This guy inspired me to get a drone then I toured Ghana with him. He’s so chill but bro got money, Niyi is rich rich. These gadgets are not less than 600k🤣🤣
not a single ghanaian.
and the reason is obvious- there’s absolutely zero structure in place for nurturing basketball talents.
community courts are few and far between.
high school basketball is dead.
the local leagues are limited to few urban pockets.
pains me a lot.
There’s something we’re not being entirely honest about in this conversation, so I’ll say it.
It hurts to see someone who, in our eyes, put in less effort than we did, succeed.
- In academics, you spend an entire semester studying while someone who barely attended classes ends up with better grades. It hurts.
- You grind your way to a First Class, only to watch someone without one land an amazing job. It hurts.
- You spend years honing your craft, yet someone who seems to put in minimal effort gets the opportunities, the followers, the brand deals, and the bigger paychecks. It hurts.
You think, "I sabi pass this guy na." "I try pass this babe na."… Heck the money Lobistar makes here in two weeks is more than many brilliant people who have hustled relentlessly for years can even imagine.
Deep down, we believe rewards should be proportional to effort. More than that, we have a very specific idea of what effort is supposed to look like.
I also believe excellence and intellectual depth deserve to be rewarded more than mediocrity.
But if we're being honest, part of our frustration is that we don't think these people deserve the fame, wealth, or success they've amassed because they didn't painstakingly follow the path that, in our minds, should lead to those rewards.
Maybe we're right.
Or maybe we’re hurt by the gap between what we believe we deserve and how the world actually works.
Because the truth is, some people will excel simply because they're more beautiful, funnier, more charismatic or even entertainingly foolish. The world doesn't always reward talent or effort the way we'd like it to.
And painful as it is, we have to make peace with that.