TED Talk: How to Save the World on Less Than $1/Day

Former Miss USA pageant winner Cheslie Kryst died by suicide. I paused writing for my blog to concentrate on myself and other projects, but I had to write something when I heard this news. …

How do we change people’s lives virtually? Right before COVID-19 shut the world down, I had plans to scale an entrepreneurship workshop I piloted in Nairobi, Kenya. I never considered virtual learning a viable option, even though statistics would suggest the majority of people living in Africa have access to…

The digital revolution is opening more doors to Black businesses. I love this for us. I don’t, however, think equal access to these opened doors guarantees the same treatment for everyone greeted at said doors. So I’m cautious about advocating for Black creatives to join in on the NFT market…

You’re never going to hustle your way to social justice and reform. My mission to save the world was fueled by the misguided idea of using the master’s tools to dismantle the master’s house, not realizing the master owns too much property for any one person to demolish in one…

It’s one of those labels we use without knowing what it actually means. Have you ever wanted to be an alpha female? Did you ask yourself why? I used to say it was because I wanted to be rich, dominate anything I pursued, or be the one always in control…

Genetically speaking, our brains weren’t built for hustle culture. I’m reading this book called Work: A Deep History, From the Stone Age to The Age of Robots and it says that the basis of human evolution was finding the easiest way to eat and not die trying. It was a…

I am unable to describe exactly what is the matter with me. Now and then there are horrible fits of anxiety…or otherwise a feeling of emptiness and fatigue in the head…” I didn’t think I’d relate so much with a 19th Century white man. That worries me. Because if I…

I’m a year into making money from my money and it feels GREAT. After a decade of stress creating value for a company someone else built, I’m glad I finally get to experience what it’s like to do so for myself. I’ll spare you the details of my specific personal…

This is a transcript of a keynote address I gave on International Women’s Day 2021: A little about myself… My name is Seun Shokunbi, and I’m the Principal Consultant and Founder of Karfi, as well as its charitable arm The Karfi Foundation. I have over a decade of experience as…