I am taking Working with Categorical Data in Python on @DataCamp taught by @kaseyriver11! So far, I’ve learned about the basics of using categorical data in pandas and will learn soon about updating categorical pandas Series in the next chapter: https://t.co/o2ZkQEiWKx
Why Many People Are Poor
Nobody needs an iPhone 17. They may want it. But they don't need it. You don't even need a phone. Until you understand what a need is, you will always go broke because you are using your scarce resources to fulfil your wants. A need is something that is an absolute requirement.
You need food, water, shelter, clothing, love, education, security, respect and the opportunity to pursue your own happiness. Outside of these, almost everything else is a want.
And there are some needs, such as sexual intercourse, that you control, in that you do not start having them unless and until you open the door. Which is why people, like me, have taught sexual abstinence until you marry. Once you start, your body will find it difficult to stop, which is why the Creator designed it for the institution of marriage.
When you understand this discipline, you will have better clarity on how to manage people, time and money.
Sadly, most people in our society do not understand the difference between their needs and their wants. Which is why you see people with expensive wigs, iPhones, designer clothes, and who went to a club or lounge the previous night, begging for loans to pay their house rent, buy food or settle their children's school fees.
If you live by discipline, you will not need to pray to meet your necessities.
Many people living in multi-dimensional poverty are right now thinking of how to raise money, not to start a business, or to meet their needs, but to catch fun this Christmas.
Our desire for immediate pleasure is often why we do not have an eventual treasure.
Capital is not the problem with many of our people. We can always raise capital, even if it is small. The challenge is what we do with it.
For example, look at how many Nigerians were victims of loan apps before the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission intervened.
But here is the issue with that: All those people accessed the loan apps via their smartphones. That means they already had enough capital to start a small business in the first place.
How much did Mohammed Yunus, through his Grameen Bank, give as capital to help people in Bangladesh escape poverty? As little as $5!
Nature will provide you with enough to meet your need, but not your greed. But if you try to satisfy your wants before your needs, the same nature will humble you because you are not mature.
Look at it this way: If you cannot manage your need, why would God and man give you wealth and power?
You see that in society, where people breed and have children when they don't have an income and accuse their relatives of being wicked if they refuse to help them raise their family.
You do not need an immediate family if you have no income. You need a job or business. And it does not matter if time is going by and you are ageing. Let time go. Let age come. Those are not criteria for expansion. Growth in your family should ONLY come with a rise in your income.
If the Black Race can understand and implement this, we will end poverty in one generation. And with poverty gone, its evil twin, insecurity, will also go.
Focus on developing a strong sense of self-esteem and self-respect so that your purchase decisions are driven by your needs rather than societal pressure.
I go back to what I started with-an iPhone 17. You don't need it.
Recently, I spent time with Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the wealthiest Black person on Earth. He does not have an iPhone 17. Instead, he uses a regular Samsung Android phone.
A phone is a communication device, not a status symbol.
As we end the year, if the most expensive thing you bought was a phone, especially one that you do not need, your 2026, should God spare your life till then, should be devoted to acquiring the discipline of prioritising your needs over your wants.
Surely, some people will call you stingy. But guess what? Only a beggar is an expert at identifying stingy people!
frica, 2024.
Pain/loss are inevitable, we should let go of trying to resist them. Suffering is biologically useful. It is nature's preferred agent for inspiring change. ~ Mark Manson
And the scripture said, "God teaches men through suffering and uses distress to open their eyes." ~Job 36:15.
10 Signs you're doing well in life,
1) You have a roof over you.
2) You ate today.
3) You have a good heart.
4) You wish good for others.
5) You have clean water.
6) Someone cares for you.
7) You strive to be better
8) You have clean clothes.
9) You have a dream.
10) You're breathing.
BE THANKFUL FOR THE LITTLE THINGS FOR THEY ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT.
I just got this DM from a man and a woman, respectively.
I don't give people fish but rather teach them how to fish.
If I give you 1k and 2k each, what about tomorrow? I won't do that.
Go to construction sites and tell them that you can supply them with important building materials.
Read my pinned tweet and download some of the merchandise there.
Talk to the engineers in charge of those site and tell them that you can bring them those merchandise to their doorstep.
If they are able to give you their numbers to follow them up.
Send a DM to @Kurrentflow_ to get discount prices of merchandise. Tell them, Ichie Klausenburg sent you.
Add your commission and see if you can gain the customer's trust to give you their money.
You will make money from commission and get extra for effort.
Put in some good work and make good money.
Quit begging.
Learn or learn the hard way.
My application is still pending cos of PayPal limitations in Nigeria! @PayPal did us dirty. Why coming now, when you've denied us access since late centuries?
Those words are not Geh-Geh's signature. He copied it from account that tweets about masculinity. He didn't give credit to the originator of those words.
You don't make a name in the detriment of someone else's sweat. Be unique in your own way. Don't plagiarize; be original!
This is why I love myself. I have never once carried myself as a good person on the internet. I am always the black sheep, the hated dude, and that is power.
Never live your life on other people's validation, trying to make them love you.
Make people understand that you are capable of harm and evil and they will respect you.
Good people suffer.
Any day I marry and any baggar barks that they have slept with my wife or insult her or my child. Or cyberbully any of my family or wife, I won't arrest you like Alabi.
But something will happen in your life that people will turn around and remember that it is tweeting that caused that to happen to him.
And the person doesn't have to know it's me, they just need to know this is happening to them because of something they tweeted.
Stay wicked and unforgiving.
If you have slept with a woman in the past so what?
Are you the first person to have sex with a woman?
So because you had sex with her she should die or what? 😡
What will future data teams roast us for in 2045?
Overwrought dashboards, obsessive tooling debates, manual SQL love letters, and the eternal optimism that AI will replace analysts any day now.
If any of these sting a little… that’s how you know it’s good. 🤪
You guys are just farming engagement with X. If you guys had something serious, it could have been in both of you DMs, but nope! Una come here come farm X.
See your head, Mr Martins, asin you saw a woman made a list of only her CERTIFICATES, and you want to commit? Ntoor gị 😂
WHY HELPING MEN MULTIPLIES IMPACT 👏🔥
Helping men often creates a wider ripple effect because men traditionally serve as pillars of provision and responsibility within families and communities. When a man is empowered with support, opportunity or guidance, the benefits usually extend to his wife, children, relatives and even people he employs or mentors.
One lifted man can stabilize a household, fund education, reduce hardship and create structure for generations. Many men carry pressure silently and are expected to figure life out alone, so timely help can completely redirect their path. This does not mean women do not deserve support, but helping a man often multiplies faster and wider.
A strengthened man becomes a source of stability, protection and opportunity for many others.
Investing in men is not exclusion but it is strategic impact that enriches entire generations around them.
PLEASE STAY PUSHING MEN OUT THERE 🫡
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTS ABOUT BIRTHDAYS;
1. People born in August are known to be physically strong.
2.If You are born in may, you are considered lucky.
3. If you were born in April, you have one of those unique beauty.
4. Most people born in June are talented and most likely to become a millionaire.
5. People born in July are nurturing Leaders with confident, warm hearts.
6. People born in September are analytical perfectionists with creative problem-solving skills.
7. People born in November are passionate, mysterious thinkers who uncover hidden truth.
Dear Mr Reno,
I love reading your nuggets cos they're practically uplifting. They give clarity and renewed mindset.
Apart from that, the way you attack Igbos, and especially, Mr Peter Obi, is very bad. Your write-ups doesn't align with who you're.
Regardless, I enjoy them!🙏
A Practical Guide To Success In Thirty Months
Give yourself thirty months to become the person you have always wanted to be. Start by reinventing yourself by restructuring your thinking process. Time is your most valuable asset. Relationships follow it. And then money. If you can master these resources, you will have no masters!
Let's start with time. Please do not waste it. You can progress if you let people waste your money, because you can always make more. But it is almost impossible to get ahead if you let others waste your time. Why? Because you cannot make more time. Once it is gone, it is gone. So anyone who wastes your time must be a goner.
Mark and identify people who waste your time and unapologetically avoid them. When you honour time, time will make sure that you are honoured with enough time!
Then move on to money discipline. Start by not eating out at restaurants or ordering food via apps like Uber Eats, DoorDash, or Deliveroo for a year. Instead, cook all your meals at home. You really don't even need that much food.
Since you are an adult who is no longer growing, don't buy any new clothes for a year. Wash and reuse your old clothes. Cut out beer, wine, Coca-Cola, and other drinks, and just drink tap water for the next two and a half years. If that is boring, buy oranges and lemons and juice them. Not only will that be good for your health, but it will also be good for your wallet. Eliminate smoking, clubbing, and partying. Cancel your Netflix subscription and read books instead. Manage your old phone, and don't upgrade it.
Then, invest 50% of the money you have saved in the VOO, VFIAX, SPY, QQQ, VWO, SCHD, or any other well-regarded ETF. Invest 25% in a combination of Bitcoin, Chainlink, and Bitcoin Cash. Finally, invest the remaining 25% in stocks of the Magnificent Seven companies minus Tesla (Alphabet (Google)), NVIDIA, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple.
Don't worry if they go down on some days. It is immature and unrealistic to expect that your investments will always appreciate. The truth is, you will not make money overnight, but you can and will definitely make it over time. That is why I said give yourself thirty months.
After you do this, become a ghost for another year while your investments percolate. Go to work and return home to read and work out. You will be building your mind and body. And then, on Friday, go to the mosque for Salatul-Jumu'ah if you are a Muslim and return home. If you are a Christian, go to your regular service and return home. Then, you pray every morning and night.
Your religion is not as important as your devotion to God. And the best way to show dedication to your Maker is to treat others as you would like to be treated, irrespective of their religion, race, or ethnicity.
If you can sacrifice two years of your life for this discipline, which is approximately 2.5% of your life, I can almost guarantee you that you will live the rest of your life as the best of your life. You will conquer poverty with your investments. You will conquer sickness and counter the effects of ageing through your daily workouts. And your mind will stay sharp as a razor through your regular reading. And finally, you will draw closer to God.
These are practical steps to success that anybody can take to achieve results. Because if you want what you have never gotten, you must also do what you have never done.
If you like, scoff and insult. If God spares all our lives for the next two years, you will likely be in the same financial, mental, physical, and spiritual situation that you are in today.
Reno Omokri
Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #TableShaker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Hodophile. Hollywood Magazine Humanitarian of the Year, 2019. Business Insider Influencer of the Year 2022. 21st Most Talked About Person in Africa, 2024.
@istummers I told my uncle, but he was hesitant if not reluctant. I've asked people whom I know do PayPal transaction to transfer at least a dollar to my account, but it was futile. Right now, I'm exhausted. I resorted to leaving everything in God's hands. If it works, fine! If not, cool!
Hello, sir!
I got a remote work in the USA, but their only payment method is PayPal only. And they don't accept any other financial services; I've begged to send my other USA receiving payment account, but they refused. I created PayPal but it was banned thrice.
PayPal thinks they’re smart reopening Nigeria.
Nigerians survived without them. We lost foreign jobs and gigs for years because of their restrictions, so we adapted. We built alternatives. We moved on.
Now they’ve checked Africa’s youth stats and realized how much money they left on the table.
Too late mate we have moved on.
@istummers Thank you so much. I emailed them to use my Uncle's PayPal in Germany, but they rejected it, saying, it should be mine, registered under my legal names and information. My Uncle did create one for me, but they said, they have to see transaction to confirm it can receive funds.
The worst thing a guy can tell a woman is
“My woman doesn’t have to work”
You just enabled laziness.
A real woman is your:
Cook,
lover,
teacher,
Mom to your kids,
Homemaker,
barber (free haircuts!),
accountant,
beauty expert,
doctor,
nutritionist,
dog groomer,
real estate agent,
property manager,
interior designer,
counselor,
fitness coach…
And that’s just off the top of my head.
The list never ends.
A good woman brings insane value.
If you have never had the privilege of experiencing it, it’s not that these women don’t exist it’s that they aren’t available to men who don’t offer value.
Women absolutely MUST work and in ways no 9-5 ever could.
She makes her man wealthy beyond money.
That’s the magic of a real family unit.
Never forget it 😏
Everyone’s talking about AI automation…
Meanwhile, Excel has been quietly automating workflows for decades.
XLOOKUP, FILTER, SORTBY, TEXTSPLIT—once you know these, your spreadsheet starts doing the repetitive work for you. No credits wasted. 🤪
This cheat sheet shows you how.
Today’s drop in your Data and AI content calendar is for the builders.
Replit just joined the lineup with a hands-on guide so you can go from “I have an app idea” to “it’s live” without fighting your dev environment.
Unlock the rest of the calendar: https://t.co/OL0JxGHbAl