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"Life is a double win. The more we help others, the farther we all go"

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“Life is a double win” is entrepreneur-speak with a moral spine: it takes the cold geometry of winning and insists it can be multiplied without turning predatory. The line is built like a pitch deck slogan, but it’s also a quiet rebuke to the zero-sum mythology that often props up startup culture. “Double win” suggests reciprocity as strategy, not charity as ornament. It’s an attempt to make generosity legible in the language of outcomes.

The subtext is pragmatic: helping others isn’t framed as saintly self-denial, it’s positioned as leverage. That’s a distinctly entrepreneurial move, translating ethics into scalable mechanics. In that frame, “help” can mean mentorship, access, capital, hiring, referrals, sharing risk - all the invisible infrastructure that determines who gets to advance. The quote flirts with a paradox: it sells altruism as self-interest, which can either broaden the tent (more people will buy in) or cheapen the gesture (help only if it pays). That tension is the engine of the line.

“The farther we all go” widens the lens from individual success to collective mobility. It’s optimistic, but not naive; it implies ecosystems, networks, and compounding returns. Contextually, it reads like guidance meant for founders and operators in an era when “community” is often branding and “impact” is often a slide. Orimiladeye is trying to anchor ambition to a social contract: growth that doesn’t hoard the ladder, but extends it.

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Orimiladeye, Mordecai. (2026, February 17). Life is a double win. The more we help others, the farther we all go. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/life-is-a-double-win-the-more-we-help-others-the-185605/

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Orimiladeye, Mordecai. "Life is a double win. The more we help others, the farther we all go." FixQuotes. February 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/life-is-a-double-win-the-more-we-help-others-the-185605/.

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"Life is a double win. The more we help others, the farther we all go." FixQuotes, 17 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/life-is-a-double-win-the-more-we-help-others-the-185605/. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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Mordecai Orimiladeye

Mordecai Orimiladeye is a Entrepreneur from Nigeria.

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