My middle name is Nosike (No-See-Kay)! In my Nigerian language of Igbo, that means "Stay Strong." On my parent's wedding day, my grandfather told my mother that her first child would be a girl and to give her the Igbo name, Nosike. I guess you could say my grandpa has a gift of foresight and could predict things that were going to happen before they did. He probably knew I would need that name because I have learned to make my own luck. Read More
Bill Gates (and all the others like Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, etc.) are brilliant, hardworking dudes, but it can be downright harmful to downplay the role of luck on their lives. Their outcomes live on the extreme ends of luck and risk— and are impossible to duplicate. Read More