by Bayo Adeyinka | Aug 8, 2025 | Inspiration, Life Lessons
As I reminisced on my 20-year career milestone on May 30, 2020, I promised to reveal a secret I had not shared openly before then, except among a few friends. Well, maybe not really a secret but I wanted to tell my story. That story was first published on my X...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Aug 1, 2025 | Inspiration, Life Lessons
It was the year 2000 and the week of our passing out from NYSC. I was filled with trepidation as the week approached. Anxiety and worry took over my entire being. I lost my sleep. My mind was troubled about what the future had in store. I had received the very last...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jul 25, 2025 | Life Lessons
“And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee?….” — 2 Kings 6:27 (KJV) I was full of expectation. He had promised to help me and he gave me an appointment. I felt I had been useful to him in the past. I even slept in his palatial home at...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jul 11, 2025 | Leadership, Life Lessons
If you hold an office, you’ll never know your true worth until you leave that office. I learnt that lesson many years after I graduated from the university. I was back in town for my MBA exams that weekend (almost 6 years after my first degree). I dropped by...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jul 4, 2025 | Leadership, Life Lessons, Tips and Insights
“If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.” — Chinua Achebe I learnt a lesson about this the hard way. It was during my time as president of the Students Union Government in 1998. I was fast asleep in my room one night. Suddenly, I...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 27, 2025 | Inspiration, Life Lessons, Tips and Insights
The lady was perplexed. At least that was how she sounded. I had never worked in Lagos up till that point but I made a request for it. I saw the internal advert for the Lagos role and applied. I was based in Ibadan then and all my career prior to that time was...
