afolabi igbayiloye

Author, Teacher & Speaker.

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@thejohngospel So true

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@promiseookolie @ladycarpenter01 I tried it some years back and it didn't work

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@Omotoyobola I was Head Boy for my set

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@IamKuyikBassey @GloriousGod01 You took the right step

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@_brinxinx 5000

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@Aniedi_Benard @sting_it There was a case of a lady who was slapped by an invisible hand. They had a arguement with their landlord and he promised to deal with them

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@Aniedi_Benard @sting_it Uruan is not your mate. I lived in Akwa Ibom for 2 years and there are too many tales from there.

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@only1kenzero @socetyluvsvicar @socetyhatesjay Even police stations chain ⛓️ down their generator

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@SNanashat @GbengaWemimo Which Bible did they find such?

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@chaos6esu @independentcdt @IyelolaIge You are right 👍🏾

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@barisukafx I would like to have a copy of the book.

Thank you in advance

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@mikeachimugu01 @JattoQudus We typically pay night guards to sleep. While growing up, one of my childhood friend's neighbourhood was attacked by armed robbers, the security man knocked on their house door asking them to open so he can take cover in the house.

We have a long way to go

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@DrMuscleNig @LitetheX @YKoluwaseun9 Commissioner of Police

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Let me retell my story!

I graduated top of my class at the University of Ilorin. Was immediately offered an assistantship position with my prof and was to start my master’s immediately, but I just couldn’t see myself teaching biochemistry.

Then came my first job offer: Mr. Biggs, as a restaurant supervisor. Starting salary? N27,500. All my friends (except my fiancée) told me not to take it. “It’s beneath you,” they said. Of course I took it, and I gave it everything. From 16-hour shifts to no days off, it was gruelling. Within a month, I had mastered almost everything, inventory, sales reports, store operations and started acting as the assistant manager.

Four months later, Coca-Cola called. I joined them, did sales and business development, and two years after that, I moved to Chevron, where I worked for almost 10 years. I excelled in every role. By the 3-year mark, I was already on a career acceleration path and sent to the U.S. for a year of training, one of the best seasons of my life.

But somewhere along the journey, I felt a pull into the world of entrepreneurship. So, I started a fruits and vegetable store, initially called Fruitivegies, that led me right to the start of my career, a healthy food restaurant, now @sofreshng

Suddenly, everything connected.
~ My short stint at Mr. Biggs? Useful!
~ My sales & BD training at Coca-Cola? Critical!
~ My operational experience at Chevron? Game-changing!

When you give your best at work, you’re doing yourself the bigger favour, not your employer. Because how you do anything is how you’ll do everything. Excellence compounds.

And like Steve Jobs famously said, “you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So, you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”

No experience is ever wasted, it may just show up again when you least expect it, so make the most of that opportunity, so:

- Don’t despise small beginnings; they often carry your most important lessons.
- Your first job doesn’t define you, but your attitude towards it does.
- Follow the pull in your heart, it usually knows the next step, but asses the risk.
- Luck shines on the prepared, but only if you’re diligent in the “small” seasons.
- Excellence will always create opportunities, even when nobody is watching.

At the end of the day, your journey will make sense, only if you give every stage your best. Keep showing up!!!

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@ikelogbo @TalkswithAkwa Papa's Mission was accomplished

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@IamKuyikBassey @princess_ehmy You are welcome

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@IamKuyikBassey @princess_ehmy Her eyes 👀 will open when he Funnily leave her for good

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@IamKuyikBassey @_tobyblush Really 🥺🥺🥺

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@AweniOla0001 Browsing Mobile phones were not popular back then. I graduated in 2007 except you go Motion ground to take pictures

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@AdetilewaMic @instablog9ja I wish there were more women who could reason like you!