Convos With Friends

Had a talk with Sam’d Aziiz (aka Coach Sam) who is a pro body builder, current WABA champion in his category and personal fitness coach.

He talks about his decision to drop his footballing ambitions and become a body builder instead as a way of reinventing himself.

He prides himself in his profession as something that “keeps people away from doctors” and his motivation to keep doing it as a sheer desire for a healthy lifestyle.

He also talked about how a healthy lifestyle is important for anyone to be able to do their job properly anyways, and should not be neglected.

On the body building side of things, he mentions that everyone who picks up weights or trains is in fact a body builder, and he also talked about how bodybuilding as a profession is looked down upon and not valued by some people, even though they don’t know what it’s about.

He ends up with fitness tips for anyone who wants to start their journey into fitness.

Reach out to him on Instagram @prince_aziiz or WhatsApp +90 533 883 43 14 for more fitness tips.

Had a conversation with Joshua Okpanachi who is a medical doctor at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Zaria, Nigeria; and he spoke about his journey through medical school and how it was important for him to work with others and mentors. He mentioned how he has "always wanted to be a doctor" right from when he was a kid.

He also talked about how difficult it is to lose patients in the ward and how it could be emotionally draining, but he still does it well, as he feels he has got something to offer the community he is in by serving them in that way.

He interestingly related the tough exams that had to be taken in Medical school and the failure that comes with it sort of trained him to withstand tough situations like a patient dying and then pick himself up and go take care of the next patient.

Doctors have come to appreciate human life and in fact "All the arguments are pointless at the time of death".

You may contact him on Instagram to learn more about him or ask for guidance @that_lil_josh

Had a conversation with Ibrahim Isaac who is the CEO of Frontdreams. He owns a company that specializes in web solutions and digital marketing. We spoke about his journey to being the CEO and the challenges he has faced up until this point. He has come to realize that being the CEO isn't about being a boss.

Spoke to Ebuka Mordi who is a professional freelance photographer about his journey in this career. He describes himself as a creative person who values moments and loves that photography helps him capture and share these moments. He explained how he started and gave some advice on how to go about getting into photography. He also has a course on Skillshare where he teaches people photography. Please check it out https://www.skillshare.com/user/ebukamordi

In this episode, had a chill conversation with Samuel Ikanyi, famously known as R3DLIGHT, who is a music producer and music enthusiast about the state of music and how there is a very unpopular community around EDM music in Nigeria. He explained how he started to go into music production initially as a hobby and now something he sees doing full time.

Talked to Chimobi about his journey into freelance photography. He revealed details about how he got into photography as a whole and how his friends played a part in encouraging him to start. He also gave some tips about starting and the one that stood out was ‘the best camera is the one you have’ you can find his page on Instagram @alphamaxphotography.

Had a casual convo with Temi who is a Cyber security consultant and tech enthusiast on her career and her journey so far. She mentioned the steps she took in order to get into her career and how it wasn’t a path she studied at the university for. She also said how she’s come to realise that progressing in career is not all about the technical aspect of work but also has to do with soft skills and how well one can build relationship at work.

I talked to Victor Amupitan who has been working professionally as a software engineer for 3 years now and he shared with us how it is like being in his career. He joked at being labelled a tech bro despite not liking the label it’s actually true that he spends most of his time working on tech. He expressed how he has been able to be passionate about tech and having a career in it as well. He said he likes the fact that he has been able to work on projects that have been used by a lot of people.

In this episode, Ozie talks to us about his struggles trying to navigate school and learning. He expresses his pain while doing a course he felt he was supposed to do as drowning up until a point that he realized, that's actually not what he was supposed to do. He also talked about how tough the decision was because he was scared of how people will view him. All in all he has now finally understood what learning was all about and aims to help younger people make more informed decisions earlier.

In this episode, we have Sambo tell us what he success in education means to him, and how it means the ability to actually implement knowledge learned. He tells us how most people would associate getting a degree to being educated, and that's however not the case as it turns out more people are looking to technical skills than just a degree. He also points out that he enjoys the networking part of school as most of the friends and connections he has made came from being at the school.