Ian Mwangi

Born Ready,
Technologist,
#MUFC |
cyber security | Cloud | Network & security

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

KOBE BRYANT’S 10 RULES:

Get better every single day
Prove them wrong
Work on your weaknesses
Execute what you practiced
Learn from greatness
Learn from both wins and losses
Practice mindfulness
Be ambitious
Believe in your team/yourself
Learn storytelling

[Finansal Özgür @finozg]

🧠 Warren Buffett:

“Hayatta istediğim her şeye sahibim.”

“Bir yerine on evim olabilirdi. Daha mutlu olur muydum? Asla.

İki yerine on arabam olabilirdi. Daha mutlu olmazdım. Bu beni çıldırt��rdı.”

↓

“400 metrelik bir yatım olabilirdi.

Ama o zaman onlarca kişilik mürettebatı yönetmek zorunda kalırdım.

Bazıları benden çalardı.

Bazıları birbiriyle kavga ederdi.

Kim bilir daha neler olurdu?

Gemi kaptanı olmak isteseydim başka bir mesleğe girerdim.”

↓

İnsanlar zenginliğin daha fazla şeye sahip olmak olduğunu düşünüyor.

Oysa gerçek zenginlik;

İstemediğin şeyleri satın almak zorunda olmamak,

İstemediğin insanlarla çalışmak zorunda olmamak,

Ve zamanını istediğin gibi kullanabilmektir.

Finansal özgürlüğün özü budur.

(Charlie Rose, 2009)

[PadreEspartano @Padreespartano]

Los campeones no nacen, se hacen.

Esta es la infancia de la velocista Sha'Carri Richardson…

[Zach Brandon @MVP_Mindset]

This is coaching gold from Emma Hayes.

"If we choose easy, we stay home in nicey nicey environments...All of this around us is for us...This is the moment for us as a group we go one level harder."

Growth rarely asks us to get comfortable. It asks us to raise our standard.

📹: USWNT

[𝕾𝖎𝖗 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 @eagleseyeinc]

do this for just 3 years and i promise you’ll already start feeling like a billionaire.

if you’re coming from a humble background and want to build wealth, whether you’re a small business owner or an employee earning a salary or business profits, one of the best places to start is with two types of assets: money market mutual funds and the capital market.

but listen carefully;

one of the most important things you need to work on is your mind. people who come from poor or humble backgrounds always develop what is called a scarcity mentality.

work on your mindset, per se. you must understand that delayed gratification is essential for building wealth. many people say they want to become wealthy but cos of their background, they struggle with delayed gratification. they invest, sell for quick returns, make a little profit and that’s it. they never allow wealth to compound.

let me tell you a profound truth; wealth building is hard but it is also simple if you follow sound wealth principles, it has to do with consistency.

when i say consistency, i mean that every month you should budget a specific amount to put into your mutual funds and another amount to invest in stocks. choose a few quality companies and keep adding to your positions. you shouldn’t be concerned about price. what you should be thinking about is ownership. focus on quantity not short term price movements. there is a difference between focusing on price and focusing on ownership.

every month, when your salary arrives or your business profits, take an amount, no matter how small and consistently add to your treasury bills, mutual funds, and stock holdings. don’t do it cos you want to feel among or cos you made more money that month. put a structure in place and follow it consistently.

learn this early and execute, your future self will thank you in 3-5 years 👍

[carter🌚 @carter6f]

“I never planned to work again because my savings was earning 35% from Nigerian banks.

But when my daughter was asked in school what I do, she said: ‘My daddy sleeps every morning.’ That woke me up to start a business.”

— Femi Otedola

[Eric @amerix]

Here is our gym schedule this week,

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Monday:

Barbell Squat —5 × 5
Hip Thrust —8 × 4
Box jumps —5 × 4
Walking lunges—12 × 3
Farmer’s carry - 20 steps x3
Push-ups - 15 reps x 2

Wednesday:

Bench press-5 × 5
Overhead press- 6 × 4
Rows- 8 × 4
Biceps curls- 10 × 3
Farmers carry 25 steps x 3
Push-ups - 15 reps x 3

Friday:

Goblet Squat — 12 x 4
Walking Lunges — 12 / leg x3
Incline Bench Press — 10 x 4
Pull-Ups — 10 x 3
Push-ups - 15 reps x 4

Saturday:

Farmer’s Walk — 20 steps x 3 carries
Sled Push / Tyre Flip — 4 rounds
Push-Ups — 3 × Max
Plank — 2 minutes x 3
Push-ups - 15 reps x 5

[Stijn Noorman @stijnnoorman]

Naval and Andrew Huberman changed my life.

I watched hundreds of their videos in the last years.

Here are the 20 best lessons I learned that will change your life:

[Ted Benard Odote @bodoteafrica]

A simple way to understand the scale of large numbers:

1 million seconds = 11.57 days

1 billion seconds = 31.7 years

1 trillion seconds = 31,709 years

Read that again.

A million seconds ago, you were having lunch a couple of weeks ago.

A billion seconds ago, it was around 1994.

A trillion seconds ago, humanity was still building some of its earliest civilizations.

That's the difference between a millionaire, a billionaire, and a trillionaire.

The human mind struggles to grasp the gap because a billion sounds like just a bigger million. Mathematically, it's only three extra zeros. In reality, the difference is staggering.

Scale matters.

Compounding matters.

Time matters.

It's why wealth, influence, technology, and business outcomes at the highest levels can appear almost unreal. They are often the result of decades of ownership, leverage, innovation, risk-taking, persistence, and relentless execution operating at extraordinary scale.

Whether you admire him or not, Elon Musk has built companies and ownership positions measured in hundreds of billions of dollars. At that level, you're no longer talking about money alone. You're talking about the power of vision, technology, ownership, and compounding over decades.

Some people work for money.

Some people invest money.

Some people build systems that compound money, talent, technology, and opportunity.

Some people earn.

Some people save.

Some people compound.

And a tiny fraction build things that compound globally.

That is where the truly monstrous outcomes come from.

Gradatim Ferociter.

Ad Astra Per Aspera. 🚀

🦏 Benard ODOTE | The Thinking Rhino | ONAGI ODOTE

[Cleverly 💐 @Cleverlydey4u]

Luis Enrique has a daily routine unlike any other manager I know.
Being a football manager is one of the most stressful jobs in the World.

It takes extraordinary fortitude to live the life of a manager for a sustained period.

His day begins at 6am in the gym for an hour. Followed by coffee and no breakfast.

Fasting all day is the norm.
His evening meal is usually 6 eggs with vegetables.

Another non negotiable is grounding:

He walks barefoot on grass daily and benefits this practice with removing his allergies and giving better focus.

He's employed this practice with his players over the last two seasons.

Routines are the foundation of everything we do as humans.
Small daily habits stack up over time.

Like compound interest. It's no wonder Enrique has enjoyed such success.

[JaPrado. @Dr_AustinOmondi]

If you want a good watch on YouTube, watch “Inside the Lives of Millionaire Age Gap Couples.”

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Mike Tyson dropped pure wisdom on JRE:

“You don’t have discipline? You ain’t nobody. Nothing.”

Then he hit the killer line Cus D’Amato taught him:
“Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but do it like you love it.”

Joe Rogan nailed the follow-up: master that and you can succeed at anything.

I’ve got plenty of things I know I should do that I straight-up dread. The days I force myself to attack them with energy instead of dragging my feet? Those are the days momentum actually shows up.

Talent and motivation are everywhere. Discipline is what separates the ones who actually make it from the ones who stay “almost there.” In a world full of distractions and easy dopamine, this mindset feels like a cheat code most people never unlock.

What’s one thing you hate doing but know you need to do and how do you trick yourself into loving the process?

[Jack @Jackkk]

Michael B. Jordan’s advice for anyone feeling stuck in life

“When you’re feeling the most trapped and down and nothing can go right, those are the moments that define you. People quit right before they get what they’ve always wanted”

“Having the name Michael Jordan, knowing there was another Michael Jordan who was the best ever got me teased and picked on. For a moment, it made me not want to play sports but then I was like nah, I’m going to compete. It gave me a healthy chip”

“For the people who are listening who feel like they can’t change their circumstances, just hold on. Just endure. Look at things differently. Challenge yourself to see the glass half full”

“Find something that resonates with you, find your intuition within that thing and be obsessed about it”

[Manifest_Lord @Manifest_Lord]

A biology professor said: "Your belly is a storage of cortisol waste.

Clear it with one routine before bed... And your life will change."

Here's the 9 minute fix:
(Must read till end )🪡

[Matthew LaBosco @matthew_labosco]

High cortisol is the real reason you wake up at 3-4 AM.

It also shaves 5 years off your life — tanks testosterone, locks belly fat, literally shrinks your brain.

If I wanted to fix it without medication, here are 8 things I'd do every day:

1. No food 3 hours before bed.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Major cheat code for life: Be fully where your feet are. When you're at work, work. When you're with family, be with family. When you're resting, rest. Most people are physically present and mentally everywhere else.

[Obiasogu David @afrisagacity]

This Nigerian lady who teaches at a school in Japan broke down the Japanese style of learning that makes them very intelligent and productive.

I think this is smart learning. It will be helpful to Nigerian students, if it is adopted in our educational system.✍️

[Steven Bartlett @StevenBartlett]

Before this conversation, I thought I understood Bruno Fernandes.

I knew the numbers. The goals, the assists, the leadership, the criticism he’s faced over the years at Manchester United.

But I didn’t understand the mentality behind it.

Bruno has arguably become United’s greatest player of the post-Ferguson era, carrying their creativity season after season.

He’s won more club player of the year awards than Ronaldo, and only five players have scored more than his 70 league goals.

So I went to Manchester United Training Ground to ask him questions the footballing world wants to know.

Bruno spoke about growing up in Porto, watching his father sacrifice his own football career to provide for the family. He told me his dad never praised him for scoring goals. Instead, he’d point out the small things he still needed to improve.

And somehow that mindset shaped one of the most resilient athletes in world football.

We spoke about:

- Why he believes character matters more than talent in elite teams.
- How dressing room culture determines whether talent succeeds or fails.
- Why taking risks is essential if you want to create anything extraordinary!
- His honest opinion on pressure and why he thinks it’s a privilege.
- His thoughts on having Michael Carrick as a manager.
- Addressing Roy Keane’s criticism.

When you listen to Bruno speak, you understand that what makes him exceptional isn’t just technical ability. It’s his standards.

The standards he holds himself to.
The standards he expects from teammates.
The standards he believes define culture.

I really respect how Bruno chose to join United during instability because he believed in rebuilding something meaningful rather than joining an “easy” project.

I saw a much softer and more thoughtful side of Bruno that I don’t think people will expect. So, thank you Bruno for taking the time to sit down with me and for being so vulnerable.

Even if you don’t care about football, there’s a huge amount to learn from this conversation about leadership, resilience and high performance.

[Ian Mwangi @Theroot_]

@LNMthiyane @VillageGuluva @nthutlemlambo They have a type.

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

"That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased." - Ralph Waldo Emerson