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CURIOUSITY; An Enabler for Ingenuity

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All GENIUSES who have / had ever existed had a CURIOUS mindset. Their quest for ingenuity propels them to ask questions  One of the essential skills for career success is CURIOUSITY Being curious involves asking questions more often than the average the person would. Curiosity is a mental state or mindfulness and can be developed. Curiosity gives birth to INNOVATION & CREATIVITY. Sometimes it is misconstrued by people as being intrusive, nosey or a plain busy body. However, this is a wrong assumption; rather, it is a powerful mindset tool to bring out ingenious ideas for problem solving. Asking questions broadens one’s mind into putting all the responses and conjectures together, analysing them, with the aim of arriving at a logical conclusion or solution. One which is based on objectivity from the collected data. It all comes together, right? So, wouldn’t you rather be a curious person? Albert Einstein was curious and he became a GENIUS Geniuses are brought to the fore based o...

Interview Tips - Ask Questions Too!!

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 Don’t just answer questions in an interview. Ask these questions too!! 📌 How the role fits into the grand scheme of things in the organization. 📌 What are the immediate wins the employer would like to see from the job holder?  Asides the fact that these questions show your enthusiasm to know more about the role and possible job expectations, it also places you on the top priority shortlist of the employer / recruiter. On a personal level, asking any of these questions prepares you ahead of time to decide on whether you have the 👇🏻 1.      requisite skill set to deliver on the job expectations 2.      assists you to negotiate a befitting pay for the job 3.      assess the interviewer’s reply on openness and honesty and lastly, 4.      the interviewer’s response enables you to determine whether to accept the job offer or not if selected. The employer's mission is to get the most out of the candidates during intervi...