Man Who Left The Banking Industry To Follow His Passion Lands Scholarship At Nazarbayev University For His Msc Degree In Sports Medicine And Rehabilitation Program

A young man named Toluwanimi Babatola has shared how he left the banking industry to follow his passion.

Read his post below as shared on LinkedIn:

Completed my
Physiology program at the University of Ilorin in 2018. After finishing my undergraduate degree, I went to work in banking, where I stayed until I lost interest in the field. Full-time MBA admission to the University of Lagos in 2019, but I ultimately decided against enrolling.

It’s valid that navigating the banking industry has sharpened my mind and given me access to information that most of my peers don’t have, but it’s also true that any work you do should be your passion, and not a means of making money, because ultimately, it’s motivation and happiness that are what remain with you long after the paychecks stop coming.

So, I spent a lot of time thinking about what I really liked doing. After some soul-searching, I settled on beginning an MSc in Physiology in 2021 at my alma mater; however, it wasn’t until just before the ASUU strike that I was able to apply to and pursue the exact program I’d always hoped to study: Sports medicine/physiology.

At the time, there simply weren’t enough institutions in Nigeria offering this program, and those that did treat it as an educational rather than scientific discipline. With God’s help, I was accepted into the Msc Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation program at Nazarbayev University for the intake of 2022, and I intend to use the scholarship to my fullest potential so that I can graduate with honors and go on to further my education and career in the field. Being consistent and putting your happiness and God first will get you a long way toward finding your way in life, even if you don’t always know where you’re going because of life’s twists and turns.

Source:Toluwanimi Babatola|LinkedIn

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