Growing up, I’ve always had this inner feeling that I needed guidance and support on different aspects of my life. I’d always wonder:“What would I want to be when I grow up”?“What would be the kind of woman I want to be married to?”“Which friends should I have around with me?”
I’m sure that these are questions that a lot of you out there think of as well. I was lucky to bump into quite a number of inspirational people who would want to give me good advice that was absolutely powerful in helping me reach where I am today. The first few of them were my mom, my uncle (her brother), and my sister.
But then I met someone interesting called Ibrahim Mohammed. He was a British businessman, who was sharp, very inquisitiveand had a big personality. I met Ibrahim through friends. He held a senior position looking after investments. At our first meeting, he put me through some very toughquestioning. He asked, what are you doing? Why? How? And he had this strange way of making me feel confident yet completely clueless about whatever I was doing. I saved his name in my phone as “wiseman”.
Mind you, Ibrahim and I weren’t really close friends or anything like that.We’d meet up for coffee every once in a while and he wouldn’t charge me for a sit down with him. But I know for sure that he deserved more than money as a reward for the impact he had on me. He was my Go-To Person. I hope you find yours!
