The Girl

I have no prime. I will evolve until I die

[Hansel Praise @hannytalker]

The most dangerous career trap is the comfortable role that's good enough to stay but not good enough to grow.

Ok pay. Reasonable hours. Team you like. Work you can do in your sleep. No major problems.

But you aren’t growing.

Six months becomes a year. A year becomes three. You're making enough to pay the bills, so leaving feels risky.

Then you wake up and realize the world has moved past you.

Your skills are antiquated. Your resume tells a story of someone who stopped growing years ago.

Comfort and growth are opposing forces.

The more comfortable you get, the less you're developing.

The hardest career decision is to push yourself when you don’t have to.

But better to do it now rather than when reality punches you in the face.

[Dr Ola Brown @NaijaFlyingDr]

Markup is how much you increase a product’s cost to set its selling price, while margin is the percentage of the selling price that represents profit.

Because markup uses cost and margin uses selling price, confusing them can make you misjudge your real profit.

[Tola @adetolaov]

I’d say this slowly:

Refuse to let anyone define you by single moments in your life, whether mistakes you made or victories you won. Accept that you are more than both.

[mitsuri @0xmitsurii]

Chase excellence never chase money.

[Dr Ola Brown @NaijaFlyingDr]

When anyone ever says that "there is money in healthcare its just that doctors are bad at business" I ask if Aliko is good at business.

They say yes.

Then I ask why he raised $25bn and didn't put any of it in healthcare since doctors are so bad at business.

[Mr Morale @HabeebAsudemade]

there’s a tendency to do your best work for others if they are in a position to validate your competence, while you invest minimal effort into your direct pursuits. helpful to treat your life as something for which you’re responsible; in a similar fashion to how you would a task.

[Dr Ola Brown @NaijaFlyingDr]

A lot of the rhetoric around success in Nigeria leaves us all hoping for a lucky break.

"Divine favour"
"Unmerited promotion"
"The only alert in your life this year will credit alert"

These things happen. But not for most people.

[omoge. @KhloeUmoh]

No matter how hard you train today, you still need to train tomorrow.

No matter how much somebody loves you, they cannot live your life for you.

You have to keep doing and keep being by yourself. And maybe that is a good thing.

[Bryan Johnson @bryan_johnson]

Never trust yourself to make the right decision. You won't.

Trust systems to save you from yourself.

[Chutter Bicken @iamAnant007]

Bro I just wanted an Internship

[The Girl @_Moreni_]

@NaijaFlyingDr 😂😂😂
A comrade through and through

[The Girl @_Moreni_]

@toheebojuolape_ I'm glad you found it helpful.

[The Girl @_Moreni_]

https://t.co/yimOrmPVkS

[S. 🏆 @saratu]

My 2-kobo is that we should work to not attach our self-esteem to material things, so we don't need this brand of cope. Some women may be doing shady things quite alright, but there's many babes who do have it like that by making legal $$. Just focus on your hustle.

[Imade. @ImadeIyamu]

The only time I speak pidgin convincingly is when I'm irritated lmao

['Kúnlé 🧩 @KunleAdebajo]

As we were wrapping things up at UI in 2017, @kanyeeeen and I wrote this comprehensive guide for student journalists. Eight years later, people still ask us about it.

There are no reprints, but you can now download a free digital copy here:

https://t.co/VqoIkbaGlj

[The Girl @_Moreni_]

I plaster here.

[Imade. @ImadeIyamu]

This has been on my heart for a few months now:

I’m starting a YouTube channel called “We Made It in America.”

It’s about conversations with successful immigrants who’ve built incredible careers, companies, and lives in the US - sharing their journeys, lessons, and insights.

1st guest is Raj Suri, co-founder of Lyft and Presto (2 public companies) and alum of MIT and Uiversity of Waterloo.

The episode is out this Friday & you can subscribe here so you don’t miss it: https://t.co/61Fqt7rTuu

[The Girl @_Moreni_]

Wowza

[Nathan @OIuwatosin]

I once failed an interview because I used “we” a lot. I thought it projected me as a team player but instead, the hiring team struggled to identify my specific skills, contributions, and impact.

Be comfortable with saying “I” and focusing solely on what you accomplished.

[Oluwatimilehin 🧏 @whereisDSA]

‘A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed arm’.