PURPOSE DISCOVERY PLATFORM FOR ALL NIGERIAN YOUTHS

Okay... easy! eeeasy!!! See, this isn't about shaking table o. Who's me? Where the energy sef? Me that just started finishing two noodle packs... These are my hands o. 🙌 Before you crucify me, please hear me, or read me out...kikikiii. The Igbo woman who said it, really finish me, no! Us (no be only me be 'Yorubas') Indeed she left me shook! and woke! You'll soon understand why. **** A few months ago, I supervised a project, in the East. As part of our intervention, we organize trainings for cocoa farmers. And so, before daily commencement of activities, we do quality & compliance check. This includes checking the quality of food, drink and water, provided by the contracted event planner, before they're served. If they meet standard, they are served. Otherwise, they are rejected outrightly, or accepted based on a promise to comply going forward, and an open apology to participants. When you work with Oyinbos, then, t...

Immediately after my National Youth Service, as a young graduate still seeking relevance, a friend added me to a group "Valuex" Valuex is a platform where information is exchanged through lecture delivery and quality content sharing. So, I started delivering lecture on this platform and there was a time, we were to choose from a wide range of topics. I couldn't choose from any topic and there was this topic, which people fail to pick. "Thriving as a start up" with little or no knowledge about entrepreneurship. I took the topic, using the knowledge I garnered from the Young African Leadership Initiative online courses and my experience as an associate of the chartered institute of customers relationship management. I delivered a top notch lecture and I got an invitation to speak at the Federal School of Statistics, Ibadan on the same topic. Lessons: Show up and take action. Somehow, someone is watching somewhere. Show up! Learn! Prepare! Opportunit...

Last year, precisely February, I got involved in a network marketing business. Perhaps, two things motivated me to sign up. First, I love the product, and second, the compensation plan was fantastic. Like many people, I needed the extra cash. . . . . Prior to joining the business, I was bored with my job or was it the school? On the surface, things appeared just as perfect. I mean, I was doing an excellent job as the head of school. My monthly paycheck, which never failed to come at the end of the month, was very good. My boss? Haa! The Montessori woman spoilt me silly with praises and gifts. The pupils were making us proud in terms of academics and extracurricular activities. Things were just as fine as they could be yet, yours faithfully was bored with the routine of the job. . . . . For several days after signing up with the network marketing company, I studied how the business works like a student preparing for jamb. I came up with a simplified seven pages graphic illu...

The glory of every youth lies in their strengths. Your fingerprint is exceptional and sets you apart from any other personality. You're uniquely and wonderfully made. You're ordained for exploits. The greatest gift you can give to humanity is selfless service and sacrifice of resourcefulness and that's what will determine your uniqueness. Global Changers are not noise makers, they are news makers. There are lots of spaces that youth can occupy in their communities and countries but it is a great pity to see so many of them living average lives instead of expressing their ultimate uniqueness. And they can discover this wondrous paths by embracing lifestyles of resourcefulness. On this note and at this juncture, I will be showing you few ways of maximizing opportunities and spaces available for you as a youth. First of all is to stay relevant. Discover what you can do to make significant impact. What are you so passionate about? It is what will be driving y...

On a cold December night in 2003, I had a baby. I was just 17 years old. Labor had started like play and my young body struggled for over 18 hours before she arrived. What I remember about that particular day was that I did not cry. I yelled my head off but I did not cry. I saved the tears for my future. I was sure there would be plenty in it. Looking back now, I don't know how my parents coped but now that I have a little idea how rough it must have been on them to discover that their 16+ teenage daughter, a baby herself, was going to have a baby. How do you handle it as a parent when your friends say, 'Get rid of that rubbish'? How do you not react when your brother says, 'Shebi she's your jewel'? I don't know how they held their heads up and they told me there was no abortion in the cards and I was going to pack my butt back to school and continue my university education. I did not have it easy either. I resumed for 300 level with a notic...

  I have a knack for sharing what works for me. Oh well, I think I feel completely at ease doing so. Since 2010 that I turned pro, I've learnt and practiced quite a lot, mixing different styles of leadership and choosing what works best per time. I'll share three things I do to get ahead in my chosen path of thought leadership. - Being increasingly excellent at what I know and what I do. I work so hard to develop my craft. I attend seminars, read voraciously, connect with powerful masterminds, pay for coaching and trainings. Finally, I practice, practice, practice, and practice. Mastery is what I seek. Seek mastery. I seek mastery to the point that when the industry is mentioned, the name Emeka Nobis will not to be far to recollect. - Being businesslike in my approach and that means being timely in delivery, responding to client's needs, and putting a touch of "exceedinginess." Sadly, many talented folks don't understand business. They t...

In life, we will always need people. God did not create us to be in isolation. I guess that explains why Eve came into existence after the creation of Adam. . . . . As social being, we have an innate desire to connect with people, to experience dynamic relationship with one another. This need is as fundamental as our need for food and water. . . . . . So, my friend, drop that claim that you don't need anybody in life because you do. There is a symbiotic relationship between you and the society in which you live. . . . . . You know what? Solitary can be a terrible thing for human. Hence, everybody needs someone. Truth is, friendship adds to the fullness of life. . . . . . Hence, if you desire to become successful in life you will need people. No greater achievement was ever done by a single individual. You need people to be able to fulfill your vision. . . . . . However... . . . . . You need to be careful of the kind of people you associate w...