by Bayo Adeyinka | Aug 29, 2025 | Inspiration, Life Lessons, Tips and Insights
I want to share a few lessons my father taught me while I was growing up. My father is a very good storyteller. He often talks in pictures. He is so very descriptive that he can talk for hours, and no one will get bored. 1. ISẸ́ KÌÍ PA NI, AYỌ̀ NÍÍ PÀ’YÀN I was in...
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...
