Bukola Oriola

Author| Advocate| Mentor| Entrepreneur

An international presentation in video

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This is an international presentation in video request that I received some weeks ago via Facebook. My sincere gratitude goes to the End-Time Helpers Ministry in Lagos, Nigeria for contacting me to give a presentation at their one day seminar today.

I have presented at several churches over the years about human trafficking, but this is my first presentation at a church event where I had to actually open the Bible for my illustration.

My topic focused on “Overcoming Financial and Academic Challenges” because I was told that the event was for the youth, although, there were various ago groups present at the event.

Thanks to my sister and coordinator in Nigeria, Anuoluwapo Ogunmola, she represented me at the event. My dress was also designed by her through her company, House of Fancy.

Overcoming Financial and Academic Challenges

I shared three ways to “Overcoming Financial and Academic Challenges, using the story of Isaac in Genesis 26: 1 – 35. The three ways are:

  1. Maintain a silent spirit: According to Norman Vincent Peale, practicing 15 minutes of silence daily can help you get direction in your challenges or answers to your questions.
  2. Look for opportunities: Challenges are avenues for creative opportunities. Rather than feeling sad about a challenges, pay attention to the opportunity that might be available in that challenge.
  3. Don’t give up: I read a quote while recording my weekly motivational show on YouTube called, Monday Motivation with Bukola. I read a quote from Brainy Quotes that says, “our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time,” (Thomas E. Edison). From, Edison’s quote, you will realize that giving up is a great challenge to human kind. So, to overcome any type of challenge, whether it is financial, academic, or any other challenge for that matter, the solution is not to give up.

You can watch the video below.

Remember, the month of October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Reach out for help or help someone to reach out for help today. Call the national domestic violence hotline at 1-800-799-7233 | 1-800-787-3224 (TTY).

If you haven’t already done so, join me to support survivor empowerment with my book, A Living Label today. Buy your copy here. Together, we can empower survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and Female Genital Mutilation (FMG).

Thanks for reading. I hope to talk to you again through my blogs. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please, send me a note – fill out the contact form. I want to hear from you. You can also get my recent posts by signing up to receive updates.

Bye for now, until next time.

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Money allows you to achieve – Mary Kay Consultant

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In the next edition of Monday Motivation with Bukola, A Mary Kay Consultant, Jayne A. Marion will explain how, “it’s not that money brings you happiness but money helps you to achieve a lot of things for your family.”

The future sales director of Mary Kay has maintained the first position in the Allison Unit from 2010 until 2016.

Marion started her Mary Kay business in May 2009, after a successful career with AT&T. That was ten years after searching for the perfect career in which she could be truly “passionate” about.

Although, she wrestled with the decision to leave her current salaried position, Marion took a leap of faith  in the opportunity available with the cosmetics company. She considered a chance to have the flexibility of working from home  and launched her Mary Kay business with $100.

Marion began her Mary Kay business while working full time to get her product at 50% discount. Within three months, she had 40 customers and promoted herself within the first month of her new part-time business.

Three years later, she left her full time position. “I have a great passion to enjoy the flexibility to be MY OWN BOSS and PAY myself what I am worth with a part time position!! A Mary Kay business allows family dreams to come true! It’s not that money brings happiness, but it allows you to achieve things for your family!”

Marion has promoted herself three times and is currently a “Team Leader!” She has consistently earned the STAR Consultant title each and every quarter since starting with Mary Kay while managing a full time career! Jayne has been recognized as the Queen of Sales in the Allison All-Stars Unit for the last six years. In 2014, Marion earned the National Court of Sales recognition and earned her first 14 Karat gold and diamond and quartz ring from Mary Kay.

“I have earned many beautiful prizes but the most important is earning my customers and team members trust. This business brings me great joy when I can help my customers with their fun makeovers and teaching my team members how to develop their own business or developing them into their potential,” Marion said.

Her next goal is to “earn a shiny BLACK BMW….and earning the title of DIRECTOR in 2016!”

Marion has earned the title of Mary Kay Foundation Ambassador, helping to raise funds to support fighting cancers in women and raising awareness on domestic violence issues.

You can contact Jayne Marion at:

Email: jmarion2@marykay.com

Call or Text: 612-720-8903

Website: www.marykay.com/jmarion2

Money allows you to achieve – Mary Kay Consultant

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SMART goals for networking

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Networking guru, DeShondra Brown, founder of enRich Solo, has suggested the need to have SMART goals for networking. She made this declaration last night on Monday Motivation with Bukola during a Live broadcast on Google Hangouts on Air. According to Brown, 80 per cent of job opportunities are secured through network while only 20 per cent are secured through advertisements.

Brown emphasized the need to build specific, measurable and attainable networking goals to  be able to take advantage of various opportunities in our career, professional, and personal life. She noted that we need to building relationships that offers mutual benefits. In going into new relationships, the networking guru encouraged us to have something to offer in other to benefit from the relationships that we are going into. She frowns against just taking from relationships rather than giving and taking.

She also cautioned against taking a “no” response negatively. Rather, she encouraged us to accept a “no” response in a positive feedback that could result in our heart desire in the future. Sharing her personal experience, the double bachelor’s degree holder stated that she was recently hired as an adjunct professor at the same university where she had been previously rejected.

Set SMART goals for Networking: Work the Net

In providing strategies to building key relationships, Brown recently launched a digital Networking course called Work the Net. According to Brown, “the course to help you to Review, Reveal and Revive your Networking skills.” She added, “A key component to obtaining visions and goals is through building lucrative relationships and this course will help you to do just that once you have completed the course.”

An opportunity for survivors

As a survivor of human trafficking or domestic violence, you could use this skill as an opportunity for you to project yourself as a subject matter expert in your community. You might also use it as a way to find the right contacts to leverage your career opportunities in other fields of your choice.

You can enroll for the course on her website, Work the Net  or just click the link http://bit.ly/1UD7J2w or https://enrich-solo.thinkific.com/courses/work-the-net

You can also contact DeShondra Brown at enrichsolollc@gmail.com.

What the full video below.

Thanks for reading. I hope to talk to you again through my blogs. If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please, send me a note – fill out the contact form. I want to hear from you. You can also get my recent posts by signing up to receive updates.

Bye for now, until next time.

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How to start a popular blog

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How to start a popular blog does not have to be a difficult task. In fact, it can be a fun task if you focus on what you are passionate about. It can also be a way to share inspirational stories that may be helpful to someone else.

If you are already a writer or love to write, blogging will not be too tasking for you. In fact, you you are already on social media sites like Facebook, where you post regularly, then starting your own blog will be a smooth process. I have seen many posts on Facebook pages and thought, “this is a post for a website or blog site.

You can write 300 words and post with pictures that may end up becoming a popular blog. Remember, “picture speaks a thousand words.” Sometimes, it is the picture that will keep someone on your site. If you are a person that likes to take pictures, begin a blog or website to talk about your pictures. You can talk about why you took the picture. You might be surprised to see a local or national brand show interest in your picture. Vanessa Lambert of What would you Wear once had a picture used by a brand, according to a blog report on CNBC. She made her money out of it by asking the brand to pay her for using her image without her consent.

How to start a popular blog that makes money

Initially, you may feel that there is no way to make money from your blog, but bloggers like Lambert felt the same way at the initial stage of their blogging career. She said in a post by CNBC that, “When I first started, I didn’t even know you could make money,” said Lambert. “Now my blog is an actual business and my source of income.” The article by Hayley Phelan on the CNBC’s website, entitled, The Power of the Mid-Tier Blogger showed how Lambert and some other popular bloggers have been able to make steady stream of income using their blog platform.

An opportunity for survivors and new bloggers

Starting a blog can be a great opportunity for survivors of human trafficking, domestic violence, or any other kinds of crime. This will give you an a chance to be on the driver’s seat of your story or experience. For example, it can be an avenue to share just what you want to share. It can also serve as an avenue to talk to members of your community, law makers, faith based organizations, NGOs and anybody interested in your cause.




It is also an opportunity to educate the public from your own perspective. You may be surprised by who your readers and followers will be when you open up such a platform to keep the public abreast of what is happening in your community, or what you want to see happen in your community.

As a community member, who is passionate about a cause, starting a blog can serve as a avenue to share your thoughts.

Starting your blog with $0 – Blogger vs. WordPress

If is interesting to learn that you can actually start your blog that looks like a professional website with $0.  Blogger is my number one choice. I have chosen blogger over WordPress because it is much easier to set up and also more friendly when you want to start earning from the site. With WordPress, you have to have a self hosted WordPress site to be able to apply for Google Adsense for example, which is kind of revenue opportunity for a beginner’s blog. However, if you choose Google Blogger, you will not need to worry about that because Blogger is a Google product. All you will need to focus on to get approved is producing content on your site.

You can create a website like one of the ones listed below with Blogger.

I have put together a course to show how to start your blog with $0. You can join others to learn how to start your own blog today without worrying about paying for templates or hosting your website or blog site here.



Inspiration from a business coach

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Monday Motivation with Bukola Join me for inspiration from a business coach on another edition of Monday Motivation with Bukola on Monday, June 13, 2016 at 5:30 AM CST.

I will be featuring Bob Abramson from Michigan. He is an award winning journalist, lawyer, and business coach. His byline appeared on the front page of USA Today’s sports section on July 1, 1994 and is an award-winning professional sportswriter for seven years.
Voted the top investigative reporter in the state of Ohio by the Associated Press for his newspaper division, Abramson co-authored a book on Michigan football’s 1997 national championship run in 1998 which sold 15,000 copies.

Abramson furthered his career by going to law school and has been practicing law for the past 11 years. His excellence in his legal career and ability to bring in business earned him a shareholder status in his law.

As a business coach, Abramson now owns his own company, Light A Fire In Your Business, where he teaches business professionals and entrepreneurs how to find, land, and retain clients.

The entertaining public speaker has been trained by one of the best speakers in the country, Bo Eason.

Your inspiration from a business coach starts here

He is launching his next book, entitled, “Wow Your Clients. How To Land Clients and Build Long-Term Relationships” this fall.
Get Abramson’s FREE three-part video series on how to Light A Fire In Your Business here.

 

Contact Bob Abramson

Website: www.bobabramson.com
Email: Bob@bobabramson.com

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Get a copy of the international best selling book by Bukola Oriola, A Living Label: An Inspirational Memoir and Guide.   Book Description: A Living Label is a memoir that documents some of the struggles and triumphs of the author as a survivor of labor trafficking and domestic violence in the U.S. Bukola Oriola’s goal is to inspire hope in other survivors that they can turn their lives around positively, regardless of what difficulty they might have passed through. She also provides practical solutions to the government, service providers, NGOs, and the general public on how to effectively engage with survivors, to value them as the subject matter experts they are. As someone who has dedicated her life to empowering other survivors, she has decided to contribute the proceeds from the book sales to survivors’ education or their businesses, starting with 100 survivors in the United States, Nigeria and Kenya. She believes that survivors want to be independent and contribute to their communities, and she wants to help survivors achieve this dream. Learn more from the inspiring author, Book Bukola now!
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