“Life will punish the vague request and reward the specific ask.” It’s as simple as that. And I could very well end this post here. But just so we are clear let me nudge you with a question “What do you want?” “What do you really want?” Okay that’s two…

The Playground Bully and the C.E.O If you've ever read anything about bullies, it's likely to be that the bully is himself an insecure, unhappy and afraid person. Away from the playground and into the board room it's the same thing. The boss who yells, insults and demeans his staff…

Alliance Francaise (AF) was located in a three storey building on Commercial road in old Yaba, Lagos. I remember clearly that the ground floor housed a hospital that had red brick façade. I have no idea where my desire to learn French came from but that was where I spent…

UNAFFORDABLE LUXURY Give up the luxury of complaining. Stop yourself from constantly playing VICTIM. Stop yourself from believing you don’t have a choice about the matter at hand because you can… “Change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.” -Eckhart Tolle

OUR FAVORITE SPORT I think those of us who make a part time sport of complaining are either unaware of or take for granted its effect on our psyche. Complaining dampens the spirit. Even if you have team mates who match your energy: As you gather around drinks trying to…

Never ceases to amuse me when someone is frequently red-faced because of Lagos traffic. Born and bred in this city yet you want to burst a vein every time you experience ‘our go slow’? I think the folks who do this, are also the ones who: Never want their toddler…

The year was 2015. We had been in class for more than two days at this point, (we did get to go home daily), this was another video to buttress our learning. By the time it was over, I was in tears. Suddenly all that feeling of being untethered, totally…

JOBS, ON WORK AND LIFE. The year was 2015. We had been in class for more than two days at this point, (we did get to go home daily), this was another video to buttress our learning. By the time it was over, I was in tears. Suddenly all that…

Tevin and the rest of us. University should have been a jolly good ride, but when you spend more than half the school year (every year) at home due to labor strikes it quickly became a long painful stretch. One year, I borrowed a cassette from my friend, it must…