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The African Giantess – Ngozi Okonjo Iweala

One week into her new job as the seventh director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment as head of the 26-year-old global trade body remains historic, especially for women worldwide who aspire to leave a positive mark on global trade history.

Her current assignment at The WTO has been celebrated by Nigeria, Africa and women all over the world for many reasons. First is that she is the first woman to be on the seat, shattering the glass ceiling, first African, first black woman and all, disregarding all stereotypes, and negative profiles.

“I absolutely do feel an additional burden. I can’t lie about that,” Okonjo-Iweala told reporters during the first press conference in her new job.”

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is incredibly accomplished and brilliant. She rose through the ranks at the World Bank over two decades to become the 2nd most senior person. She navigated the international landscape engaging stakeholders across multiple organizations to drive impact. As a two-time Finance Minister under two different Presidents. She brought innovation to her role as Nigerian finance minister, launching many programs to bring transparency and reduce corruption.

What’s more, she’s someone who is highly regarded by everyone. Everyone speaks about her with a level of admiration that is constant, which is saying something. Now, as head of the WTO, we can be sure she will continue to strive for impact and do things differently.

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How Elon Musk went from being bullied to making $25 billion in a day

Elon Musk is the second entrepreneur in silicon valley who created three companies with a market cap of $1 billion or more with PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX.

Elon Musk rosed from being bullied to becoming the richest billionaire. Being the Firstborn of a South African father and a Canadian mother who got divorced when he was 9 by the way. He is always interested in books. His dad said, “he used to read books even while he was at a party.” He taught himself programming and developed a game at the age of 12 and sold it to a company for a price of $500.”

he finished his studies at the University of Pennsylvania, earning degrees in physics and economics, he started a Ph.D programme in Applied Physics at Stanford University which is very prestigious but he dropped out just after two days to start a new company. He and his brother borrowed $28000 from their father and launched a company called Zip2. To save rent and other expenses he used to sleep in his company office and took showers in a near gym. Four years later they sold their company to Compaq for $307 million in cash and $34 million in stock, this is how Elon Musk gets his start he received $22 million for his 7% stake from the sale.

Later he started another company called X.com and it merged with its competitor and turned into PayPal where he got fired as CEO. Later eBay acquired it for $1.5 billion. This is where Elon Musk got rich, he got $165 million from the deal.

Elon Musk is the Founded SpaceX, The Boring Company, CEO of Tesla Motors, CEO of Neuralink, Chairman of SolarCity and Co-chairman of OpenAI. From an Immigrant to Advisor of the US President. From failure to Success. Now Elon Musk Net Worth is $174.1 billion.

He never gives up on anything. he once said

“My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.” Japanese samurais won’t let their enemies kill them if they can’t win a battle they will kill themselves with their blade.

This “never give up attitude” brought him immeasurable success. Not only that but also he is a hard worker, He works 80-100 hours a week. This 49-year-old Business Magnet is the partial inspiration for the movie character “Iron Man” played by Robert Downey Jr. He is a stutterer, he stutters a lot while he is speaking, but the crowd usually laughs and waited for him to speak. If you’re successful, people will ignore your shortcomings.

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THE WOMAN WHO BROKE THREE RECORDS – KAMALA HARRIS

In the past, many factors had been identified as inhibiting women’s upwardly mobile aspirations such as culture and marriage.

However, women have been challenged in recent times by prevailing circumstances to rise to the occasion.

Many women have endeavored to translate the concepts of their dreams into actualities. Women like Okonjo Iweala of Nigeria, Jane Fraser of the United States, Nicke Widyawati of Indonesia, Ho Ching of Singapore among others.

Only recently, the African American-born unicorn who has distinguished herself as Attorney General in California and Senator in America from 2017 to 2021 has made a giant stride and became America’s 46th vice president.

In her new role as 49th Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala D. Harris set three records as the first South Asian American Vice President of the USA, the first Black Vice President of the USA, and the first female Vice President of the USA.

She hopes that her experience and Vice Presidency will inspire future generations to follow their dreams.

“To the children of our country, regardless of your gender, our country has sent you a clear message: Dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and see yourself in a way that others might not see you, simply because they’ve never seen it before. And we will applaud you every step of the way,” Harris said during her Vice President-elect Acceptance Speech.

Women have shown they can excel in professions which were thought to be the exclusive preserves of men in the arts, sciences, politics, engineering, entertainment and many others.

Given more opportunities as expected, the world requires the joint effort and contributions of both men and women to be better.

Madam Kamala Harris has proven that women can achieve a lot if properly motivated.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MAY 11: Former First Lady Michelle Obama attends 'Becoming: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama' at State Farm Arena on May 11, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Self-Doubt and Fear as the Michelle Felt Before Releasing Becoming

Michelle Obama believes in herself and she encourages people to bare the truest version of themselves for the entire world to accept or leave behind. The secret of her success is that she is true to herself, she is original.

However, she revealed that everyone experiences self-doubt, regardless of their achievements. But staying real and true to yourself will help you become successful and fulfilled. You can be more inspired and motivated by her book, BECOMING. You can get your copy from amazon.com

Wenetly will be giving out some free copies to some active followers on this platform.