Now that you can freely do everything your parents never wanted you to do, hope you’ve found fulfillment ? Now that you can drink/smoke/have sex with anyone at anytime/stay out late/spend nights out and all.. I repeat, hope you’ve found fulfillment ? Maybe.. Just maybe, the

Beautiful! Brilliantly articulated.

As someone who lived in Lagos before exiting, I believe that to genuinely enjoy Lagos, you must fall into one of four categories: (1) You’re an occasional IJGB visitor, returning intermittently and selectively, buoyed mostly by nostalgia and the romance of distance. (2) You

Every African youth needs to watch this video. It is as relevant today as it was last year when I dropped it on IG..

Young generations now optimize for planned remembrance rather than enjoyment of the moment

Someone asked about tricks for meeting eminent people. I said the best plan is just to do really good work. Then you'll tend to meet them organically. In the worst case you'll see one whenever you look in the mirror.

He explains how to instantly tell if someone can think abstractly

The people who tell you to be realistic are usually just projecting their own ceiling on you. Your growth exposes their insecurity. Never adopt limits you didn’t choose for yourself.

Simi Here’s the truth people avoid: sexual violence is real and men should absolutely call out predatory behavior. But false accusations are real too, and they destroy lives. Supporting victims and demanding due process are not contradictions. Justice isn’t a side to pick, it’s

Underrated life skill: Listening without waiting to respond. Most people treat conversation like a competition. If you can truly listen, you'll compress your learning cycles. You'll learn faster, connect more deeply, and adapt more effectively. You stand out without trying.

The activism you find on social media is largely performative. People do not care about moral consistency; they care more about sentiment and bias. They do not care about victims; they care about advancing their gender politics. Take them seriously at your own risk.⚠️

This statement doesn’t actually clear anything up. In fact, it raises more questions than it answers. When old tweets surface that suggest inappropriate language about children, the standard is clarity and directness. Instead of firmly and explicitly denying any sexual intent,

"Develop the strength to do bold things, Not the strength to suffer." - Machievelli Putting up with things isn't heroic, Taking action is.

Frustration is always a signal. - If you’re playing smaller than you know you are capable of.. - If you are being held back... Internally you are often bigger than you are allowing yourself to be. Take off the brakes. drgurner.substack.com/p/take-off-the…

Most people don't care about facts, they care about how things make them feel. Once you understand that, you'll understand how bad actors in politics get ahead, how much of social media works, and why people are so easy to fool. If facts ruled life, things would shift.

Nigeria is trapped in a cycle of relentless blackouts, with no hope of improvement anywhere in sight.

The best of us have left. Enabled by better working systems, they have thrived. Also, over the last couple of years, our education system has declined, we aren't churning out brilliant individuals anymore. It's so evident from the lack of comprehension here that our level of

This is an honest assessment, and the denial of it still baffles me. The outliers, some of the people in the comments, are talking about do have dual citizenships and assets abroad. It is smart estate planning. Some of the big tech founders they love to talk about as examples

The best revenge is invisible. A Career they said you couldn't have. Happiness people have tried to poison. Freedom or Finances no one thought you could pull off. Go take what's yours. Tell no one. Live Well.

Faithfulness Okom This is long but it goes with what you’re saying. Over the last 5 years, women have overtaken men in multiple key institutions in society. God ordained the male and female role in Genesis prior to the fall. It was innate. I don’t think he created us and then decided our roles