Arlindo 🇳🇦 🇦🇴

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Pearle literally changed my life. A young man growing up in Ogbomosho, Nigeria suddenly found a mentor from Queen, NY. Books! He taught me to believe in myself and to expect good things after putting in the work. RIP, Norman.

One of my professional mentor was an uncle who rose to become a director at Exxon Mobil. He taught me that I could become anything I wanted if I was willing to work harder than anyone else. I am eternally grateful to Prince Oyeniya (RIP).

If your parents are struggling financially and professionally, don't look to them for wisdom in both areas. Find mentors in books and outside your home. It's easier to move up socially when you've seen someone living the life you want. Learn from books and mentors.

You're more likely to be poor if your parents were poor and you're more likely to be rich or middle class if your parents were rich. It takes a lot of work to move up socially. But keep working hard, my friend, it is possible. Upward social mobility is hard, but you can do it.

Smoking a cigarette causes damage in minutes - not years.

Leadership Tip: Don’t interview people. Interview the people & companies they used to work with and for. People will present the picture of themselves. The picture they want you to believe. Rather talk to people that have actually experienced that person. VT