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๐ฝ๐ ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐๐
Dear friends,
Do you hoard opportunities that come to you?
Do you feel the need to share it with others to benefit or do you think sharing with others will limit your chances of having access to the opportunity?
It could be a job, a scholarship, a contract etc.
I apologise for my confronting questions but come with me as I explain the gains of sharing opportunities with others.
In 2017 while undertaking my masterโs studies in the UK, the Commonwealth Scholarship organised a workshop tagged โConnect and Communicateโ. The competitive workshop was aimed at providing scholars with the skills to communicate their research. The workshop was hosted at the historic Cumberland Lodge.
On arrival, I was paired in the same room with a Nigerian-ย Danladi Yunana. I had never met him or known about him until that day. We connected very quickly and spoke about home and life in general. After the workshop, we all left for our various schools but we kept in touch and spoke often about the plans that we had for the future.
Towards the end of our studies, I began searching for PhD scholarships and I came across the prestigiousย UNSWย Scientia PhD scholarship in Australia. After preparing my essays and expressing interest, I thought of sharing it with Danladi. He also worked on his essays, sent them back to me for review, and applied for the scholarship.
Please stay with me, it is about to get juicy here. Do not stop reading.
Guess what happened? Exactly! it is what you are thinking. On 17th November 2017 at exactly 5:41 pm UK time, Danladi broke the news to me via Facebook messenger (chats attached). He got the scholarship but I did not. I was so happy for him. He returned to Nigeria and after a few months, travelled to Australia to commence his doctoral journey.
After my studies, I returned to Nigeria and continued working as a development worker. My relentless applications landed me a PhD scholarship in Australia at the prestigiousย QUT (Queensland University of Technology). I called Danladi and broke the news to him and he was so excited I was coming to join him in Australia.
My juicy scholarship at QUT excluded my visa application and flight fares so I spoke to Danladi and without a 2nd thought, Danladi sent me money to support my transition to Australia. He did not stop there, immediately I touched down in Australia, Danladi sent me money to allow me to settle in before my stipend was paid.
I am hoping by now that you followed my story and would have deciphered my message but let me break it down for you. If I did not share the PhD scholarship opportunity with Danladi, he would not have known about it and even applied. However, my gesture of sharing the PhD opportunity with him in 2017 came back as a favour for me in 2019 when Danladi financially supported my transition to Australia. We have remained very close and still share opportunities with each other. I am sure many will pay off too.
My message is simple:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ
Remember, โ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ, ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ฃโ
Share that opportunity with someone NOW!!!
Regards,
AAP
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