23. Lessons for Leaders
Rome demonstrates that institutions outlast individuals. Infrastructure compounds in value over generations. Shared identity can unite diverse populations. Overexpansion creates risk. Succession planning matters. Administrative excellence is often more important than battlefield victories. These lessons remain relevant to governments, corporations, and founders today.
I’m in love with this sentence:
“The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away.”
Once the veil lifts and you see that you are allowed to reach into the nothing and pull something sacred out of it, a woman, a company, a family, a book, a song that outlives you, you can never go back to being a consumer. you have tasted the blood of creation and the blood remembers you. from then on every day without making is a little death, and you will feel it in your chest like withdrawal, because the same hand that God used to separate light from darkness is living in yours, and it refuses to stay closed
3 years from now, when you're fingered in a crime or stopped at the airport as you're about to travel -
As you stand in awe with bangles on your hands knowing fully that you're innocent, please remember,
Remember that in 2025, you gave Ayilori your NIN and BVN to win a laptop.
@NaijaFlyingDr I like this part the most
The culture of capital also has to change. Productive enterprise has to become more prestigious than public office. Reinvestment has to become more admired than extraction. Building a large, durable business has to carry more honor than simply access...
even ferguson wey talk say "defense wins you title" get ronaldo, rooney, tevez, ole, beckham, andy cole, dwight yorke, nani, rvp for team. make ferguson dey whine you 😂😂
Arsenal Had a better strategy, making the most with what they had. The only thing lacking in their strategy was Bravery. PSG was by far the better team, but they were still held to a standstill to penalty.