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Since we cannot successfully worry our way through life, we must do something. In Jobs’ words, random acts that he stumbled upon following his intuition and curiosity turned out to be priceless. Our seemingly useless experiences add up, whether we realise it or not. For example, that summer you spent with your uncle that sells electronics at computer village, or your NYSC job where you were a personal assistant to a product manager that supervised five software engineers. The more experiences and identity capital you have, the better. The dots from Jobs’ story are basically pieces of identity capital that he acquired during his crisis and connected later in life. To connects dots in the future, you need to make dots now – whether randomly or purposely. Weaving together the important parts from different phases of your life can then make for a good story in the end.

If I ever planned for any year, it was 2020. You can imagine my disappointment when things went awry. I heard “2020 is cancelled” chants a few times too many, as though we should just pause our lives and continue when the world resets in 2021. Considering the havoc wreaked in virtually every aspect of […]

Tips opportunity seekers can apply to write better essays. Writing to help the decision-maker answer the question “why should I pick you?”

Race can indeed predispose human beings to certain diseases. Sickle cell anaemia, for instance, tends to be more prevalent in Africans than cystic fibrosis, which predominantly affects people of northern European heritage.

“If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it” – Albert Einstein.   Once upon a […]

Gender inequality acknowledges that there is a disparity between male and female when it comes to the general experience of life. Both…

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to remote work. The government-imposed lockdowns forced many companies to try out remote work for the first time.

The TWP is a single-entry permit which licenses expatriates with specialised skills to work in Nigeria on short-term projects, usually 60 days.