Jago Emmanuel

The distinction between engineering and magic is entirely a modern linguistic conceit. To the ancients, a wizard, a magus, a sorceror, was not a man who commanded forces outside the laws of nature. He was a man who commanded the forces of nature, by manipulating them through his understanding of natural law. But the modern word for a man who commands the universe by understanding its laws is "engineer". Yes, the ancient sorceror would try to commune with the spirits of the dead, or read the destiny of kings in the stars, or perform fertility rites to make the crops grow, but this wasn't some special supernatural discipline to him. This was simply his model of how the natural world worked. He would not have made a distinction between understanding heat and phase changes, and thereby distilling alcohol, and cutting out the intestines of a bird to predict the fortunes of a business venture. Both, to him, were philosophy and natural law. But as our understanding of the laws of physics grew more sophisticated, we gradually exiled the term "magic" to that which had not been proven to work, and to that which had been proven not to work. Were we given the opportunity to take an ancient Egyptian king on a tour of modern society, riding in an electric car, he would remark that we are a rich people, because we have many powerful magicians. Some of us might hasten to correct him, telling him that there is no magic used here. But he would not, in fact, be wrong.

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The only enemy more dangerous than a man with unlimited resources, is one with nothing to lose.

People tell you all their life and family secrets within 1 week of talking, then turn around and ask you to be "open" with them. Speaking of "You know you can tell me anything," lmao. Please shut up. I know people I can manage to be vulnerable with. You are not one of them.

"Invest in Nigeria" "Use your riches to develop the country" "Deploy your capital in Africa" I agree with all of these. Meanwhile, in situations where a business partner (say a vendor or counterparty) fails to honour a contract, is the legal system solid enough to provide justice? Is the security apparatus strong enough to protect my assets and properties from transgressors? Are the administrative and regulatory authorities responsive enough to handle issues when they arise? Not everyone has the network and the presidency on dial like Aliko Dangote o. Are we indeed ready for capital inflows?

EBITDA (2026 edition): Earnings Before Iran, Tariffs, and Donald Announcements.

I know people often share stories of how one of the dullest kids in school is now doing better than most or how someone who used to struggle months ago is now doing so well to either give people hope that their current situation is temporary, that one's life can change at any time and even tides can turn in a slaves favour. On the internet, these are the types of posts that often gather the most likes, shares, and agreements. You even find comments sharing similar stories about one person or the other they used to know. While these kind of messages have their place in pacifying, what they don't usually factor is the 9,999 other dulards who never became better and the slaves that never gained economic freedom till their death. Luck is great. Tides can change as they always do, but the only historically verifiable way to get what you want out of life has always been to create a mental node of what you want and to go out there and build it without recourse to whether a miracle happens. You shouldn't be the dullard at any point in your adult life. You can't be the slave who is waiting on externals. You should be a king in making. Throne or not. There's a yoruba quote that goes, "A king won't act like a slave in the market. A slave won't behave like a king in the palace." On a broader scale, you should continually be working on something bigger than you. Something that holds you accountable, shapes your habits, and automatically imposes discipline. Anything smaller than this is a downgrade and an outright insult to your creator.

A person who avoids embarrassment will usually avoid growth too. The same situations that threaten your image are often the ones that expand your life.

A piece of advice a mentor told me that's stuck with me: “Decide what kind of life you actually want. And then say no to everything that isn't that.”

It’s hard for anyone to be strategic if they don’t enjoy solitude.

You get paid for understanding things better than other people

There's someone out here who still buys into the opinion that since Nigeria produces oil, global uncertainty shouldn't affect the local price of petrol. Please resist the urge to make such an argument in public. This is basic economics at play. A single prompt/search will bring more light to your understanding.

Actually, the anxiety circle is complete when you know how you got to $50M and the confidence that you can do it again, not cause of what you have but due to who you have become.

Someone with 4 criminal cases and 34 felony counts goes on to become president. Launches a crypto coin on inauguration night, dumped, and people keep acting surprised at his inner circle insider trades? To think people once tagged this fraud "The Annoited" makes it even funnier

Now to you reading this, your job isn't to find ways to invest in revolut (that's what most people do to look cool), it is to find another revolute at less than 1000X return and invest in it. The moment it is public information, you are almost late.

Life as we know it is made up. Made up of the stories we tell ourselves about our experiences, our smell, body, friends, and environment. These stories lay the foundation for our beliefs and then guide our actions. Better people tell themselves better stories in their interpretation of events, and they act like those stories. Well written stories with great casts often turn into full-blown movies.