What are some honest, unfiltered things about you?

• My writings are always serious.
• I am a global citizen of Ibadan origin.
• I am devoted and faithful to worthy causes.
• I take 30minutes everyday to laugh and rejoice.
• I don’t have a reason to believe that people are bad.
• If it is not right, I won’t do it. If it is not true, I won’t say it.
• I believe in God our Father. I believe in the name of Jesus.
• I am learning to smile a lot since friends said I look cute with my smiling face.
• I am a catalyst of good thinking, passion, due diligence, love, discipline, innovation and grits.
• Everyone tells me I am too mature for my age, but I do not view that as a bad thing. ~65% of my friends are older than I am.
• People think I am reserved a better now and can open up more. I know people still think I’m very reserved and it bothers me.
• One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself. In other words, I don’t like eye – service.

What drives you nuts?

• Telling me to calm down.
• People who treat me with disrespect, or who believe they are more important or more valuable than me.
• People who abbreviate words and write you as u. I am on a quest to identify the colour of their problem.
• Why would someone derive joy in taking advantage of another? I know I’m not a human rights activist but it’s sickening.
• Why would you phone my line 10 times? What’s the plan? If I miss your call, I’d return it.
• Going into meetings without clear objectives beforehand.
• Pretense.

What are your quirks?

• I cannot dance to save my life.
• My handwriting has to be an asset.
• I enjoy taking long walks. I walk very quickly too.
• I’m never comfortable attending parties. I love my space.
• I am obsessed with food. I love to eat and I make healthy choices too. I am wired to think of work the moment I eat.
• I am in a fix with sleep. It’s either I am energetic and hardly ever need to rest or I sleep all the time and still gets tired during the day.

How can people earn an extra gold star with you?

• Saying it as it is
• Being present in the moment; not being distracted.
• To quickly respond to texts, messages and emails is heavenly.
• Being able to match my excitement on ideas, in meetings and when talking about topics that interest us.

What qualities do you particularly value in people who work with you?

• Accountability
• Dedication and Selflessness
• Givers: value will always attract value!
• Be Engaging: I connect with enthusiasm and encouragement.
• Empathy: it’s the currency that allows the exchange of value in our relationships and communities. Spend the currency!
• Be Inspiring: Let me see how your intuition and intelligence gives everyone around you an opportunity to grow.
• Ambitious: To pioneer new frontiers or keep moving forward is a complete turn – on. I love to see the contagious energy.

What are some things that people might misunderstand about you that you should clarify?

• Just because I’m not smiling doesn’t mean I’m not happy; I just don’t smile a lot.
• Just because I’m online doesn’t mean I am available. I work with my gadgets.

How do you coach people to do their best work and develop their talents?

• If approached, I provide relevant support within my capacity.
• I offer myself as a platform to display people’s talents. I recognize efforts and give credit to talents in public.

What’s the best way to communicate with you?

• My Twitter DM is always open. If you’d like to connect with me, be specific (a call to action), What would you have us talk about? Any recommendations? Just Shoot!
• Zoom (preferably video) for calls on idea generation, goal/project update and feedback.
• Emails: When mails pertain to deliverables and actions that need to completed or feedback on MayWeather Newsletter

What’s the best way to convince you to do something?

• Ask! If it resonates with my personal values and I can confirm your intentions are pure, count me in.

How do you like to give feedback?

• Feedback on writing: picking out unnecessary words in marketing copy, essays, articles, and blog posts.
• Feedback on individual performance: saying what’s disagreeable if it means that the person in question is willing to improve from the feedback.

How do you like to get feedback?

• Without agenda. With honesty. Without feeling like you’re trying to morph me into a particular image of somebody. Rather, you’re planting seeds of good character that I want to nourish myself through good work.
• Being told what I don’t want to hear, but that I need to hear.