#TheEngineRoom with Oheneyere Gifty Anti

<p><strong>#GiftyAntiQUOTES in #TheEngineRoom on Springboard Virtual University</strong></p><p><strong>1. Inspiration & Sacrifice - </strong>My main inspiration growing up was to make my father happy. I saw the many sacrifices he made and wanted to give him something in return.</p><p><strong>2. Legacy - </strong>I am always conscious of leaving a legacy. I want my daughter to grow up proud of what I have done. It puts me under pressure and influences everything I do.</p><p><strong>3. Mentorship - </strong>I benefited from the tough mentoring of people like Liz Hayfron Asare in my days at Ghanaian Times. She still reaches out to me even now.</p><p><strong>4. Social Media - </strong>It can be really challenging when you post something to encourage a vulnerable person and someone else deliberately misrepresents it just to trend.</p><p><strong>5. Emotional Pressures - </strong>There can be emotional pressures as people try to design your life to suit their needs or expectations. Be true to yourself and stay focused.</p><p><strong>6. Regrets - </strong>After a great O’Levels, I lost my way and ended up with a weak A’Levels, largely due to misplaced priorities and wrong relationships. It made me even more resolute.</p><p><strong>7. Youth Confusion - </strong>Many youth are impatient and confused in trying to reconcile the achievements of their mentors with their own realities.  Youth mentoring must be prioritized in our national development effort.</p><p><strong>8. Profitable Labour - </strong>I engaged in hawking and carpentry along the line just to raise funds for my education. I try to do everything I do with ‘swag’ so I didn’t find it shameful at all.</p><p><strong>9. Lifelong Learning - </strong>I continue to learn from every situation even now and, in everything I do, I seek to become a better person.</p><p><strong>10. Cultural Awareness - </strong>I have had to make a number of lifestyle changes as a chief’s wife. You can call them lessons of ‘Oheneyereship’. Our culture has important lessons for societal preser