5 days ago“…even when you seem selfish, you truly ain’t!” — EVO’s TAKEOFFCongratulations, you made it to the takeoff of EVO, a newsletter that feeds you contents from diverse walks of life. Have not only a nice read but also a nice week ahead. Let’s dive right in! SELFISHNESS, SELFLESSNESS, AND REAL SUCCESS. “Olówó kan láàrin olòṣì mẹ́fà ò tíì kúrò láwùjọ àwọn olòṣì.” This popular Yoruba…2 min read
Jun 9PALGENESISIf we could ask the great warriors and emperors of the past what friendship meant to them, I guess the answer would be “anything outside of hostility.” In as much as you do not point a sword at Genghis Khan or Alexander the Great, you are a [potential] friend. In…Psychology8 min read
May 18IACTURAPHOBIA: EXCESSIVE FEAR OF LOSSYou are in a dream. In the dream, you are too tired to do anything. Returning from school or wherever you work, you are envisioning how you are going to rest immediately you get home. You are also fiddling with your phone to kill boredom. Now you are at home…Psychology6 min read
May 10ÇAY BREAK WITH HEISENBERG“We cannot be anything we want to be,” Steven Presfield boldly claims in THE WAR OF ART: WINNING THE INNER CREATIVE BATTLE. He claimed in the context that each of us has a specific calling. If you are meant to be an artist, you can only be an artist, not…Motivation5 min read
May 3MOTIVATION π-RUSHIt is a bright sunny day. The sun rays strike your face from where you loaf. Your body should have harnessed enough energy from the sun. You need to get up and work. But the time does not just feel right. Finally, you can conjure the mystical energy to get…Motivation6 min read
Apr 29PRAISES AND PEDESTALS“You are so talented,” a friend said to me. Just like the proud wizards in Harry Potter, I was deluded. By the way, we were discussing our upcoming exam and our likelihood of passing when she said that to me. At that moment, despite knowing my current academic standing, I…Psychology5 min read
Apr 26ACT!We all, according to Steven Pressfield in his book, THE WAR OF ART: WINNING THE INNER CREATIVE BATTLE, have two lives: the one we are currently leading; and the one we promise ourselves to lead. …Call To Action4 min read
Apr 22LUCK OR HARD WORK: AN ANECDOTEIf you have not read the last article, LUCK OR HARD WORK: THE OVARIAN LOTTERY AND THE STRUGGLE OF TU YOUYOU, I strongly recommend you do so. Only then will you fully grab the prelude on which this article is built. If you have read it, then let’s roll! Just…Luck4 min read
Apr 19LUCK OR HARD WORK: THE OVARIAN LOTTERY AND THE STRUGGLE OF TU YOUYOUWas it absolutely luck? Was it absolutely hard work? Or was it partly both? Those were the questions that popped up while conversing with a friend about how “Luck and Hardwork” influence our getting into the Marmara University’s Medical School. Even though my stance was that both Luck and Hardwork…Success5 min read
Apr 15TAKING YOUR SEAT AT THE TABLE: A POSSIBLE ROADMAP.So on the 3rd of April 2022, I came across an excerpt from a speech by Albert E. N. Gray on “THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF SUCCESS” through THE DIGITAL WEEKEND TRYBE — a weekly newsletter to which I am a subscriber. …Discipline4 min read
