If gear 2 does not deliver the desired outcome, elevate your game. Every problem has a solution. That no one has solved it is simply a limitation of current knowledge! If you persevere, you could break the ribbon.

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When it comes to problem solving, it’s important that you understand what is within your capacity too as you could be possibly risking despair and defeat.

Some problems are just not given to you to solve and in this case, perseverance can get you “killed”. This is why it’s important to know your definition and understand your classification so that you persevere sustainably, in a way that doesn’t risk your emotional and mental health.

Sometimes, quitting is just the right thing to do because you get to live to fight another day, and recognising when quitting is the right thing to do is a skill set of its own.

If you find yourself persevering in the wrong terrain, understand that quitting isn’t a weakness or failure. There’s no such thing as Failure, only Defeat. It’s over when you say it is and so long as you haven’t thrown in the towel, you’re still one hundred percent absolutely in the game.

Perseverance means knowing when (where, why and how) to keep saying YES and when (where, why and how) it’s appropriate to keep saying NO.

My Response: “Perseverance means knowing when (where, why and how) to keep saying YES and when (where, why and how) it’s appropriate to keep saying NO.” – that is the definition. If Ndubuisi suddenly wants to persevere to fly a plane, that would be stupidity. Perseverance works on things you can do and it means do not give up easily. It does not mean going to do things you are not trained, built, etc for.

As competition grows intense, companies are seeing language as a powerful tool to win more market shares, and they are prioritizing highly populated countries with indigenous languages.

Clubhouse has announced the addition of 3 Nigerian languages, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba to the audio platform. According to information received from the company, the language localization support is aimed at making the platform more accessible to Nigerians who don’t speak English or who simply prefer local-language alternatives.

It is coming at the same time LinkedIn is introducing Hindi, targeting about 500 million Indians. Hindi is a language spoken or understood by more than half a billion people in India and over 600 million people globally, and will be the first Indian regional language to be supported by the social network.

Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba are the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria, and make up the country’s most spoken languages. But besides the three languages, Clubhouse has rolled out other 10: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional (Taiwan), Farsi / Persian, Hausa, Igbo, Marathi, Nepali, Somali, Thai, Turkish and Yoruba.

For Clubhouse, the Language localization means that the app experience, such as prompts, notifications, descriptions, topics, and more, will be in Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba when the languages are selected. For example, When someone joins the app, the onboarding language will now be in their local language. If someone wants to start a room, they will see “+Room” prompt and selections all in their local language. This means that people who join clubs like Yoruba Palava, IGBO, Naija House, etc, will not only have discussions about culture and history in their local languages but experience Clubhouse in them too.

LinkedIn service already supports 25 languages, but said in addition, its website and mobile apps will give users the option to access their feed, profile, and messages in Hindi. Users will also be able to create content in Hindi through LinkedIn’s desktop and mobile apps, it said.

Though India is a major market for several global services, LinkedIn has found it hard to win a significant number of users. India accounts for just over 6% of over 1.3 billion visits LinkedIn garners in a month, according to analytics firm SimilarWeb. Out of its 800 million global users, LinkedIn says it has only over 82 million users in India, more than 20 million of whom joined the service in the last three years.

The support of Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and 10 other languages follows a global trend as the language localisation feature is one of the most requested features on the app outside of the United States. Clubhouse initially rolled out support French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Malayalam, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Tamil and Telugu. Overall, the app has support for 26 languages on Android with more on the way.

In the coming months, LinkedIn said it will work towards widening the range of job opportunities available for Hindi speaking professionals across industries. It is also looking to add more Hindi publishers and creators in the coming weeks to boost engagement in Hindi on the platform.

A masterpiece is a great work piece from a master! And every one of us can create a masterpiece if we commit, dedicate and pursue to master something.

As 2022 arrives, think of one thing you will like to master. If you do that very well, you can create a masterpiece. Yes, master that piece – and own a masterpiece!

Become a master!

Let me congratulate Tekedia Capital portfolio startup, Boundlesspay, for releasing its blockchain-native app which makes it possible to transfer money at zero fees. Yes, do remittance without any fee. Engineered by my hometown Isuikwuato Abia state boy, Franklin Peters Odoemenam, they have elevated the game with a new dimension:  accept payments in cryptocurrencies through phone number or email address. Yes, no need for a crypto wallet, just email and phone number.

BoundlessPay which began life in Nigeria now operates from Dubai after Nigeria’s policy changes in the crypto world.  Last month, it acquired two companies in London and Mauritius as it begins its global playbook.

Please go and download BoundlessPay and experience the next big deal.