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

Thinking Through

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

Thinking Through

Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

August 28, 2018

The Joy Masterclass debuts in London

Chude Jideonwo, Seun Awolowo, others to teach on flourishing and joy Joy, Inc., the benefit corporation focused on building happier, flourishing Africans is set to hold the first London edition of The Joy Masterclass on Saturday, 15 September, 2018 at the London Business School. The Joy Masterclass, which has been taught in 5 cities across... Read More

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Amara Kanu, Chude Jideonwo, Seun Awolowo, Sheun David-Onamusi

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

August 2, 2018

Ubi Franklin shares a personal history of depression as Banky W and Dr. Abiri lead The Joy Masterclass

Entrepreneur, Ubi Franklin, music artiste, Banky W and Dr. Gbonjubola Abiri joined the founder of Joy, Inc., Chude Jideonwo at The Joy Masterclass which took place on Saturday, 28 July, 2018 in Lki, Lagos. Themed ‘Dealing with Depression’, the masterclass focused on the principles of human flourishing, wellbeing and living a life leveraging positive emotions, healthier habits... Read More

[#YNaijaEssays] The good, the bad and the ugly: What the Nigerian elections really cost

There are few events that can come to define a nation’s identity quite like how it approaches elections. This is because elections expose the priorities and motives of the men and women who seek to lead their country and reveals the electorate’s ethno-religious biases. This is true, even for long-established democracies in seemingly progressive countries... Read More

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July 27, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: Nothing human is alien to me

Him: And you made a statement on how only those who have deep emotions can reach deep or something like that? Me: Yeah… Him: Well…I went through a deeper ocean on Monday. And it left me apart. I wish I could tell you some of these things. I honestly wish I could. Me: Why can’t you? Him: It’s a long... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, The Daily Vulnerable

May 22, 2018

Chude Jideonwo concludes #TheJoyTour in Cameroon – teaches classes in Beau, Yaoundé

Chude Jideonwo, founder of the benefit company focused on building happier flourishing Africans, Joy, Inc. [www.joyinc.xyz] has concluded his two month #TheJoyTour with an edition of The Joy Masterclass hosted yesterday at the International Relations Institute, Yaounde, Cameroon. During the two-month tour, which he kicked off in March with a lecture hosted by happiness professor... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, The Joy Masterclass Tour

May 17, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: “I’d like to spend today crying”

I received the most human message I ever got, yesterday, from a dear friend. I want to share it with you: “Good morning Chude. I didn’t sleep much. Yesterday, I fought the hardest I’ve ever had to fight for my life. I wanted to kill myself and go and rest. “I’m glad I didn’t do... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

May 4, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: “I am afraid of failing”; a reader’s response

I get a minimum of 50 emails on my The Daily Vulnerable account each month, and we are just in month two! Feedback Fridays are the once-a-fortnight opportunities to share some that really spoke to me. In response to this post about a month ago, I got this beautiful piece of emphasis from a reader:... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

April 22, 2018

The harbinger of joy: Chude Jideonwo covers latest edition of The Guardian Life magazine

Joy, Inc. founder, Chude Jideonwo is the face on the cover of this Sunday’s edition of Nigeria’s leading weekend magazine, The Guardian Life. Titled ‘The harbinger of joy’, Jideonwo takes readers on his journey towards changing the narratives surrounding the pursuit, perception, and understanding of joy and happiness on the African continent. With his usual... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Guardian Life, Joy Inc

April 13, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: I spend most of my days in pain

I spend most of my days in pain… I deal with high blood pressure. I have had it since I was 19, diagnosed when I began to work too hard, three jobs at the same time while studying Law in Lagos. It led to a mild stroke about six years ago. And every now and... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Daily Vulnerable

April 12, 2018

Today’s Noisemakers: Chude Jideonwo, PDP, the reaction to Shehu Sani’s case with the Nigerian Police, others

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, PDP, Shehu Sani, Today's Noisemakers

April 5, 2018

Adebola Williams, Chude Jideonwo, Omoni Oboli, Sizwe Damane, others make Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship 2018

The chief executive officer of RED, Adebola Williams; chief of staff to the chief credit officer, Barclays Africa Group, Sizwe Damane; founder of Joy, Inc., Chude Jideonwo; aviation finance consultant, Makoena Mabusela; and popular actress and film director, Omoni Oboli are among the emerging African leaders announced to be part of the prestigious Archbishop Desmond... Read More

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March 20, 2018

Today’s Noisemakers: Richard Mofe-Damijo, Kate Henshaw, Chude Jideonwo, others

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Chude Jideonwo, kate henshaw, richard mofe damijo, Today's Noisemakers

March 20, 2018

International Happiness Day: Nigeria is a very unhappy country, but it’s not because of poverty

Satish Kumar is one of my favourite people in the world. He is an Indian monk and editor, more famous as a pacifist. But it is his brave, original thinking that really gets to me, and his disinterest in the games of accolade and accomplishment that humans play, more focused on the things that truly... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, happiness

March 16, 2018

Chude Jideonwo: I am raising N10 million to build a centre for young people dealing with depression and trauma. Let me tell you why

I am very effusive person. Those who know me closely know that, even though that’s not the image that filters into the public. I just sent a mail to one of my team members saying, “My heart burst with warmth at your mail” and he responded, “Awwwwwnnn…Chude! ”. Because that’s how I choose to live my... Read More

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March 9, 2018

Today’s Noisemakers: Chude Jideonwo, Kayode Ogundamisi, Seyi Gesinde, others

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Chude Jideonwo, Kayode Ogundamisi, Seyi Gesinde, Today's Noisemakers

March 7, 2018

Chude Jideonwo kicks off #TheJoyTour hosted by ‘happiness’ professor, Laurie Santos at Yale

Chude Jideonwo, the chief executive officer of Joy Inc. and Maurice R. Greenberg Yale World Fellow, kicked off his two-month #TheJoyTour with a lecture held on Monday, 5 March, 2018 at Silliman College, Yale, University. The event was hosted by Laurie Santos, a psychology professor who lectures on Yale University’s most popular course, Positive Psychology and the... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, The Joy Tour

March 7, 2018

Let us call failure by its proper name

With the elections less than a year away and Nigerians sorely disappointed by the performance of the present leadership and apprehensive for the future, there is the temptation to refuse to acknowledge that in some ways, we all have failed. Chude Jideonwo’s new essay couldn’t be more timely, because it asks us to examine just... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, failure, The Daily Vulnerable

February 22, 2018

Chude Jideonwo and Ayobami Adebayo talk about her debut novel on the Joy Podcast

The podcast network is finally starting to come into its own in Nigeria. There are a whole constellation of podcasts dedicated to the Nigerian millennial experience, a couple of humour podcasts and a number of LGBT, tech and romance podcasts. As more podcasts come into the space, they expand our expectations of what on-demand radio... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, podcast, The Media Blog

February 14, 2018

The Daily Vulnerable: Have you ever had to handle a break up?

On this Valentine’s day, our first without our former CEO, Chude Jideonwo, we are all truly processing for the first time a peculiar kind of break up. This is why I am publishing this newsletter issue from The Daily Vulnerable, one of the arms of Chude’s new project Joy, Inc., in the hopes that it... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, INC, joy, The Daily Vulnerable

January 29, 2018

Chude Jideonwo launches Joy Inc., a revolutionary new company with a simple mission to ‘spread happiness across Africa’, pioneers all-profits-to-charity business model

After 12 years as chief executive of media group, RED based out of Nigeria and Rwanda, Chude Jideonwo has announced his new venture, Joy, Inc. The company which has a mission to spread happiness across Africa was launched after he concluded a World Fellowship at Yale University in December 2017. Joy, Inc. (www.joyinc.xyz) is a... Read More

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Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, press release

January 22, 2018

“I’m just following my truth” | A (slightly long) letter from RED, as I hand over leadership

“Yes Sir. It is because you are the CEO. It is assumed that the CEO earns more than a Director.” That’s the answer our chief financial officer gave when, for the umpteenth time, I asked why my tax bill from the Lagos State Government was not only so high, it was also higher than any... Read More

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December 18, 2017

Betty Irabor shares a powerful personal lesson, Obiwon and Nosa lead participants in love and music at The Joy Congress

Media entrepreneurs, Betty Irabor and Adebola Williams joined music artistes, Obiwon, Nosa and hundreds of other participants at the second edition of The Joy Congress which took place on Saturday, December 16, 2017, at the LifePointe Centre, Lekki, Lagos. Themed ‘Is it Possible to be Happy Every Single Day’, The Joy Congress is a gathering... Read More

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Adaora Mbelu-Dania, adebola williams, BETTY IRABOR, Chude Jideonwo, Folabi Nuel, Mfon Ekpo, nosa, obiwon, The Joy Congress

December 13, 2017

[The Sexuality Blog] If we dragged a gay or transgender person to Jesus for judgement today, what would Jesus do?

It is not often that we get someone as read Chude Jideonwo give an extensive, exhaustive examination of our attitudes to LGBT persons and the culture of bigotry and hatred that has grown around their existence. So when we received a transcript of his keynote address at the 2017 Human Rights, Sexuality and the Law... Read More

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December 12, 2017

How to Win Elections in Africa: Parallels with Donald Trump book tour is galvanising young Africans interested in entering the political space

Launched on November 8, 2017, at Yale University in partnership with the Yale Council on African Studies, ‘How to Win Elections in Africa: Parallels with Donald Trump’ has quickly become a rallying point for young Africans, especially Nigerians interested in entering the political arena. The book, having toured seven American cities since its launch one... Read More

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‘How to Win Elections in Africa: Parallels with Donald Trump', Chude Jideonwo

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 Joy Masterclass debuts in London

The Daily Vulnerable: “I have no baggage”

Ubi Franklin shares a personal history of depression as Banky W and Dr. Abiri lead The Joy Masterclass

[#YNaijaEssays] The good, the bad and the ugly: What the Nigerian elections really cost

The Daily Vulnerable: Nothing human is alien to me

Chude Jideonwo concludes #TheJoyTour in Cameroon – teaches classes in Beau, Yaoundé

The Daily Vulnerable: “I’d like to spend today crying”

The Daily Vulnerable: “I am afraid of failing”; a reader’s response

The harbinger of joy: Chude Jideonwo covers latest edition of The Guardian Life magazine

The Daily Vulnerable: I spend most of my days in pain

Today’s Noisemakers: Chude Jideonwo, PDP, the reaction to Shehu Sani’s case with the Nigerian Police, others

Adebola Williams, Chude Jideonwo, Omoni Oboli, Sizwe Damane, others make Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellowship 2018

Today’s Noisemakers: Richard Mofe-Damijo, Kate Henshaw, Chude Jideonwo, others

International Happiness Day: Nigeria is a very unhappy country, but it’s not because of poverty

Chude Jideonwo: I am raising N10 million to build a centre for young people dealing with depression and trauma. Let me tell you why

Today’s Noisemakers: Chude Jideonwo, Kayode Ogundamisi, Seyi Gesinde, others

Chude Jideonwo kicks off #TheJoyTour hosted by ‘happiness’ professor, Laurie Santos at Yale

Let us call failure by its proper name

Chude Jideonwo, Unekwu Nwaezeapu speak on book club communities and the advantage of the internet at #SMWLagos2018

Chude Jideonwo and Ayobami Adebayo talk about her debut novel on the Joy Podcast

The Daily Vulnerable: Have you ever had to handle a break up?

Chude Jideonwo launches Joy Inc., a revolutionary new company with a simple mission to ‘spread happiness across Africa’, pioneers all-profits-to-charity business model

“I’m just following my truth” | A (slightly long) letter from RED, as I hand over leadership

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