The fastest way to be underestimated is to talk a lot about what you are going to do.
The fastest way to be respected is to quietly do it, and let people find out later.
Announcements are cheap. Results are not.
A billionaire wrote a book on "Making it Big," you say you won't read it because he started life in London.
You hear a piece of advice, you dismiss it by saying, "it can only work in America, not here."
Someone told you they got their job without any connections in Nigeria, you say, that was then, that today, you can't get a job without connections.
Then you see someone, today, in Nigeria, get a job, you say but they finished with a First Class.
Then someone with a 2:1 did it, you say, but they are young.
Then another, you say, but they are a lady. People help ladies.
I hope you do know that there is no prize for the person that can come up with the best excuse?
At some point, you will need to look yourself in the mirror and say, "if it is to be, it is up to me."
The day you do that is your morning.
Good morning in advance 🙏
I was raised on less than 50 cents a day.
I finished chemical engineering in Nigeria with first class honours. I could have taken any job I wanted here. Nice estate. Aides. A comfortable life at 25.
I wanted more.
Not more money. More world.
Poverty is an excellent teacher of one lesson only, and that lesson is take the safe thing.
It is also the lesson that keeps most people exactly where poverty first found them.
How I wish Nigerians understood that asking the question "How are you?" requires a simple "I'm good and you?" The Brits and French get it. Nobody really wants to hear about your tribulations when they have their own struggles too. Also, it's good to learn the art of small talk. It is not about you but the other person. Ask questions and show interest and you most probably will make a friend or more. 🪴