by Subomi Plumptre | Dec 10, 2019
I’m not a fast reader. It typically takes me like 2 years to finish a book and so, I prefer articles. This year, I decided to do more reading, as I discovered it was one of my happiness triggers. It’s also a major wisdom trigger. Kindle’s reading...
by Subomi Plumptre | Dec 10, 2019
A while ago, I started having mild panic attacks brought on by anxiety. After seeing a therapist, I was advised to stop planning too far ahead and to stop catastrophising. God has also been schooling me on trust. One good outcome of the episode is that I made up my...
by Subomi Plumptre | Dec 10, 2019
The true value of mentoring in this generation is not access to business or career networks. Rather, it’s two-fold. First, “home training” – transferring values that ideally should have been learnt at home, but which circumstances prevented....
by Subomi Plumptre | Nov 18, 2019
Border closures & new sources of funding In July 2019, the Central Bank of Nigeria issued a curious directive to banks. It mandated that they lend up to 60% of their customer deposits or face consequences. (This has now been increased to 65%.) Suddenly,...
by Subomi Plumptre | Nov 18, 2019
A while ago, Nigerian Twitter trended #RedFlag, an allusion to warning signs. It reminded me of the headaches I’ve been having for the last 2 years over a few of my investments. Some institutions my investment company did business with, defaulted on their...
