faith

Why belief is important in achieving goals

Why belief is important in achieving goals

There is a saying that goes, “Tell God your plans and watch him laugh” and if I’m being frank with you, I realised subconsciously last year that this was something I was subscribing to

E.g. when things didn’t always look 100% for Media Magic, I questioned God.

In so doing, I realised I didn’t question God’s power or ability but I did question His will and His desire towards me

In other words I didn't question if He could bless me but I did wonder if He would. Can you relate, sis?

What this really comes down to is past disappointments

As Nigerians say, life will show you "shege" (trouble or hardship), leading us to believe that what we want isn’t always in the cards

But, I think that what I came to realise is, as cliche as it may sound, delay is not denial

If you ever find yourself not wanting to engage in something or give up because you’re not sure whether it’s for you:

Why surrender is so powerful

Why surrender is so powerful

I always say that one of the ways that God speaks to me is through repetition

Which is quite fitting since “repetition is the mother of learning”

And, recently, there have been three separate occasions where God has spoken to me about the power of surrender

Here’s how 👇🏾

Why you should follow your dreams

Why you should follow your dreams

I'm so totally honoured to share that I spoke at The Rise to Millions Conference in Paris and received a Legendary Woman of Impact Award there recently 🥳🥳🥳

It was the last weekend of October to be exact

As I stood in front of the crowd, trying to find the words to express how honoured I was, I ended my speech by saying something like: “Well, this wasn’t on my bingo card, but it’s real, and it’s happening because I chose to follow my dreams...literally"

Here's what I meant by that 👇🏾

Why you need BHAGs

Why you need BHAGs

Have you ever heard of a BHAG?

(pronounced bee-hag)

According to Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, who coined the phrase, it stands for "Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal"

It can be defined as follows:

"It’s a goal that has a clear finish line so you know when you have achieved the goal. And it’s one that you have a 50 percent to 70 percent chance of achieving. It’s not something so outlandish that it’s highly unlikely that you will ever achieve it, but it’s definitely something you’ll have to stretch yourself to make happen" (Rachel Rodgers).

Although BHAGs have many benefits

Such as:

How to manifest exactly what you want

How to manifest exactly what you want

If you’ve been rocking with me for a while, you’ll know I have a background in Speech and Language Therapy, and that at the beginning of my career, I worked in Primary Schools (or Elementary Schools for my American peeps)

(I see you!)

During this time, there were periods and jobs where I’d invariably feel bored and, ultimately, like leaving. These feelings were due to bad managers, stressful work conditions, and unfair pay, which left me wishing for a new job

But complacency kept me at these unfulfilling jobs until the tide would turn, and they would do something that made me go, “Alright, enough is enough. I need to leave"

I found myself in a cycle of unpleasant and unfulfilling jobs, till I realised that the adage, "be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might get it", is true, but just not in the way we typically think…

Here’s how 👇🏾

Why faith is important for achieving success

Why faith is important for achieving success

If you follow me on social media then you’ll know that I love to do monthly recaps

In these reels I, not only share what I got up to (visually) during a particular month, I also share what I learned (through a voice over)

When I think about July, it just feels like there were so many lessons learned

Which is unusual because I can usually distil it down to one thing/theme

The reason being because I achieved a major goal. I put on a retreat for women in business who want to go from stumped to savvy about how to get PR for their businesses (Media Magic)

See 👇🏾

What I'd tell my younger self about PR

What I'd tell my younger self about PR

Last month my dad turned 70

As he dropped me off to the station after his celebration dinner, I asked him 2 questions: "How does it feel to be 70?" and "what advice do you have for younger people?"

Listening to his answers, captured in this video, it was really apparent to me that he was answering this question with his younger self in mind.

This got me thinking about what I would tell my younger self about getting started with PR and I think it would be this: