DEAR PASTOR!
I want you to have the impact of TD Jakes; the influence of Daddy G.O; the power in the words of Bishop Oyedepo; the touch of Joel Osteen.. and the numbers of Paul Yonghi Cho of blessed memory. It is possible. It is doable
Richard Branson came to Nigeria with a lot of positive intentions to build Virgin Airlines. He left. He is quoted to have said ‘Nigerian Politicians are irredeemably corrupt.’
Your choice of employees can determine whether your business would be successful or if it would crash. As a result, many founders and business owners are often faced with the challenge of finding the right talent for their business. Beyond that, they are also faced with the challenge of retaining these talents.
One of the revelations I got in 2021 is that YOU DO NOT CHOOSE PEOPLE. RATHER, YOU PRAY PEOPLE INTO YOUR LIFE.
This is one of the MOST STRATEGICALLY PEACEFUL OUTCOMES of my life this year.
1. Don’t choose a COACH because of his or her numbers and results. A coach may have the results you seek but that relationship may damage you and not grow you. PHYSICAL OUTCOMES ARE PARALLEL FROM SPIRITUAL ALIGNMENT.
From 2015, I have hosted 4 grand events so far. My first ever large event was BCP Conference that held at Unilag (University of Lagos) in November 2015. BCP stands for Behavioural Change Practitioners. The intention was to hold forte for professionals who practice any form of behavioural change work; from social workers to counsellors to therapists to psychologists, etc. The event was free. We spent around 3Million Naira to host the event and had a deficit of more than a million Naira afterwards. After that event, several speakers who attended BCP Conference created their own platforms and that broke the momentum I had for the conference. I threw in the towel immediately.
The cost of hiring and replacing persons who do your work from outside is so enormous and inconvenient. Have you ever considered this at all?
Your service providers include:
- Consultants
- Artisans
- Printers
My hair grows weekly so I visit the barber shop weekly. Because of my characteristic laziness though, it sometimes takes a fortnight and by then, my head already itches and makes me feel uncomfortable. So I must do the visit latest 10 days apart.
Some years ago, when we hosted one of SOBCA’s free tasters on Mental Health and Emotional Intelligence at Be Better Centre, Gudu (Abuja), right after the session, I had the privilege of chatting with the Founder of Be Better Centre, Mr. Omagbitse Barrow, and another friend (and former client), (I will omit her name for a purpose).
Last week, an architect came to me with a need. She said she is not permitted to market her profession (based on ethics of architecture) but she wishes she can merge her work with human capital development. So she needed a strategy because she was experiencing sickness and depression from just being on her job.