By Richard Nyong, CEO, Lekki Gardens Estate
Good is the enemy of great.
A good man leaves an inheritance for his children’s children. A great man leaves a legacy and an indelible impact that outlives him.
Three years ago, during a difficult season of illness, you heard about a young doctor, tired and defeated, complaining to no one in particular that he could not afford a house in Lagos and had been sleeping and coming to work from his car parked in the hospital.
An average person would have listened and felt pity. A good person would have given the young doctor some money to find himself a house. But that was not you. You did the unthinkable.
