Unbecoming to become pt2

My decision to allow my mind to become a sponge that sucks in new information, unlearning habits and obsolete knowledge and filling in the vacuum with improved and better knowledge remains one of the best decisions, yet, that I have come to make. As a traditional person, I discovered that I built blocks and walls in my mind about certain things like mathematics and anything that had calculations in it, of course, except my money! It was not a conscious decision, it was something that happened over time and had become a part of me. I never knew I had this problem and how it affected me until my first week at the Lagos Business School. I tried unravelling the predicament I found myself in but I could not find any primary cause. I loved the elementary economics I was taught in secondary school, I remembered that I also loved mathematics until the third term of my first year in senior secondary school when we had a new teacher. The “unearthing” of my mind was to enable me to remove all the blocks I had built in my mind about certain subjects and courses of study- I wanted to excel, and I needed to excel! Long story short, I concluded that I didn’t have any traumatising experience, I only listened to the wrong people, who painted a picture in my mind, that certain things like mathematics and economics were difficult subjects, I wish I knew better!
At the beginning of the year 2023, I had a conversation with my Mentor. He explained that when he was younger and working on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, he told his colleagues that the first property he would purchase would be situated at Ikoyi. That solemn decision brought him mockery because, at the time he made that statement, his peers were buying properties at Isolo. He noted that he made that decision because he thought to himself, “…the people staying at Ikoyi do not have two heads”. I did not know how relevant that statement would be to me.
I decided, following my unpleasant experience in Corporate Finance Accounting and the Data Analytical classes, last week, to be an A-grade student in these Courses. I thought to myself that I would not have a defeatist mindset like I did when I was younger. That decision was concretised today in class when Prof. Akintola Owolabi encouraged us, stating that we could do it if we set our minds to it. He informed the Class that he studied Accounting as a second Degree. I told myself if Prof. and a lot of others could do it, I could do it- I can love these Courses.
Feeling pumped up, I became keen and had my first “stressless” learning in Corporate Finance Accounting. We discussed the principles guiding the Adjustment of Accounts. This was a win for me because understanding the principles guiding a major part of accounting, gives me hope that I will be fine and will catch up. I look forward to the next class and I hope I will learn something new. In the interim, please note that you should record your transactions when you have earned it.

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