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Michael Taiwo
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Michael Taiwo
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Unlocking the real story behind the story. Social Entrepreneur. Engineering PhD, @UArkansas. Chief Volunteer @MtScholarships. EB1-A/EB-2 NIW/O-1A. Here to help.
- A co-worker on year 5 watching you walk in on day 1 with a smile.
- My daughter is 13 today. I don get teenager. To think she was born after my PhD…time flies.
- There was this colleague I got close with when I first joined Shell. And part of the reason we were close was because every day, for about 15 – 30 minutes, she would tell me all about her upcoming daughter’s wedding. It would be my first American wedding, so it was fascinating toWhat is the biggest culture shock you have ever witnessed?
- The wrong environment will shrink your potential. Stay too long, and you'll start mistaking survival for success.
- I recently found some long lost cousins. Since they found me, it has been billing pro max. I think I will lose them again. Abeg.
- Nigerians abroad, with everything you now know, do you honestly think staying in Naija would’ve been better?
- We are not yet serious as a country. They took videos, posted it online, asking for a large sum of money...this should be the easiest puzzle ever for a security outfit to solve.WATCH: Afenifere Youth Leader Pleads For Life As Kidnappers Set N100Million Ransom Deadline for Monday 3PM
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00:00 - One of my mentees just started at an IOC in Nigeria with a 155 Million Naira pay. He is 22. Good start.Some people are so lucky; their first job ever is in Oil&Gas
- The first big money I ever earned in my life was a ₦225,000 Chevron Scholarship towards the end of my 2nd year in college. I gave ₦25,000 as tithe, I gave a classmate ₦12,000 to pay for sickle cell treatment of his sister, I gave fellow struggling students like me differentBe sincere — can you really pay ₦20M as tithe if you earn ₦200M monthly ?
- I paid my assistant her salary today, and she said, "Sir, you really don’t have to pay me this early. I still have enough money to last me more than two months." And I was like, Madam, show me way o.😂
