Inspirationals: Voke Ogedegbe, Bare Your Truth

Why do successful people lie?
Why do successful people always say "I don't sleep more than 4 hours daily"?
Who do successful people say "I was so poor one time I went hungry for weeks"

I'm lost. Why do we have to lie about our success stories however they maybe?
What's appealing about the tales of loss, pain, suffering, penury, hurt and tears?
Why do we crave sympathy from the world when we become successful?

Even people who became successful as a result of sheer luck want to tell tales of how hard they prayed and stayed awake before their betnaija slip ticket finally paid off.

Let's bare our truths, let's come clean on how we made it, not every story should be inspiring to every soul, not every story should be laced with pains and hurts.

When we get lucky, let's admit it.
When smart work pays, let's give it credit without going all cliché "hardwork pays"

#BareYourTruth

VORKAY!!

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