Proposal and Bid Manager in AEC | Doctor of Commerce | Indie Author of a few books. “Planning is boring. It's also where most projects are won or lost."
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The ancient Greeks had two words for time. 😀
Chronos - the ticking clock, the calendar, the birthday that reminds you another year is gone.
And Kairos - the moment of meaning, the instant that changes everything.
Most people spend their entire lives in Chronos, counting years, dreading the number.
They never realize that a single Kairos moment; one conversation, one decision, one brutal honest look in the mirror can outweigh a decade of Chronos.
You’re not running out of time. You’re running out of meaningful moments.
Those you can still choose.
"Why does the bank want three years of statements?"
Because they are lending against your pattern, not your pitch, fine boy😎
Founders who keep clean records long before they need money walk into lender meetings with a real advantage.
An old colleague used to say that a project is only truly finished when someone else can run it without calling you.
At the time I thought it was a harsh standard.
Months later, I left a project with a clear handover note and heard, months later, that it was still running smoothly.
To be honest, I felt proud, happy, and finally accepted that’s the right way to view things.
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One of the reasons I don’t engage in talking down on some states is due to the fact that it’s pointless
Take for example
Ekiti state is just barely 30 years old
It’s not even an oil producing state
Let’s compare it then and now and you’d see it’s been making slow progress
Yall hate when Lagos people talk down on your states but do the same to others without putting things into context
Really exhausted with the way this app has turned to
Understand your annoyance.
Ekiti is used in so many silly examples for this agenda laced analysis.
Best portfolio I’ve seen so far from Wealthsimple “investors like me” pulse feature.
Guy is up almost 300%. Over 50% in USA stocks.
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If you're single, hungry, and have time to fail fast, learn AI creative strategy + brand storytelling. AI agents will make execution cheaper and faster. Businesses will then compete on soft power as their most remarkable trait
Who can make people feel something, believe something, and remember something? Whose story wins?
In the next 3 years, I think we’re going to see huge cutbacks in engineering headcount and equally huge increases for customer-facing roles.
LLMs can do most of the software engineering role and it’s going to keep increasing. There will be some left, but you have to legitimately be one of the best.
Meanwhile, anyone who has a customer-facing role (product, sales, etc.) just immediately 10x’d their value for one simple reason: no one likes getting AI slop thrown at them. And because the supply of software is increasing, there will be more demand for these roles.
If you’re in a customer-facing role, congratulations. You just got a golden ticket. If you’re a dev, you’d better be the best or start developing non-technical skills.
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One of the tricks in selling
It applies everywhere.
Buyer: I want to get A
Seller: What do you use it for | What are you looking to gain?
Patients starts talking
Seller taking note of everything being said and controlling the whole encounter while buyer thinks he/she is making the decisions 😅
An aso oke seller in Lagos once told me she never discounts on the first ask.
She asks what the customer wants - a wedding, a shop or a gift, then suggests the right cloth. The price stops being the main conversation.
Understanding the purpose behind a purchase beats winning the argument about price.
An aso oke seller in Lagos once told me she never discounts on the first ask.
She asks what the customer wants - a wedding, a shop or a gift, then suggests the right cloth. The price stops being the main conversation.
Understanding the purpose behind a purchase beats winning the argument about price.
Consciousness gives us perspective and distance in the same gift. We step back from life far enough to see it, and far enough to doubt it. Every creature lives. Only humans have to decide how.
It is 10:40pm, and an evaluator is on bid number nine of fourteen.
She does not remember your company name. She remembers which proposal let her find the answer in under a minute.
Write for that reader.
Clear headings and mirrored RFP language get rewarded with points.
Learn the job above yours while you are still doing the job you have.
Not to rush a promotion, but to understand what your manager is actually worried about. People who see the bigger picture write better emails, ask sharper questions and become the obvious choice when a role opens.
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Project: Proposed Urban Noodles Outlet.
Location: Osogbo Shopping Mall.
Structural Concept: 20ft Container
Layout: An office and a Kitchen.
Contractor: Latbash Nigeria Limited.
Designed by yours truly.
Executed and Supervised by Latbash Nigeria Limited Ilorin Kwara State. – at Osun, Nigeria
Her values however unpopular are very consistent.
Don't discriminate, don't be a bigot - especially within the context displayed on here.
Simple human values.
