Welcome to the online home of Michael Tefula, trainee accountant, writer, and musician.
Ozak Esu is a first-class engineering graduate from Loughborough University. She is currently a PhD student working in the areas of advanced signal processing and wind energy. I especially like her story because she wasn’t always an all-star student. However, she managed to tap into a level of motivation that has since driven her to [...]
The Fuel To do well at anything there is usually a need for sacrifice. A need to give up short-term gratifications for long-term gains. We call this self-discipline – a vital component of success in any field. (Not surprisingly, self-discipline has been found to be more predictive of academic success than IQ.) Now what if [...]
“He was such a try-hard, it put me off!”, a female friend told me. Funny, that. When a guy tries so hard to impress a girl, he puts her off! “Our mission is to maximise profits!”, some companies say. But in a six-year long study by two prominent Stanford University professors, it was found that [...]
One of the concerns I have been hearing from students is the fear that it may be too late to significantly improve their grades. To this, I always say: it is never too late. My response is corny, cheesy, and many students pass the remark off as being wishy washy until they hear the two conditionals. [...]
Who says you need motivation to start doing something? Did you know that sometimes the motivation comes after the action? Don’t believe me? Try it. I didn’t have the motivation to write this post, and I got side-tracked a few times, but after writing a bit, I felt an urge to finish it! This little [...]