This scene of Wendy Rhoades as a high performance coach in the US TV show, “Billions,” sums up my dream job, only, naturally, without the hyperbolic storylines & extreme narcissism. Wendy is there to sort your head out so you can be the best you can be at work. She Read more…
Traditional Nigerian weddings are a sensational opportunity to immerse deep into culture. Done traditionally, the asking and giving away of bride to groom and responsibilities of each family is really special to watch. Recently, my African King was a groomsman. To see how respectful he was of the full process made me Read more…
He called you dumb if you believe the Influencer’s BS: “It’s not easy to make $10k a month online,” said one of my favourite BS-smashing Influencers, Luke Matthews. “Influencers are lying to you, and you are dumb for believing it…” He inspired me to think of a kind way to call Read more…
I feel this way about writing posts on LinkedIn, do you? It’s such a paradox that I want to share my thoughts and experiences, yet recognise how egotistical it is to do so – as if to say, “why does what I think matter?” And yet, to the people who Read more…
One of the only things we’re guaranteed is impermanence. We’re guaranteed that nothing will ever be the same, remain as it is and as we’d like it to be. Many people fear the idea of this. I love it. I love that we can’t rely on anything to remain the Read more…
Essential to the work of becoming grounded is the task of slowly, kindly reprogramming my mind, heart and soul. Reprogramming, that is, taking a program I am operating under — be that an action I am doing repetitively, an attitude I have, a belief I’m using to limit myself or Read more…
A rather contentious card today… Apartheid means “the state of being apart.” It can be interpreted as meaning separation or segregation. It’s a word most commonly associated with South Africa and its race segmentation. I’m beginning to see a new variation of it floating around: Vaccination Apartheid. It refers to Read more…
Each year, I don’t consider aging. I iron out the bugs and upgrade my software with new & improved functionality. I recently upgraded to v4.0, a birthday which represents a new decade and a brand new operating system. My gf Kym sent me a deck of her incredible flower affirmation Read more…
On her Spotify exclusive podcast, Dare to Lead, Brene Brown discusses with the entrepreneurial professor and author, Jim Collins about values. He introduced to me the concept of a shadow value and defined his shadow value as the freedom to choose how he spends his time. This value resides beneath Read more…
In her interview with Lewis Howes, poker pro and an expert on psychology, Maria Konnikova, shares techniques that you can use to make better decisions from the process of becoming an expert poker player. Maria says: “Your goal cannot be the outcome, your goal has to be the process because Read more…