Be Loyal to Your Future, Not Your Past
When you stay loyal to a version of yourself that no longer exists—the one who was hurt, the one who failed, the one who was overlooked—you are still choosing. You are choosing to let one moment in time define the whole arc of your life. And that choice costs more than it keeps.
Before the Flood
A tipping point in business is the critical threshold where small, consistent efforts and favourable conditions trigger a much larger market response. It is the point where growth changes character.
The Culture You Ignore Will Cost You Everything
Culture is not static. It is not a problem you solve once and move on from. It is a living,
breathing, constantly evolving dynamic that reflects the collective experience of every
person in your organisation. The question is not whether your culture is changing. It is
whether it is changing in the direction you intend — or drifting somewhere you cannot
afford to go.
The Five Pillars of Public Speaking Mastery: Pillar 5 – STRUCTURE
If you want to hold an audience spellbound, you cannot simply talk at them; you must lead them on a carefully designed psychological journey. Structure is the invisible hand that guides your audience from their current state of mind to the exact destination you want them to reach.
When You Love the Chain That Binds You
The reason Stockholm Syndrome resonated so broadly is because it describes a survival mechanism that human beings deploy, often unconsciously, when they are trapped with a source of both threat and relief.
The Mentality of the Crab
If I can’t have it, neither can you.”
The Dream I Let Drag: Why I’m Finally Building Eloquence Unfiltered
The driving idea behind Eloquence Unfiltered is simple but radical: public speaking is not about perfection; it is about authenticity. We are moving away from the stiff, corporate rigidity of the past and embracing a raw, unfiltered approach to communication. This event is designed specifically for the modern professional—from the ambitious Gen Z graduate to the mid-level Millennial manager—who needs to command a room, pitch an idea, or simply find their voice in a crowded marketplace.
The Five Pillars of Public Speaking Mastery: Pillar 4 – WORD
Many professionals mistakenly believe that complex language makes them sound more authoritative. In reality, complexity is often a mask for a lack of deep understanding. True mastery is the ability to take a complex idea and explain it so simply that a ten-year-old could understand it, without losing the nuance that a fifty-year-old expert demands.
The Five Pillars of Public Speaking Mastery: Pillar 3 – FEEL
Mastering the FEEL pillar is what transforms a competent speaker into an unforgettable one. It is the difference between a presentation that informs and a presentation that inspires.
Connectologists, the Quiet Architects of Influence – Part 2
What makes Connectologists different is not noise, status, or outward performance. In fact, many of them look completely ordinary. They are not always the loudest in the room, the richest at the table, or the most decorated on paper. Yet they carry an invisible force. They bring people together with uncommon ease. They connect people to value.
Connectologists, the Quiet Architects of Influence
What makes Connectologists different is not noise, status, or outward performance. In fact, many of them look completely ordinary. They are not always the loudest in the room, the richest at the table, or the most decorated on paper. Yet they carry an invisible force. They bring people together with uncommon ease. They connect people to value.
The Five Pillars of Public Speaking Mastery: Pillar 1 – LOOK
When we talk about “LOOK,” we are not merely discussing whether your suit is tailored or your shoes are polished—though appearance certainly matters. We are talking about your physical presence, your spatial authority, and the non-verbal cues that tell your audience whether you are a leader worth listening to.
The Five Pillars of Public Speaking Mastery: Pillar 2 – TONE
If your LOOK is the foundation of your authority, your TONE is the engine of your influence. Tone is not just about having a “good voice.” It is the strategic manipulation of volume, pitch, pace, and pauses to inject emotion and meaning into your words.
Body Language and Career Growth
What Gen Y Professionals must Right in Nigeria’s Multigenerational Workplace. Let me start with a question. Have you ever sat in a meeting room, watched someone present a brilliant idea — solid data, well-researched, clearly articulated — and still found yourself unconvinced? Not because the idea was bad. But because
The Face Before the Voice
In the corporate world, your face often enters the room before your words do. There is a mistake many hardworking professionals make, and it is a costly one. They prepare their slides, rehearse their talking points, polish their shoes, straighten their jackets, and enter the meeting room convinced that competence
The Weight of Experience: When Life Says, “Your Turn”
There is a profound arrogance in the unlived life. It is the quiet, unspoken assumption that because we have observed the storm from the safety of the shore, we understand the fury of the waves. We build fortresses of theory, constructed from the pages of books, the narratives of documentaries,
The Great Standstill: A Symphony of Suspended Lives
The sun begins its slow, bruised descent over the Lagos skyline, casting long, golden shadows against the gleaming glass facades of Victoria Island. Up there, in the air- conditioned boardrooms and luxury penthouses, the city looks like a triumph of modernization—a testament to human ambition rising from the Atlantic. But
Twist,turns and the damaged goods by Michael Olatunbosun: A critical review of Damaged goods
The book is titled: “Damaged Goods (2024, Winepress),” and the author is Akin Akingbogun. The author is a successful civil engineer with experience in the downstream oil and gas, and renewable energy sector in Nigeria. His other works include Prisoner of Fate, Waste of Sin, Blood in the Water, and
2025 – The unwritten year: why I paused and what is coming next
Now that I have found my writing voice—if there’s any such word—I think it might just be apt to reflect on some of the things that have happened in the last 14 or 18 months. When I started writing in 2019, it was way before the blog and before COVID.
The Boy Who Questioned Himself
We are living in an age of questions—questions about identity, purpose, belonging, and the meaning of being human. For many people these questions remain philosophical. But for some, they become deeply personal. This story begins with a boy He is not remarkable at first glance. He comes from a modest
The Purpose in the Pause: Finding Meaning While You Wait
On the subject of waiting, I have thought about writing something for quite some time, yet I never quite got around to expressing it the way I truly wanted. Now, in 2026, the opportunity has finally presented itself. Perhaps I should have written this article twoyears ago, but here we
The 8th Floor – Chapter Two
The story continues with some interesting twists. Chapter Two Disbelief clouded my judgement for a moment. I wanted to pinch myself, but I was fairly certain that I was awake, there would be no need for that. My girlfriend of two years lay completely disfigured with her limbs twisted awkwardly
The 8th Floor
Have you missed reading a short story from the blog, oh well, here is one. You will find a thrilling and fast pace read somewhere in that story. I promise to keep this one short and exciting. Enjoy! The 8th Floor. Chapter One There are some days when I am
Behind the Glass -The Short Film
I am privileged to share the journey to making my first film. Behind the Glass| The Short Film| The Journey I recollect fondly, many years ago, while completely immersed in the theatrics of seasoned actors as they performed one of Prof. Wole Soyinka’s popular stage play at the Terra Kulture
Cheers to 2025
Every New Year holds promise, as though it is any different from the turn of every new day that we witness every 24hours. If the new year is a reset, then every day is a reset! Its simply a mindshift that we subject ourselves to when we celebrate a new
Night Runs – chapter 20 – The End
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 20 – Final Chapter NEWS Adio woke up to the sound of his alarm. He stretched himself for a few seconds before lifting his back off the mattress into a sitting position. His eyes were still blurry from sleep’s cuddles and his thoughts
Moral Case for a Gift
Moral Case for a Gift Enjoy this new short interactive story Interactive Story – Decision Based Kamikun was having his first ever marijuana. He was in-between schools, and so it took only a few days to find kindred spirits within his street to share the experience with. He spent most
Night Runs – chapter 19 – Bag
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 19 Bag “So, where are we headed now?” Adio asked without looking back. The tension was gradually being eased and the ladies seemed relaxed and quiet at the backseat now. Earlier, they had hopped into the car in panic without giving Adio the
Night Runs – chapter 18 – Simp
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 18 Simp It had been raining the whole day, non-stop, again, annoyingly so. The rains had quenched the soil from sandy hues to rich, strong browns, soaking not just the ground, but the worn-out asphalt top road around the city. Over the pothole
Night Runs – chapter 17 – friendship
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 17 Friendship Adio waited and listened to the voices on the concrete deck above. “Daniel please.” “Don’t call my name, bitch.” “Please, I beg of you, I don’t have five hundred thousand naira. This is all the savings I have and its planned
Unpacking Akin Akingbogun’s Dreams from Yesterday – a review
Book review by Radio OAP Michael Olatunbosun Unpacking Akin Akingbogun’s Dreams from Yesterday, by Michael Olatunbosun Dreams from Yesterday (Winepress, 2023) is a collection of 14 short stories. It is authored by Akin Akingbogun, a blogger, performance coach, civil engineer with experience in oil and gas, as well as renewable
Night Runs – chapter 16 – Tenant
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 16 Tenant Adio felt the need to move almost without end. By his thinking, if his limbs were moving constantly then the anxiety that had taken over his fear centre would be gone, or at least he would be able to ignore it
Night Runs – chapter 15 – Time
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 15 Time Adio stared from the window as his car sped past the serene estates of Oniru, a suburb in Lagos where modern and smart houses lined every corner of the road. These houses were painted in white, grey or any bland color
Night Runs – Chapter 14 – Gay
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 14 Gay “Wait, Adio, what does the law say about same sex?” Adio shrugged. It was a rhetorical question. “The law criminalizes public displays of affection between same sex couples in Nigeria.” Don continued. “Remember that article you read online last week? The Nigerian
Night Runs – Chapter 13 – Mirage
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 13 Mirage Adio didn’t pay enough attention when his passenger settled into the backseat. If he did, he would have noticed her hair. There is a boldness in being so natural, in greeting the world just as you are, and Adio saw that
Night Runs – chapter 12 – Rage
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 12 Rage There was a traffic logjam again, and it was quite hectic this time. It was also the third consecutive day that it rained. That was the tragedy of heavy downpour in Lagos. Flash floods soon inundate every inch of the carriageway,
Night Runs – chapter 11 -Pity
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 11 Pity “Where are your parents? Or your mother? Or whomever should be on this trip with you.” “They are both upstairs.” “Who is accompanying you on this trip? Surely you can’t be taking a ride late this evening unaccompanied.” “They are upstairs.”
Night Runs – chapter 10 -Family
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 10 Family “Oh my God, baba Ramota just entered my car.” “Calm down, he doesn’t know yet that you are the one driving.” ”What am I supposed to tell him when he finds out who is driving him about town this night?” “You
Night Runs – chapter 9 – Reward
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 9 Reward At first Adio didn’t take the news on the radio and news bulletin seriously about the cholera outbreak in the city. He couldn’t be bothered. A few weeks after his mysterious encounter with the absconding policemen, his faith had truly been
Night Runs – chapter 8 – Police
Enjoy this new short story series Chapter 8 Police. Nursing is such a noble profession, or at least, that was how Adio liked to imagine. The one in his car had blue scrubs on, was po-faced, serious, and cleansing her hands with sanitizers from a small bottle she returned to