David Adepoju Blog Posts

It is my greatest pleasure to share with you all this year’s list. I have come to realize the power in believing in people through the list made last year. Despite the pandemic that held 2020 down, the people on the 2020 list defied all odds to become a better version of themselves, and they made significant progress. You can check them all out here. They have done well, and we cannot but wish them more success in the coming years. This year, as I stated in the last year’s list, this is a man making a list of men,…

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Dear misfit, I am sure you just closed that computer again after writing down things you intended to publish, but that instinct told you again that you are weird and that your thoughts are crazy. I am sure it still pains you that they shut you up at a public presentation last year where your ultra intellectual lens processed a situation differently from the way others processed it. I know that it pains you each time something happens and you knew you saw it four years ago, but even the only person you shared it with called you weird as…

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I had a conversation with three young civic engagement leaders recently, and below are some of my advice to them. Civic engagement and public initiatives have helped a lot of Nigerian young people to contribute their solution quotas to global challenges and also given much exposure through travel opportunities. However, there is an understanding that must come with being in that space. Many young people have not built any career outside the public engagement, and only about 5% end up earning a living from their initiatives, according to an international NGO leader I spoke to recently. Passion is good but…

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The first time I conceived the idea of Monday morning email to all my friends and followers was in 2017 June. A month after, I designed the concept and the name, and I planned to launch it in August of the same year. However, a few days to execute the first step of asking for people’s email address, I fell into this unnecessary analysis and below are some of them. “Will people give you their email address”? “ People don’t read their emails.” “People only reads work-related emails.” “Nobody reads random emails on a Monday morning.” “What you are giving…

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Dear Son, While you are praying for open doors, don’t be ignorant that there are different types of doors. Don’t knock a door that requires you to press a button. Also, don’t struggle with the door that requires the person inside to open for you after exchanging words over the door radio. Don’t be like me a few years back when I had the card to open a door but I was swiping the card on the wrong spot. I wasted time and energy. May you have an understanding of the parable above. Son, the word “NO’ is probably one…

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INSIDE YOUR DARK CLOUD IS A SILVER LINING Good morning friends. I know it has been a very hard season and complaining seems valid because of all that is going on. However, I want to share a message of hope with you this morning. Just two years ago, I was invited to speak at an event in Oyo town. It was not a great time for me financially but I would always show up where young people are gathered no matter how hard. I knew it was not going to be a paid invitation so I had to take care…

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