“In response to Coffee Challenge: Why I want to be a better me in 2022” — If at this time of the year, you are looking at your resolutions, life and experiences and thinking about how it didn’t go as you wished, don’t beat yourself up because here are a practices, mindset and beliefs that helped me in 2021 and they might help you reflect or…

Who Needs Bios, I Can Make This About Me Post As Long As I Want! — I wrote earlier about most social media bios being too limiting to describe what you do and your accomplishments but with this About Me post, I can write a bio as long as I want. Thank you About Me I really can’t remember the first time I started writing, I…

How to network in an organic way — As an introvert, networking is one word which at best, makes me uncomfortable and, at worst, makes me cringe. I keep oscillating between strategically meeting people and letting the universe bring people it thinks I need my way. But as I reminisce on my network, I realize where the missing…

There’s more to achieve than money and fame — I didn’t get married, make a shitload of money, but I achieved big things! Life is typical in a lot of Nigerian homes — family members begin to run helter-skelter when their daughter hits the proverbial 30s without a husband. …

Written because I am no longer waiting for other people to define me — In my attempt to define myself through the eyes of others, I often wondered what people thought of me. Do they think I am kind, compassionate, giving, and supportive? I even went as not so far as to imagine what they would say at my burial. This thought goes to…

It is almost magical — For the month of November’s Put Yourself Out There Challenge, 14 people signed up and in their response forms, most of them reported the following for not putting themselves out there: Fear and anxiety, Fear of rejection, Thinking they are not good enough, Being afraid of criticism, Being afraid of…

This is for everyone who has an incomplete book — Writing a book can be one of the most challenging, uphill things to do. Mostly because it requires consistent effort, toiling behind the scenes, and working unglamorous hours. I never thought I was going to write a book in the nearest future, I didn’t plan to, I didn’t think I…

Relationships and expectations are bound together. For every form of relationship comes the accompanying expectations of duties, responsibilities, and actions. To separate expectations from relationships is to do away with the essence of relationships altogether. I often hear advice from people not to have any expectations of people because they…

It took me 10 years, here’s how you can figure it out in 10 days — For many years, I struggled with clarity. I knew I wanted to own a business, but I wasn’t sure what the business was going to be. I knew I wanted to have a personal brand and say something online but it took a long time to figure out what exactly…