Life is in phases and what works well in one phase may be your greatest undoing beyond a certain point. It's important to identify when a phase is over and adjust for the new phase. A safety belt today could be a trap tomorrow. Know when to unstrap!

While it is good to emulate people and draw inspiration from them, we must be wary of trying to be someone else. Oscar Wilde rightly said “Be yourself, everyone else is taken!”. You can never be the best version of anyone else but yourself. Embrace your uniqueness and ensure that you do not simply copy and paste someone else’s template blindly.

In the last few years, I have dabbled into a couple of investments primarily to make money and build wealth. They didn’t all go as planned but I did learn a few good lessons from them. I’ve summarised these into eight tips I think would be useful, particularly for young adults.

Sometimes your plans work and turn out beautiful. Other times, your plans fail… like fail completely, but your failed plans point you in a different direction and you realise that the failed plan was the best thing that ever happened to you because it just helped you to discover your true path and purpose. That’s the power of Serendipity.

Inspired by Don Williams’s song “Crying in the Rain”, this note is a reminder that we all need people in our lives with whom we can be our absolute selves. If you’ve got such people, you don’t have to cry in the rain and you’re truly blessed.

Beyond your skills and competencies, how connected are you? And no, by connection, I do not mean gaining undue advantage through corruption, I mean the people in your network that can speak for you in the places that matter. Stay connected!

It's Children's Day in Nigeria and today's episode is inspired by two children characters from my favourite shows - Dexter from "Dexter's Laboratory", and Sheldon from "Young Sheldon". The key lesson for today is that more often than not, mastery is a by-product of obsession.

In today's note, we share the story of how monkeys are captured with a special innovative trap created by some Indian hunters. We're faced with two choices: let go of the nuts or become monkey meat. What are your nuts? Let go and run free!

"If you're taller than me, you can't also be shorter than me". This statement I came across weeks ago underpins the fact that everyone has a unique advantage. The challenge is that most people dwell on their disadvantages and complain about how they've been dealt the short end of the stick. You should rather focus on the bright side. Find your unique advantage and capitalise on it!

Today’s note underscores the importance of gratitude. Gratitude for the big things and the little things. Even when you appreciate someone for doing you a favour and they say the words “Don’t mention!”, you must understand that this is merely an expression of modesty and so you do not need to stop “mentioning”. Refined people never forget to mention!