I was thinking about something recently.
You can have multiple shoes, clothes, and things, yet still feel like you need more. Some items you may not even wear for years, but you still keep buying.
It made me realize something about life, satisfaction is never really final.
If you have 10 clothes, you may still want more.
If you have one house, you may think of building another.
If you have one car, you may start thinking of two or three.
It feels like the human mind is always moving, always wanting more.
But maybe the lesson is not about stopping desire completely.
Maybe it’s about learning when enough is enough and appreciating what you already have before chasing what’s next.
Because without that, satisfaction will always feel far away.
God punish social 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 because he’s never done anyone any good atll .
And this lady right here is proof 📌.
Her name is Deborah Moses from Akwa Ibom.
She was given an avenue at the just concluded UBa Graduation Ceremony and interactive session of the trainee's to ask a question.
The moment she spoke, she gave both a question and a contribution. I don’t know why, but I immediately felt like the contribution was going to be the main spice when she said she had both.
And my guess was right.
She noticed a problem with customer service and how customers are attended to, but she didn’t just point out the problem and stop there.
With her understanding of a bit of tech, she recommended that if there was a provision for PDFs or documents to be given to customers immediately after they register with the bank, customers could go through them themselves and understand certain things before getting to the bank officers.
That way, the workload on the officers is reduced, and perhaps, that unsatisfactory feeling customers sometimes have can also go down.
I was just there smiling.
I wonder how her parents and relatives will feel seeing this if I felt this way. This is my first time even hearing of her.
And this is why I’ll keep telling people that of all skills to lack, please do not miss the skill of learning how to express themselves.
Especially if you're introverted. It is really more important for introverted people because sometimes, all we do is make content, share memes, like posts and quietly observe everybody.
Sometimes, take your phone, put it in front of you and record your opinions.
Just hear yourself sound intelligent. You don’t even have to post it. But keep doing it.
Look at the number of people doing reaction videos today. I mean the ones who are actually doing it well.
Everyday, the number keeps increasing and a large percentage of them must have seen their confidence grow over time because think about it.
Looking at a camera, stating an opinion about a problem someone else has shared, and then posting it knowing that social media is a world filled with different opinions?
That is a big challenge.
But you do it enough times and suddenly, you realise you are no longer the person who used to struggle to put thoughts into words.
I hope I don’t have people in my circle who are still saying, “This is just how God created me. I’m a quiet person.”
No. GodForbid on your behalf.
You can grow.
Same thing I said last week while talking about the communication skills of Mr. P and how he managed to keep his audience listening from Part 1 all the way to Part 8 of his story. 😄
Obviously, if he wasn’t always this expressive, then you can go back and watch his first interview and compare it to the way he communicates today whenever he is invited for interviews.
That is the growth I want everyone reading this to pick from this.
Because I was genuinely stunned watching this video.
So I beg you like I'll beg myself , Read more, Expose yourself to reasonable content.
Listen to people who know how to communicate.
Even when you are just cruising and trying to relax, don't miss out because you're trying to clout chase because that's the new culture now.
Big moments don’t come every time. But when they come, give them your best shot. You never know who is watching.
This is not for everyone, but if this is for you, I hope it helps you become that person you have always imagined yourself becoming.
And congratulations to Deborah Moses too.
See how T.O.E said he really wants to know where she has been posted? Men! That is a whole new bond right there.
Cheers to telling bigger stories about you someday Deborah cause we will and remember this day.
As always, thank you for coming to my T€D Writes ✍🏿.
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Look, I beg you. Become really good at something. Like wickedly good. Then let as many people as possible know you’re really good at that thing. The consequences will change your life.
Your mind is a computer. If you haven't spent 20 minutes in genuine boredom this week, I guarantee you have at least 50 open tabs of useless loops circling around making you feel restless.
An argument from 3 days ago, 500 bookmarks you'll never use, Some social justice problem you literally can't do anything about or doesn't affect you.
Now multiply that by your entire life experience compared to how much genuine "do nothing boredom" time you've spent. Probably 99% stimulation 1% genuine do nothing.
Your brain is trying to render YOUR ACTUAL LIFE (present moment + future possibilites) while simultaneously running all those useless loops. WHILE trying to separate the signal (emotionally charged life experiences) from the noise (algorithmic input). Of course you feel overwhelmed/restless cause your mind is working OVERTIME.
It's like living on 15 frames per second and 400 ping. How many times have you caught yourself talking to someone and you don't even hear what they said (even tho they're right in front of you) cause you got distracted by some dumb shit you randomly remembered from 5 years ago.
Boredom is the key, REAL BOREDOM (allowing urself to relax) is meditation. Meditation isn't activating your butthole chakra or shooting lighting bolts out of your third eye.
It's about allowing yourself to relax SO DEEPLY that LIFE can work it's magic THROUGH YOU (all you have to do is chill for a few minutes).
Process = random tabs opened each in your mind -> all the data is digested -> separates signal (life lesson) from noise (conditioning/limits) -> Ctrl + Alt + Deleting all the old programs -> Uses new INFO + Space to automatically update your software (perspective) and your hardware (neural network).
After that, your render distance expands. Brightness cranks up, contrast gets increases (like a low dose of psychedelics), creativity that you haven't had since being a child comes back, time slows down in a good way. You see all the small details like changing a game from 15 FPS to 240 FPS. Your life is BACK and you feel ready to LIVE out what is pulling your curiosity.
All you have to do is sit through 20 minutes of boredom withdrawals until you get to the place of ALLOWING yourself to relax.
Btw I wrote a free 7 letter series that walks you through the process - link in bio (even my 16H screentime a day sister was able to do it).
@KajalMundhraa@holumitz123 Can we talk a lot more better about attention span😔 💔 It becoming so hard to give just a little attention to things that matter around you
Leave social media for a year and watch how much your life changes. Your attention span improves, your mind gets quieter, your comparison with others fades, and you suddenly realize how much time you were giving away to things that never really mattered.
Let me brag about God with this story. 🙏🏿
Sometime in 2004, I was half-awake, meditating, when I heard a voice:
“Go and tell Cornelius Tay that the whole office must praise Me.”
Mr. Cornelius Tay was our MD/CEO.
Immediately, I said in my heart, “Never! Emi, ke? Me? 🤷🏿♂️”
At the time, the company was facing a serious financial crisis. There was little or no patronage for both the advertising agency and the water engineering company. As a result, salaries were not being paid.
When I got to the office, I shared the message with Foluso, who was close to the MD at the time.
“Hmmnn, Nduka, you want to lose your job.”
That one increased my fear. 😂
Then I told another colleague who was a pastor. He simply asked me:
“Who will you fear—God or man?”
With that, I summoned courage.
Mr. Tay and his wife came into the office around 9:00 a.m. I waited about five minutes for them to settle, then knocked on his door.
He ushered me in.
“Good morning, sir. God sent me to you.”
Immediately, his wife was startled. She held her husband and said, “Close the door.”
Then she told me something that shocked me.
They had been praying that morning, and God had told them that someone would come and tell them what they should do.
So they asked me, “What did God say we should do?”
I replied, “God said we should just praise Him. Raise our voices and praise Him.”
“So how do we do it?”
I said, “I will tell Pastor to handle it.”
We came out into the open office. Mr. Tay clapped his hands to get everyone’s attention. We prayed and praised God together.
Afterwards, everyone simply went back to their seats.
Around 2:00 p.m., we received a call from Ngozi at African Petroleum (AP):
Our cheque for ₦48 million was ready!The money they owed us for several months.
As we were still rejoicing, the water engineering company also received a contract from the Water Corporation at Ijora.
Two breakthroughs. Same day.
That was how God intervened in the financial crisis of the company.
And to think that when I first heard the instruction, I said:
“Emi, keh? Never!” 😂
So, yes, let me brag about my God:
He is good. He speaks. He provides. He makes a way where there seems to be no way.
PRAISE THE LORD! 🙏🏿❤️
Picture of my desk at the agency in between 2002 and 2006.
I used to be a chronic procrastinator and it left me an absolute shell of a human. doing things immediately and with intense urgency was truly the cure. you think of an idea and you write it down instantly. you think of someone and you text them on the spot. even a mundane task like putting your laundry away gets done the second it appears. stop leaving things for later. just do it now
One day I will become the kind of person who can confidently stand in front of 500 people and speak without my voice shaking. Please remind me I said this when I get there 🥹😭
Full grown adults that can’t swim, cycle, skate, backpack, take a gap year, vacation, play an instrument or speak multiple foreign languages. Just a lifetime of hustling and trying to leave survival mode. These are subtle poverty metrics that no one really talks about
I had the wildest out-of-body experience this morning 😭
Woke up, rolled to the other side of my bed and somehow I could SEE my body lying there???
Omo I rolled back into my body by FORCE 😭😭 it is NOT my time abeg. I have a world to conquer!
I don’t think I’ve appreciated being alive as much as I did today. 😭