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Waoh... It has been a while that I shared my thoughts on this platform. I have been busy stretching and learning - story for another day. My 14 months old baby girl, Eni, just reached a major milestone in her journey of life. She started walking! This is a major feat and exciting for any child and young parent. Eni's latest milestone reminds me of two (2) things; 1. Never compare. Eni's older sister walked at 10months old, it was not uncommon to want to say things like "be an early starter like your sister ". Interestingly, Eni had her 1st tooth at 6months while her sister had hers at 12months. My friend- it is a personal race, focus on your path and celebrate your wins. You might not have it all put together, but you have something. 2. Baby steps. Eni started by holding walls and cabinets, she later graduated to short walks with adults. Along the line she could stand on her own, few days later she took few steps and falls. This girl didn't give up but persisted! One step turned five (5) , then (10) now to very stable and consistent walk. All within two (2) weeks. Like Eni, if you believe in your baby steps and do not give up, you will RUN! It might not be today but with faith and consistency you will run. Take a step today! Forward Ever! #babysteps #consistency #dontgiveup #dontcompare #silentchapters #forwardever #goodtobeback #mybabygirl #babywalker

Often times, we say the least words to the people we love most. For all you are... For all you represent... For all you have said... For all you have given... For moments we have shared... For being my MOTHER! This is me saying thank you LORD for giving me an Angel on earth. And thank you MAAMI, you have done well. Today I join all your children (biological and non biological) and we call you blessed! Happy Birthday Maami... Watch out for 70 Lessons from Maami! #HappyBirthday #70thbirthday #Sweetmother #Maami #70looksgoodonyou

You are a STUDENT... In 2016, I was recruited to manage the lifecycle of a digital product. I was very excited, motivated and certain that the product will be successful. I believed I was sitting on a goldmine and about to release the best thing after Coca-Cola😎. Days rolled into weeks, weeks into months and months into years. "My" product was launched but did not have the traction and commercial value we envisaged😭😭. I can not count the number of strategy sessions, consultations with business/product giants, tweaks and updates we went through. Painfully, the journey also attracted "insults" and condescending comments🤕. I have always been a "star staff" within my first three (3) months in any organisation I joined, but this was an exception. I felt like a failure, although the circumstances were not totally within my control. But I thought I had failed. The past week has been an emotional one for me, I have had to bade farewell to some of my colleagues turned family😟. This is because my organisation had to tweak her Operating model and "shut down" a business division. It was more like, "we raise our hands, we missed it, we thought this model will work but it didn't". Strolling to my office few days ago, I laughed hard at myself and considered it "stupid" to think I was a failure because of a failed product. It dawned on me that failure is not failure but "discovery of an unfruitful path". Don't be too hard on yourself when you seemingly fail; relax, take learnings, detach sentiments, realign and ACT. In the next few days I will be sharing my learnings and observations from last week's incident. In the meantime, You are not a failure - You are a STUDENT! Forward Ever! #Learn #failforward #failure #career #act #projectmanager

#Copied JEWELS UNDER THE SADDLE Once upon a time, what happened did happen.....or you wouldn't be hearing this story!! A merchant on a casual jaunt through a market, came across a fine specimen of a camel for sale. The merchant and the camel seller, both skilled negotiators, struck a hard bargain. The camel seller pleased with his skill of worming out what he felt was a very good price, parted with his camel and the merchant chuffed that he had struck a fantastic bargain, proudly walked home with the latest addition to his large livestock. On arriving home, the merchant called to his servant to come and help him take out the camel's saddle. The unwieldy heavily padded saddle being too difficult for the servant to manage on his own. Hidden under the saddle, the servant found a small velvet pouch which on opening he discovered to be filled with precious jewels!! The servant was overexcited!!! "Master you bought a camel.....but see what came FREE along with it!!!" The merchant was astonished as he looked at the jewels in his servants' palm. They were of extraordinary quality sparkling and twinkling in the sunlight. "I bought the camel" he said, "not the jewels. I must return them to the camel seller immediately." The servant was aghast ..... his master was really foolish. "Master.....no one will know." But the merchant headed right back to the market and handed over the velvet pouch back to the camel seller. The camel seller was very happy, " I had forgotten that I hid these jewels in the saddle for safe keeping." "Here, choose one of the jewels for yourself, as a reward." The merchant said "I paid a fair price for the camel and the camel only, so NO thank you, I do not need any reward." But as much as the merchant refused, the camel seller insisted. Finally the merchant said, sheepishly smiling, " Actually when I decided to bring the pouch back to you, I already took two of the most precious jewels and kept them for myself." At this confession the camel seller was a bit flabbergasted and quickly emptied the pouch to count the jewels. However he was very confused. "All my jewels are here. What jewels did you keep? *Continued in comments*

Plus One This afternoon, I was at my Vulcanizer's to fix a new tyre. This Vulcanizer (of mine) has exemplified excellent customer service, he can serve as case study for Lagos Business school. Dilligent, consistent and always "out"serving his customers. This post is not about him, it is about Idris - his apprentice. I was to change one of my tyres about six (6) Sundays ago, on getting to his shop, my Vulcanizer was not available. But I met Idris, the young lad said; "I was told you were coming". That gave me a bit of comfort and I allowed him change my car tyres. Fast forward to today, my Vulcanizer got me a new tyre during the week. I went to his shop after sunday service to get it fixed, as you must have guessed , he was not in but Idris was. And he repeated that familiar statement - I was told you were coming. To the best of my understanding, Idris is a valuable and reliable assistant. The type every Boss wishes to have. The type that can convert a Self-employed Boss to an Entrepreneur. How reliable are you with other people's business? How reliable are you at work? How reliable are you in your family , club, church and neighbourhood? Are you a "plus one", "a zero" or "minus one"? Can you be trusted? Can your Boss give you a task and go to bed? Idris has taught me and exemplified "Business continuity Planning" - BCP - on the street. And to the big boss out there, try to trust your exemplary staff more. Forward Ever! #BCP #LBS #Casestudy #customerservice #vulcaniser #voca #Service #dilligence#forwardever

No waste... It is often said that "Men can't multitask", better put men are not good at multistasking. I have tried to test that theory but I have failed woefully. I have a colleague, I have chosen to call Lily, she is quick to remind me that I am poor at multitasking - this is because I have paused in between our conversations to either reply a mail or slack. I wonder how women manage to multitask - Women dey try o! In the last two (2) months, I have been busy on a personal project. Every other thing almost stopped - my blog posts, personal gigs, personal development etc. Of course I went to work and gym. I discovered this project drained my energy, emotions, time, prayer points, thoughts, dreams - in short my life! At some point I had to tell myself it is either this project works or it WORKS! My question to you is what is consuming your energy? What are you chasing at the moment? How beneficial is it? Where will it stand in the scheme of things in the next 2, 5, 10 years? It is the same old lesson; we need to be more intentional about life. Every action, every relationship, every decision either drains or refills our energy. The draining might be a seed today that will yield great results tomorrow or it might be a total waste. Hey mate...don't waste your pain! Forward Ever... #waste #projects #time #productive #slack #busy #priority #multitasking #womendeytry #silentchapters #forwardever

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