6 very important benefits of having an argument

Arguments can really get messy sometimes, other times like wildfire it grows into a feast of verbal attacks and fist-fights. These are not enough to deter one from arguing from time to time. here are 6 benefits of having an argument

1. It makes you smarter: remember the last time you argued? I guess you won right? Lol. Winning an argument gives you this feeling of smartness and losing an argument makes you want to research more on the topic in case of next time.

2. It makes you more rationale: an argument usually have at least two sides to it. In the course of every argument, you'd realize how myopic you have been in your thinking. Every party brings their own view of the issue to the table and no matter who wins, you would have gained a better more holistic view of that particular topic compared to what you knew before.

3. It keeps you better informed: you can't watch Al-Jazeera, CNN, BBC, NTA & Channels all at the same time, neither can you read 3 brands of magazines at the same time. What an argument does is to help you learn from the wealth of knowledge or stupidity of others. Usually within the first few minutes, all the non-issues in an argument are trashed out and everyone begins to quote more facts and figures. That is the best time to open your ears and mind to learn more.

4. It makes you mentally alert: the joy of winning the last argument coupled with the fear of losing the next argument would always keep you on your toes. Your brain learns to be more active, retain more information and observe your environment better.

5. It makes you want to learn more: during the course of an argument, different facts and Falsehoods pop-up. The need to actually ascertain what is true and what is false would prompt you to want to research, read and learn more about that subject matter. As a lover of arguments, you also understand the need to regularly fortify yourself with enough ammo (information) to win the next argument whenever and wherever it happens.

6. It improves your creativity: as an argumentative, with time you begin to argue with yourself. You don't just accept things the way they are, you want to try out new times, explore fresh perspectives, implement new ideas and spend time trying to determine which is the best way to do something. In essence, you become more creative. 

In conclusion, arguments actually makes you a better person, helps your personal confidence and human relations skill, it inspires you to read, explore and live a fun and crazy lifestyle. Don't pass up that golden opportunity to argue the next time you find it and always remember to learn something new from every argument.

you can also checkout some health benefits of having an argument here

Culture of appreciation

I can still clearly recall the night before I left home to stay at a university of Lagos campus as a fresh undergraduate, I thought my parents would bring out a long scroll of pre-written rules, regulations, instructions and advice to burden my gay mind with. Strange enough, that night went by as every other night, there was no meeting, no ‘come and sit, let’s talk’ moment, we simply said the usual family prayers and I gladly went to bed, my ears unburdened by any rhetoric I had heard all my life. I thought they had saved the ‘long talk’ for morning, so I woke up early, rehearsed both my verbal and non-verbal reaction to their advice, I was bent on being a good son this one time, I couldn’t afford to give one wrong response and then open an extra door for a ‘helluva’ talk. That morning passed and the only talk were random reminders about what and what I had taken or probably forgotten to pack. That afternoon, I left our Ikeja residence for El-Kanemi hall, Unilag. Till today, I never got that long talk about being a good child, not skipping classes, avoiding bad friends, cultists and attending church regularly, that ‘long talk’ never came. Today as I reach another landmark year in my life’s journey, I want to thank my parents for holding their peace and letting me have a relatively free rein in my life’s decisions for the past six years. I am indeed grateful for all the monies, care and affection you have spent all these decades.

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Very important tips to survive as an NYSC corps Member

NYSC LOGO

There are so many wrong notions about the NYSC scheme, the most comon one ahould be the word, 'corper' it really does not exist, even in your dictionary, *winks*. 

That said, i'd write a seperate article about misconceptions about NYSC. But for today, lets check out these all important tips every prospective "Corper" needs to know.

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