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@Akintola_steve Tried sending you a dm bro, Very nice write up, let’s connect.

A B2B SaaS founder in Lagos called me one Monday morning. I was eating eba. He said, "Stephen, one of my clients just opened their dashboard and is seeing another company's employee salaries." I told him to repeat himself 😂 He repeated himself. I dropped my eba on the table immediately. Wait... Before you continue, do me a favor. Retweet and bookmark this thread so others can learn from it too.

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If you're lost in your career, when I was leaving private equity, @BrianNorgard gave me advice that changed my life: He said, "Everyone has the capacity to design their life exactly how they want. The question is whether or not they have the courage to do so." These are questions that helped me design my life: 1. What matters most to you? 2. Who do you want to be? 3. What gives you the most energy? 4. Assume you'll be successful at whatever you do. What is the actual work you want to do? 5. Do you work with people, by yourself, in a big office, remotely on a golf course, etc.? 6. What types of people do you want in your life? 7. If you're lucky to live to 80, that means you get 4,000 weeks. How do you want to spend that time? 8. How do you NOT want to spend that time? 9. How rich do you want to be? 10. What are you willing to sacrifice to get to that level of wealth? You either work to bring YOUR dreams to life or you work as a COG in SOMEONE ELSE'S dream, helping them live THEIR dream life... Wouldn't it be a tremendous waste of your one & only life never to live the life you truly want ? It all comes down to courage...

Grandpa was a smart guy :)

@TaiwoMajeks @shegzeicoal Nicely done boys - @shegzeicoal

Happy to have done the voice over to tell the story of this initiative. I must commend the remarkable leadership of the head of the Lagos State SDG Office for her outstanding dedication and impact. thank you for the opportunity @shegzeicoal

And when there are no words, it’s okay to leave the air clean, unsullied by the weight of sentences forced into existence. Not every pause is a void that must be patched over with noise. Silence is a type of song; a lullaby for those who need a break from listening.

“Discernment is when you don’t have to reach the end of a lesson to learn it.”

In a different world, I would hope life is kinder to me at the start. It’s brave to fight, it’s nice to be able to rise through the odds and win some battles. But life leaves its scars. Always. And just when you think you cheated life, that you went through it all and emerged fine, there is a siren somewhere waiting to take you back to the crime scene. When you look at a scar, you see healing. But a scar is also evidence of things that shouldn’t have been. Imperfection is useful; it signals skin in the game, but it’s also exhausting— once there is a crack in the wall, even a flash of lightning triggers the homeowner. Once the world has its mark on you, it always has a way of reminding you that there’s still work to be done.

My new favorite word: sonder. It's the profound awareness that every person you encounter has experienced a lifetime of hopes, fears, loves, and heartaches that you'll never know. Each moment of sonder is a reminder to appreciate how little we truly grasp about others' lives.

@shegzeicoal 😂😂🤔

@timfem 🤣🤣🤣 You are a rich man my friend

I no fit talk am for obasanjo internet

Brick by brick bro, don’t cheat the grind, don’t try to skip the struggle, don’t try to speed it up, don’t look for short cuts, you gonna need to learn all those lessons so when you get to where you’re going you don’t fumble the opportunity

Leave talent for Nigerians. Has Dune Chocolate seen this?

@shegzeicoal Appreciate it bro

Happy birthday champion 🎉🎉

@damilolayomikun Thanks my guy.

@timfem Happy birthday my bro

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One of the biggest wins in my life has been learning how to lose. Learning that loss is a frequent part of life and how to own, adapt, and overcome a loss of any kind has become an invaluable tool.

Stoic one liners to help you overcome adversity: 1. “Misfortune tests brave men.” Seneca 2. “Excellence withers without an adversary.” Seneca 3. “If it’s humanly possible, you can do it too.” Marcus Aurelius