Glory Azubuogu

Glory Azubuogu Storyteller || Speaker || Host Talks about Self Improvement and Mental Health.

21/12/2021

WHO DO YOU LOOK UP TO?

There are things you did some years back and when you think of them now you wonder…

“why in the world did I even do that”.

With a mentor in your life, a lot of failures/mistakes can be avoided.

WHO IS A MENTOR?

A Mentor is a person who provides you with the tools, guidance, support, and feedback you need to thrive in your professional and personal setting.

S/he is someone who has gone down the same road you are on currently and is there to advise you on what they’ve done and what’s worked for them.

S/he can help to guide, direct and shape your present situation and future opportunities for the better.

S/he could be a friend, a friend of a friend, a family member, an alumnus of your school, a coworker, a senior colleague at work, a current or former boss, someone you got to know through a networking event, etc.

Over the years, I’ve had a small network to lean into for different perspectives. And from there, my confidence has improved, and I’ve found clarity in my goals.

BENEFITS OF HAVING A MENTOR

Rather than learning through trial and error, with a mentor in your life, you tap into his/her existing knowledge, skills, experiences and get a path/direction to imitate to develop your full potential in all areas of your life.

A mentor helps you get unstuck when you are struggling to come up with a solution to a problem or can’t seem to make a decision.

A mentor pushes you to be a better version of yourself with encouragement to take risks and believe in yourself.

HOW To FIND A MENTOR

Before you reach out to find or choose a mentor,
set your goals and expectation then you can look across various disciplines, functions, etc
Do your research and make sure the mentor fits your needs.

Identify s/he and make sure you understand their point of view then you establish a connection.
They could be on any of the social media platforms, follow their pages, engage in their post for a while before you chat them up asking to be their mentee.

You can also enroll in a professional network or hire a consultant
Look out for people of good reputation, sustained success, and a promising future.

Note
In Life, you grow by learning, and continuous learning, this can be achieved by having and keeping in touch with good friends with vision, mentors with a good reputation, and colleagues or associates that add color to your life.

Compliments of the season!
Have a blessed week.

01/12/2021

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES—2

Boarding school is a game-changer in almost every teen's life.

I remember my first days in boarding school. I attended HOLY ROSARY UMUAHIA. I wasn't scared on my first day maybe because my two elder sisters were there to hold my tiny hand and guide me on what to expect and how to react to certain things.
I caught on fast and smart compared to other freshers. (Permit me to brag)

I had a dorm/school mum, she was the dining perfect and also a bunch of school sisters. They were always available to help me out either with assignments or chores.
The first few months, I was taught how to do my laundry, iron, and take care of myself.

In an all-girls catholic school, our biggest scare was "MANLOVE". A Manlove as we refer to him is a grown man who occasionally sneaks into the boarding area at odd hours either to spy on naked girls in the bathroom or disrupt our study time at night.

On one of those scary nights during night prep, a scream startled me "Manlove!" you need to see girls screaming and crying. I jumped out the window, ran, and didn't look back.
The fear of r**e gave me the adrenaline needed for the race. I have scars to show from such experiences. Most nights, I slept with one eye open.

Then, the peer-to-peer confrontations and arguments... to win such face-off, you need to have a strong vocabulary, high self-esteem, and your endurance level up.
Here one's emotional maturity comes out to play. The competition to do and be better was the norm. I was all mouth with no physical strength.

Visiting days were the most anticipated days/weekends amongst boarders. Families would come with different dishes, provisions, and pocket money. The visiting rooms/ dorms would smell like home. The provisions and money were meant to last for a stipulated time frame. I had to learn resource and money management

I learnt independence, discipline, maturity, time management, leadership, and self-developed in different areas of my life.

These experiences and skills are the foundations of who I am today.

22/11/2021

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES!

Can you remember any of your exciting memories while growing up?

My little sister dug out some old childhood pictures last night, and so many memories flashed before me.

Right from when I was in my mum's belly, she assumed I will be a boy, she never checked the s*x of her unborn baby.. all the baby clothes she bought were for boys! then I popped out, a hairy cute baby girl.
Mum had already chosen my name KELECHI she still stuck with it.

Growing up, I was the tomboy of the family(3rd girl out of 5)
I never liked girly stuff as a child, I hated to braid my hair. I remember how my mum would beg me to sit still so AUNTY NONYE will finish braiding my hair, I will cry from the beginning to the end of each saloon session.
The same night mumsy will be forced to loosen the braids because they hurt so much, if she doesn't nobody will be able to sleep. It was so bad, she had to cut my hair off.

We lived in a rented apartment, on the first floor of a two-storey building. We had metal tanks for water storage on stands as high as the building itself with ladders on each side.
I would climb off our "backyard" balcony and stretch my tiny legs to reach the ladders of the tank stands then climb down... well I had seen the boys do it so I joined! I loved the thrill that came with it. It was all fun till the day my dad caught me, oh no! he flogged the living daylight out of me.
My siblings and I were banned from going downstairs unless given permission but once popsy steps out of the house on Saturdays, I would sneak out to play football with the boys, get my clothes dirty until I hear popsy's car horn at the gate. Eventually "there was a caught".

I loved watching my cousin wash popsy's car, I would beg to be allowed to sit inside the car as he washed it. I graduated from a viewer to rinsing off the soapy foam on it and finally to car washer.

As a teenager, I would choose washing the car as a chore to doing the dishes or laundry. Luckily for me, my sisters hated the chores I loved so there was no one "to drag it" with me. I also loved rearranging and organising stuff around the house, which I still do.

To be continued…

17/10/2021

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