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Adebayo Ilerioluwa's avatar

Thanks for sharing this well detailed guide to finding and telling our stories. Will definitely try to answer the question “What matters most to you, and why?” and share what I discover on my substack. Great Job 👏

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Arinze Obiezue's avatar

Thanks a lot for reading, Adebayo! Good luck with answering that question. I hope it does for you what it did for me 😊

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Christabel's avatar

When I was applying to college and reading the essays that "got in", I could tell that they stood out because (of how) they told their story. Since then, I've tried to do the same but I hadn't quite figured out how until now. Thank you so much for sharing your process! I will definitely be using this as a guide from now on.

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Arinze Obiezue's avatar

I swear, I only figured it out as I was writing this piece. I was like "Aha! So that's how I did it?" 😂 It's a funny thing to learn from yourself lol. I'm happy this could be helpful to you 😊

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Ryan, The Protean's avatar

Hey, Arinze. I want to drum how significant the work you're doing is, but that'll probably be a blog post someday. Don't stop.

I've read several articles/newsletters/pieces that eventually, because of their author's originality and the work's essence, became published as books. I pray this is one of them. I pray this is one of them❤.

And yessss. J.K for the win! Haha.

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Arinze Obiezue's avatar

Oh my! Thank you so much for these kind words! Never actually thought about compiling this into a book. But if I ever get to be consistent for 100 weeks without skipping any week, I'll do the book things as a treat to myself haha. JK for the win, always!

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Ryan, The Protean's avatar

Haha. Love to see it. T minus 91 weeks.🚀

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Chep's avatar

Thank YOU for this. Loved every bit.

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Arinze Obiezue's avatar

You're amazing! 🖤

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Napoa Sandow's avatar

You are such a beautiful writer Arinze.

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