by Bayo Adeyinka | Feb 27, 2024 | General, Marriage, Special Features, Tips and Insights
I struggled quite a bit in 2021. I was faced with a lot of pressures – work, family and my health. At a point, many of my close friends commended my weight loss but didn’t know I was in a battle to control my sugar. The lockdown in 2020 had aggravated my sugar levels...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jan 17, 2023 | Business and Career, General, Life Lessons, Testimonies, Tips and Insights
I got a call that early Monday morning. It was circa 2002/2003. A woman was on the other end. She mentioned my name and said someone recommended me. She was looking for a good salesperson—she called it Account Officer. I didn’t know her, and I’d never met her...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Sep 13, 2021 | Life Lessons, Tips and Insights
Today, I got a letter via WhatsApp. The way I grinned, one would have taught it was more than a letter. To me, it’s actually more than a letter. Here’s why. I met this estate agent a while ago. Young, dynamic, and versatile, he made a good impression on me from the...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Aug 20, 2021 | Business and Career, Tips and Insights
Sometimes, just being human is the highest form of leadership. We were all gathered for a business review session that morning. We had the Executive Director who supervised us visiting from Lagos. Suddenly, as he looked around, he asked for one of my colleagues. The...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 10, 2021 | Business and Career, General, Life Lessons, Tips and Insights
This morning, I had a conversation with a colleague at work. He shared 3 things his former boss told him. He said they have been the foundation of his career. First: People might not like you but never give them the opportunity to say you don’t know your job. Second:...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 3, 2021 | Business and Career, Life Lessons, Testimonies, Tips and Insights
We had a deadline. An impossible one. Turn around the branch in 30 days or get fired. The countdown had started. I was a Team Lead and I saw the pains in the eyes of my Branch Manager. We had to do all we could to meet the deadline. We ran all over town, trying to...