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  TWO THINGS YOU NEED MORE THAN MONEY TO SUCCEED.. It's very true that a lot of dreams die due to lack of start-up capital. But sometimes lack of capital can also be an excuse to remain in your comfort zone. Two things you absolutely need to start your dream journey today even if you have no money are CREATIVITY and COURAGE. CREATIVITY will help you put two and two together and know how best to start with whatever is currently available to you.  No matter who you are; everybody starts with what they have. For most people, what they have is not enough to finish, but what you have is always enough to start something. It takes CREATIVITY to know what you have, where it can take you and where exactly to start from. The decision to start from where you are is the most important one you can ever make.  Years later, you may be rejoicing you started now or regretting you should have started Now. Most people regret starting too late rather than starting too early. Initial failures...

The most consistent character by which kings reign is called AUDACITY. Kings don't have Audacity because they are kings, their AUDACITY took them to the throne. No man ever achieves anything great without Great AUDACITY. No man ascends the Apex of any industry without loads of it. Any man we celebrate today took several AUDACIOUS steps to get to the place he is now. Most people that are higher than you today are not there because of more talent, but more Audacity.  They were willing to take a step everyone considers crazy. They do things people think are higher than them.  They attempt projects that need all their strength plus supernatural help to Achieve. Do that this year. Kings rush in where angels fear to tread. The Biggest problem of talented Poor people is lack of Audacity. They have more talent than courage to launch out. Make sure you leave this group ASAP. Without Audacity, you Languish in obscurity with your mighty potentials.  The Opposite of Audac...

2023 is here, it's another 365 days to do life. We must maximize it to get the best out of the new year or allow it pass us by.  Below are 5 areas you should focus on to make 2023 a great year in our own Life irrespective of what other people are saying and doing. This is the most important of all, it influences every other area of your life. If you are spiritually healthy and eating balanced spiritual meals, the chances that every area of your life will be healthy is over 50%.  It's not 100% because you still need to focus and do work on any area for you to see progress there. But the spiritual is no one area to pursue stability. It influences and increases your chances at Financial, Relational and Physical health among others without doubt. I know from experience that I am fine in all areas to the degree my spirit is doing well. Every area picks up, finances, career, relationships etc. You become scattered, battered and defeated once your spiritual Health is out ...

I was born in the most unconventional times in the most humble Places a person can be born in Africa. Ekpe-Aggah is a Farm Village inside Aggah town.  It had the Complete Hallmarks of a full fledged Africa village setting. Source of water was only Stream and rain water. Source of cooking fuel firewood. No trace of electricity or its precursor, electric poles. Houses were mud. A block house miracle. Occupation was Farming, ( yam, cassava, corn, especially) fishing, hunting, Palm wine tapping (Ngor)  Palm tree climbing (Ete). Mostly on a subsistent Bases. Buying and selling. Side hustle.Hustle for Children like us involved: Palm kernel Cracking for sales. Broom making, Rabbit and Bush rat traps (Igbudu). Bird hunting with traps (Onya Asha) and Catapults. Primitive forms of fishing hunting and farming of different crops. Plays for us involved moon light plays in sand. Counter ball with coke bottle covers, Rubber Tree seeds (Akuru). Swimming in the river, tree clim...

Willpower is not strong enough to sponsor your life goals. How many times have you resolved to start or stop doing a Something, only to  fail after the first week? Want to succeed at your goals in life or business? But you have not found the self discipline to stay on course? You know what to do, and you know the impact that Action will make on your overall performance, but Somehow you can't keep up with this "willpower" thing to stay on course You know that your actions are what defines your  habits which will ultimately determine your destination in life. Maybe it's to break a negative cycle/habit or to form a new one. To add a valuable routine to your life. Exercise, Meditation, Journalling, Reading, Praying, Writing...etc. Here is 1 secret Factor that trumps "Will power" every time they come against each other. It makes a mess of your willpower every time. Many times stronger than it. It is only wise that we use it to our favour in build...

A Lot of people find discovering purpose a hard thing to do. It shouldn't be. It has been with you all your life. Here is this formula. When you are passionate about something, it drives you towards knowledge in that thing. Knowledge drives you towards competence.  In due  time you become an expert. One way to know your passion is to examine your current interests. What catches your fancy? What would you rather be doing in perfect conditions? What do you desperately want to learn about? If you say you love singing, and after several years you still can't sing well. Forget it, you are not passionate enough.  Your love for singing would have driven you to know a lot about it, join choirs, bands, sing a lot, get a role model-mentor, join singing competitions, seize every opportunity to sing in church, to the extent you start singing really well. What are the things you have a lot of knowledge in already?  Watch out, that could be passion drivi...

Dear Nigerian youth, there is a mindset that is robbing you of your relevance and delaying your big break. It is the idea that "I am still a student" Question : What do you do for money? What is your occupation Answer : I am a student. Me : Like seriously? The mindset of  "School vs Labour market" That after  finish school then you enter the labour market. As if the two are mutually exclusive. Whoever said you must put your life, your ideas, talents and passions on hold because you are in school didn't tell you the truth. Whoever says you should  "concentrate in school" at the expense of your big idea and discovered purpose didn't do you a lot of good. That mindset has delayed and killed so many good ideas, talents and passions. It has stifled the spirit of creativity and reduced maximum productivity among African youths. The labour market is not waiting for you to finish school. Your destiny should not be played w...

3 THINGS HOLDING YOU BACK (part 3) I promised to do a 3 part series on the things holding you back from launching your ideas, they include: >> Perfect timing >> Perfecting your skills >> Start up Capital Bonus >> Where exactly to start from The first two posts are somewhere on my timeline you can check them out today i will talk about the 3 thing holding you back, which is: 3). START UP CAPITAL. Many business and valid  ideas have died untimely deaths because the Owners couldn't get past the "funding stage". I usually think it is very unfortunate. Every business that survives must go through this stage, because essentially Capital is a very indispensable factor of production. Ultimately every Idea needs funding with money at one stage or another, if not for start-up then for necessary expansion.  The problem becomes when the idea doesn't kick off at all on the excuse of "start up capital." Because you see; any...

I started a series on this topic days back and on the 3 major reasons you are yet to launch your idea and start that project or business you  have been brewing for ages. Considering that starting is the most important step in a journey of success and maximum impact. Today the lets take the next major reason for inactivity NO 2. PERFECTING YOUR SKILLS AND IDEAS Many creative people are incapacitated by the need for perfection in their skill or talent. And they use this as a perfect excuse not to start working on their Big ideas just yet They safely say that they need more skill, more knowledge, better experience, more research, more and more of something else. This is understandable considering you have not done what is intended before, as a matter of fact nobody may have ever done it before. That's why its a big idea right? Take a look at Facebook today. Can you imagine the difference between the sophisticated platform we have today compared to the first ev...

 THIS MESSAGE IS FOR CREATIVE YOUNG MINDS. Nothing Influences the Outcome of your life for most creatives than this thing you are going to hear. It is that you START NOW. For Most young people like me,it is not a lack of ideas that's your Problem. Your mind is buzzing with ideas, You actually have a problem of too much good ideas. You have developed yourself, you have knowledge you can benefit from. You have a skill that can pay you. You actually know what to do or at least where to start from. but somehow you have not gotten yourself to START for reasons such as >> Perfect timing >> Perfecting your skills >> Start up Capital >> Where exactly to start from If you are plagued with any of these then you are the one Holding you back. I will be doing a post to cover these 4 major  Mind blocks and how to overcome them. This part 1 is about number 1 mindblock 1) OVERCOMING THE PERFECT TIMING MIND BLOCK First of all there is no perf...

Certificates are becoming less and less important. In the days of our fathers, if you as much as had standard 6, you are an elite. White collar jobs na dem go dey rush you. Then the standard was raise to bachelors degree, then to Masters. Today having a Ph.D does not guarantee you Nathing. Graduates are becoming more and more unemployed.  When i see those highly certified unemployed, broke graduates i feel they have been deceived. Not in the way that "school is scam". Abeg oo. But they where trained for an economy that is no more existent. They have been prepared and deployed for a battle that has long shifted to another level Not that their Training is essentially useless, but it is no longer the Main Arsenal for survival. In this war, certificates are no more the main instrument of offense, i will tell you what are the first line of defense against Hunger and poverty. >>>Skills It is no longer what you studied, it is not even what you k...

Do you look at the people performing in the higher platforms than you in your industry and envy, wishing you could be up there? People like you or  younger,  doing what you really wish to do at the very top of your field. Playing in the higher leagues on a Global or national stage? I have discovered you can play on a higher league. You are really not condemned to a local league if you do want to get out. The Strategy to Escaping the Local league is not rocket science. UP YOUR GAME. Have you discovered that in the game of football, highly exceptional Players are are not playing in our Local Nigerian league? No offense to the NPFL, but even them consider it great when their player is spo tted and courted by a club in EPL or Laliga In Europe. When a player does well, He outgrows the local league, it is not pride, it is progress. Two Ingredients are inevitable when it comes to Upping your game to  escape the local league and i am going to share them with y...

NEXT CONSULTING We believe every Business, Idea, Project, Or Organisation has a NeXt Level of Operation and Execution. A NeXt Phase in its Productivity and Profitability. NeXt Consulting is that Business designed to get there. We work with you for a few days and generate NeXt Level ideas that will immediately improve your Business or Organisation. We identify Limitations in your Business Process and Execution that once removed will instantly increase your income and Reach We help find lasting, applicable and timely solutions to the greatest challenges facing your Business with the view of launching you to the NeXt Level of Profitability and influence We guarantee you a minimum of TEN (10) unique Ideas that represent the NeXt Stage of operations for your Business or Project. We will tell you what you are doing well and ways to improve while also identifying your weaknesses and working with you to clear them That Idea or Project in your head you do not know how to go a...

I am more afraid of the regret of doing too little than the regret of mistakes from attempting too much. It's because even the little attempted will not be free of errors. Much as no one sets out to make mistakes, they are inevitable. Mistakes are how we learn. I noticed while learning to speak English that those who where not afraid to knack kpoa are the ones that eventually improve. While the ones that where afraid of being laughed at remained as bad or worse. When embrace your imperfect self you release your perfect self. Don't be ashamed of your hustle. Don't disregard your journey. You will get there if you start and persist. Good morning. #ThursdayMotivation # IfUknowUknow

That Fallacy that people shouldn't think because it causes Hypertension Is why Africa is Underdeveloped. How can anyone dissuade you from thinking? Thinking is the greatest work there is. Thinking is one of the highest act of living. The world is a product of thinking. Everything you see is a brainchild of thinkers. The greatest people in every field are men who among the other skills they have are great thinkers. You must differentiate thinking which is mental exercise geared towards finding solutions to problems from worrying which is a negative disempowering use of the brain characterised by fear and inactivity. Fear of anything at all. worrying Is Bad , Thinking Is Good Worrying deactivates your creative problem solving brain. Thinking is calls upon it. While worrying will get you nowhere, thinking will get you out of trouble. Thinking is the first step in the right direction. If you will think more you will not only come out of your problems but will be moved to the ve...

You would not want to look back at your youth and discover that there are things you regret. That is why it is most important that you do your best to get it right now that you are young and your wits are still about you. A step towards doing that is reading this article and internalizing the following mistakes you should avoid making: 1. Marrying the wrong person Marriage is a lifetime deal so it would not make sense to slug it out with the wrong person. The wrong person here means someone who does not respect you, support your dreams, who abuses you emotionally and physically or who does not help you grow spiritually. 2. Not taking care of your body All the messed up things like alcohol and drugs that you take while you are young will catch up with you. Also, the exercise you procrastinate over is sure to rear its head later in life. 3. Not making financial investments It is good to give your best to where you work but don’t waste your best years there. If at all you must ...

Technological advancement has made life in the 21st century both fun and challenging. It is fun for the millennial who moves along with technological tides, while it is challenging for those who decide to remain stagnant. Generally, there are four currencies in the 21st century that will make life easy when you have any of them. These currencies are; ideas, information, relationship and skills. However, our focus on this article will be on one of the currencies of the 21st century – skills. So, sit back and read the skills that are super useful to know in the 21st century. Regardless of the job you do, you should learn one of these skills that are super useful to know in the 21st century. This will make you to be a solution provider in whatever situation you find yourself. There are certain skills that are useful in every job. And when you make sacrifice to learn these skills you will become indispensable in your department. This will definitely be a great plus to your career gro...

If you really want to be poor as I suspect, this post will greatly help you. If not anyways you can take it the other way round. To be poor: 1. Never wake up early. Keep stretching and turning in bed until you get too hungry to continue dozing. If there are no bed bugs, why hurry to get up? 2. Never plan how to spend your money. Whenever you get money, start spending it right away and when it is finished, you try to count and recall how you spent it. 3. Don't think of saving until you have real big money. How can you save when you earn so little? Those telling you to save are not sympathetic to your burning needs. 4. Don't engage in activities usually reserved for the "uneducated". How can you, a graduate, engage in petty trade, network marketing or home-based production? That is for people who never went to school! 6. Complain about everything except your own attitude and laziness. Blame the system, the government and the banks that refused to lend you money. They ar...

NYSC year is always very challenging for Corp members. And those that are posted to cities like Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Port Harcourt, Calabar etc. will definitely have stories to tell. As a matter of fact, they find it extremely difficult to cope and some live from hands to mouth. This is the reason many Nigerians tagged NYSC to be “Now Your Suffering Continue”. Well we present to you, top 5 businesses you can do as a youth corper. So, any Youth Corper that can start any of these businesses, Life in service will be interesting for them. Also, you will be a step ahead of your peers in the labour Market. List of Businesses You Can Do As A Youth Corper 1. Data Sharing Data sharing is one of the businesses you can do as a youth corper serving in any state in Nigeria. As a matter of fact, the business is very viable and easy to start. You need little capital to start this business and if you are passionate you can break even in no time. Data sharing business involves you selling d...