get a haircut every 2 weeks to stay sharp, wait 5 secs before answering the phone to control the rhythm, always arrive 15 mins early, stay away from free lunches, never talk about people who aren't in the room and when anger rises, wait 10 mins before reacting. these habits may look rigid but they're the hidden discipline of the elite.
You get $10 million… but you have to restart life from elementary school, keeping all your memories, skills, and knowledge. Are you pressing the button?
You’ll see Nigerian car dealers will import a Chinese car of 21m landing cost and sell for 35-40m. Now Chinese car dealers are all over TikTok marketing their cars cheaper, very soon they’ll come to Nigeria and open their branches here and keep selling cheaper.
I have a theory that if you chase someone for a long time before they finally accept to date you then you’re not their type. Nobody is running from what they like.
Women have an inbuilt, unavoidable hatred of seeing idle men. You cannot undo this. But the key word is "seeing": LEAVE THE HOUSE. This is why we invented Moose lodges, country clubs, and boats.
So my advice to anyone that cares to listen, if during the talking stage, you realize that you look nothing like their exes or what you occasionally catch them gaping at. I’d advise you to run, don’t let anyone bobo you into a relationship where they are managing you.
“Spec” is an over simplification. We all have what we find attractive, for example I’ve always found chubby women attractive as far back as when I was a teenager and this is before BBW and body positivity became a thing.
I know a number of people who didn’t marry their “spec” but are in the healthiest marriages I know. Their spec was typically whatever was culturally deemed to be at the apex of the attractiveness pyramid when they were growing up. For a lot of guys in my generation, it was the music video “vixens” from the late 90s/early 2000s Hip & R&B music videos with ‘coke bottle figures’ and or light skinned eurocentric features. When it’s time to find a partner for the very serious endeavor of sharing a life with, that “spec” is simply inadequate as a measure of compatibility and that’s understandable. The foolishness though is communicating it as though their partner somehow didn’t measure up to their “spec” instead of simply admitting that the idea of their spec was stupid all along and a young boy’s lack of wisdom of what makes a good life partner.
Communicating publicly or even privately to your partner that they weren’t your spec to begin with may seem harmless, after-all you’re just being honest. But subconsciously, it’s an ego trip for you who “settled” and for your the partner, it’s a chip they will always carry on their shoulder that to you, they aren’t quite enough. They’re missing something you had always longed for, so much so that you still consider it to be your “spec”. It’s an unnecessary mind fuck and a cruel thing to say about somebody who is sharing a life with you. No matter how flowery you are with the compliments that come after. You’ve already knocked them down several pegs.
If the point is to say your spec changed then talk about the stupidity of having a spec to begin with. Because I’ve never heard anyone in these situations talk about character attributes being their spec, it’s always superficial stuff. Or speak about how meeting your partner opened your eyes to what true beauty is. Speak in ways that elevate and affirm your partner.
I’ve seen a lot of people take this advise and get married to people they don’t find attractive in anyway, and while they may appreciate the partner for some other reasons. They still struggle with temptation or some say “F it” and keep their preferred “spec” as a side piece.
you go think say na joke, but marry for love primarily please. if you can’t, marry for friendship. if you can’t, marry for aligned goals. before you marry for money (to spend or be spent on), make sure you’ve tried the rest first and you’re sure you want this
Lucy Hale reveals her best relationship was with a drug addict and a drunkard who she was also terrified of but she enjoyed it because those types of relationships are more exciting than normal ones
''I loved it, I love chaos, it was a scary time but it was my most passionate relationships''
Interestingly, one of the worst things about the Nigerian character - bloviating, buffoonish overconfidence - is also a superpower that sets Nigerians apart when it is intentionally harnessed and channelled correctly.
Whenever Nigerians (born and raised in Nigeria) learn how to combine their social confidence with actual intellectual substance and a good amount of self awareness, the world will have a serious problem on its hands.
I believe in my people🙏🏿