Monday, December 20, 2010

Leaders: What Was & What Is

If you stack up today's leaders against those they inherited from in the last 50 years or so, this is what you get:



The Concept
What Was
What Is
1
Vision
Something the leader believed in and shared with the people.
Something the leader saw after a drunken orgy.
2
Escort
A friend you needed by your side.
(i) A Mistress (ii) 30 assorted military personnel armed to the teeth.
3
Manifesto
A political document outlining programmes the leader will try to implement.
A photocopy of some document the leader will give out contracts to have printed and distributed to you.
4
A Promise
The leader resigns if he could not keep it.
You got fired if you reminded the leader about keeping it.
5
The People
The leader knows he works for them.
The leader’s thugs know to work them over.
6
Humility
The leader always gives credit to others, never to himself.
What?
7
Civil Servants
The guys he loves to work with.
Remove “Civil”.
8
Education
Blessed with it & appreciated.
The piece of paper he faked.
9
Corruption
Is it the same as corrosion?
Making a decent living.
10
Election
The leader respected the process.
What?

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Intelligent Communication

The true indicator of intelligence and brilliance is the mental capacity to simplify the complicated, whereas any idiot can complicate simple things.
- Credit for this one goes to Salihu Mahmud.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Featured Post

Life was much easier when…

1. Apple and blackberry were just fruit. 2. Java came in a cup. 3. One said “Searching” when he was searching for somethin...