December 2022

Living the Dream: My Life and Basketball by Hakeem Olajuwon

December 9, 2022 In Biographies 2 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Living the Dream: My Life and Basketball by Hakeem Olajuwon is one of my favourite sports biography of all time. I have read loads of biographies and autobiographies, but living the dream stands out. I grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, just like Hakeem. Most of the places and peculiarities about being a Nigerian are very familiar to me, and being of the Yoruba tribe like Hakeem makes the book more relatable.

“Being a Nigerian is abysmally frustrating and unbelievably exciting” – Chinua Achebe

In Living the Dream, Nigerian-American former professional basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon chronicles his life trajectory from growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, in a middle-class Nigerian family. The star of the Houston Rockets chronicles the cross-cultural journey from his Nigerian childhood to the heights of fame with the NBA, discussing his life on and off the court, rivalry with other players, confrontations with owners and referees, and his religious faith.

Don’t break the chain – Lessons and Strategies in Goal Setting and Achievement.

December 8, 2022 In Life 7 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

We don’t rise to the level of our expectations; we fall to the level of our training. – Archilochus

2022 has been a year of streaks for me – from running six 42.2KM marathons to listening to a podcast every day (365 Podcast Challenge), meditating every day (30 minutes per session), 100 Books Reading challenge, daily gratitude journaling and daily swimming sessions, among others. It has not been easy to execute these goals as I broke some streaks, and I have not been consistent with achieving those goals, such as the 100 Reports Reading Challenge, 50 Magazines Reading Challenge, Daily computer programming challenge etc.

Masterclass 50 Challenge 2023.

December 7, 2022 In Goals 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

MasterClass.com is a streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s best. With an annual membership, subscribers get unlimited access to instructors and classes across a wide range of subjects. Stream thousands of lessons anywhere, anytime, on mobile, desktop, and TV.

I am a super fan of Masterclass.com and have been averaging at least one masterclass session per week in the past two years.

Goal: View 50 Masterclass sessions
Strategies: Watch one masterclass session per week, preferably on Weekends

Start where you stand by Berton Braley.

December 6, 2022 In Poem 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Start where you stand and never mind the past,
The past won’t help you in beginning new,
If you have left it all behind at last
Why, that’s enough, you’re done with it, you’re through;
This is another chapter in the book,
This is another race that you have planned,
Don’t give the vanished days a backward look,
Start where you stand.

50 Documentary Challenge 2023.

December 5, 2022 In Goals 2 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Earlier in April, I set a goal of watching 50 documentaries in 2022, but at some point, I stopped documenting the documentaries. I am setting a goal of watching 50 documentaries in 2023, and I plan to follow through this time. Some of the ways I would follow through would be selecting the documentaries based on themes, scheduling to watch the documentaries same time weekly and documenting every series watched.

A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion picture intended to “document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record.

Don’t be a Glass. Become a Lake.

December 4, 2022 In Insight 2 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

“The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things…. Stop being a glass. Become a lake.”

An aging Hindu master grew tired of his apprentice complaining, and so, one morning, sent him for some salt. When the apprentice returned, the master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it. “How does it taste?” the master asked. “Bitter,” spit the apprentice. The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of salt and put it in the lake.

The two walked in silence to the nearby lake, and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old man said, “Now drink from the lake.” As the water dripped down the young man’s chin, the master asked, “How does it taste?” “Fresh,” remarked the apprentice. “Do you taste the salt?” asked the master. “No,” said the young man. At this, the master sat beside this serious young man who so reminded him of himself and took his hands, offering,

“The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things…. Stop being a glass. Become a lake.”

Source: The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo.

MasterClass Original Series: Crisis Day.

December 3, 2022 In Masterclass 1 Min Read By Lanre Dahunsi

When disaster strikes, what do you do next? The Masterclass Original Series: Crisis Day – multi-episode series takes viewers into the minds of experts as they navigate high-stakes and often dangerous situations.

App de la Semaine: LinkedIn Learning français.

December 3, 2022 In French 4 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Linkedin Learning est une plateforme d’apprentissage en ligne qui combine des formations de haute qualité avec les données et le réseau unique de LinkedIn et cela vous aidera à progresser dans votre carrière. Il y a plusieurs collections et les cursus d’apprentissage. Il propose des cours vidéo dispensés par des experts de l’industrie en matière de logiciels, de création et de compétences commerciales. Linkedin Learning est une filiale de LinkedIn.

Avec Linkedin Learning, vous pouvez apprendre les compétences de manière personnalisée, efficace et mesurable. LinkedIn Learning publie chaque semaine de nouvelles formations avec un plan d’apprentissage solide.

Résumé – L’art de la guerre par Sun Tzu.

December 2, 2022 In Book Summaries 3 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

Dans L’art de la guerre, général chinois du vi^e siècle av. J.-C. Sun Tzu développe des thèses originales, qui s’inspirent de la philosophie chinoise ancienne. L’ouvrage est fondé sur le principe suivant : gagner ou perdre une guerre ne se fait pas par hasard, ni par l’intervention des dieux ou des esprits. C’est une question de méthode et de stratégie.

Infographic: My year in Marathon Running.

December 1, 2022 In Life 2 Mins Read By Lanre Dahunsi

I ran six full marathons (42.2 km) and three 10 KM races in 2022. I ran a personal best of 3 hours forty-four minutes at the Beneva Montreal Marathon in Montreal, Quebec, and I also ran two other sub-four hours marathons, taking the sub-4 times to three in 2022.

The Marathons I ran in 2022 are as follows:

The 2022 BMO Vancouver Marathon – 5:00:31 | Vancouver, British Columbia | May 1st, 2022
The 2022 Tartan Ottawa International Marathon – 4:37:39 | Ottawa, Ontario | May 29, 2022
The 2022 Servus Edmonton Marathon – 4:00:20 | Edmonton, Alberta | August 21, 2022,
The Beneva Montreal Marathon 2022 – 3:44:14 | Montreal, Quebec | September 25, 2022
The Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2022 – 3:56:14 | Toronto, Ontario | 16 October 2022
The Hamilton Road2Hope Marathon – 3:55:18 | Hamilton, Ontario | November 6, 2022