Akon reveals Middle Eastern royalty paid him $1 million for a private show
"I can't say which family, but they booked me for a million dollars for a private event in the Middle East. 'My daughter's the biggest fan'. Okay, amazing. They set everything up, I had a dressing room with everything on my rider. Top notch."
"The castle is so big I can't hear anything. They walk me to this huge hall with a monster stage, LED lights, lasers, everything. But there are only three chairs."
"Three people came. The daughter, the son, and the wife. She's sitting in the middle just cheesing, can't wait. So we start singing Mr. Lonely. The song finishes and she goes, 'Again!' The whole hour, that's all we performed. Just Mr. Lonely on repeat."
No entiendo cómo puede ser. Vi a Michael Jackson morir, a Maradona morir, a Pelé morir, a la reina Isabel morir; vi pasar a tres papas. Sobreviví a una pandemia, vi el comienzo de internet. Vi el CD cambiar a Spotify, vi cambiar el DVD a Netflix, vi pasar del teléfono fijo a un iPhone. Y estoy viendo el surgimiento de la IA. Y solo tengo 30 años.
“It is very difficult to understand why a man who out of hunger steals cassava is thrown into jail the same way as a murderer”
—The Minister for Roads and Highways, Hon. Kwame Agbodza, has expressed support for reforms to the country’s legal system, by proposing that individuals arrested for minor offences should be assigned community service, such as cleaning public spaces, instead of being jailed.
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🚨 Vini Jr: “Spain are among favorites at the World Cup, they won the Euros and they have Lamine Yamal”.
“Lamine is one of the best in the world. Fans pay tickets for players like him”. 🫱🏼🫲🏿
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I wanted to gather my thoughts because I was really pissed off.
I'm perplexed by the attitude of the new generations, who normalize insults based on physical attributes or skin color, as well as publicly bullying a kid just because they're emotionally upset.
The problem isn't rewarding someone for letting his tablet get stolen.
But it's not sending the message that it's normal to mock a more sensitive kid. Fortunately, Benjamin was showered with love and got his tablet back.
He expressed his desire to play football, and we offered him a full scholarship for next year.
Joining Juventus he’ll have a special coach in Kwadwo Asamoah.
After four years full of challenges and hard work, it's time to move on.
I leave with the feeling that the mission is complete. 4 seasons, 3 championships.
I will never forget the love I received from the fans from my very first days.
Catalonia is my place on earth.
Thank you to everyone I met along the way during these beautiful four years.
A special thank you to President Laporta for giving me the chance to live the most incredible chapter of my career.
Barça is back where it belongs.
Visca el Barça. Visca Catalunya 💙❤️
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Conor Neill: "18 years of school trained you to ruin conversations"
"You finish your pitch and the customer says, 'Your product is too expensive!' You arrive home a few minutes late, your partner says, 'You are always late.' There's a dirty plate left on the table 'You never wash the dishes.' What do you say in this moment?"
Neill explains the problem:
"Most of you, me included, went through 14 years of school where we were taught one way to respond to questions. Teacher asks, 'How do you spell cats?' Student: 'C-A-T.' Teacher asks, 'What is osmosis?' Student explains in detail. For 14 years, you've been taught to give answers to questions. If you went to university, you probably had another 3 or 4 years of giving answers to questions."
Here's what that does to you:
"In real life in persuasion, in getting to what the other person is really about, what their needs really are, the worst thing you can do is give an answer to a question."
He gives examples:
"If someone says, 'Your product is too expensive,' and you say, 'No it's not! It's only €1,000'; you've lost every chance to understand what else is behind their reasoning. If you get home and your partner says, 'You're always late!' and you say, 'No, no, no, Tuesday I was definitely here on time', you're gonna have a crap weekend."
Neill explains why this happens:
"When your partner says, 'You're always late,' emotion goes up. And what happens? The thinking part disconnects. The way to make someone stupider is to insult them, object to them, tell them they are wrong. When you're asked a question, there's an emotional reaction, and the higher emotion goes, the lower thinking goes."
He continues:
"If you don't practice this response, you're not going to be able to do it in the moment. If you don't practice repeatedly how you'll respond to 'You're always late,' 'You never wash the dishes,' 'Your product is too expensive,' 'Your competitor is better,' 'You failed us 3 years ago,' 'I don't trust your company', you're not going to be able to do it in the heat of the moment."
Here's what to do instead:
"When you are asked a question or given an objection, I want you to say: 'I understand.' And repeat in your words what they're saying. Then give an open question back."
He demonstrates:
"'Your product is too expensive!' → 'I understand that money is an important factor for you. What other criteria will be used in making this decision?'"
Neill calls this "Conversation Aikido":
"Martial arts are about using the energy and force of the opponent against them. In Judo, if someone punches you, you pull their arm and allow the energy to keep flowing. In Aikido, the concept is you go toward the punch. You go toward the energy. If someone punches you, if someone asks you a question, if someone objects, the Aikido method is to go toward them and see the world from their view."
He explains how to practice:
"'You're always late!' → 'I understand you feel frustrated.' 'I understand you feel let down.' You'll have to work on this quite a few times over the next 10 years to find the set of words that captures what the other person feels, what's behind it. Then ask: 'What can we do now?' 'What happened during the day?' 'What would you like to talk about?'"
Neill shares what happens when you don't do this:
"When a client says 'You're too expensive' and you say 'No, we're not!' you learn nothing about who else they're considering, what other criteria are important, what process they've gone through, who else is involved in the decision."
He closes with a guarantee:
"By giving the answer, we shut down the possibility of hearing what's really going on in the other person's mind. But if you say 'I understand,' accept the energy coming from the other person, and give back an open question, I guarantee that if you do it 4 times, the answer to your 4th open question begins to be the real underlying need, issue, or interest of the person you're listening to."
61 year old NHS healthcare assistant, Ilda Esteves, awarded £1,425 compensation after employment tribunal ruled she was subjected to harassment by colleague, Charles Oppong, who repeatedly called her 'auntie'
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Eminem's iconic 2000 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) performance featured him marching from New York City's Radio City Music Hall stage with100 bleach-blonde look-alikes, performing "The Real Slim Shady" and "The Way I Am".
Two years ago, when Foster Apetorgbor returned to school, he was not just another student walking into class.
His classmates rose to their feet and applauded him after he scored the decisive penalty that won Nsoatreman FC the FA Cup.
Today, that same boy is on his way to Europe. A beautiful reminder that big dreams can start right from a simple classroom. 🇬🇭⚽️