Thought-provoking piece, thanks David. Nigerians - me and you - have to really take a look at ourselves in the mirror and agree that it is simply not working. There's no point racing to the finish line of a marathon when you're already pre-disqualified, and not in the right shape to compete. We need to go back to investigate our foundation (constitutions, governance structures, property rights, rule of law, education, etc.) before we can be hopeful in building anything meaningful.
This statement is instructive, to say the least: "There's no point racing to the finish line of a marathon when you're already pre-disqualified, and not in the right shape to compete."
@David Alade Not at all you are not a messenger of doom o. We just have to face to facts and put in our best in every situation. It is called Optimism and not positivity.
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It's the only thing you can ever really go long in. Hope it compounds well enough for those things to start changing the whole. Bottom up not top down!
Thought-provoking piece, thanks David. Nigerians - me and you - have to really take a look at ourselves in the mirror and agree that it is simply not working. There's no point racing to the finish line of a marathon when you're already pre-disqualified, and not in the right shape to compete. We need to go back to investigate our foundation (constitutions, governance structures, property rights, rule of law, education, etc.) before we can be hopeful in building anything meaningful.
This statement is instructive, to say the least: "There's no point racing to the finish line of a marathon when you're already pre-disqualified, and not in the right shape to compete."
Thanks for sharing your thought.
@David Alade Not at all you are not a messenger of doom o. We just have to face to facts and put in our best in every situation. It is called Optimism and not positivity.
Re: I can Long Lagos Young Professionals Innovation Club, I can long David Alade (I have faith in me to be my best)😀, I can long brilliant and hardworking individual Nigerians that I know, I can Long the great startups that are solving real societal problems.
It's the only thing you can ever really go long in. Hope it compounds well enough for those things to start changing the whole. Bottom up not top down!
Yes, button up is the best an individual can do.
Nothing more may be required of any one individual.