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DISCOVERING YOUR SUPERPOWER AS AN EMPLOYEE AND HOW TO LEVERAGE IT FOR CAREER GROWTH

One of the foremost memories of my childhood and even adulthood still are cartoons. Asides from the comic relief of laughing and being entertained, you also get to watch some superheroes like Powerpuff Girls, Superman, Wonder Woman do great things with their superpowers.  Sometimes, I find myself wondering if there could be an element of a superpower in me, I actually have been tempted to carry out a genetic test to confirm this.  I bet you think this too when you think about the possibilities in your career path.  You might think you are just another employee on the payroll, however, you are just another superhero with some superpower, and here is how to harness it for your career growth.  The first step to discovering your superpower as an employee is to identify what people come to you for or compliment you about. That very thing no matter how inconsequential it might seem is your superpower. People love coming to you for this thing because they know you will do an amazing job. The

STARTING AN ONLINE RETAIL BUSINESS

  I bet one of the vantages that the online music streaming platforms have against radio and the obsolete CDs is the option of making recommendations of songs to users. There, I was listening to the debut studio album by American R&B super-duo Silk Sonic, composed of American recording artist Bruno Mars and all of a sudden, an American indie rock band is reeling off their song - I have got the world in my pockets.  It was almost impossible to have the world in your pocket some decades ago. However, technology hasn’t ceased to amaze us with the possibilities that accompany it. You can now literally carry a market in your pocket too.  With the advent of surging smartphone users and internet penetration in Nigeria, the e-commerce industry has witnessed immense growth since 2010. The e-commerce and m-commerce industries are set to record even higher growth in the future.  Nigeria has the 7th highest number of mobile phone users in the world; 172 million in 2019. More impressively, the