How I Went From Underachiever To Chief Motivator
I am a self-proclaimed former underachiever. When I started high school in the Bronx, I didn’t feel very good about myself. I moved to the United States from Ghana when I was four years old, and I was a precocious kid, excited to learn, attend school in America, and make new friends. But, perhaps because of my thick Ghanaian accent and pudginess on account of newfound access to McDonalds, I experienced a good deal of bullying from my classmates. It felt like the more I contri
Mentoring: An Essential Element to Career Success
It was the worst of times–I was jobless, broke, and in despair. Then I met a woman who told me to own my skills and know my worth, in that order. She is now one of my amazing mentors, and an inspiration for my organization, The Fairy Godsister, Inc. Mentorship is significant to career success and personal advancement. Mentoring is a relationship between two individuals, in which a more experienced person imparts insight, wisdom, and guidance that can be leveraged to help a le
