IMPACT LEADERS HUB

Let's Talk About Limiting Beliefs! So through the weekend, I had a power-packed online conference I attended that repositioned my life and I'm sure many of us here also attended that summit - Headstart Summit. One of the Major takeaways I had from that summit was - Destroy Limiting Beliefs. While I paid close attention to the 17 different power speakers of that conference, from Disruptor Ubong King, to Disruptive Creator Kunle Soriyan. I discovered that significant progress in life is bounded (Permitted and Restricted) by our belief system. No matter your business or professional inclination, you are at the mercy of your mind. In fact, your business goals, financial projections, leadership goals, management targets are as big as your minds eyes can see. So if it's about the mind, you can understand why it's about our belief system right? Because  our mind is the headquarters of our beliefs. It not only processes those thoughts, it also decide to what extent you can even...

Good Day Amazing Leaders. I trust we are doing good amidst the challenges! We are in a very defining moment of human history. In such a time when the world is having several lockdowns from our normal lifestyles and all we count as default. A point where we wonder at the possibility of adhereing to unconventional instructions,  all towards a sincere effort to safe our lives. COVID-19 has indeed taught us that we can do without many things we attached "constant" figure to in this life. Truth is,  if we must make the best out of this isolation period of history,  we must embrace the virtual realities that have been created to compliment physical experiences. And more importantly,  we must relish in the lessons this reality teaches us about the true longings of humanity. It's a time to deepen the learning process and pick up those skills that you've envied having,  but have been always robbed of, by your core stifling capitalist working environment or en...

Living in a century with varying opinions, societal perceptions,  negligible level of interest in international relations,  and a moderately conscious youth class, the succession of the UN becomes of imperative concern. In a bid to address this, the UN decided to throw it's informative, and resource driven weight to the organization of Model United Nations around the world. Between 21st - 23rd of June 2018, The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife in conjunction with the United Nations Information Center (UNIC)  in Nigeria,  organized the first IFE Model United Nations Conference. This was one of the numerous MUN conferences that gather over 400,000 delegates in general every year. This conference had a delegate-count of about 250 Nigeria, Cameroon and South African delegates in attendance. 5 committees were simulated including the Security Council. The Secretary General of the UN, Mr. Antonio Guterres was represented by the National Information Officer of UNIC, ...

Which generation do you belong to? What’s peculiar about your generation?   With the trends of your generation, how much can you vouch for a better next generation? How passionate are you about giving your kids a world worth living in? What efforts are you making in ensuring the next generation celebrate memories of your lifetime? These are the questions that run through my mind from time to time, and I think you also need to consider them as important if you see life from the perspective of Making A Difference. Welcome to a technology age where the speed of communication has been geometrically improved, while deepened the gap of genuine human interaction with real feelings. Welcome to an age where kids are succinctly educated about the historic significance of memorial dates, without being taught the priority of forgiveness beyond painful past. An age where immorality is being justified with an excuse of self-actualization, body autonomy, and liberalis...

To so many,  it sounds counterintuitive to talk about moderation and leadership at the same time.  This weird feeling is most often seen in people whose perspective of leadership is that of "authority and power". Leadership is really beyond coercion of will but achievement of goals. However,  the place of moderation generally in life cannot be downplayed, not to talk about it's place in leadership. Effective lead ers understand that moderation transcends finding a middle ground in decision making, but culminates into skillfully circum-navigating and managing the complexities leadership poses without being overwhelmed by its challenges. A leader needs to imbibe moderation in every thing he does if he must avoid extreme polarization which has become the norm in today's society. He must learn to curtail his expenses even when he has it in excess. He needs to be moderate in his expression and reactions to avoid creating indelible scars and regrets. ...

If there is a line of statement that thrills me each time I remember it, it is the preamble of the Declaration of Independence of America. It emphasized on the equality of humanity and the truth that all men deserves to be treated justly. Justice is a virtue that upholds truth and test integrity of heart. It is the determining factor of the moral standpoint of what ever action is taken. It is the melting point of conflicts with a veto power that can make or mar situations, people and relationships. As a leader,  being just entails doing right to anyone irrespective of their past experiences and fall-outs with you. It includes signing the promotion of that employee when it is due, irrespective of how unhappy you're with his/her approach to work.  It means upholding meritocracy against nepotism. It preaches sound evaluation of any scenario or complaint brought to your table before taking a decision. It calls for fairness even when you'll have to step on toes. Have you e...

Ben Franklin had this to say about being industrious, "Industry: Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions." In life,  there are a whopping lot of things waiting to be attended to within the limited 24hours. But guess what?  70% of them are not worth prioritizing!  Most times we lose time being busy with things that do not worth our time. Being industrious cannot be achieved if the labour of your every second is channelled to unnecessary activities. As a leader,  you need to spend every second wisely.  Build people,  systems,  values,  achieve goals. Let your every action culminate into productivity and lead to the achievement of your goals. Be busy with a purpose. Feed your mind with information and engage in actions that produce results.  An industrious leader fosters creativity in himself and his followers. He doesn't give room for idleness. He gives time for leisure,  but doesn't allow...

Have you ever wondered why no one teaches you Algebra without first teaching Arithmetic? Why when you want to produce liquid soap, you're told to stir in one direction only after putting some chemicals in a specific order? Why you need to pass High school exam before going into College? Why the sun comes out in the day and not at night? Why you need to have foundational knowledge of human biology before you can comprehend neurology? I am sure that experience has taught you, how much loss you incur jumping the order of natural course. The truth remains, Knowledge is build from piece of interconnected information that make sense when received in the right order. There are a lot of information you may come across today that will never be useful for you, until you have gotten some other level or experience or knowledge. This is so because we live in a world where order makes things fit. We have a brain built on the principle of orderliness. We have a mind that best work when se...

After 6months Mr. Peterson always changes the company cars. He thinks making a profit of over $6million after tax deductions in 6months, and having a stable business finance, is big enough to buy every other thing he needs and live a bit more flamboyant. Funny enough, he sells this car to some companies that uses it for a minimum of 1year and six months without having any need for a change. They save some cash by buying it cheaper, and using it longer. Who is wiser? It’s fun when business grows great enough that you experience a constant boom that enhances your financial stability. But, where lies the wisdom in spending the profits on trivial things forgetting there is such a thing as economic depression? Lack of frugality in business financial management has made many start-ups to plummet and eventually get into extinction. There is always a new tech-gadget and a new equipment in the market. But do you really NEED it? There are new and more sophisticated techniques of get...

In Ben Franklin's short explanation of Temperance,  he wrote,  " Eat not to dullness;  drink not to elevation ".  What ever may have inspired him to write this opening thoughts, must have been drawn from experience. Using food and drink to analyse temperance is quite apt because those two items have made so many people lose their chills countless times. Temperance in leadership reflects the consciousness of a leader to the point of restrain. It means his knowing when '' enough is really enough " and not pushing further.  It entails the ability to manage his or her environmental occurrences that they do not dictate the outcomes and ruin her expectation. Temperance is a virtue that helps a leader marry wisdom, knowledge,  integrity and courage together to attain worthwhile success. Let's break it down in practical terms. Temperance is that virtue a leader possess that helps him/her control her appetite and emotions. It helps the leader not to ge...

Leadership Have you ever wondered about the difference between 1st World and 3rd World leaders? If at all you have, you'll discover that its not about the resources at their disposal, it is primarily a function of their MINDSET and Approach to Life. They have Measurable Visions, They are Productive leaders not consumptive. They think Transformation not just Change. They think about Service NOT being served. They think more about Human Resource Development than Financial Capital. They think from and sit at citizens level, they don't take pride in titles. They Think about and Love Knowledge base expansion than financial enrichment. They think of Value addition than Profit margin increment. Which kind of leader are you? Which kind of leader do you want to grow into? Friends, Its self-insulting to settle for a value lesser than your real worth! Join me explore these qualities in subsequent post.... Quintessential Danny!