‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

It should not be a problem. I believed both played their parts at different times. MT joined Shell at 29 with a PhD in Chemical Engineering. There was a higher chance of 9-5 getting him that $120k per annum than direct entrepreneurship. He did not need any capital, any fundraising, any investor pitch, any running around to chase customers to earn the $120k in first year of 9-5. All he needed was his certificate and ability to defend it. When I preach 9-5, that is what I mean. He left 9-5 after 10 years. It is the experience, knowledge and networks he gathered over the 10 years (& earlier while studying) that helped his business stabilize enough to gross $500k in year 1 of business. I still believe decent 9-5 is still a surer route for stability for a young person.

Mr Swish (One Hustler Like That) @_Mr_Swish_

13 hours ago

This is exactly my opinion/problem about 9-5. Even though it can make you wealthy, very wealthy, there’s always a limit and for you to cross that limit, you have to jump ship. So when I see @SirJarus preaching it, I just smile. I mean he jumped ship too 😁

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‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

2 hours ago

@banksofcalgary Edmonton or Calgary? I don’t turn your neighbor, add me 🙏

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‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

2 hours ago

@Oludeewon 😂😂 I go soon comot this twitter delete my account. Everything is always now to the extreme. Everybody wan drag agenda

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‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

4 hours ago

@powerfulbadeeu …to take contrary opinions (as long as they come without malice). I sincerely don’t understand how people with contrary or added opinions are getting tagged as “anti-MT”

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‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

4 hours ago

@powerfulbadeeu I don’t think it was misconstrued. Many people, including myself, are only pointing to the backend of such beautiful story. Make person wey never chop belleful no go quit job without adequate preparation and backup because MT motivated them. Plus, I think we should learn…

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Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo

5 hours ago

Two stories that inspired me as I was contemplating the move are from Nigeria. 1. @SirJarus, he left a cushy oil & gas job to start @JarusHomes 2. @gkbalogs, he left Chevron to start @sofreshng_co These are people I know very very well. I thought to myself, if they can do it from Nigeria, what's my excuse? Look, this is NOT for everyone. But also, don't fight the opportunity to be inspired.

Elisheba @sweetlskin5

9 hours ago

@AskMichaelTaiwo Yes, this can happen in America, even if you don't know anybody. If you try it in Nigeria, you'll know that all these motivational talk will end in maximum tears. Just one policy change by one idiot and that's it. Only God will help you to achieve your dreams in Nigeria. The

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‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

4 hours ago

@jimohhafeezco True though.

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‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

5 hours ago

Those who had the income and still didn’t take the leap are also right. Not everyone is built for business. Some are also going from $120K to $240K in 2 years rather than 10 years. Quantum leaps aren’t unidimensional. Ona kan o w’oja

Hafeez Jimoh @jimohhafeezco

6 hours ago

"You had stable income and enjoyed amazing perks at Shell for 10 yrs! You people better use your head before" People are saying this and many other similar things which are in fact very correct and good advice. Many people and in fact greater amount of people in the US with

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Hafeez Jimoh @jimohhafeezco

4 hours ago

No single tweet at times can cover all intricacies. Even at that, people will still find other 100 things wrong with a tweet and he has always shared how he got there in separate tweets also like having a phd, built his career, working with other people and career growth tips and networking. All these are parts of the input to the entrepreneurship leap.

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‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

5 hours ago

@jimohhafeezco I actually think what he said was 100% correct. I just felt he oversimplified the resources and hardwork that had gone into the business over the 10 years and the experience he amassed while working for a global company like Shell.

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Hafeez Jimoh @jimohhafeezco

5 hours ago

@Mide_Adigun Yes, you are very correct. It's not for everyone. I mentioned this in another tweet. I tweeted that because of people finding a million thing wrong with the original tweet

Hafeez Jimoh @jimohhafeezco

9 hours ago

This is a good one Few notes 1) The 10 years experience was apparently a leverage that will be used for the next 10 years of business growth 2) It's only in Nigeria that oil workers salary are skewed very high. The figure mentioned is very consistent with earnings in US

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Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo

15 hours ago

I earned $120K a year working for Shell in 2012. Ten years and multiple promotions later, in 2022, that figure has doubled to $240K a year. In 2023, I stumbled on an internal, confidential, document that showed the salaries of my superiors. I saw that even if I were promoted multiple times again, the best I could hope for in another 10 years was another doubling to around $480K a year. This may sound crazy saying it out loud but that wasn’t cutting it for me. I simply didn’t want the next 10 years to be a repeat of the last 10. I wanted geometric progression, not an arithmetic one. On my 40th birthday, in 2023, I was asked to make a wish as a blew the candles on my birthday cake. “Get the hell out of Shell,” I quietly whispered. Months later, I was out. In 2024, my businesses grossed $500K; in 2025, they did $1M - geometric progression. It required me to be delusional about my abilities, to bank on the faithfulness of God and to trust that inner voice that always nag at me that I could be more, I could do more and I could have more.

Oreoluwa Bukola, CFA. @BukkyOA

a day ago

Your lateral thinking is the problem. You earned $100k last year. This year, you want to do $120k, even though you could wipe the slate clean and do a million. The measurement of your performance against a benchmark that amplifies mediocrity. That is the problem. You cannot

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‘Wale Adejimi @Ifwal95

10 hours ago

This post will hit 1M impressions soon 😂 But sha, calm down small. MT had already built significant career capital, experience, and leverage from 10 years at Shell. Starting your career on $120k outside California was already a huge privilege, even if it was California in 2012. Doubling that income over the next 10 years was impressive, but his starting point and career trajectory clearly gave him a strong advantage. Dream big, but dream with context o 😂😂

Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo

15 hours ago

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‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

5 hours ago

@SiSenorAbbey Make dem no pressure person abeg 😂

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‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

9 hours ago

For 10 years, you earned between $120K-240K (if not more) while working and building experience with a global brand like Shell Saved, invested and built the business over multiple years before you and the business could get to the point where it’s reasonable to quit a $240K job

Michael Taiwo @AskMichaelTaiwo

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‘Mide @Mide_Adigun

9 hours ago

😂 you’re making a joke out of yourself

Florian Plettenberg @Plettigoal

11 hours ago

🚨💣 BREAKING | Yan Diomande officially reported in sick to RB Leipzig this morning and is therefore not expected to travel with the team to the training camp in Austria today. Diomande is not in the squad for today’s friendly against SC Verl (as planned). Diomande wants to