You’re not about to listen/read yet another motivational garbage on the internet.
I’ve been a victim of what I’m about to share.
For the most part of my creative life, I was on the far end of the motivational spectrum.
(I might do a voice recording on this matter. Expect it soon).
I gave advice I never used. It felt fulfilling. At least — that’s what I thought.
I confused fulfillment with painting an image that I am not — on the internet.
My readers/listeners back then would go;
“word”
”I’m motivated”
and for most of them, it ends there.
They’ll feel gingered for 2 mins and go back to default setting till another motivational-post drops from me again.
It was like drugs to them. They’re high this minute and the next minute reality hits them.
Not until I hit a wall.
“I can’t continue like this”
“this isn’t my reality”
”how do I walk the streets of Lagos without fear of being seen and called out as a fraud?”
“who am I?”
”I don’t want to be like other creators”
Because as far as I’m concerned, most young Nigerian creators are motivational speakers.
The pandemic started and I paused all I was doing and took a step back to see all I had done and what others were doing.
I saw terrible things. It made me wonder “is this what people from the outside see me as”.
I sold off my social media accounts for a fresh start and repentance of sins.
I began again. Humble and this time — willing to just share my own story.
I don’t blame myself so much for blindly following that motivational/coach path. It’s what’s popular online and has been made to like the only way out.
We keep seeing a rise in people succeeding today and tomorrow they start dropping motivational tweets and posts. These are the people misleading young folks.
If you know a friend who’s also in the aspaya -to-paspaya space — please send them this diary.
And if you read to this point, I hope you also listened to the audio attached to this diary by GaryVee as well. It’s the advice that has been guiding the way I use my diary.
Share don’t teach.
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