Timi Ola retweeted
The greatest celebration in world football.
Pioneered by a man who
Doesn’t cheat opponents.
Doesn’t defraud opposition,
Doesn’t rely on help from referees,
Doesn’t pretend to be humble.
Beyond one generation,
Beyond just football,
Beyond just one man,
SIUUUUUUUUUUU!
God bless his new age richly. Amin🙏🏽
Today, being my son's 10th birthday, I called him into my room. After praying for him, I spent over 30 minutes talking with him.
My wife walked in, and I told her to leave the room because I wanted to speak to my son alone.
I told him many things that I know he will not understand, but I know he won't forget them when he becomes an adult man.
My son remained completely silent throughout. I could see that he was quite uncomfortable, fearing that I was angry with him from the tone of my voice.
It wasn't the usual soft daddy's voice, but a firm one without any high pitch.
I told him to be looking into my eyes as I was speaking and that he should use his two hands to pull his ears.
Finally, I told him that no man would ever wish for him to be better than them, except I, his father.
And that he must make sure that he protects his elder sister and respects his mother.
This is what my late father did to me when I turned 10. By then, I had no mother in sight and received no birthday wishes, love, or care from her.
Anytime I just wish to think about my life, the words of my late father always play in my mind.
They always serve as guides, and quite a lot of them, I have used them to teach here.
It's always easier to remember what you were told or warned not to do as a child than when you're an adult.
Many things my late father said at the time didn't make much sense to me.
But today, they do.
So this is why I chose today to speak with my son in a way I never have before.
Lastly, I told him that he would make mistakes in life, but that I'll always be there to support him, helping him stand up and become a better person.
After I was done, he hugged me and went back to his PS5.
Thank you all for your best wishes and prayers for him.
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QED… 🥂
Let me advise those of you young people in the corporate world.
If you have a colleague that both of you were mates in rank or position, and you were very close, and that colleague of yours later becomes your boss.
Do not say because you were once mates in position, then you think you can interact with him or her the same way.
Respect the authority that he or she is presently occupying and keep your distance.
Wait to see if he or she would still want you to be closer, before you know how to interact with them officially.
Your bosses take key decisions for the firm, even if that decision may affect you.
They have meetings that you're not privileged or qualified to attend.
If you keep trying to interact with that colleague simply because you were once close, you'll be shocked.
Where they're making decisions that may affect you, your once close colleague may throw you under the bus.
Especially if you work in a structured environment, where meritocracy is recognized over familiarity.
Your colleagues are mostly not your friends.
All of you are earning salaries just to get by.
Do your job diligently, so that your once close colleague that was at your level, will not be seen as trying to use his or her position to favour you unduly.
I didn't write this posts for illiterates or ignorant or entitled persons.
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A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.
She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.
Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.
Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.
Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.
She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.
By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.
Timi Ola retweeted
I just had the craziest experience at the airport.
We are about to board a flight to Atlanta when the pilot from the incoming plane walks out of the jetway. Guy is probably late 50s, salt and pepper hair, military look. The kind of pilot you instantly feel good about seeing on your flight.
Pilot walks over to the counter, gets on the PA system, and starts addressing everyone. “Folks, I’ve been doing this a long time. Flying one of these jets is easy. The hard part is looking at 130 people and telling them their flight is going to be delayed.”
Audible groans throughout the boarding gate. Most people here are flying to Atlanta as a layover before another flight. 130 people just had their day become a complete mess.
The pilot goes on. “I get it, trust me. But here’s the deal: During our landing, we had a small mechanical issue. I’m not your pilot for the next leg, but I don’t feel confident the jet’s safe to fly until we have a mechanical team look it over, and I don’t feel comfortable asking the next pilots to fly you guys until we get confirmation.”
He points at the agents next to him behind the counter: “Now, none of this is the agents’ fault. Please be kind to them. I’m the one who made this decision, not them, so any inconvenience you experience is my fault. Just please know that I don’t do this lightly, and I’m only doing it because I believe it’s in the best interests of everyone’s safety.”
Now this is where the story gets crazy. The pilot puts the microphone down, grabs his suitcase, and all the people in the gate…
Start clapping.
I’m not joking, everyone starts clapping for the guy. 130 people who just had their travel plans ruined give an ovation to the guy who made the decision and delivered the message.
All because he addressed them with decency and transparency, took ownership of the decision, made it clear that it was necessary, and explained why it was in everyone’s best interest.
It’s honestly one of the best examples of strong communication—of strong leadership, for that matter—that I’ve seen in a long time.
@Delta, whoever your Atlanta to Wichita pilot was this morning, he’s one of the good ones. Please tell him the delayed passengers of flight 1637 appreciate what he did.
Timi Ola retweeted
A US soldier shared a testimony from her time overseas.
She said her team used to laugh at her and call her "church girl" because she prayed before every mission. Some told her they did not want to hear her prayers. She prayed anyway.
Later, she was pulled off the road as punishment.
She said her team started getting hit by bombs every time she was not with them. Then her team leader came to her and asked her to come back.
He told her, "We keep getting hit and we need your protection. Whatever you're praying, it's working."
She said she went back out, and they were never hit again.
Maya Johnson brought home 300 people, and nobody from her group died.
This is a powerful reminder that prayer is not weak. This testimony shows that the one true God hears, protects, and still answers prayer.
NO CALVARY IS COMING 🤔
His name was Chris Gardner.
In 1981 he was a medical supply salesman in San Francisco. He had a wife, a baby son, and about $10,000 in debt he couldn't climb out of.
One day he saw a man parking a Ferrari outside a building downtown. He walked up to him. He asked two questions: what do you do, and how do you do it?
The man was a stockbroker.
Gardner went home that night and told his wife he wanted to become one.
She left.
He enrolled in a training program at Dean Witter Reynolds that paid almost nothing. He had to move out of their apartment. He had no place to live with his son.
For nearly a year, Chris Gardner and his toddler son slept wherever they could. Shelters. Bathrooms. Parks. The floor of a subway station.
Every morning he put his son in daycare, put on his best suit, and walked into the office like nothing was wrong.
Nobody at Dean Witter knew.
He became their top trainee. Got hired. Worked.
In 1987 he started his own firm. By the mid-1990s he was a millionaire.
He wrote a book. Will Smith played him in the movie.
He tells the story in speeches now and always ends the same way.
He looks at the audience and says:
"The cavalry ain't coming. You have to be your own cavalry."
Timi Ola retweeted
I attended my neighbour’s 50th birthday yesterday. She’s a widow with two children. Her husband died about 10 years ago, and she has been raising them with support from her family.
It wasn’t a big party, just a few old school mates attended the party.
But something happened that stayed with me.
During her vote of thanks, she mentioned my name. My heart skipped.
She said, “I also want to appreciate Mr. David. Every night he puts on his generator because of the erratic NEPA light, he gives us power. My daughter used that light to read for her JAMB.”
Then she added, “She scored 303. Now she can study Medicine and Surgery at UI.”
I was shocked.
A small act I didn’t think much of meant so much to someone else.
That moment, I made a quiet decision to keep doing good whenever I can.
Because sometimes, the little things are not little at all.
Timi Ola retweeted
This video actually made me cry. If you can eat, drink water daily and have a roof over your head, be grateful to God