Workplace Multiplier by Tola Akinsulire

August 29, 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.

Before You Log Off Today

Howdy ,

It's Friday. Implementation Day.

This week, you've been exposed to ideas about consistency, learning momentum, and converting knowledge into action.

But here's the uncomfortable truth: Most professionals end their week with a head full of insights and a to-do list full of intentions. They collect knowledge like trophies but never convert it into capability.

Not you. Not today.

Let me share a part of a story I just stumbled upon this week.

On Monday evening, the Liverpool football team beat the Newcastle football team. The big news about the match was that Liverpool’s winning goal was scored by a 16-year-old player, Rio Ngumoha.

In writing the match story, The Guardian UK did a bit of a dive into his earlier years. Let me share what they posted.

“Terry Bobie, Ngumoha’s former youth coach at Chelsea, has credited the player’s older brother James as a key influence. “I’d start at four o’clock in the afternoon and finish at eight in the evening,” Bobie said. “Rio would be there the whole time with his brother. What stood out was how demanding James was with him. They argued at times, but it always came from the right place. James saw Rio’s talent and wanted to push him to reach his potential. They worked relentlessly. Not many people saw that side of it, but it was every single day for years – week in, week out, day in, day out.”

I like the last part best - Not many people saw that side of it, but it was every single day for years – week in, week out, day in, day out.

This is what you have to commit to.

The Weekly Consolidation Process:

Step 1: What Stuck? (3 minutes) Look back at this week - not just my emails, but everything you encountered. What's the ONE insight that made you stop and think, "I need to do this differently"?

Write it down. One sentence. No more.

Step 2: What's Your Next Action? (2 minutes) Based on that insight, what's the smallest action you can take on Monday morning? Not a big project. Not a complete overhaul. The smallest next step that moves you forward.

Write that down too.

Step 3: What's Your Weekly Practice? (5 minutes) Here's where most people fail - they try to implement everything at once. Instead, choose ONE practice from this week that you'll commit to for the next 7 days.

Maybe it's the 20-minute learning sprint. Maybe it's asking yourself, "What did I learn today?" every evening. Maybe it's celebrating small wins as you achieve them.

Pick one. Just one.

The Implementation Mindset:

The professionals who advance don't try to absorb everything. They pick what serves their current challenge and implement it relentlessly until it becomes automatic.

They understand that one practiced skill beats ten understood concepts.

They know that small, consistent actions compound faster than sporadic, intensive efforts.

Your Friday Commitment:

Before you log off today, complete those three steps. Don't overthink it. Don't perfect it. Just capture:

• Your key insight
• Your Monday action
• Your weekly practice

Why This Matters:

Every week you let insights slip away without implementation, you're training yourself to be a consumer of content rather than a creator of results.

But every week you consolidate and act, you're building the muscle of conversion - turning knowledge into capability, ideas into impact, learning into leading.

See you Monday for another week of intentional growth.

Keep winning at work and in life.

Tola Akinsulire

Your Strategic Workplace Mentor

P.S. Implementation beats information every time. Your career isn't built on what you know - it's built on what you consistently do with what you know.

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