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[GAIUS CHIBUEZE @akaomajiego]

Ndi Igbo and the Nigerian Project
Because the conversation happening right now, about betrayal, about Obi Cubana, about City Boys, is important. But I think we are asking the wrong questions.

First, let me be honest about the wound.

Ndi Igbo came out of a war where millions of our people died. We were handed twenty pounds and told “no victor, no vanquished.” Our properties were seized. Our officers were demoted. Our region was deliberately starved of federal investment.
That is not ancient history. That is living memory.

[Drips @dripsnetwork]

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[Immortal Tessy @TheresaArueyin1]

I just wanted to let you know that one day I will stop annoying you with the Jesus stuff... but not today.

Tomorrow's not looking good either.

Jesus loves you!

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

I experience this situation with glasses. 😂😂

[😈 Xavier ✞ @RealXavier011]

China again 🔥 🔥!

[Kenny | Vessel of Value 💎 @KennyNwokoye]

I was at a family gathering last December when I heard something that made me want to flip the table.

My cousin, a 23 years old, sharp kid, just started learning digital marketing was explaining to my uncle how he's building an online business.

Before he could even finish, my uncle cut him off.

"Ah ah, this online thing again. You young people and your laptop business. Go and get a real job first. When I was your age, I was already working at a bank."

Everyone at the table nodded.

"Uncle is right o."

"Better listen to him."

"At least secure something first."

I just sat there watching.

Because this same uncle?

He left that bank job in 2009 to "start his own thing."

Fifteen years later, he's still "working on something big."

Still "waiting for the right investor."

Still "almost there."

His "almost there" is older than some people reading this post.

But because he's older, everyone assumes he knows better.

This is the trap nobody talks about.

In Nigeria, we've been programmed to believe that age equals wisdom.

That experience equals expertise.

That "I've been doing this for years" means "I know what I'm talking about."

But here's what nobody tells you:

Some people don't have 20 years of experience.

They have 1 year of experience repeated 20 times.

They've been making the same mistakes, thinking the same thoughts, getting the same results for decades.

And because nobody challenged them, they believe they're experts.

So when they give you advice, they're not giving you wisdom.

They're giving you their limitations disguised as guidance.

Think about it.

The person telling you "this online thing doesn't work" has never tried it.

The person telling you "Nigerians don't buy online" has never sold anything online.

The person telling you "get a job first, business later" is still complaining about their job 30 years later.

But we listen to them.

Why?

Because they're older.

Because they "mean well."

Because "they've seen things."

Meanwhile, the 26-year-old who actually figured it out?

"What does he know? He's just a small boy."

The 30-year-old making ₦5M monthly from her laptop?

"It won't last. Let's see her in 5 years."

We dismiss results because of age.

We accept failure because of "experience."

This is madness.

Let me tell you something that will make you uncomfortable:

The most dangerous advice comes from people who care about you but have never achieved what you're trying to achieve.

Their love is real.

Their intentions are pure.

But their advice is poison.

Because they're not telling you what works.

They're telling you what makes them comfortable.

They're not protecting you from failure.

They're protecting themselves from watching you succeed where they didn't try.

Here's how to know if someone's advice is worth taking:

☄ Have they done what you're trying to do?

☄ Are they currently where you want to be?

☄ Do their results speak louder than their words?

If the answer to all three is no, smile, thank them, and do the opposite.

I'm not saying disrespect your elders.

I'm saying stop letting people who never built anything tell you how to build.

Stop letting people who never took risks advise you on when to play safe.

Stop letting people whose biggest achievement is "surviving" teach you how to thrive.

~ V.O.V

[GodlyVibez Studios @GVStudios_TV]

🚨Bibles were passed out for Christmas in Pakistan 🙏🏽

[Ethan Ray @ItsEthanRay]

I hate you Dady you cheat on me 😄😄

[Esuola Daniel ✦︎ @danielafriheart]

Watch this.

[Talk Church @churchtalkative]

For Bukayo Saka, faith isn’t just personal, it’s part of his daily routine.

[AFRICAMUSTBEFREE!!!!!!! @engrICO2015]

BURKINA FASO PRESIDENT CAPT. IBRAHIM TRAORE RESPONDS TO ECOWAS

"When we cried out that hunger was ke-ee-ling our children in the Sahel, they turned a deaf ear.

When we screamed for help as thieves in white kaftans emptied our treasuries and fled with our wealth, they remained deaf.

When we demanded just a fair share of the gold, uranium, and lithium being carted away to build foreign cities while our villages had no light, they were stone deaf.

But the moment we finally stood up, dusted ourselves off, and said “Enough is enough! Once beaten, twice shy — never again will we be used,”
suddenly all those deaf ears began to hear perfectly.

Suddenly the big birds (the drones and warplanes) started circling our skies.
Suddenly ECOWAS remembered that the Sahel is, after all, an “indispensable part” of Africa.

What exactly do you gain by dragging us back into the misery we have already escaped?

They called the Sahel small and insignificant, yet from this “small” land rose a heart too big to be enslaved again.

The day Africa finally sees that the one who calls himself “friend” is actually the enemy,
that day her true redemption will begin”

[Salman @salmanso_]

Almost 8 years ago the founders of Kalshi made what so many told them was the dumbest decision of their lives.

Today that stupid decision is worth $11b. Kalshi lore is worth studying for early founders. I wanted to join the team because of it.

In 2018 the team gets into YC. @mwseibel actually thought the idea was near-impossible. Despite the idea seeming crazy YC saw the potential in the founding team and gives Kalshi a shot.

Rumor has it this was the last time Tarek smiled.

@apartovi is also one of Kalshi's first believers. Neo has a an insane track record in finding goated founder early. Their formula is really simple.

Find founders who are:
- Intelligent
- Have high agency
- Naive <--????

Neo has found a pattern great founders possess. They are naive enough to think they can take on the impossible journey ahead of them.

I say this with minimal hyperbole - Kalshi has done the impossible. Building an exchange requires so many complex variables to work perfectly in unison. To do this from scratch while having to sue the US government to go live is insane.

I want to vomit thinking how difficult it would be to replicate what Kalshi's has done (which a few companies are trying). Could you imagine how disgustingly difficult it would be to invent the playbook.

What makes someone naive enough to think they can do the impossible? Conviction.

No sane person is spending their 20's learning about derivative laws. It requires an insane level of conviction.

I can't say for certain what gave the founding team so much conviction but my hypothesis is the following:

- The category in which Kalshi operates in is the $19.8T derivatives market. If they get this right the sky is no longer the ceiling.

- Kalshi solves for strong unmet demand. Traders want to trade directly on event outcomes but can't.

- If millions of market participants are rewarded for their truth seeking behavior. Kalshi can aggregate a data point on collective belief. Something non market participants benefit from tremendously (ex: Election Forecasts on Kalshi).

My biggest takeways from working with this exceptional team:

1. Fight the hard fights - the growth and reward for difficult journeys are long tailed but exponentially better than the easy linear journeys.

2. Be naive enough to think you can do the impossible. Conviction and belief that you can rise to the challenge is necessary.

3. Still unsure on whether or not you have to give up smiling to be successful - still going through the data here

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

What do you think about us having this type of Ausbildung school in the South East?

We can hire some expert Togolese as lead trainers.

Aba, Onitsha, Enugu and Abakaliki can be good places to start.

What do you think?

Can our government do this one for us?

[Chidimma @The_Chidimma]

Little girl is an amazing drummer! 🥁

[Goldman @0xgeorgegoldman]

docs to cetus clmm integration to your contract - currently adding liquidity to atasa today from the hub.
https://t.co/VD0x0yyRKC

[Goldman @0xgeorgegoldman]

use github link for cetus integrtion as a dependency in the move.toml ile https://t.co/moAmS4Aas0

[thatjavaguy @JohDan_]

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