{"id":3779,"date":"2026-03-12T09:17:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transactworld.com.ng\/blog\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:47:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:47:59","slug":"beyond-the-pedestal-why-were-breaking-the-achievement-trap-this-iwd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transactworld.com.ng\/blog\/beyond-the-pedestal-why-were-breaking-the-achievement-trap-this-iwd\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Pedestal: Why We\u2019re Breaking the \u2018Achievement Trap\u2019 this IWD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As seen in <a href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/opinion\/the-achievement-trap-why-we-should-stop-celebrating-amazing-women\/\">The Guardian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/03\/why-we-should-stop-celebrating-amazing-women-yewande-apelehin\/\">Vanguard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thesun.ng\/the-achievement-trap-why-we-should-stop-celebrating-amazing-women\/\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Every March, the corporate world pulls back a velvet curtain. We are treated to a shimmering gallery of the &#8220;Firsts,&#8221; the &#8220;Top 40 Under 40,&#8221; and the &#8220;Glass-Ceiling Smashers.&#8221; We are told to look at these women\u2014the outliers\u2014and see in them the pinnacle of our progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But at Transactworld Digital, we\u2019re tired of the shimmering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a woman in the C-suite, I believe our obsessive celebration of the &#8220;Exceptional Woman&#8221; isn&#8217;t an act of empowerment. It is an act of erasure. By centering International Women\u2019s Day on the &#8220;Amazing Woman,&#8221; we have inadvertently sent a dangerous message: that a woman\u2019s value is conditional upon her output, her accolades, or her proximity to traditional structures of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We have turned a day that began as a gritty labor movement into a curated talent show where the only ticket to entry is excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Tyranny of the Exception<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When we celebrate only the achieving woman, we participate in what author Mikki Kendall calls a &#8220;failure of imagination.&#8221; We focus on the &#8220;shoppers&#8221; at the top while ignoring the &#8220;laborers&#8221; at the bottom. We treat the successful woman as an &#8220;exception&#8221; to her gender, rather than a representative of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we only celebrate those who &#8220;transcend&#8221; their circumstances, we are subtly telling the woman who is simply&nbsp;<em>surviving<\/em>hers that she is invisible. We are telling the mother in a quiet village, or the junior staff member navigating her first corporate storm, that her womanhood is merely a waiting room for a &#8220;success&#8221; that may never come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Storms, Sunlight, and the Right to Be<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, our team sat down to discuss what womanhood means to us. The definitions weren&#8217;t about revenue targets or board seats. They were about the duality of carrying both&nbsp;<strong>storms and sunlight.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Womanhood is a dynamic, ever-changing state of being. It is the ability to be a force of impact in a community without ever needing a press release to validate it. As Simone de Beauvoir noted, &#8220;one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.&#8221; If womanhood is a process of becoming, why do we only celebrate the finish line?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The storm is just as vital as the sunlight. The struggle is as sacred as the success. When we only highlight the &#8220;sunlight&#8221; of achievement, we leave millions of women shivering in the storms of their everyday lives, feeling as though they have failed because they haven&#8217;t yet &#8220;smashed&#8221; anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image stk-block-image stk-block stk-7837f82\" data-block-id=\"7837f82\"><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"stk-img wp-image-3783\" src=\"https:\/\/transactworld.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transactpay-TransactworldDigital-IWD-2-1.jpg\" width=\"2400\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"Beyond the Pedestal: Why We\u2019re Breaking the \u2018Achievement Trap\u2019 this IWD\nBy Yewande Apelehin, COO of Transactworld Digital\" srcset=\"https:\/\/transactworld.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transactpay-TransactworldDigital-IWD-2-1.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/transactworld.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transactpay-TransactworldDigital-IWD-2-1-1080x1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/transactworld.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transactpay-TransactworldDigital-IWD-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/transactworld.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transactpay-TransactworldDigital-IWD-2-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/transactworld.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transactpay-TransactworldDigital-IWD-2-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/transactworld.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Transactpay-TransactworldDigital-IWD-2-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Give to Gain: A New Foundation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This shift in perspective is the true heartbeat of this year\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;Give to Gain&#8221;<\/strong>&nbsp;theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a world obsessed with individual trophies, we must realize that giving is not a subtraction, but the most powerful form of compounding growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Give Visibility:<\/strong>&nbsp;When we celebrate the &#8220;Everywoman&#8221;\u2014those in the trenches, not just those on the pedestal\u2014we gain a foundation that is unshakable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Give Grace:<\/strong>&nbsp;By giving every woman the grace to be seen in her &#8220;storms and sunlight,&#8221; we gain a collective resilience that moves us all forward.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Give the Spotlight:<\/strong>&nbsp;We give the spotlight to the many to gain a future where no one is left behind.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Call for Everywoman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t want to see another billboard of a woman in a power suit unless it is accompanied by a celebration of the woman in the apron, the woman in the classroom, and the woman in the quiet, desperate throes of reinvention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We must move beyond &#8220;exceptionalism.&#8221; We must celebrate the&nbsp;<strong>Woman Everywhere.<\/strong>&nbsp;We must celebrate her not because she is a &#8220;first,&#8221; but because she is a force. 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