Ikanna Okim

I’ve often been commended for speaking to small audiences with as much passion as one would have speaking to 10,000 people. I smile, receive the commendation and move because I know where that comes from. It’s not artificial. It stems from a deeper commitment to never be concerned about numbers; from the awareness that one is as good as a hundred; to recognize that one person is incredibly special, important and worth the investment.

I saw a post somewhere where someone said that getting 30 likes on a post, after all the stress with creating content, was discouraging. 30 people? THIRTY PEOPLE?? If 30 people gathered around you in a small room to listen to what you have to say, would that not be significant enough?

I get it. I get that numbers can be monetized and can improve your status and yada yada yada, but that right there is the problem. We undermine the impact of impacting ‘just’ 30 people. Those 30 people have networks. They have families. They speak to people. They interact with people in the market, offices, churches, mosques and cultural groups. You can potentially impact the whole world starting with 30 people.

The Christian church started with 1 God-man who had 12 disciples and guess what? At some point, we see numbers like 120, and then 3000. That is expected from a faith whose progenitor would leave the 99 to go after the 1 lost sheep. The power of deep understanding of the importance of “one”.

Where am I going with this? Just do your thing. Appreciate the opportunity to touch one life and recognise that everyone is special.

Fun fact: the numbers come when you’re not looking.

June ‘25.

What a time of my life!

Tomorrow, I’ll be talking to the most versatile generation on how to be confused ‘properly’.

I’ll unpack that at the program. Join me! 🙂

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On Sunday, I’ll be doing what I know to do best - igniting fire in young people and painting the big picture of excellence in their minds.

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