I will pre-order the Tesla Model Pi smartphone anytime they begin. I wrote in the past thus: “A few months ago, I wrote that SpaceX Starlink would in near future develop a “special phone” which would make it possible for users to connect directly to SpaceX satellites without an “intermediary” or downlink station.” In other words, a satellite phone. Yet, it remains a rumour:

Tesla, the world’s biggest electric vehicle maker, is reportedly working on a futuristic smartphone, potentially named Model Pi.

Despite widespread industry leaks and rumours, the Texas-based company has been tight-lipped about the purported device. It has not confirmed production plans yet and is keeping product development under wraps.

However, industry insiders expect the company to launch its first smartphone late next year or in early 2024. …

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The Model Pi smartphone is expected to come with an inbuilt functionality to gain access to Starlink, allowing users to surf the web without relying on Earth-bound telecoms networks.

Established by Mr Musk’s other company SpaceX, Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband internet across various markets. Using satellites in a low orbit, it enables video calls, online gaming and streaming.

The company said it is ideally suited for areas where connectivity has been unreliable or completely unavailable.

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I have this unalloyed confidence and bold optimism about life. I believe that Ndubuisi is unshakeable whose self-esteem must not be connected to any title, money or any achievement in life. Because Ndubuisi tries to decouple Ndubuisi from marginal things, I am never under stress when I dream, and come short, because “things” will not change who Ndubuisi is.

I grew up with this Igbo axiom – “ndu ka ihe eji azu ya” [life is more than anything required to sustain it]. As a kid, I tried to think deeper into those words of wisdom. In other words, anything I do, cannot be more than ME.

If you want to have a more fulfilling career, work hard to decouple your workplace, your work title, your awards, etc from you the Person. If you do that, even if things do not work out sometimes (things happen), you will not feel miserable.

Above everything you do, finding how to VALUE yourself as a person, unconditioned by titles, achievements, etc, will bring peace and calm in you. Indeed, the greatest achievement is understanding that you’re invaluable and indispensable to yourself.

Three major things shape how we evaluate our life purpose:

• The job or assignments we hold in societies, from communities through companies to national political leadership.
• Overcoming tragedy or life-shaping event: for example, surviving an accident which makes people appreciate life.
• Adding meaning in the lives of others: for example, raising a child.

Approach that purpose with Wisdom. Yes, seek Wisdom, not just expertise and knowledge. Many in the world have knowledge, but they miss when that knowledge should be applied. Inefficient application of knowledge derails our purpose.

Note that expertise does not mean experience. I have seen many people who failed the same tests many times. In other words, being exposed to a problem does not mean one has learnt anything to overcome that test in the future. Sure, experience is important but the ability to quickly learn something new to apply the right solution is even more impactful.

It comes down to the pursuit of wisdom towards a more meaningful and purposeful life. Wisdom is when knowledge is well applied and is not always in correlation with experience and age. Simply,  at an age, we can apply wisdom in families, offices and national political chambers.