Share your goals with the right people-Lucy Quist

Ghanaian-British business and technology Executive born in London, Lucy Quist has encouraged the youth to build the right connections with people who will help them prepare for the future.
According to her, it is better for a few right people to know what one wants to achieve in the future than for the whole world to know what you are about.
In an interview on the Y Leaderboard Series with YFM’s Rev Erskine, she explained: “I encourage people that when you have a goal find the right people to share it with. You don’t have to go round telling the whole world what you want to be. You have to really see yourself in that future.
If you have a vision, you must not tell everyone. You must tell the right people. The right people who can help you get there. This doesn’t necessarily mean they will give you the job or get you the job. Sometimes you will have people telling you the things you need to prepare for life. This is because the fact that you want to become something doesn’t always mean you are ready or prepared for it”.
Sharing her own experience, she noted that meeting the right people prepared her for a leadership position in a telecommunications company.
“I think that at the time opportunity came around, I was prepared because many people had invested in preparing me for that opportunity. In anticipation of its coming, people had guided me to build the leadership skills to help me. Of course, it was an opportunity of a lifetime to run a telecom company”, she said.
By: Alberta Dorcas N D Armah