The Rise Of Mara
"Mara" โ an informal term for madness.
A small word with weight. Born in the streets of South West Nigeria, in Yoruba-speaking communities.
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@Letter_to_Jack Eiye leader arrested at Eye Korin (the bird sings) and the guy is out here singing like a canary ๐๐ฆ The singing Number
Triple entendres at its finestโฆ.
Eiye leader arrested at Eye Korin (the bird sings) and the guy is out here singing like a canary ๐๐ฆ The singing Number
Triple entendres at its finestโฆ.
๐๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ
An outlier is simply a data point that does not fit the normal pattern. In econometrics, researchers do not model behavior around outliers. They isolate them, investigate their cause, but exclude them from end goals. When you build a life plan around an outlier, you are building to fail.
Nigeria has a median age of 18.6 years, per the National Bureau of Statistics. Youth unemployment sits above 53%. Every year spent in indecision is a year of compound returns lost permanently.
When someone tells you that you are young and that you still have time, ask a specific question. How many people in the Nigerian private sector, in your exact industry, with no existing capital or connections, built a sustainable income stream after the age of 35? If some did, the population of that group is small. The population of people who started at 22 and had something real by 30 is larger. That asymmetry is the data. Follow it.
The stories of the 55-year-old who built an empire or the 50-year-old who recovered from nothing are real. Most of them come from the United States or Western Europe, where credit access is broad, institutions are stable, and failure does not mean permanent exclusion from the financial system. Nigeria offers none of those conditions. A failed venture at 40 with no savings and no credit history does not produce a second-chance story. Even Dangote started trading commodities at 21.
Yes, you can be inspired by exceptions. But be guided by patterns.
Find people who succeeded in your field, your age group, with resources similar to yours. Study what they actually did, and repeat those moves.
Dream as big as you want but build on honest data.
As you were. ๐ซต
i taught my boy that early, money doesnโt like water, it loves water and behaves a lot like it. look, donโt be confused cos i will teach you all now, walk with me
and pay solid attention;
flowing water stays fresh, active and useful but stagnant water slowly becomes dirty and lifeless right? money follows the same principle, when it keeps moving through businesses, work, investments and assets, it creates more opportunities to grow and multiply.
this is why wealthy people focus heavily on circulation and multiplication, they donโt allow money to sleep idle in one place for too long
we create systems and multiple channels where money continuously returns to us from different directions, channels and if you pay close attention, even financial languages reflect water ideas and inspiration; liquidity, cash flow, revenue streams, river banks, capital pools, overflow and a whole lot more, like the connection has always been there, youโve all just been ignorant.. another crucial topic will be how money hates noise.
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It was great joining Njideka Akunyili Crosby โ a gifted Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based artist โ to unveil our first portrait together. This piece reflects so many chapters of Michelle and my story, and weโre thrilled that it will be on display in the Hope and Change lobby at the Obama Presidential Center starting this Juneteenth.
@Blaqsoundz__ Itโs not sustainable, the business eventually dies because what if you give loan to an artist and theyโre music stop moving or they fall off, they default on their loans and youโre left to recoup. Itโs a business at the end of the day.