Phinehas Isa'ac ☘️

Writer || Virtual Assistant || Mobile Phone Photographer

[Oluwatobiloba @Tobielobba]

When I was teaching at one of these big private schools years ago, one day the parent of one of my students couldn't pick them up because of a roadblock.

She asked if I could help bring the kids to where she had parked her car.

I stopped an okada. These kids couldn't even climb on the bike; the oldest was around 9 years old at the time.

They had never ever climbed an okada before in their lives.

I had to carry them one after the other. I took one, went and came back, then the second, then the third.

That's when it hit me that different realities produce different perspectives.

Never assume your experience is universal.

[Phinehas Isa'ac ☘️ @Phinehas_Isaac]

@LegacySiu Mason Mount?

[Chukwu Emeka✍️⚙️ @AskEmmy0]

I reported a police officer to the Federal High Court Abuja.
Not PSPC. Not his DPO. Not his IG.
Federal High Court.
Let me tell you what he did to make me go that far.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

10 things smart people read every morning that no one talks about.

The richest, sharpest, most curious people on Earth start their day with these. Most people have never heard of half of them.

1. Paul Graham's Essays
The startup philosophy every successful founder has read. Twenty years of writing. Free in a single archive.
Site → https://t.co/RqEin1Q4AX

2. Stratechery
Ben Thompson's weekly tech analysis. Read by executives in 85+ countries. The New York Times called it "one of the most interesting sources of analysis on any subject."
Site → https://t.co/r8IPszJxui

3. The Marginalian
Maria Popova's 19-year archive of book-distilled wisdom on art, science, philosophy, and life. Free. No ads. No algorithm.
Site → https://t.co/6ZBClqakZ4

4. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Naval's complete framework on wealth, happiness, and clear thinking. The 244-page PDF is free on his site.
Site → https://t.co/DBjH36NajI

5. Farnam Street
Shane Parrish's blog on the mental models Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett actually use to make decisions.
Site → https://t.co/1RuXFCHUXQ

6. Lenny's Newsletter
The product playbook from the operators who built Airbnb, Stripe, Notion, and Figma. Free posts every week.
Site → https://t.co/OEUKH1464O

7. Sahil Bloom's Newsletter
One free essay every Saturday on principles, frameworks, and timeless ideas. 800K+ subscribers.
Site → https://t.co/V25AD2Lg7s

8. Stripe Press
The most beautifully designed publishing house on the internet. Books on technology, business, and ideas. Many available free online.
Site → https://t.co/zAZRjCfs6x

9. Astral Codex Ten
Scott Alexander's writing on psychology, science, AI, and how to think clearly. Free. The blog every smart person you know quietly reads.
Site → https://t.co/srtGPIVf4W

10. Morning Brew
The 5-minute daily business briefing 4M+ professionals read with their coffee. Free in your inbox every morning.
Site → https://t.co/lkMWm3hlpl

Here's the wildest part:

The smartest people on Earth read the same things every morning. Most of it is free.

Most people never find it.

Save this before you forget.

100% free. Forever.

[𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫 @ThePreserverofU]

HABITS OF BILLIONAIRES

1) JEFF BEZOS
- Read books for 30 minutes daily
- Sleep for 8 hours
- Work on goals
- Wake up at 5 AM

2) ELON MUSK
- Focus on work
- Stay updated in your field
- Wake up at 7 AM
- Dream big and live a challenging life

3) WARREN BUFFETT
- Read 500 pages daily
- Stay away from negative people
- Do important tasks first
- Make wise and correct decisions

4) BILL GATES
- Breaks day into 5‑minute blocks
- Reads ~50 books per year
- Exercises regularly (treadmill, tennis)
- Values feedback and coaching

5) MARK ZUCKERBERG
- Wakes up at 8 AM
- Wears the same outfit daily to reduce decisions
- Trains in Brazilian jiu‑jitsu and MMA
- Uses sauna and cold plunge for recovery

6) OPRAH WINFREY
- Starts mornings with gratitude journaling
- Meditates for 20 minutes daily
- Exercises every morning (cardio, yoga, walks)
- Eats fresh vegetables from her garden

7) RICHARD BRANSON
- Wakes up around 5 AM
- Begins day with outdoor exercise (tennis, cycling, kitesurfing)
- Spends breakfast time with family
- Stays connected with Virgin teams and blogs daily

[RecruitmentPQ @RecruitmentPq]

Career truths that nobody tells you until it is almost too late. Read every one of these slowly:

[Dr Usman Isyaku @DrUsmanIsyaku]

When Olusegun Obasanjo was looking for a Minister of Finance, he picked Malam Adamu Ciroma. A former CBN Governor and seasoned economic and policy adviser. He later picked Dr Ngozi Iweala, a PhD from MIT and a World Bank senior economic manager. Nenadi Usman was a junior minister and her appointment was strictly political. She didn't qualify for the role.

When Umaru Yar'adua was appointing a Finance Minister, he picked Dr Shamsuddeen Usman, a PhD from London School of Economics and Political Science, former Central Banker, former university academic, and former UBA manager. He later chose Dr Mansur Mukhtar, MSc Cambridge, PhD Sussex (Economics), Senior Economist, and former DG Debt Management Office.

Goodluck Jonathan appointed Olusegun Aganga, Senior Director at Ernst and Young London, MD Goldman Sachs London, World Bank and IMF Board Member. He later reappointed Dr Ngozi Iweala as Coordinating Minister for the Economy.

The rot started with the APC administration. Muhammadu Buhari appointed Kemi Adeosun. She has BSc Economics from the University of East London, a Postgraduate Diploma and certified Chartered Accountant as Finance Minister. She didn't even have NYSC certificate. He later appointed Zainab Shamsuna. She has BSc Accounting from ABU Zaria and MBA from Olabisi Onabanjo University. Was Executive Secretary at NEITI but had no relevant professional work experience in finance.

Bola Tinubu went tribal. He picked Wale Edun, a former Commissioner of Finance in Lagos and merchant banker. He has BSc, and MSc in Economics from the University of London. He later replaced him with Taiwo Oyedele, A HND holder in Accounting, MSc from Oxford Brookes, and former tax consultant at PwC. He has zero work experience in finance.

Dr Doris Nkiruka is a medical doctor. She's a Certified Finance Analyst and MBA holder but have zero work experience in finance administration.

Are you wondering why our economy has deteriorated under the APC administrations? The quality of their strategic appointments has been abysmal. It's either tribalism or nepotism. Merit is a second consideration!

[KABUGO @Kabugo_]

The most expensive thing in poverty isn't lack of money.

It's the time you spend managing the consequences of not having it. 3 hours on a bus because you can't afford the Uber. Half a day at the government office because you don't know anybody inside. Poverty isn't just less. It's more... of the wrong things.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

WHAT ICU NURSES KNOW ABOUT THE LAST HOURS OF LIFE THAT FAMILIES ARE NEVER PREPARED FOR:

1. Hearing is the last sense to go. Many patients can hear everything being said in the room long after they appear unconscious. Nurses know this. Most families do not act like it.

2. The body does not shut down all at once. It withdraws blood and oxygen from the extremities first, working inward toward the heart. The cold hands and feet you notice are the body making a final decision about what to protect.

3. A sudden, unexpected improvement in energy and alertness hours before death is not a good sign. Nurses recognize it immediately. Families almost always mistake it for recovery.

4. The sound called the death rattle is not pain. It is simply the throat relaxing and losing muscle control. But no amount of medical explanation prepares a family for hearing it for the first time.

5. Most people do not die during the night. The body has a biological rhythm and many deaths occur in the early hours of morning, between 3am and 5am, when the nervous system is at its lowest.

6. Patients often wait. Nurses have watched people hold on for days until a specific person arrives, or a specific word is spoken, or permission is quietly given to let go. It happens too consistently to be coincidence.

7. The words "we did everything we could" are sometimes true and sometimes the most painful half-truth a family will ever receive without knowing it.

8. Families who are not present at the moment of death carry guilt that no counselor fully resolves. Nurses see this guilt begin forming in real time and cannot always stop it.

9. The face relaxes completely at the moment of death in a way that is impossible to describe until you have seen it. Nurses say it looks like the person finally put something down they had been carrying for a very long time.

10. Many ICU nurses privately believe that the most painful deaths are not the ones with the most physical suffering. They are the ones where the patient dies surrounded by family members who are fighting with each other.

11. The thing families almost never say, but almost always should, is simply this: it is okay to go. Those four words, spoken out loud, do something that medicine cannot explain and nurses have witnessed more times than they can count.

12. Nurses grieve too. They learn the names, the histories, the family dynamics, and the small personal details of every patient. They cry in break rooms, in parking lots, and on drives home. Then they walk back in the next morning and do it all over again, because someone has to, and they chose to be that person.

[Apostle Emmanuel Iren @pst_iren]

For all the perceived imperfections of Celebration Church, pray for us.
We are trying our best

I’d like to think that it will matter more to every true Jesus lover that we are getting the most important things right;

- Teachings are strictly Christ centered
- Members love each other
- People are truly knowing Jesus better and excited about the gospel.

Part of our mission statement as a church is to disciple people excited about God, His message, and His church. I’m glad we’re achieving that.

I could also argue that it is a huge testimony that you can tell our members just by their tweets. For even when Peter tried to keep his anonymity, it was said:

"Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you." Matt 26:73. (See also Acts 4:13, 11:26)

The problem is that a brand of Church where you keep your anonymity and ideologies has been popularized. That brand of Church where the only thing that ties you to the Church is that you actually attend. So when people see Church done in a way I’d argue to be the Bible way, they have an issue with it.

The word Church (grk- ecclesia) literally means ‘called out’ gathering.
Faith in Jesus calls you out and into a community of saints.
It is impossible to do Church the Bible way without, in some sense, losing your ‘individuality’.

This doesn’t mean you can no longer think for yourself. It simply means that you begin to think biblically and have a Christian world view.

And guess what? A group of people who share the same ideology, mission and fellowship may seem cult-like to you.

This is exactly why unbelievers coined the name Christian to describe a behavioral pattern and excitement of a group of people identified with Christ. The name Christian was originally derogatory.

Issues of people crossing the line in admiration isn’t new either.

“As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.
But Peter lifted him up, saying, "Stand up; I myself am also a man." Acts 10:25-26.
(see also Acts 14:11-15).

I could argue that a Church that doesn’t have to deal with this might be doing things the wrong way.

Just like Peter and the early saints, God will help us to continue to help people never to cross the line.

But trying to constantly shame people for being excited about their Church and Pastor is unkind.

Sometimes the motives also seem suspect. Why Celebration Church? Which Church more than ten thousand members strong doesn’t share these attributes?

Being excited about your Church is not idolatry
Being excited about your Pastor is not idolatry.
(Paul literally said: “Be imitators of me as I am of Christ” 1 Cor. 11:1)

Placing anything or anyone above God is idolatry.
Being grateful for someone who helped you get closer to God isn’t.

If all of these still seem too much for you, please find a Church that works better for you.

It’s one thing to not understand or to even dislike our excitement. But to constantly try to pick on people for it seems suspect to me.

Ultimately, God has our score card. He sees all and will judge all.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

BUILDING STRONG CHILDREN,WHAT TO DO AT EVERY STAGE:

1. 0–1 year: skin-to-skin contact builds trust and brain wiring
2. 1–2 years: let them explore freely — crawling and touching builds intelligence
3. 2–3 years: read aloud daily — language at this stage shapes everything
4. 3–5 years: imaginative play develops empathy and creativity together
5. 5–7 years: teach them to lose gracefully — resilience starts here
6. 7–9 years: give them small responsibilities — confidence grows from contribution
7. 9–11 years: encourage a hobby they chose themselves — not one you chose for them
8. 11–13 years: teach emotional vocabulary before puberty hits
9. 13–15 years: listen more than you speak — this age needs witnesses not lectures
10. 15–17 years: involve them in real decisions — they rise to what you trust them with
11. 17–18 years: teach them how to fail and recover, not just how to succeed
12. All ages: eat together — the family table is the original classroom
13. All ages: model the behaviour you want — they watch everything you do
14. All ages: say sorry when you are wrong — it teaches more than any lesson
15. All ages: tell them who they are, not just what they did

[Phinehas Isa'ac ☘️ @Phinehas_Isaac]

@RuthSummie I'm glad someone had to say this. It is the audacity for me. 🤓

[Simon Thazhigilla Simon🇳🇬 @Thazhigilla_]

You will never be the wealthiest in your state, not in Nigeria, not in Africa, not in this world, if you don't read this! And listen, it is not your fault.

Calm down before you start dragging my ‘okrika’ shirt. This is not a curse (me sef come from humble background), I simply wish to highlight something you might be overlooking.

I know you've consumed those 1,000 books by American billionaires, you even used your last penny to buy Otedola's book, you've gone through Tony Robbins seminars on YouTube while sprinkling two drops of ‘e go better one day’. I know you’ve attended conferences everywhere, you've starved your distractions, networked like your life depends on it (spoiler: it actually does like mähhddd), invested in courses that promise "financial freedom", and consistently showed up even on days when your spirit is screaming to give up.

But what if I told you the game was already rigged before you even started?
The Aliko Dangote you want to become had an uncle named Alhaji Dantata Alhassan. A whole family line of affluence handed him a beginning crafted in silver. Femi Otedola’s daddy (Michael Otedola) transitioned from politics to become the governor of Lagos. And you’ll be the one to shout ‘school na scam when you are literally the punchline. Mr Eazi’s uncle borrowed him 19 million naira to go and invest. And he failed ooo. Do you understand? He had the financial cushion to try and fail. Davido was sent abroad to study and ended up pursuing music. His dad brought him back, and Babcock University created an entirely new department of music just for him before his father eventually backed his musical career.

The truth is that you were built like a snail, whereas they were engineered like horses to start the race at the finish line. So even if you embarked on your journeys and struggles yesterday, you will always arrive after them. I acknowledge that you are not lazy; eyes cannot simply see the weight of the shell you carry. That shell symbolizes the absence of generational wealth and influential connections. It is a system engineered to favor those who are already favoured.

I was listening to Dr. Cosmas Maduka when he said that the cheapest car they have at Coscharis Group is around 32 million naira, and if an average person walks in requesting to pay in installments over two weeks, they will not give it to you. But see the crazy twist. He mentioned that if Dangote himself called them and asked them to let you have a Rolls Royce valued at 1.4 billion naira, they would allow you to drive it away.
And you think name, you think foundations, do not count? 😹

Connections are important like maaaahddd. Hard work will carry you far, yes, but not to the height you see in your dreams.

This thing is everywhere ooo... I was conducting my personal research on matching into a USA residency as an International Medical Grad(IMG). Let's say you wanted a prestigious specialty like Orthopaedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery etc. The slots available to you are so extraordinarily competitive that your chances are nearly zero (the probability of an IMG matching in Neurological Surgery in 2022 was 16 out of 36,277, or 0.044105%).

Then I looked up Harvard Medical School's match rate for 2024. Out of their 176 inducted doctors, 155 got matched into their choiced residency. Dem no born me well to think of schooling in Harvard Medical school with my papa money 📷, but what is obvious is just breathing the air at Harvard gives you a head start the size of the Atlantic Ocean…

This is not a post to make you give up. It is a post to make you wise up.
But here is where I get aggressive: shred the sham celebration!
You are not lazy my guy, you’ve just been outpaced by those born at the finish line. The snail doesn’t win by racing the horse. No, the snail wins by forming alliances, by being so strategic that it gets to ride on the horse’s back.
Were there outliers? Absolutely. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie clawed her way from Enugu to global shelves without a dynasty. But even she got lifts: scholarships, mentors who saw the fire in her and offered petrol. No one rises in isolation; that myth of being ‘’self-made’’ is what keeps you scrambling in the dark. You will never, ever accomplish it alone.

You may not be Dangote? That’s okay and beautiful 🤭. Your goal should be to become the ‘Dantata’ of your own lineage. You are the one who must break the cycle. You serve as the foundation and your duty is to work ten times harder and smarter, not to compete with the horse, but to create a stable where your generation can start side by side with it.

You may not reach the destination you dream of but you can be the one who charts the course, who lays the first stone, who ensures that those who come after you will never know the unbearable burden of starting from scratch.

That legacy is a currency richer than naira, more powerful than a name.

[Phinehas Isa'ac ☘️ @Phinehas_Isaac]

Thinking about this makes me quake but also encourages me to read more.

[Summie's write @RuthSummie]

It literally stresses me out how many good books are out there that I still haven't read😩

[Summie's write @RuthSummie]

Read so you can speak less and mean more.

Read so curiosity becomes your default setting.

Read so you know the world before it tells you lies.

Read so your mind grows before your mouth does.

Read so you can think deeper than your phone feed.

[Phinehas Isa'ac ☘️ @Phinehas_Isaac]

@RuthSummie You're absolutely right. You just got a follow.

[James Anthony 💎 @JamesMartirq7p]

“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity." ~Aaron Swartz

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

Germany didn’t become an industrial powerhouse by sending everyone to university.

They built something smarter.

It’s called Ausbildung, a structured apprenticeship system where young people earn while they learn inside real companies.

A 17-year-old in Germany can train to become:

• a mechatronics engineer
• an industrial technician
• an automotive systems expert
• a precision machinist
• a medical equipment technician

They are paid during training.

They graduate with globally respected skills.

And many of them end up earning more than university graduates.

Over 50% of German youth pass through this system.

Now look at Nigeria.

We push everyone into universities.

Millions graduate every year.

But the country is still importing basic technical expertise.

We have degrees but we don’t have enough skills.

This is why we are studying the German Ausbildung model closely to implement in the South East.

Because the South East must lead Africa’s skills revolution.

Imagine a structured apprenticeship system across Aba, Nnewi, Onitsha, Enugu and beyond where young people can train to become:

• industrial fabricators
• automotive engineers
• robotics technicians
• electronics specialists
• renewable energy installers
• precision manufacturing experts

Training will happen inside real companies.

With structured certification, modern tools and clear career paths.

Not the informal “Igba Boy” system, but a world-class apprenticeship ecosystem.

The South East already has the largest concentration of indigenous manufacturers and traders in Africa.

What we need now is structure, technology, and certification.

If Germany can power Europe’s manufacturing through apprenticeships, there is no reason the South East cannot power Africa’s industrial future.

The next generation of millionaires in Africa will not only be software founders.

Many will be master craftsmen, engineers, and industrial builders.

And when Africa finally fixes its skills crisis, history may remember that the revolution started in the South East.

[Phinehas Isa'ac ☘️ @Phinehas_Isaac]

If you are told to surround yourself with great minds, get (or buy) a book and read and build yourself a personal library.

[Phinehas Isa'ac ☘️ @Phinehas_Isaac]

@Mary_ork Hi there.