Author: Israel Ekanem

I can’t draw or paint for shit. I try but meh. I find it funny when people that can draw go … “oh, drawing is so easy, you just have to practice”. Maybe. But I have practised and my stick man looks a mess! That said, I do believe we are all artists in our own right. There are things we love and we love making that could be seen as artistic. It could be cooking, singing, writing, learning; that thing we can do that brings smiles not just to us but to everyone else that sees it is our art. We should make it and make lots of it. #LessonsWithAKing

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When you are given the opportunity to, make sure you go big. By going big, what I mean is this: go just a bit extra than expected. Opportunities are not  #LessonsWithAKing

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We do so much. We are always on. Phones. Emails. Zoom meetings. On and on. What we need to do from time to time is to take a step back and sit down. Yup, in some cases literally but I mean more taking the time to rest and breathe. We need to relax because going all out is a fast track to breaking down. So yeah, go fast but make sure you take time off to sit down and gather yourself together. Rest. #LessonsWithAKing

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I always feel like, somebody’s watching me… remember that song? Well, we live in a world where if anyone wants to and they have the time, resources required, they can keep you in constant surveillance. Our phones are pretty much tracking devices, yet we can’t live without them, right? Well, we have to accept this is the world we live in now. So what do we do? Go dark? Toss your phone? Stay off the internet? No. I believe we should just live our lives with the knowledge that everything we do is public and we should be comfortable with who we are, our truth. It gives you such ease of mind. Try it and you’ll see for yourself. #LessonsWithAKing

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It isn’t fun to do but we have to; “it” being marketing ourselves. We have to find the best way to say, this is who we are, this is what we do, this is why we love doing the things we do. People prefer buying things from other people than from “something”. Don’t be so out of reach; get comfortable with interacting with the people you work with, deal with, sell to, clients, friends. This is me. This is who I am. #LessonsWithAKing

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