Bax Monk

Money, power & business — through Africa, history, systems + sport as soft power. | @BaxMonk

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

One of the hardest truths about life:

Not everyone will make it.

We live in a world that constantly tells us:

“Believe in yourself.”
“Follow your dreams.”
“You can do anything.”

Reality is more complicated.

Some dreams will fail.

Some businesses will collapse.

Some careers will never take off.

Some people will work incredibly hard and still fall short.

That’s life.

Success was never guaranteed.

The entrepreneur isn’t guaranteed a thriving company.

The athlete isn’t guaranteed a championship.

The student isn’t guaranteed the job.

The dream itself comes with no promises.

This is where most people quit.

Not because they’re incapable.

But because they expected certainty where none existed.

The people who eventually win understand something different:

The outcome is uncertain.

The effort is not.

You don’t control the result.

You control the attempt.

Every generation is filled with talented people who never reached their potential.

Not because they lacked intelligence.

But because they stopped too early.

Persistence is rarer than talent.

The uncomfortable truth:

Many people will fail.

Many people will give up.

Many people will settle.

That’s simply the mathematics of life.

So every morning, remind yourself:

I am competing against doubt.

Against distraction.

Against complacency.

Against the version of me that wants to quit.

The goal isn’t to guarantee success.

The goal is to make sure you’re still standing when others have walked away.

Not everyone will make it.

But the people who refuse to stop dramatically increase their chances.

That’s all any of us can do.

Keep moving.

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

The Real Reason Most People Stay Broke

Most people do not stay broke because they are stupid.

They stay broke because they are playing a game they were never taught.

School teaches you how to pass exams.
Society teaches you how to look responsible.
But nobody teaches you how money actually moves.

So people grow up thinking money is only salary.

They do not learn cashflow.

They do not learn leverage.
They do not learn negotiation.
They do not learn distribution.
They do not learn ownership.
They do not learn tax.
They do not learn capital.

Then they enter adulthood and wonder why effort is not enough.
The person who understands ownership can earn while sleeping.

The person who only understands salary must keep showing up to survive.

That does not mean salary is bad.

It means salary should be a foundation, not the final destination.

The money game has levels.

Level 1: Earn.
Level 2: Save.
Level 3: Invest.
Level 4: Own.
Level 5: Control distribution.
Level 6: Influence rules.

Most people are stuck at level 1 and 2.

The painful truth:
You cannot win a game whose rules you refuse to learn.

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

@weezyana07 You should

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$SPCX is still ripping.

Up another ~16-20% today (trading $186–$193 range), pushing the market cap well past $2.5 trillion.

Elon’s paper wealth is ballooning even faster, but remember the core point: most of it is still locked inside the rocket, satellite, and AI machine he’s building.

He can’t (and won’t) just sell billions of shares tomorrow without crushing the price. That capital stays at work: more Starships, denser Starlink constellations, deeper space infrastructure.

Update on the IPO haul: Underwriters just exercised the greenshoe total raised now $85.7 billion. Largest ever, by a mile.

This is what turning vision into systems looks like.
The scoreboard moves fast, but the real value is the flywheel it funds.

Paper wealth: overrated… or the ultimate long-game power move?

What’s your read on today’s move? 👇 $SPCX

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

@KobeissiLetter https://t.co/UiRbMMjxSs

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

$SPCX is still ripping.

Up another ~16-20% today (trading $186–$193 range), pushing the market cap well past $2.5 trillion.

Elon’s paper wealth is ballooning even faster, but remember the core point: most of it is still locked inside the rocket, satellite, and AI machine he’s building.

He can’t (and won’t) just sell billions of shares tomorrow without crushing the price. That capital stays at work: more Starships, denser Starlink constellations, deeper space infrastructure.

Update on the IPO haul: Underwriters just exercised the greenshoe total raised now $85.7 billion. Largest ever, by a mile.

This is what turning vision into systems looks like.
The scoreboard moves fast, but the real value is the flywheel it funds.

Paper wealth: overrated… or the ultimate long-game power move?

What’s your read on today’s move? 👇 $SPCX

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

@lilyoungbe Unfortunately like you said

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

The most profitable business model in Nigeria is not oil.

It is not fintech.
It is not real estate.
It is politics.

And that should scare everybody.
People think politicians fight hard because they want to “serve.”

Some do.

But many understand something the average person ignores:

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@churchoftot If the people don’t stand up and demand for their rights, we all be stuck here, for a very long time

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@weezyana07 Only Gid can save you now….

Another year has come 🤦🏿‍♂️

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

And slowly, a country starts rewarding proximity over productivity.

That is how nations become poor even when their people are talented.

Because when politics pays more than production, production becomes foolish.

This is Nigeria’s real tragedy.

Not lack of intelligence.

Not lack of hustle.

But a reward system that makes power more profitable than value.

Until builders can beat connected people, Nigeria will keep producing survival instead of prosperity.

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

The smartest young man no longer wants to build.

He wants to “know somebody.”

The business owner no longer focuses only on customers.

He starts looking for political backing.

The contractor does not need to be the best.

He needs to be connected.

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@pmarca Spot on, absolutely none of that happened.

This kind of fabricated drama is exactly why quick verification matters more than ever.

Appreciate the straight call-out.

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

@nino_honmono its a good evening from here

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@kskgroup2017 Classic systems vs talent battle at 0-0. Japan’s structured efficiency holding firm against Dutch athleticism.
Better system wins long-term on the pitch and in business. What changes do you see coming in the second half?

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Trump: “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and the Strait of Hormuz will be opening up for business very shortly.”

This is classic sequencing in high-stakes power negotiations. Open the chokepoint (Hormuz) first restore revenue flows under control then lock down the long-term containment (no nukes).

Deals get announced. The real test is always enforcement and verification of the systems that follow.

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The options market is the most bullish it’s ever been on chips… and the most bearish on gold.

This is classic positioning at extremes. One side is betting heavily on the continued expansion of the new digital/AI infrastructure layer. The other is betting against it (or at least against the current narrative).

When sentiment and positioning get this one-sided, reversals often come from the side nobody expects. Markets reward the uncomfortable truth more than the crowded trade.

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Lamine Yamal is fit and in perfect conditions according to Spain’s coach. 🔥

The kid keeps delivering. When a 18/19-year-old is this consistent and resilient at the highest level, it’s no longer just talent it’s elite systems (Barcelona + national team) producing a generational player who can handle the biggest stages.

Spain just got even more dangerous. Let’s go.

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

@churchoftot thats true, he is a trillionaire, thats all on the minds of the people

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX’s historic IPO.

But here’s what most people miss: That trillion is mostly paper wealth not cash in the bank.

It’s the market value of his stakes in SpaceX + Tesla (billions of shares). He can’t just withdraw $1T tomorrow. Selling big chunks would tank the price, and much of it is locked or illiquid.

Valuation ≠ Liquidity.
Net worth on paper is a scoreboard of value created. Real cash is what you can actually deploy. Most of Elon’s money is still working inside the companies, building rockets, Starlink, AI, and the future.

That’s how you turn vision into trillion-dollar systems.

What do you think, is paper wealth overrated, or the ultimate power move in building the future? 👇

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

@instablog9ja https://t.co/7pQ8gE3qfs

[Bax Monk @BaxMonk]

Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX’s historic IPO.

But here’s what most people miss: That trillion is mostly paper wealth not cash in the bank.

It’s the market value of his stakes in SpaceX + Tesla (billions of shares). He can’t just withdraw $1T tomorrow. Selling big chunks would tank the price, and much of it is locked or illiquid.

Valuation ≠ Liquidity.
Net worth on paper is a scoreboard of value created. Real cash is what you can actually deploy. Most of Elon’s money is still working inside the companies, building rockets, Starlink, AI, and the future.

That’s how you turn vision into trillion-dollar systems.

What do you think, is paper wealth overrated, or the ultimate power move in building the future? 👇