Myself
versus Me
As
soon as I submitted my script, my heart sank, ‘Not again! Another test written
wrong!’, I thought to myself. It was Friday the 16th of December
2016, the last day of school for the year and despite the Christmas Spirit in
the air, we had to write a test on Organizational communication, and I felt I
didn’t do well. I cried silently as always, my tears soaking my handkerchief.
However
my solitude was shortlived, as lectures continued immediately after on
Team-Building, with the facilitator, Dr. Mike Okolo, as usual, we put to
practice the lesson with an exercise. It involved forming teams by walking up
to a person and requesting they be part of your team. At this point,
inferiority complex crept in. I said to myself, ‘of course no one will pick
you’, so I decided to wait to join a group who didn’t have a choice but to accept
me.
As soon as the facilitator said, ‘Go!’, Modupe
turned to me and asked if I could be part of her team. I was surprised. Here I
was feeling unimportant and there she was smart, intelligent, yet asking I be a
part of her team. I still soliloquized, ‘oh well, it is going to be just her’, but
to my surprise, I didn’t have to move from my chair. My team was formed right
at my table. I felt honored.
At
this point, I, Chinedu, Fadekemi, Oreoluwa,
Deborah, Dara and Modupe, became Team 4. We had to analyze ourselves and write
down reasons why we all chose each other. “Buchi is inquisitive, with good
communication skills, socially and emotionally intelligent, calm and
proactive”. Wow! And to think I had been putting myself down. Really?!
I
chided myself. How can I give up on me and people still see a lot in me? I
wasn’t going to disappoint myself or anyone anymore. I encouraged myself to
keep being the best I can. The one lesson I’m taking home for the holiday is:
‘Your Character is your magnet, you either attract
the Great minds or otherwise’.
Bravo
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