a weird origin story

Hey there..So today...I give myself permission to go off script.Right now, of course, we're in the middle of the Dangote Refinery IPO series.And there is still quite a bit I want us to unpack there.But today…I want to talk about something else.Me.Mor...

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Sep 20, 2026
Oil money for you

Hey there!For as long as I can remember, I have had a strange relationship with work.I hate seeing useful intelligence go to waste.Back when I ran PowerIdeas, an old issue was never really "old."Once we had created it, I would ask:What else can this...

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Sep 19, 2026
Most of my best proof is invisible

Hey there...So...For most of my career, I have had an interesting problem.My best work is work I cannot really talk about.I work privately.Often with people dealing with commercially or personally consequential outcomes.And because of the nature of t...

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Sep 18, 2026
Showing up is not the same as being trusted

Hey there...So...For years, I thought consistency was the game.Show up.Publish.Teach.Serve.Keep doing the work.And yes, consistency matters.But somewhere along the way I realised I had confused consistency of activity with predictability of value.The...

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Sep 17, 2026
The $75,000 birthday invite I hated

Hey there! So...Back in 2021...I started flirting with the idea of increasing my fees for one on one work.I figured $50,000 a year felt about right.Now understand something.For me, that was a considerable jump.Up until then, I had maxed out at around...

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Sep 16, 2026