Thread by @WoleOluyemiCo

This is why I didn’t like economics in my early life.

I had to read thrice to understand ALL that is written in a single tweet.

Let me gist you about my story and economics.

Grab #GarriIjebu 😁 and groundnut.

#Thread

Let’s go. It’s great to be here instead of going to read over 100 messages (just from the last 3 days) in my DM. But errrrmmmm....that’s not going to be today. 😁😁😁. Even Jesus Christ rested.

Okay, It’s not that I was a failure in school. Far from it! I had distinctions in all my economics electives in school. I also have my SSCE certificate (not affidavit) and it’s a distinction as well.

But I hated the @TheEconomist magazine because it was always looking like Greek to me then.

One of my best friends, Ayo Soyinka, was always subscribing to Economist magazine from our early days at Arthur Andersen. The 🙄 boy (yes, he is a boy) was just using that to oppress us, along with his old VW Golf car.

Yes, he was the only rich boy in our caucus then. You get?

It was not until Dr Doyin Salami taught me during my MBA at @LBSNigeria (Economic Environment of Business) that I caught up with Economics.

He made us to get our “hands dirty” with economics. The fear of disgrace during the quest for class participation forced us to read up.

Fast forward to some years after I completed my MBA.

I “mistakenly” picked up an @TheEconomist magazine during a @British_Airways flight from Lagos to London. On arrival at Heathrow, I realized that I have spent 5+ hours on Economist magazine.

What! I couldn’t believe it.

That was a transformation. That was real learning from a great teacher. Yes, Dr Salami is a great teacher 🙌🏽 and he also has “swags” too.

For me, that economics course along with SPEB by Prof Wale Ajai, Marketing by Dr Malcolm, Finance by Dr Larry Osa-Asafiana and Law by Prof Fabian Ajogwu were the topmost value addition (to me) during my MBA program.

There were definitely many other great faculty apart from the above.

Prof Wale Ajai literarily influenced my choice of doctoral research focus. Infact, he wrote one of my references that enhanced my admission to @CranfieldUni for my DBA. Great man!

For those that have been compiling several online certificates since the #COVID19 lockdown started, well done!

But, be sincere to yourself....are you really getting any value addition from those programs? If not, stop it!

Don’t waste your time chasing certificates, #YouTube has several free videos in that skill that you really needed. Focus on that skill. Follow that mentor on #YouTube or anywhere and get inspired. Be inspired. Chase your goal.

Follow your dreams and passion, especially the profitable ones.

Enjoy!

#WO