You can learn a lot from driving | The Daily Vulnerable

No matter what other drivers are doing, you can’t move forward if you spend your time looking at them. Some other people have faster and better cars, you will be foolish to try to do with your car what your car is incapable of doing. You’re all on the same road, but you aren’t going... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

March 2, 2019

“Your mother doesn’t know what she is talking about” | The Daily Vulnerable

One of the interns at one of our companies came to spend an evening with me – he had things that had been worrying him for a while about his life and growth and he wanted to share. In the midst of sharing, he talked about his mother. “The other day,” he shared. “She said... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

February 23, 2019

Does it honour you? | The Daily Vulnerable

That relationship you’re in, that friendship you’re participating in, that business you’re running, that church or mosque or temple you’re attending, that girl that’s flirting with you, that restaurant you go to eat in… Does it honour you? Does it make you feel better about yourself? Does it pull you gently, firmly along the path... Read More

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Chude, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

February 16, 2019

Complete, always | The Daily Vulnerable

I shared a mail from someone who said she doesn’t understand what I mean by being perfect or complete as she is because “I don’t feel perfect or complete in any way. I feel lost… so lost and empty.” And then she proceeded to share with me a detailed tale of something that happened to... Read More

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always, Chude Jideonwo, complete, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

February 9, 2019

How do you? | The Daily Vulnerable

Two years or so ago, I was selected for a Stanford programme for entrepreneurs. It was, of course, a prestigious programme, and it had taken a while to get to that stage. But the news came just as I had arrived at another level in my evolving consciousness. And so my answer was an absolute... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

February 2, 2019

The fear of sadness | The Daily Vulnerable

When I posted on social media in December about feeling sadly and barely avoiding the pit of depression, I was struck by how many people reached me, in somewhat of a panic. “What happened?” “Why?” Why? Why, I a human being, is sad? I would think that would be obvious – sadness is part of... Read More

Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

January 26, 2019

What about the person who loved you? | The Daily Vulnerable

You are counting all the people who didn’t say yes to you, didn’t stay with you, didn’t love you the way you deserved, who broke your heart viciously, who didn’t give as much as you gave, who treated you like dirt. You’re amassing evidence against yourself that you’re unloveable, that you can’t get what you... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

January 19, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | True Prosperity

There is nothing wrong with striving to improve your life situation. You can improve your life situation, but you cannot improve your life. Life is primary. Life is your deepest inner Being. It is already whole, complete, perfect. Your life situation consists of your circumstances and your experiences. There is nothing wrong in setting goals... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, Joy Masterclass, mytdv, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

January 10, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | This is why we want you to succeed

If you’re a committed reader of this newsletter, then you probably know what I know: that money doesn’t lead to happiness, that status is a game that leads to a trap, and that what matters is living a life of love, and gratitude, and peace. You are blessed to have money, fame, status, but you’re... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

January 5, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | Drama

I like drama. I am also naturally given to drama. And I attract a number of dramatic people to myself. Drama makes like a bit more fun, enhances the experience, and helps you glide across the surface. So when I am sad, I put on a bit of sad music, when I lose something, I... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

December 29, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable | New year, new … what?

New you, yeah? Well, how has that worked for you all these years? For much of you, not very much. How about old you, getting better, making decisions to grow steadily? How about you, acknowledging that there is nothing wrong with essential you, and you don’t have to wait for some big thing that suddenly... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, New Year Goals, New Year New Me, new year resolutions, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

December 22, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable | You are not your emotions only

We speak a lot about emotions in the newsletter (The Daily Vulnerable). Because emotions are often the way we react to the world. But we aren’t just emotions. Don’t play small, and don’t cop out. We are mind. The ability to dream, believe, envision and the plan. We are body. The gift of health, sex,... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

December 8, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable | What’s your story?

I shared one of the most profound moments of my life with the audience of TEDx Ungwarimi, where I was invited as a guest over the weekend. My therapist was helping me through a process of confronting and working through loneliness. And we agreed on an exercise: take a trip to the world. But rather... Read More

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Brene Brown, Chude Jideonwo, Jonathan Gottschall, Joy Inc, TDV, TEDx Ungwarimi, The Daily Vulnerable

November 23, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable | Nothing but the truth

Friend, ask me: “Do you care what people think about you, Chude?” My answer will be this: “On most days? No. Because I truly know that it doesn’t matter. What matters is that every day I do my very best to be my truest best self, and to do better as soon as I know... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

November 17, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable | Friends

Sometimes your friends will be unreasonable. Sometimes they will be annoying, they will say the wrong things, do the wrong things, be insensitive, be selfish, not be there for you when you need them to be, or the way you need them to be. You have to expect it, even if you are not ready... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, friends, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

November 10, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable | There is too much judgement in the world

Too many people are living under the disapproving eyes of others, or themselves. Too many people are in the prison of expectation, and fear and so worried that others will see them as less than perfect, as damaged goods, as impure, as weak. There are too many people who have been boxed into that corner... Read More

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judgement, The Daily Vulnerable

November 3, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable | For my sake, I choose truth

I was at dinner with a mentor the other day, and he asked me, “So are you still based outside Nigeria?” Now, if you live in Nigeria, you know that being seen as ‘based abroad’ is a status enhancer. It indicates some level of options and affluence and opportunities that is a heritage from colonialism and widespread... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, TDV, The Daily Vulnerable

October 31, 2018

As we commemorate 501 years of the Protestant Reformation, Nigeria is going through its own special revolution

There are a lot of moments in history that have been held dear as the most momentous points of innovation in our world – everything from the invention of water closets through the development of assembly lines to the magic that emerged from the labs of Nikola Tesla. I am grateful for all of those.... Read More

Church Culture

Protestant Reformation

October 27, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable | Sadness

When I began to learn about living a joyful life, I would find myself ashamed whenever I was sad. Almost as if I was failing a lesson I should already have learnt, and failing those who were learning those lessons from me. I was increasingly much happier than I had ever been ever in... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, The Daily Vulnerable

October 20, 2018

What’s the formula? | The Daily Vulnerable

…for living what Brene Brown calls a “wholehearted” life – what I call a life of “joy”? Authentic + Courage + Compassion. Authenticity: Show up everywhere, everyday with your truest best self – exactly as you would be if you weren’t living in fear or scarcity. Believe that you are enough and that as long as you keep your... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, The Daily Vulnerable

October 12, 2018

Sit with it | The Daily Vulnerable

When something doesn’t make sense. When everything that was supposed to work out didn’t. When you are overwhelmed, confused, and despairing. When the red sea crashes back on you rather than parting. Just like me right now – confronting Goliath, and thinking, could I ever be David? Well, sit with it. Sit with it. Stay... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, TDV

October 1, 2018

Chude Jideonwo: Buhari doesn’t deserve a second term, but Nigeria is still on course

“Nigeria is ON COURSE? Chude?! Are you and I not in this same country?” “I know. It’s almost a sacrilegious thing to say to any elite group — certainly an unpopular sentiment. I’ll be attacked for daring to voice it. But a truth is no less true because it’s unpopular.” I entered into a serious debate with... Read More

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Chude Jideowo, Independence 2018

September 28, 2018

Both ways | The Daily Vulnerable

When someone asks you a favour, if your reply is “I sadly don’t have the money. I haven’t even paid for X”, you expect empathy, even sympathy, right? But when you ask a favour of someone, and the person replies, “I am so sorry, I don’t have the time,” have you caught yourself judging that person... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, The Daily Vulnerable

September 25, 2018

Of 57 men arrested for being gay in Lagos, Nigeria – and the work that lies ahead for LGBTi advocacy in Africa

Being a speech by Chude Jideonwo, founder of Joy, Inc. at 3rd LGBT Human Rights Defenders Workshop for the Center for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa September 4 2018 Did you hear about it? Barely three weeks ago, the spokesperson of the police force in Lagos, Nigeria, invited journalists to witness a triumphant... Read More

Did you amount to anything? | The Daily Vulnerable

Are you one of those people whom someone told when they were young, in school, powerless or needing help of some sort that ‘you wouldn’t amount to anything’? If you are, are you now one of those who spend your whole life trying to prove them wrong, to show that you amount to something, to ‘show them’ that... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, INC, joy, The Daily Vulnerable

September 15, 2018

Come and carry your pedestal, biko | The Daily Vulnerable

When others respect you or love you, or in other ways hold you in esteem, there is always the temptation for them to idolize you, to put you on a pedestal. That’s because people like things that they can aspire to. People want to be perfect, they want to be without blemish, or weakness, or fear, and they want people who... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, The Daily Vulnerable

September 7, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: Perfect

People like perfect stories, Friend. Be careful. “I haven’t had any alcohol in 5 years,” for instance. But are you sure? Are you sure they haven’t had just a sip at some party for their dear friend, just as a toast? It didn’t make them drunk though, it was really only a sip, and they haven’t... Read More

Thinking Through

Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

August 31, 2018

Daily Vulnerable: “Your post inspired me to reach out to a former nanny”

I am always excited to receive feedback on how these newsletters are helping you in your journeys. Once a month, I share some of the emails I get with you. Today, I have four: RE: I have fired a lot of people in my life Thank you so much for this reminder. This has inspired... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

August 24, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable – Road rage

The other day I was driving back from church when someone who wasn’t being considerate blocked off our side of the road because he wanted to enter on the other side. I was about three or four cars behind this person. The person directly behind however was understandably angry, and after a while when he... Read More

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The Daily Vulnerable

August 16, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: “I have no baggage”

Immediately I said it, I did a double-take. Something about it came from deep inside me. I had just arrived Lagos from Istanbul. Travelling light as always, with just my hand luggage. As I stepped away from immigration, someone asked me if I needed a trolley – and the answer rolled off my lips: “I have no baggage.”... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

You can learn a lot from driving | The Daily Vulnerable

“Your mother doesn’t know what she is talking about” | The Daily Vulnerable

Does it honour you? | The Daily Vulnerable

Complete, always | The Daily Vulnerable

How do you? | The Daily Vulnerable

The fear of sadness | The Daily Vulnerable

What about the person who loved you? | The Daily Vulnerable

The Daily Vulnerable | True Prosperity

The Daily Vulnerable | This is why we want you to succeed

The Daily Vulnerable | Drama

The Daily Vulnerable | New year, new … what?

The Daily Vulnerable | You are not your emotions only

The Daily Vulnerable | What’s your story?

The Daily Vulnerable | Nothing but the truth

The Daily Vulnerable | Friends

The Daily Vulnerable | There is too much judgement in the world

The Daily Vulnerable | For my sake, I choose truth

As we commemorate 501 years of the Protestant Reformation, Nigeria is going through its own special revolution

The Daily Vulnerable | Sadness

What’s the formula? | The Daily Vulnerable

Sit with it | The Daily Vulnerable

Chude Jideonwo: Buhari doesn’t deserve a second term, but Nigeria is still on course

Both ways | The Daily Vulnerable

Of 57 men arrested for being gay in Lagos, Nigeria – and the work that lies ahead for LGBTi advocacy in Africa

Did you amount to anything? | The Daily Vulnerable

Come and carry your pedestal, biko | The Daily Vulnerable

The Daily Vulnerable: Perfect

Daily Vulnerable: “Your post inspired me to reach out to a former nanny”

The Daily Vulnerable – Road rage

The Daily Vulnerable: “I have no baggage”

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