Category: Career and Lifestyle

For football lovers, do you notice the how a footballer who was the star player at a club suddenly becomes a flop when he changes team? I’m sure many names come to mind: Hazard at Madrid, Lukaku in Chelsea, Falcao at Man Utd, and the list is endless.  Change in career trajectory can sometimes be…

Repeat after me, “I will never assume a thing anymore” My boss came to me one time, and said ‘pass the following entries quickly‘. Hearing the word quickly, gave me the impression that it was really urgent. And yes I did that ‘quickly’, but that soon became one of my most regretful actions as a…

“I ran away from LinkedIn. The intimidation was too much. It felt like I was wasting my life whenever I read other people’s profile” I don’t have the statistics for the number of people who have said this one time or the other. But let me take a guess that about 60% of LinkedIn users…

One day, we will find the right punishment to the category of people who over promise and under deliver. This system is capable of doing xyz, when it can’t even do abc not to talk of ghi.  One of the toughest schedule I have ever had to prepare in my corporate life was extremely manual.…

How can you possibly be shy as a person and online as well?  That was the question a friend asked me one day. My response was  “I don’t like SM“.  And my defense for being shy as a person: “I’m am introvert. I keep to myself” Harsh truth I’ve learnt about life as an introvert: …

Can I be less productive today?  Yes and No.😂 Everyone loves to be productive. In fact, more people tend to seek or search for better ways to improve their productivity at work.  It begs the question, how do you increase productivity on a seemingly bad day? Have you had a really rough day at work?…

“You’d be a great accountant!” This statement was first echoed by my primary school class teacher. And later by Mom, while I ran her petty trade. I loved the commitment and my passion my brother has for Accounting too.  It was a no-brainer to pursue what I was passionate about. Courses on Business studies, commerce…

The day I was slapped! As an individual, I loved to strive for excellence in everything I do. There’s a quote that rings out loud in my head “there’s no excuse for failure”. You can give yourself a thousand reasons for not doing what you have to do but it doesn’t absolve you from the…

I’d love to keep this as short as possible… It’s a day for special appreciation and shout out to friends, colleagues, mentors and acquitances on LinkedIn who have left indelible marks in my life.  In no particular order:  📍Abraham Popogbe, my mentor for more than a decade. A big hearty shout-out to you.  📍Bridgette Hyacinth,…

I can’t believe it was a dream!  What comes to your mind, when the question what are your dreams and aspirations is asked?  Did you say my dreams and aspirations? Hold my coke, let me take a quick nap. On the first day in the dreamland, I see myself in a beautiful garden, sipping wine…

Exactly one year ago, I watched the complete season of the movie titled “suits”. Over the years, I’ve seen quite a handful of movies but I don’t think anyone comes close to suit on the number of valuable lessons I learnt about human psychology, leadership, office politics, career and relationship success.  I’d share about 5…

I’ve always loved to write. It’s one of my biggest passion. Although, I had always written beautiful essays back in school but it was in 2017 I discovered that the most effortless and very fulfilling task I ever did was to write. In those times, I wrote on a sporadic basis. I had a ready…

I used to weigh 90k  If you’ve failed in whatever you’ve chosen to do, go back to the drawing board and re-strategize. Let go or rehash it. Drawing the thin line in between is key.  Teach your audience something you are good at  A soft spoken word turns wrath away  Don’t stop learning! “The hunger…

The story is adapted from a friend’s post with a little tweak on the event and names.  Trudy Goody, is a very sound professional who works in a big multinationals. He stays in an highbrow part of the city. Trudy has worked really hard to achieve the success and name he has made for himself.…

“You ain’t going nowhere son, you ought to go back to driving a truck” That was the statement hurled at Elvis Presley after his first performance. He rose aginst those odds to become a legendary musician and was dubbed as “the king of rock n roll”  Failure is not just a part of life, but…

I had a privilege of seeing a movie on Netflix a few days ago. It’s titled “as the crow flies”. It’s a must watch. It has a setting of a corporate world. It’s based on career path of the journalism/mainstream media career. I believe however that it also depicts what’s obtainable in every organization. And…

I read a book over a decade ago titled “Motivation and Goal settings” by Jim Cairo.  I really can’t recall every detail of what I read but I know I learnt how to set goals – both on a long and short term basis.  One of the first goals I set then was to graduate…