Emmanuel Olúwáfẹ́mi Ezekiel

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[Dele Olawanle @dolawanle]

SIGNS YOU MAY SUFFER AT OLD AGE (PART 2)

This is the conclusion of this article.

First, do not spend all your money on the family. You must have a reserve or a backup. Every nation, organization, church, or charity that lacks a reserve will be bankrupt in the end. Many men die young because they have nothing left after supporting their families. That is poor financial management. Blame yourself.

Second, as a man, plan for two. Plan to spend the rest of your life with your wife and save money towards that. If she decides to mess up, it will be her loss.

Third, have something you can sell—either land, stocks, shares, or properties. If you are in your 60s and sell a property you own to look after yourself, that will not be too bad. You have labored enough.

Fourth, manage your pension well if you have one. Don’t do what I call misguided generosity. Do not take on extended family responsibilities. Your earning capacity reduces as you age. Let them call you stingy, but don’t die a wretched man.

Fifth, if you live abroad, make sure you get the right to stay permanently before you return to your country. Getting medication can make you bankrupt in Africa. Allow yourself to return.

Six, look after yourself and your health. Sickness and diseases make old age a hard chore. Do exercise, eat, and sleep well. I am learning to do that. Many men in their 60s are not physically fit.

Seven, maintain a good network of friends. Don’t let your old friends go, especially the good ones.

Eight, do not let your children go. Be conscious of that and be very mature.

Finally, pray a lot. Prayer frustrates every attempt to make you suffer. Don’t be agnostic like some people. Believe in God at all times.

If you have anything to add to these, please do.

My name is Dele Olawanle. I am a coach. I think, write, and speak to improve lives. Share this post. Follow me for more insights and inspiration. #deleolawanlesnuggets

[POJU OYEMADE @pastorpoju]

The two types of burdens. One you must carry by yourself or your life gets ruined the other you must be helped or you will be unable to get beyond that.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Nokia was so futuristic...

[GeniusHawlah 👨‍💻 @GeniusHawlah]

@TheFigen_ In case anyone is wondering about their sudden disappearance

https://t.co/l04tjQ48H6

[GeniusHawlah 👨‍💻 @GeniusHawlah]

The Intelligence Trap: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things and How to Make Wiser Decisions by David Robson.

[GeniusHawlah 👨‍💻 @GeniusHawlah]

Reading a book now and I saw the actual reason Nokia was suddenly pushed into oblivion.

So, the Finland company, Nokia, actually saw their own downfall coming but dismissed it with some old-fashioned corporate arrogance wrapped in a "can-do" movement that leads to nowhere. A company that, as of 2007, controlled nearly half the global mobile market became almost irrelevant just six years later. Omo! I still remember the respect for "Original Nokia" while some phones were termed "Chinko" then. Nokia were really a giant!

Like T-baby, iOS and Android hit the ground running in 2007 and 2008, respectively, and that's when Nokia’s troubles began. Before then, the Finnish company had the most sophisticated and promising OS in the mobile market - Symbian OS. Many assumed the issue was a lack of engineering skill, but no, it was pure management arrogance.

According to researchers Timo Vuori and Quy Huy, Nokia’s engineers were among the best in the world at the time. These engineers saw iOS and Android for what they were: game-changers. They knew that if Nokia didn’t rewrite their OS from scratch to embrace the smartphone era, allowing for more advanced apps and keeping pace with the new competition, it was over. But rewriting the code would take years. Just like many other companies out there, the management weren’t interested in "years", they wanted results as early as yesterday. So, instead of facing reality, they leaned into paranoia.

They started punishing anyone whose opinion sounded like a doubt in Symbian’s future, and refused to acknowledge iOS and Android’s superiority. Employees were forced into a collective delusion, chasing impossible deadlines and faking progress. At some point, they would even massage data to fit their preferred narrative: "We’re making progress!"

But reality doesn’t give a damn about your belief, self-deceit, and optimism. By 2013, Nokia had lost most of their customers and employees (unsurprisingly, the engineers majorly), who refused to keep pretending. The wake-up call came with the catastrophic flop of the Nokia N8. Well...there was a 'way out' - being acquired by Microsoft… and that's another story.

Why am I putting this out? Because there's this same over-optimistic blindness in many companies out there. They ignore long-term sustainability (even when an overhaul is necessary) in favor of quick, short-term fixes. They rarely listen to engineers who eventually build the products. Instead, they apply relentless pressure until people break, forcing them to stop thinking and just follow orders.

David Robson called it Functional Stupidity, a term coined by Mats Alvesson and Andre Spicer. And honestly, there’s no better way to describe it.

[Trad West @trad_west_]

Chinese atheist scientist became a Christian after studying the complexity of the human eye

[POJU OYEMADE @pastorpoju]

The power of restoration

[The Driven Man @Thedrivenman]

Thats the kind of Judge The World needs 🙌✨

[Bishop Tudor Bismark @TudorBismark]

At the cross, Jesus did not excuse wrongdoing; He confronted it with mercy. While nails held His hands, forgiveness filled His mouth and heart. True grace does not deny sin. It redeems the sinner. That is the kind of grace that transforms lives.
Sermon: https://t.co/j5mWQGOFPg

[POJU OYEMADE @pastorpoju]

Seek understanding.

When you don't understand the first principles of something it becomes difficult to have a proper conversation and ignorance makes you start chasing shadows while you leave the real substance.

First principles are fundamental, foundational truths or axioms that cannot be deduced from any other proposition. It is a problem-solving method that involves breaking down complex issues into their most basic, undeniable truths—essentially, what we know to be true—and reasoning up from there, rather than relying on analogy, convention, or assumption.

Without understanding the first principles you start arguing over things that don't matter.

For example we have Peter's shadow healing the sick and then we have handkerchiefs being taken off the body of Paul to get the sick healed.

Without understanding first principles (the "science" of divine healing) a denomination can emerge over an argument on the shadow of Peter over and against handkerchiefs and pieces of cloth being taken off Paul's body for the casting out of devils and healing the sick. One may even argue that in the ministry of Jesus we didn't hear of his shadow healing any sick person.

When you don't understand the first principles every application that defers from the norm you are used to will always be treated with fear and suspicion.

[iNspiritextra @iNspiritextra]

No organization or person can be stronger than the environment that supports them.
Be wise!

✝️ Pastor Muyiwa Areo

[POJU OYEMADE @pastorpoju]

God's system of justice and judgement.

[POJU OYEMADE @pastorpoju]

I agree with Rev Swaggart on this. Too many people cause divisions within the Body which truly the Lord detests over trying to prove their point of view on scriptures in the right one.

You listen sometimes, and it's all an argument on English language.

The major aspects of the gospel people agree on its some minor and not major issue they start a "civil war" on and they actually can point to no experience of salvation, deliverance, release of power or how it help them in a better walk with God apart from "doctrinal arguments."

For me, it's all just a manifestation of pride when knowledge puffeth up.

[iNspiritextra @iNspiritextra]

The positions God is preparing you for may not be recognized or applauded by the church.

✝️ Apostle Femi Lazarus

[Dele Olawanle @dolawanle]

Greatness comes through humility, and humility is greatness. When you are around pastors like Enoch Adeboye, William Kumuyi, and David Oyedepo, you will know that it is not by power or by might.

You want to be great? Learn from these great men. Humble yourself.

[Godman Akinlabi @PGeeman]

Have you developed capacity for pressure?

[Tevin Macharia Mukabana @TevinMacharia]

Even me as a woman ,I fear women ,there no man a woman cannot finish ~ Bishop Funke Adejumo.

#wofbec

[MJ👑 @iam__Jezreel]

Consequences are more important than decisions.

Because decisions give birth to consequences

[Bizzleosikoya.eth @bizzleosikoya]

No lies told @eLDeeTheDon