52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #47 Participate in Voting
“Voting is a civic sacrament.” ―Theodore Hesburgh “Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 25, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #46 Guns
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” ―Wayne La Pierre Before any immigrants talk about the second...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 21, 2021
- 1 min
Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #45 Watch Out for Daylight Saving
“I’ve lived on the equator all my life and we never had to change clocks. Now they’re telling me time goes forward an hour after...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 21, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #44 Learn American History
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” ― George Santayana To truly excel in the United States of America, it is...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 19, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #43 Learn Public Speaking
“If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 18, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant # 42 Camp Regularly
“Cooking and eating food outdoors makes it taste infinitely better than the same meal prepared and consumed indoors.” ― Fennel Hudson One...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #41 Take Vacations Regularly
“Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 15, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #40 Learn English
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss Why would you...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #39 Beware of Drugs
“Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.” ―Bernard Melzer Social Services...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 13, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #38 Social Services
“Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.” ―Bernard Melzer Social Services...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 13, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #37 Buy a House
“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.” ―Andrew Carnegie “Buy land; they’re not making it anymore.”...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 11, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #36 Accent Reduction
Accent Reduction “I believe that virtue shows quite as well in rags and patches as she does in purple and fine linen... even if Gargery...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 11, 2021
- 1 min
Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #35 Relationship With the Police
“Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 8, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #34 Gardening
“The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.” ― Abraham Lincoln If...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 7, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #33 You Need a Coach.
“A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment.” ― John Wooden There is a difference between a coach and a...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #31 Get a Mentor
“Never test the depth of the river with both feet.” ―Warren Buffett “Tell me, and I forget, teach me, and I may remember, involve me, and...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- May 4, 2021
- 1 min
52 Proven Strategies That Will Position You to Excel as an Immigrant #30 Have a Will
“You must pay taxes. But there’s no law that says you gotta leave a tip”. ―Morgan Stanley Advertisement In some cultures, few people have...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
New Resolutions are Useless
For many years, I set new year resolutions and failed each year. At the beginning of the year, I will say something like: I will be a...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- Dec 19, 2020
- 1 min
Do you know where you are going?
The actions you are taking right now have already determined your destination. No matter who lofty and big your dreams are, you must take...
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Eric Tangumonkem, Ph.D.
- Dec 12, 2020
- 1 min
Strategies for excellent mental health
How is your mental health? What you let into your mind will form your beliefs. What you believe determines your actions. The outcome of...
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