Workplace Multiplier by Tola Akinsulire

August 26, 2025

Welcome to the Workplace Multiplier newsletter. Published Monday to Friday, equipping you to achieve your professional goals faster and without burnout or overwhelm by leveraging The Triple Win Method.

This is for the Daily Show-Uppers

Howdy ,

Someone asked me recently, “Why do you send these emails daily? People won’t read it every day. Perhaps, you want to try weekly.”

Let me explain the context.

In addition to everything else I do, I provide free mentoring to workplace professionals via daily emails sent Monday - Friday.

The person in question is on my email list, and the feedback from that side was that my daily emails were not being read.

The alternative proposal of once a week was made by the person.

Interesting conversation. The only thing is that it’s not an original conversation.

I have been on the email list of Seth Godin for almost 2 decades. He writes daily to his email list.

Once upon a time, someone on his list asked if he could reduce the frequency so that he could keep up with his emails.

Like Seth, I have no intention of stopping…at least not for the reason offered.

Why?

Two reasons.

First reason, because of the people I serve.

One of the biggest mistakes is to assume that the best way to serve people is by giving them a silver bullet.

No matter how niche my email list is, because the audience is diverse, you never know which bullet is going to help everyone.

I have a better chance of succeeding if I “throw more bread” on the waters.

“One apple a day keeps the doctor away,” not “seven apples on Sunday keep the doctor away.”

I am not expecting everyone on my email list to read my email every day, but I know some will do that.

Why?

Because these few know that transformation comes from consistently showing up and finding their answers.

It’s easier to chop down a tree if you show up every day to hit at the same spot with the ax.

And that’s what they do.

For them, I write every day.

Second reason, I write every day, workplace mentoring emails because of ME.

Yes, I am invested in what I write and teach.

I learn from what I teach and become better through what I teach.

Let me explain.

What I teach is practice-based, leveraging principles that deliver results. The more I teach, the better I get at implementing them for myself and the people I work with.

Doing this every day improves my ability to serve people better.

Some of my extended ideas have come from some of the ideas I have shared.

My book, “Winning Beyond Borders: Achieving Success at Work in a New Country,” came from something like that.

I had done a post titled, “39 Lessons I learnt From Working & Leading In Cross-Language Teams”.

A few months later, someone who lectures at a Business School in Madrid, Spain, told me, “You should make this into a book. I teach Intercultural Communication, and this is so relevant.”

The rest is current events.

I don’t expect one big idea to land on my lap. I expect my commitment to developing mastery every day to get me closer to a lot of big ideas.

My audience, who read my emails daily, and I have one thing in common.

We are committed to doing the work of getting better every day, even if nobody sees us.

Even if nobody else notices us.

This is what you should commit to.

Not the applause. Not the immediate validation. Not even the guarantee that everyone will notice you at work.

Commit to showing up consistently, regardless of who's watching.

The person who suggested I write weekly instead of daily missed something crucial: they might be thinking about their convenience, not about transformation.

Transformation doesn't happen on a convenient schedule. It happens when we create the conditions for it through consistent, deliberate practice.

When I look at the professionals who've risen to positions of influence and impact, I see a common thread: they all understand that mastery is a daily practice.

They don't wait for motivation; they show up because they've committed to the process.

Just like I write these daily emails whether everyone reads them or not, you need to show up excellently at work, whether everyone notices or not.

You prepare thoroughly for that meeting even when others wing it. You follow up professionally even when it seems no one cares.

You deliver quality work even when your manager is too busy to acknowledge it. You treat every interaction with professionalism, even when others don't reciprocate.

Why? Because excellence is not a performance for others—it's a standard you hold for yourself.

Don’t be like the people at work who do the minimum and wonder why their careers stagnate. They're focused on what others might notice rather than on what they can control: their own commitment to showing up excellently.

So here's what I've learned from two decades of reading Seth Godin's daily emails and from writing my own for almost 10 years every week without fail: The magic isn't in any single email.

The magic is in the accumulation of insights, the compound effect of daily engagement, and the trust that builds between writer and reader over time.

The same is true for your career. The magic isn't in any single day of excellent work. It's in the accumulation of professional moments, the compound effect of daily excellence, and the reputation that builds over time, even when it feels like nobody is watching.

My daily emails aren't just about sharing knowledge, they're about modeling the very behavior I'm teaching. Consistency. Commitment.

The willingness to show up even when it's inconvenient, even when it's unnoticed, even when it's unrewarded in the moment.

The question isn't whether people will read every email.

The question is: Are you committed enough to your own growth to show up consistently, even when it's hard? Even when it's unnoticed? Even when the payoff isn't immediate?

That's the work. That's the commitment. Whether it's writing daily emails or delivering excellent work daily.

And that's why I'll keep hitting "send" every weekday morning, just like you should keep hitting "excellence" every workday, regardless of who's watching.

Keep winning at work and in life.

Tola Akinsulire

Your Strategic Workplace Mentor