Emmanuel Bett

Proud Dad to Terry and Raham.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

HISTORY'S FORBIDDEN PAGES;

1. The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history. At its peak it connected Europe, the Middle East, and China under one rule.

2. Ancient Greece had democracy for less than 200 years. Most of its history was ruled by tyrants and oligarchs.

3. The United States was not the first country to abolish slavery. Haiti was, after the only successful slave revolution in history.

4. Indigenous civilizations in the Americas had populations larger than most European cities before colonization. Disease wiped out an estimated 90 percent of them.

5. The Cold War was fought through proxy wars in dozens of countries. Millions died in conflicts that were never officially declared wars.

6. Medieval people did not believe the earth was flat. That myth was invented in the 19th century to make the past look ignorant.

7. The Silk Road was not just a trade route for goods. It was the internet of its time, carrying ideas, religions, diseases, and languages across continents.

8. Most colonial borders were drawn by people who had never visited those countries. The conflicts those lines created are still happening today.

9. The Black Death killed so many European laborers that survivors could demand better wages. A plague accidentally started workers' rights.

10. Napoleon was not actually short. That story was British wartime propaganda designed to mock an enemy.

11. The first programmers of the electronic computer were women. They were called computers before the machines were.

12. Alexander the Great had conquered most of the known world by around age 30. He died just shy of 33 and his empire collapsed immediately after.

13. The Library of Alexandria was not destroyed in one dramatic fire. It declined slowly over centuries through neglect and underfunding.

14. Ancient Rome had fast food restaurants with menus painted on the walls. Archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of them in Pompeii.

15. The trans-Saharan trade routes were wealthier than the Silk Road for centuries. West African kingdoms controlled gold and salt supplies that shaped the entire medieval world.

[闪亮的星星 @yike144315]

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[LaughBreak: Dad Jokes ‘N More @MediocreJoker85]

An old man is selling watermelons by the side of the road.

His sign reads:

1 for $3
3 for $10

A young man stops and buys one watermelon.

“That’ll be $3,” says the old man.

The young man then buys a second watermelon. And then a third.

After paying another $3 each time, the young man picks up his watermelons and starts to walk away.

Then he turns back, grinning proudly.

“Hey old man,” he says, “you realize I just bought three watermelons for $9 instead of $10? Maybe business isn’t your thing.”

The old man smiles and shakes his head.

“Funny… every time somebody comes by, they buy three watermelons instead of one… and then try to teach me business.”

[Shubhvani @shubhvanii]

Millionaires are made every decade:

2000s - Internet
The people building websites while others feared technology won.

2010s - Crypto
The "crazy internet money" turned nobodies into billionaires.

2020s - AI
One smart man with AI now outworks entire companies.

2030s - Attention
The rarest skill will be keeping focus in a distracted world.

2040s - Longevity
The rich will pay to slow aging while others destroy themselves willingly.

2050s - Energy & Water
The men controlling basic resources will control nations.

2060s - Genetics
Humans will start upgrading humans. Because apparently being insecure naturally won't enough.

2070s - Virtual Reality
People will spend more time escaping life than living it.

2080s - Land
Civilization will rediscover the oldest cheat code in history: own land.

2090s - Peace & Privacy
Silence will become a luxury only the wealthy can afford.

Every decade rewards the people who see the future early while the crowd calls them delusional.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Nike spent ten years trying to break the 2-hour marathon. They named a project after it. They built special shoes. They paid the greatest marathoner alive to chase it. Yesterday, a Kenyan runner finally did it in 1:59:30, wearing Adidas.

Sabastian Sawe used to be a pacemaker. A pacemaker is the kind of runner you hire to set the speed for the first few miles of a race and then drop out before the finish. In January 2022, Sawe got booked to do exactly that at a half-marathon in Spain. He'd never raced more than three miles in his life. He stayed in for the full 13 and won the whole thing. Adidas signed him not long after. Four years later, he became the first human ever to run an official marathon under 2 hours.

Nike, meanwhile, started this whole project in 2016 with a public goal called "Breaking2." They paid for the shoes, the pacemakers, the science labs, and Eliud Kipchoge himself. Kipchoge ran 1:59:40 in Vienna in 2019, but the event was a closed-course exhibition with rotating pacemakers and a pace car projecting a green laser line onto the road. The sport's governing body never recognized it as a real race. It didn't count.

Then Nike's running business cratered. Digital sales fell 26% in one quarter. Their share of footwear sold at Dick's Sporting Goods went from 39% to 32% in five months. On Running grew from $330 million to $1.8 billion between 2020 and 2025. Hoka nearly quadrupled. Roger Federer left Nike for On. Nike's board fired the CEO in October 2024.

Adidas spent the same period building a better shoe. The new Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 took three years to develop. It weighs 97 grams, about 3.4 ounces, lighter than a deck of cards. A Wall Street Journal-cited study found that wearing a shoe 3.5 ounces lighter saves a runner around 57 seconds across a marathon. Sawe beat the third-place finisher by 58 seconds.

Adidas also did something Nike never did for Kipchoge. They wrote a $50,000 check to the official anti-doping body for track and field, asking it to test Sawe more aggressively than any other runner alive. He got tested 25 times in the two months before last year's Berlin Marathon, and Adidas signed up to fund this for the length of his contract. The logic: the moment Sawe ran a marathon this fast, the world was going to ask if he cheated, especially after his countrywoman Ruth Chepngetich got a 3-year doping ban in 2025. Adidas got out ahead of it.

The shoe retails at $500 and is barely available. Adidas's Adizero shoes won half of all major marathon races in 2024. Yesterday in London, four of the top five finishers wore the same Adidas shoe. Yomif Kejelcha crossed the line 11 seconds after Sawe and also broke 2 hours. The top three runners all beat the previous world record.

Nike's only response was an Instagram post. Three sentences long: "The clock has been reset. There is no finish line." That was their entire public reaction to losing a 10-year moonshot to their biggest rival.

[alpha man @alphaman_111]

@Markmanson Emotions aren’t the enemy , theyre raw data. Discipline is the art of reading that data, thanking it for the signal, and still executing the plan.

[Dylan Dittrich @DylanDittrich]

The bonuses for Sebastian Sawe's world record London Marathon win really stack.

The win: $55,000
Sub-2:02: $150,000
Course record: $25,000
World record: $125,000

Total: $355,000

[Kenny | Accent Investing @AccentInvesting]

A nice car, a fancy lifestyle, and a big house are the old status symbols.

The ultimate flex is freedom.

Time freedom, location freedom, and financial freedom.

[Rohoza (Дев'ятий) Mykhailo 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Oct7NeverForget]

🇺🇸🧐💪Once, the Pentagon realized it had far too many generals and suggested they retire. It promised that any general who stepped down immediately would receive a pension equal to their salary plus $10,000 for every inch measured in a straight line between two points on the general’s body. The generals could choose those points themselves.
The first to agree was an Air Force general. He told the pension officer to measure from the top of his head to the tips of his toes. It came out to six feet. He retired with a check for $720,000.
The second was an Army general. He asked for the distance from the tips of his fingers (with arms stretched upward) to the tips of his toes. That came out to eight feet. He retired with a check for $960,000.
When the third general—a gray-haired Marine—was asked which two points to measure between, he said: “Measure from the tip of my penis to my testicles.”
The pension officer suggested that perhaps the respected Marine general might want to reconsider, mentioning the generous sums the previous generals had received. But the Marine stood his ground.
A medical officer was called in for such a delicate measurement. He approached the general and asked him to take it out. The general did.
The medical officer placed a ruler at the tip—and suddenly recoiled.
“My God!” he exclaimed. “Where are the testicles?”
“In Vietnam,” the general replied.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

10 DIRTY NEGOTIATION MOVES THAT ALWAYS WIN:

1. Always let the other side speak their number first.
2. Stay completely silent after making your offer always.
3. Never show how much you want something ever.
4. Use the word fair and watch the room shift immediately.
5. Always be willing to walk away and mean it fully.
6. Ask for more than you want so you can give something back.
7. Repeat their last words as a question and wait silently.
8. Never negotiate when you are tired hungry or emotional.
9. Make the other side feel like they won something real.
10. Always get everything agreed in writing before you leave.

[Unfiltered @quotesdaily100]

HOW TO RAISE YOUR VALUE:

1. Reply late. Urgency lowers leverage.

2. Keep emotions private. Control creates depth.

3. Work in silence. Progress shocks louder than talk.

4. Maintain neat shoes. Details reveal standards.

5. Pause before responding. Patience shows strength.

6. Spend less time explaining. Confidence needs no defense.

7. Leave some things unknown. Mystery increases impact.

[Listen Brother @Listen_Brothers]

POWER MOVES YOU NEED TO PRACTICE FOR AURA;

1. To confuse: Smile whenever someone insults you.
2. To dominate: Focus your gaze on their forehead as they speak.
3. To dismiss: Glance at your watch in the middle of an argument.
4. To control: Speak in a lower tone and make them lean in to hear you.
5. To expose: Keep quiet and let them reveal themselves.
6. To disarm: Agree with their insult. It ruins their fun.
7. To unsettle: Ask unexpected questions that make them rethink their words.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

Unspoken Corporate Rules :

1. Your salary is based on how hard you are to replace, not how hard you work.

2. The meeting after the meeting is where the real decisions happen.

3. Never be the first to leave or the last to arrive. Optics matter more than the output

4. Your boss's problems become your own problems. But your problems, they stay yours.

5. The person who asks the fewest questions in the meetings is usually the most secure in their position.

6. Face time with the executives is worth more overtime with your direct reports

[School Of Great Men @SchoolOfGr8Men]

Here's How You Value Yourself As A Man;

1. Invited late - Decline
2. Not invited - Don't go
3. Be forgotten - Forget them
4. Used - Set firm boundaries
5. Ignored - Stop Approaching
6. Betrayed - Forgive and move on
7. Not Appreciated - Keep your distance
8. Insulted - Outshine them with success
9. Disrespected - Walk away with dignity
10. Underestimated - let your results Speak

[K. Kimuyu @wakimuyu]

There is a samosa at Java that goes for 390 bob. You look at the price and wonder what the samosa has that makes its cost similar to your electricity bill. You flip the menu, trying to ignore it, but then you come back again and wonder why a samosa should be priced the same as five blouses at Toi Market?

Perhaps it comes with the powers that keep you from drunk dialing your ex. Or it has the soberness that makes you file your taxes on time. It must have a syrup that keeps you away from your neighbor's business and makes you focus on your goals.

You flip the menu again and stare at the pages without really seeing them. Your mind is somewhere else. It’s on that samosa. Three hundred and ninety bob? For a triangular blob of flour? Come on, kwani it shops at Quickmart and reads Business Daily?

You go back to it, and it gives you a smug look. ‘You can’t afford me, can you?’ You can hear it toying with you. You decide to teach its snobbery a lesson by making it swim with your gastric juices, and you order it.

It fills up the plate it comes on. On the side, a lemon. You squeeze it, pick up the fork and knife that come with another plate, and as you start digging in, you can feel your goals coming into focus. You can also feel something else. It’s your electricity bill screaming. ‘You’re going to eat your noodles in the dark.’

[Daymond John @TheSharkDaymond]

I worked at Red Lobster for years while building FUBU.

Not because I didn’t believe in my dreams. Because it was smart.

That job:
- Taught me sales and inventory
- Paid my bills
- Bought fabric and materials for my business

People don’t realize it, but sometimes the day job is your first investor. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t have the means to quit your job right away. Use it as fuel for your dreams and goals. Build slow if you have to.

[Eric Spofford @ericspofford_]

They say it’s lonely at the top.

It’s not.

You’ll meet the best people you could ever know.

But the journey to get there is lonely, hard, and dangerous.

Stay solid.

[Toby @TomolaGroup]

Relationships are the foundation of wealth building. To get rich, you must connect with people who understand how money moves and build a network that protects, moves, and grows wealth:

• Politicians: Know the system
• Accountants: Know where money hides
• Bankers: Move the money
• Investors: Make money work for them
• Business Owners: Create the opportunities
• Lawyers: Protect the money

Your network is a massive part of your strategy. Connect with the right players to win the game.

[Shubhvani @shubhvanii]

Trending Slang Everyone's Using Right Now:

1. Delulu - Living in a fantasy
2. GOAT - Greatest of all time
3. Pookie - Someone you love
4. Cap - That's a lie
5. Vibe - The overall mood
6. Rizz - Flirting skills
7. Flex - Showing off
8. Goofy - Dumb but funny
9. Sigma - Cool alpha energy
10. Slay - Killed it (in a good way)
11. Sus - Weird or shady
12. Gyat - Big booty energy
13. Fire-So good
14. Bet - Sure. let's do it
15. Mid - Just average
16. Skibidi - Lame or cringe
17. Drip - Fashion on point
18. Mogging - Outshining others
19. Bussin - Super tasty or amazing

[Wendy Patterson @wendyp4545]

Europe: Greenland is not for sale

Trump: We'll pay you $700 billion and $100,000 to each person on Greenland

Europe: We don't need the US Greenland is not for sale

NATO: If you try to take Greenland you are kicked out of NATO

Trump: Ok kick us and our 5% out of NATO and the US will take Greenland because your 2 sleds can't stop me.

Europe and NATO: Greenland is not for sale but the US can use Greenland for what you need.

Trump: Ok we'll keep our money, use Greenland and the rest of the Arctic.

Europe: OK

ME: 😂😂😂😂😂