Abdullahi Khalifa Uzairu

I've been enrolled on MasterClass for a while now, and I think imma drop my learnings here every now and then. Let's start with my takeaways from Jon Kabat-Zinn's Reclaiming our Wholeness from the Mindfulness and meditation module: - We keep seeking antidotes to ailments that're not there, when the poison is simply stereotype -- a perception that we may not be 'whole', when in fact, we are perfectly wholesome. - How do I live the life that's mine to live? He quoted Emily Dickson's poem: Me from Myself — to banish — Had I Art — Impregnable my Fortress Unto All Heart — But since Myself — assault Me — How have I peace Except by subjugating Consciousness? And since We're mutual Monarch How this be Except by Abdication — Me — of Me? #DevcareerXMasterClass

@D4N33SH About the sugarcane or urine?

This isn't normal, this dude is mentally ill and needs help

@SamProgramiz You don't touchtype?!

Oof! I suck at this

@Olakunle305 @lizzyjollof Said like a hedonist

@lizzyjollof At some point in life, I believed people who doesn’t have money are non living things

Money must be made. There are lot of things most people haven’t experienced.😭🥹

Through age, Most ignore, Many know, Few act, Less succeed, One burns, To eclipse all and shine [that light may be acknowledged].

A MIT professor taught the same lecture every January for 40 years, and every single time it was standing room only. I watched it at 2am and it completely rewired how I think about communication. His name was Patrick Winston. The lecture is called "How to Speak." His opening line hit like a truck: your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas in that order. Not your GPA. Not your pedigree. Not your IQ. How you speak is what separates people who get heard from people who get ignored. Here's the framework he drilled into MIT students for four decades. He said never start with a joke. Start by telling people exactly what they're going to learn. Prime the pump before you pour anything in. He called it the "empowerment promise" give people a reason to stay in their seats within the first 60 seconds. Then he broke down the 5S rule for making ideas stick: Symbol, Slogan, Surprise, Salient, and Story. Every idea worth remembering hits at least three of these. The part that floored me was his "near miss" technique. Don't just show what's right show what almost looks right but isn't. That contrast is when the brain actually locks something in permanently. His final rule before any big talk: end with a contribution, not a summary. Don't recap what you said. Tell people what you gave them that they didn't have before they walked in. I've used this framework in pitches, interviews, and presentations ever since watching it, and the results are not subtle. Patrick Winston passed away in 2019, but this lecture is still free on MIT OpenCourseWare. One hour, watched by millions, and it costs absolutely nothing. The most important class MIT ever put on the internet isn't about code or math. It's about how to make people actually listen to you.

@Teeniiola Festival?!

Many girls have reportedly been r@p£d and m0l£sted by men in Ozoro during what is being described as a “r@p!ng festival” in the area. According to multiple reports and videos circulating online, today is said to be the day of this festival in the Ozoro community, and girls are wvrned not to go outside. It is alleged that any girl seen outside could be att@ck£d and r@p£d by groups of men. Foreigners who are unaware of this situation have reportedly fallen v!ctim as well. There is Delta state university in Ozoro, and many female students may not be fully aware of the d@nger. It is distvrbing that something like this could be tolerated in society. This is heartbreaking, and urgent action needs to be taken.

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"'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life Tryna make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah"

If we being real, I don't know how to feel

Bro is more dangerous than the snake.

@D4N33SH It looked like you were running a similar gig, with a price tag in your case, before I looked at the noise around her 😄

@Detect_Khalifah It's a joke based on what the woman in the screenshot does

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"You're right that you don't need it. You're wrong that nobody does."

Years later... another military tech released to the public. The clip is from Intelligence (2014), ep. 11 x.com/heygurisingh/s…

@TheFigen_ Until it wasn't

Nokia was so futuristic...

@Sheriffie @EleluAyoola You're empathic to recognise this. Hausa can be docile almost to idiocy levels, it doesn't make sense they lived in kingdoms and had literature, Ajami, only centuries ago. Though that may be the contrast between book vs. street smartness.

This reminded me of a recent banter on here. I posted about the naira improving (the post is still on my timeline) and somehow it spilled over to Facebook. My kids and I were laughing at some of the comments on both platforms, mostly insults that they have never heard before and I was trying to explain to them the meaning of people calling some people Yariba instead of Yoruba and the meaning of obidiots. Then my son asked, “Mom, there are three major tribes in Nigeria. Why isn’t any Hausa person on the post insulting others?” I told him, “They’re generally a calm and reserved group. They tend to be loyal to their beliefs and often content with what they have. You don’t usually see them jumping into online fights or trading insults over things like this.” Unfortunately, that same loyalty and trust can sometimes be exploited by a few elites who manipulate and mislead them for harmful agendas, including acts that hurt others. It’s a complex reality good traits can be strengths, but in the wrong hands, they can also be used against people.

“Allah will not forgive me…” My first visit to Northern Nigeria was in 2018 when I was posted to Nasarawa State for my one-year compulsory NYSC. Before then, I had never travelled beyond Enugu State. The North was completely new territory for me. When my call-up letter came out and I saw Nasarawa State, I prepared myself mentally for the journey. There was no direct vehicle from Aba to Lafia, so I was advised to travel to Makurdi, Benue State first, then continue to Nasarawa. I arrived at the park in Makurdi around 4:30pm and immediately found a vehicle loading for Lafia. I entered and waited. For over 30 minutes, I was the only passenger. Concerned about the time, I approached the driver and told him I might need to find an alternative since it was getting late and this was my first time traveling to the North. He begged me to stay and promised: “No matter what happens, I will carry you to your destination.” I trusted him and went back to my seat. Around 6:00pm, another vehicle arrived from Enugu with six passengers heading to Lafia. The vehicle I had been sitting in could only carry six people. The loaders began transferring their luggage into my vehicle and asked one of them to board another car. The group refused — they insisted on traveling together. Then something shocking happened. The agberos brought out my bags and told me to find another vehicle. I was angry and frustrated. It was getting dark. I didn’t know the town. I had already waited for over an hour. When I realized the loaders were Igbo like me, I pleaded with them in Igbo. They didn’t listen. I walked up to the driver and reminded him of his promise. I told him it wasn’t fair to abandon me now that he had seen full passengers. He was quiet for a moment. Then he said something I will never forget: “If I do this to you, Allah will not forgive me.” He asked all six passengers to come down from his vehicle and told them to board another car. The loaders were furious. They insulted him, calling him a bad businessman who didn’t have sense. But the driver stood his ground. He returned my bags into the vehicle, started the engine, and began driving, with only me as his passenger. I couldn’t believe it. He crossed River Benue with just me in the car and kept driving. At that point, I even started feeling sorry for him. If I were in his position, would I have done the same? About three to five minutes into the journey, he received a call from the park. Another vehicle had just arrived with five passengers going to Lafia. He looked at me and asked, “Should I turn back?” I said yes. He reversed, returned to the park, picked up the five passengers, and we finally headed to Lafia. That was my first personal encounter with a Muslim man in the North. Till today, I still think about the spirit that made that driver willing to carry just one passenger — at his own loss — simply because he gave his word. You may be Christian. You may be Muslim. You may be a traditional worshipper. But before anything else, we are human beings. There are good people in every religion. There are bad people in every religion. Your prayer should simply be this: May you never meet a bad person irrespective of religion or tribe. Kalu Kelechi Kalu

@shimataver @CatiaKyen Seen it, nvm. x.com/i/status/20285…

@shimataver @CatiaKyen Link or it didn't h😂pp🤣n

This video remains one of the most embarrassing moments on live television. lol 😂🤣