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Izu's avatar

Needed to read this .... resigned from a job ending Dec 2023 because they refused to give me a bonus I worked tirelessly for ... forward to yesterday I received a message asking if I was available to come help with an audit on the same project....* laughs in remote job in a far away land *

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Fashion Forward's avatar

As chaotic as it all seems,I learnt something worthwhile from this.

Thanks for being the wonderful person that you are,Hauwa. 🫂🫂

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Aramide's avatar

See ehn

Like why are you helping me to argue my ethnicity. Totally loved the write up today

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Gift's avatar

I saw this yesterday but I starred it for today’s read cos it’s yours and your emails are always refreshing to go through

I quit my job of over 6 years on the 31st last year for similar reasons

I’m still lost but I know it’ll only get better, at least now I have time to create and grab opportunities. Unlike my last, I was going in circles 🫂🫂🍫

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Tolu  Abe's avatar

Brilliant as always! I love your letters and this one was just really encouraging for me as a creative. More dollar gigs for you this year!!!

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Daniel Piper's avatar

Many thanks for this. Even a brilliantly prolific and successful author such as myself needs to read something like this every now and again.

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Daniel Piper's avatar

Great comment.

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Temitope's avatar

One of those days you think you were naturally made unlucky😩

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neena maiya's avatar

That’s right. Know your worth.

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Naheemah Rahjee's avatar

I really needed to hear this, thank you!

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HA's avatar

It be the ones that should know better that do this. I once had a toxic boss like this, would smile to your face and undermine you at every turn. Even make you offers and suggestions that you'd have to ask yourself if he's insane or you look mad for him to have the audacity to say this. Here are some hugs 🤗 🤗 🤗 🫂🫂🫂. I'm glad you recognize see finish when you see it, I hope the "perfumed" guy allowed you to get back your train of thought 🤔. Be well

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Ayomide's avatar

Love it❤️❤️❤️

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Marc Typo's avatar

Never opened an email so quickly. Love your work. We are too precious and too brilliant to be giving away our gifts for free.

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Olanike's avatar

Funny how I was still talking to one of my friends about it this morning....Thank you for this Hauwa 💓

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Suzanneh's avatar

You didn't whip his head?

Thank you for this, Hauwa. I've been thinking about my life as a creative, wondering if I did the wrong thing by bypassing "platform" gigs last year.

This was reassuring.

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Ebunilo Chizoba Catherine's avatar

Platform gigs?

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Suzanneh's avatar

1year later because I was off here. I mean people who request for your services and hope to pay you via, “we are giving you a platform”

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Franklin Sasha's avatar

Hauwa's newsletter came at the right time,where i was contemplating my self worth...thank you for always being my role model

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blackie🌑's avatar

Audacity!!!

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