Amachukwu Innocent's Blog

  Sometimes all it takes to change a story, a generation or alter the course of one's destiny is taking that one step. A well-timed move. A perfectly struck conversation or a bold decision. The trajectory of my life in the last half a decade can be tied to one major decision. It was one that the caused the domino effect for everything else to align. It is cumulative of several leaps in time. The first leap was leaving my comfort zone. The crazy but destiny altering decision to relocate from Enugu to Abuja, without any job or permanent accommodation. The second leap was refusing to settle for the job that brought some good side hustles, for the one that would eventually pave the way for the UK. If I settled for the former, I would have lost the opportunity that came with the latter. The third leap was having a plan and executing it while in the UK. I saved every penny of my scholarship money as the seed needed for my next move. The fourth leap was knowing when to move to another cou...

Everyday I hear and see countless stories of people who by sheer determination and resilience have catapulted themselves to incredible heights. They took bold steps. Swam against the tide of fate. Became affirmative in their resolve and shunned every distractions. I am talking about real people that have become nothing short of a miracle by the measure of success they have achieved. They have lifted their families out of perennial poverty. Scaled new heights in their career. Pivoted into new career pathways and are blazing the trail for others to follow. These ones are proof that diligent enterprise births evidential results. I pray tell, how do you define a miracle better than this. That a person from a poor background, whose family lives in a mud house, secures a life changing offer abroad that will change the story of every member of their family. Or how can you explain that the child of a poor farmer for many years is now a Director in a Fortune 100 company in the United States. Or...