Success Insights From a Late Night Speech
A handful of lessons from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichieβs Yale Universityβs 2019 Class Day Speech.
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It was late Sunday night. Both of us have been busy from late the previous night. The early hours of the new day of a new week were rapidly counting up. The FM radio station on the phone was on. I joined her to listen to a lively ministration from a Christian pastor. After the pastorβs message, without a break, a recorded speech from a female speaker came on.
Neither her name nor the title of the speech were introduced, but we were all ears as her clear and articulate voice relentlessly broke through the stillness of the night. Who could this mesmerizing speaker be? I already had a guess on my mind. Less than 30 minutes later, the speech was over. Googling her name along with the name of the university mentioned in her speech, her name and the speech soon flashed up on my screen. I guessed correctly.
Besides listening to some of her Ted Talk speeches, I have bought and read several of Nigerian acclaimed writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichieβs novels ββ¦
