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Night School goes live at 9pm WAT tonight with the 5th installment in the “Economy of Mind” series.

Let me digress here to drag some people just a little bit.

Those who insist on adding a ‘the’ where it was intentionally left out.

See me feeling like a New York Times bestseller worthy poet/copywriter coming up with “Economy of Mind”.

Someone in Osogbo will read that and insist I made a grammatical error 😩

My people, I’ve always admonished that regardless of your immediate environment, your competition is not Adekunle from down the street.

Your competition is:
•⁠ ⁠an Ivy League graduate of The Humanities in San Francisco
•⁠ ⁠⁠a Y-Combinator alumni in Austin, Texas
•⁠ ⁠⁠a Robotics engineer in Shanghai
•⁠ ⁠⁠a 21-year old intern with Gucci, Milan

Insist on beating your chest with “this is how we do it here in Abakaliki” and your children will be slaves of their children.

Resources are available. But you must be coachable and teachable.

You must have the indomitable will to be both King in Ogbomoso and King in London.

Let people of all tongues, cultures and economic status all agree on your pedigree.

The new economy will create its new classes of haves and have-nots.

It’s not fair but it will happen regardless.

Anyway… rant aside.

We go live in an hour.

Please check your email for the link or register and go straight to the live room: https://obidi.co/eom

See you soon,

— J.O.
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☝🏼 Meet Ayo, the latest member of our team.

I just hired him as our official spokesperson.

He is AI, so I don’t pay him anything yet, but I’m still thinking about it because of his vibes and dance steps.

Anyway, just as he said, if you haven’t enrolled, you can join us tomorrow here: https://designthedecade.com/ If you’re facing payment issues, please send a WhatsApp message to Steve on +2349137505306

— J.O.
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“To whom much is given, much will be required…”

The majority of humans, however, were not given much… but don’t tell them that.

Still, because they form the mass market… most books are written for them, so that authors can stay commercially successful.

The advice in those bestsellers are good enough _for them_, but will not work for you.

Your own path is different, and in finding it, you cannot afford to be lazy.

Nothing regular will work.

You were always destined to fail… _at small things_.

— J.O.
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In 2026, it is MANDATORY that you become and move as a master of your craft.

Not a dabbler. Not a tourist.

A master, I said… transgenerational and multidisciplinary.

The world should feel nothing but wonder at your output.

I recommend that you spend quality time visualizing what that looks like.

Anything less, and the Zeitgeist (with AI as its noble whip) will turn you into a peasant.

It’s crowded and treacherous at the bottom… smelly too.

You’ve done your time. Come up higher now.

Onwards and Upwards.

— J.O.
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What Your Dad Should Have Told You 👇

Speakers/teachers/mentors who say “there are no stupid questions” will quietly judge and punish you for asking stupid questions.

The Game of Life is more political than you might know.

In 1956, The Leader of China, Mao Zedong, encouraged citizens (mostly intellectuals, artists and party members) to offer constructive criticism of the Communist Party's errors.

The famous slogan was: “Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend.”

Thus the initiative was nicknamed the “Hundred Flowers Campaign”

At first, the people were skeptical, thinking it was a trap.

But Chairman Mao claimed the government needed outside feedback to improve its relationship with the people and to fix bureaucratic problems.

And so, when a few people accepted the invitation without consequence, all sorts of criticisms poured in.

People openly attacked the party's control, corruption, and lack of freedom.

It was eventually discovered to be a “Lure The Snake” strategy.

What followed was a purge as over 500,000 people who had spoken up (or were accused of speaking up) were labeled as enemies of the state.

They were sent to labor camps for "re-education" or simply executed.

Now, relax…

Of course this is an extreme example.

It’s not like such a thing can happen in the modern world, right?

Right? 🙃

But in the games humans play, they often execute microcosms of the larger games… sometimes even subconsciously.

We cannot help ourselves.

Our species are irredeemably condemned to repeat history.

It’s only in your best interest to at least study it.

So, back to the original point… if you must know a thing, exhaust all *private* avenues to acquire the answers you need.

But when stepping up to ask a question publicly, here’s the truth they won’t admit to you.

It’s not about the question.

It’s a branding/positioning opportunity to the teacher and other onlookers.

What you ask and even how you ask, tells them a story about what you are… and instructs them about how much deference you are worth.

Unless they are also reading this, they will not be able to stop themselves from eating out of your hand if you practice this well enough and execute.

In this age of social media, you can exponentially multiply the effect by getting a friend to record this interaction… and post online.

Maybe use the footage for ads 🙃🙃🙃

If I keep talking here, you won’t come to Night School, so… see you tomorrow 😂

Talk soon,
— John Obidi

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PPS: Your dad should have forced you to study history as a cheat code to life.

We are the same creatures, repeating the scripts, just with new names.

Or as Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1849) remarked, “Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

It means - The more things change, the more they stay the same
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[Night School] There’s a visible world. And there’s the world that decides outcomes.

In 1896, an Italian sociologist, Vilfredo Pareto, discovered that a hard fact of wealth inequality - that approx 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population.

This held true all over the world, and long after his death, the principle was named after him - The Pareto Principle also known as the 80-20 rule.

The _*what*_ is easy to recite, but the real value lies in the _*why*_.

Is this Pareto distribution of success a flaw in the system, or an essential part of its design?

How do you win in a game that quietly taxes the uninitiated?

Tonight at 9, we will break down how this game is structured, how winners set the terms and how you can build “winning conditions” instead of begging reality for mercy.

Register here: https://obidi.co/taa

— John Obidi

Ps: Please invite those you love.
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There are lucrative economic activities that you’re the best in the world at…

Stuff that would take a regular person 5 years of experience to master, but would take you 6 months max.

But you do not know that they exist.

That’s why wealthy Americans give their kids a gap year where they explore their interests with no pressure, before college.

I often refer to this instruction as “eating the world”.

Eat the world like you would at a real buffet, tasting a little bit of everything until you find the one that you’d like to _*chop bellefull*_.

Poor people hate being lectured on career choices, and this is mind boggling to me, because this is 79% the reason their income is suboptimal.

Where did you reckon money comes from?

People who optimize for sovereignty do not leave their career choices to chance or something as fleeting as ‘interest’.

It’s like going to war and choosing to wield a pistol as your primary weapon, simply because it’s light and you like how it feels to the touch.

You would stand little chance against someone who trains his strength to match the discomfort of a standard Assault Rifle.

He chose that, not because he likes to carry around such a noisy and heavy object, but because it’s literally a matter of life and death.

And that’s how elite individuals make money decisions - as a matter of life and death - not a matter of “if God wills it”

_*“Well, I will it. And this, that and the other, are what I’m willing to do to ensure it.”*_

And so, if you’re still in your 20s and haven’t started yet, or you’re older and looking for a pivot, please listen carefully.

*You’re late…* and your urgency to this reset must reflect that you’re *“redeeming the times”*.

You must study Capitalism all over again, especially as a citizen of a conquered/colonized Third World country…

…because you’re forced to participate in a game (Capitalism) that your ancestors did not create.

You’re an immigrant to the game, playing it with/versus those who created it and designed its rules.

So when I say *study*, I didn’t say ‘read a book about’.

The dictionary meaning of study is

“learn *intensively* about something, especially *in preparation* for a *test* of knowledge.”

See the difference?

It’s not about casually skimming summaries or absentmindedly reading it so you can boast that you did.

You’d have to resort to Secondary School tactics - timetables, your customized curriculum, assessments and hands on practicals.

And you must do all of it non-stop.

It’s not a matter of reading “Think and Grow Rich”, which is cute, but will not make you rich.

Study Money and the complete curriculum of capitalism, as though you would die if you didn’t.

I’ve sent you previous study materials, but an update will be sent along with this week’s “Night School Afterthoughts & Study Notes” to all who registered for “The Architecture of Advantage”

If you didn’t register but would like to receive the materials, please scroll up to the message above this and use the link.

Rooting for you!

— John Obidi.
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I’m tired 😪

Was finally compiling “Afterthoughts and Study Notes” to last weeks “The Architecture of Advantage”.

Out of 11 points to be fleshed out, the 1st point alone (Fundamentals of Capitalism) is looking like a whole book on its own.

My current flow state took several espressos and binaural audios to kick in, so I’d better not stop typing or the channel will certainly shut down until whenever the muses decide to say hello again.

I guess I’ll just send out 3 loaded points while I figure out what to do with the rest.

Meanwhile, if you’re already registered, you’ll get the email in about an hour.

If you’re not, well, that sucks… but the link is a couple of scrolls above.

Yeah, yeah. I know I could’ve simply dropped the link here, but I guess I want you to work a bit… ya know… like I’m doing rn 😌

Chop chop.

Scroll.

Talk soon.
— Your Amazing J.O.

PS: We go again tomorrow. Same URLs. Same pretty face.
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🚨[New] Night School Live Transcriptions

Tonight, we continue with our all new series “The Architecture of Advantage” and by now every registrant should have the access link.

If not, please register here: https://obidi.co/taa


Accessibility Features

For a while now, we’ve been investing in our tech, notably to aid the inclusion of hearing impaired members of our audience.

While that progresses, we've put together a quick guide on how to enable Live Captions on your phone or laptop so you can read along in real-time.

This is to ensure that everyone can follow our sessions regardless of their environment or hearing ability.

Check out the steps here and get set up before tonight’s stream: https://obidi.co/livecaptions

See you soon.

— John Obidi
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🚨[Watch Now] We’ve started producing video summaries of select Night School episodes.

This is a 6-minute summary of “The Architect Of Advantage Part 1” which aired on 7th Feb., ‘26.

We’re sending the complete materials to all who registered.

Meanwhile, everyone can access this one here: https://youtu.be/Y7XWA0dgZ88

Like and leave good comments 😉

— J.O.
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Some people are wise beyond their years, old souls they’re sometimes called.

However, it’s not always a compliment to be ahead of your time.

It can mean that in your present time, you’d struggle to communicate your essence, gain traction and therefore reap the rewards of your brilliance.

Wisdom is a fantastic thing, but when unmanaged, can isolate you.

Or as Jesus said, “Of what use is salt when it has lost its flavor?”

It’s still salt, sure, just not the sort that commands valuable attention and traction.

Baltasar Gracian, a 17th century Spanish Priest I mentioned earlier on this channel, once wrote:

"It is not enough to be wise or graceful or talented or even prodigiously gifted: one must learn how to 'manage' that wisdom and talent, adapt it to the age in which one lives, show it off or conceal it, depending on the situation: excellence isn’t right for every occasion, and there are times when best is worst and mediocre is safest."

And so, if you’re one of the sort that finds themselves wise beyond your years and also maladapted to the ways of the modern world, I implore you to take another look at reality.

Sure, there probably was a time in history where the Zeitgeist corresponded better your values… but... and this is a very big but...

The world has never been perfect.

In those same times that you might fantasize about, there was institutionalized slavery.

People used to die from HIV in the 90s, ya know?

And good luck being born intelligent and black in the 60s.

Every time has had its imperfections and every generation has had to deal with them with whatever tools they had.

And this we must do.

You’d realize that it is indeed a beautiful world, or at least, it can be.

King Solomon wrote:

“Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”
For it is not wise to ask such questions.”


Do you get it now? 😊

Talk Soon,
— John Obidi

PS: Seen the last night school video summary? Watch it here: https://youtu.be/Y7XWA0dgZ88

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“He that walks with the wise shall be as wise, but the companion of fools shall be destroyed.” - King Solomon

Replace ‘wise’ with other high quality attributes and the principle would stand firm.

It’s a matter of frequency. Refer to the previous NS episode “The Spirit of Things” for a deeper definition and explanation of ‘frequency’.

Does it work for ‘wealth’ too? Of course.

Because ‘wealth’ is a byproduct of seeing life in a specific way and living according to specific philosophies (rituals, taboos and traditions), being around people tuned to this frequency attunes your psyche to this signal also.

Over time, you start independently acting according to a culture that you were once a tourist to.

This is a major reason that kids from wealthy homes *generally* do better than kids from poor homes, especially if their parents were present to attune their sensory antennae.

They get programmed with and held accountable to a superior set of standards, expectations and habits whilst their minds are still malleable.

If you did not have the benefit of such beginnings, well, know this…

You cannot afford to be average or even be moderate in your efforts to attain this attunement. You’re playing catch up. You must be more disciplined at it, than the native.

In Paul’s words to the Philippians, “whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

You cannot afford even 5 seconds worth of ratchet content entering the garden of your mind.

You cannot afford to let your attention and or intellect to be used in solving inferior problems.

The wealth frequency simply does not tolerate sweating the small stuff or gifting attention to the mundane.

There is no lasting reward in those.

It is our destiny and mandate to affix our minds on attempting only the greatest feats that our species are capable of.

In my personal culture, there exist certain remarkable individuals, who demonstrably emit this signal…

… and I do everything humanly possible to stay connected and useful to them.

Persisting in this way of thinking, acting and being (without even a second thought to relenting) is a seed we sow into the womb of time, which in due season cannot refuse to yield our rewards.

Tonight is another opportunity to recharge and attune your mental station to this frequency.

Join us for the 3rd installment in our “The Architecture of Advantage” series.

Time: 9pm WAT (tonight)

Access URL: https://obidi.co/taa

See you soon.
— J.O.

PS: Invite your friends.
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On Saturday, I’d recommended a social media reset for those whose previous posts may have reflected states of mind or points of view they may no longer align with.

I also shared that some of us who wished to go far in life, also performed this cleanup.

Less than a day after, someone in the public eye came under fire for such juvenile posts.

Personally, I do not hold it against her, and if you attended Night School, I explained why.

You cannot give social media to an unsupervised kid/pre-adult and expect perfect behavior.

This ought to be in the user manual, and is partly the reason certain countries are banning social media for certain ages.

I also think it is wrong and hypocritical for the masses to hold a person hostage to what they said at 23, whilst their personality was still under construction.

Those throwing stones are often worse, but hey, despite my logic, the masses will do what the masses do.

The same society urging you into juvenile freedom of expression will one day seek to embarrass you for it.

They will look only look away if you stay lowly and inconsequential, but the moment you graduate into higher status than them, their envy kicks in…

… and their demons will demand blood.

Their shenanigans aside, you ought to clean up house.

And after that, clean up mind.

The old you cannot take you where you’re going.

But that’s a different sermon.

In this week’s “Study Notes and Afterthoughts”, I included a few tools (free and paid) to help you mass erase all problematic posts from your socials.

It’s going out to those who registered for the ongoing Night School series - The Architecture of Advantage.

Expect it in an hour or less.

Talk soon,
— J.O.

PS: If you didn’t register but you’d like to get it, here’s the link: https://obidi.co/taa
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