A profound reflection on diagnosing depression, with a reminder of the humility and sincerity required in seeking knowledge. Truly beneficial.
Imagine o but ordinary 65000 naira, palmpay will be calling person contacts threatening to post picture everywhere. Efi mi lorun sile. Mi o ti je gbese to Robert Kiyosaki.
Let me hammer on Consistency, the quiet force behind every great life.
Consistency doesn't require perfection. A bad day is part of life.
Some days, I have zero desire to work or even type on my phone or laptop. In fact, lately I have more off days than on days on my AI engineering learning journey. Many "cogent" reasons like family, work and just human tiredness.
That is normal.
The 80/20 rule works. In fact, I would say it should be the approach because you reduce the possibility of a burn out.
Being on your A game 80% of the time is enough to keep you moving steadily towards your goals.
You don't need to eat perfectly every day. Eating real, nutritious food 80% of the time can get you most of the way to your dietary goals.
You don't need to train every single day. Exercising consistently 80% of the time works.
The goal is to stay in the game long enough for consistency to compound.
If you are currently in this situation and feeling stuck, remember this:
The next step will come with uncertainty, stress and the fear of losing the little stability you have.
That is normal 100%
The person who left home to study abroad felt it.
The Erasmus scholar who left everything familiar felt it.
The migrant who moved countries without knowing how the job market would treat them felt it.
The person who quit a comfortable job to build something better felt it.
The new parent you congratulated felt it too.
They simply decided to move anyway.
Staying where you are also has a cost.
Sometimes you have to accept temporary discomfort to build a life you are proud of.
Low key this is true! Look at it this way:
You can be super busy without any result to show for it. Like really working, doing stuff but not moving the needle.
Happens alot in the workplace too.
Capitalism is so brutal that it rewards not just result but recent results.
One key ingredient of success I've observed is that if you have a grand vision and want to build something big, you need to stay connected to, or at least closely informed about, the people ahead of you. The pioneers of that industry. Study their moves, where they failed, and the pathways they've created for you.
At the startup I worked at, one of the companies we referenced was Paystack on hiring style, how we presented public facing things like docs, and the overall finesse. At some point, an ex-employee of Paystack joined the team to help build some foundations.
You see this pattern play out in other industries and successful individuals too.
Also a common pattern in politics.
Who do you look up to or currently mirroring?
My guy who moved from Spain to Germany just confirmed the famous
"German machine" work efficiency 😆
I asked him how the language learning was going, he said I should forget that one for now.
That he's been focused on delivering at work because the way they work there is unlike anything he's ever seen.
I did the same just when I got back from Qatar, unplanned. At first, I was submitting CVs at banks trying to match my previous salary until I got the call to join this startup. It was the easiest decision to take.
One thing startup teaches you that you don't find elsewhere is how to operate without a map.
You develop judgment over time. You learn what matters and what doesn't, what to build and what to ignore, when to move fast and when to slow down.
At a big company, the operating system already exists. There are processes, teams, budgets, and someone whose job is to own each piece. At a startup, you build the operating systems while the company itself is running on it. In most cases, wearing many hats to keep things moving.
The best part is that startup experience compounds long after you leave. You take that energy into bigger companies, and it changes how you work. You move reasonably fast, need less handholding and are much more comfortable figuring things out when there is no clear playbook.
When I reposted this, I hadn't even seen that he was a panelist at the conference. VDM and conference of lawyers in the same line was already an aberration and eyesore.
There's a guy here in my city who was hyping VDM like "for that Nigeria, na only VDM dey help Nigerians." Omo, this guy hear talk for my mouth that day. I missed my bus because of him. He say na Ratel movement.
I excused him because I assumed it was just semi literacy.
But seeing the same guy given a platform and treated as an authority at a conference of lawyers is something else entirely.
The same people whose entire profession is built on evidence, reasoning and intellectual rigour.
At some point, you have to ask what exactly happened to the standard.
When VDM is invited to the stage to address lawyers, you should stage a walkout.
You won’t do that because of our culture of 'respect' for elders and because you don’t want to disrespect the senior lawyers there.
You knew before now that VDM will be a speaker and have your chance to take a stand. Please, spare me the social media rants. Stop acting like you’re helpless. You are supposed to be a priest in the temple of justice. If you don’t have the balls to stand for what you believe in even if you’re the only person taking that position, then kindly take several seats!
No dey make noise for my ear. Some of you even work without an employment contract and dem no born your papa well to challenge the senior lawyer that makes you work under horrible conditions.
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Not really a new thing that needs to be said.
Life is complex, and in many ways, it is unfolding as it should. Yes, as you observed, many people at the top simply had more access and better opportunities. But there are also many people with far fewer resources than you who are doing remarkably well.
They made the right decisions early, put delayed gratification at the centre of their values, and endured difficult periods without turning to crime, drugs, or drinking as an escape or excuse. Priorities!
The value market is close to perfect, I would say. Whether the outcome is fair or not is a different question, and that requires a moral yardstick to measure - which depends on the standard you use to measure fairness.
You need to understand all these things.
I visited my friend last month and while we're casually talking about mother's sacrifices he took me to kitchen and showed me the two bags of rice his mother sent to him.
His iphone 13 was also a gift from his mother meanwhile the phone my Mom is using I bought it for her.
People are not that hard working,they just happened to have more privileges and opportunities than you.
الصُّبْحُ بَدَا مِنْ طَلْعَتِهِ
وَاللَّيْلُ دَجَا مِنْ وَفْرَتِهِ
فَاقَ الرُّسُلَا فَضْلًا وَعُلَا
أَهْدَى السُّبُلَا لِدَلَالَتِهِ
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This was where he sang Kokoro Alate, which he used to pacify Fathia & Saheed Balogun then. Those days na dem Rafiu Akani Olohunwa dey rule lagos NURTW. Omo! Just like yesterday. Osupa gave all of them their anthem.
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Many people I know that are in this situation are okay with the small money + peace of mind that comes from those small bets. Na them dey invest in assets like real estate pass.
One thing men with families need to discuss is investing with a very low risk appetite.
As I begin building a family (even if just two of us for now), I’ve subconsciously started making smaller bets and spreading risk instead of going all in. Before, I went all in whenever I believed an investment could make money and it rewarded me well, but now I must consider more than just myself.
It’s hard to make proper money from small bets alone. How do people who have experienced or are experiencing this handle investing?
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The cost of transportation isn't just the ticket price. You also pay with your time, safety, stress and convenience.
If travelling by road now means terrible traffic, insecurity and losing an entire day, paying more for a flight becomes a better deal. The relative cost of road travel has gone up.
It's like when a train breaks down or the track develops an issue and more people start using the airport. Airport demand will increase, but that doesn't mean the economy is doing better.
Airport queues and oversold flights are not proof of failure but indices that reveal growth! It the proof of high demand!
FAAN data shows total passenger traffic rose from 16.94 million in 2024 to 17.94 million in 2025 (+5.9%) with a projected 10% growth in 2026.
These numbers reveal three realities that are hard to dismiss in my opinion.
1. Trust in the aviation system is strong enough that people keep buying tickets, even at higher fares.
2. Purchasing power among the middle class and business community is real. Air travel is chosen because it delivers speed and higher ROI on time-sensitive deals.
3. A new cohort has entered the market. Upward mobility is visible in who can now afford to fly.
Yes, insecurity and terrible roads exist. Those are serious problems. They are not the primary economic drivers of this growth. People fly more when they have the means and the confidence that the plane will take off and land.
Demand is the hardest metric to argue against. Reading many comments below, we are wired for negativity and don’t often know when to celebrate or criticize.
Nigeria Forward 🇳🇬💚
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Told a friend who's expecting to get promoted this year:
You can be excellent and still not get promoted.
Being excellent and ready is one component. Two other things must be true as well. Business need for your next role, and available resources to fund it.
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Those "accesses" are scarce resources too. I need access, you need access, and the next man needs access.
There can never be enough of them for everyone who wants them.
So we must compete for it.
That scarcity and competition are never going away.
I'm a C# developer, but AI is forcing me to write much more Python than I expected. I don tire sef.
If you started writing this language much earlier, I envy you 🙌
Even Microsoft now has many AI and agent samples available only in Python. Including tools, sdks, etc.
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Honestly, I can't say there is one general certs for automation because certifications are usually tied to specific vendors and platforms.
For example, if you're working with Power Automate, you'd look at Microsoft's Power Platform certifications. If you use UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Make, n8n, etc., you'd follow their respective certification paths.
The right certification depends largely on the automation platform you're working with.
I have a friend who is a very strong Christian. One of those genuinely good people. Always sharing opportunities with me.
There is one prayer point he repeats often:
"Father, bless me with discernment."
I only understood that thing on a deeper level recently and this tweet reminded me again.
A lot of wisdom in life comes from learning to see beyond what is immediately visible.
Progress. Influence. Opportunity. Motives. Risk.
Discernment is knowing what to look for when the obvious picture doesn’t tell the whole story.