What is the next level you want to be?
How do you intend to get there?
When I tell people my age, they go: ‘I can’t believe it. You look 35 years old or in your late 30s or
early 40s.’ Laughing I let them know that I wasn’t like that before. In my early 20s, I was looking like I
was over 30. When people see me with my elder sister, they ask if I was her ‘Aunty’, she will turn
and give me a knock.
A time came in 2009, I began to prepare for the next text and kickstarted what I tagged
@Reinventing Myself’. I decided to make adjustments in 3 areas of my life: Appearance, Health and
Person Growth and Development.
For my appearance, I started researching on beautiful and lifestyle. I was wearing size 18 at a time,
so I desired to come down to size 12 or even 10. Shopping for clothes, I picked between sizes 14 and
- Then worked towards it. (How I achieved it is a story for another day.)
I signed up for free courses on enhancing my look through natural products (I started battling with
pimples on my face at a very tender age). Researched on my type and made serious changing on the
products I was using.
In the area of Health, I stopped taking every fizzy drink, cut off food that does not help my passion
and desire for maintaining great healthy living. Signed up to some programs and took free courses.
Started simple exercises I called ‘executive 5 minutes exercises’ that can be done even while waiting
at a banking hall. (If you need help on this area, contact me for free coaching.)
In the area of Personal Growth and Development, I invested on myself starting with $1 Mentorship
with John Maxwell before I joined his team (which was a ‘real’ betting on myself – the cost was huge
but worth it). I signed up for Brian Tracy’s Personal and Business Growth Strategies. The materials
are still serving me today. I set up a goal to do ICSAN Professional exams to become a Chartered
Secretary and Administration within a certain time. In 1993, I had travelled all the way from Port
Harcourt to Lagos to get the application form. I paid N150 for the form and N350 for the brochure.
Mere seeing that the fees are in pounds, I was frozen with fear. I could not take further step. When I
set the goal in 2012 after setting the ‘Reinventing Myself’ in motion to qualify with 2 years. I
achieved it despite the terrible setbacks and obstacles on my way. (That’s story for another day).
I had a desire to facilitate for my Institute and when I inquired from the Registrar, she told me I need
to attend the Train-The-Trainer (TTT) programme which will mean another huge investment. I
planned for it, attended the TTT and became a facilitator for the Institute of Chartered Secretaries
and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN), a Volunteer Mentor Facilitator with Aspire For Equality
(formerly Aspire Foundation) based in the United Kingdom (UK) and a Volunteer Facilitator with
Lagos State Ministry of Education for the Ready Set Work (RSW) programme designed to help the
graduating student to acquire Employability and Entrepreneurial Skills. I run a consultancy firm Madil
Associates Limited.
I ask again: do you long to get to a whole new level in your life, career or profession and you don’t
know what to do? Reach out to me for a free 30 minutes Coaching.