Iboro Udoh is the founder of The VIP Initiative, which is designed and committed to raising Very Impactful People (VIP). Through this organization, the American born lady was inspired to author her first book, Ignite, in order to share her insight on how to be effective for others. Her educational background includes Bachelor degrees, and Master’s degrees in both Healthcare Administration and Health-care finance. She is a healthcare administrator / executive, registered nurse, clinician, entrepreneur, mentor, inspirational and motivational speaker, writer, author and worshiper.aintains balance with her career, motherhood and family. Iboro and her husband, Ubong, are the parents of beautiful twin boys, Ubongabasi and Ubokabasi, and have made their home in Katy, Texas.
The Book “IGNITE” Ignite inspires and challenges all of us to channel our time, talents and treasures to effect change and to live beyond ourselves. Ignite is a deep dive into the message that has compelled Iboro to write about embracing one’s uniqueness and beginning the journey to becoming something more.
IGNITE, Iboro Udoh, redefines the acronym, VIP as she ponders over the purpose of life. “A VIP is a very impactful person.” “Being a VIP is more than a status.” ~ Iboro Udoh In her new book, IGNITE, Iboro Udoh, inspires and challenges everyone to live an impactful, rewarding and relevant life by making a difference using our time, talents and treasures to cause a positive change in the lives of others and to live beyond ourselves. Striking two surfaces together often produces a spark, which ignites a flame.
IGNITE highlights the author’s unique style of combining her insights with the words of the ultimate VIP- Jesus to boost your personal levels to becoming a person of great impact. The author in her incredible humorous style dares her reader to look deeply and inwardly at all the gifts and talents, God has put in them on purpose for His purpose. She reiterates that the only one that is GIFTLESS is LIFELESS! As long as you have breath, there is hope. So, she declares to all- Stay Alive!
As stated in Chapter 8 of the book, it is not enough to be blessed with a gift. What are you doing with your gift? God already knows you have a gift because He put it in you. An unused gift brings pain to the giver. When you refuse to use your God-given gifts to put a smile on someone’s face, you have failed God, yourself and your generation. As important as your gift is, character is key.
Your gift may open doors for you, but you need your gift ad character to open homes, palaces, red carpet privileges, opportunities and solid lasting relationships. As a potential VIP, your gift and character have to be in sync.
Chapter 2 of the book highlights that a life is not important except it impacts other lives by being a blessing. Your life will not be celebrated by what you have acquired for yourself, but by what you have given to others. Acquiring wealth and always wanting more can be addictive. Do not get caught up in how to get, get caught up in how to give. We have settled in the “Important level” for too long. At the “Impactful level”, it is no longer about you being the center of attraction, but rather about you seeking ways to leave a person, place or thing in a better state than when they first came in contact with you. “When you are blessed, you are important but when you are a blessing, you are impactful.” ~ Iboro Udoh We all need to take a step further and ask ourselves, “What am I giving to others on a daily, monthly, and yearly basis?” Is your presence being felt in your neighborhood, school, office, shop, church, state, and nation? If you are already making a difference, are you operating at your maximum potential? Can you do more? You can only be relevant by giving not getting. There are no standing ovations for irrelevant people or red carpets for people that “almost became.” Rather, there are blame carpets.” ~ Iboro Udoh
How can you make a difference? The starting point is having a personal relationship with God. Without Him, we can do nothing! God created you for an assignment greater and bigger than yourself. Allow Him lead and guide you. No one has the permission to make you feel insignificant, inadequate or inferior because you have what it takes to fulfill your assignment. It does not matter how you feel, “Any good you tend to do without much effort, and so well, is your gift.” ~ Iboro Udoh Also, anything you enjoy doing for free is your passion, though you may later get paid for it. Be willing to start small. Your starting point could be volunteering your time to serve others. Share your gifts and talents such as singing, acting, and comedy with others. Give compliments and encourage others generously, be involved in community events, be a coach to someone, start a club and inspire others about their health and career, be a mentor to high school or college students, join a professional organization and offer your ideas and services, become an advocate for the less privileged and voiceless, be a promoter and supporter of a good cause. Through the course of living, I realized that the primary reason we are alive is not to do the rou¬tine: Getting up, going to work, caring for kids, shopping, going to church, visiting friends and repeating the same cycle year in, year out. In the process of this mundane routine, we are losing our lives, our worth, our value and ourselves. One of the main reasons we are alive is to give. Giving may seem as insignificant as your warmth, being hospitable, a listening ear, time, compliments, words of encouragement, counsel, truth, love, resources, and sharing your talents. Life is in phases. While we cannot change birth and death, we have a part to play with what we do with our lives in between these phases. Impact is when you have a strong affect on a person, place or thing. It is beyond being liked or followed. It is greater than being important. Important is simply being the main thing. Impact is simply putting a smile on another’s face, or giving your community an economic or social face-lift. The greatest legacy is not just leaving something for people; it’s leaving something in people. The level of impact you make is directly proportional to the number of people whose lives you improve, change, or affect and how much you improve, change or affect them by. To what ex¬tent have you contributed to solving social, economic, domestic, societal, or health care problems faster than it could have been solved? The bigger the problem, the greater your opportunity to ignite lives. What determines our value or worth is how impactful we have lived. The more lives you touch, the more valuable your life is to God and man. Therefore, the degree of value or worth of a person’s life is directly proportional to the positive influence or change he has made in the lives of others. INGNITE is available at www.iboroUdoh.com