The Journey to Becoming a Great Student

The Journey to Becoming a Great Student is a young man's story through the challenges and hurdles faced in his quest to be a better student of 'life'. He shares various challenges he encountered along the way and outlines important steps in overcoming them. The Journey to Becoming a Great Student is a must read for everyone, everyone still dreaming to get to a better place in life. New students trying to cope with the academic stress, trying to enjoy university life―while at the same time scoring good grades―will find this captivating, inspiring and educational. Rather than feeling stressed due to the academic challenges you might be facing, enjoy and savour the challenges, as they will fortify your mental strength in the future. If you are also thinking of side-stepping your university, The Journey to Becoming a Great Student will definitely give you a re-think. This book is a subtle explanation of the importance of education, the challenges and how they can be addressed, the knowledge and power that can be attained as a result, and how the challenges can be harnessed into every area of your life while moving forward. The Journey to Becoming a Great Student also contains inspirational lessons of life that will leave a positive impact in your life by helping you persevere through your personal tough times, inspiring and motivating you to never stop dreaming and to continue greasing those elbows towards achieving those dreams. I strongly believe everyone's story can help someone else, so read and enjoy my rollercoaster journey through my academic years. I am certain you will learn from it and be inspired as a result.

Awosanya Yusuff was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He is an Affiliate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and currently, a CFA (Certified Financial Analyst) candidate. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Bells University of Technology, Nigeria; a Master's degree in Management and Finance from Birmingham City University, United Kingdom; and he is into the second year of his PhD program in Islamic Finance from University of Bolton. Along with his educational pursuits, he currently represents all research students in the University of Bolton at both the Board of Studies for Research Degrees (BoSRD), and the Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee (RKEC). He is also a student representative on the Senate Committee at the University of Bolton. Yusuff is also an investment enthusiast who, after previously attempting various businesses, finally incorporated his first company (Daytopia, Nigeria) in 2018. He is a co-founder of small start-ups, like 361 promotions and AfroDine UK; while also being in partnership with other start-ups like Daiz Consulting, Isaac Enterprise and o21 designs. He also loves to trade stocks whenever the opportunity arises. You'll be surprised that Awosanya Yusuff is also into a lot of fun stuffs. He has a modelling career registered under Angel Management UK; he plays football for the first team of the University of Bolton; he swims, works out, and hangs out with friends and family whenever he can. Yusuff reads a lot, and he is never shy to display his love for music, movies and games (he claims to be the best dancer in Nigeria). His involvement in many activities portrays his time management skills as well as his reasonable work-life balance or in his case, a balance between his work, academic pursuit and his lifestyle. This has spurred his ambition to mentor younger and less-experienced students. Thus, stepping up to make a greater impact in the world.