Repositioning Yourself for Success - Pelumi Obisesan (Founder, Teens Going for Gold Network))

How would you feel when your mother say to you, "I never prayed for a child like you." This was the reality of our guest today at some point in her life.

Today's episode of Lead Your Life Series features the brief story of how Pelumi Obisesan went from being an all-round failure as a teenager to the point where she discovers the way to succeed. Today, she is helping teenagers move from mediocrity to excellence.

Lead Your Life Series, is a special edition of Lead Your Life Podcast. We share real life experiences of how personal struggles and seeming setbacks were turned into phenomenal stories of hope and grace.

About Pelumi Obisesan

Pelumi Obisesan is a civic leader that inspires, educates and empowers teenagers on their path to self-discovery, encouraging them to live more purposeful lives.

She is the Founder of Teens Going for Gold Network and convener of Project Inspire and Editor-in-Chief of the TeenAchiever bulletin. In her own words, "my passion is to see young persons especially teenagers excel in their chosen fields."

A graduate of International Studies and Diplomacy from the University of Benin, Nigeria, Pelumi is also passionate about the peace and development of the African Continent.

She is currently a recipient of ECOWAS Nnamdi Azikiwe Mobility Scholarship at Cheik Anta Diop University where she is studying for her Masters degree.

Pelumi would be telling us about her struggles, What were her redefining moments, the two most important steps she took differently, what were the aftermath, and what lessons she would like you to take away from her story.

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Dealing with Depression - Toluse Francis (Founder, The Mind and Health Center)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) in its 2017 World Health Day message says over 7 million Nigerians suffer from one of the most ignored and misunderstood form of mental disorder in the country – depression. 

Today's episode of Lead Your Life Series features the brief story of how Toluse Francis fell into depression and how he eventually got out.Today, he is helping people with similar experience find true happiness.

Lead Your Life Series, is a special edition of Lead Your Life Podcast. We share real life experiences of how personal struggles and seeming setbacks were turned into phenomenal stories of hope and grace.

About Toluse Francis

Toluse Francis

Toluse Francis was born in Nigeria. He is passionate about seeing people live healthy and productive.

He obtained his Bachelors degree from Bowen University, Osun State Nigeria.

He obtained diplomas in Mental Health Studies and Human Nutrition respectively from Alison Educational Institute in the Republic of Ireland. Toluse also obtained his psychology certification from same institute.

He is a Certified Life Coach and Master Practitioner, Neuro-linguistic programming by the American Union of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

He helps people live through the past or present that may want to threaten their future. This is seen in his mental health help to people ranging from eating disorders to depression, low self-esteem to mention just a few.

He is deeply moved towards the total wellness of the human race.

His core message is to make sure that everyone possess a renewed mind, illuminated spirit and a healthy body.

He is the author is Eat Fit: a Nutritional Blueprint for Healthy Living as well as on Amazon stores worldwide.
A Blogger, writer and speaker. He blogs and has his podcasts called the Eat Fit Podcast at tolufrancis.com as well as iTunes.

He is the founder of The Mind and Health Center. A group dedicated to helping people take control of their minds and live healthy lives.

Volunteering for Solid Foundation Teens and Youth Ministry since 2008 as a teen educator and counselor.

Interested in Mind health, therapy and recovery, he has featured on various media discussion the issue of mental health especially depression.

He was a nominee in the Nigerian Writers Award of 2016 in the Health Writer of the Year Category and a recipient of the Nigeria Blogs Awards 2015 as Health Blogger of the Year.

He is a recipient of the Nigerian Writers Award in the Health Writer Category for 2017.

He loves to travel, design websites, take up challenges and help people. You can reach him through the various social media platforms. Toluse resides in Lagos, South West Nigeria.

Toluse would be telling us about his struggles, What were his redefining moments, the two most important steps he took differently, what were the aftermath, and what lessons he would like you to take away from his story.

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[LYLS02] - The Search for Personal Identity - Feyisayo Adanlawo (Founder, Treasure House Foundation)

Lead Your Life Series, is a special edition of Lead Your Life Podcast. We would be  sharing real life experiences of how personal struggles and seeming setbacks were turned into phenomenal stories of hope and grace.

Joseph Campbell said, "Our true reality is in our identity and unity with all life." There are many people out there who are living like strangers to themselves. Today's episode features the story of how Feyisayo Adanlawo struggled with finding her Personal Identity due to her childhood experiences.

About Feyisayo Adanlawo

Feyisayo is a serial entrepreneur and a personal development expert. The founder/lead volunteer of Treasure House Foundation where She focuses on teenagers and young adults, working particularly in sexual assault, sexual related addictions and emotional trouble cases. 

She links them up with experts that would help them (psychologists, therapists, and even medical services) she also make free skill training available to them as a tool for rehabilitation and reintegration into the society.

She is also the business head of Accentuate Cleaning Services Ltd. She also owns her personal shopping brand.



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[LYLS01] - The Pursuit for Personal Freedom - Chineze Oluwasina (Founder, GIRL Afrique)

Winston Churchill said, "Mountaintops inspire leaders, but valleys mature them."

Men and women discover themselves during their days in the valley. Those Valley experiences prepare them for the mountaintop.  

However, the key to successfully move through the valley is personal leadership. 

Sadly, when some people hear about personal leadership, they think about perfection.

Personal leadership is never on the premise that you are a perfect being. The basic ideology is that your are to take  responsibility for your life outcomes.

It has never been an issue of acting perfect. It's recognizing that you are on a journey. And the end of the journey is greatly dependent on the decisions you take per time.

It's on this note that I bring to you Lead Your Life Series.

If you follow me on any of my social media channels, you would have seen me share about "Lead Your Life Series."

It's a special edition of Lead Your Life Podcast. We would be  sharing real life experiences of how personal struggles and seeming setbacks were turned into phenomenal stories of hope and grace.

You won't be hearing my voice. I would feature different people from different works of life. 

Basically, I hope to inspire and empower you to begin or continue taking responsibility for your own life outcomes as you aspire to live a life of impact and fulfillment.

Today, we launch Lead Your Life Series with the first episode. 

I have a phenomenal lady this week.

About Chineze Oluwasina

Chineze Oluwasina (fondly called Chichi) is a young and passionate strategist with core competence in team building and organizational structure. Chichi was born in Ibadan, Nigeria on the 24th of October.

She graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife with a Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) and currently rounding off her Masters Degree in Agronomy from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Chichi believes in given herself over to continuous learning, thus she has a diploma in Social Work and strategic management from the Open Training Institute.

Chichi is currently involved in community development and agricultural research. She is a sought after facilitator for several profit and non- profit organizations with focus on team building, project management, leadership and communication skills.

Her agricultural research aims at helping community farmers have access to improved cassava varieties. She is a Research Fellow at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.

She was nominated to attend the Global Leadership Submit 2016 in Indonesia and the One Young World Submit 2016 in Ottawa. She obtained a MasterCard scholarship to learn Foundations for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the African Leadership Academy, Johannesburg.

She is currently a cohort-2 participant of the Young African Leaders Initiative, Regional Leadership Centre, Accra, Lagos Campus. She has just been nominated as the International Coordinator for Consortium of Young African Civil Society Organizations.

Her passion to see inner city girls rise above every prejudice associated with her background and gender, Chichi founded GIRL Afrique, a budding organization aimed at helping inner city girls harness their potentials by equipping them with relevant skills to make informed decisions.

She enjoys facilitating, playing lawn tennis and swimming. She is happily married to her campus sweetheart who is also in the development sector.

Chichi would be telling us about her struggles, What were her redefining moments, the two most important steps she took differently, what were the aftermath, and what lessons she would like you to take away from her story.

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My Top 5 Leadership Lessons from YALI RLC West Africa Onsite Training

In my last post. I interviewed 22 of my colleagues from the Young African Leaders Initiative, Regional Leadership Center (YALI RLC). They shared their before and after YALI experience.

A number of people asked me to share my experience. Therefore, I am resuming Lead Your Life Podcast by sharing some leadership lessons I learnt during the onsite training at Administrative Staff college of Nigeria (ASCON), Lagos.

I have been inspired to scale up on my ideas after spending 5 weeks together with Young African Leaders from 9 countries across West Africa. 

There were three tracks - Entrepreneurship, Public Management, and Civic Leadership. I applied to take part in the entrepreneurship track, to learn more about building sustainable business institutions.
  
Of all the experiences I gained, there were some that stood out for me.  

Five Leadership lessons that stood out from YALI RLC, West Africa

1. Be Confident about your unique style as a leader.
2. Discover your unique space as a leader as own it.
3. Strategic collaboration is key to success.
4. The key to building a strong network is to genuinely  serve others.
5. Mentoring makes success more easy.

 In today’s episode of the Lead Your Life Podcast, I discussed with specific illustration, my leadership lessons from YALI.

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How to Apply the Law of Familiarity to Attract your Goals [Podcast]

It is a new year, and the race has begun. I am assuming you have set goals and you are really looking forward to to attract the goals into your life. Once again, you have hope that you can really make things happen in you life. Nothing can stand in your way because you are now invisible.

This is what it feel like in the heads of many at this time of the year. We all want to smash our goals and upgrade our lives. We want more money, better relationships, more accolades, more clients, and the list goes on.

This is really a good thing. But what if I tell  you there is a way to hack your brain, so that your goal execution process becomes easier? Oh yes, there is a way.

The law of of familiarity, which is one of the six laws in Gestalt Psychology can help you create the right perception you need to succeed. Understanding this law can help you create the right experiences that will help you attract your goals.

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In this episode, you will learn about the law of familiarity, and two direct applications that will simplify the theory into practicable tips.



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Overcoming Your Greatness Inertia - with The Oracle [Podcast]

Do you know that 99 percent of the time you are the one sabotaging your dreams? 

More often than not, you permit inertia to take its full course in your life.

The life you live is designed to operate from inside-out. You need to discover those fundamental things that stop you from maximizing your potential. One of them is called "Greatness Inertia".

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If you don't change the things you did in 2016, your 2017 will remain the same. Absolutely nothing will change, if you do not change.

I have a guest today, who is a Spoken Word Poet. Heritage Osofowora, is a 17 year old Poet, whose stage name is "The Oracle." This Interview was inspired by his presentation at Leverage conference 2016 (Snippet at the end).  Heritage shares his insights on how you can overcome self inflicted inertia.

Details Mentioned in this Episode

Facebook - Osofowora Heritage

Instagram - The Oracle

WhatsApp - +234 810 325 0090

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• What is that one thing that seems like an obstacle when you want to get started on your ideas?

• What do you like about our young guest for this Episode?

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Overcoming your Fear of Rejection [Podcast]

We are a social being by our natural design. Therefore, to some degree we can make sense of people reactions to rejection. No one likes to be turned down or turned away. We all want to belong and feel accepted in one way or the other.

However, all that can go wrong. As much as we have the idea that we want to feel loved and accepted, in the real world, things do not go that way.

It is a known fact that not everyone will buy into your idea, like you, appreciate you, compliment you, or even discern your value immediately. It is quite unfortunate that many individuals allow the mere opinion of others get in the way of their dreams, goals, and vision.

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I grew up with complex issues. I lived my life majorly on validations from others. Whenever I didn't get the expected response, I looked down on my self.

If at this point, I decided to record a podcast episode on this subject, you should know fully well that I know what it feels like to be scared of rejection.

You are a leader. You do not have to live at the mercy of people's opinions. You can develop your personal leadership by learning how to deal with the roots of the problem.

 There are three major things you would learn in this episode:

1. What are the causes of the fear of rejection?
2. What are the consequences of the fear of rejection?
3. How to handle the fear of rejection like a Ninja.

Links Mentioned in this Episode

• No Excuse Challenge: A definitive guide to break mental limitation in less than 30 days

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LYLEP5 - Step Up on Your Desires! Average is Boring!

There are over 7 billion humans on the earth. All are endowed with great potential. Irrespective of age, gender, or race, everyone of us are pregnant with greatness. 

Some are conscious of this truth, some have no idea, while some others are indifferent. 

However, despite different dispositions from several persons, one thing remains constant. We all have this intuition deep within us that tells us we can be more. 

The question for you today is this - are you heeding to the voice daily or you silence it?

Anyway, for those persons who ignore the call to a higher life, I can't blame them much. 

After all, the economy is harsh, life is unfair, and it's difficult to attain success. Is that right? Absolutely not! 

You see, those are some of the lies we come up with, in order to embrace mediocrity.

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Life will never give to you what you deserve, but what you demand for! You have got to be brave if you want to live a life of significance.

The same challenges you are scared of, is what some people are riding upon to succeed.

What I want you to connect with in this 5th episode of Lead Your Life Podcast is that settling for average is boring and just not good enough. 

You are not just in existence to make up statistics. Today, I challenge you to the fact that you need to step up on your desires to live for significance.

We would be dealing with three questions:

1. Why it is imperative for you to dream big?
2. What are the effects of following through on your dreams?
3. How to break through a mediocre mindset?

The word "resistance" is relative. For example, an object is only a resistance to a car on motion if it's able to stop the car from moving.

Likewise, in life as long as you develop physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual strength such that no challenge can stop you from fulfilling destiny, there will be no resistance.

I encourage you to listen to this episode as you experience a mental transformation.

Links Mentioned in this Episode

• Dayo Samuel (Audacity2lead)

• Leverage Conference(Official Site)

• Leverage Conference 2016 Pics

• Lead Your Life Episode 4 (How to Break the Pessimism Syndrome)

• John Obidi (Smartbcamp)

• No Excuse Challenge: A definitive guide to break mental limitation in less than 30 days

• Coach Kemi (How2Think)

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• Why do you think people always think less of themselves.      

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