Finance tip (Honest advice),
For my young men, this is the honest truth.
In your formative stage, leave woman alone. I beg of you. There are so many women in this world that you will get tired.
Focus.
When you make money, they will come (both the good and the bad).
Don’t excessively chase any woman with your sweat and scarce resources . If you are lucky to find one that loves you sincerely, settle down quickly and build together so you can focus.
When building, two heads are better than one.
Aside that, please focus.
People who spend long periods of time at home and slowly lose the desire to go outside often think they're just resting. But psychologically, many of them are experiencing something called mental rumination. It's a state where the brain starts slowing down while the number of thoughts inside keeps increasing and the motivation to do anything slowly disappears. The mind gets stuck in the past, worries about the future and burns itself out. This isn't laziness, it's a nervous system stuck in survival mode. And the longer it lasts, the more distant normal life begins to feel. And the difficult part is that you usually can't escape it through one massive burst of motivation. And sometimes,recovery starts with just one small step.
I am glad @BBC made this documentary titled “Surviving Biafra” on the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War. So, kudos to my brother, the award winning Nigerian filmmaker, Meji Alabi.
It is difficult for me to watch as I see my people slaughtered like dogs simply for seeking freedom and the preservation of their lives.
Pogrom was committed against my people following the unfortunate first military coup of January 15, 1966 that was termed an “Igbo coup” even when the authorities and anyone who cared for the truth and followed events in the country at the time knew it was not an Igbo coup. Our Igbo people and anyone who looked like them were hunted down, killed, beheaded, maimed, babies violently cut from their mother’s womb and killed across northern Nigeria for simply being Igbo.
I look forward to more documentaries on this war imposed on my people because of the discovery of crude oil in the then Eastern region.
While not a complete account of the war, and while I would have wanted to see more from the people who were slaughtered in the millions and subjected to genocide, yet it is worth watching by all who seeks truth and justice, to understand Nigeria then and now.
I am gratified that perhaps the powers in London are beginning to realize that this injustice cannot go on and be hidden forever.
The Biafrans were not defeated by the Nigerian Forces. Biafrans were defeated by the British government, the British Military and the Blockade orchestrated and imposed on the Biafran people by the government of General Yakubu Gowon.
I have long urged Nigeria’s government to begin the process of healing the incalculable disaster perpetuated against the Igbos of Nigeria and other Easterners. Other Easterners suffered during the war as much as the Igbos because it was difficult to tell who was Igbo from the Efik or Ibibio for example.
I urge everyone to watch this documentary.