The posts here are are mostly thoughts that run through my mind from time to time.
And in order to expel some of these thoughts from my mind, I have to blog about them here.
Let me share with you some thoughts and facts about my year 2016. The Single Best Thing that Happened Since 2012 or so, my friend Kevin has been calling me “Uncle Oki”. But in 2016, I officially became an uncle with the birth of my younger sisters first birth. My new nephew, who happened to be my namesake, was my parents’ first grandchild. The Single Most Challenging Thing that Happened
With the different personality types that exist, how does one connect with friends and keep relationships strong? Sanguine’s make friends easily, but what about the other temperaments, like the melancholics who love their space and privacy? How do they make friends, and keep keep them? Even though I am convinced within myself that I am not a friendly person, more than half of those who know actually think I am friendly, or easy to befriend. So…
Every once in a while, I find myself asking this question: why do I still call so and so person my friend? These are people who usually won’t even take the effort to even say hello. I know that life can be busy, and people get carried away with work, life and so on. But it costs very little to say a simple “hello” or “how do you do?” once in a while.
Sometime ago, I talked about how silence kills relationships because people let it happen. This time, let me talk about about how we let hurt kill out relationships, after first damaging them. So I met this girl back in 2008/2009, but the state of our current relationship started around summer of 2010. She has implied that we’re soulmates at least 3 times since we met, and I could easily call her my significant other. We have such a special relationship,…
Unfortunately, people use the word “startup” as a synonym for “business” or “company”, when in fact they mean different things. So in giving advise to startups (especially in Nigeria), entrepreneurs should first know this difference I’m talking about.
I don’t know what the norm for celebrating birthdays is for you. But I’ve decided that I will have no birthday party probably until I’m 50 years old! Depending on the culture you’re used to, you might not relate with this what I’m about to talk about. Nevertheless, imagine with me for a moment… The Old Way It’s your birthday and you’re having a party. There’s food and drinks everywhere, and there are people everywhere; your…
When it comes to ideas, I see things quite differently. Over a decade ago, I thought up this illustration of where I think ideas come from, and how they manifest in the real world. So go with me for a moment here…
Someone shared this post in a Facebook group about relationships some time ago. Here’s what I think about introducing the topic of marriage just before agreeing to a relationship.