There’s this thing happening in Nigeria rn, I call it pre-accumulated expenses, it simply means if you don’t spend any money today, you are going to spend triple of what you would have tomorrow
Steve Rogers and Thor reunite in the ‘AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY’ trailer.
Thor says “it’s not possible” until Steve reaches for Mjolnir and it leaves Thor's hand, coming to his.
I will say it again, the average thug can’t be reasoned with. It’s a total waste of time.
Take this one for example, what do you want to tell him? He neither cares for morality or even his own sociopolitical right, which he has willingly sold for money.
He strongly believes if he kiss the ring long enough, snatch enough ballot boxes, and go to war consistently for the right person, he too, can become like those men he mentioned who rose from poverty to riches by walking the path he’s now threading.
He can’t be reasoned with. You can’t appear to his conscience. Politics is about self interest and he has identified his own. So why should he care for yours?
The solution is for Nigerians to make it clear to people like him that their determination to make their votes count far surpass his desire to make his masters happy.
That’s the only way.
I think every [young] person should have a very clear idea of who they want to be. The life they want to live.
Pick a timeframe. 2 years. 5 years. Who do you want to be at 25? 30? 35? 40?
Like with terrifying specificity. What sports do you play? Where do you work? What’s your salary? Where do you live? What’s your week like? Who’s still around you? What’s your networth? What industry do you want to be in? What things do you no longer do?
I’ve seen so many people fumble opportunities because they couldn’t realize fast enough that they were at the doorway for the life they wanted, because they couldn’t articulate the life they wanted.
Write it down, talk about it. with friends. sometimes even with enemies. be loud, and be intentional.
I can’t count how many times I’ve been called to do something because a friend remembered that “oh, you said it’d be cool if you worked with an event/company/creative, so this thing came up and I thought of you”.
You don’t have the life you want, because you don’t even know what it is yet.
For our relationships to prosper, we must deliberately and consistently assume benevolent intent in actions, and ignorance — rather than malice — in omissions.
Nigerians are lazy is still the wildest statement. Young boys are trekking/cycling under hot sun to deliver packages so they can eat.
Delivery man will call you and beg you to help him bring water so he can drink small. Water of N200, he can’t afford because it’ll make a big dent in his finances.
Women are running multiple side hustles to make ends meet.
I must not get ragebaited. ragebait is the mind-killer. ragebait is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my ragebait. I will permit it to pass over me & through me