4 big ideas about work and education. Know the difference between your job and your work. Understand the various opportunities that can magnify your work and career path. Discover, develop and deploy your gift and skills.

1. BIG IDEAS &
OPPORTUNITIES:
WORK & EDUCATION
CHERUBIM MAWULI AMENYEDOR
@DIGITALMAWULI

3. THE BIG 4 IDEAS

4. Jobs vs Work vs Gift vs Education
All you need to know

5. JOBS
Your job is what you
are paid to do.
You can be fired from
your job.
Your job is what you
are trained to do.
You can retire from
your job.
Your job is your
career or skill.
Jobs are temporary.

6. WORK
Your work is what
you were born to do.
You cannot be
fired/retire from your
work.
Your work is
connected to your
purpose.
You fulfilment is in
your work.
Your work reveals
your true self &
unique gift to earth.
Your work is
permanent.

7. A man’s gift makes
room for him and
brings him before great
men.
- King Solomon

8. GIFT
Your gift is your
source of significance
Whatever God
demands, He supplies
Whatever God calls
for, He provides for.
Gifts cannot be lost
but can be dormant
You cannot fire or
retire a gift.
Whatever God
assigns, He designs.

9. EDUCATION
Education does not
give you a gift.
Education makes
gifts enjoyable.
Education refines
gifts.
Education prepares
gifts for corporate
use.
Education adds skills
and relevance to gifts
Education without
understanding gifting
is no education.

10. MAXIMIZING
OPPORTUNITIES

11. Do not seek success.
Seek to become a
person of value.
- Dr Myles Munroe

12. Becoming a POV
Don't seek
success
Money is attracted
to value
Use your gifts as
your value
Seek
significance,
uniqueness &
originality

13. Self - Learning
Reading Books
Taking Courses
Learning New Skills
Having Mentors
Attend physical events

14. Internships
Paid
Unpaid
Exchange Programs /
Cultural Exchanges

15. Fellowships
YALI RLC / MWF
YDG
Imani Africa
MEST EIT
Google Student Amb.
YoLE

16. Competitions
Entrepreneurship
Competitions (TOE
Grants, Gov Agencies,
UNLEASH, Komseko,
Social Enterprise
contests
Project Works

17. Volunteering
UN Volunteers
Self Projects
(Community Impact)

18. Scholarships
Ghana (GNPC, ScholSec etc)
Africa (AU, Internal etc)
Europe (UK - Chevening,
Commonwealth, Erasmus, GREAT,
Internal, Estonia, Czech, Germany,
France, Norway etc)
Asia (Chinese Gov, Japan, etc)
Australia (Gov, etc)

19. Thank you!
@DigitalMawuli