Career

THE GOAL IS TO OUTGROW YOUR JOB.

Dear Employee, I hear that you have been reading books like ‘How To Fire Your Boss’ and ‘How To Become A Boss’. Don’t you think that is limiting?

You see, we don’t approach life as though we are fighting the fingers that are feeding us. Whoever told you that your salary is the bribe that is paid to keep you from your dreams; that author woke up hungry and needed a meal.

IF YOUR HR OR MANAGER IS A PUPPET, YOU MAY HAVE ISSUES.

I used to work in a company where the people heading HR were the MD’s toys (or tools). It was frustrating. You could resume the morning after and be told that a policy has changed because the MD felt this or that. Or that someone acted in a particular way and a policy paragraph was changed impromptu. A business that was over 100 staff but still operated like a one-man hustle.

MY PROBLEM WITH SCHOOLING.

My Problem With Schooling

Honestly, if certificates and credentials weren’t a part of strategic inclusion, I WILL NEVER BE A PROPONENT OF FORMAL SCHOOLING. The thing dey tire me abeg (it tires me). But it is what it is.

My daughter’s teacher sent me a message during the Sallah break to report that my girl left some of her books in school. My first impulse was anger ‘why would she do that?’ Then in the same breathe, I recollected my chat with a friend who told me ‘your daughter likes to read sha. She even reads your own library. How does she do it?’ Irony!!! How do you explain that a child LOVES MY LIBRARY but forgets her ACADEMIC LITERATURE in school? One other reason why I couldn’t stay angry with my daughter is that I WAS JUST THE SAME WHEN I WAS HER AGE.