Some time ago,i was invited for an interview, after introducing myself and what i do, i got to answer other questions, until this question "Who are you" popped up again. And then i got confused, in my mind, i was like, i thought i answered that question in my introduction.
I recently met with the CEO of Nicademia, African's top cartoon producers and we got talking, i told him how i could be of help to them as a writer. I showed him some of my books and somehow i was able to convince him of how i could be of value to Nicademia. as we got talking, his colleagues will come say hi to him and he would introduce me to them. And it never ended at " meet Pamela Mogekwu, a writer and a new addition to Nicademia team" He would go on and on, on how he has seen my books and loved it and how different publishers have published my works and even Macmilian one of African's top publishers. At a point i got uncomfortable, not because what he was saying wasn't true but because i don't know if i have ever spoken about myself the way he did. At a point i felt like carrying him along to functions where i needed to pitch and speak about myself so he could introduce me, because he seemed to be doing a better job than myself. But the truth remains, no body knows me better than myself, so i felt the need to spend time to learn how to introduce myself, so that when i am done, the question "Who are you" wouldn't have to pop up later on.
I have recently gotten to realise that my greatest fear is loosing myself. There are times, i have let my look, how i feel, determine who i am. But doing that will be committing a great error, because who we are is a greater percentage on the inside, it's our mind set. So if you want to have a good knowledge of who you are, you should search inward.
I am very aware of my strengths and weaknesses, but like every human, we are made of strengths and weaknesses but we must let our strengths define us.Refuse to live like a chicken when you are meant to soar high like an eagle. Ladies to boost your self confidence, order my book "Day Of Glory" send a mail to FHpublishers@yahoo.com
