Farida Kabir retweeted
I have never met a successful person that was a quitter. Successful people never, ever, give up!
Farida Kabir retweeted
The engineer who built Claude Code just released a video on how to write prompts that actually work.
I’ve seen $300 courses that don’t cover what he shows in the first 5 minutes.
Everything in one video, completely free.
Farida Kabir retweeted
JUST IN: FG wants to build a website where Nigerians can check how all 774 local governments spend public money. You’ll be able to see their allocations, budgets, projects and audited accounts. In simple terms, citizens can monitor how their councils use public funds.
Farida Kabir retweeted
“Making it big is a career. People who wish to do so much organize their whole lives around a single enterprise. They must be monomaniacs, even megalomaniacs, abt their pursuits.
They must start early, labor, continuously, & never give up the cause. Success is not for the lazy”
Greatness by Dean Keith Simonton
Farida Kabir retweeted
It’s nearly impossible to assess people’s true motivations. But I’ve learnt the hard way not to trust people who are:
- very friendly and “nice” at the outset
- quick to invoke God and religion
In my experience, the two archetypes above are almost always up to no good.
Farida Kabir retweeted
Most people think about what they want to achieve. Fewer think about who they need to become to achieve it. The becoming is the actual question. The achievement follows from it. Most people try to produce the result while staying the same person. It usually doesn't work.
Farida Kabir retweeted
The African continent doesn’t need more entrepreneurs. It’s full of them.
What it needs is a specific class of entrepreneurs called industrialists: business people who build value-adding firms in export-oriented job creating sectors, not rent capture.
Farida Kabir retweeted
Norwegian fund manager: what will be your legacy Mr. Dangote?
Dangote: my legacy would be I am the one that actually pioneered the industrialisation of Africa
Farida Kabir retweeted
it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself
Farida Kabir retweeted
If you’re ambitious I’d highly recommend working in an organization or a team where people have your similar sense of urgency or you will slowly go insane
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Make your boss’s life easier. Learn how to summarize information clearly. Before escalating a problem, think of a solution. No matter your role, always understand the commercials; there is a reason sales/marketing guys often rise faster.
“People get promoted to their level of incompetence”
The Peter principle in management.
Leadership is the discipline of discernment.
The wisdom to know when to invest in individual growth, and/or when to uphold the standard.
Train for potential.
Make tough choices.
Act to uphold excellence.
#FireOrTrain
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