YALI RLC: My Experience (Day 31)

A lot, too, was done on this day, especially after Mr. Kappo's early morning nuggets. Dr. Pascal took over and continued from where he stopped on Monday.

He talked extensively on 'Personal Branding'. He started by saying, "one can never maximize oneself by minimizing someone else". He said, there are some things we as leaders should do and shouldn't expect to be appreciated. He then asked us to give ourselves a brand. Many of us came up with fantastic brands. It was really wonderful. My own brand was, "challenging status quos". He further requested we do a SWOT analysis of ourselves, which we did. He stated that, "when preparation meets opportunity, success becomes inevitable". He said, too, contrary to the views of many of us, that the reason a CV is needful is for one to be called for an interview; nothing more, nothing less, nothing else. Then he took some time out to enlighten us on how a standard or generally acceptable CV should look like. Questions were posed afterwards; answers were given eventually.

After lunch, we got back to the lecture hall to continue with the simulation processes. We even did some mock presentation, which led to Dr. Pascal rephrasing the questions to be answered time and time again. We later got back to the lecture hall after dinner to prepare better for the following day's presentation which was final.

Mr. Jasper got back with a few others from Ghana. He was also instrumental to making sure the presentation becomes a success.

It was a long day, full of activities. That's how the 24th day of October, 31st of NC3 ended!

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