The Paradox of Choice There are two Paradox of choice. 1. The more the options, the more difficult it is to make a choice2. There is no outright good or bad choices until after execution. We often think if there are more options, we would be able to make better choices. Truth is, the more…
Trading your Attention Attention is super expensive. Trade it to the bidder with the highest return on investment. Not to the bidder with immediate and short term returns. Ask yourself, what do I need to pay attention to now that would yield the most profitable result for me in the next 5/10 years? Instablog, Nairaland,…
Show up When you make a promise to do a thing, you better do it. When you join a community, that’s you making a promise to adhere to the rules. When you go to a person’s house, that’s you making a promise to not over step like it is your house If it demands that…
The Physics of Vulnerability Vulnerability is not Weakness Have you listened to someone share a story that you also suffer from? It inspires you. It gives you a sense of belonging that you are not alone. That you have someone that feels what you feel. That someone chose to be vulnerable and their vulnerability is…
Stop overthinking it I was to write a copy for one of our ads at work. As it is my practice, I write a couple and send to my boss(es) to choose from. Copies 1 and 3 was a product of wanting to make it so perfect as a result of overthinking it. However, Copy…
Don’t feel behind You are just 20 something! Nobody is ahead of you neither is anyone behind you. Everyone is living their lives. You should live yours as well We learnt this idea from school. Where we were all within the same age range and at the same level in the same classroom Immediately after…
Recieve your Roses We are wired to see compliments as teasing. When good things are said about us, we become suspicious of the person that said it. “What do you want?” Or “Why are you whining me” We have learnt to be suspicious of everyone. More so, we are so insecured about ourselves that we…
Give People their Roses In an interview with Okunade Toluwanimi and Koboju Etariemi on the Shameless Podcast, they mentioned the importance of giving people their Roses while they are alive. We are configured as humans to remember and take note of the bad things. But we can learn to see the good things and also…
Shameless Shame is the evaluative perception of the self involving moral sentiment and social reputation Shame is a two way street – going against what you regard as your values or morals and what the society regards as normal or right. However, what we regard as our values are all a product of what we’ve…
You are a Gift. Your job is beyond what you are paid for. You can be paid for your skills, your knowledge, etc but you cannot be paid to be human. But often time, we forget what it means to be human. We forget what it means to live. Consequently, we forget to treat others…
