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Respect Me! The Argument for Role Differentiation 1

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Human Anatomy is only more important than Plant Anatomy as much as the eyes are more important than the tongue. You can see all you can, but you can taste nor swallow nothing. The very first lesson in creating and offering value is the lesson on contentment. One needs to find a sense of rest in what one has become. We should never be unsettled by what we are not. We mustn't get the recognition and get the accolades. We don't need to be the guy that fixed it.... We just have to have a contribution - a worth, a proposition.  We simply need to have done the best within the limits of our personalities, dispositions, skills and experiences provide. No matter how good the tongue is, it will not see the road block. The Sun is radiant but it won't take the Moon's place. The butterfly is cool but it can never be the honey bee. The piano produces good sound but it will not become a sax. As a nation, we need to respect people for who they are and the little value they b

The Mystery of the Tennis Racket

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four minutes read Two weeks going, events took me to the tennis court. I don't play tennis but a senior friend took me to Adekunle Ajasin University Tennis Court after a strategy development meeting.  Following that, I accompanied my gospel trainer to the court in Akure Stadium. In these two instances, I didn't do more than sit at the platform and observe. And as it was my nature, drift into the thought realm. The design of the rackets caught my attention, so did the tennis court structures, the cross net and of course the ever bouncing soft balls.  How were these things made? Who first made them? How easy are they to make?  Can I make them myself?  My questions rolled on and on. The intrigue made me think about the sport shoes - the softness, the strength, the traction, and function. Then on and on to other technology  -  my phone, the car, bridges, and others.  Then I remembered genomics and molecular biology, the computers, communication technology and the whole lot