Tunmex

Physiotherapist in Embryo🩺

[Tunmex @tunmexx]

Ènìyàn bí àparò lọmọ aráyé fẹ́ – It's someone like the patridge that the world prefers. (People prefer others to appear inferior to them.)
Many people like being around someone who looks poor or unsuccessful because it makes them feel better about themselves.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

A reminder from Atomic Habits by James Clear:

“It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”

[Kikelomo Sowore @KikelomoSowore]

My first fling with a guy:

I was asked to check whether the water on a boiling ring was boiling. Being an innocent scientist, I decided to test the temperature myself and put my hand in.

The incident was brief, intense, and left a lasting impression. Before I knew it, I was flung across the wall like a lover being swept off their feet in the heat of romance. If only the walls could talk…

That was my first fling with a hot guy.

[Ada @adanonso_]

@Wizarab10 Standards that only exist when you’re rich aren’t standards. They’re preferences. Principles should survive every bank balance.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

Be forgiving with your past self. What's done is done. No sense in beating yourself up about it.

Be strict with your present self. Win the moment in front of you right now.

Be flexible with your future self. There are many paths to success. You don't need life to be a certain way to live well.

[jo johnson @josbjohnson]

YOU MUST BELIEVE YOU ARE GREAT BEFORE THERE IS EVIDENCE

[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.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

This sentence by Van Gogh hits hard:

“If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.”

[Ghost Writer ✍️ @Prezain_LJ]

Neatness shouldn’t be a gender thing. As a man, take your hygiene seriously. It’s not just about wearing perfume and smelling good when you step out.

Keep yourself well-groomed. Shower at least once or twice daily, use deodorant, brush your teeth morning and night, and don’t ignore your tongue or bad breath. Trim your nails regularly, keep your hair neat, and don’t wear clothes that are stained, crumpled, or smell like they’ve been worn too many times.

Change your underwear daily, and your bedsheets regularly. Wash your towels often. Laundry shouldn’t be something you delay until you have nothing left to wear.

Your environment matters too. Keep your room and bathroom clean. Sweep, mop, and take out trash before it starts smelling. Wash your dishes immediately after eating. Don’t let your kitchen sink become a breeding ground for dirt and insects.

Your place shouldn’t look like where a mad person is staying, in such disarray. A man who is disciplined in his hygiene shows discipline in other areas of life.

[big_tiphe✨ @tiphe_j]

Read This Slowly. Then Read It Again.

What you accept is what continues.

Whoever feeds you, controls you.

You can never change a man.

Choose yourself.

What you tolerate becomes your standard.

What you chase tells the world your worth.

Silence is not peace, sometimes it’s just fear wearing a calm face.

A man who wants to will. A man who doesn’t will have every excuse.

Stop auditing yourself for someone else’s inability to see your value.

You are not hard to love. You are just in the wrong hands.

Choose yourself. Again. And again. Until it becomes the only option you know.

God. Still. Always! 🙏🏾🔥

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

My honest advice to someone who wants to make a lot of money.

3 things nobody told you:

1. The only way to make a lot of money is to create a lot of value.

No one hands out money. No one is going to pay you just because they like you or think you're cool. That's not the way the world works.

Money earned is a direct byproduct of value created. Create value, receive value. If money is the goal, value has to be the focus.

This isn't just some vague idea: The only way to get rich is to create an enormous amount of value for others, and capture a small portion of that along the way.

It's not talking about the thing, it's not brainstorming about the thing, it's not asking about the thing, it's not thinking about the thing. The only way to create value is by doing the thing.

And if you don't know where to start, look around you. Customers, colleagues, bosses, shareholders, employees. Every single one of them has a problem. What problems can you solve for the people around you? Figure them out, solve them, scale that solution.

That's how you make money.

2. You have to demonstrate excellence in everything you do.

Your income scales proportional to the amount of excellence that you're able to demonstrate.

Strategic incompetence is a lie. You don't get to pick and choose when to show up, because the world will ignore your best and judge you for your worst. Everything matters. Every single thing.

Top performers show up with energy and enthusiasm for the little things just as much as they do for the big things.

If you're in the top-10% of performers, there's no ceiling for what you can do. But the self-awareness to identify where you currently stack up, and adapt to the honest feedback on it, is very rare.

If you're in the top-10%, you know it. If you're not, figure out why and fix it.

3. You don't need passion, you need energy.

I still have no idea what it means to follow your passion.

You don't have to be passionate about your professional pursuits, you just need to find energy in them. You just need to feel a pull towards them. You just need to feel that spark of curiosity in them.

Passion is usually a byproduct of energy.

When you have energy for something, you'll give it your deep attention to learn more. You’ll ask the right questions. You’ll figure it out. You’ll win.

***

And remember: Nobody is coming to save you. It’s just you. There’s a power in that.

Go do the thing.

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

the most unseen privilege in life, a supportive family.

[Ustey @manus0024]

If her photos go viral, her family would buy her a new phone. That was the agreement.

[OMOBORIOWO Damilola Isaac @_Dr_Bush_]

𝙃𝙊𝙒 𝙄 𝘽𝙍𝙊𝙆𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘾𝙐𝙍𝙎𝙀

There is a particular kind of pressure that comes not from your enemies, but from history itself.

2 years ago, when I made the decision to contest for the office of President of the Great Ife Students' Union, I did not walk into a vacuum. I walked into a pattern; a quiet, stubborn pattern that had defined every clinical sciences student who had dared to sit in that seat before me.

Before me, only three students from the Faculty of Clinical Sciences had ever become President of the Great Ife Students' Union. While each of them served courageously and fought passionately for students' interests, their tenures came with significant sacrifices. They faced administrative and academic challenges that prevented them from graduating with their original sets, and the Union itself was eventually proscribed during their administrations.
I was going to be the fourth.

The first 3; each of them brilliant, each of them driven, had all encountered the same fate. Administrative turbulence. Academic delays. Inability to graduate with their original sets. And under each of them, the Union had been proscribed. Let me be clear: history does not record them as failures. History records them as fighters; students who pushed hard against a system that pushed back harder. Their struggles were the cost of their courage. But the statistics were what they were, and statistics have a way of speaking before you even open your mouth.

The Provost of Health Sciences was the one who held up that mirror to my face. I visited him early in the process when I was considering to contest for the office, and with the kind of candor that only comes from genuine concern, he looked at me and asked — half-laughing, entirely serious — whether I was mentally okay. He walked me through the numbers. The workload demands of Medicine and Surgery. The disconnection between clinical faculty activities and union governance. The history. He even suggested I consider contesting for the presidency of IFUMSA instead — a respected office, a sensible path. We laughed. We talked. And I want to be fair to him here: he was not trying to stop me. He was trying to protect me. His concerns were valid. They were, in fact, the same concerns that students across campus would echo throughout my campaign: "𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚?"

I didn't have a clean answer. I had a conviction.

After that meeting, after days of deep thought and multiple consultations, I made my decision. I would contest. And I would win.

And I did — against all the odds, against all the permutations working against me, I won. The students chose me. But winning, I quickly learnt, was only the beginning of the story.

The moment I assumed office and began to experience the weight of the responsibilities, I understood firsthand why it had been so difficult for my predecessors from Clinical Sciences. The balancing act was unlike anything I had ever experienced. The weight of that office is not theoretical. It is daily, relentless, and entirely unimpressed by your academic calendar. There were moments when the road was rough and even tilted. There were moments when the trajectory began to look familiar, when I could feel the gravitational pull of that old pattern trying to reassert itself. When it seemed like history might just repeat.

But it didn't.

The Dean of Student Affairs and several other university officials expressed concern about how I intended to combine the demands of the presidency with the rigorous academic requirements of Medicine and Surgery.

At the end of it all, I climbed the mountain — and I came back down. I graduated in record time with my original set. I ensured a direct succession, handing the administration to my successor without a break. I became the first President of the Great Ife Students' Union from the Faculty of Clinical Sciences to do both.

[Tunmex @tunmexx]

@_thatbeadchef Congratulations Precious

[Linda @alexanderlinda_]

Instead of saying “Interesting,” say:

For an idea: intriguing, novel, original, fresh, thought-provoking, compelling, illuminating, striking, arresting, provocative.

For a person: fascinating, magnetic, complex, layered, enigmatic, charismatic, captivating, beguiling, charming, hypnotic.

For a book: absorbing, gripping, immersive, engrossing, transporting, masterful, evocative, resonant.

For a story: compelling, riveting, vivid, surprising, nuanced, layered, textured.

For a fact: remarkable, curious, surprising, illuminating, telling, revealing, noteworthy, eye-opening.

For a question: provocative, weighty, stirring, generative, sharp, probing, deep.

For an argument: persuasive, convincing, cogent, sound, compelling, airtight, well-reasoned, nuanced.

For a conversation: engaging, stimulating, insightful, enriching, meaningful, lively, thought-provoking.

For an article: insightful, informative, well-researched, enlightening, incisive, thought-provoking.

For a movie: captivating, engrossing, gripping, moving, memorable, layered, thought-provoking.

For a speech: powerful, stirring, eloquent, persuasive, impactful, inspiring, moving.

For a perspective: refreshing, insightful, unconventional, nuanced, balanced, illuminating.

For an experience: memorable, eye-opening, transformative, enriching, rewarding, unforgettable.

For a place: charming, vibrant, picturesque, captivating, enchanting, atmospheric.

For a discovery: remarkable, groundbreaking, significant, revealing, consequential, unexpected.

For a concept: elegant, sophisticated, ingenious, innovative, profound, compelling.

For a solution: clever, effective, elegant, practical, innovative, resourceful.

For a piece of advice: valuable, insightful, practical, wise, timely, thought-provoking.

For research or findings: compelling, significant, revealing, noteworthy, groundbreaking, illuminating.

For a trend: noteworthy, emerging, striking, significant, revealing, consequential.

For a performance: outstanding, captivating, masterful, commanding, exceptional, spellbinding.

For artwork: evocative, striking, expressive, captivating, thought-provoking, powerful.

For a lesson: insightful, eye-opening, valuable, profound, formative, memorable.

[Cedar You @our_decay]

The seasons from my bedroom window

[‘Wale Adejimi @Ifwal95]

I can actually answer this one from experience 😂😂

My mum used to be an Alága as a side hustle long before I was born, and she continued until 2010 when my dad passed away.

Throughout my secondary school years, I was her talking drummer at many of the ceremonies she anchored 😂. I was attending engagement ceremonies almost every weekend, I’ve probably been to more than 25 traditional weddings 😂😂

Alága Ìdúró represents the groom’s family; the side that comes to ask for the bride’s hand in marriage. Symbolically, they are the party “standing” to make a request.

Alága Ìjókòó represents the bride’s family; the side receiving the proposal and considering the request. Symbolically, they are the party “seated” in authority to accept or reject it.

So the “standing” and “sitting” are more about the traditional roles of the two families during the engagement process than whether the Alága is physically standing or sitting. 😄

[Kikelomo Sowore @KikelomoSowore]

‘’Alaga Iduro’’ is such a Yoruba oxymoron: why is the person standing the chair-person?

[Oreoluwa Bukola, CFA. @BukkyOA]

10/10/10 rule for decision making.

That decision you are about to make, how will you feel about it in the next 10 days, 10 months, and 10 years?

The emotion is a cue to either going all in or dropping it completely.

[Mmesoma Awele ☢️ @Awele_sofine]

Myopia

I just want to see without thick lens