Mr Barth❤️

Son of The Father🤗

[Abdulsamad @richtosho]

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[Nnamdi 🦅 @_Nsznn]

Fool at 40 don chop $700k at 42

Make sure you stay alive ooh

Plenty good things Dey front bro

[Ayo-Elesho @Ayoelesho]

Listen to her pitch at the Harvard Innovation Challenge in 2025. Short, precise, and inspiring. Rooting for her.

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

Insane geographical facts about Nigeria that most people, especially Africans, aren’t aware of.

[​𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐚 @sunnkssdseraph]

For a RELATIONSHIP to really work, you gotta understand this: You and your partner are TWO different people, with two different pasts, trying to build ONE future. You didn't grow up the same, you won't always think the same, and that's okay. What matters is HOW you handle it. Communicate without turning everything into an argument. Listen even when you're frustrated. Stop keeping score and start choosing growth. Because every disagreement shouldn't create distance. It should build understanding

[Hafiz @hafiz_ngn]

I remember how much courage it took to write that 7 letter word on my application form; HARVARD.

With a 2:2 certificate from UNIBEN and a cumulative GPA of 2.67, I must have been mad. Maybe madness was the key I needed to unlock my goals.

Everything and everyone constantly suggested to me that I wasn’t good enough to even get a decent job talkmore of go to an Ivy League school for my masters.

From sending job applications to KPMG and other top firms that automatically screen you out if you’re not a 2:1, to law firms that won’t even bother to respond, many times I wish I could go back in time. But I don’t anymore.

So much of the process was about upgrading my psychology to actually believe I DESERVE IT. I had been tempted to set my sights differently. I had always known I wanted to do an MBA so I was simply planning to apply to the Open University or UNILAG to get it over with. (Both good schools)

But a chance meeting with a Branch manager at UBA in Warri changed my mind when he told me he regretted not going to Lagos Business School instead of UNILAG becuase of the network.

So then I prepared and took the GMAT but got a score (580/800) that sent me spiraling into depression cos I thought it reinforced the idea that I wasn’t smart enough.

However when I sent the score to Lagos Business School, they accepted it (I had barely passed the cut off) and they made me an admission offer and I was eager to take it. (Lagos Business school is the best institution in Nigeria hands down- getting in with a 2:2 would be a feat!)

But one of my mentors said to me; “Aim higher...you can be a global figure.” He had never seen my GPA. He didn’t care. So I decided not to care too. And thus I began again to prepare to retake thesame grueling exam that that I had just spent 9 months preparing for. This time, I decided to take the GRE instead of GMAT since I didn’t have a strong math background.

On the day of the GRE Exam they asked us to call out the names of the 4 schools we were applying to. Others said various schools a few of which I hardly knew. When it was my turn I said with a shaky voice, “Harvard Business School”... everyone turned. I continued...”Duke, Imperial College and Oxford.”

I was building my courage to dream- to convince myself that I deserved it.

This time I scored a 315/340. Harvard average was 320. I was downcast but I still continued the application process.

The Harvard MBA Application essay said “We have recieved your application. Is there anything else you want us to know about you?”

I said yes, there is something more.

I want you to know that I am quite intelligent but I have never had an easy life. my parents were separated when I was 7 and at age 12 I was moved to live with my grandma while my mother travelled to the US to try and make ends meet. But despite this turbulence at home I was made headboy in my high school in SS1 when prefects are only chosen in SS2.

I want you to know that I never could focus in university, i skipped many classes, I did many assignments at the last minute, and never had notes- however, I was saving up every dime to try my hands on various businesses; from a school magazine, to doing supplies for companies, to fish farming. I hustled and built my knowledge about business in Nigeria from street smarts not books.

I want you to know that on the day I graduated, I couldn’t even get a form to go to Law school with my peers. But on thesame day I bought a truck from all the money I had saved up from business in University. And I went to build my own startup in agriculture.

I want you to know that after Law school I built my own business and was recognized as a promising entrepreneur till the 2015 recession hit and the business crumbled under the weight from forex instability in my country.

I want you to know that i went on to work in a Venture Capital firm and managed a nationwide project for the firm and taught myself financial analysis and actually came 2nd runner up in the Nigerian Stock Exchange Hackathon.

I want you to know that I lost both my parents in the span of 5 months in 2016 and I often contemplated suicide by overdose on sleeping tablets I was prescribed to help me cope. But this led me to studying most of the classic books on psychology and mental health and world history to find a deeper meaning to life.

And finally, I want you to know that all those experiences have made me a more empathetic person, a better friend, a deeper soul who feels the pain of the world, diligent, persevering and never giving up. Thank you

Guess what?

Harvard said No.

“We are sorry we can’t offer you a spot in our class.”

And I was broken...almost.

My mentor tried to consoled me saying: “the best talent are not the ones that go to Harvard: they are the ones who Harvard rejects or who drop out. 😄From Jack Ma of Alibaba, to Warren Buffet, to Bill Gates and Mark Zukerberg.” What matters is that you beleive in yourself enough to strive for the very best.”

I had striven for the best. I put only Ivy League schools on my application despite having a 2:2 from uni. When most Nigerians even with 2:1 are encouraged to aim for easy schools just so they can get visa and jakpa. I refused to put any school that was ‘easy’ to get into. (I respect that everyone’s journey is different and your school doesn’t define you.)

It was harvest time. I had put in the work with almost 2 years of study and applications. Harvard said no. But It was time to see what else I would reap.

Duke responded next and offered me a waitlist position on the MBA class. I couldn’t beleive it! I was one foot in the door of an Ivy League School. 😭 (being waitlisted is like asking a girl out and she says “I’ll think about it.”- they’re considering you but they have options or trying to see how bad you want it. )

While considering the waitlist position at Duke, Imperial College came through with their own admission offer- but this time with a scholarship of £20,000 (Future Leaders Scholarship) in recognition of my potential as a future leader. 😭

I wept tears of joy.

You see because in Nigeria, we only know a very small range of school options. I thought I had failed by getting rejected from Harvard.

What I didn’t know at the time was that Imperial College was ranked higher than Harvard in the key part of my career history- entrepreneurship. Imperial is the 2nd highest ranked school in the world (behind Stanford) for MBA entrepreneurship. (QS MBA Ranking) i had gotten into a school that outranked Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, MIT and Caltech for startups and innovation. 😭

Stanford and Imperial focused their lense on non-traditional students and spotting potential entrepreneurs and world changers while schools like Harvard and Oxford focused more on traditional metrics (weighing heavily on big 4 experience)

I said yes to Imperial College and my friends and family all came together to pitch in to ensure that I could take full advantage of the offer.

Today I am not only fulfilling my dream of attending an Ivy League university for my MBA, I am also the President of the Africa Business Club, and a paid student ambassador of the Enterprise lab and I have a global network with peers form 23 different countries and global firms inviting me to meet with them at employment events.

So this is my story. It’s my birthday today and I am thinking back on the journey here. I just got a new apartment in the heart of London. I’m not bragging I’m telling you my reality hoping that I can motivate someone to think bigger; and aim higher than they are currently doing.

My university grade still says 2:2, but my mind has always been Ivy League. What about you?

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Original Author: Ten Esan

[aether @bluewdrift]

You need boredom. A lot of it. Start by going on walks without music. No stimulation. No distractions of any kind. If you learn to sit with your own thoughts, for long enough, in time they will start serving you. You'll start having ideas once again. You'll start developing an extreme sense of clarity that will shift you into the next stage of your life. All by being bored, which is pretty insane.

[👁️ Secretos del Éter ✨ @secretosdeleter]

Practica este combo cada día de tu vida y no necesitarás nada más para poder defenderte en la calle 🥊

[Adam Friedland @AdamFriedland]

I just keep watching over and over

[Campechame @Campechame42]

Vete a la verga, aquí se ve mucho más cabrón como hizo mierda a Kane 🫪

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

just realized that his bio is something we should really take by heart

[🦅 @Chopmonie_1]

Go to a divorce court once. Just sit there and observe.

Not a single woman is asking for her love back. They're asking for money.

[Victor Okafor @TheVictorOkafor]

I hope you see how there is a hierarchy of competence in this world? Norway celebrates getting to the quarter finals. If France goes out in the semis, they’d consider this campaign a failure.

Know where you are in life at the moment and play accordingly. Don’t compare yourself to anyone.

[victor 🖤🦇 @vector_olal]

God wanted to play football, he had to shorten his name from Messiah to Messi

[Annalise Keating @Ariannnyy_]

You can’t convince me life is just a series of coincidences. What do you mean Lionel Messi was randomly paired with a five-month-old baby after the baby’s family won a UNICEF raffle for a charity photoshoot while Messi played for Barcelona… and that baby grew up to be Lamine Yamal?

Lamine would go on to become one of the brightest young stars in soccer, wear the same No. 19 Messi wore for the same team when that photo was taken, and now, nearly two decades later, could face Messi in a World Cup Final???????

[Julian Dumebi Duru @julian__duru]

https://t.co/1hoaNlnNT8

[Cira @CiraNzube]

Nahhh, she’s good.
I went thru this list and saw legit companies who have hired people I know IRL here. If you’re looking for the ones with $7/hr and above, try Bruntwork, Hugo and Hello Rache.

[Oluwatimileyin✨🦋 @Timmysofine]

A grammar tip:

When choosing between “and me” or “and I” in a sentence, choose the one that works if you drop the other person.

“My sister and I went to the store,” becomes, “I went to the store,” which is correct.

“My sister and me went to the store,” becomes, “Me went to the store,” which is incorrect.

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, save this post and read it later. If you’re a night owl like me, this is a good late-night read.

Do you know the worst thing about Cristiano Ronaldo?

It’s that he set the standards for what defines a legend… and in the end, he couldn’t even live up to the standards he created himself.

After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo said:

“You can’t become a legend until you win a trophy with your national team.”

It was an obvious dig at Messi.

Argentina had just lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany, and Messi was going through the toughest period of his international career. Those words only added fuel to the fire.

Where was the respect for a rival, Ronaldo?

The surprising part was that social media completely embraced that narrative. Messi was labeled a bottler, while Ronaldo was declared the winner of the rivalry—at least in the media, not on the pitch.

Then Messi retired from international football, came back, won the Copa América, and suddenly they were level in major international trophies.

What happened next?

Ronaldo fans started saying that one Euro is worth more than a hundred Copa Américas, claiming there was no competition in South America. Not true—but that became the excuse.

Then Messi went on to win the World Cup.

This time, the excuses changed again.

They claimed FIFA had fixed the tournament for Messi. That the World Cup was scripted in his favor. They simply didn’t know what else to say.

Then Ronaldo himself came out with one of the strangest quotes imaginable:

“A legend’s career can’t be defined by just seven games.”

At first glance, it sounds reasonable.

But beneath it was another attempt to diminish what Messi had achieved.

Before the World Cup, they insisted it would be Ronaldo’s tournament. On paper, Portugal had a fantastic squad. If the manager couldn’t get the best out of them, that’s Portugal’s problem—not Ronaldo’s.

Yet that same Portugal squad wasn’t any weaker than the Argentina team Messi led to the 2014 World Cup final—the same team people mocked Messi for not carrying to the title.

Just a couple of days ago, Ronaldo said:

“The World Cup doesn’t define my career, whether I win it or not.”

A statement that directly contradicts what he had said years earlier, when he admitted that winning the World Cup would make him feel completely fulfilled.

Now you’re 41 years old, Cristiano.

By your own standards:

* You have 5 Ballon d’Ors, not 8.
* You have one European Championship, not two Copa América titles.
* You never won the World Cup.
* You have four European Golden Shoes, while Messi has six—even though you’re an out-and-out striker.

So what now?

Will you keep playing until the next World Cup and become the first player to appear in one at 45, hoping to finally win it?

If we judged you by the standards you created, you wouldn’t qualify as a legend.

Of course, nobody actually judges you that way. Everyone still recognizes you as one of football’s greatest legends.

The real mistake was comparing Ronaldo to Messi in the first place.

That rivalry was exaggerated from the beginning by the media and figures like José Mourinho.

Messi conquered every major trophy available to him, shattered records that once seemed untouchable, and at 39 years old he’s still competing with Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland—the stars of the next generation—for the Golden Boot. And honestly, he could still win it.

What made Messi beloved by so many fans is that he never tried to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements.

Ronaldo, on the other hand, repeatedly made comments that many interpreted as attempts to downplay his greatest rival’s accomplishments—and that’s never an admirable trait.

Cristiano helped create a generation that thinks belittling other people’s achievements while constantly glorifying your own is a way to establish dominance.

Good bye. Ronaldo.

[Àgbàakin of Europe🇳🇬 🇪🇺 @powerfulbadeeu]

I do not always get what I wanted at once.
I wrote O’level four times before I eventually had the coveted C6 in Physics

I wrote JAMB four times before I eventually made it & gained entry into the University, when I eventually got admitted into FUTA in 2012, some of my high school mates were already in their finals.

I started applying for Scholarships in 2017 & only got lucky four years after in 2021; I submitted about 24 applications to different countries & continents before Erasmus Mundus eventually fell on my knees.

I’ve submitted over 4,000 job applications in this Europe, got only about 20 interview invites & only 4 offer letters.

Most of you know me as a Supply chain crooner on this app, but little people knew that’s a career I started after age “30”

Resilience is something I’ll always preach, I’ve lived through it myself.

“Na who give up fuck up abi how dem dey talk am”

Post motivated by @BukkyOA