Every room has its benefits…

 

Woman, if you don’t strive for greatness and empower yourself, you will be relevant only in the kitchen, the living room and ‘the other room’. You will never get to the boardroom.”

I wholeheartedly agree with ‘the quoted’.

However, I wish to make us understand that not everyone is destined to end up in the ‘boardroom’ (as most of us understand it) and it is not every woman that desires to tow the ‘boardroom’ path, either.

 Self improvement?

I encourage it but do so at whatever your endeavour in life is.

Not necessarily to end up in the ‘boardroom.’ As the ‘boardroom’ is no yardstick for measuring success in every woman’s life…when you consider that our drives in life differ.

One of the most respected women in history had nothing to do with any ‘boardroom’. She just set out to be charitable to humanity -from her tiny corner of the world. Yet, world leaders acknowledged her efforts. I am talking about St. Teresa of Calcutta.

It is not only the ego of the ‘boardroom’ that should motivate relevance in a woman.

You can gain relevance by making efforts to: be a better human being, understand our world better, be a better home maker, the best hair, dress or shoe maker there is, better teacher, the best charity worker, a better secretary, a better orange seller, etc.

Thus, at every point in your life…you have your own ‘boardroom’ right there in your own corner of the world.

I am compelled to point this out because I understand our reasoning. A housewife that has never had issues with the status quo and probably whom her ‘Oga’ rewards more handsomely than even some ‘boardroom ladder climbers’ can decide to go berserk on a (hitherto) loving husband…after reading certain ‘ginger words’.

I always tell people…before you compare yourself to anybody- be sensible enough to study your individual circumstances.

Where it favours another…it may spell doom for you!

Most of our mothers were not ‘boardroom’ players. Yet, they did marvelous jobs with their economic endeavours (that their generations still benefit from) and still raised children with good heads on the shoulder…something that is fast running out of fashion in this age. In fact, you know most privileged children (whose parents are probably busy in the ‘boardroom’) from their ‘ ill mannered’ disposition.

Come to think of it…

Although, the woman that “the other room” cliche was used on refers to herself as a ‘housewife’…and that (to me) is putting things modestly.

Otherwise, in the ‘Naija’ sense of things…she is actually the most powerful woman in this country, today!

Frankly, if every ‘housewife’ will end up occupying ‘the other room’ of a President…most of us will gladly throw away every ‘boardroom’ ambition for that status.

True that the quote above emanated in the light of the trending “the other room” but let’s learn to put things in their proper perspective before going to the market with certain sentiments.

Believe it or not…some of the ‘ordinary women’ that eventually ended up as occupants of “the other room” of an ‘Oga at the top’ never left the same way they came…economically, at least.

So,’the other room’ (especially that of a ‘correct’ man) is not such a bad place, after all.

May we be rightly guided.

Improve yourself to be the best in your own little corner of the world. Not to fit into anybody’s idea of success.

Every effort you make at becoming a better ‘whoever or whatever you are’ is a success on its own.

Make your relevance radiate in whatever ‘room’ you find yourself. Because every room has its benefits…it depends on the occupant.

Most famous restaurants the world over-started from a housewife’s kitchen!

Frankly…your boardroom is what you make of it.