Marriage and Family
DIVORCE RATE AMONG PROJECT MANAGERS PART 2: RED FLAGS
In the first part of this series, I said I would elaborate on some aspects of the statistics to provide context. Today, I want to highlight some red flags that may point to a much higher divorce rate among project managers and professionals.
Although these divorce rates are pretty high and represent the general population, I have reasons to belief that they could be much higher for project managers and project professionals.
That Vulture’s House Project
Have you heard of the Vulture’s House Project?
Well, an African folk story says that the African vulture was once caught in a thunderstorm with nowhere to shelter. He was thoroughly drenched and helpless under the rain that did not seem about to stop.
Then the vulture vowed that he would build his house as soon as the rain subsided to prevent a repeat of that terrible experience. Finally, the rain stopped, and the sun started shining brightly. Then the vulture decided to dry up first and look for food. “I will build the house later”, he said. The next time he remembered the house project was when he was under another heavy rain.
THE MARRIAGE CLASS
People spend up to 16 years studying in preparation for their careers. Some even add a period of internship and licensing to be allowed to practice. The average cost of private school attendance from kindergarten through 4 years of postsecondary study is $291,404 in 2021 currency values But when it comes to marriage, as serious as it…
Read MoreLessons From The Project Management Profession – Goal Setting 2
Give Your Goals Visibility In the first part of this series, I discussed the need to breakdown goals to daily tasks or mini milestones to ensure that we chip away at our big goals every day. That improves our chances of achieving our goals at the end of the year. Today I intend to examine…
Read MoreLessons From The Project Management Profession – Goal Setting 1
This series of essays, beginning today, is to draw from some of the practices in the project management profession, lessons we can apply to our goal-setting process to improve our chances of attaining them.
Read More8 STEPS TO ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS FOR 2021
If you are like me or like most people, you would have set your goals for 2021. It could be the usual New Year Resolution or done through a more formal goal-setting process. Statistics show that while most people set goals at the turn of every year, only about 8% achieve their goals. Most abandon…
Read MoreWHAT I HAVE LEARNT IN 30 YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT – PART 1
Networking Works After 30 years of paid employment and more than 40 years of leadership, I have come to the conclusion that networking and relationship building is critical to career progress and business success. Within those 30 years, I have changed jobs ten (10) times. Seven (7) of them came through my network of friends,…
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Special Announcement
Today is a very special day as I happily disengaged from my employer – Qatar Petroleum, after almost 10 years of service. My sojourn in Qatar Petroleum, a National Oil Company (NOC) was a fitting icing to my professional cake. I started with a Management and Engineering Consultant, then International Oil and Gas Engineering Consultant,…
Read MoreUwakmfon Hephzibah Udo
Uwakmfon (Chioma) Hephzibah Udo scored A in the 4 subjects she sat for in the 2019 Cambridge AS exam. To God be all the glory
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