Workplace Multiplier by Tola Akinsulire

May 7, 2026

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You cannot think above the level of the conversations you are having

Howdy ,

This one is for the person who has support…but suspects it might be the wrong kind.

You have people around you. People who respect you, encourage you, and genuinely want to see you succeed. When you share a challenge, they listen. When you share a win, they celebrate it.

But here is the question worth sitting with:

Are those conversations sharpening you…or just sustaining you?

There is a difference.

Sustaining conversations keep you going. They provide encouragement, affirmation, and the comfort of being heard. They have real value.

Sharpening conversations change how you think. They introduce friction. They surface assumptions you did not know you were making.

They raise your standard of what is possible because the person across from you is operating at a level that makes your current ceiling feel arbitrary.

You cannot think above the level of the conversations you are in.

This is not a motivational observation. It is a structural one. The problems you are willing to tackle, the risks you are willing to take, the pace you are willing to move at…all of these are shaped by the people you are in regular, honest conversation with.

If the people around you are solving smaller problems, you will keep calibrating yourself against that level…even when your assignment has already changed.

The right peer circle does not just motivate you.

It restructures what you consider possible, what you consider normal, and what you consider acceptable.

For me to move to creating a $10,000 offer, it came from the conversations I was having with my business coach.

Recognizing the value I was offering was a result of such sharpening discussions.

If you have been feeling that the conversations around you are no longer challenging you…that you need new friction…that feeling is worth taking seriously.

Start by naming the gap precisely.

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Keep winning at work and in life.

Tola Akinsulire

Your Strategic Workplace Mentor