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Do you ever wonder why the globally acknowledged Elon Musks’ continue to stay within the range of their counterparts? Well, a consistent goal definition and redefinition is just one of the many philosophies they embrace. Setting achievable goals are very crucial to one’s success. Whether on a short-term or long-term basis, goals are what determine your overall achievement in life. People always pursue distinct endeavours in their lives. For this, everyone follows a different pattern to his, her or even their success. It is possible that with the different patterns adopted, success is achieved at separate times. So, the successes might all be connected by a single theme – goals. It’s extremely hard to determine the most successful person on earth today mainly because success itself is largely relative. To some, success is being rich, to others, it is the ability to perform remarkably well and to other people, it may mean reaching certain levels in life – attaining high positions in career life. Hence, the true definition of success depends on one’s perception and life experiences.   However, it is easy to identify those who have exceeded the expectations of many within any type of social setting. These recognizable achievers are celebrated for their brilliant hard work and dedication to excel by following their goals. Simply put, they are goal-getters. They swiftly chase their dreams until they can grab them – that is what made them ahead. It is highly essential to redefine life goals. Demands, aspirations, expectations and realities are never static – they are always ever-evolving. As you passionately crave success, there is always a need to leave some space for or incorporate necessary elements that will support your goals or objectives. You cannot possibly escape developing realities in order to become successful. Trends and challenges are part of opportunities for appreciable growth. With an open mind, you can explore new developments and revamp your goals. Then, you would have a clear lane to success.

Incredible ideas, beautiful thoughts and life-changing opportunities can all be dashed with a single emotional insecurity caused by self-sabotage. The most successful people who have proven excellence in their distinctive endeavours, never allowed their minds to reduce the value of their capacity or contribution. They are easily distinguished by their focus and matchless passion on routes to greatness. Self-sabotage is highly powerful to crush one’s future ambitions in its entirety. In schools, it can make a student perform poorly, graduates and/or job seekers tend to stoop too low for job offers and workers, underperform or work below expectations at work. Within a network, it deprives a participant of making effective contributions. It simply makes you doubt your potential thereby undermining your success. The journey to growth, a successful career or reaching the highest peak in a professional career is surrounded by unimaginable hurdles and turbulences. Self-sabotage remains atop the list of these challenges. Navigating these problems involves one to train the mind to support self-inventions and creative efforts. And not to weaken them with loosely manufactured excuses. The perception of self-sabotage is fueled by limiting thinking and beliefs, unnecessary worries over trials, and results and a lack of trust in slow steps for good results. With these, big dreams shrink and goals continue to go farther and unable to be reached. To be free from the shackles of self-sabotage and its negative impact on progress, you have to take decisive steps to combat it. The giant step to overcoming self-sabotage is becoming busy and overly excited about the creation of the masterpiece that you are. Be out in the world to improve yourself. It is essential to begin by changing your thinking on improving yourself from where you currently are, as it paves way for focus and other greater things to happen in your life. This must also be coupled with dismissing myths and fixed thoughts from your mind. Be open to new knowledge. As you tour through the stages of growth, you would be able to set achievable goals and align them with new learning and life experiences. Always remember that you’re an ever-evolving being on the path to becoming a better version.

Realizing one’s dream and getting hold of the future depends on what you do right now. With the rapid advancements in technology and the internet, many opportunities are yet to be explored and grabbed by especially students. Tweeting and Blogging are a few of the online engagements that can unveil the personalities of amazing talents.  The abundance of resources provided by technology does make youths generally clueless about how to find their voices. Thus, to reveal the person that you are, you have to showcase yourself by capitalizing on your skills and unique art online. Of course, the world is full of beautiful ideas that may scare early-career starters. But, the ability to identify your distinguishing features is what defines your personality, and capability and therefore sets you apart.  The path to finding yourself is full of hurdles but, it allows you to creatively set a goal and work towards achieving it. By doing this, it enables students and starters to expand their horizons, make mistakes, learn from mistakes and adopt sustainable ways of advancing a successful career. To reach the highest point in your career, you have to inculcate self-promotion and self-branding. Promoting oneself isn’t a relatively easy endeavour. It requires calculated and dedicated efforts, risks, time, lessons, and hundreds of uncertainties. As a student or graduate, it is highly imperative to understand and imbibe promoting personal ideas, arts and creative thoughts. The first giant step is to always consider being the best at what you do.   Think about the greatest artists of all time – Picasso, Vincent Van Gogh and Da Vinci, or famous writers like Shakespeare, Orwell and Hemingway, who all earned global recognition through what they’re best at. Even without the technology to leverage during their time, they still made unmatched pieces that always topped their equals. More so, their creations are still a major part of the world’s most-priced items.  The latest trends in tweeting and blogging are interesting and easy ways that can effectively support realizing what one is good at, self-promotion and building a personal and highly competitive brand. Students and starters can explore careers in content development such as writing, videos, graphic design thousands of creative ideas. Most importantly, engage with a network of content developers. This will motivate you and help you steal like an artist. 

School of Arts Management and Social Sciences, Skyline University Nigeria (SUN) is delighted and proud to become a member of the prestigious AACSB’s Business Education Alliance, the largest global network of leaders in business education. SUN received the Certificate of Membership from AACSB’s Business Education Alliance on 21st February 2023. AACSB, a global nonprofit association, connects educators, students, and business to achieve a common goal: to create the next generation of great leaders and advance business education to make a lasting, positive impact on society. The AACSB Accreditation process starts with Membership Application process. Being a member of the AACSB means that the School of Arts Management and Social Sciences is now part of a select group of institutions worldwide who are the members of AACSB. It also provides faculty and students of SUN with access to a vast network of leading educators, researchers, and industry professionals. We are immensely proud of this achievement, and we thank all our faculty, staff, students, and stakeholders for their support and dedication. We look forward to continuing to provide world-class education and contribute to the advancement of the arts, management, and social sciences disciplines. Stay tuned for more updates and exciting news from Skyline University Nigeria!

The upcoming Nigerian general elections present a rare opportunity for students to exercise their franchise as citizens. It also enables students to experiment and observe some of the knowledge that is being imparted to them by academics at the University. The diversity of disciplines offered at universities equips students with innovative ideas to actively participate in the development activities in society at all levels. Hence, elections are part and parcel of development processes. It is the pillar upon which democratic societies thrive and survive. For example, Skyline University Nigeria offers courses in the Social Arts and Management Sciences (SAMSS) like International Relations, Mass Communication, and Economics, among many others. From these, students gather a lot of information on how to be active social change agents in their various communities.  Because general elections occur after every four years, it always comes with a unique vibe. Students can leverage the happenings and write reports and news pieces that, can be published by reputable media organizations. It is also an avenue for students to select the best research topics, compare with earlier research works and contribute to the general development of Nigeria with their findings and the world at large.  Skyline University Nigeria provides students with soft skills like writing, research, and community service. Students from other disciplines such as the School of Sciences and Information Technology (SSIT), the School of Basic Medical Sciences, and the School of Legal Studies are not left out. They can use their writing and research skills to document election happenings on their social media platforms, to make the election processes accountable and credible. Through their participation, students can support development by highlighting some of the salient issues that could escape the radar of the conventional media, international observers, etc. Like internship opportunities, the students can include such participation and writings in their portfolios. Their effort will certainly attract bigger opportunities for them in the future. It will clear the path for further engagements with public and private organizations. 

For students in Varsities, the Nigerian general elections are opportunities to cull exemplary tips on leadership. Lessons learned can then be replicated in their affairs as students to form effective unisons within their institutions. Almost every aspect of higher education requires leadership. And effective leadership can only be achieved by, adopting effective strategies that have proven to be successful elsewhere. The processes of elections legitimize leaders and present them as capable and legally endorsed in the eyes of their followers in societies.  The careful integration of leadership structure for students in Higher Education Institutions has over time, generated unquantifiable successes. It is used to organize and coordinate students’ affairs effectively. This is visible in the creation of an operative communication chain that, is utilized by students to channel complaints and suggestions to university management. Again, various events are organized by the Student Union Government representatives on a variety of topics like entrepreneurship, career path, and IT skills that are incredibly beneficial for the students. The concept of leadership is embedded and widely embraced in every social structure to allow for even development and avoid chaos. Good leadership has at all times aided in the realization of aspirations and goals of people in diverse societies and organizational set-ups. So, Universities and other higher education institutions award degrees in both learning and character that signifies abilities in knowledge and leadership. Undeniably, leadership is an essential part of one’s character. In the universities, the formation of the Students Union Government (SUG) and other similar obtainable groups like the Students Representative Council (SRC) at Skyline University, is based on the available designated positions in Nigeria and other parts of the world. As such, many tips regarding the organization of elections, voting processes, the appointment of presiding officers, and campaigns among a host of other activities can be emulated by varsity students. With the integration of innovation, students can emulate electronic balloting to ease the processes of choosing their representatives and avoid malpractices.