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MMM and Ponzi schemes, Taproot of evil??

  Through 2016, Nigerians have been 'blessed' by several networking platforms, from great MMM to Ultimate cycler to wow givers forum. Most of these originated in the past years and became quite popular this year probably fueled by the regressive economy and all round inflation and hardship. I can't divert to the history of these platforms as the guiders and disciples would hang me for every word so if you think there might still be an atom of credibility check out their respective Wikipedia pages. A simple way of explaining a ponzi or pyramid scheme is in the name Pyramid. It is not a cycle of help giving as the description would always suggest. It is simply a structure constructed by a person or group of persons with sole aim of ensuring a continuous flow of money to the top by always adding layers of larger bases to existing pyramid by the concept of rewarding higher layers of the pyramids with such increase.  A well planned and executed pyramid scheme can kee...

How do you measure your Success?

In almost every aspect and point in life, people tend to measure their success and achievements most times to evaluate if goals have been achieved or if effort was worthwhile or to analyse amount of additional work and time needed to achieve the said goals. In this enquiry, several techniques, yardsticks and approaches have been developed and incorporated over time. However the continuous search for an ideal measurement scale/relation/method goes forward to prove that we haven't found that ideal yet. I however have come to measure 'relative success of association' by levels of external and internal pressure to achieve and it's corresponding praise level. I came to this weird method of measuring by association since every single knowledge, idea, fact or understanding we have emanates from external influence or deductions based on same. That is an article for another day but because I have brought you to start considering the truth behind that statement goes a long way ...