What comes to your mind when you think of failure? Dread, I’m sure. You don’t want to fail. I don’t want to fail. No one wants to fail. But why? Why is failure so terrible? You probably don’t remember off the top of your head because it’s been so long. Read more…
I feel like I’ve been really short-sighted, for such a long time. Wanting immediate, or near-term success in almost everything I’ve done. And when it hasn’t worked out, I’ve usually given up and closed that chapter. “You gave it your best shot. It just doesn’t work,” I’d say to myself. Read more…
What does it take to reach the top? What do you have to do to reach the pinnacle of the mountain? To be considered the greatest of all time? In a world littered with phenomenal talents and historic giants, how do you even start to think of becoming the greatest? Read more…
When you’re really good at something, you become confident about it. And the more success you have with it, the more your confidence grows. Before you know it, you’re sure you can do it in your sleep. Overconfidence. I’ve always been pretty confident when it comes to language aptitude. I Read more…
In our day-to-day life, we encounter fear when we don’t know how to approach something we want. Our brains recognize how happy we’d be if we got it, but also realize how terrible it would feel if we tried and failed. So to keep moving towards our dreams, we have Read more…
We’re still slaves to the white man. The only way Africa will ever develop is if we free ourselves. We are not inferior to anyone. We are beautiful, intelligent, and capable of amazing things. And we don’t need anyone else to do them for us. I saw an article this Read more…
‘Thus, the first law I will obey above all others — I will form good habits and become their slaves’ From the ancient scroll marked I Freedom is good. Freedom is something we all need and enjoy having. We get to decide what we eat, what time we sleep, if Read more…
Life is a journey, and the twists and turns in it as we chase our goals and dreams are what make us who we are in the end. Imagine you woke up with $10 billion in your bank account. And you double-checked and even withdrew a couple of millions so Read more…
Knowledge absolutely is power. Your thoughts, plans, actions, goals, and dreams are based on what you know. Even your very identity as a person is shaped by your beliefs and experiences. If you knew more you’d have different goals and different ways of operating. If you knew more you’d probably be Read more…
Don’t ever compare yourself to anyone again. Your own possibly even bigger blessings are on the way. Your path, your blessings are different from your friend or anyone you think is ahead of you. Simple, but profoundly true. So if you’re looking around at people who already found their path Read more…