So you basically were bringing your experiences out to the world through your performances, educating and spreading the word on Lagos even before the release of the album,.
This will make you look and feel confident, which will shine through in your performance.
Read through your last performance appraisal as part of your interview preparation.
Become a little more diligent and try to get back into your boss's good books through your improved performance.
Acknowledge people's fears rather than feeling self-pity or irritation; they need reassurance that you will work well, so give them that reassurance through your good performance.
"I believe we are in a top-level competition and you earn your right through the quality of your performance rather than your place of birth," he said.
You have to emotionally put your back to the wall and kind of trick yourself, so to speak, to feel that there's no other option but to perform and to battle, when you have that, when you have that mindset, your performance shines through, your talent shines through.
If you work in a CSR department, lead a purpose-driven enterprise or are encouraging higher sustainability performance through your operations, now is a good time to ask how deeply sustainability runs in your company's DNA.
The thoughts that go through your head in a performance... the places you go to in that space... there is nothing like it.
