I believe that as a business leader, whenever people sign up to work for you, you owe them a great deal. You have to do right by them, all the time. The most precious thing we have is time, and …
Why we play the game (football)
Congratulations to Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and the Real Madrid squad that won the UEFA Champions League for the 11th time on Saturday. You might not realise it, but behind all those well kitted footballers, cute balls, massive action and …
How to get better results in your life, business and ministry
It was Albert Einstein that said that “Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly, yet expecting different results” This means that if you want things to change, you do need to do something different. If you produced 50 measures in …
The growing trend of mobile internet users and the opportunity for us
I have my eye on the African mobile trends 2016 from Jumia as seen on this TechCabal article. It once again reiterates that people are coming online and staying online (without the big blue social company’s help – I should …
Your customers/clients are not stupid
… and you do not have to win every argument. If you keep winning arguments with your customers, very soon you will have no customers to argue with. You know your business better than anyone else, no doubt about that. …
The push into awesome
Sometimes we need a push, something that will force us to go out and be phenomenal. A friend of mine is always fond of asking me “Ademola, what is pushing you? Wetin you dey find?” I did not become this …
What if I didn’t upload riranwo.com in 2007?
The first personal project I published on the internet was in November 2007, it was (supposed to be) an online aggregator of cool Nigerian content and a virtual hangout space. That was the idea, but the execution sucked! I once …
What is worth my time right now? Why?
There is always a million things to do everyday, picking the ones you need to do personally and the ones you really ought to delegate is the difference between great Entrepreneurs, good Entrepreneurs and the mediocre ones. I have always …
What are you permitting?
Evil thrives when good people do nothing. Time spent cursing the darkness is best used lighting up a candle. So, maybe it is time to become a little bit more responsible for things that are happening around you – your …
Getting sidetracked
One of the biggest tripping points for me over the years has been getting sidetracked. I set out on a project and all is going good, but then I get sidetracked. Some emergency comes up or a new side trip …