Quiet excellence is often missed because it isn’t legible. Dear Reader, A senior manager once skimmed my CV and said, “I can see what you did. I can’t see what it was worth.” It stung—because it was true. Many leaders scan fast; if the value isn’t obvious, they move on. Research shows initial resume screens can take only a few seconds, which means clarity has to hit immediately. Maybe you’ve felt this too—pages of precise tasks, yet the impact gets lost in the noise. The fix isn’t hype. It’s...

Maybe your best work is still sitting in a 60-page report. Dear Reader, If you’ve ever thought, “I did the work—why does no one see it?” you’re not alone. Most leaders won’t read the report you spent days perfecting. They scan in seconds, looking for the decision line and the signal that matters right now. That’s why I use a simple packaging rule that changed my career: 1–6–2. 1 page for leaders – the decision, the context in one breath, and the impact. 6 slides for peers – problem → approach...

Dear Reader, The restaurant was loud. My hands were shaking... I slid a four-year plan across the table. July 2008. Final year of university in Owerri, Nigeria. I was broke and short on prospects—except for one thing: a North Star I could see so clearly it felt like memory. In my notebook I wrote a page titled “Four-Year Plan” It had five elements: Win a scholarship Study abroad Work for two years and save Return to Nigeria and marry my sweetheart Bring her abroad—all within four years We’d...