A lot of questions were asked and the responses were power-packed.
Kudos to our Host and Co-host: Ayopelumi and Oladepo Praise and to our panelists: Tolulope Oguntayo, Oyediran Samuel, Stella Arowolo, and Ekundayo Oluwadamilare for the beautiful sections.
The virtual class kicks off with Ayopelumi talking about how the origin of the topic came to be. She said the inspiration for the topic was brought about by the global strike affecting the university student and what would be the next step to make things happen and to make young minds like you and I have relevance in this evolving world.
She continued the segment by asking our panelists her first question.
QUESTION: How will you define purpose and how has purpose helped you develop your global relevance so far?
Tolulope Oguntayo answered the question first saying “ I am a Christian and I would relate the definition of purpose to Christianity.”
She continued by saying Purpose discovery can be found in and outside God, he has deposited your purpose inside you and it’s left to you to discover it.
She ended her answer by advising young minds not to mix purpose with career because discovering your purpose comes with clarity and clarity has helped her achieve her purpose.
Ekundayo Oluwadamilare continued from where she stopped by also mentioning God.
Saying “I asked God why I was here on earth?” He stated that God made him focus on the right thing.
He ended by saying purpose discovery lets you do the right thing.
Ayopelumi the Host continued from there and asked the second question.
QUESTION: How do you manage your time with purpose discovery?
Arowolo Stella answered the question joyfully saying “Doing the right things that align to your purpose helps you do the right thing and manage your time rightly.”
She stated that once you don’t know your purpose, you won’t be able to manage your time.
Oyediran Samuel continued from where she stopped saying “Time management depends on self-discipline.”
He further stated that you can manage your time well by making use of TRELLO (Trello is a project management app) for your task and setting an alarm to back it up, you can also make notes of your schedule for the following day because that will make you prioritize and help you filter out the relevant task and the ones that aren’t relevant.
He ended by saying “When you grow, you lose friends, and don’t be worried as the friends you lose are not aligned with your purpose.”
Ayopelumi continued by asking another interesting question.
QUESTION: Tell us about competence development, the things you are doing in developing competence, how you have been developing competence, and how this has influenced you.
Ekundayo Oluwadamilare started by saying “Competence Development is Capacity Development, Capacity Development is Personal Development.”
He continued by saying “Responsibility will stretch out your potential; Get yourself doing something productive.”
Ekundayo ended it all by saying he took up responsibility and initiative from people, which has helped him discover his global relevance.
Tolulope Oguntayo picked up from there by saying “ Have it at the back of your mind that learning never ends. If you are doing something and you are getting fired then you need to go back to the place of learning.”
She further stated that “In building global competence you should understand that learning never ends.” If you see people in your field doing perfectly well and you want to achieve the same, you have to ask yourself, do they stop learning? So never stop learning.
She ended by saying In competence building you have to learn to check yourself, If you want to build your competence, you must know how to make research.
Samuel Oyediran also has something to say, he said: “Skills are not the certificate you get but the ability to do a work the right way.”
He continued by saying your skills are the professional expertise that will bring out your Global Relevance and if you want to develop global relevance, you need to know what you want.
When Samuel was asked about how he developed his Global Relevance, he said and I quote “I don’t joke with networking, any program I join I make sure I have something to offer.”
He also backed what Tolulope Oguntayo said by saying “never stop learning if you want to develop your global relevance.”
He further stated that youths should focus on the process of Competence Development because the process is like a map and you must have a track record first.
He ended by saying “Know what you want in this world, though you will be used but it will be your strength.”
Oladepo Praise the Co-host continued from there by asking a powerful question.
QUESTION: What are the pot-holes to avoid in building competence?
Tolulope Oguntayo made a straight answer saying “Avoid pressure as you go into the Global Relevance”
I agree with her and I believe with how things her in this world, we should avoid pressure.
Oladepo praise forwards her next question to Ekundayo Oluwadamilare.
Question: What are your definition of friendship and the effect of a relationship in building an impactful life?
Ekundayo Oluwadamilare answered by saying “Friendship is coming together of like minds that have the same alignment of work and doings”
He further stated by supporting Samuel on his point which says “you tend to lose your friends as you grow” but be rest assured that it’s a major thing of growth as the friends you lose do not align with your work and doings.
Oladepo praise directed her 3rd question to Oyediran Samuel.
Question: Impact of environment on Global Relevance.
Oyediran Samuel answered by saying “Environment matters and what you see matters. You need to see the bigger picture in any environment you find yourself.
Oladepo praise asked Stella Arowolo another question.
QUESTION: For Introverts, what advice do you have for them in developing global relevance?
Stella Arowolo said and I quote “Attract value to yourself because value attracts value.”
She further stated that value is never silent and there is always a platform for you to explore what you are doing for people to discover you even as an introvert.
With that, we came to the end of the panelist questions and answers segment, and the floor was opened for the participant to ask their questions.
Participants asked a lot of questions and they got their responses. Among the participant, we have Peter Adeleke’s question.
Question: How do you decide what to focus on as a multitalented person?
Ekundayo Oluwadamilare responded by saying “You need to build competence and strength first on a major thing then you pick one at a time to further develop yourself.”
Tolulope Oguntayo added saying “You can decide what to focus on by making use of the necessity and important analysis.”
With that, we came to the end of day one and I believe you agree with me you missed a lot if you were not part of us.
The program continues tomorrow, another chance to join our panelists and bring those questions you have about Global Relevance.
Same time, the same place. See you soon.
Responsibility will stretch out your potential; Get yourself doing something productive.