Hi, I'm Lovable Lois and I am currently enrolled at the University of Ghana as a final year student reading Nutrition and Food Science.

I’m eloquent, interactive, sociable, innovative and hardworking.

I take a key interest in knowing more and cooperating with all to achieve a common set of goals.

My Experience in University.

I got admitted to one of the esteemed universities in Ghana, the University of Ghana in September 2019 under the school of Applied science to study biological science. The mere fact that I gained admission was enough to create an atmosphere of joy for me and my family. My family and I were new to this transition since I’m the first child. I knew little or no knowledge of what was going on and had no one to feed me with any information. My parents and I came to seek residency and it was indeed a tough one. We knew no one and did not know where to go for help. It came down to being a non-resident. I went to the various departments to register for my courses and made all the necessary payments to which I had no idea. It was then that I realized university comes with a whole lot of responsibilities. Everything was supposed to be done on your own and for the first time I was hearing about Sakai and MIS web, and these were to be done at the department too, but I managed to get help and did all that. My parents left for the central region, and I stayed with a family friend around Madina.

Started lectures with some stressful days but pulled through. Had no friends and this made getting information quite difficult for me.

For my course description, it was kind of ambiguous being a new student, fortunately, we met a lady at one of the offices in the Biochemistry lab and she told me a lot about my course, about it being biochemistry and chemistry-based course so if I cannot do physics and chemistry I should stop and buy another form or if I get below 1.0 GPA I will be sacked. She got me scared and told us to think about it before we proceed, I did not want to continue but knowing how far we have come and I told myself this life is full of risk, I know how it is my weakness, but I will take the risk because it seems to be everywhere, so I went back inside, made my decision known to the lady and we proceeded. My experience after level 100 was still not a good one but my level 200 got me exposed to other things and more knowledge on the specific courses we were allocated to, I made some new friends and ride along well in terms of current information and the system. I had no ideas about clubs and associations, but I still socialized. I help people in any little way I can, and it has been great so far. During the pandemic, I had the chance to be a resident and from there I learnt a lot from my roommates. I had to be patient, tolerant and good to them despite their attitude. The university has been a real game changer I would say, I learnt to share space with people I knew nothing of, learnt to tolerate and relate with a host of people from different backgrounds and the feeling of pressure to catch up with lessons and at least I forget assignments. The tertiary institution has equipped me with skills I never had and some fun along the way such as sports, weekly celebrations and dinner. Doing things on my own has built my confidence, as well as my decision-making skills, have improved as well and I owe it to my experience at the university.

A reflective summary of a novel "The Rules of Work" by Richard Templar.

‘The Rules of Work’, written by Richard Templar is one of the international bestsellers. It is a definitive code for personal success and an eye-opener for all who would like to rise to the top but are having challenges finding the map.

The book is made up of a hundred and nine (109) rules of work subdivided into ten subtopics. Right after the rules, Templar chipped in ten rules of power to give a proper conclusion to the one hundred and nine rules.

The author puts his finger on the flaw in the implied logic that concludes that the better we do our job, the faster we will rise in the organization. He highlights the fact that we all are doing two jobs, but the majority of us are only conscious of one, that is, “the job in hand”: meeting our sales targets, reducing machine downtime and speeding up monthly management accounts whereas the other job which is equally important but most people are less conscious of is making the organisation work.

Reading this book has led me to the realisation that I have always been partially conscious of the rules, though I never managed to formulate and analyze them with the clarity and detail that Richard Templar brings to the task. I read it in the quest for more insight into personal development. I felt the need to read it due to my strong desire for success and rising to the top.