The People You Go Home To
A Yoruba proverb says, “If the people inside cannot destroy you, the ones outside cannot.”
You Have to Be Willing to Be Rejected
Rejection can be the cost of discovering if your idea is strong enough beyond just your own thoughts.
The Life You Want Will Cost You the Life You Have
Dear Friend, You reach a point where you realize you can’t build the life you want with the same old habits, people, comfort zone, and mindset that got you here. That realisation is not always exciting. Sometimes, it is painful. I watched a video yesterday about why the Earth revolves around the sun. It was mind-blowing. You’re seeing that some things you like are getting in the way of the person you want to be. …
Content Is a Business. Code Is an Expense.
Am I spending my best hours building the business, or building things the business could buy? This is a question all entrepreneurs must ask. A few days ago, my website crashed. Everything disappeared. It was frustrating. But it also forced me to ask a question I should have asked much earlier. What business am I building? The next day, I was comparing hosting servers. Four CPUs here. Another 48GB of RAM there. LiteSpeed or NGINX. …
The Opportunity Is Not the $50 Billion
I saw the news about Nigeria’s new deep-offshore investment framework and the potential to unlock up to $50 billion in investment. I didn’t think about oil first. My thoughts were on the other businesses that might come out of it. When we hear about a huge investment coming into Nigeria, it’s easy to think about the money itself. Our analysis becomes how many jobs it will create, or how much foreign exchange it will bring. …
The Economy Is Not Your Experience
Are you aware that two things can be true at the same time? The economy can be improving, and yet the lives of the people can still feel harder. I had this thought after reading the latest reports on Nigeria’s cost-of-living crisis. It says that the country is attracting investment. That the stock market has performed strongly. Capital is flowing in. We have very good numbers on paper. But then you go to the market. …
The World Doesn’t Reward Ideas
When you meet them, they have ideas for books to write, businesses to start, relationships to work on, and more.