by Philip Amiola | May 27, 2025 | Personal growth, Career, Tips and Insights
The Carpenter and the Ladder: A Tale of Two Builders Once upon a time in a small village nestled between the mountains and the sea, there lived two carpenters—Thomas and Eli. Thomas was diligent and hopeful. Every morning, he dressed neatly, polished his tools, and...
by Philip Amiola | Mar 31, 2021 | Personal growth
I was skimming through my social media profiles one bright morning when a status update caught my attention. It said, “Life is a bitch. So if it’s easy, you’re doing it wrong.” That’s one drop in the stream of negative words that force...
by Philip Amiola | Aug 15, 2020 | Personal growth, Tips and Insights
Every now and then, I see lots of upstarts branding themselves as CEOs and serial entrepreneurs simply because they built a website, started a chain of Facebook groups/WhatsApp groups, and perhaps opened a shop or two. While I do not despise the days of little...
by Philip Amiola | Apr 9, 2020 | Parchment, Personal growth
This blog post is based on a slightly edited transcript of Pastor Poju Oyemade’s live Q&A session with Reverend Sam Adeyemi on April 7, 2020. How are you coping with the lockdown? This is a forced Sabbath. Unprecedented! Pastor Nike was saying to me some...
by Philip Amiola | Mar 15, 2020 | Personal growth, Tips and Insights
This blog post is based on my notes from Pastor Wonuola Adetayo’s thoughts during the panel discussion at Harvesters Entrepreneurs Forum on Saturday, February 29, 2020. Pastor Adetayo is Executive Director at Kainos Edge Consulting Limited and Director at The...
by Philip Amiola | Aug 3, 2019 | Life lessons, Personal growth
One of the major causes of problems in marriage is the fact that many wives respect and honour other men (especially their pastors and bosses) more than their husbands. And many husbands express affection and tenderness to other women more than they do to their wives....
