSC in 1991 and the her Bachelor of Laws (BL) form the Nigerian Law School, Victoria Island, Lagos in 1993 after being called to the Nigerian Bar. She worked in various Banks and became appointed as a Magistrate in Lagos State in the year 2004 and rose through the ranks to become a Chief Magistrate in 2016 and then she was appointed as a Deputy Chief Registrar Level 17 with the Federal High Court of Nigeria, where she worked as an Administrator until her retirement upon attaining 60 years of age on the 2nd August 2021. Hajiya Folami attained many courses home and abroad. She is a qualified Mediator and Arbitrator and holds a Masters Degrees (MBA) in Leadership Skills and Business Administration from the Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State. She currently runs a little business of her own, a Restaurant named Hanif”s Cuisine in Abuja.

Aisha Abdulqader

Aisha Abdulqader is a certified leadership and life coach by ICF, CTI, and mental fitness coach by Positive Intelligence. She holds a master degree in human resource management with experience in the field. She is also a trainer, facilitator, and co-author of the book “She Dares”

Her career journey was full of challenges as she moved from medical field after working as midwife for 6 years to starting university studies from scratch. She graduated from University of Dubai with honor degree in 2011 and received her master in HR in 2014.

Aisha worked in different fields such as teaching, recruitment, and HR before starting her coaching journey in 2019. She believes that her life journey added a lot to her as human being. Going through multiple traumas in her life taught her to respect others sufferings, be a good listener, and believe that each individual in this world has the resources and capabilities to transform his/her life.

She has served 100s of individuals from around the globe and helped them to overcome their limiting beliefs, re-gain life balance, and improve their performance at personal and professional life. She helps her clients to unleash their inner strengths, reach peak performance, and have healthy relationships.

She has worked with organisations such as Spotlight, Microloan Foundation, and HCN as volunteer coach. She is also a pioneer member in Positive Intelligence.

Her services for individuals include private and group coaching sessions online and face to face, workshops, and group programs.

She also serves organizations with coaching, mental fitness programs for teams and leaders and variety of workshops to help organisations improve their employee’s performance as well as relationships.

Her aim is to help individuals transform their lives, live their true potentials with happiness and fulfilment. Her intention is to help organisations to create a culture of transparency in relationships where leaders and team members together build a culture of trust and purpose to achieve organisational mission and vision successfully.

She applies her core values in to her business and provides elite services to her clients.

Certified leadership and life coach by ICF, CTI, and mental fitness coach by Positive Intelligence

Innovate –United Arab Emirates Publishing Partner

By Shireen Jabry

Proven track record of over 18 years of experience in Multinational Publishing Houses, so in 2019 she finally decided open her own Magazine & Book Publishing House.

Today, she is working on publishing the Innovate United Arab Emirates Book. This Coffee Table Book maps out the brilliant minds behind the stream of innovations of our countries progress. In addition, she launched ‘Minutes With Shireen Jabry Segment,’ where she reports on Top Personalities in events on the Red Carpet.

Join the conversation: Instagram: shireen.jabrybooksart Email: shireen@ innovationsoftheworld.com Youtube: Shireen Jabry

Unpacking

The Contents

of Said ‘Professional Woman’ … I sit here, on a clear yet bright early Sunday morning, thinking about the term ‘Professional Woman.’ What does it mean? What does it REALLY mean? And how can we define it? Hang on a minute, who has ACTUALLY defined it? The fact remains, that the

term ‘Professional Woman,’ is undefined. Some may argue that in fact its undefinable, claiming that this term is simply subjective. It fully depends on what that specific term means to you as an individual. They even go further and explain that before you can understand or even find out what that term means to you, you need to first define the term of a ‘woman.’ What does being a woman mean to you at the intrinsic almost intuitive level? That they say, is the first step to understanding what a ‘professional woman’ is for you and whether this mould that you have created is applicable to you, your life, and your environment. For those of you who have been paying attention, it is honestly that simple.

You are the decision maker when it comes to defining something so near and dear to your soul.

You create a mould, and you apply that mould to your life, your environment and yourself. It becomes your own measuring rod but most of us forget the most important rule of our measuring rod, ‘It can not and should not be applied to anyone else.’ You should avoid like the plague, applying this notion, this definition that you have created in your head to measure other’s capabilities. Because if you do, if you find yourself in a moment of ignorance and you charge ahead unscathed, demanding that others respect AND obey ‘your measuring rod,’ then you’ve already lost the battle before its even begun.

It is absolutely amazing to me – I literally sit and watch others – I watch the lengths they will go to JUST, in the name of protecting

their holy definition. It becomes a war of words. It turns bleak, ugly and dictatorial in under a minute flat. People harness a power, trying to lead others in the same direction, trying to get them to dance to the same beat, forgoing everything that makes them human. They forgo their humane ability of compassion and replace it with the mundane, rhetoric, dumbfounded response: ‘This is the right way to do it.’

They create their own rites of passage and call upon history to come to their aid and justify their incoherent choices. But, I don’t get it. I guess, I never did. And I never will. Who has taught you that this is the RIGHT way? Your parents, school, environment? Your Socialization Process? And who has created this Socialization Process? Who, but most importantly, why has it been created in the first place? Is it for a means to an end?

Let us unravel society and ask why that foundation in ‘said society’ has been created. Let us UNPACK our own set of definitions & beliefs and let us try to study a society by mirroring and documenting what we see; right in front of us. This is a call, to become Social Anthropologists and just like *Noam Chomsky who once studied the Yanomamo tribe located in the Amazon Basin in both Venezuela and Brazil, it is a profound call. It is a call to fully respect all the traditions, foundations, rites of passage of the society you are studying and living in. It is a call to try your ultimate best to study it objectively, fully documenting what you see. In the process of your study, it is necessary to be incredibly precise and careful not to be ethnocentric - (Evaluating other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the

standards and customs of one’s own culture).

When you are raised by your school and environment at a young and tender age to intellectually question everything around you and to document the Pro’s & Con’s of any study, then that ‘mindset’ that you have been taught, will be your automatic response as an adult. But the beauty of it, the clarity of it, is striking. Because you are AWARE that your mindset, ‘your right way’ is not necessarily the right way but the way you have been socialized and institutionalized to think. The beautiful and colourful and joyful realization is this:

“It’s all just about perspective! And your awareness grows wings and flies off into the horizon and you witness a birth of knowledge –a whole world with over 1000,000 little mini worlds in it! And the best part of it, you get to be the one to decide who and what you want to learn next, or what you want to be a part of next!

And when that happens, you are fully aware that defining anything in your world is a by-product of that world and a by-product of your personality. So, without further ado, here is my definition of what a ‘professional woman’ is:

Own – Won

She is a woman in her own right. She owns the rights to her own intellect.

She smiles for miles, And runs highlighting her causes, Because she knows that is exactly what makes her human.

She finds the passion in every person’s compassion.

She finds the beauty in every bee, And gets busy just like a bee, Struggling to make honey with money.

But in the end, She knows that contribution is all that matters.

Its what the globe pivots on. Her retribution will be her contribution.

My definition of a ‘Professional Woman’: Is a woman that starts with transparency in her life and ends with her own contribution.

Kiara Kaur

Indian American girl.6 years

An

empowerment/

inspirational

Author and Three times World record holder

In an era, where digital technology has become an integral part of every person’s life and has left the traditional book reading behind. Kiara Kaur, in contrast, has made herself inseparable from physical books. She started reading since the age of 2. Since then she has read more than 2000 books. She loves to read and share.

Her reading habit soon flourished wide and led her to enter the World Book of rec-ords, London in reading 36 books nonstop for one hour and 45 mins at the tender age of 4 years.

Kiara is also the youngest Tedx speaker in the world at the age of 5 years.

Kiara has set a World record yet another time for being the youngest keynote speak-er at the World Expo 2020, Dubai. titled “Small Changes, Big Difference”. Her speech at International Women’s Week in Mexico focused more on women’s empowerment which also took her to stand at the top of the world among other expo speakers.

She spoke on climate change too at Slove-nia pavillion at the World Expo 2020 Du-bai.

Apart from reading, she also loves swim-ming and travelling.

Kiara is all set to release to release her first book “Diary of 5 years old chatterbox who set the world records” .

Kiara is a strong supporter of gender equality, education for young girls and climate change.

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Dr. Tatek Derese Eshete Founder of TATATECH IT Solutions

Dr. Tatek Derese Eshete, Ethiopian the founder of TATATECH IT Solutions and Future Scale Safety Consultancies / Orit entertainment

llc Qualified in Electrical/Electronic Technologist and an IT Engineer and also Doctorate of Excellence in International Business and leadership on Blockchain Education

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Blockchain technology is being used in a number of different industries. The technology has the ability to change the way we do business, and it can be applied to almost every industry. Education is one of those industries where the technology can be used. The technology is already being used in schools to record attendance and grades. The technology will continue to grow as more companies look to use it to improve their processes.

Blockchain technology is being used to create a paperless system for schools. There are several companies that have created programs that help students save money by eliminating the need for paper and ink. The technology is also being used to make sure that the students are getting the best possible education.

One of the biggest benefits of using the technology is that the data stored on the blockchain is tamper proof. This means that there is no room for error or fraud when it comes to grades, attendance records, or any other type of information that is being recorded.

Another great thing about the technology is that it can be used to

ensure that the information being recorded is accurate. There are no problems with students trying to cheat on tests or anything else that would cause inaccurate information.

The technology is also a great way to keep track of student progress. This is especially true in the case of online classes. It is easy to see who is doing well and who needs extra help.

In the case of online classes, the technology can also be used to provide a way for teachers to monitor what students are doing at all times. The technology allows teachers to see what students are doing without having to ask them questions. This can be very helpful because some students may not want to answer questions that they think are irrelevant.

There are many other ways that the technology can be used in education. The technology is changing the way we do business, but it is also changing the way we teach our children.

NFT 101 - What Is NFT?

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In this article I am going to explain what NFT is, how it works, and how it will affect the education sector. I am also going to talk about how METAVERSE can be used to educate students on blockchain technology.

What is NFT?

NFT or “Non-Fungible Token” is a new concept that was introduced by the Ethereum network in 2017. This concept is a way for people to create digital assets that are unique to each individual. The idea is that each token is unique

and cannot be duplicated. The tokens are also not fungible. This means that if you own one of these tokens, you have ownership of that specific asset. There is no way to exchange one for another.

How does NFT work?

There are two main ways to create NFTs:

1. Creating your own token through a smart contract

2. Buying an existing token from someone else

Creating your own token through a smart contract is pretty easy. All you need to do is create a smart contract on the Ethereum network and then write some code that creates the token. You can then distribute this token to anyone who wants to purchase it.

Buying existing tokens is a little more complicated. The first step is to find an open source smart contract that already exists. Then you would need to create a wallet that is compatible with that contract. Once you have created a wallet that is compatible with the contract, you can then transfer your ether to the smart contract address. Once you have done this, you can then send the ether to the smart contract address and wait for the NFT to be created.

The NFT process is pretty simple, but it does take some time to complete. If you are creating your own token, you should expect to wait anywhere from a few days to a few weeks before you receive your NFT. If you are buying an existing NFT, you will have to wait a little longer because the NFT has to be created.

Why is NFT important?

If you have ever heard of Crypto Kitties, you know that there is a huge demand for collectibles. People love collecting and trading virtual cats. NFTs are a way for people to collect digital assets and they are also a way for people to trade them.

As we move forward into the future, NFTs will become more common. In fact, many companies are already using NFTs to create virtual collectibles. For example, Disney is using NFTs to create toys for their upcoming Star Wars movie. These toys are unique and can only be owned by the person who purchased them. They can also be traded.

METAVERSE

METAVERSE is a new educational project that is being

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created by the Meta college Project. The goal of this project is to teach students about the fundamentals of crypto currency. METAVERSE is designed to teach students about blockchains, decentralized systems, cryptography, and the importance of digital assets.

METAVERSES are digital assets that have been created by the Meta colleges team. Each METAVERSE is unique and cannot be duplicatated. METAVERSEs can be transferred between users and traded.

METAVERSEs are created by using a smart contract. The smart contract is used to create the METAVERSE and then distribute it to all the people who want to buy it.

How does METAVERSE work?

METAVERSE creators use a special website to create their METAVERSE. They can also use the METAVERSE creation tool which is available on the Meta college website. Once a METAVERSE is created, it can be sent to any user who has access to the Meta college website.

Dr Kabir

Chief Operating Officer Ph.D.Marketing

He had a rich experience spanning over two decades in the Gulf region with a knack to identify opportunities and bring them to life. He brings in the spirit of the young passionate entrepreneur with an unflinching resolve to bring the latest technologies and best practices to the business.

He has a staunch penchant for new technologies, knowledge, and growth across the Digital asset market, Blockchain and Infrastructure.

Very much associated all through the legislative organizations and Royal Families. He likewise directs and encourages the clients towards effective roads to fill in the UAE and abroad. His solitary objective is to fabricate a sound, solid future business age for international clients to come to UAE.

His working style has always promoted professional conscience, as a result of human purpose and above all full commitment to overcoming big challenges. His excellence has always brought to the attention of the public, the strategy and efficiency of the success, on a broad characteristic basis to attract investors in many countries around the world.

Why Invest In Dubai A detailed summary on Why and How ?

Dubai a country of wonders !

Dubai is One of the most multicultural, beautiful, and prosperous cities in the world, Dubai boasts stunning historical sights, futuristic architecture, state-of-the-art infrastructure, cultural diversity, a fast-growing economy, and a great leadership with a clear vision. . Below are some key facts about Dubai you should know:

• Attracts 15.93 million annual visitors.

• A gateway connecting 2.4 billion consumers across the Middle East, the Indian Subcontinent, and East Africa.

• The world’s top city for visitor spending, amounting to $30.8 billion.

• 100% repatriation of capital investment and total profit earned.

• 100% foreign business ownership allowed.

• Attractive Tax benefits

• A conducive atmosphere for business owners

About Dubai

One of the most popular tourist and business destinations in the world, Dubai offers worldclass attractions and an enviable multicultural lifestyle that cannot be found in any other part of the world. With its world-famous

monuments like the Burj Khalifa,, Dubai has been ranked as the city with the best infrastructure and quality of living in the entire Middle East.

Despite the huge influx of tourism, it remains one of the safest cities in the world especially after the Covid- 19. . The city is known for attracting talent from all over the world and is home to several multinational Fortune 500 companies. It is also strategically and geographically placed so that it connects well with all across the globe.

9 reasons why you must invest in Dubai

Known for the tallest buildings in the world, the record-breaking statistics and the omnipresent opulence, most attractive places to invest. Geared towards tremendous economic growth, Dubai is set to thrive in the coming years attracting global talent, increased amounts of Foreign Direct Investment and even more impressive projects which are in the offing.

We have gathered, the top 9 reasons why Dubai makes an excellent place for investment opportunity.

1. Low taxes

Dubai has no property tax, or capital gains tax, making the

Emirate the best place to invest. Once a property is purchased, owners will not pay additional taxes in the future only the one-off real estate transaction fee. And for business entities the tax structure is either nil in the free zone and 5% in the mainland which is the best in the world.

2. Outstanding financial rewards

Dubai has the 5th highest performing economy in the world. The government is dedicated to making the Emirate competitive across the globe by constantly introducing new measures to improve the business environment and promote long-term growth. Individuals who are investing in Dubai property enjoy very attractive benefits.. With unlimited remittance limit and

a very stable currency, pegged to the dollar, Dubai is offering unparalleled financial security. Investors prefer Dubai because it’s developing quickly to a solid investment choice, with easy exit and a guaranteed 10-year golden visa in many cases.

3.

High return on investment

Dubai recently reached the top of the “Hybrid” Cities for real estate investment in JLL’s report titled ‘World Cities: Mapping the Pathways to Success’.

Based on the report, ‘Hybrid’ cities are best epitomised by Dubai. Those cities are usually mediumsized and compete in specialised markets while they benefit from access to large domestic markets. Dubai’s spot on the map and its definite luxury status exhibit the durability and top position of the

city on real estate worldwide. Dubai ranks between the world’s ‘emerging cities’ and ‘new world cities’ as a city with a superior liveability compared to other national and regional nominees. Buy-to-let investors in Dubai can achieve higher rental yields compared to other mature property markets, despite the apparent slow down of the market. For many, the real estate market in Dubai is undergoing a ‘correction’ process that will see a more stable and solid supply of high-quality homes in the near future.

4.

Strong Infrastructure

Dubai is all set to gear towards a smart recovery from the beginning of 2021, due to investors’ unshakable confidence in Dubai and its promising support to business development. The

government fully believes that Dubai’s impressive leadership is one of its major strengths. Dubai is one of those cities that provide exceptionally well infrastructure and high standard of living that continues to advance as years goes by.

Dubai has one of the largest, tallest and swankiest buildings in the world including Burj Khalifa

was a huge event that saw 191 countries participating showcasing their traditions, business goals and culture. It was organized in such a great manner that saw more than 4 million people visiting the pavilions inspite of the covid restrictions that prevailed.

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to develop the entire EXPO site into the District 2020 project which will be a residential and commercial community called the ’15-minute city’ eventually.

It shows Dubai’s commitment to economic growth through massive opportunities for potential entrepreneurs and investors.

6. Exceptional hospitality According to Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), Dubai received 16.73 million international overnight visitors in 2019.

and the most attractive man-made island. Dubai international airport claims to be one of the busiest airports in the world, in terms of international passenger traffic. When it comes to seaports, Jabel Ali Port is the world’s largest manmade port. These reasons are enough for any savvy investors to understand why to invest in Dubai.

5. Dubai Expo 2020

Expo 2020, billed as one of the largest events to be held in Dubai,

“Since its inception, Expo 2020 Dubai has been committed to harnessing cutting-edge technology to provide visitors with an enriched experience, both onsite and wherever they may be in the world.

And the huge success of the EXPO 2020 resulted in the economy surging to great levels which is a promising factor for the business community. And it also has paved way to retain some of the major highlights of the expo as it is and

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Dunston

Chief Operating Officer of HH Sheikh Ahmed Bin Faisal Al Qassimi Group of companies

Evangelyn Brigaudit

PERSONAL PROFILE

Evangelyn Brigaudit is a client Relationship Manager with strong business acumen and managerial abilities. A Business Leader with proven ability to develop and implement business goals. She is a Business Strategist who finds ways to increase productivity and sales goals.

Over the years she has pooled experience working : As Team leader , Convergys, Philippines, where she handled a group of 21 agents under order entry LOB, improved quality of transfers and sales related Issues and ensured sales targets moved above board, Eliminate all invalid transfers, curate reports and analysis to all sites for feedback and read out, Optimized customer support by establishing collaborative service environment.

As Senior Operations Manager at Alorica, Phillippines. Devised, deployed and monitored processes to boost long term business success and increase profit levels, implemented Operational strategies and effectively built customer and employee loyalty through incentive schemes and career growth, Tracked and analysed profitability and key metrics to establishment and improved overall profitability and bring in new clientele. Tracked trends and suggested enhancement to challenge and refine company’s performance, managed 803 team member across 10 departments resulting in increase in global ranking from 17th to 9th position. , set and enforced new internal policies designed to bolster productivity .

As Sales Showroom Coordinator, BMB Chocolate Group, Dubai , UAE ; she prepared quotes for new products and services and

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composed budgets, Established Vendors by negotiating rates and delivery times, increased operational efficiency by developing improved filing systems for confidential client records and reports, engaged prospects and customers through various events, including trade shows, seminars and workshops, Coordinated companies, business executives and site leadership teams by interacting effectively and establishing communication, Engaged prospects and customers through various events, seminars and workshops, communicated best practices among on site and external personnel to align efforts and goals.

Business Development Executive, Vinsys IT Consultancy, Dubai. Her duties included identifying new sales lead , Pitching Products, Implementing and evaluating company policies, Creating process flow and organizational chart , Explaining human resources policies, procedures and laws, Assists director in managing day- to -day Calendar and setting appointments, conducting Interviews for corporate candidates and ensure that new hire paperwork is complete and processed.

Sales Account Manager, Sites Power Training centre, Dubai, UAE; Identified 400, 000 AED in revenue opportunities by collaborating with distribution partners, participated in Industry and Organization trade shows to gather competitive and industry intelligence, liaise with customers , operations and accounts to maintain customer needs. Currently she holds the position of Client Relationship ManagerEtisalat Academy, Dubai , UAE , where she addresses the

PERSONAL PROFILE

business needs of clients, acts as Consultant and Project Manager. Develops goals for Internal units of Etisalat service holdings and create Marketing campaigns to boost sales. Provide coaching to team members pertaining to performance, and create marketing campaigns to boost sales.

Her skills are hands-on in Communication , Problem solving, leadership, Project and Account Management and retention ,Creativity , Persuasion, Negotiation, prospecting and Lead generation , Coaching , Analysis , Advance Ms office , Operations Monitoring and Customer Service. Evangelyn is adept at Managerial duties. A valuable Operations Manager with a progressive history of working in the outsourcing/ offshoring , Education and learning Industry.

She has certification in Business administration -Majoring in Marketing Management.

Amb. Dr. Mrs. Sameera Abubakar Abdullahi

Following the global trend, Nigerian women constitute nearly half of the country’s population. And in spite of the major roles they play with their population, women roles in the society are yet to be validated. This restless from cultural stereotypes, abuse of religion, traditonal practices and patriarchal societal structures. In Nigeria, the awareness about the role of women in development of a naton came up in 1980s. The Internatonal conference on women in Beijing in 1995 enhanced the effective participaton of women in politcs in Nigeria. Women make up over 50% of Nigeria’s poptlaton, yet the further up you go in the pyramid of power, the less women you have in key leadership positons. Women are hard wired, as such there is a need to upscale their role and involvement in natonal development. Hence, having

more women leadership and representaton in our democratic and corporate Institutions is now a mater of natonal importance and necessity.

In Nigeria today, about 51 percent of women are involved in voting during electons despite these, women are stll under represented in both elective and appointive positons. Available statistics revealed the overall politcal representaton of Nigerian women in government to be less than 7%. This clearly shows the partcipaton of Nigerian women in governance far below the 30 percent affirmative point as prescribed by the Beijing Platorm of Action. There is a necessary need for women Inclusion in governance, politcs, Leadership among other principal role in order to achieve sustainable development thereby giving them a voice, platorm and opporttnity to thrive.

Nigeria Women And Governance

The objective of this critcal issues affecting the Nigerian Woman can not be over emphasized as it is set also to address the passivity of the Nigerian woman towards governance and its dangers on the society. Under internatonal standards, both men and women should have equal rights and opporttnites to everything worldwide, most especially to partcipate fully in all aspects and at all levels of politcal processes. Globally, women constitute over half of the world’s population and contribute in vital ways to societal development generally. In most society, women assume some key roles, which are: mother, producer, home manager, and Community organizer, sociocultural and politcal actvists. Of these many roles mentoned, the last has been engendered by women movement.

In a developing country like Nigeria, it is time to embrace the right thing and end the injustice melted on our Nigeria Women, we are the mother of the Nation, our voice needs to be heard, something has to be done, if we must not keep recycling history.

Amb. Dr. Sameera Abubakar Abdullahi: President/Founder Better Life for Women Network

Ceo/Chairperson MHS Universal Investment Ltd

President/Founder Better Life for Women and Children Future Foundation

Ceo Samaan Oil and Gas.

Office Address: No 4B AY Mai Kifi Plaza Zaria Road Kano Email: betterlife4cw@gmail.com Contact No: 0808 088 8788, 08263836828

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Dr. Abena

Nyarkoa Asomaning

Human Rights Advocate, a motivational speaker an Author and artist.

Having found her purpose early in life she has moved from being a barely paid receptionist to a Lady Boss. She quit her banking job and in 2007 started the Angel-Zoe foundation that caters to young prisoners.

For her services to humanity she earned a recognition in 2018 on behalf of Her Royal Majesty, the late Queen of England, under the Points of Light award. In 2019 , 1st of April she was among the celebrated phenomenal women on the African Continent by the French President, Emmanuel Macron under the #UnjourUneFemme Campaign. Back home, she has also won awards for MTN Heroes of change, National young Achievers Award and Glitz women of the year Awards.

She rose to become Managing Director for Africa Environmental Sanitation Consult ( AFESC) ,a lecturer at the University of Professional studies, Accra ( UPSA) and she remains connected to her true calling ,passion for humanity . In this cover with LINBIZGLOBAL, she gives an insight into what she is all about.

You launched three books recently, Who Moved My Heels, Purposeful Choas and Chicken Soup for Your Soul. What inspired these books?

My quest for greater meaning and hunger to live an impactful life inspired me to document and publish my diverse experiences

Dr. Abena Nyarkoa Asomaning ( PhD) Health Economics, is a Human Rights Advocate, a motivational speaker an Author and artist.

and to share with the world.

This particular one Chicken Soup For Your Soul sounds like it’s gonna be packed full of protein can you give us one or two Nuggets from this book?

The book embodies poems written from passionate love, grief and loss, motherhood and aspirations for a better tomorrow. In this book and particularly related to one of the love poems, I write: “My heart remains incurably naïve Incurably naïve about the dangers of loving another It has been bruised, battered, and yet

It refuses to not love again and again After all, what is life without? The comfort and dangers of love…….”

Humanity seems to be at the core of your existence. It comes alive through your foundation Angel-Zoe. How confident were you embarking on this project and how has the journey been 14 years down the line?

I believe my ultimate purpose in life is to live well, positively impact my generation (globally) and also, to inspire others to do same. My inspiration for Angel-Zoe Foundation has its source from the Bible. I was not in the least confident about first working with prisoners and ex-convicts because it was unconventional and I was charting an unchartered territory hence being exposed to great uncertainty. I was not confident at all about where my actions would lead me eventually. But today I am mighty glad I gathered the courage to do it, looking at the lives changed positively. It has been tough but worthwhile.

Would you say you found your purpose in life early?

Definitely. From childhood I have been one interested in impacting lives. For instance, I was a Sunday school teacher at a tender age of 8-12 years or so, teaching my peers and older children at church.

I found my purpose early in life and have never veered off. It has gotten better and better as I have grown up.

Could you give us an account of your journey towards earning your PhD at the University of Lille, France. Any particular interesting highlights, cultural shock etc?

My journey at the University of Lille in France was filled with great joy, anxieties, discipline, wonderful memories, challenges, intellectually stimulating and overall, transformational. Some of the cultural shocks were first in the area of pride of the French people – pride of language, music, architecture, fashion, food and others. Very high level of pride and ownership. Then I was surprised by how the French people maintained a healthy outlook – witnessed from their diverse cuisines and experienced in their slim-fitted clothes in their malls. The third and final shock was with their laidback attitude to doing many things.

You are a working mom, you earned your PhD in Health Economics, you’re sold out to humanitarian works, at this point could you say you’ve arrived at the best version of yourself? Definitely not! My life is far from perfect. I recently became single again after over a decade of marriage, I have started a new career path and my children are growing at a fast rate…..all f these are demanding a new me.

I am therefore subjecting myself to a period of reflection, further training aimed at growth and

perpetual renewal. So, to answer your question, I have not arrived yet. I have only begun to scratch the surface of the phenomenal woman I am purposed to be.

Being a health economist and with your pool of experience what areas are you looking to throw in one or two interventions and impact the world?

My interest is to provide research on access to healthcare for women in developing countries. My focus is to highlight the social determinants of health for women whose influence can impact households and nations, if given the right opportunities. For me, health is considered from the mind (peace of mind) and the absence of illness. I have started working with women’s groups in Ghana and a few other African countries, empowering them to be the best in managing themselves well in terms of awareness, need to be economically vibrant, physically healthy and responsive for their own personal growth.

Women have been known to be multi taskers now as a working mom community leader, an

author and humanitarian how do you juggle all of this together and still maintain a work life balance?

I find my centre in everything – the activities that are to be undertaken at all times have to tug at my heart. I should want and love to do them and they should fit into my ultimate goals in both my professional and social life. From 2021 though, I learnt the power of saying “no”. I am thankful for this power I have newly discovered.

I used to accept many offers and invitations for conferences, television and radio interviews, social events and others but I decided to be deliberately selective. I find a healthy balance in the professional and social spaces where prioritization and time management are key. I say no to even unhealthy associations. And I have since found peace, joy and enough time to spend with the people who love me and those I love.

The society keeps evolving how should women position for adaptability and growth despite the stereotype of cultural norms? Women, and I mean contemporary women must build resilience

through continued education (both formal and non-formal) and attitudinal change to enable them adapt to the new era of global change. The current tempestuous global environment does not permit women to be ignorant and slow-paced. By compulsion for survival, women must reorient themselves through education to embrace the new world order in order to first defy negative cultural norms and stereotypes which refuse to allow for growth.

You are passionate about humanity and dedicated to learning which takes a lot of effort to get where you are. In rendering selfless service and staying consistent to self-development, what do you consider to be your truest assets?

My passion and unrelenting faith are my truest assets.

What challenges does the Africa Environmental Sanitation Consult (AFESC) office has and how is it been handled?

I have been the Managing Director for the Africa Environmental Sanitation Consult for just about two years now. Its an

organization focused on research, predominantly for environment, sanitation and health. The challenges faced are not monumental but key among them is the low appreciation of research, innovation and development by governments and some industry players. These require major mindset change in order to attract the necessary investment, both in the private and public sectors.

In the nearest future what more should we expect from Dr Abena? More books in the offing or

perhaps two more PhDs?

You are to expect a whole lot more! Haha! I am currently writing two books – the first is a novel on romance and the second is focused on women and leadership in Africa. In the latter, I am researching on the theories of leadership and juxtaposing them to the leadership styles of some prominent African women leaders. This book will serve as a reference material for many more researches to be done. I will complete both in twenty-four months.

Do you have any words for women who are yet to find their purpose?

Yes. They should simply find that one thing in life that they love doing which gives them peace and pursue them with passion and without compromise. These do not have to be popular ideas. Liberate yourself and just go for it! Repeated efforts will result in the impact desired.

Any other interesting things you’d like to share with us?

Yes, I also have a passion for mentorship which I get to pursue single-mindedly at the university level. The other hat I wear is being an artist – I paint beautiful pictures, some of my paintings are featured in my book, “Chicken Soup for Your Soul: Poems and More”. I intend to exhibit some of my works for the international audience. I would love to be the sole artist featured on the walls of prominent hotels around the world. This, I believe is possible. The word impossibility is non-existent in my life. Haha!!

Meet your God, In YOU…?

By Soma Roy

Many years back while I was attending a Spiritual retreat in an Ashram, the teacher who was taking the class said something that changed my entire understanding of the Phenomenon called “GOD”. Yes that simple one liner story - One day God met Man crossing each other on the road, the Man and God both pointed their finger at each other and Said “I MADE YOU”. This simple powerful story just touched upon the right cord of my conscious Mind. God is worshiped and called the Supreme power by only one Species in the planet that’s called the Humans, rest no specie is bothered by it’s existence or absence. In a fraction of few seconds so many questions rushed from into my mind - then who created us? Why do we have so many gods? Why we fear god? Why we suffer ? Does god punishes us ? If we have created him then how can he create us ? Just could not understand where to find the answers to all my innumerable questions.

That’s when my research started, explore the Being and the Beyond. There are many analogies, analysis and philosophical data existing

to prove different point of views and studies. The Creator and the Creation if I may call it. Well who is the Creator? The zillions of Cosmic particles that changes its formations to form multi zillions of beings is our Supreme CREATOR, we named it as God, some Quantum Physics Scientists calls them the GOD PARTICLES. Where does this God particles are found? It’s flowing and floating in this entire existence which we loving call THE UNIVERSE.

The Magic Wand of our life is the Universe, a Deep Well of unlimited never ending abundance. Yes ! this beautiful Universe which we are part of is our Craftsman complimenting in all our creation. Every ions of cell that exists in this cosmic existence is interconnected. Hence We are the Creator of our Life. Now the question may come in your mind then why are we

not been able to change our life issues by ourselves? The answer is simple, it’s a culmination of collective consciousness. We all have elevated our consciousness in due course of life for decades and centuries. The Evolution of awareness of “who we are ? “ from “why we are ?” have been a natural process. In this Century in this planet our Specie HUMANs are marching towards acknowledging their super powers. We are the Master creators of this Existence till now. It’s time that we acknowledge our power, the GOD within us. The GOD is none other than our MIND. What the BRAIN creates in our mind that creates our external life. When we look around and see what we have created in this planet it amuses me with sheer joy. Whether it’s good bad or brutality we have generated from our mind. My answer to all my questions

I found. “What we think so shall we become” this phrase is pertinent because everyday the numerous thoughts that we create naturally creates our life. So being watchful of what we are thinking is a practice, which can be attended through meditations, chantings, religious rituals and various forms of Neurological Programs. The mind that is full of thoughts doesn’t understand judgements as to what is good or bad. Judgements are created with the reactions and response of the outcomes that we experience in this journey of life.

What has created this whole Diversity of Spiritual practices or Religious beliefs? The year long experiments and experiences that mankind went through led to the creation of various communities, of similar mindset that matched the Frequencies of human brain. These section of similar or like minded ideologies people in turn became the followers of various Spiritual practices or Religion. In turn it became their way of living. The Mind is most often lazy and hence it looks for easy ways and means of execution. A tried and tested model by some Great minds are followed by multiple zillions minds. Now the point is should we stop here ? Should we not explore and create our own cult for the betterment of this Planet?

Now than ever before facts figures and informations are readily available to Tap into the newer dimensions and develop new dynamics of connection, correlation and Co creation in this Planet.

We are much more aware than before, we have created access to various information resources due to developed Technologies. Then what stops us from creating the

new? A NEW EARTH, new approach towards life. New understanding and implementation of the older transcripts and excerpts from the laws of spiritual books and holy scriptures.

With this ever changing lifestyle and living are the old ideologies helping us in our growth ? When we have been the creator of the life, that we have been living so far, can’t we change the course once again for our own Well-being?

Instead of looking around why not MEET the GOD within, let’s do this with our collective consciousness and grow from here exponentially.

Let our asks be only to us, let not seek outside, let’s have respect for everyone’s thoughts, however that doesn’t mean we neglect our own conscious mind, our thoughts and beliefs.

We are that magnificent creation of this existence which has been blessed with the power to Create more in this world and conserve its resources for our own existence, otherwise like Dinosaurs someday some other specie would talk about our existence as part of historical evidences, found from archeological excavations. What should we do then?

Be more aware of our power, use it mindfully and never stop exploring beyond the horizon. This life will become more adventurous and thriving for people who believe in Beyond Boundaries. Boundaries are imaginary lines, which are created by our mind to control us. When we have infinite pool of power within then why do we stick to these imaginary lines?

So bounce forward and Start worshiping the GOD WITHIN. Visit the temple of your body where the MIND ( the God resides) daily.

Naz Turkish architect

Hello, my name is Naz, and I am a young Turkish architect who was born in 1996. I have been asked to write a few inspiring words about my life. This is easy for me as I have a wonderful life. I look at life as a journey that will never reach a pinnacle. Every day I wake up feeling blessed to be alive and knowing there will be new opportunities to grow. I appreciate my life, and love being alive. I am a person who cares and always runs my life with integrity as the core to my very being. I am empathic towards others, and I always listen before speaking. I am a person who sees the big picture, but also pays attention to the smallest of details. I am a person who sees not just the problem but also the solution. My dream is to be a better person each and every day. I know that life is all about continuous learning, and then using what has been learned to

excel.

I have heard others describe me as a person who is always positive, hardworking, and open-minded.

I am humbled and honored by these words. Even in my university days I worked hard earning extra money through teaching math to primary school kids.

Creativity is a big part of my job as an architect. I have quirks in my approach to life. For example, most people find daydreaming to be a waste time, but for me it is a source for being more productive and creative in my job.

I completed my BA Degree in Architecture in 2019. I have always looked at people who surround me in order to gain perspective and inspiration. My work experience has been diverse within the field of architecture including interior design, product design, restoration, and urban design.

Before I began my career, I was lucky to earn multiple internships. This experience taught much, and many of these things I use today in my journey toward success. For example, I have two Erasmus Internships and a scholarship. One of these was in Padua/ Italy and the other one was in Rotterdam/Netherlands. These internships helped me to improve my personality, and the way I view challenges. Living in various geographical places has given me appreciation for many different types of architecture. In all, I had more than five internships while I was studying. Each was invaluable in making me who I am today.

After graduating I continued to work as a project architect while pursuing other opportunities. After I graduated, I had the good fortune of being able to work with the most famous architect in Turkey. This person has proved to be a valued and appreciated mentor for me.

Currently I’m living in Dubai/ UAE. I am working as a Freelance Architect. Actually, I have two jobs as I am also working at international company as an Architect. My goal is to always being growing. I often go outside my comfort zone in an effort to forever be improving. This is important as it helps in maintaining and fostering creativity. I realize every day is a new chance to improve, and this gives me passion and amazing energy each and every new day.

...In my Research and continual service of helping Women Meet and Marry their Husbands, I have realized that there are many conflicting definitions and lack of clarity in what Women think they need in a Man.

Sometimes when you have this kind of conversation with women, they think that you are asking them to settle.

As a Certified Counselor called to Women Leadership, I understand the role that a good and a bad marriage can play in making a Woman’s Dreams successful. I must quickly add here and I will speak about this at a different time that, the essence of marriage is not to further your private or selfish agenda, rather it is to build a new Nation that will add Life and

Light to the World in collaboration with your Man and we would expatiate on that in a different episode.

But I realized that If the concept of Marriage is unclear, unidentified and clearly mis-understood, then the build up to the journey of marriage will be difficult, frustrating and confusing.

Let’s debunk 3 things that Marriage is not;

1. Marriage is NOT a Status Symbol

2. Marriage is NOT a Business Partnership

3. Marriage is NOT an Identity or Esteem Booster

There is a whole lot that Marriage is not, but I want us to get started with at least those 3.

What Women NEED in a Man versus what they think need.

Article Written by - SAGENEL (Nkechi Emmanuel-Layode)

When you know what Marriage is NOT then you can start to seek “what Marriage is” (Let’s schedule that for a future episode, make sure to stay tuned to this column/corner)

For the purpose and definition of this particular article we have already established that Marriage is the coming together of two Growing and Ever-Learning Man and Woman for the purpose of co-creating together, a Vision that involves the Life and Light they both want to birth into the world through their Family.

This is a Basic Definition we can start with before we go in-depth in a different episode of “What Marriage really is”.

Having established this fact and understanding of what Marriage is as Wives to Be we must then become keen on Marrying Men that do not just make us “feel good” in the moment with sex, money or even fame, but men who have a track record and pattern of Worthy Character that will outlive emotions and eventually become a positive investment in the longterm of your Marriage.

It is important that you are not marrying or making a decision to marry for now, but for what the future holds for you both. Therefore this should influence and impact on how you make your

decisions to marry a Husband. You shouldn’t choose a Man or Marry a Man out of brokenness, broke-ness or status, you should marry a man for the real purpose of Marriage and what the Future holds for you both potentially.

So what are 5 things that Women need in a Man versus what they think they Need?

(A)What Women think you need.

2) A Filthy Rich Man

3 Questions to ask yourself.

1. What’s my definition of Rich and how did I get to that definition of Rich and Wealthy?

2. Why is my Definition of Riches and Wealth only in cash?

3. Is that a healthy definition to continue with?

4. What Meaning do I attach to the definition of riches and how did I conclude that this is what will make my marriage work and worthwhile?

3) A Build Body

3 Questions to ask yourself.

1. What do I really know about The recent Body Building concept and how exactly does it impact on a successful

4) Tall, Dark = Fine Man

3 Questions to ask Yourself.

1. Where did I get my definition that the definition of “Fine” is when a Man is Tall and Dark?

2. Who and what influenced my definition of what a Good Looking Man looks like?

3. Aren’t there extremely good looking short men who are good Husband material in this world?

5) A Die-Hard Romantic

3 Questions to ask Yourself.

1. What do I want romance to mean to me in my Marriage?

2. 2) Up until now, how have I defined Romance and who influenced that definition?

3. 3) Is Romance supposed to be only one sided in a healthy Marriage?

(B)What Women Actually NEED.

1. A Kind Man Full of Integrity

2. A Peace-filled Man who is Authentic to You and Himself

3. A Man who is Really Thoughtful about People and You.

4. A Man who Fears and Loves God

5. A Man who offers you True Friendship and whose Friend you really are.

1)

A Famous Man

3 Questions to ask yourself,

1. Why exactly do I need a Famous Man?

2. Why do I think that this Fame I am currently seeking in a Man will still be relevant in the next 7 years. What’s the guarantee of the Fame if I marry for fame?

3. What is the Meaning I attach to fame? Why do I think it is important for marriage and is it really a prerequisite for a Great Marriage?

Marriage?

2. When I see a Built body what comes to mind?

3. What meaning have I attached to a built chest and abs?

4. Who and where did my meaning attached to this come from?

5. Is a Built Body something that I can still achieve even while married or have attached an unhealthy meaning to it without considering that every good man has the potential to have a built body?

6. A Man who has a Forgiving Spirit

7. A Man with a Matured Mind, an actual adult.

1)A Kind Man Full of Integrity

3 Questions to ask Yourself

1. What does Kindness and Integrity truly mean and how do I want to start considering this as an important factor to look out for in a Man?

2. Between integrity and looks, even though I can have both, why should I consider integrity as more important?

3. Integrity is one of the bedrock for making marriages generally last and thrive beyond today, how do I want to start living that out and what kind of conversations do I need to start having to help investigate if a man is full of Integrity?

2) A Peace-filled Man who is Authentic to You and Himself.

3 Questions to ask Yourself.

1. Between Peace and flashiness of looks and physical appearances, which one will have a 10 year return and even over?

2. Why is Authenticity Important and why would it matter to Him and Me both in the long run?

3. Am I willing to go with a Man who is Peace-Filled and Authentic over a Man who is flashy and has all the looks but is fake?

3) A Man who is Really Thoughtful about people and you.

3 Questions to ask Yourself.

1. In today’s day and age of “vibes” and “selfishness” wouldn’t having a truly thoughtful man be one of the best decisions that I can make?

2. How can I truly know that a Man is thoughtful? What are some signs I could look out for?

3. What do I gain if I try to lie or pretend that a Man I want or care about doesn’t want me or care about me?

Wouldn’t that realistically have a horrible effect in the long run of the Marriage?

4) A Man who Fears and Loves God

3 Questions to ask Yourself.

1. 1) Why is the God Factor Important?

2. (Because God created the institution of Marriage)

3. Do I think a Man’s Love for me alone is enough to keep him Faithful to me?

4. What signs should I look out for while searching for a Godfearing Man?Am I a Godfearing Woman?

5) A Man who offers you true Friendship and whose Friend you really are.

3 Questions to ask Yourself.

1. Do I want to live the rest of my life with a True Friend or do I want to live with someone who will give me the energy of “he is doing me a favor?”

2. What does Friendship mean to me, what does it really look like?

3. Why is it important that I marry my friend?

6) A Man who has a Forgiving Spirit.

3 Questions to ask Yourself.

1. Many Marriages are unrevivable because of unforgiveness. Why should forgiveness matter in my choosing a spouse?

2. Am I even a forgiver? Do I have what I expect from a Partner?

3. Why is Forgiveness important in the long run of our Marriage?

7) A Man with a Matured Mind who is an Actual Adult.

3 Questions to ask Yourself.

1. What does Maturity mean and what does it mean to me?

2. Am I a Mature Woman?

3. If I have answered number one and two truthfully, what should I look for be looking out

for in discerning that a Man is Matured?

For half of these Questions, I am going to at one point or the other treat it as a special, whole topic so that you can get grounded on the right answers if you are currently unsure of some answers.

However, I want you to start off this Episode by really taking out time to answer these questions. Many times you will even produce answers that are so exceptional, you wouldn’t believe that it came from you!

So I encourage and challenge you to actually start answering these questions and thinking deeply about it on the Journey of Meeting and Marrying Your Husband.

Would you like me to address a specific topic soon?

Send me an Emailnkechiemmanuellayode@gmail. com with the topic you would like me to write on next and I would queue it up for publishing soon.

About the Writer SAGENEL (Nkechi EmmanuelLayode) is an Author of Over 20 Books, a Women Leadership Expert and a Certified Counselor who helps Women Meet and Marry their Husbands. She is the Founder of WONDIVA Global Community an Organization that moves women from followers to Leaders by building in them Character, Competence and Masterful Craft helping them become Agent of True Change changing their World in their Field of Expertise.

As the Lead Teacher, Writer and Counselor in SAGENEL CITY, she specializes in helping Women and

Men in their Relationship and Marital Challenges, helping them to move from Chaos to a state of Bliss via her Teachings, Writings, One on One Sessions. She speaks on Radio in Nigeria and YouTube Globally to thousands of Women and Men every Week.

SAGENEL is on a Mission to bringing change to the World via Families and she is doing this by first helping the people she cares about so much, Women. By helping Women Meet and Marry their Husbands through her Seasoned and Result-Filled Teachings and Trainings, Books, Articles and Writings like this and One on One Consultations with her.

Her works have influenced Over 50,000 people and counting and she continues to Birth more Relationship and Marriage

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“Shrink it and Pink it.”

By Sandi Saksena

The ‘Pink Tax’ also referred to as the Women Tax describes the extra cost that only women pay for products they use, including very basic ones, just because they are aimed at women. So, we are ‘attracted’ to shocking pink packing and sweet fruity scents! And as we are led by our olfactory senses we ‘blindly pick up the pretty shiny sweet smelling stuff and mesmerized we shell out the more cash for higher priced stuff!!!

Why is pink more expensive that blue?

Why are female centric products pink/pastel with sparkles and flowers more expensive?

Why are male centric products black, grey, dark blue and cheaper?

Why are unisex products packaged and priced different to women often a smaller quantity and less durable?

The irrationality of gender pricing doesn’t only happen to women’s products but it also occurs in children’s products too. FactAcross the board products for female and male consumers shows

Girls

Toys cost more 55% of the time Clothing cost more 26% of the time

Boys

Toys costlier 8% of the time. Clothing costlier 7% of the time.

A careful observation while walking through the aisles of toy stores kids clothing in any mall you will notice that, in most cases, toys of the same brand and model intended for female cost more than for male, whether they are scooters, toys in general, or even board games.

Women

Clothing costlier 40% of the time

Personal care products costlier 56% of the time

Dry cleaning more expensive

Haircuts (short hair actually a male cut) more expensive

Men

Clothing costlier 32%of the time.

Personal care products costlier 13% of the time.

Dry cleaning cheaper Haircuts cheaper

Academic studies, government studies, and women carrying on their daily lives have ‘stumbled’ upon many products marketed toward women that cost more than nearly identical products targeted toward men—and far fewer examples of the opposite! Overall, products marketed to women cost 42% more! The ‘logic’ women need smaller versions of clothing, different cuts fashions so this cost somewhere between 3050% more?

Having males in the house my household shopping list includes shaving creams, razors face creams and shampoos for men. By habit I look at prices (the financial planning training, keeping track of inflation!). I discovered long ago that the ‘pretty pink feminine’ version of razors, shaving-gels

skincare products were a load of marketing gimmicks aimed at the ‘unconscious’ ‘blinkered’ shopper who operates like an automaton. Walk down the aisle pick up stuff why because we ‘always’ use the same stuff! Gendered products are mostly stacked separately to further obscure the price difference. We are helpfully ‘efficiently’ led down the aisle for women’s products, men’s products etc. cleverly and carefully placed on shelves for our convenience and so we don’t ‘waste’ precious time looking for them!!

There are a lot of gender stereotypes in marketing and pricing all over the world , some I find totally discriminatory a recent example is Lebanon where 7 male members of the Lebanese cabinet announced a new list of 300 subsidized basic commodities as a response to the acute economic crisis in the country. As soon as this was approved and announced, women noticed that their most necessary needs had no place in the list, including sanitary pads and tampons which according to research has had a 320% increase in Lebanon. The price of a standard sanitary pad pack ranges between 13,000 and 34,000 Lebanese pounds, compared to its previous price of 3000 pounds. It is relevant to note that according to Wikipedia Since about 2004, many countries have abolished or reduced sales taxes for tampons and pads, including Kenya, Canada, India, Colombia, Australia, Germany and Rwanda. In India the government has completely exempted sanitary pads from GST by charging a 0% tax rate on the sale of sanitary pads By far the most insidious ‘taxing’ is on what every females needs very month sanitary towels and while governments may have reduced or removed taxes women

YOUR BUSINESS YOUR

are still being ‘penalized’ for being women! Condoms should be sold, sanitary towels should be given for free. Sex is a choice; menstruation is not!!

Let’s take dry cleaning as another example. When questioned why women’s garments cost more to launder/dry clean this was the ‘logic’, “The machines and how they press it, that’s the variation! Ostensibly, the pressers used after washing are only for men’s shirts, so pressing women’s shirts with a whole other system costs more. Women’s shirts just don’t fit in their standard machine, apparently. My question is with innovation new products sprouting up 24/7 worldwide they haven’t gotten themselves an upgraded version for ironing/ steam pressing women’s clothes? Really?

These discussion and deliberation have been going on for some time! The fact is that female centric stuff not only cost more but contain less of the product. Why do female consumers in many parts of the world pay more than their males counterparts be it shampoos, razors, soaps, creams, clothes, toys, games etc. This by the way applies to where we live as well

Budget conscious shopping

Buy the men’s version of razors, shower gel, deodorants

Gendered products are sometimes shelved separately to further obscure price differences. look before you buy!

Avoid pink and girly toys buy gender neutral they are usually hardier and last longer

Calculate costs as without the math, it’s really hard to know

While several people are still oblivious to the existence of ‘pink tax’ leading organizations local and international must come up with initiatives to spread awareness about the practices causing a hole in our pockets. Sad to realize that this price disparity accompanies girls and women during all stages of life. As adults, they also find more expensive prices for deodorants, shampoos, conditioners, sanitary pads among others.

Women, who generally earn less than men on average, pay a premium for items marketed to them simply because they aren’t aware of this so-called “pink” tax. For women who do not earn a salary they are at a bigger disadvantage, the repercussions of which is beyond the scope of this article

We the females don’t realize how badly we’re getting ripped off because we are so conditioned and hardly ever stop think, leave alone to question, Many of us are fortunate enough to buy female essentials but for a majority even buying sanitary pads is too expensive.

For all of us women now is the time to question. With social media paying an increasing role in our lives hashtags like #genderpricing, #pinktax and #gendertax, calling for an end to ‘luxury’ taxes on these products and gendered pricing in general, must be made more ‘influencing’.

Eli Ghazel

Educator, Author, Speaker

Email: consult@eupad.net

Cellphone: +971559221588

READING for PLEASURE:

unbeatable experience for children from 6 - 12

Reading, at least for quite a few people I have met, has always conjured images of a teacher asking students to “read pages 74 to 85 for tonight”, a student having to answer several questions from memory on what she or he read, or a means of giving students grades.

Some of us, however, have been reading from a very young age purely for pleasure and entertainment. When I was young, I would read anything I could get my hands on - stories, signs, the ingredients on a cereal box and even the instructions on a shampoo bottle. Alongside reading for pleasure and entertainment, I picked up new words in different contexts, a wide variety of everyday and specialized writing models, as well as stimulated my inquisitiveness when I wondered why I could consume iron in my cereal but could not eat steel wool as I would cotton candy.

Why is reading for pleasure an important part of a child’s life? When we read, we can experience events and situations that have not actually happened to us, some of

which could be dangerous. We can experience all of those from the comfort and safety of a recliner, bed, or a favorite relaxation spot. We can share the experience of a boy who was involved in a plane crash when the pilot suffered a heart attack in the story of “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen, or on a more positive note, a person who went from rags to riches through hard work and perseverance.

Through reading, we become aware of different cultures in the world both past and present, from the rituals of the Aztecs to the serenity of Mahatma Gandhi as well as personalize other people’s experiences when solving everyday problems and resolving conflicts. The more we read, the more knowledgeable we become. We develop our ability to process our knowledge, which enables us to project into the future and make the right decisions when the need arises.

Another area that we develop through reading is values. Reading, especially stories and novels, gives us insights into values such as respect and honesty as well freedom and responsibility.

Our brain thrives on experience. Firsthand experience is when we solve our own problems or when we see the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time. Secondary experience is when we hear or read about them. Given our life span and limited means, it is difficult to accumulate a wide range of first-hand experiences. Our ancestors had it even worse than us. They had to tend to everyday necessities which limited their scope of experiences to for example, tending livestock and farming.

However, through secondary experience of reading, we can accumulate more in a few hours than in lifetime. We can find out more by reading about the Golden Gate Bridge than by driving across it. We can share the dreams of the designer and the tragedies of those who worked on it. We can experience the problems faced and the solutions found. We can read in awe about the sheer magnitude of the structure and develop in ourselves a can-do attitude. What’s more, we can come back again and again to re-experience it by using a wonderful human ability called reading. Yes, our brain is vast and thrives on reading. Over a century ago Emily Dickinson captured in a poem what brain science is only peeking into in the present. The Brain is Wider

The brain is wider than the sky, For put them side by side, The one will the other include, With ease, and you beside, The brain is deeper than the sky, For, hold them blue to blue, The one the other will absorb, As sponges, buckets do, The brain is just the weight of God, For lift them, pound for pound, And they will differ, if they do, As syllable from sound.

Emily Dickinson

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According to some researchers, the brain is bigger than the universe. The number of atoms in the universe is estimated to be 10 with 100 zeros after it. The average brain contains 10,000,000,000 individual neurons or nerve cells.

• Talk about the parts they liked best.

• Tell how characters felt/what they thought at different partsof the story.

• Hypothesize how things could have been different.

• Talk about similar incident that happened to them.

• Predict how things may develop in the future.

Due to lack of space in this article, a lot of details on the actual implementation procedures have not been included which I would be more than happy to talk about and discuss the actual implementation with interested parents and educators. This will include management skills, such as how the instructions are given to children, using group voice level, forming groups and when and where a parent or teacher should interfere in the process.

But one thing is for sure reading is an unbeatable learning experience.

Each neuron can interact with other neurons in not just one, but many ways. In 1974, the number of interconnections was estimated at 10 followed by 800 zeros! 10,000,000,000 neurons each with the possibility of interacting with another neuron in 10 followed 800 zeros ways renders a number that googleplex cannot even begin to describe! Yes, Emily Dickinson was right. Our brain is bigger than the universe and the brain thrives on experience which life and reading can provide.

So how can we implement reading for pleasure at home? Classrooms in many parts of the world are formal and may still be a long way from the relaxed places we would like them to be. But there may be a way to get around that.

In order to help children get a profound reading experience, some of the things children can do when reading are:

• Solve the problem in the story in a different way.

Eli Ghazel, MA (Language and Literacy, University of Sheffield) has been creating and delivering training in the education sectors in the Gulf, Middle East, UK, and USA for nearly 30 years. Eli has developed and managed the training of elementary and high school English teachers for public and private schools in the middle east and the gulf.

Over the years, Eli:

• Was appointed Academic Director of the 21st Century Academic Forum, Montana, USA,

• Set up the Center for English Language Initiative at the Ministry of Education, KSA,

• Developed an innovative Early Years English language pilot program for the Center for English Language Initiative at the MoE, KSA

• Series editor and author of three Science and Health books for Hecma University in Abu Dhabi published by McGraw Hill,

• Authored six ELT textbooks for KSA high school students published by McGraw Hill,

• Authored four adult English language textbooks for the UAE Ministry of Education,

• Authored 65 stories for children

• Authored three pedagogical guides for grades 10, 11, and 12 in the UAE, published by McGraw-Hill Education,

• Trained 10,000+ public and private school teachers and supervising staff in the middle east and the gulf

• Designed and developed curricula for the Ministries of Education and for private international schools.

Eli Ghazel has given talks at international conventions. He was a featured speaker at TESOL Arabia and the keynote speaker at the First Annual Conference on Curricula in Yanbou, Saudi Arabia in 2012. S

ince 2013, Eli has given talks on technology-aided learning at a number of Harvard University Conferences, and a talk on new assessment models for the 21st century as a keynote speaker at Berkeley CA, USA. More recently, Eli gave a talk at a TEDx event entitled “Here Comes The Learning Designer” in which he outlined a model for learning and assessment that focuses on how learners make meaning and develop concepts. The talk is available at the following link: https://bit.ly/3UbXHtg

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Art & Culture

A Perspective from the Natural World

-Anum Farooq

In a modern world of great chaos and uncertainty, balance and calm are the need of the hour. We only have to read the headlines, from the turmoil of Covid-19 to great changes locally, regionally, and globally, every facet of society is undergoing some form of turmoil and transformation. As humans, perhaps it all becomes a little overbearing, and herein art and culture comes to play a great role. A bridge between nature, aesthetics and the synthesis of harmony is an evolving trend in the world of art. One that is not new, but ancient as humanity in itself.

We have all heard of Claude Monet, the prominent Impressionist painter of the 19th century, who painted nature as he saw it, with many of his infamous paintings emanating from his gardens in Giverny, situated in the region of Normandy in northern France. The human qualities associated with his paintings such as the series of ‘Water Lilies’, ‘The Rose Walk’ and ‘The Japanese Footbridge’, evoke

a sense of calm, a depth to explore and at times nature distilled into colours and an almost abstract form. Each viewer of Monet’s painting may evoke in themselves a personal emotional response. The source of inspiration for Monet, were the wonders of nature and perhaps his ideal world in his garden, in Giverny where he spent many decades. The human perspective is equally important, every artist has unique insight, a specific style, and a hidden story, that adds another dimension to explore in their artwork. Monet was partially sighted after his cataract diagnosis, and he perceived colours in a particular way. The greens, whites and blues began to muddy into yellow and purple tones. His work also began to take on more of an abstract quality with freer and larger brushstrokes such as his painting ‘The Artist’s House Seen from the Rose Garden’.

Pissarro was born in 1830 and was the 19th Century French Impressionist painter, who revelled in portraying nature in its’ authentic glory. His paintings include Jalais Hill, Pointose (1807), which according to The Metropolitan Museum of Art “established Pissarro’s reputation as an innovative painter of the rural French landscape.” Even his contemporary critic at the time, 19th century, Emile Zola stated regarding Pissarro’s painting; “this is the modern countryside… And this little valley, this hill have a heroic simplicity and forthrightness. Nothing would been more banal were it not so grand. From ordinary reality the painter’s temperament has drawn a rare poem of life and strength”.

Such is the subject matter of nature in art that it allows depth of discovery. As a self-taught artist, I too have been touched by the miracle of nature and often have dared to feel the intensity of the wonders of the natural world.

“I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” were the infamous words of Vincent van Gogh, who posthumously become one of the most significantly known artists in Western art history.

“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing” mused Camille Pissarro.

From an early age, I have been instinctively drawn to wilderness and have often without a second thought, embarked on exploring its vastness. Often painting intuitively, with a focus on human perspectives and insights guided by nature. My paintings portray an abstract form of nature, almost a distilled essence from a human viewpoint.

The painting ‘The Meditation” is inspired by the sky and the sea, a contemplation on the clouds, and the waves beneath them. In search of a tranquillity and harmony, through an everyday journey in nature.

engage with the sky above and the miracles of the Earth we walk upon.

Art is that universal language that can cross that unspoken barrier and encourage each and everyone of us to ponder upon the bridge between nature and human harmony. Would it be too strange to say out aloud that nature forms an art culture in itself, one that we see as a pattern through the history of humanity. Each and every era has produced artists that have been passionately absorbed in the natural world. Perhaps it is time that we too as ordinary and brilliant as we all are, embark upon an adventure exploring the

give you your naïve impression of the scene in front of you.”

‘The Transcendental Tree’ which was completed on the occasion of Earth Day is a metaphysical exploration between worlds aligned with nature. Going beyond the mere observation and reflection within the natural world, by focussing on the environmental factors that make up local, regional, and global ecosystems.

Nature encompasses everything around us, from the cracks of modern life we see an overflowing of the roots and shoots of the natural world. Perhaps, it is time that we ourselves actively

wilderness. As well as translating our perspectives onto the blank canvases of modern life, in the process adding to the art and cultural heritage of this expansive theme.

Perhaps, Monet’s advice to his students would be an apt starting point for us all; “When you go out to paint, try to forget what objects you have in front of you, a tree, a house, a field or whatever. Just think of this: here is a small square of blue, pink, an oval of green, a stripe of yellow, and paint them exactly as they appear to you, exact colours and shapes until they

Anum Farooq is an internationally published autodidactic artist, global educator, and mentor. She is an alumna of Imperial College London and has had her artwork and artist profile featured in Italy, UK, USA, Hong Kong, Africa, Georgia, Germany, Turkey, Finland, and the Canary Islands. Anum is fond of the creative links between the Sciences and the Arts. Her art relates to exploring, dreaming, and discovering the world around us, educating ourselves with inner insights enlightened with natural perspectives, to enable a holistic art experience. She can be contacted at info@anumfarooq.com and her portfolio is at www.anumfarooq.com

The Meditation (Mixed Media on Canvas, circa 2021) The Transcendental Tree (Oil on Canvas, circa 2021)

What is the most IMPORTANT thing

By Pikki Nanda

Solution-Focused coaching actions

an immediate shift from “Why” to “How”

Most complex problems do have a solution, sometimes we have to think about them in a different way. Get clear on what you wish to achieve and how you wish to achieve it.

The what and the how are of equal importance. The long term view will allow you to be less reactive and more thoughtful and innovative. When we imagine the bigger picture, our planning and decision making has space to allow for a host of possibilities.

Solution-Focused Coaching

As a Solution-Focused Coach I place key emphasis on nudging the client to a desired future state, and create a path that assists the client in achieving that state. One of the biggest advantages of solution-focused coaching is that it takes a positive approach to change. This belief can empower people, and it can encourage them to become self-confident , self-reliant, and positive to take the leap in their desired state

As a coach I take up the role of a curious guide walking alongside the coachee, not a “wise sage” who gives out advice.

it’s forward-focused, futurefocused and solution-focused which improves the coachee’s thinking, they think differently with an open view to possibilities and more effectively.

A lot of people are focused on just goals, on the outcomes, others are focused on emotions and feelings, some are focused on purpose and belief. Go with what best works for you.

The Affirm element allows you to reaffirm your achievements and successes and to recognize where you have done things well. From there on you can look at the steps you need to take to build on them and pave the way for your future success.

Coaching involves unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their performance. As a coach I get excited about each win of my clients.

Mentoring

Mentoring partnerships can be

mutually beneficial and rewarding – on both professional and personal levels. As a mentor I offer valuable insight into what it takes to get ahead and be a “sounding board” helping the mentee decide on the best course of action in difficult situations.

I have gained a personal sense of satisfaction from knowing that I have been instrumental in the progress of my mentees with developing their knowledge, skills, communicate more effectively , expanded thinking with new perspectives to progress ahead with focus and the opportunity for expanding your network.

I have mentored as a volunteer with Cherie Blair foundation and Aspire and this helped me learn how to work with people with whom I did not have any connection, demonstrating patience, guidance and support, helping them figure out the best path forward. The more I works on a one-to-one basis, as a mentor there is always potential to instigate surprising change.

Possibility is all about curiosity and openness which leads you to flexibility.

You can get curious by asking:

• What matters most to me?

• What do I need and want

Bio

As a solution focused Transformational Coach, trainer, Mentor, Motivational Speaker & HR Consultant with over 25 years of experience and communication beyond cultural borders.

I dive in with clients beyond cultural borders, tapping into a hidden gem that lies within each of us; the urge to lift the lid to achieve success and support the development and enhancement of your organization’s coaching culture and as an individual.

Pikki coaches and trains professionals, young adults, business owners, entrepreneurs, and individuals. Developing leaders, teams and individuals on addressing the needs based on a Training needs analysis, resulting in powerful relationships and business outcomes.

Her Commitment: “Become The Best Version Of Your Professional Self”, and has an enthusiastic and engaging “hands-on” management style.

Pikki is an Erickson International Certified Solution Focused Coach. +971 50 922 4688 Email : hello@coachpikki.com www.coachpikki.com https://www.linkedin.com/ company/coach-pikki

today and tomorrow?

• What is the next right move? Are You Ready to Commit And Change Your Life?

As incredibly flattering as it is to be featured in this cool magazine, I was also a little reluctant as I wondered what I could possibly share. And then I realized how much I have learned from so many people of all ages, because they shared their stories and insights honestly and openly. It’s a motto I hear my mum (who is also my colleague!) say often, ‘Together we rise’, and for that we need to share and learn from each other.

I just turned 24 and looking back over the last couple of years since my I graduated from Murdoch University with a Degree in Screen Production, I can see how much the experiences of this period have shaped my personality and approach to life. Its only when you stop to put your thoughts together for an article that you realize we never stop getting shaped by every encounter, every person we meet, every experience you go through.

So here are some of my learnings that I’d like to share in the hope that they are of use to someone who needs to hear them at this point in time.

Ria Rachel Mathews

(Digital Content Producer BMC Kinetic)

• Being in your early 20s is a very confusing time. Everyone you know is at a different stage in their life based on their career decisions, which can make you doubt whether you’ve made the right choices or if you should be doing something differently. You are on your own journey, all you can do is focus on doing the best you can and ensuring you are well equipped and ready for when the opportunity you’ve been waiting for comes your way.

• Work ethic: I believe it’s possible to be an accomplished professional without compromising on kindness and establishing genuine relationships with people.

• Make the most of what ever resources you have at your disposal. You don’t always get everything on your list! Especially in today’s world where everyone is expected to adapt to new roles and responsibilities quickly, the ability to go with the flow is highly valued.

• Making mistakes is an integral part of personal growth, it does not mean you are failing. It’s nice when you are supported by people at home and at work who give you the space to make mistakes and learn from them. But if you don’t have this, make sure you are clear about valuing each mistake as a learning experience.

• I’m immensely grateful for the support system I have in my family and friends, they’ve never let me give in to self-doubt or short-sell myself, or measure my success against other people’s accomplishments. I can’t stress enough how important it is to build a strong support network of people who will always be honest with you and look out for you.

• Sometimes it seems like nothing is right anywhere. What helps me at such times is to see what is within my control and make small positive changes wherever I can, it may seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but no gesture goes unappreciated.

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EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS

THE 9TH EDITION OF DUBAI WOMEN’S RUN COMES TO AN ICONIC CLOSE

- Dubai Women’s Run 2022 had over 3000 women come together to take part in the run

- The event saw women from over 80 countries join in for the races

- The youngest participant was a ripe 5-years-old while the oldest ran the 5km marathon aged 73

NOVEMBER 2022, DUBAI, UAE

Over 3,000 women ran through the frame worthy Bluewaters enjoying perfect conditions for their 3km fun run and 5km and 10km marathons during this year’s edition of the Dubai Women’s Run. Celebrating the 9th edition of the amazing run, organized by Plan b Group in association with the Dubai Sports Council and UAE Athletic Federation, women from over 80 nationalities participated in their respective runs as they posed under the finish line’s gantry, commemorating their determination to complete the course. Emirati, Arab, Filipino, South Asian, African and women from many other parts of the world and walks of life flocked to the mega-event.

Additionally, International mega-star Sanjay Dutt shared warm words of encouragement and support for the women running which amplified the already energetic aura in the air. Surinder Kaur, hailing from India was the oldest participant at an astonishing 73 years-old, but age did not deter her from completing the 5km marathon. Contrastingly, Kavya Aiyar, aged 5, enjoyed completing the 3km fun run as the youngest participant for Dubai Women’s Run 2022.

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Madina finished the 10km race in an impressive 32:48 minutes as Fanos bagged gold with her swift timing of 16:32 minutes. In just a mere 10:39 minutes, Katerina propelled herself to victory in the final race of the day.

The event that honors the zeal and zest of women in the region and globally was a platform to many engaging initiatives. One such initiative was the ‘Beyond Blue’ campaign supported by the School Transport Services, which enabled hundreds of women from labour-intensive occupational backgrounds to participate in this year’s run for free. Another heartwarming initiative was the transformation program which saw a nonrunner train over a course of eight weeks to become fit and complete the run. This year’s run had it all; from nail-biting races, jamming music, live paintings, stilt men, on-stage dances and celebrity role calls! Cultural performances highlighting the diverse backgrounds the ladies represented had the crowd cheering in addition to the inspiring words from the previous edition’s ‘Women of Substance’.

Former World Tennis Doubles Champion, Sania Mirza along with Major General Mohamed Al Murr, President of UAE Athletics Federation, Harmeek Singh, Founder of Plan b Group and Chairman of Dubai Women’s run, and officials from Dubai Sports Council felicitated this year’s winners, Madina Kader Mehmad, Fanos Tekle and Katerina Machova, for securing first place in the 10km, 5km marathons and 3km fun run respectively. In true athletic fashion,

Plan b Group, along with PTC Network associated with an NGO to fly down 7 ladies from rural Punjab in India to participate in this year’s run – providing them with a platform to showcase their talents

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Dr. Harmeek Singh, Founder of Plan b Group and Chairman of Dubai Women’s Run said, “This year saw thousands of women from 80 nationalities came together for the 9th edition of Dubai Women’s Run which has become a staple fixture of the UAE’s athletic calendar. The turnout, energy, performances and overall atmosphere was exhilarating and we cannot wait to do this again next year. The event has garnered the attention of international celebrities like Sania Mirza, Sanjay Dutt and Miss Uganda whilst also inspiring local talent and giving them a platform to put on performances on a big stage in front of an energetic crowd. Dubai Women’s. Run has brought about a new era of support inculcating values of unity within community & growing together come what may. We look forward to seeing an even bigger turnout at the starting line next year.”

“We were delighted to play a part at this year’s Dubai Women’s Run, it was incredible to witness women from all walks of life and communities come together for one goal – women empowerment”, said Fawzia Faridoon, Head of Women Sports Development at Dubai Sports Council.

“The atmosphere was nothing short of spectacular! We saw women from all over the world unite here in Dubai to have fun and celebrate their hard work that they put in throughout the year. From the performances to the races, everything was dedicated to making these women smile. Successfully, we’ve achieved this and cannot wait to partner with Dubai Women’s Run again next year”, mentioned Major General Dr. Mohammad Ahmed Al Murr, President of UAE Athletics Federation.

Editor’s Note:

About Plan B Group:

Plan B Group has cemented itself as an industry leader and has been at the forefront of delivering awardwinning experiential events and marketing solutions for 18 years and has grown from a concept to creating award-winning campaigns. Currently, Plan b Group comprises of nine companies, and has propelled from a home-grown brand to being recognised on a global platform.

From corporate events and conferences to award ceremonies, product launches, brand and experiential activations, Plan B Group services include complete turnkey solutions for design, production, audio, visual, signage, branding, communications, and event management. For any media queries, please contact:

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Pinktober Breast Cancer Awareness Event With Gargash Hospital & Linbiz Community

This year as usual, the LINBIZ COMMUNITY platform in collaboration with Gargash Hospital put together a session for breast cancer awareness at the Hospital premises. It was tagged the PINKTOBER EVENT.

The attendance was not only the LINBIZ COMMUNITY members, but also women from different organizations who are concerned about their health and wellness. All the speakers are women from health proffesiinals backgrounds. Some are also the survivor queens and some are trailblazers who are still going through the stage of cancer and hoping to surely survive the deadly disease called Cancer.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women, accounting for more than 1 in 10 new cancer diagnoses each year. It is the second most common cause of death from cancer among women in the world. Anatomically, the breast has milk-producing glands in front of the chest wall. They lie on the pectoralis major muscle, and there are ligaments support the breast and attach it to the chest wall. Fifteen to 20 lobes circularly arranged to form the breast. The fat that covers the lobes determines the breast size and shape. Each lobe is formed by lobules containing the glands responsible for milk production in response to hormone stimulation. Breast cancer always evolves silently. Most of the patients discover their disease during their routine screening. Others may present with an accidentally discovered breast lump, change of breast shape or size, or nipple discharge. However, mastalgia is not uncommon. Physical examination, imaging, especially mammography, and tissue biopsy must be done to diagnose breast cancer. The survival rate improves with early diagnosis. The tumor tends to spread lymphatically and hematologically, leading to distant metastasis and poor prognosis. This explains and emphasizes the importance of breast cancer screening programs.

EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS

THE GRAND OPENING OF THE OFFICE OF HH SHEIKH RASHID, MAJID MUALLA GROUP COMPANIES