Different Perspectives on Christmas- What's Yours?

What does Christmas mean to you?To some, Christmas is a pagan festival and they would have nothing to do with it.They see it as a plague.To others, it’s one big yearly celebration akin to Thanksgiving with family, friends and food. It’s a time to get together with family and friends, enjoy each other's company over meals of mouthwatering meat, rice, mashed potatoes and other delicacies. They see it as time to party and indulge in all kinds of excesses.Others take it as an op

Are you in this to Make a Living or to Create a Lifestyle?

Most people hold down a 9-5 job to make a living. It's not as if their hearts are in the job. They are merely doing it to make ends meet. The money earned is just enough to pay for their housing, food, clothing and a little left over to spend on themselves.Making a LivingThe nature of work is repetitive. You do the same thing day in and day out. It has become a routine with little or no variation. If you have done it for any length of time, you can complete the steps with your eyes closed.Maki

Isn't This the Right Time to Regulate the Crypto Industry?

The collapse of FTX, the no.3 Cryptocurrency exchange only after Bitcoin and Ethereum has not only sent shock waves through the financial world but nudged the government to start thinking seriously of putting in place some regulations for the De Fi industry.The crypto industry has run largely unregulated up until this moment.The call for regulation will not sit well with Crypto enthusiasts who ironically love the Crypto space because of the lack of regulation. Most conservative patrons of the C

Happy Thanksgiving, WA Family!

Tomorrow will be Thanksgiving Day, USA! For me as a Nigerian-American, every day is Thanksgiving day. Every day I wake up, I give thanks to the Almighty for allowing me to see a brand new day. It's not a given.Thanksgiving this year will lose some of its glamour because of a wrenching global inflation that has raised prices of everyday items above the roof.Thanksgiving turkey and all the assortments you would need to make your thanksgiving dinner have gone up 20%! Besides, I understand there&rs

3 Rookie Mistakes To Avoid in Achieving Your Big Dream

We have come to Wealthy Affiliate portal propelled by a dream. Be it the dream of securing a passive income, building a sustainable business or even that of living life on your own terms.Some dreams are bigger than others, but they are still dreams waiting to be actualized.These 3 missteps have the potential to rob you of the realization of your dreams.Skimming through the OEC courseThe Online Entrepreneurship Certification course is Wealthy Affiliate’s flagship course that covers everyt

A Spook-ta-cular Halloween!

Wit-ching U A Spook-ta-cular Halloween!!!

How Did We Zoo?

Manny, Christie and Owo, our three adoptive kids have been with us since February 21, 2021, the day my wife escorted them to our home in California, all the way from Nigeria.They have covered some ground in their acculturation journey. They now eat pizza and Macdonalds. They have made considerable strides from the day when one of them took a look at a pizza and vowed never to eat it! How anyone intends to stay in the US for any length of time and not eat pizza baffled me to no end.Ironically,M

Truth or Myth: Money is more Valuable than Time

What do you think? If you take it at face value, money appears to be more valuable than time just because you can use it to meet most of your immediate and long term needs. But, if I may ask, what resource do you use to make money? Time, of course. Even a menial worker computes his wages in the number of hours he has worked for the day.But can you use money to buy yourself time? You can but not exactly in the same one-to-one way that you can use time to make money. You can calculate how much mo

Have you considered Crypto part of your Diversified Portfolio yet?

Cryptocurrency has minted many more billionaires within a relatively short space of time than any other industry. True or False? Total profits made in 2021 amounted to $163 billion. It is unprecedented in any other industry.Depending on your level of tolerance to risk, you should consider adding cryptos to your diversified portfolio as an investor.It experienced a crash recently and some people thought it would deliver the death knell they had been waiting for. Like a cat with nine lives, Bitco

Cheer Up, Digital Marketer!

I feel a nudge to write an inspirational piece to cheer up one of us who may be down.Did you really mess up? Don't beat yourself up. The next opportunity is just by the corner. It's the one that really matters.If you fall off a horse, just get right back on it. Don't sweat the small stuff.Sometimes our best drawn plans fall flat on their face when it comes time for execution, your best practiced pitch may not have sounded right to the prospect; that mouse trap you have carefully laid may have f