I’ve decided to turn this weekly blogging stuff into my diary or online journal. This week has come to an end, and I can say it’s been one of the best weeks of my life. At work, KPIs and goals were met, and in some cases surpassed by milestone achievements.
For my MBA journey, I would say I’m proud of my commitment to posting my articles before they’re due. This has been very difficult to condition myself to do, but so far so good. I’m glad I’m no longer under pressure to deliver my articles in a rush hour moment. I had already published the first and second articles on Monday and Tuesday, so I had plenty of time to decide when next to publish the third article for the week. Interestingly, what delayed me is that I didn’t know what to write about. Yeah, I’m not used to writing about myself or things happening around me. I mostly write about events and current affairs, so it’s a bit strange for me, but anyway, I think I’m enjoying it.
I think I earned participation marks in some of the courses this week, and I’m super proud of myself for coming out of my shell. There are still times when I want to ask questions and I just shut it down in my head or want to make a contribution and someone else has already said the same thing before it got to my turn to speak. These are still the complexities I’m still navigating, but I know I’ll figure it out eventually.
In my social life, I tried to step out of my comfort zone by meeting with two key people who are industry leaders in the field of media and publishing. Usually, I do conference/virtual calls, but these people persuaded me to meet with them physically, and it’s not something I usually do because I’m mostly indoors. But yeah, I convinced myself not to back out at the last minute because that is something I always do. In fact, in a bid not to attend the meeting, I thought about calling them a day before to lie that I had to travel to Abuja for an unplanned meeting and won’t be able to meet with them as planned. Yeah, that’s something about my introverted nature. I just like being indoors and doing my thing. I have my laptop, wifi, power (inverter as a backup), and food. So I’m usually good. But coming out to meet with these people, burning my fuel in this economy, it was worthwhile. The conversations we had around upcoming projects and areas of collaboration were made interesting by the fact that we were gathered together in person. It made the networking lively and engaging.
This week I also envisioned myself playing a bigger and key role in my place of work. Everything I’ve been doing has been setting me up for some of the huge opportunities that await me. And if you think there’s nothing more to achieve wherever you are, God will always surprise you and pull a UNO reverse card. I’m hoping to pitch myself for a potential position that I strongly believe I can fill, but I won’t want to say much right now as it’s still all in my head even though I’m plotting my next moves. I’ll come back to gist you all soon enough.
PS I’ll be speaking on a panel session tomorrow at Landmark Centre for Google Dev Fest, and I hope I can put up a great performance while also bearing in mind that I still have to join my classes. Thankfully, my panel session starts around the time we’re on a long break so I’m not at all too bothered. All the same, thank you for coming to my TED Talk again today.
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