Yemi

Teacher don’t teach me nonsense

[Yemi @yemiii_]

@qroniqls @DHKRULLAH 😂 I learnt my lesson

[Yemi @yemiii_]

Apology doesn’t excuse accountability and its consequences. You don’t get to damage a brand’s reputation just like that.

[YabaLeftOnline @yabaleftonline]

“After I posted it on my X page, I deleted it when I saw OPay’s notice that it was fake, and I publicly apologized. Five days later, I was picked up in Zaria, Kaduna State, following a petition by OPay.” — X creator Hafsat Abubakar opens up after arrest

[Yemi @yemiii_]

@DHKRULLAH Na still inside Sheffield ooo, got bored at home and walked from my house to city center. Did a lot of walking in the city then returned home. Didn’t try it again.

[Yemi @yemiii_]

@IPriest6 He was solid tonight

[Yemi @yemiii_]

@benchBound @thekolabello 👀

[Yemi @yemiii_]

@SirMicheal_ Happy birthday my bro, we’ve come a long way man. Enjoy your day.

[Yemi @yemiii_]

I use a very similar method, works very well

[Akintola Steve @Akintola_steve]

Very useful if you’re preparing for an interview session ahead of you..

A must watch…

[Akíntúndé Babátúndé @olorunwababs]

One thing I keep telling younger friends and colleagues is to develop depth in something.

Chase global opportunities. Apply for the fellowships. Go to the conferences. Build your network. Travel if you get the opportunity. Put yourself in rooms where you can meet people and see what is possible.

All of these things can change your life.

But somewhere along the way, make sure you are actually becoming very good at something.

Know something deeply. Develop a skill people can trust you with. Become the person who understands a subject beyond what can be picked up from a few articles or a weekend workshop.

Because opportunities can give you access, but access eventually exposes your level of competence.

You can get into the room through a fellowship. You can meet important people at a conference. You can build an impressive LinkedIn profile. You can collect certificates from some of the best institutions in the world.

Eventually, somebody will ask you to do the work.

Write the paper.

Analyse the data.

Lead the project.

Edit the story.

Build the product.

Explain the problem.

Manage the team.

Advise the organisation.

And at that point, there is nowhere to hide.

This is why I worry sometimes when I see young people becoming very good at chasing opportunities without spending enough time developing the competence those opportunities are supposed to accelerate.

Your twenties and thirties are a great time to explore. Try different things. Move across fields. Discover what interests you. I certainly do not believe everyone needs to spend their entire career doing one thing.

But exploration should still leave you with accumulated knowledge and ability.

If you have worked in climate for five years, you should understand climate issues much better than someone who arrived yesterday.

If you have covered elections for years, you should know the history, institutions, data, actors and debates around elections.

If you work in AI, go beyond knowing the latest tools. Understand how the technology works, the policy debates, the business models, the limitations and the important questions in the field.

If you are a journalist, learn to report and write exceptionally well.

Whatever it is, go deep enough that people can depend on what you know and what you can do.

And depth takes time.

It comes from reading. Practice. Repetition. Failure. Working with people better than you. Being corrected. Doing difficult assignments. Staying with a problem long enough to understand the things that are invisible from the surface.

Global opportunities are valuable. Networks matter. Visibility can help. I have benefited enormously from all three.

But none of them makes competence obsolete.

If anything, the more access you get, the more important competence becomes.

Because getting into the room is one thing.

Having something valuable to contribute when you get there is another.

Competence will never go out of fashion.

#YouWillNotFail

[Yemi @yemiii_]

There’s no upside for wanting to look richer than you are. Save yourself the stress.

[Yemi @yemiii_]

@Vee_Jay__ Seen this play out, we had to put a clause on our conditional offer letter to let applicants know not to resign until they receive the unconditional offer.

[Yemi @yemiii_]

@Vee_Jay__ @HRCI_Official Well done 👍🏿

[Yemi @yemiii_]

@thekolabello Hehe 😜

[Yemi @yemiii_]

@Vee_Jay__ There’s an organisation we both know, the year they decided they wanted to get the award, they got it.

[Yemi @yemiii_]

You guys that always chat shit about Bruno ehn

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

The best player in the @PremierLeague.

[Yemi @yemiii_]

Tough one, but Rooney tops it for me

[United4Eva @FirstFlightCapt]

🚨Who is that Manchester United player you can never hate no matter the situation?

[Yemi @yemiii_]

Loke Loke

[Shooting Stars SC @ShootingSc]

FT : Shooting Stars SC 2 - 1 Inter Lagos

[Yemi @yemiii_]

Totally agree, that’s why we need to go the extra mile to make ourselves stand out.

[VJ @Vee_Jay__]

The major reason why the remuneration of HR professionals is not so competitive is simply because the market is saturated.

There are too many HR professionals out there.

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Full time: Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal.

[Yemi @yemiii_]

Iya Basira

[Oṣóyínká 🪔 @sledge_baba]

Officer abegi follow me to the place, everybody don tell me I dey craze
My girlfriend don leave me, my mother no gree see me, my padi? Yeee

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