THE MISS WEST AFRICA CAMEROON

A TALK TO THE CONTESTANTSWednesday october 21, 2015

Hotel seme beach limbe

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TRANSFORMING YOUR PASSION INTO

A

PROFESSION

A presentation by Etonde MARTIN

CEO - Sheraiz Delightz & SIPEC

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DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS

Your Passion is something you love doing

Examples

Event planning (my case)

Knitting

Sewing

Singing

Dancing

Modeling (your case)

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DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS CONTINUED…

Your profession is what you do for your daily bread.

You need on almost a daily basis:

Shelter

Food

Airtime

Cloths

Shoes

Beauty care

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YOUR PROFESSION COULD BE:

Banker

Auditor

Doctor

Lawyer

Teacher

All these jobs allow you to meet your daily needs.

Today I want us to dwell on passions that can be

transformed into Revenue Generating Streams.

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FROM PASSION TO PROFESSION

Sewing

Knitting

SingingDancing

Modeling

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HOW TO MONETIZE

Your passion could be anything and it could be

monetized

PassionEnergy Spent

Price

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SOME EXAMPLES OF PASSIONS THAT WERE

TRANSFORMED TO PROFESSIONS

EB Kreations

She was/is passionate about drawing designs, mixing up different fabrics

She spends time going to Marche Congo, Nigeria and comes back to work in her workshop in Bali to sew designs she has drawn and sells them.

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HOW DOES EB KREATIONS MONETIZE HER

PASSION?

FCFA 2,500 / meter of

fabric

Taxi fare to and from the market and

all other related costs

Value for time FCFA

5,000/Hour

Price of a completed

dress

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WHAT IS YOUR GOAL?

To turn your passion into a profession?

This should be it as it is very rewarding

You get paid to do what you are passionate

about and what you are good at

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HOW DID THEY DIFFERENTIATE THEMSELVES?

•Beauty Products

•TV Show

•Actress

•Beauty Products

•Super model

•Writer

•Good will ambassador

•Supermodel

•Actress

•Music Artist

•Guitarist11

HOW THEY ALL STARTED AND FAIRED

All started modeling in their teens

Got rejection at the beginning but were

tenacious

Were all running away from something

Give back to society in one way or another

All broke the statuesque

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DID YOU KNOW MOST PEOPLE ARE:

Good designers?

Good models?

Good singers?

Good dancers?

***Most people end up JUST being good at

something.

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TO BE EXCEPTIONAL YOU MUST BE LIKE:

Wolfgang Mozart

Whitney Houston

Serena Williams

Naomi Campbell

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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THESE AND

OTHER EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALS

Start of their respective careers

Mozart started playing the piano and violin at age 3

Whitney started singing in church at age 5

Serena started playing at 3

Noami started modeling at 15

Dedication / opportunities

All had parents who were into the things they loved and spent time practicing

Parents gave them the opportunities to develop their talents

Rehearsals / practice

In church, home, court, bars, clubs, everywhere possible

Education / learning

Education and learning were all related to what their talents were. No waste of

time nor resources.

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YOU ARE A GAME CHANGER

You are in an industry that is misconstrued,

change the game

You are given a platform, use it to your

advantage

You have an avenue to make a difference, do

not take it for granted

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WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO BE EXCEPTIONAL

Research shows that you need to put in 10,000 hours to be

exceptional

10,000 = 2.5hrs / day of study/rehearsal/self

improvement. *Hence 10 years*

Examples of people who have put in these hours

Beatles (music band)

Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft)

Steve Jobs (founder of Apple)

Whitney Houston (Singer & Actress)

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WHAT WILL DIFFERENTIATE YOU?

Maximizing the opportunities you are given or

grabbing the ones you see

Improving yourself (reading, studying and

getting mentored)

Be detailed oriented

Practice, practice and more practice

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THE REASON WHY YOU MUST MAKE A

DIFFERENCE

To be truly exceptional

To compete internationally

To grow

To be sustainable

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CAN BE EXCEPTIONAL

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