LIFESTYLE

The strategy for the enhancement of diplomatic manoeuvrability:

This concerns the strategies adopted by the third world, that is still grappling with the challenges of development, the emphasis placed upon relationship with the Europeans in term of finding solution to the development problems in the context of the problematic inter block rivalry involving crisis, war, conflict and disputes, between the Western and the defunct Eastern European powers in the post World War 11 period, known as the cold war era. To enhance their diplomatic manoeuvrability under this circumstance, two strategies emerged – diversification and balanced benefaction.

• Balance benefaction or balanced dependence:

This implies a strategy of equidistance in bilateral relations. It implies maintaining either equal distance from or equal nearness to both the West and the defunct East. The logic of the strategy put it that underdeveloped state must ensure that if it establishes ties a “cold war” related dispute, it must do so with the opposing states.

For instance, ties must either be established with both North Korea and South Korea or with none of them, with both the USA and Soviet Union or with none of them. Balance benefaction or dependence thus required maintenance of equal distance or nearness in a developing or third world states, military, diplomatic, political and economic relations with the great blocs.

• Diversification:

This involves the diversification of all aspects of the external relations of the concerned states. This included the policy of dispersal of external trade; increasing the source of foreign loan; multiplication of the sources of military supplies and expanding the bases for training indigenous personnel and so on.

The major objective of the strategy of diversified dependence is the reduction of the vulnerability of a state to external influence and pressure. Diversification has been very useful for the developing countries, yet this strategy of diversified dependence carries along with it the seed of its own destruction.

Strategies aimed at transforming the domestic Base:

According to Olajide Aluko, this strategy indicates the essence of looking inwards, of transforming domestic base of national power in order to better deal with problems and development that arises from the internal as well as external environment.

• Regional integration:

This strategy involves the gradual union of national economies. It is directed towards facilitating the expansion of market, aiding industrialization and transforming the base of national power. It is also aimed at pulling the diplomatic resources of the cooperating state as to enable them become strong enough to deal with the development and problems arising from the external environment-especially the activities of powerful external actors. It may take any of the following forms: free trade area, custom union and economic community.

Strategy for self reliance:

Self reliance simply means the ability to set one own goals and then to realise them as much as possible through one’s own effort and one’s own resources

Self reliance is a strategy which seeks to build up and use the capacity for autonomous decision making and implementation in all aspect of development. It stresses autonomy rather than dependence.

It is essentially but not an exclusively inward looking strategy. At the domestic level it involves full mobilization of indigenous human and material resources. In the economic realm, it stresses a restructuring of the productive system in such a way as to ensure autonomous production without relying on other societies or external actors.

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Life expectancy in Africa for men is quite low compared to the women. Many things are contributing to the increase in death rate among African men.

African men’s are known to be strong and energetic but despite that, death rate among them kept on increasing. I will outline the reasons why Africa men’s die early.

Stress:

Stress is a major reason why Africa men die early. Both mental and emotional stress contributes to high death rate in Africa. Life is difficult in Africa due to poverty and hardship.

Men are always out there doing everything possible to provide for their families. Most of them do hard jobs to survive, when they are not able to provide for their families that’s when mental stress come in, to swallow them.

Learning how to manage stress is very important for every Africa man that wants to live long. Stress is a killer disease, manage your stress and you will live long.

No peace in the home:

When women stopped being a companion and helpmate to their husband, the chances of the man leaving this world will increase. Some homes are like war zones, the man and his wife are fighting heavy war in their own home.

Whenever such hatred and malice start between two couple one person may not survive it. Men are most time victim, if you want to live long with your husband, never let the fire of love, respect, understanding and forgiveness die in your marriage.

When a woman start to make the home hell for the man, is likely soon she will be sleeping alone. Because a man can take insult from any woman outside but that very person he calls the bone of his bone, he will always find it hard to absorb insult from her.

If you want to live and grow old with your husband, make the home an abode of the Angels. Do everything possible to stay in peace with your husband.

Frankly speaking, most of the problems many homes are facing are caused by lack of money. When there is need and no money to solve it, family start to tear apart. And if care is not taken, home start boiling, misunderstanding all the time, the weaker one is likely to die.

But if family should stay in love, in time of scarcity and needs, the God of love and sacredness will turn things around for good.

Alcoholism and bad lifestyle:

Some men don’t know the side effect of alcohol and the danger it imposes on their health. Taking high quantity of alcohol may damage your liver and kidney which can lead to your death.

African men who take too much alcohol is risking their health, the side effect may not start immediately but gradually in the near future you will start to notice how weak your bones and muscles have become. Alcohol weaken the bones, do your best to avoid taking too much of it.

Being mindful of the way you live will help you live longer, if you adopt bad lifestyle in form of taking too much alcohol or smoking too much cigarette it can still lead to your early death. Avoid bad lifestyle so that you will live a longer life.

Depression and Burden:

When a man starts to feel hopelessness, this life start to mean nothing to him, depression has caused death of many people, not only Africans but the entire human race.

Many things can make a man to be depressed; it can be unemployment, failed marriage and divorce, death of husband or wife.

Controlling yourself to avoid being pessimistic with life will help you avoid being depressed. In Africa where poverty and misery have their headquarters, so many things can cause one to be depressed.

Depression is one of the killers of African men; depression is the major reason African men die early.

When a man is faced with so many burdens without hope of solving them, it can cause him to start thinking, and too much thinking can lead to mental pressure, which can cause death.

Keep your mind free all the time, avoid letting your condition drive you into depression, there is more opportunity being alive. Don’t let troubles of life destroy your life.

Poverty:

Poverty is another seller of death to African men. Poverty is ravaging Africa, mixed with corruption and political thieves who has made sure that African men will not have a better share from the abundant natural resources in Africa land.

These political thieves kept on siphoning the money meant to improve life of Africans; making it impossible for African men’s to be like their counterpart in Europe and America.

Public servants who are entrusted with the management of national resources for the betterment of very one, has now turn the proceeds from the national resources to become their private property.

When you stole money in office as a public servant, have it in your mind that you’re not far from being a murderer.

Because when a man who supposes to take care of the family is being stripped of the fund to fend for his family, you endanger such man. Some men cannot behold their family go hungry. All these contribute to early death among African men.

Exam fright has made some students to fail their exams. Exam fright starts when a student is not prepared for an examination. Late preparation for exams causes exam fright, and going to give you some tips on how to study for any examination.

Tip on how to study for exam

Early preparation:

Early preparation is vital for success in any examination. Many undergraduate students doesn’t start early to prepare for examination, when exam timetable comes out they will be doing everything possible to cover their scheme of work thereby putting so much strain on their brain.

To achieve success in any examination, start early once the semester has started to study your books.

If you start reading when lectures commenced before the exam timetable is released you will be on revision thereby helping your brain to accommodate more with ease.

Pick vital points as you study:

The best way to study for exams is to be writing down vital points as you read. Writing vital point will help you during revision to recall those things you have read.

 Writing those vital points is a way of compressing a huge load of work of study into a small piece.

Remove anything that will distract you:

Exams are to be faced with every form of seriousness unless you will not do well at the end.

You are advised to remove anything that will be a distraction to you during exam study.

This generation has the problem of reading and chatting at the same time. Some student will read a paragraph and chat with friend the next thirty minutes.

That’s very wrong for any serious person that wants to excel in examination. If reading in an open hall will be a distraction to you as a result of people moving up and down.

Is better to look for a more calm and secure place to study your book.

Know your best time:

Find out the best time you will study and your body will easily assimilate what you’re reading. Some students prefer to study in the afternoon while some will prefer to study in the morning.

I recommend early morning study due to the fact that after a long sleep your brain would have relax enough, then when you start reading in the morning all your body part will be active to assimilate what you are loading to your brain.

Avoid unserious students:

There people who doesn’t care what they graduate with or whether they do well or not in exams. This is the final tip am giving out to ensure you succeed in your exams.

Unserious students will always be a distraction to you thereby making you spend lesser time with your books which in turn tells bad on your results.

Is good to keep friends but when you are preparing for examination avoiding those unserious ones that careless about their studies will help you achieve your desired goal.

The goal of every students is to pass their exams with good grades, this outlined tips will be a guide for you to succeed in any examination.

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