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Friday, 19 September, 2025

08:53am

When I was a child, my parents predicted I would become a medical doctor. I don’t know why, but when I asked my mom, she said I was always trying to diagnose the people around me –check their temperatures, observe their heartbeats, and find out how to treat them. I was very good at maths and the sciences, so they channelled my attention there. I vaguely remember mixing potions out of the drugs in our medicine cabinet and then using those potions to “treat” the insects that often trailed on our balcony wall.

So from early days I had it in my head that I would become a doctor. Perhaps there was a calling or a word, but my parents took it literally and several attempts were made to send me to medical school.

But it didn’t work. In 2009, I dropped out of medical school at UCSI in Malaysia, unsure of what I wanted to do with my life, but pretty certain I didn’t want to be there anymore.

Now, I think that perhaps the vision was on point, only misdirected. I received a revelation today that put a new perspective on who I truly am.

What is it I have a gift in? I believe God has given me many gifts, including the ability to diagnose problems. Only, I diagnose business problems. I can detect, identify and see what others don’t, which allows me to find solutions and solve problems.

What is the role of a doctor?
To diagnose, treat, prevent and help maintain and restore health.

In a business sense, the role of a doctor is akin to a business consultant or analyst who diagnoses the “ailments” of a company, prescribes strategic treatments, and provides long-term health management. This “corporate doctor” applies the core principles of medical practice—diagnosis, treatment, and prevention—to the challenges and opportunities of a business. 

In a real sense, I’m a doctor. A corporate doctor. I am living and have always been living in my calling. I thought it was for people, but really it’s for organisations.

In the public sector, the “corporate doctor” concept applies to public policy analysts, management consultants, and strategists working to diagnose and treat systemic issues within government agencies. The goal is not to improve profit margins but to maximize public value, including improving service delivery, operational efficiency, and policy effectiveness within the constraints of public scrutiny and resource limitations. 

This is the role I currently operate in. I’m a researcher who consults for the government and businesses. Essentially, I help diagnose problems in public service delivery and business operations and come up with a way forward. It goes beyond what I do for work. My entire life has been one of diagnosing problems. I can hardly resist helping someone see themselves clearly and advise on solutions to lead to their transformation. It’s my gift.

In the past year, I’ve helped a French teacher from Benin Republic find his way out of a dead-end 9-5 teaching job into becoming an international instructor and speaker to professionals. I helped a former colleague find confidence in his skills and attract international opportunities that have exposed him to a whole other world outside of his 9-5 job. I myself have transformed my own life –going from a dead-end 9-5 job paying 194 thousand naira a month to earning over $5,000 USD monthly on international projects. My life is one of constant growth and transformation. I live and embody it, and I influence everyone that crosses my path with it.

So now, when I look back on the thread that brought me here –dropping out of medical school, failing at petroleum engineering, and accidentally stumbling into business consulting, UX, and digital service delivery, I realise that my life has been well planned and aligned all along. It’s not easy to see when you’re living in it, but in retrospect, everything starts to make sense.

So, this is an encouragement to you who is reading this. Your life is well aligned, and you are exactly where you are supposed to be. There are no mistakes in the universe. Yes, some lessons may take longer for you to learn if you keep repeating the same patterns that the universe is trying to get you to unlearn, but you will find your way at the right time, and your life is divine.