Sell First Build Second

Running a business based on foot traffic during Covid. New episode of Prolific now live — in conversation with Ifeyinwa Frederick.

We speak about launching the world’s first Nigerian Tapas restaurant, managing a business through Covid, creativity and investment from Beyoncé.

For YouTube visuals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-olVEQ0RAWE

The more I learn, I’ve realized that the best of the best make the world work their way.

This week we explore how rejection can be a chance for redirection rather than quitting.

"If anything is worth doing, it’s worth doing to excess.” - Edwin Land

This week we look at the concept of balance in life and how to counterintuitively achieve it by using The Barbell Strategy.

“It’s the things you chain yourself to that set you free.” - David Brooks

There’s an inextricable link between self control and success. This week we dive into the practice of building self-discipline.

Everything you do in life should be considered as a game.

The question that you have to consider in everything you are doing is: Am I playing because I want to win? Or, because I want to continue.

https://www.kitenge.me/essays/the-infinite-game

The more I learn, the more I realise how much I don’t know. What can we do when we hit this realisation?

"It’s where you are at and where you want to be, then everything that sits in between which won’t matter at the end "— Nipsey Hussle

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” - Thomas Edison

Exploring the benefits of staying still and prepared for when opportunity arrives.

"In order to innovate, you need to be able to see things in a new way "— Walt Disney

This week we explore what new ideas look like at birth and how to have them.

Simmy Dhillon, Founder of Simmer Eats found it hard to find out what work he wanted to do, before he stumbled into entrepreneurship.

We chat about growing food prep service from £10 investment to £1 million in recurring revenue. Finding work best suited to himself, and what he’s learnt along the way.

Getting your ideas out requires a high dose of an essential characteristic — confidence.

In this episode, we explore the benefits of delusion.

https://www.kitenge.me/essays/a-case-for-delusion