Resourceful Ogbugo

Human Capacity Developer

[Resourceful Ogbugo @rogbugo]

Your future is built between two forces: the dream you’re chasing and the nightmare you’re running from.

[Jay Alto @theJayAlto]

what's the greatest blog post on the internet?

i'm talking 'violently shift your entire perception of reality' blog post

[Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavid]

20 rules for young men:

1. Never date a friend’s ex

2. It’s ok to go to the movies by yourself

3. Hygiene is more important than you think

4. Know the different between love and lust

5. Stay informed on what’s going on.  Don’t be a sheep

6. Have a sense of humor but don’t joke about your dreams and goals

7.  Study the types of people who upset you and why

8. Stand up to bullies.  You’ll only have to do it once.

9. Don’t bully people weaker than you

10. Learn how to tell stories

11. Don’t complain. 80% of people don’t care about your problems and 20% are glad you have them

12. Be impressed by the things that matter

13. When coming across a successful person, talk less, ask more.

14. Leave a lasting impression after people meet you

15. Don’t feel guilty for being too ambitious

16. Be mentally and emotionally ready to lose loved ones at some point of your life.

17. Always have some cash with you

18. Regardless of what you get paid per hour, give your best. 

19. Avoid porn at all cost.

20. You never marry a girl, you marry her entire family.

[jo johnson @josbjohnson]

I wrote down exactly who I want to be and what I want my life to look like. then I asked what does he do. how does he start his day. what does he eat. when does he sleep. how does he handle the hard conversations. what does his work look like. I wrote all of it down. then I just started doing it. you don't have to feel like him first. you act like him until you are him.

[Resourceful Ogbugo @rogbugo]

@ScholarshipfPhd Hi

[Resourceful Ogbugo @rogbugo]

When you initiate, you decide who receives your energy, attention, presence, and time.

Initiation is influence.

[Resourceful Ogbugo @rogbugo]

I have long discovered something about human nature.

If you don’t check in on people, many won’t check in on you. If you don’t greet people, many won’t greet you.

Most people are reactive. Very few are initiators.

That is why initiators often hold more power than they realize.

[Resourceful Ogbugo @rogbugo]

I have long discovered something about human nature.

If you don’t check in on people, many won’t check in on you. If you don’t greet people, many won’t greet you.

Most people are reactive. Very few are initiators.

That is why initiators often hold more power than they realize.

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

a lot of them were born into circumstances that demanded survival long before they could think about purpose, ambition, or building wealth.

many of them spent their youth trying to put food on the table, support family members, and navigate systems that gave them very little room to dream.

tbh they worked hard, but hard work alone does not always produce success when opportunities are scarce and information is limited.

if we’re going to keep it a buck, many of us have advantages they never had.

we have access to knowledge from anywhere in the world, opportunities to build businesses from our phones, the ability to learn from people we will never meet, and examples of success that are available to us every single day.

some of those men spent decades learning lessons that can now be found in a book, a podcast, or a video.

it does not guarantee success, but it changes what is possible for those willing to learn, adapt, and keep moving.

when i look at these unsuccessful old men, i do not see a prediction of my future.

all i see is a reminder of how high the stakes are, i see people who did what they could with what they had.

my responsibility is to do more with what i have, i owe it to them, and to myself, not to waste opportunities they would have given anything to access.

this is why fear cannot be my final decision maker, if anything, their stories should push us to move with greater urgency, greater gratitude, and a deeper commitment to becoming everything we are capable of becoming.

[Jude Bela @realJudebela]

From all I’ve seen researching for this series, it’s obvious that Nigeria was not designed to work. The designers of Nigeria don’t care about the humans occupying the geographical area called Nigeria. In fact, the people living here are a big inconvenience.

The leaders of Nigeria are willing puppets that continue to allow themselves to be used by foreign interests to both destabilize and loot the country of its resources.

Because of greed and lack of patriotism, these so called leaders continue to run to same powers working against the interests of Nigeria, so long as they help them get into power.

Yes, IMF, World Bank, UN e.t.c. are not innocent institutions.

I also understand that it’s a complicated world and you can’t get much done alone. Especially if the powerful countries are against you. Media is such a powerful tool and it can be weaponized against you anytime by powerful people who want different things.

Above all, I have come to realize that the person who will change Nigeria will be hated by Nigerians. He will need to be so brutal and decisive to correct the values of the society we live in. He will have to increase the number of educated people in the country before allowing such to choose their leaders.

Until then, we will keep doing this 4 years voting ceremony called Democracy without any measurable results.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

Never get married because people are telling you that it is time to get married. Get married when you agree with the person you want to marry that it is time to marry each other. If you meet someone working on a timetable, run far away from them. You are only a means to an end.

[spidey @lochan_twt]

i still think about this

[Calvin @CalvinandNOBS]

Regardless of clothes, cars, and material goods…

People can tell your socioeconomic status just by looking at you.

[Glorious God @GloriousGod01]

I'll give you just 3 financial updates. Take them seriously.

1. Forget about building a house for now. That should be the least of your worries. That 50 to 100 million naira you want to waste on building can set you up for life. Even if you are not good at business or investing, simply put the money in Money Market Funds (MMF). You can do this through your bank or fintech apps like Opay, PalmPay, Cowrywise, and PiggyVest, where you can earn up to 20% annually. If you invest 100 million, you will earn 20 million naira every year while still keeping full access to your capital.

2. Save 30% of your income every single month and invest it consistently. Even If you earn as low as 100k naira monthly and save 30k, that is 360k in the first year. Put it in MMF or government securities and keep adding every month. Repeat this discipline for 10 years. With current double-digit returns, you will not have less than 8 million naira and you can easily cross 10 million if rates stay strong.

3. If you can afford a small car, buy one, maintain it properly, and use it for mobility and business. Stop attending important meetings and presenting proposals on bike or keke. A car puts you two steps ahead immediately.

Bonus tip: Instead of buying one land for 10 million and spending 100 million to build a house on it, buy 11 pieces of land. Do proper due diligence, surveillance, and documentation, then leave them for 5 to 10 years to appreciate. You could easily make nothing less than 500 million from that move.

Above all, love God.

[BOSS @thebeautyofsaas]

PROPAGANDA I’M PUSHING:
- go to the gym
- read as much as possible
- start your side biz asap (more income streams = better life)
- learn to communicate (it is the #1 skill)
- start waking up at 5am
- pocket notebook and a pen everywhere you go
- keep your childlike curiosity alive at all costs
- 10k steps a day minimum (your life gets better)
- stay hopelessly optimistic
- know a guy who knows a guy (opens all the doors)
- quality over quantity every single time
- learn to sell yourself and your story
- only buy items that have a high ROI on your quality of life
- notifications off at all times
- give without expecting anything in return
- invest all your extra $$$ into assets (boomermaxxing)

[Resourceful Ogbugo @rogbugo]

“A moving man will one day meet his luck”

While valid what is he moving towards because he can also move around in circles.

Direction is just as important as movement.

[Dr Ola Brown @NaijaFlyingDr]

Most people do not avoid entrepreneurship because they lack ideas.

They avoid it because they cannot tolerate the emotional violence of trying to make something real when reality has not yet validated it.

[Asa @xAsamoahx]

I hate being around people who mistake my childlike wonder as naivety or weakness. I am simply a war general who loves to giggle.

[Mind and Glory 🎖 @mindandglory]

A dangerous man studies the game before he plays it. Then he plays it better than anyone.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

“Someone” is too vague.

20-30 years old: Find a very good job in a place where you can get leverage to buy assets. Get married, save together. The other option is to start a business early but know that 99% of the time, it will die but the experience will be valuable.

30-40: Start thinking of starting a business from what you have learned. Find partners, mentors, funders.

40+ Enter politics.

Seriously, after 40 wealth is more about connections than effort. This is the time you cash in on relationships built over time.

Wealth is about relationships and compounding the benefits of those relationships. No matter how brilliant you are, nothing will bring you wealth if you don’t build relationships.

Friends have always opened the doors for me and recommended me to rooms where I made money from.

[Fabian Sani Esq @FabianSani8]

To whom it may concern as copied from Taiwo Aromolarn on LinkedIn.

Young lawyers, if you walk into court with these 7 authorities, no objection will take you off guard:

1. Atanda & Ors v. Ajani & Ors (1989)

When to use this:

Opposing counsel tries to introduce evidence or elicit testimony on facts not pleaded in the statement of claim or defence.

Your response:

“My Lord, this evidence goes to no issue. The facts it seeks to establish were never pleaded. We urge the court to discountenance it as it is inadmissible.”

2. Section 1(1) of the Evidence Act

Torti v. Ukpabi (1984), citing Kuruma v. The Queen (1955)

When to use this:

Opposing counsel objects to your evidence on the grounds of how it was obtained e.g., arguing it was improperly or illegally obtained.

You respond:

“My Lord, relevance is the basis of admissibility. Once the evidence is relevant to the matters in issue, it is admissible.

How it was obtained is of no moment at this stage.”

3. Ndu v. State (1990); FRN v. Saraki

When to use this: Opposing counsel discloses information not contained in his pleadings or affidavit from the Bar.

Your response: “My Lord, the law is trite. No matter how brilliant Counsel’s oral address is, it cannot take the place of evidence.

The court of law is a court of facts and facts are established when supporting evidence is adduced.

4. Akpan v. Bob & Ors (2011)

When to use this:

The opposing counsel suggests that your brief is defective and should be struck out.

Your response:

“My Lord, even where a brief is alleged to be bad, the only consequence the court may visit upon it is an adverse comment.

It has no jurisdiction to regard such a brief as no brief at all… It cannot strike it out on the premises of being bad.”

5. NNPC v. Clifco Nig. Ltd. (2011)

When to use this: After winning, opposing party resists a costs order;

Your response:

“My lord, costs follow the event in litigation. A successful party should not be deprived of the fruits of litigation unless there are specific reasons why he should be deprived of his entitlement.”

6. Sodipo v. Lemminkainen & Anor (1986)

When to use this:

Opposing counsel objects to an affidavit because it was deposed to by a lawyer.

How to respond:

“My Lord, an affidavit sworn by counsel is not objectionable in principle.

It is only improper where the subject-matter involves privileged client communication or places counsel in a position of being cross-examined. Neither condition is present here.”

Which of these stood out to you?

P.S: Lawyers, what case law will you recommend as no. 7?👇👇

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