Adesa means Divine Authority or Sacred Instruction in Sanskrit, one of the oldest languages known to humanity.
At our core, we move with purpose, power, and clarity.
I have NEVER doubted that I will be successful. It was just a matter of timing. I have the work ethic, my portfolio of failures grows year on year, and I have a ridiculous bounce-back strength. Most importantly, I believe in my abilities to create the life I want. So, it’s gonna happen.
That dude farming engagement has no idea what he has caused. We now have over 4,000 applications, how is HR supposed to go through all of them?
We’re definitely changing our application process because of this.
Nobody really claps for discipline. Nobody cheers for consistency. But one day, everyone will notice the change. Show up everyday and work on your life. Do it alone. Do it broke. Do it tired. Do it scared. But somehow, just do it.
Here is a truth nobody tells you early enough.
The real reason to chase more money is not the cars or the clothes.
It is time.
Money, spent wisely, buys back your hours.
That washing machine gives you back a Saturday morning.
The dishwasher hands you an extra hour with your kids.
A good fridge lets you cook once on Saturday and eat well all week, instead of standing over a pot every single night.
Hiring help for the tasks that drain you is not laziness. It is buying back your one life, piece by piece.
So do not just work to afford things.
Work to afford time.
Time to sleep. Time to rest. Time to be happy. That was always the point.
I think ambitious people should treat life in “seasons” rather than trying to balance everything every day.
A few years massively overallocated to work. A period getting seriously fit. A year or two nomading. Then family takes priority for a while. Then maybe at 35 you go completely insane again and spend four years building a new company, and so on.
The mistake is thinking every metric needs to stay green all the time. Most great outcomes (building a company, writing sth serious, training for an event) need uninterrupted runs, not daily moderation. Sometimes work should suffer cause you’re travelling, sometimes your social life should suffer cause you’re building, sometimes career progression should slow cause family matters more. That’s fine.
And tbh it probably makes life more fun too. You get actual chapters and completely different versions of yourself instead of spending 40 years maintaining the same perfectly optimised routine. A few intense years in one city, a weird nomad phase, an obsession that takes over your life, then something completely different. Probably much more memorable than one very long well-optimised Tuesday.
It's why I encourage everyone to think of balance in years, not days. A good life can look horribly unbalanced on some random Tuesday and still be very balanced over 10 years.
In anything you do in life, don't get used to crumbs. Make no mistake, they’ll times we may be forced to accept crumbs to move ahead, but make sure you are aware it is crumbs, and you deserve better. And if you accept crumbs for so long, you may start seeing it as normal.
The best role model for men is a successful family man who has done well financially, has a good social standing, and has been married for over 30 years with well adjusted kids who love him.
Time will eventually deprive you of everything you have and give it to others.
That is why it is important to nourish your inner man more than your physical body, because the physical body is designed to deteriorate with time.
Re: GoLemon
The worst part about failing as a founder is the think pieces that comes from people who have never built anything in their lives
Since you know so much why companies fail why don’t you build something?
Nigeria is the only place where someone's only Job is being a Politician.
Like, that's a full time job, it doesn't matter if they're in power or not, they wake up in the morning, and their job is just to be a politician.
I'm not even talking governor level or so ooo, like normal people we see on our street.
To the unmarried young men out there, if you find love early and she's ready to build with you, please marry her and treat her right. Don't be an idiot when you start making it. Tari was ready to take the risk. She wanted us to get married but I refused because I was afraid.