Yaqub Sheriff

Renewable Energy | Data Scientist | Pro Electric Car| keen about the Intersection of Power generation, consumption, and Data Analysis.

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

@ahmedhalimah02 Barakallahu feeh my people 👍👍❤️❤️

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

Working on one of the UK’s biggest mega-projects, and the demographic breakdown of trades is fascinating:

Ghanaians: Mostly Helpers/Labourers 💼 🇬🇭

Indians: Primarily Support Services 🛠️ 🇮🇳

Eastern Europeans: Dominating the Fitters ⚙️

Nigerians: Spread across all tiers (Unskilled to Professionals) 🇳🇬

Brits: 80% of Electricians, 90% of Scaffolders, 95% of Construction/Project Managers 🇬🇧

The glass ceiling for immigrants in construction is real (to become a manager),

But here is the takeaway: never settle.

There are physically demanding roles that locals avoid that easily pay £300–£500 a day.

The money is out there. Find your niche, look at the people dominating that sector, study their blueprint, and level up your skills.

What's your strategy for breaking through the industry ceiling?

Drop a comment below and let’s discuss how to secure your next high-paying role!

Be intentional 🚀🚀🚀

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

Life hack: Be the person people try to impress 👌

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

Tbh.I just need 10% of Elon’s brain 😟

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

It is humbling to consider that if we harness just 1 millionth of the Sun’s power for AI, that will be much more than a million times the intelligence of all of humanity

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

A very big congratulations to Idris Elba; now Sir Idris Elba. Well deserved sir!

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

Hi,

If you have any construction ticket (CSCS Labourer green card minimum), and you are willing to work on an interesting project - pls kindly DM

Job location is around Reading

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

Hi,

If you have any construction ticket (CSCS Labourer green card minimum) and you are willing to work on an interesting project - pls kindly DM

Job location is around Reading

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

Tuesday morning foot 🦶- What brand is it ?

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

We must train ourselves to see possibilities instead of problems, opportunities instead of obstacles, and hope instead of despair.

A nation rises when its people refuse to surrender to hopelessness. Let us pray, work, and believe that a better Nigeria is still possible ❤️ 🇳🇬

repost and reshare 🙏

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

If your day isn’t going as planned, look inward and you will realize you haven't lost anything - you've just been redirected.

Disappointment isn't a sign that you are failing - it is proof that you are in the arena trying.

Recently, I read about Howard Schultz, the architect of Starbucks. In the early days, he had a vision to bring Italian espresso culture to America. He needed capital to make it happen. He pitched his idea to 242 investors. 217 of them said no.

Imagine facing 217 days of pure disappointment. He could have broken down, quit, and assumed his plan was a failure. Instead, he realized those rejections were just part of the process.

He didn't change his ultimate goal; he changed his pitch, reframed the rejections as data, and kept moving.

Today, there is a Starbucks on almost every corner in America/UK 🇺🇸 🇬🇧.

The world can interrupt your schedule, but it cannot dictate your state of mind. You are the ultimate authority over how you respond to a bad day.

Here are what to do when things fall apart:

Pivot the Strategy: If the current path is blocked, change the execution. The destination remains non-negotiable, but the route can change a thousand times.

Reframe the Perspective: Force your mind to see the hidden possibilities. A "No" or a setback is often just the system weeding out the people who don't want it bad enough.

A rough chapter doesn't mean the book is over. It just means the plot is getting interesting.

Control your state. Adjust your course. Be intentional. 🚀🚀🚀

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[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

Hi,

If you have any construction ticket (CSCS Labourer green card minimum), and you are willing to work on an interesting project - pls kindly DM

Job location is around Reading

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

This is Waterloo station. For the love of the weather, and because it’s a freebie, I grabbed a chilled can of coke for myself ☀️ 🥵 🆓

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

This is Waterloo station. For the love of the weather, and because it’s a freebie, I grabbed a chilled can of coke for myself ☀️ 🥵 🆓

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

Own the machine, don’t operate it. ⚙️

To generate massive wealth, you must shift from skilled professional income to ownership income.

Wages pay your bills, but equity builds empires.

Be intentional. 🚀🚀🚀

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[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

A declaration that laid the principles for global civilization. S.A.W

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

On this day in 632 CE, history changed forever.

Standing before over 100,000 people during his Farewell Sermon, Prophet Muhammad shattered centuries of systemic tribalism and racism with a single, radical declaration:

"An Arab is NOT BETTER than a non-Arab, a white person is NOT BETTER than a black person except by PIETY, and we all come from Adam, and Adam was made from dust."

Why was this moment a massive turning point for human civilization? 👇

1️⃣ A 7th-Century Civil Rights Movement: Long before modern human rights charters, this speech fundamentally rejected race and ethnicity as metrics of human worth. It declared race a superficial construct.

2️⃣ Character Over Birthright: In ancient Arabia, your tribal bloodline dictated your legal rights and value. This declaration flipped the script: nobility was no longer an accident of birth, but an act of individual moral character (piety).

3️⃣ The Blueprint for a Golden Age: By dismantling ethnic supremacy, it laid the foundation for a multi-ethnic, global civilization. It allowed Persians, Africans, Asians, and Europeans to build the Islamic Golden Age together as intellectual and social equals.
A timeless reminder that true greatness lies in how we treat one another, not where we come from. 🌍✨

What do you think is the most critical lesson modern society can take from this 1,400-year-old declaration? Share your thoughts in the comments below, share this post to educate others, and follow for more insights into history’s turning points!

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

May Allāh ﷻ grant the hujjāj a safe, accepted and spiritually uplifting Hajj, ease every stage of their journey, and return them home forgiven like the day they were born. Aameen.

May Allah ﷻ also allow us all to maximise the blessed first ten days of Dhul Hijjah through dhikr, fasting, du‘ā, charity and righteous deeds, and may He accept all of our worship and efforts. Aameen.

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

Sad 😢

[Halimah Ahmed @ahmedhalimah02]

Imagine not seeing light in weeks to power all these😔

I’m tired of spending 5k on fuel that only lasts 3hrs daily. Not all of us have celebrity clients that pay in millions.

At this point I need to generate my own power😌 with an estimated cost of 5.7m for a 6.2kva inverter, lithium batteries and panels.

Abeg if you have 5million that you’re not using and don’t mind helping a small business grow, I have a well structured payment plan that ensures full refund in 10months at 500k a month m, if God spares my life. Willing to sign an undertaking and all necessary documents.

I honestly need an interest free loan at this point to break even. So many unfinished orders.

[Yaqub Sheriff @yaqshef85]

Someone reached out to me privately last week and asked a question: Why do you end every single post with “Be intentional"

Here is why.

To most, "intentionality" is just a buzzword.

To me, it is a surgical strike. It means placing it exactly where it is meant to be👌

It is the refusal to let life happen to you, and instead, making life happen.

When I tell you to be intentional, I am telling you to master these three things:

1. Selective Accessibility: It means avoiding the calls that don't matter when you are locked in on what does. If you are accessible to everyone, you are available to no one - least of all yourself.

2. Aggressive Scheduling: It means having the discipline to skip or reschedule hangouts and meetings that don't move the needle. If an hour of your time doesn't add to your productivity or your peace, it is an hour stolen.

3. The Priority Filter: It means realizing that "No" is a powerful tool. Being intentional is the act of saying "No" to the good so you can say "Yes" to the great.

If you don't place your time exactly where it belongs, someone else will find a useful place for it in their own agenda.

Intentionality is the difference between being a passenger in your life and being the pilot.

Stop drifting. Start placing your moves with purpose - Place it where it belongs.

Be intentional. 🚀🚀🚀

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