Oladapo Akande

Yet again, so long José

Oladapo Akande May 05, 2021

Those who have ambition of becoming effective leaders can learn several lessons from José Mourinho’s repeated sackings. Mourinho, at one time dubbed himself “the Special One” and who could argue with him? He later stepped this up to “the Only One” and still, not many openly disputed this as his achievements were enough to intimidate […]

Choose to Swim

Oladapo Akande Apr 28, 2021

Not all things that we regard as disadvantages are actually so and vice versa. Let me give an example of a girl who for reasons beyond her control, resumed school two weeks after her classmates. She ends up beating them all to take first place. Of course, this can be for a number of reasons […]

Do it afraid

Oladapo Akande Apr 21, 2021

Your most potent strengths are not always the ones you recognize to be so – or the ones you naturally gravitate towards. The one that will eventually announce you to the world could be the very one you repeatedly run away from. There are times when we believe we’re just the “Don” at something because […]

Random Musings

Oladapo Akande Apr 14, 2021

I remember feeling so cool with myself when my headmaster told me during my primary school days that I had a photographic memory. For several weeks after that, I felt like I was on cloud nine. I’d never heard of that term before but boy, did it make me feel clever. The euphoric feeling didn’t […]

How Long?

Oladapo Akande Apr 07, 2021

For how long will our country continue to put forward it’s worst XI instead of it’s 1st XI team? For how long will our leaders portray a country blessed with some of the most brilliant minds anywhere in the world as “no good doers” who know how to say all the right things but whose […]

So Embarrassing

Oladapo Akande Mar 31, 2021

I remember an instance in my early 20s. The days when I and my friends would strut the famously trendy Kings Road in the London borough of Chelsea, like the cool dudes we thought we were. On this day, I saw a lady friend across the road…or at least I thought it was her. Excited, […]

America’s “One Chance”

Oladapo Akande Mar 24, 2021

I’m as guilty as the next person of spurting out, “only in Nigeria” when the absurd happens but maybe it’s time we all think again. No one should ever underestimate how much damage one unscrupulous and unhinged man can do to a country. Over 74 million Americans voted for Donald Trump in his bid for […]

Black and White

Oladapo Akande Mar 17, 2021

One of the most fascinating things about us human beings, which doesn’t just set us apart from all other living creatures but also makes us more interesting, is that we’re all so different. Wouldn’t it be odd and boring if the only type of car human beings liked was the Kia Picanto and because of […]

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