Segment: No Time vs. There's Time - Urgency & Patience Must Coexist for Success

Summary

Konnected Minds Podcast with Derrick Abaitey

Episode: No Time vs. There's Time – Urgency & Patience Must Coexist for Success

Date: July 13, 2026
Guests: Olusola

Episode Overview

In this engaging episode of Konnected Minds, host Derrick Abaitey is joined by Olusola for a thought-provoking discussion on the balance between urgency and patience on the path to success. Together, they explore how combining an urgent drive to act with the patience to see growth mature is crucial for achieving greatness. The conversation covers the dangers of complacency, the importance of bold action, the law of compounding, and the role of discipline versus motivation.

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Detailed Summary

The Duality of Time: Urgency and Patience

Timestamps: 00:30 – 03:38

• Olusola sets the stage:
  Explains the paradox “No Time” versus “There’s Time,” emphasizing both the need for urgent action and the virtue of patience.
  • Key point: “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.” (00:30)
  • On mortality and urgency:
    “Memento mori – remember your mortality... all of the giftings on my inside need to be manifested as soon as possible.” (00:55)
  • Execution over ideas:
    “The world doesn't reward the greatest of ideas. The world only rewards ideas in motion.” (01:13)
  • Insight:
    “Clarity does not come before movement. Clarity comes because of movement.” (01:29)
  • Data comparison:
    Points out that ‘strategy’ and ‘ideation’ are popular in bios, but ‘execution’ rarely appears, stressing the need for more doers.

The Value of Patience

Timestamps: 02:50 – 04:57

• On growth and maturation:
  “No matter how much in a hurry you are, you can never fast track the gestation process of a child. Nine months is nine months in the womb.” (03:07)
  • Nature of results:
    “Not everything that I start now will become great overnight. They will become great over time and not overnight.” (03:28)
  • On balance:
    “The first one is the urgency to step out fast... but secondly, on the other hand, you must also develop the patience to see the works of your hands all come to fall.” (03:49)

Comfort, Growth, and the Law of Inertia

Timestamps: 04:00 – 05:11

• Olusola:
  “Growth does not happen in the midst of comfort. And there's also no comfort in the midst of growth... for anything to expand, there's got to be motion.” (04:30)
  • Law of inertia:
    “Until an external force is applied, it will remain at that state of rest or at that pace that is already been moving in.” (04:57)
  • On discomfort:
    “Everybody must just learn to be uncomfortable. Just be uncomfortable at some point.” (05:07)

The Japanese Philosophy of Misogi and Cultivating Audacity

Timestamps: 05:11 – 07:18

• Misogi explained:
  “Every single year, you must try to do something that you have a higher chance of failing at than succeeding. That's the problem. Every single time I do something challenging, I expand my mind.” (05:13 – 05:39)
  • On daring to try:
    “What’s your misogy for 2026? You must dare to do something challenging.” (05:54)
  • Bravery as a practice:
    “There’s a school of bravery everyone has to enroll in... it begins from the small decisions you make that lead up to the big one.” (06:22)
    • Example: No one runs for president without succeeding in smaller challenges first.

Law of Compounding and Incremental Growth

Timestamps: 07:18 – 08:37

• Olusola:
  “Embrace the law of compounding. Whenever you make a commitment to improve yourself, at least 1% every single week, at the end of an entire year, you’ve improved yourself by about 68%.” (07:19)
  • Nature abhors stagnation:
    “If you are not advancing, you are retreating. If you are not flowing, you are stagnant. And stagnant water smells.” (08:04)
  • Small steps, big results:
    “In seed form, little by little, poko apoko. Just seek to be better. Seek to make brave decisions. And before you know it, in five years… you will not be able to recognize yourself.” (08:14)
    • Tony Robbins quote:
      “Many people overrate what can happen in a year, and underrate the impact that can happen in five years.” (08:32)

Motivation vs. Discipline

Timestamps: 08:37 – 10:52

• Derrick Abitey (08:37):
  “In the pursuit of success and greatness, which one of these or both is more relevant, motivation or discipline?”
• Olusola:
  “Absolutely. Discipline. Motivation is extremely perishable.” (08:49)
  • On motivation types:
    Differentiates between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation and links intrinsic motivation to discipline. (08:59)
  • On discipline:
    “Discipline is what you do when no one is watching… how you keep on moving and pushing yourself, even when statistics and reality might seem to negate it.” (09:24) “If you keep waiting to feel like it, you get nothing done. Knowledge is greater than feelings.” (09:42) “Commitments are greater than motivation.” (09:50)
    • Eubank Jr quote (09:54):
      “When I’m working out and I tell myself I’m gonna do 10 reps, I don’t stop at nine, because when I stop at nine, I’m training myself to quit… your body keeps record… commitments are more powerful than motivation.”
    • On action:
      “Do you keep the promises you make to yourself?... there’s such a way that you commit and your body and your feelings will follow instead of the other way around.” (10:30)
    • High flyer mentality:
      “Sometimes we wait for our feelings to be at top and then our body should follow, but that is not the way a high flyer is wired.” (10:52)

Closing Dialogue & Mutual Appreciation

Timestamps: 10:57 – 11:53

• Olusola:
  Praises Derrick’s consistency:
  “What you’re doing with this podcast is one in a thousand. Scratch that. I see one in a million… It’s the consistency in choosing change and improvement every single time.” (11:14)
  • Acknowledgment:
    “Kudos to your team. Because many times I sit where you are and I know how hard it is to even churn out one episode.” (11:52)
• Derrick Abitey:
  Expresses gratitude and points out the challenge and hard work behind the scenes.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Olusola (01:29): “Clarity does not come before movement. Clarity comes because of movement.”
• Olusola (03:07): “No matter how much in a hurry you are, you can never fast track the gestation process of a child. Nine months is nine months in the womb.”
• Olusola (05:13): “Every single year, you must try to do something that you have a higher chance of failing at than succeeding.”
• Olusola (08:14): “In seed form, little by little, poko apoko. Just seek to be better. Seek to make brave decisions.”
• Olusola (09:24): “Discipline is what you do when no one is watching.”
• Eubank Jr. via Olusola (09:54): “When I’m working out and I tell myself I’m gonna do 10 reps, I don’t stop at nine, because when I stop at nine, I’m training myself to quit. And so when I’m in the 9th round of a boxing match… I could be telling myself that it's okay to quit right now.”

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Key Themes

• Act now; don’t wait for perfect clarity or perfect timing.
• Results require both urgent execution and patient endurance.
• Growth demands leaving comfort and embracing calculated risks.
• Tiny, consistent improvements have a compounding effect over time.
• True progress favors discipline and personal commitments over fluctuating motivation.

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Conclusion

This episode stands out as a masterclass in self-leadership: capturing why ambitious individuals must act boldly yet think in years, not just moments. The dialogue between Derrick Abaitey and Olusola is reflective, challenging, and deeply practical—offering listeners actionable insights for building confidence, success, and resilience.

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Transcript

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[Olusola]

on one hand, there is no time, which means that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. Which means that you need to learn to move your ideas from the arena of the mind where they are magnificent and become a doer and an executor. You need to be somebody who tells yourself that, hey, I don't have all the time in the world. The Latins have a phrase, momento moro. It means remember your mortality, which means you don't have all the time in the world. The moment you realize that you can die tomorrow, it must remind you that all of the giftings on my inside need to be manifested as soon as possible. I need to make kinetic all the potential on my inside. This does a lot to you and it lets you also understand that the world doesn't reward the greatest of ideas. The world only rewards ideas in motion. And I always tell people this is the first side of it, that clarity does not come before movement. Clarity comes because of movement. It's only when you move that the path becomes clearer on the way. So we need to build a breed of executors. People who are able to shorten the time between ideation and execution. The world is full of strategists. There was a very interesting data I once heard about that of the first 10 most popular words on people's bios on LinkedIn is the word strategy. Ideation. The word execution is not in the first hundred. The world has many talkers, but few doers. But then also this must stir up something in you. That I have to act and act fast. That the world will not reward my good intentions. The world will reward the works of my hand that I bring forth. So why waste time? This is important. On one hand talks about urgency, but the second part is that there is still time. It means that inasmuch as you've built and developed urgency, maturity also means that you must develop patience. You must have and develop the patience to watch your seeds grow. No matter how much in a hurry you are, you can never fast track the gestation process of a Child. Nine months is nine months in the womb. You can't love the child so much that you pray out the child in five months. You can't love the child too much that you pray out the child in six months. Do you have the patience to watch cement dry? What this means is that no matter how great and mighty the seeds that you sow in your life are, you must also develop the patience to watch your seeds germinate. Which also means that not everything that I start now will become great overnight. They will become great over time and not overnight. And so there's a balance. The first one is the urgency to step out fast. Because every time you celebrate plus one, it's my birthday, it's also minus one from the years in your life.

[Derek Abite]

That's true.

[Olusola]

But secondly, on the other hand, you must also develop the patience to see the works of your hands all come to fall. The patience to understand that you will not become a dangote overnight or an otedola overnight. The patience to understand that Kwame Nkrumah was not made in a day. Every good thing takes time. Understanding the fine balance between both will elevate your life and thoroughly transform your perspective. But I think everyone must have a sense of urgency, right? Because laid backness is a crazy issue. And you see, this cuts across two ways, both to the rich, the already wealthy, the ones who were born into wealth, and even the ones who were born into poverty and squalor. Particularly for those who have a semblance of comfort. Growth does not happen in the midst of comfort. And there's also no comfort in the midst of growth. For anything to grow, for anything to expand, there's got to be motion. And so this is the law of inertia in place. Until an external force is applied, it will remain at that state of rest or at that pace that is already been moving in. And so I think that everybody must just learn to be uncomfortable. Just be uncomfortable at some point.

[Derek Abite]

Okay.

[Olusola]

Yeah. You know, there's a Japanese philosophy called the misogi. It means that every single year, you must try to do something that you have a higher chance of failing at than succeeding. And so think about that a bit. The Japanese people always have one thing in a year that they want to anchor achievement and success in the year on. Every year, you must try to do something daring, come out of your comfort zone, attempt to do something that you might not even have a strong chance of being great at, or something you might not be capable of easily succeeding at, something you have a higher chance of failing at than succeeding. What's your misogy for 2026? You must dare to do something challenging. That's the problem. Every single time I do something challenging, I expand my mind. I improve my possibility metrics. I improve it. I believe. You know, the thing is, a lot of people think that audacity comes overnight. They don't know that audacity is like seed that is planted and keeps growing till it becomes bigger. Listen, there's a school of bravery everyone has to enroll in. And bravery is not only discerned in the greatest or the biggest occasions or the biggest decision you ever make in your life. It begins from the small decisions you make that lead up to the big one. I give an example. You won't just wake up one day and say, I want to run for presidency. You must have proved your mettle.

[Derek Abite]

That's right.

[Olusola]

I've had some given level of proof of concept in the smaller things. Which means start now, start doing hard things now. Start developing audacity in seed form from this moment. Wake up tomorrow morning and say, you know what? I'm going to step out and make calls to all the stakeholders for my business. I'm going to share more about my business. You know what? This year, why do we keep on making 20 million rand revenue globally? I want to do 100 million.

[Derek Abite]

That's it.

[Olusola]

I want to. I want to do this, I want to do that. I want to keep on moving and rising. And before you know it, one day, everyone thinks it happens. It happened overnight. Unbeknownst to them, it was the law of compounding. So the final words will be this. Embrace the law of compounding. Whenever you make a commitment to improve yourself, at least 1% every single week, at the end of an entire year, you've improved yourself by about 68%. I think it's 58 or 68. Not even 52. Not even 52% because of the law of compounding. And so this is important. Whereas if you choose not to improve yourself.

[Derek Abite]

Yeah.

[Olusola]

Understand that you don't even have to choose not to improve yourself before you start declining. Because nature above vacuum. If you are not advancing, you are retreating. If you are not flowing, you are stagnant. And stagnant water smells. And so I would say in seed form, little by little, poko apoko. Just seek to be better. Seek to make brave decisions. And before you know it, in five years time, you will not be able to recognize yourself. Tony Robbins puts it this way. He says, I believe that many people overrate what can happen in a year. And underrate the impact that can happen in five years.

[Derek Abite]

My brother. In the pursuit of success and greatness, which one of these or both is more relevant, motivation or discipline?

[Olusola]

Absolutely. Discipline. Motivation is extremely perishable. I like to put it this way. I think it depends on how you define motivation.

[Derek Abite]

Okay?

[Olusola]

Because there's extrinsic motivation, then it's also intrinsic. Intrinsic is obviously internal by personal pursuit. And also I think in that sense, discipline can work hand in hand with the motivation. With the motivation. Because a very large part of intrinsic motivation stems from discipline, where even when the going gets tough, you keep on moving. Keep telling yourself, I'm going to get better. So absolutely. Discipline, Discipline, discipline. Discipline is what you do when no one is watching. Discipline is how you keep on moving and pushing yourself, even when statistics and reality might seem to negate it. So, yes, I would say discipline 100.

[Derek Abite]

100.

[Olusola]

If you keep waiting to feel like it, you get nothing done. Knowledge is greater than feelings.

[Derek Abite]

Wow.

[Olusola]

Yep. Commitments are greater than motivation. Eubank Jr said so brilliantly. He said that I've had to learn to keep the promises that I make to myself. It says when I'm working out and I tell myself I'm gonna do 10 reps, I don't stop at nine, because when I stop at nine, I'm training myself to quit. And so when I'm in the 10th round, or rather the 9th round of a boxing match later on in the future, I could be telling myself that it's okay to quit right now. And so your body keeps record. It keeps record of every single thing that you do. And so what I would say is commitments are more powerful than motivation. Do you keep the promises you make to yourself? Do you? There's such a way that you commit and your body and your feelings will follow instead of the other way around. So sometimes we wait for our feelings to be at top and then our body should follow.

[Derek Abite]

Yeah.

[Olusola]

But that is not the way a high flyer is wired.

[Derek Abite]

Thanks a lot. I've really enjoyed.

[Olusola]

It was a pleasure from. From screen to to person, watch the great work you do. And I need to say this, and it's not just me blowing your trumpet, but I think what you're doing with this podcast is one in a thousand.

[Derek Abite]

Wow.

[Olusola]

Scratch that. I see one in a million.

[Derek Abite]

Wow.

[Olusola]

As far as the African continent is concerned. Yes, brother. I'll tell you why. I think what stands you out is not just insightful conversations you have here. It's the consistency. But not just consistency, like we said behind the camera, because people can be consistently mediocre, but the consistency in choosing change and improvement every single time. Right. And so the fact that you've always shown up every single week for two years. Kudos to you. Kudos to your team. Because many times I sit where you are and I know how hard it is to even churn out one episode.

[Derek Abite]

Yeah.

[Olusola]

Great work. You do.

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[Derek Abite]

Thank you.

[Olusola]

I need to tell you thank you.

[Derek Abite]

Thank you. I really appreciate it. I really appreciate it. You know, sometimes we need to hear this. And recently I've been posting some of the messages people have been sending to us because it's hard, man. It's a lot of work, you know, to do it. We just packed the bags and said we are going to Lagos. But if you made it to the end, drop it in the comments and would love to know and share this. Let other people know that indeed, this was a superb conversation. Hype it as well on YouTube. My name is Derek Abite and I've been speaking with Olusola. Take care of yourselves and don't get into trouble. I'm out.

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