The Greatest Achievement is Understanding that you’re Invaluable and Indispensable to Yourself

I have this unalloyed confidence and bold optimism about life. I believe that Ndubuisi is unshakeable whose self-esteem must not be connected to any title, money or any achievement in life. Because Ndubuisi tries to decouple Ndubuisi from marginal things, I am never under stress when I dream, and come short, because “things” will not change who Ndubuisi is.

I grew up with this Igbo axiom – “ndu ka ihe eji azu ya” [life is more than anything required to sustain it]. As a kid, I tried to think deeper into those words of wisdom. In other words, anything I do, cannot be more than ME.

If you want to have a more fulfilling career, work hard to decouple your workplace, your work title, your awards, etc from you the Person. If you do that, even if things do not work out sometimes (things happen), you will not feel miserable.

Above everything you do, finding how to VALUE yourself as a person, unconditioned by titles, achievements, etc, will bring peace and calm in you. Indeed, the greatest achievement is understanding that you’re invaluable and indispensable to yourself.

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