Inioluwa Oyekunle

Let’s be honest! It’s easy to silently compare. You’re doing the “right” things: showing up, learning skills, building your brand, putting yourself out there. You’re laying bricks slowly and faithfully. Then you see someone else who, at least on the outside, seems to be doing nothing. No posts. No branding. No “effort.” Yet, boom! They get a breakthrough. A big job. A gift. An opportunity you’ve been praying for.
It stings. And sometimes, in the secret places of your heart, you begin to wonde...

Let’s be honest, when we were younger, life looked very simple.
Pass your exams → get promoted. Finish secondary school → enter university. Four/Five/Six years in school → graduate → get a job → enjoy your life (whatever this means to you).
That’s the formula we were given. But nobody warned us about the grey spaces in between:
Strikes that add an extra year you didn’t plan for
Losing someone for the first time and not knowing how to deal with it
Graduating and realizing the job market satura...

We all want to get better with money. However, if we’re being honest, many of us didn’t grow up with solid financial education. Most of what we’ve learned about managing money didn’t come from a textbook, it came from struggle, missed opportunities, and sometimes, straight-up mistakes.
This is not your typical “save 20% of your income” kind of article. It’s deeper. This is about real-life l...

If you’ve spent any time online scrolling through income reports, side hustle success stories, or TikTok tutorials about “how to make $10K a month from your phone or laptop,” you’ve likely heard about the countless skills you must learn to start earning online: coding, design, copywriting, video editing, dropshipping, affiliate marketing—the list goes on.

But here’s the truth. While those are valuable, none of them are the most important skill you need to actually start making money online. S...

We often hear “aspire to perspire.” What immediately comes to mind is motivational speech, but what if the real transformation comes when you’re sweating it out in the thick of the struggle? This story is about how I nearly gave up during my master’s program… but didn’t. It’s about confusion, fear, stretching beyond comfort zones, and finding strength I didn’t know I had. Most importantly, it’s about the lessons...

Have you ever had a moment when you felt extremely motivated to turn your life around? Maybe you watched a powerful TED Talk or stumbled across a motivational quote on Instagram or TikTok that gave you goosebumps. You felt energized, unstoppable, and ready to take charge of your goals. But then, three days later, that fire is gone. The energy fades. The goal becomes blurry. And you’re back where you started, wondering why you can’t seem to follow through.
Here’s the hard truth: motivation is ...

We Are All Imposters! So Let’s Imposter Together
Irrespective of how you define success, you’ve probably had moments when you felt like you were not doing enough and found it hard to believe your cheerleaders who marveled at your achievements. Sometimes, you might be accused of pretense or praised for being humble, but deep down, you just don’t see what they see. I understand, and so does a significant body of research. It’s been established that around 70% of adults experience this at least ...

Insights from a Resilient Writer

Her dreams were bright and soaring high,
To write was all she longed to try,
But doubters came and crushed her hope,
With harsh critiques and biting scope.
“Your work sounds like those of a "hungry writer", she was told.

She met a writer
Her heart was captured by his words,
And thus, a new desire stirred,
To write with passion, heart, and soul,
And make her words a perfect whole.

But fate was cruel and took away,
The masterpiece she wrote one day,
And though ...

In this episode, we speak with Fiyin Atinmo, a portrait and fashion photographer who is also a medical student. He tells us about how he’s managed to build his career in photography while finding a balance between medical school and politics.
How did it all start? (what piqued your interest in photography)
I’ve always had a thing for beautiful images and cameras. My earliest memory is of me (Circa 2010) always asking my cousin for his camera at family gatherings to take pictures instead of si...

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Guess who recently concluded a 2 week series of email marketing? Yes! You guessed right! The journey was a learning curve for me and I’ll be sharing the lessons with you. Before I go into details, allow me to share with you some little tiny info about me.
First, I love writing. At the same time, I hardly publish them. Oh, wait! I publish them but in my imaginations (please don’t judge me). It’s an internal conflict I’ve been trying to resolve for God knows ho...

Ever since I published the first article of this series, I went through a period of fear, confusion, and self-doubt. A mentor read the first article and encouraged me to work towards publishing monthly. He told me stories of renowned writers, including the story of how Chimamanda Adichie started writing.
My motivation was short-lived the moment I realized that I had no content. I was petrified as I had not decided on the kind of article to publish.
In December 2020, I decided to write on the ...

How best is your proposal tactics? I have heard of so many romantic proposal stories. Men that know how to pull up amazing surprises are the real MVPs. This love season, I hope to see more of this on social media. Love is beautiful and I am not left out. Yes, you read that right, I no dey carry last.
This is a personal story of how my boyfriend proposed to me. We have been dating for 3 years now. As my first and only relationship, I carried it on my head like it was my life. Not to bore you w...