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Agbonamercy@gmail.com's avatar

Today I lost but must importantly I learnt and reading this just made me feel better. Back up story I wrote my GRE (graduate record exams) today and I scored a little below the preferred cut of mark for my school I felt frustrated after committing 3 month to diligent study. Guess what I still submitted my result to this school I want to also hear what they have to say

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tobi odeyale's avatar

5 months after and I'm back to ask: What did they say?

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Agbonamercy@gmail.com's avatar

Unfortunately no response but I wrote another exam and I passed that one 🤗

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tobi odeyale's avatar

i love the sound of this. You know that feeling when the atm machine is counting money? Yes yes!

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tobi odeyale's avatar

Congrats on the win. Mercy, I'm curious, what did that experience teach you?

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Agbonamercy@gmail.com's avatar

There is always another way to get what you want. Na who give up lose.

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tobi odeyale's avatar

*tobi picks mic* Mercy, has said it all. Thanks for coming to church. See you next sunday *tobi drops mic*

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tobi odeyale's avatar

I'll still love to know how it goes, eventually.

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Agbonamercy@gmail.com's avatar

Sure I would keep you posted

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tobi odeyale's avatar

👍🏽

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tobi odeyale's avatar

damn!!!!! now that's some bold move you've made. Whatever the outcome is, you're a motivation for me. And it's because of people like you—I write.

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DunTim's avatar

Irresistible craft👏🏽

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Yeancah Titan's avatar

Odogwu!! Wonderfully crafted!

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tobi odeyale's avatar

bless, Chef.

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Kaye S's avatar

This was so satisfying, i can't believe how very satisfying it felt and i already read the whole post more than once. TOBI FOR PRESIDENT!

Gosh- BLESS YOUR SOUL. I needed what that letter gave me just now.

Ah and... Leniency, that will be my letter for today.

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tobi odeyale's avatar

Kaye, you always have the right words. How do you do it? Damn!

Thanks for always showing up and showing out. 🙏🏽

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IamMuchy's avatar

Beautiful piece Tobs... Glad you got the response you desired.

Keeping making magic via writing 🤗

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tobi odeyale's avatar

Thanks so much. I’m glad I did too cos that’s all I wanted.

The sky is our beginning. 🙏🏽

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Oladoyin Fasakin's avatar

This is awesome, beautifully crafted. I love it. Thank you for encouraging us in such an insightful and intriguing manner.

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tobi odeyale's avatar

i'm glad I could put a smile on your face and the face of that HR. 😊

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Anonymous's avatar

You really are something and you're definitely going places. This is amazing

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tobi odeyale's avatar

thanks, Anonymous: https://www.youtube.com/user/AnonymousWorldvoce

WOW! I'm blown. 😳😳

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DunTim's avatar

I've also thought about a platform where we can share our Ls (at least, the sharable ones). You've also listed probable drawbacks to the idea😪

I'm still a big fan of the idea though

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tobi odeyale's avatar

yeah, that drawback 😂. There's plenty of those type of fake stories on LinkedIn already.

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Fanasi Ufoh's avatar

OKay, I gotta comment on this one. This will actually be my first time making the effort to respond to your newsletter. Today's piece had me on a joyride. What a resourceful way to pen down your experience. Also I'd count this as a win because you actually got the job, maybe in another universe like this one where a version of you lives in the US!! HAha

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tobi odeyale's avatar

And thank you for taking 2 mins of your time to read and comment. Can we do this more often? 🥺

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Fanasi Ufoh's avatar

Yeah sure

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tobi odeyale's avatar

you had me at “also I’d count this as a win”. 🤣🤣🤣 BUT you’re right though. I would have actually got the job if things were perfect.

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Seun's avatar

This was good Tobi.

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tobi odeyale's avatar

amazing feedback, Seun. Thanks. 💙

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