Praise O.

“Not many people will tell you this, but the secret is to be relentless in work and relaxed in life.”

@eldivine lol, fair enough

@preiz_o Lmaooo no I sold it for Pennies on the dollar

This is exactly what happened to me back in my college years. They're like come collect your barrels of oil. I'm like whattttt?? 😂😂😂

I like to call this phase structured intensity mode - SIM

There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild. He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed. When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them. Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate. The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions. Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement. The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean. That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.

@DoubleEph Lmaoooo

One reason why you should learn to cook for yourself

@asemota 💯

There are things one can comment on that people would not believe or understand. When people unfairly malign some founders, I get upset because I have seen them at their lowest and helped them with basic things they couldn't afford, even after they raised so-called “millions of dollars.” Many don't understand how startup funding works. Announcements may be made, but the money doesn't always come in one chunk, and overheads are insane when you are growing fast. This is why I am always against large fundraising announcements, as they are rarely a true reflection of the truth. Even VCs who do fundraises never get all the money at once and sweat through capital calls. A relative in the industry once came to Ghana and was looking for a cheap hotel. I didn't understand why someone who gave out millions of dollars was living like that until I was on the other side. Those management fees don't land like the lottery. You suffer for it, and it doesn't cover much. It was why I decided not to do that anymore and take life easy. So many of the perceptions people have about wealth are wrong. Cash flow is everything, and things can go horribly wrong when inflows and outflows are mismatched. I have repeated several times here that my uncle, with all his banking career income and billions of Naira in assets, was down to his last 1000 Naira at home in 1999, yet we still ended up buying a bank that year. The lesson of coming out of that hole never left me. It is why I make some small, random investments that people may not understand, which sometimes pay off unexpectedly. A domain sale once helped to pay my children’s school fees. A paid Calendly appointment bought my wife a set of tires and a fridge. The key is ALWAYS to keep earning and investing in what can sustain cash flow. There are investments for capital gains and for cash flow. The magic in all of this is keeping the burn rate low. No amount is too small to save or make. An unexpected £150 overdraft from Barclays during my lowest period enabled me to take clients to a dinner that changed my life.

@markessien Departure needs to be bigger with more sitting area.

Port Harcourt airport is currently the best airport I have been to in Nigeria. Better than Lagos, Uyo, Abuja that I recently went.

@TheCharlesIsidi @citychurchlagos Lol, wow. I was in Q&A too. I go call you

@preiz_o @citychurchlagos Wahala o. I didn’t know you attend city church o and I even waited for QnA. Please I am around through Glory week, we go catch up!

Join me for Palm Sunday and the rest of Holy Week at @citychurchlagos as we celebrate the triumphal entry of our Lord and Saviour. If you find me, happy to have a chat.

@seyedele But but, why did you migrate? Were agent mode and deep research not serving you enough?

Migrated from GPT to Claude and forgot to cancel the GPT subscription 🫠

@afalli @folasanwo Lmaooo.

I’ve always known that one day my child will bring homework that I won’t know (or give the wrong answer)...But didn’t expect it to be in Pry 3! “Daddy why does South Africa have 3 capitals?” “No baby, it has one - Pretoria” “No Dad, it’s the only Country with 3 capitals” Me:

@Babajiide You no follow us dey 9-5 o 👀

Lmao 🤣 I’m a 9-5 guy and I use one and I actually didn’t save to buy it.

@victorfatanmi @whichayo Indeed, a full circle moment.

Chude literally "brought me to Lagos". He gave me my first big break when he remotely hired me to design all the graphics for The Future Awards Africa in 2014. I was charging 5-10K Naira for logos on the FUTA campus in Akure. These were Lagos people and so I called the biggest amount I could think of. I had a deal for 150K Naira. The scope was a lot more work than I had ever done but I also couldn't believe my eyes. Or ears. "This design thing is real o". The drill was over. The night of the awards was my first time in Lagos by myself as a young adult. I needed to be there to see it all live. What a night! I muttered "Hi Asa, I'm Victor" as she walked by, then froze when she replied "Hi Victor". Did she just call my name?!? I finally saw the one called 'Falzthebadguy' from one of the posters I was designing. How did his mother allow such a name? I thought. It was a lot for me — the lights, the shiny clothes, the accents, but also the inspiring stories of the nominees and the gratitude in the eyes of the winners. I was both overwhelmed and inspired. It was a whole new world, and I was ready to take it. I would be back on that stage years later as a winner, I thought. I was. So much would happen in the decade to follow but a seed was planted that night, and Chude kept guiding, training, and coaching that potential to fruition. I had asked him if I could bring flyers from Akure that had my name and our 'VGC Media' campus label as the official graphic designer of the event. Chude said 'why not?' and even approved adding it to the packs for guests that night. The prints didn't make it but in the months that followed in Lagos, I would come to cringe at the idea and also understand how gracious it was he didn't mind the thought. It was the beginning of a long journey with him as my employer, client, mentor, and big brother. When we were to start @fourthcanvas in 2015, he told me I had what it took and he believed in me. He even helped choose the name 'FourthCanvas'. When I was stabbed in 2016, he was next to my hospital bed the following morning saying "you are going nowhere, we have a lot of big things to do together"😅 Imagine the full circle moment — me interviewing Chude on stage 12 years later about his own journey on the stage of Moment, a conference for which @fourthcanvas designed the graphics and overall brand. What a Moment! Thank you, @Chudeity 🥹 And thank you @whichayo and the @themainstack for such a huge feat, and the thoughtfulness that evidently went into the speaker selection and pairing, as well as other components of the event.

🚀 Today, I'm officially launching @ArushaWealth , a registered and regulated financial planning & wealth management firm for immigrants and children of immigrants building their American Dream. Over the past 18 months, I've directly helped 300+ people get their green cards & indirectly helped so many more. But there’s one reality we keep seeing: that's just the beginning of the journey, not the end. We arrive with ambition & do everything right: we get into top schools, earn valuable degrees in the right fields, build strong careers & earn well, only to realize over time that high income doesn’t always translate into high net worth or lasting wealth. You're earning well but you see how much goes to taxes You're not sure how much should go to paying off your past student loans and how much to investing for your future You have family obligations back home that you can't ignore & you're not sure how to manage this without sacrificing your own goals Without a clear long term plan, you wake up down the line & realise you are stuck - permanently dependent on your paycheck to maintain the lifestyle you have. This is not the American Dream we came here for. We have officially launched @ArushaWealth a financial planning & wealth management firm for immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States. Built on my experience as a wealth advisor at Goldman Sachs Family Office, along with my training as a Certified Financial Planner® and my MBA from Columbia University, Arusha helps individuals & families put structure around what comes next through comprehensive financial planning, tax planning, investment management, and legacy and estate planning. I've worked with some of the wealthiest American families and seen exactly how wealth is built, protected & passed down in the U.S. With Arusha, our focus is on bringing to immigrant families that same level of planning and the opportunity to build lasting prosperity. Our clients so far include startup founders who have raised over $10M, and professionals across tech, finance, and law, including Microsoft, Amazon, the World Bank, private equity, and Big Law. 👉 If this resonates, feel free to reach out here: arushawealth.com/contact And if you’d like to stay in touch & receive occasional updates and guidance, you can subscribe to our newsletter here: immigrantmillionaire.substack.com This is just the beginning. I’m excited to work with the next generation determined to build lasting wealth.

@ImadeIyamu @A_Feranmi @ArushaWealth Congratulations, Imade 🎉. Big ups!

The new prizes @winexviv is proposing for South East Mathematics Olympiad 2027 will cost around 45M give or take in total prizes. This is 10,000 from 4,500 people in 365 days, one full year. Or just 12 people daily. This is definitely doable. The platform to donate is isee.ng a transparent ledger for all donations and expenses. Please retweet and share with as many people as you can.

It’s an elite mindset to live like everything is going to work out. Not necessarily being blindly optimistic, but just knowing whatever happens, you’ll figure it out

@tosinolaseinde 🔥🔥