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21 Signs You’re Learning the Wrong Skill

You’re working hard. Putting in the hours. Grinding away at something new.

But here’s the uncomfortable truth: you might be learning the wrong skill.

Not all skills are created equal. Some can transform your career. Others will waste months of your life and leave you exactly where you started. Smart people invest serious effort into skills that sound impressive but deliver zero results. They follow trends. Chase certifications. Pick whatever’s popular on LinkedIn. Meanwhile, the skill that could actually move their career forward sits right in front of them, completely ignored.

wrong skills: A person with their head in their hand looks stressed while working on electronics in front of a laptop.

This isn’t about stopping your learning. It’s about making sure you’re learning the right thing before you waste another week. Think of these 21 signs as your early warning system. If three or more hit home, you need to pivot. Fast.

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It Is Well: How a Nigerian-Canadian Designer Built a Global Brand Celebrating the African QueenIt Is Well: How a Nigerian-Canadian Designer Built a Global Brand Celebrating the African QueenIt Is Well: How a Nigerian-Canadian Designer Built a Global Brand Celebrating the African QueenIt Is Well: How a Nigerian-Canadian Designer Built a Global Brand Celebrating the African QueenIt Is Well: How a Nigerian-Canadian Designer Built a Global Brand Celebrating the African Queen

It Is Well: How a Nigerian-Canadian Designer Built a Global Brand Celebrating the African Queen

Mar22026

The email came through at 3:47 AM. I was awake, as I often was in those early years, staring at bolts of Ankara fabric piled in my Toronto apartment, wondering if I’d made a terrible mistake. The subject line read: “Kelly Rowland’s stylist.” I almost deleted it as spam.

“We’re interested in featuring ÖFUURË for an upcoming appearance. Do you have the Sunrise Kaftan in a size 6?”

I read it seven times. Then I called my mother in Nigeria, forgetting the time difference. She answered, alarmed. “Tehilah, what’s wrong?” I couldn’t speak. I just sent her a screenshot. She started crying. I started crying. Somewhere in Los Angeles, Kelly Rowland was about to wear a piece of clothing I had designed, made from fabrics that told stories my grandmother taught me.

That moment wasn’t just validation. It was proof that the vision I’d carried since 2015—that African aesthetics deserved a global stage, that our vibrant colors and bold patterns could speak to women everywhere—was real. By 2026, our designs would be worn by a constellation of celebrities including Kelly Rowland, Tia Mowry, Nicole Ari Parker, Issa Rae, Yvonne Orji, Gabourey Sidibe, and Danielle Brooks . Our mobile app would be downloaded across 27 languages, from Arabic to Vietnamese . And a word from the Ishan language of Nigeria—Ofure, meaning “it is well”—would become a global fashion statement .

But that night, staring at that email, I was just a girl who believed that Black women everywhere deserved to feel like royalty.

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