For 11 years, I had lost me. I’d settled into mummy-hood and forgotten all my dreams. I got connected to Iphie through my sister; and today I walk with a renewed sense of purpose. I have started working on my forgotten dreams…and even with my full-time job, I am part of a team leading something that could potentially be rolled out across the whole country.
Lola. A. UK
Do you believe there is MORE to you than what the world can see of you today?
Are you tired of hearing that Career Women cannot have it all or cannot be successful all-round without losing something, most times, their homes or peace…
Do you want to uncover your purpose and live purposefully, birthing your dreams while having an amazing relationship with your husband and children and growing in your career…
Or you simply want to step-change your income level and impact even lives as you do this?
YET, sometimes you feel stuck, frustrated and sometimes purposeless?
If YES, then I KNOW FIRST-HAND EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL…
Indeed, there comes a time in a Career Woman’s life when she wants ‘MORE’. across all areas of her life. She wants practical solutions not mere motivational messages.
Even if she may have no clue what this ‘MORE’ is, all she knows is that she needs to see more growth across all areas of her life.
She wants to make God proud as she impacts more lives with whatever gifts, knowledge and experiences she has, and if possible in such a way that her income grows too.
She wants to know that her family has her back as she pursues her quest to birth those dreams that keep her awake at night.
She wants to enjoy growth and peace across ALL facets of her life because truth be told, all areas of her life are intertwined and excelling in all key areas is what gives her the greatest joy and fulfillment.
BUT she is limited by her 9 – 5 commitment which she may not be able to jettison just like that for several personal reasons…..
HAS THIS TIME ALSO COME IN YOUR LIFE? If YES, then you are in the Right place at the Right time!
I too have come a long way…
From being a young rising Star Girl with lots of dreams and an overwhelming belief in myself…
To becoming a wife and mom…and forgetting these dreams and even doubting my abilities and even wavering in my faith in God’s interest in me.
To staying stagnated in my job for over 7 years without a promotion…yet working so hard and occasionally being celebrated for my results.
To calculating my bill at Mr. Biggs in my head while on the queue and mentally checking to be sure that the money in my bag would be enough for a snack for my son, even though the world saw me as a ‘Big Girl’…
To serially failing at starting businesses…not one, not two…. not even three
AND THEN….IN A SPACE OF 24MONTHS, EVERYTHING LITERALLY CHANGED!!
Today, I lead a group of crazy career women here at the Uncommon Woman Movement. Women who are ready to birth ALL the potential in them and make God proud…even with their full-time jobs, wifey and mommy duties.
When my bio gets read at the Women Events where I am privileged to speak, I sometimes find myself asking ’Is that really me?’ and then quickly saying a prayer of gratitude…
Because it was not always like this…
I grew up in ‘humble’ home. We were not exactly poor…but there was never extra except on Mommy’s pay day.
My brain was my super-power…and still is. I did not plan to always ‘manage’ for life, so I faced school with everything in me. I graduated best student in my department in university whilst being President of an International Youth Organization called AIESEC.
I got a job straight out of school…my dream job with my dream company. My annual salary as that time was my mother’s gratuity after over 20years of meritorious service to Nigeria.
BUT THEN…. LIFE HAPPENED.
In 2008, my husband and I invested our savings and a bank loan into a business and project we totally believed in…and lost it all with a pile of debts to pay!
At work, I had just moved departments and so, a promotion was not in the horizon at least for the next few years.
By December 2010, I was officially tired…
The last three years had been painful. In 2009 alone, I had personally tried out 3 different businesses to supplement my income from my 9-5 job….and failed! I even packed my reserved personality aside and ventured into Multi-level Marketing, selling them to everyone I knew…and even those I did not know!
Not only did I fail at these businesses, but I lost good money – money equal to at least 6 months of my salary. WHO DOES THAT?
So on that day in December 2010, I was a mess and a bundle of mixed emotions..
Yes, I was grateful for my job but I was tired! I was not happy with my slow career growth and every-day, I wished I could resign…. but monthly bank repayments would not allow me.
With one child and a second on the way, our finances were under more pressure. As you can imagine, so was my relationship with my husband.
I had four failed business attempts under my belt. Actually, we can make that five because the very first business I tried to launch in 2008 never even launched at all.
I read of Linda Ikeji who was making good money from blogging! So, as the practical chic that I am, I asked how come Linda was making money from just blogging. I was told she was ‘trading her strengths for income’ and I should look for mine and do same. I reviewed my life with microscope….and only found two things I love doing – Sleeping and Working on my Laptop! My life
Chai, that day, I asked God plenty questions – ‘Is this all you created me for? Is it that I have no gifts in my life apart from book and work?
Who did I offend to warrant this kind of failures? Is it because I graduated best student in university that you want to humble me like this…but I gave you all the glory nah!
He led me to Proverbs 31…. which as you can guess, sparked off another litany of lamentation from me! LOL!!
‘I said it, you really want to humble me! Lord, just kill me. The Virtuous Woman? How can you even refer me to her? She does not sleep and God you know I LOVE my sleep!
Father…look at it this thing well. How would she not have been able to serve her husband and entire household when she was not going to work or entering Lagos traffic.
Lord, I agree with you on the earnings, savings and buying a vineyard part. That is what I have been talking about…. increase my income so me too I can invest in real estate’.
Hmmm…thank God for God and the Holy Spirit!
After I finally calmed down…and opened my heart to truly learn, I ended that day with pages of notes!
Indeed, I was Made for MORE…
Contrary to what I believed, I did have gifts that I could impact lives with and even earn from if structured well.
That day, I had a list of almost three Business and Impact projects I could start based on my gifts and passions; and even projects I could initiate at work to increase my ‘rating’ and get promoted on time!
I even had ‘expo’ on how to improve my relationship with my husband and get his support for these potential businesses, since I had lost a lot of money on my different business escapades!
It felt like I was in a dream…
That was December 2010.
By December 2012, I had birthed my first ‘’MORE’ idea which also became my first successful business, generating over $15,000 in just my first 10months of launch with zero adverts! I also got promoted at work and my relationship with my husband had completely transformed.
By 2014, I had birthed my second ‘MORE’ – Sheer Virtuosity, a Women Development Blog where I was sharing all I was learning at that time in my walk with God as I was birthing my MORE and trying to balance it with my full-time job, marriage, and motherhood responsibilities. This platform is now home to the Uncommon Woman Movement…where you are now.
By 2015, I birthed the Impact leg of my business – Project Mom Alive. Via this platform, my business partnered with USAID and UNFPA to touch lives of women…and as you can imagine, I was all over the news!
Today, I am also the author of two best-selling books – The Uncommon Woman and Made For MORE, Founder/President of the Uncommon Woman Movement with over 12,000 members and Lead Coach at the Uncommon Woman University. In my career, I have grown from that junior manager in 2010 to a C-Suite Executive and I also serve on the Board of Private and Public Listed Companies.
If this could happen to me – Chief lover of Sleep, then you are MORE than qualified to birth even MORE in your life…..YOU JUST NEED THE RIGHT WISDOM AND CREW!
After 4+ failed attempts at birthing the ‘MORE’ in me over a 3-year period, I finally discovered how to birth the ‘MORE’ in me CORRECTLY.
It then took me another 2 years to figure out how to handle this with my other responsibilities as a wife, mom and full-time employee……yet without dropping the ball, such that God could trust me with new instructions for other ‘MOREs’’
You do not have to spend this much time as you journey to birth the many expressions God has placed in you! In this Becoming MORE Masterclass, you get the chance to copy my secrets and reduce your ‘labour period!
I honestly cannot wait to share them with you!
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