*A banker went to a Yoruba restaurant in Ibadan to eat:*

Banker: What do you have?

Waiter: Amala, Ewedu, Gbegiri, Ofada Rice, White Rice, Efo Riro, Akara, Iyan, Ewa Agayin, Moi-Moi, Eba, egusi , Obe Ata...

Banker:  Okay... bring a plate of Ewedu and Gbegiri with Amala, put 2 ogufe, 1 shaki, 2 ponmo, 2 abodi, 1 roundabout and pack 2 Ofada Rice with beef and Obe Ata takeaway....

Waiter.... How do you want the ewedu? Do you want it on top or in another plate. 

Banker... Put it on top and spread the Amala well well. 

Waiter..... What about the takeaway?

Banker....... Same thing, pack it together in one plate. 

Waiter..... Will you like pure water or bottle water?

Banker ..... Bottle water. 

Water....... Cold one or room temperature.

Banker...... Chilled bottle of water. 

Waiter: Oga Sorry Sa, awa food don finish.

Banker: (angrily) Why then did you tell me that long menu? And all the series of questions you've been asking? You've been wasting my time.

Waiter: (smiling) Oga Sa, Shebi when I come to your bank ATM; after asking me for English or Yoruba, withdraw or check balance, PIN, savings or current, amount, print receipt, no receipt, your ATM go come tell me say, *Temporarily Unable To Dispense Cash*

Shebi now you know how e take dey pain.....😛😛

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Power Play.

These days, we hear of people abusing power much too often. Headlines exposing corrupt leaders and revealing major scandals all suggest that power brings out the worst in people.

Power is the role we play in other people’s lives, and we all have it in one way or another.

High status, impressive wealth, and the authority of a title. This is what we tend to think of when we hear the word “power.” We believe that the people who have these things are automatically powerful, but this isn’t quite true.

People with status, money, or the right title can be powerful, but so can those with none of these things. For example, someone about to drive out of a full parking lot isn’t powerful on their own. But the minute someone else pulls up, eagerly waiting to take the parking spot, the first driver suddenly has power. If he wants to, he can delay the newcomer by being in no rush to leave.

What this scene shows us is that power isn’t about what we have. It’s got more to do with social relationships, and how much we can control other people and their circumstances at any given time.Whether relationships are professional, personal, or just with whoever happens to be nearby, they force us to depend on each other. This means that everyone has power, even if it looks or feels like they don’t.

Take a parent-child relationship, for example. A parent can make decisions for the child and tell her what to do, making the parent powerful. But if the parent wants love and respect from their child – which most parents do – then the ability to give or withhold these means that the child has some power, too.

Work settings provide another example. Bosses have power because they can determine who works on which projects and how much people get paid. But an employee who’s great at her job and highly sought after in the industry has the power to negotiate.

Now, a boss can decide to use his power solely for his own benefit. For instance, he could hand over a heavy workload to a subordinate who can’t say no. But this isn’t what power is for. 

When you occupy a role, your aim should be to create positive results for the group. This mindset earns you the trust of peers and higher-ups, and can also lead to bigger opportunities in the future. More than that, when you’re focused on the mission and not your status, you can easily spot roles with potential for impact.

Socially and in the workplace, hierarchies and power dynamics help people work together for mutual benefit and to solve shared problems. This means that when thinking about how to use the power we have, we shouldn’t be asking “What’s in it for me?” We should consider how we can help other people instead.