Superpower

One of the things I consider as a superpower is growing up as a middle class kid in Lagos, Nigeria. This allowed me form a strong identity, values and sense of self before I needed to venture into the larger world and hear what it thought about people who looked like me. A big concern is that ...

Optimal working schedule.

When I consulted for a Long Island market research firm in 2017-18, a development manager I worked with had an offset schedule where he got to go home at 3pm because he started off early. That was a pivotal moment in my journey to design the optimal work life as I realized that for knowledge ...

Sunzone Surfer

No close relation to marvel’s fictional character, a sunzone surfer is a person who has decided to live across timezones, chase the sun, and get more good weather out of the year. What inspires this? The feeling of life slowing down during the winter, and not wanting to give up 3-4 months of ...

Chasing the Sun

Does anyone born in temperate weather have any business being in extremely cold regions? Well, if I never saw a winter or white Christmas again, I wouldn’t shed a tear or miss it. It’s always been at the back of my mind that really successful people could chase the sun and enjoy the best ...

The Classic Nigerian Problem

I booked an airbnb to be closer to the city center and after my reservation was accepted, got a call while I was out from someone who was supposedly the owner, asking me to cancel the trip since I had booked it for a weekend, and weekend payments took longer to clear, up till next Friday. He ...