₦airaland Forum

Henry Ford said it best: whether you think you can or think you can't, either way you are right.

I read four books a month, fifty pages a day, and most of the books I'm drawn to run about 200 to 300 pages. It's not rocket science. Iqra, read. It's only when you read that you know the extent of your own ignorance.

One of my professors used to say, expose your ignorance before it exposes you, because the latter is far more dangerous. I believed him. So I read, not because I think I'm brilliant, but because I refuse to be caught not knowing what a little discipline could have taught me.

Fifty pages a day never felt like much until I counted the books at the end of the month. That is the whole secret: believing the small daily act adds up, even before you see the result.

PS: Oh, I forget say wuna no dey free o. Busy bee, huh? 😂 .

Allah ya sa mu dace!

© Ali Oboshi Ibrahim writes from Abuja.