The danger of Praise

Olachi Olatunji | TedxPortHarcourt Salon 2018Nov 2018
Praising people for being smart could be detrimental, it could make a person sink into a sea of being seen as smart and avoid pushing their boundaries because they are afraid to reveal some of their inadequacies,they are comfortable and choose to hold onto the praise.

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Olachi Olatunji

Thinking Enthusiast, Creative, Engineer

Olachi Olatunji is a thinking enthusiast. A lover of learning. she is currently fascinated by the limitless potential of the human mind and its ability to benefit mankind. She has seen that a single change in ones’ thought processes can radically alter the course of their lives and is committed to helping this happen. She believes that you can change the world and that you must but in order to do that, you need to know HOW. Although she has spent the last 10 years supporting the growth of a multinational organization in Nigeria, she values the opportunity to read, learn and share her findings, as one of her greatest joys second only to the joy of family and her gratefulness for life. Thinking Enthusiast, Life Student, Avid Reader, Creative, Innovator... Engineer