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2 years ago

Hey there. Top of the morning to you.

I am glad to inform you that my long-awaited hack book, WE ALL ARE DESIGNERS is finally out.

Visit the link in my bio to get yourself and your loved ones a copy at 2500 Nigeria Naira.

Enjoy a gleeful and productive read.

Cheers🎉

We all are designers...you're about to be discovered.

#weallaredesigners #instagram #interiordesign #interdesigner #interiordecor #interiorstyling #interiorarchitecture #interiorarchitect #interiorinspo by @thenimidaniel

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4 years ago

First things first, my birthday was about 15 days ago, and yes, since there are still more pictures, who says I still can’t post them? 😂

Welcome to “The Office Sesh.” 🤭

And, in case you are here for the stories, I'm glad to break it to you that there are no highschool tales or nuggets from life today.

Biko, just enjoy these birthday pictures. I couldn't possibly keep all this goodness in my gallery forever. You people deserve to see them too.

Ciao, ciao! ✨ by @thenimidaniel

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an hour ago

Imagine being an SS1 science student in a private school in the heart of Ogbomoso, only to discover that your first real talent might be hiding in an SS2 Arts classroom.

One afternoon, after school, you walk past the classroom and notice the remains of a Literature lesson on the board. You step inside, sit down, and start reading.

You eventually leave, but barely five steps out, you feel an urge to write. You find a piece of paper on the floor, pick it up, find a pen in the next classroom, and begin writing.

Before you know it, you've written your first poem. It's about determination.

You're excited, but you don't think you've done anything extraordinary. You've simply written something, and you're happy about it.

Later that evening, your roommate, Feranmi, sees the poem and asks, "Wait, you wrote this?"

You say yes.

Somehow, the poem makes the rounds in the hostel. Soon, someone approaches you on behalf of the school's student media team, asking to publish it.

You agree. No big deal.

The next day, your classmates approach you, upset. The person you gave the poem to had rewritten it in his handwriting and put his name on it.

Everyone seems to understand the gravity of what happened except you.

You don't even understand the fuss. You hadn't put your name on the original either. You weren't thinking about ownership or recognition. You had written a poem, and that was all.

A term later, you write another poem, this time about Nigeria, for a class talent showcase. When you present it to your teachers, they suspect you've copied it from somewhere.

You insist you haven't. They remain unconvinced.

At the time, you move on. Writing comes naturally to you, so you don't think much of it.

Years later, however, you begin to understand something profound.

"Sometimes, you fail to recognise the value of your gift because it comes too easily to you."

Like me, this has happen repeatedly to many. Some people possess exceptional skills but struggle to turn them into value. Others recognise those skills in people, know how to harness them, and build something meaningful around them.

The difference isn't always talent. Sometimes, it's the ability to recognise value by @thenimidaniel

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3 days ago

There is a particular kind of respect I have for people who are building something.

Because if you have ever tried to build anything, you understand the mental rigour and emotional fortitude it takes to keep something alive.

Starting something means deciding to step out of the crowd and step into uncertainty. And I don't think we applaud that enough.

Think about planning a church or fellowship programme. You worry about logistics, people, attendance, money, publicity, speakers, timing and a hundred other things. But eventually, the programme ends. Everybody goes home.

Now imagine a programme that never ends.

That is business.

You wake up every morning knowing that the thing has to work. There is always another problem, another uncertainty, another decision.

So yes, people who have built something understand the pain of other builders in a way that people who have never built may not fully appreciate.

And I have enormous respect for builders because of that.

But building does not absolve you of responsibility.

And being a founder does not automatically invalidate the opinions of people who have never built a business.

This is where I think we sometimes get it wrong.

"I have built this. What do you know?"

Maybe they don't understand the full weight of building. But they can still understand fairness. They can still understand respect. They can still recognize when something is wrong.

Take business ethics. At its core, it is still about questions of morality, responsibility, fairness, right and wrong. Those principles don't suddenly disappear because you became a founder.

If salaries are unpaid, people have every right to ask questions.

If people are being treated badly, you cannot dismiss them because they have never run a business.

They may not understand the full context.

But some things are simply wrong.

So, hats off to the builders.

We'll continue to give all the respect.

But let's not turn the difficulty of building into a shield against accountability.

You can be a builder and still be wrong.

You can be a founder and still need to listen.

Building something is hard

But doing the right thing while building it is part of the work too. by @thenimidaniel

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10 days ago

Today is my birthday, and while I’ve received the usual “Happy Birthday” messages, one thing has been sitting with me a little more deeply.

I found myself thinking about my 20th birthday.

I’ve always had this strange relationship with birthdays. I like the quiet. The calm. The solemnness of it all. There’s something about having a day to just sit with yourself, reflect, pray, and take stock that I really enjoy.

So sometimes, when people come around trying to drag me out of that space, it can feel a little unsettling.

But my 20th birthday was different.

My friends came around with a surprise cake in hand before we went out, and somehow, that day became one of those core memories I still carry with me today. In fact, while I was praying last night, that was one of the first reflections that came to mind.

I just remember thinking, “God, thank You for this.”

And I think about that sometimes when people say they don’t like celebrating their birthdays.

It’s not always because they’re trying to be difficult, mature, boring, or “different.” Sometimes, you genuinely just cannot explain why you would rather be left alone with your thoughts.

I’ve been that person. Sometimes, I still am.

But over the years, I’ve also learned to make a conscious effort to step outside of that version of myself.

Every birthday, I try to do something unconventional. Respond to people differently. Be goofy. Take the cringe pictures. Make the ridiculous videos. Do something that feels slightly unlike the “serious,” “smart,” or “mature” person people are used to seeing.

Because, as one of my friends would say, “If it’s not recorded, it never happened.” 😂

And honestly, I think there’s something to that.

Take the pictures, do the cringe stuff. Do the baby stuff, the childlike things. Post the silly video. Make the brain-rot content. Laugh at yourself.

Do things that make people say, “Wait, is this actually you?”

Not because you’ve suddenly become unserious, but because sometimes, you just need to be free.

Let yourself create the kind of memories that your older self will be grateful you didn't take yourself too seriously to make.

So, here's to another year and all its memories🥂 by @thenimidaniel

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14 days ago

In 2019, I spent an entire evening complaining to a stranger about how difficult my life was.

The irony?

He was probably one of the last people in that room who needed to hear that particular rant.

But I didn't know that yet.

I had travelled from Nigeria to Accra, Ghana, with a group of friends for a pitch competition. Getting there had been a struggle in itself. We had to crowdfund from family, friends, classmates, colleagues, basically anyone who could help us make the trip possible.

At some point, the whole thing became so overwhelming that the time we should have spent refining our pitch was also being spent figuring out how to fund the trip.

After the final pitch, everyone was given an opportunity to speak about their experience. About three different teams that came in from Nigeria as well spoke about how they had received little or no support from their institutions, despite representing them at the competition.

It resonated with me because, in our own way, we had experienced the same thing.

Later that evening, during dinner, we were asked to mix with people from other institutions.

That was how I met Usman.

Usman had this calmness, then we started talking, and before long, I was telling him everything.

How difficult it was to be a Nigerian student.

How much we had struggled to make the trip.

The lack of institutional support.

The financial pressure.

All of it.

And Usman was nodding.

“Yeah, I can imagine.”

“It happens everywhere.”

“I understand.”

So I kept going.

In my head, I had already concluded that he understood because he was probably going through something similar.

We exchanged contacts and went our separate ways.

I had lost my phone prior to the trip. A few months later, I got another phone and started seeing his WhatsApp status updates.

Then one day, I saw him celebrating his Dad.

And the Dad? A Director-General of one of Nigeria's government parastatals.

And suddenly, everything clicked. A new wave of cringe befell me😭

That day taught me something I have carried with me ever since:

Just because your reality is common in your world doesn't mean it is universal.

Cont'd in Comment Section. by @thenimidaniel

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17 days ago

Hosting the @thethynkspace launch over the weekend was honestly such a vibe! ✨

I’ve seen this project come together from different angles, but stepping into the space, seeing everything finally come alive and getting to host the launch was a whole different experience.

And guys… @thethynkspace is BEAUTIFUL. 👀😌
The kind of space that makes you start rethinking your current workspace immediately.

From the design to the different workspaces, meeting areas and the overall feel, you can tell a lot of thought went into creating this.

I can’t wait for everyone to experience it when it officially opens to the public on October 1st (Giving IPO vibes🤣)

It's located at, No 1, Majekodunmi Street, by Oshopey Plaza, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.

Come and see what we’ve been Thynking and who knows, I might just be sponsoring a free slot for one person. Check pinned comment for further details. 👀 by @thenimidaniel

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25 days ago

About two Saturdays ago, when Mrs Ibuoye said "Come speak to our teenagers", I simply said "Say no more, let's do it"

Wished I had known we had a dress code to the DRIP, I would've worn my frustration with Manchester United on a shirt and rocked it REDy

Such a beautiful beautiful moment with these amazing amazing souls.

And the opportunity to sit under the Maestro called Derick? felt like an unending flow of riches.

In his words forever etched in my mind, "Leadership is rehearsed in ordinary choices"✨

I felt that, you should too... by @thenimidaniel

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a month ago

This ain't a meme; the audio says it all😭😂

#thefaithilori by @thenimidaniel

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a month ago

One of the earliest things you can learn about life is that everything is not necessarily about right or wrong.

Sometimes, it is right and right. And sometimes, it is moral and moral. Sometimes, two people can have completely different positions and both still have valid reasons for seeing things the way they do.

I think we (hallofus!) are too quick to bring every disagreement into a jury. Somebody must be the villain, and somebody must be the victim.

And social media has made this even worse. We see a 30-second video, a screenshot, one person's version of a story and suddenly everybody is a lawyer, judge and jury...

But sometimes, you simply do not have enough information to take a side. And even when you eventually hear every side, you may not necessarily arrive at a clear "right" or "wrong."

Sometimes, you just arrive at a better understanding of why everyone did what they did. That right there, is the difference between understanding and agreeing.

You can understand someone's perspective without endorsing their actions. You can acknowledge that someone's reason was valid without invalidating how another person feels.

You can recognise that someone had a point without concluding that they were completely right.

Life is complicated like that.

There are situations where loyalty conflicts with honesty. Compassion conflicts with accountability. It just further emphasizes context specificity.

And sometimes, both sides are defending something that is genuinely important to them. That is where I think perspective becomes important.
Not necessarily to help you decide who is right, but to help you understand what you are actually looking at.

Because sometimes, after hearing every side, the wisest conclusion is not "I know who is wrong," it is simply "understanding."

And most times, that is enough. You don't have to take every side. You don't have to participate in every argument. You don't have to make a moral battle of every situation.

Sometimes you can understand the situation, decide where you stand, and leave it there.

Some situations just require perspective.

And some,quite frankly, require you to mind your business. 🥂 by @thenimidaniel

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2 months ago

The older you get, the more you realize life doesn't always announce its lessons.

It simply hands them to you, one day at a time.

In all, God remains the only constant in a world committed to changing.

Ọ̀rọ̀ Baba kì yóò lọ láìmúṣẹ ✨ by @thenimidaniel

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