Author: Doyin

  • TENACITY : Part of the ‘TOP’ Series

    Tenacity

    In my Mary Kay world, things are going quite well, thank God. I have now become used to people saying to me ‘you don’t have to worry about that, after all you are a ‘TOP’ director…’. I believe hearing this so often is the reason I have the word TOP so strong on my mind. I found myself asking, ‘What keeps you at the TOP of your game?’ in this series, which I promise to try to keep at 1minute each, I will be talking about how to get to and stay on TOP.

    Today’s letter is T, T for Tenacity! What comes to mind when you hear that word? I guess its dictionary time. The dictionary says tenacity is the quality of holding on, holding together, cohesive and not being easily pulled apart. Even as I write, I am encouraged by the strength depicted by this word.

    I see Tenacity as the glue that holds you to your dreams. The reality is you can’t really reach the top of your industry/field if you don’t have the give-it-all-I‘ve-got-at-all-cost attitude. When you start out with any goal, giving yourself a ‘no way out’ card, you find creative ways to make your dream become a reality. Stick to your goal and give it EVERYTHING and you have a chance at staying on TOP!

     

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    QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

    “When you reach the end of your rope,
    tie a knot and hang on.”

    – Abraham Lincoln

  • RESPECT : Part of the ‘STAR’ Series

    Respect – my early years were spent in Nigeria, where respect meant a lot. For most families, you wouldn’t even dare to call your immediate older sibling by name, you will have to add some form of title. Moving to this side of the world, 16 years ago, I realised that respect as we typified it in Nigeria wasn’t quite the same. (more…)

  • ADVANCE : Part of the ‘STAR’ Series

    Advance – next attitude is the choice to end each day knowing you have somewhat grown! One of the things I’m challenged at, besides sports is languages. I just can’t seem to get the words into my head and keep them there. So I find myself constantly attempting to speak a 2nd language and giving up 🙁 . (more…)

  • THANKFUL : Part of the ‘STAR’ Series

    Thankful – I loooooove being thankful! From the time we wake up in the morning till we rest our head at night, we are constantly bombarded with demands on our emotions. Many times we let ourselves go off in a spiral of self-pity and feel irrelevant. (more…)

  • SERVE : Part of the ‘STAR’ Series

    A couple of weeks back I attended a conference at the O2 and while waiting for the programme to begin, I asked myself one of those searching questions – ‘Doyin which qualities do you possess that’s makes you feel particularly able to take on the world?’ Yes I know, I am a random thinker, probably one of my most defining qualities actually 🙂 so I spent the next 5 minutes or so scribbling down attitudes of my heart that I find endearing… lol. (more…)

  • Q & A : Coffee Corner Special

     

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    QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

    “The bad news is time flies.
    The good news is you’re the pilot.”
    – Michael Altshuler

  • WHY : Part of the ‘FLY’ Series

    Why are you here?

    One of the most poignant quotes I’ve ever heard is credited to the late Dr Myles Munroe – ‘When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable’. Have you ever wondered WHY you are here on earth? What’s your purpose and what problem have you been assigned to solve? Recently, I’ve asked myself a lot of WHY questions? Why am I here? Why do I do what I do? Why do I believe what I believe so it’s no surprise I’ve somehow managed to find a way of getting it into my weekly chat? (more…)

  • LOVE : Part of the ‘FLY’ Series

    What do you LOVE?

    One dictionary definition of Love is ‘to have a strong liking for; to take great pleasure in’. Love is arguably one of the most potent emotions possessed by a human being and it powers us to go beyond our normal level of expectation. Today I want to talk about love in terms of the activities or our life devotion. (more…)

  • FRIENDS : Part of the ‘FLY’ Series

    Who are your FRIENDS?

    This week I received a photobook I ordered in the post – the purpose of the photobook was to showcase the whole of last year: from my birthday in 2014 to 2015 – don’t mind me and my eccentrics 🙂 . Back to my topic, while looking through it with my husband, we both laughed at the fact that I had so many birds flying and my hubby casually joked about it. I responded by saying it’s because this new year, I plan to ascend higher heights, it’s my year to fly… I had barely said the words when this series of Minute Motivation came to mind. (more…)

  • Hunters & Farmers

    A few weeks ago, while reading a ‘random’ sales article (I read everything 🙂 ), I came across the phrase ‘Hunters & farmers’ and remembered it being mentioned casually while going through Etiquette school a while back. For some reason it picked my interest and as we all do in the 21st century, I pulled out my laptop and typed the phrase ‘hunters & farmers’ – Wow! I was impressed by the number of articles on my screen and knew it was going to be a loooong day. (more…)