**LOoKing At My AsSets**

They say that each experience is a learning process, but let’s be real. Some experiences have been experienced before, so nothing new there. Well, maybe you are learning something about the difference in reaction, from one experience to the other. I ramble!

Hurray again for Nigeria being 50! On my Twitter, during the celebrations, I tweeted

“They call is arrogant, I call it confident #NigeriaAt50”

This sums up my post for today. All too often I hear Nigerians, referred to as being “arrogant” and inasmuch as there are a few black sheep. I disagree. Instead, I think of it as being confident. Nigerians in general I find to be pretty confident, we see our self-worth and take pride in ourselves, our appearance and our work. Maybe some of this is due to our large numbers all over the world where we tend to aggregate and offer support to each other. Personally, I don’t see anything wrong with it especially in our world today. It is so important to love yourself, so that you do not get lost in the myriad of trends. Where am I going with this?

Well recently, I have started to view myself as an asset in my Career-life. I don’t view any job (volunteer or paid) as an opportunity. I see it as a channel to display my skills and personality. Therefore, if I don’t get the job I don’t see it as a missed opportunity, I view it as the establishment missing out on an asset. Because I know what skills I’ve learned and what I can bring to the table. And any job I get will be a step in my personal growth to improve my value as an asset. The break-even point will be the point at which I have received all the possible improvements I can get from a position and any time after that becomes a loss to my growth.

Hey I’m a Finance Student; I have to think this way. I just feel like recently, the people I’ve worked with have inferred that I am an asset to them and not just an employee which got me thinking. Maybe I am an addition to the team as opposed to the team doing me a favor.

Think about the value you add to your work/volunteer place and maybe you’ll see what I mean. It might be how fast you are at typing or maybe how easily you handles problems or how you accept instructions without complaints. Wave goodbye to the days of enslaving yourself by work and embrace the notion of increasing the value of yourself as an asset!

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Have a lovely week

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