It was Lucious Lyon of ‘Empire’ movie who painted a vivid picture of the ‘Gatekeeper’. With a gun pointed at him by a fellow black man whom he betrayed years earlier, he told the story of how he had to pacify one ‘white’ ‘Gatekeeper’ after another, by betraying his black brothers, just to achieve success
So, that was Anthonia. I understand she is settled now, with a relatively good family. About Gladys (not sure this is her exact name as I have been in this house help hustle for long), it is actually a scary story. I am telling it so that we all can be extra careful about whom
I wanted to start my business year with a bang, and so I started early to arrange for a strong supportive house help to aid me – make no mistakes, good house helps are a blessing to every career woman, businesswoman or even stay-at-home moms. My cousin was trying to convince me late last year
This episode is focused on single ladies, and how their choice of life partners can affect their careers. I was watching a new TV reality show- ‘Date my family Nigeria’ and the subject for that particular episode was a male, looking for a suitable working-class lady to date. One of his requirements was that the lady
*Continued from last week* So, I kept working, changed jobs twice and had a thousand and one episodes at work and at home. I felt guilty when a 9-year old girl in the compound violated my daughter at 3 years. I felt guilty each time I had to drop off my children at the creche
Accept Yourself One important skill I have come to learn and master (still trying to completely master) in my journey as human, woman, career person and entrepreneur – is self awareness. Next to self awareness is self acceptance. This is one thing that has afforded me peace in everything I do and in all circumstances I