Industry experts have charged individuals and business owners to imbibe the spirit of resilience and the right mindset in order to overcome adversity in life or business.
This submission forms part of the highlight at the third edition of the Imperfectly Awesome Conversations Summit hosted by Omotola Bamigbaiye and held recently in Lagos.
Imperfectly Awesome is Omotola Bamigbaiye’s ode to Resilience and Tenacity, which she first put together in her book titled, “Imperfectly Awesome”. It was written in a relatable tone to help people love themselves, reinvent, and bloom.
Delivering her welcome remarks at the occasion, Omotola noted that the platform remains a veritable avenue for experts to share their experiences so that people can be inspired and learn from them.
Bamigbaiye said her experience had shown that failure or pitfall is not the end but an opportunity for growth.
In his keynote remarks, Amos Ologunleko, Project Delivery Manager, NLNG, urged the gathering to begin to act like reformers who are ready to go against the norm and rebuild systems with clarity and courage.
Ologunleko, emphasising the need for the gathering to learn to take ownership as this remains a key principle of transformation, said learning to take responsibility as against passing the buck or blaming one another would go a long way to usher in growth and progress not only as an individual but as a business.
Speaking during the first panel session, Omolara Banjoko, Marketing Manager, FrieslandCampina WAMCO, , while drawing from her childhood experience noted that resilience was pivotal to overcoming challenges in life.
Banjoko, charging everyone to keep pushing regardless of whatever maybe confronting them, emphasizing the need for young people in the workplace to give adequate priority to their personal growth as they strive to reach their desired heights. She underscored the significance of soft skills in the work place as it remains a tool for professional excellence.
“These days, we take soft skills like precision, consistency, and discipline for granted, yet these are foundational to both personal and professional excellence,” she said.
In her remarks during another panel session, a transformation expert, Folakemi Fadahunsi explained that the best approach to overcoming impostor syndrome by any individual is to believe in oneself or develop a can-do spirit.
Also speaking during one of the panel sessions, Managing Consultant, BusinessMax Consulting, Alex Goma, stressed that every business person must learn to be persistent as this remains a key driver for success. Drawing from his experience, Goma stated that no business leader or person should see setbacks in sales as rejections, but rather as opportunities for self-evaluation and recalibration.
