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In 2020/2021, I collaborated with 15 scholars including @jessica_armooh to educate applicants on how to tell better stories in their scholarship applications. 11+ people secured ~$600K in total funding

Here are few things I discovered. THREAD
3 out of 4 of the candidates above did not make it this far in previous years

Reason: They had FORGOTTEN key details of their stories

Solution: They went through multiple rounds of REFLECTIONS and reimagined their stories. Now, they are a step ahead.
Some of these reflections took hours across days and weeks.

What problem did I solve/situation did I improve?
What did I do about it?
What was the impact and result?

These were the REFLECTION pointers they adopted in the context of the requirements of the Chevening Secreteriat.
The BEST people do not necessarily win. Pretty much unfair🙄

@Elkobby once posted a thread about being good at what you do and advocating for yourself

It’s painful to see a talker eat the cake of a doer, only because the doer did not practice self advocacy.
Having built 100s of résumés with my team at @ProductivityOpt, contributed to securing ~$600K in scholarship funding, negotiated salaries up by 25% and helping Ghanaians in Ghana secure 6 figure $ jobs, I can say that everything begins from your Receipts.
What are your receipts?
They are evidence of your work. Your Setbacks, Achievements and Learnings in any space.

Keeping receipts always prepares for any opportunity (Jobs/Scholarships)

They boost your confidence at work to negotiate for better benefits or advance your career.
Unfortunately your brain can only do so much to recall all your receipts.

In the face of an opportunity, you may not have hours to REFLECT. Actually, opportunities have no pre-announcements.

And then they slip through our fingers. I have been there but never again.
I am building @theMandEapp with my team to eliminate the pain associated with losing opportunities because you have no receipts.

Build stories for your Appraisals, Promotions, Job Hunts, Scholarships.

Don’t let a talker eat your cake.

Join our waitlist bit.ly/getmande
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More from @jayanaman

Feb 20, 2021
If you are working in a company, how do you measure the impact you are bringing to the table?

Do you even bother to take a minute to keep track of what you are doing? Or it’s just vibes?

Have you ever asked yourself; how am I contributing to business growth?

#CarryYourCareer
The thing is whatever you do now feeds into the next stage of your career. Unless you don’t have plans of progressing or you work in organizations that promote people based on years of experience and not merits.

Nonetheless not growing your value will leave you obsolete at a Pt.
The benefits of measuring the work you do is that
I. It gives you purpose in the workplace

II. It helps you focus your efforts and strategies to deliver results

III. It brings you personal satisfaction as well

IV. It sets you up for progression even beyond your company
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