How Satisfied Are You With Your Career?
On a scale of 1 to 10 how satisified are you with your career? Does your current job provide you with personal growth, fulfilment and financial stability? If you answered less than 7 to the first question or no to any part of the second question, you may be...
Why Be Average?
''Birds of a feather flock together.' 'Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are.' I remember hearing these words growing up. Peer pressure is real, even for the leader of the pack, it's natural to compare ourselves with our peers. The average person may...
The First Time I Painted
The first time I painted I was about 10 years old. I was at the children's ward in a hospital in London. I was ill with malaria, admitted into hospital and had been quarantined. Yes it sounds odd to be quarantined for malaria, but there you go, life has its moments....
Your Destiny Is Trying To Emerge, Stop Holding It Back
What makes some people average, and others stand out? I was very average in school, till I dropped physics and chemistry and picked up commerce. I was very average at university till I dropped accounting and picked up business economics. I was very average at work...
Remote Work
Most employees prefer to work remotely; either fully remote or hybrid (Gallup, 2022). Are you surprised? Reasons cited are mainly for better work-life balance, efficiency and autonomy. Wide-spread adoption of remote work which started as a response to COVID-19 crisis...
Women and The Girl Child
Assertions that promote the narrative of women not being designed to work are false narratives. There is no scientific, archaeological or religious doctrine that promotes this. I know some women support such assertions as it suits their secret desires to be solely...
Is Talent Overrated?
I used to be a very good dancer. Today, I couldn't dance to save my life. I also used to have really full hair. Now, it's really tough explaining to people where my daughter gets her long hair from, because, quite frankly, I have no evidence of my past glory. When I...
Are Leaders Born or Made?
I used to beat myself up for not being like the model leaders we read about and even teach about. Every opportunity to train on leadership felt like judgement day as I examined my conscience, asking whether I qualified to teach leadership. 'Are leaders born or made?'...
Virtual Interview Etiquette
Many opt for virtual interviews because it's convenient. I recently interviewed someone who sat in a toilet. It may have been the only quiet place they could find, hence the choice, but with advanced preparation they could have found a better location than a toilet. I...