EXAMINE THE "B QUADRANT" OF THE CASH FLOW QUADRANTS.

B Quadrant Values “I’m looking for the best people to join my team.” For people in the B quadrant, the core value is wealth-building. People who start from nothing and build great B quadrant businesses are often people with powerful life missions, who value a great team and efficient teamwork and want to serve and work with as many people as possible.

The Problem
Building a business is the way most of the very rich became rich. Bill Gates built Microsoft; Michael Dell created Dell Computers in his dormitory room. Still, historically, there have been very, very few people who have truly lived in the B quadrant. The B quadrant is the best place to begin generating genuine wealth, but at the same, there are some barriers to entry that have kept most people out.

For one thing, most people don’t have the cash it takes to start their own business. Today it costs an average of $5 million to start your own business. And for another thing, building your own business from scratch remains the riskiest of all ways to become rich. The failure rate for new businesses is about 90 percent in the first five years—and if your new venture fails, guess who just lost $5 million? In my early years of starting businesses, I failed twice, and while it never pushed me into bankruptcy (and I never got any government bailouts!), it did cost me millions of dollars.

Typically when you start your own business, you have to make sure your rent, utilities, and the rest of your overhead are paid, your employees are paid, and your suppliers are paid, or you’re out of business. So guess who doesn’t get paid? You. In the course of starting a new business—and I’m talking here about a successful business—you can easily go five to ten years without taking a paycheck.

Remember Kim and me, sleeping in our beat-up Toyota? It wasn’t fun. We could have taken jobs that would have immediately put a roof over our heads, but as miserable as it was (and believe me, it was), we chose homelessness over employment because we believed in our dream of being business owners and living in the B quadrant.

Most people do not have the mental, emotional, physical, or financial stamina to handle these conditions. It can be brutal, and usually is.

It’s Time to Take Control! Which enables more control, a job or a business?

It was 1985 and my wife, Kim, and I were homeless. We were unemployed and had little money left from savings; our credit cards were exhausted and we lived in an old brown Toyota with reclining seats that served as beds. At the end of a week of sleeping in our car, the harsh reality of who we were, what we were doing, and where we were headed began to sink in.

After a friend realized our desperate situation, she offered us a room in her basement. When friends and family were informed of our plight, the first question was always, “Why don’t you just get a job?” At first we attempted to explain, but we had a hard time clarifying our reasons to our well-meaning inquisitors. When you’re talking to someone who values having a job, it is difficult to explain why you might not want a job.

We occasionally earned a few dollars doing a few odd jobs here and there. But we did that only to keep food in our stomachs and gas in our house—I mean, our car.

I must admit that during moments of deep personal doubt, the idea of a safe, secure job with a paycheck was appealing. But because job security was not what we were looking for, we kept pushing on, living day to day on the brink of the financial abyss. We knew we could always find a safe, secure, high-paying job. Both of us were college graduates with good job skills and a solid work ethic. But we weren’t going for job security. We were going for financial freedom. By 1989, we were millionaires.

I often hear people say, “It takes money to make money.” That’s B.S.—and I don’t mean a Bachelor of Science degree! Our journey from homelessness to being millionaires in four years, and then on to genuine financial freedom in another five years, did not take money. We had no money when we started—in fact, we were in debt—and nobody gave us anything along the way, either.

It also does not take a good formal education. A college education is important for traditional professions, but not for people looking to build wealth. If it doesn’t take money to make money, and it doesn’t take a formal education to learn how to become financially free, then what does it take? It takes a dream, a lot of determination, a willingness to learn quickly, and an understanding of which sector of the cashflow quadrant you’re operating in.

~ Robert Kiyosaki

The Mindset of an Entrepreneur. Continue... -What Does It Take to Be an Entrepreneur?

Entrepreneurs are the richest people on earth. We know the names of the famous entrepreneurs: Richard Branson and Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey and Steve Jobs, Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner. But most wealthy entrepreneurs are people you and I will never hear of, because they don’t command media attention; they just quietly live rich lives. I often hear people debate the question, “Are entrepreneurs born or can they be developed?” Some think it takes a special person or a certain magic to be an entrepreneur. To me, being an entrepreneur is not that big a deal; you just do it. Let me give you an example. There’s a teenager in my neighborhood who has a thriving baby-sitting business and hires her junior-high classmates to work for her. She is an entrepreneur. Another young boy has a handyman business after school. He is an entrepreneur. Most kids have no fear, while for most adults, that’s all they do have.

- It takes courage to discover, develop and donate  your genius to the world.

Today, there are millions of people who dream of quitting their jobs and becoming entrepreneurs, running their own businesses. The problem is, for most people, their dream is just a dream. So the question is, why do so many fail to go for their dream of becoming an entrepreneur? I have a friend who is a brilliant hairstylist. When it comes to making women look beautiful, he is a magician. For years, he’s talked about opening his own salon. He has big plans, but sadly, he still remains small, running a single chair in a large salon, constantly at odds with the owner. Another friend has a wife who became tired of being a flight attendant. Two years ago, she quit her job and went to school to become a hairstylist. A month ago.

she had a grand opening for her salon. It is a spectacular environment and she has attracted some of the best hairstylists to work there. When the first friend heard about her salon, he said, “How can she open a salon? She has no talent. She is not gifted. She wasn’t trained in New York like I was. And besides, she doesn’t have any experience. I give her a year and she’s going to fail.” Maybe she will fail: Statistics show that 90 percent of all businesses fail in the first five years. On the other hand, maybe she won’t. The point is that she’s doing it. She has grasped the impact that courage has in shaping our lives. It takes courage to discover, develop and donate your genius to the world. Of U.S. lottery winners who win in excess of $3 million each, 80 percent are bankrupt within three years. Why? Because money alone does not make you rich. These people may add numbers to their checking accounts, but the mere numbers do not make them rich, because they do not change how they think. Your mind is infinite. It’s your doubts that are limiting. Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged, said, “Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.” So if you are ready to change your life, I’m going to introduce you to an environment that will allow your brain to think—and you to grow richer.

Be Inspired..... Forbes List of 30 Promising Young Entrepreneurs in Africa in 2016

Simbarashe Mhuriro, Zimbabwean

Founder, OurSun Energy (Private) Ltd
31-year-old Simbarashe Mhuriro founded Oxygen Africa in 2009 as an investment advisory company to help facilitate foreign investors in Zimbabwe. In 2013, Oxygen Africa partnered with Swiss-based Meeco Group, a renewable energy company, to establish Oursun Energy Zimbabwe – a joint venture Independent Power Producer that specializes in the development, building, owning, and operating of utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) energy projects in Zimbabwe. OurSun Energy has raised $7 million and is currently developing two 5MW grid-connected solar plants in Zimbabwe.

Ntombenhle Khathwane, Swazi

Founder, AfroBotanics
Swazi-born entrepreneur Ntombenhle Khathwane, 32, is the founder of AfroBotanics. AfroBotanics, which Khathwane established in 2010, is a Johannesburg-based company that manufactures premium haircare products using African botanical oils and other natural products and formulas to care for the hair and limit damage as to the barest minimum.

Olatorera Oniru, Nigerian

Olatorera Oniru

Founder, Dress Me Outlet
Olatorera Oniru, 28, is the founder of Dressmeoutlet.com – a Nigerian e-tailer of fashion products, health & beauty products and home-goods. Dressmeoutlet stocks more than 1,000 products from premium designers globally. Dressmeoutlet ships worldwide and currently has customers in different states across Nigeria, Uganda and the United States of America. The company now employs more than 20 full-time employees and has funding offers from notable investors including Nigerian investor Tony Elumelu.

Bonobo Ramokhele, South African

CEO, LeoFortis Group
Ramokhele, 29, is a co-founder of LeoFortis Group, an investment holding company with investments spanning commodity trading, energy, telecommunications, engineering, and mining with a presence in South Africa, Kenya, Zambia and South Sudan.

Thato Kgatlhanye & Rea Ngwane, South African

Founders, Repurpose School Bags
South African entrepreneurs Kgatlhanye and Ngwane, 22 and 23 respectively, are the founders of Repurpose School bags. Repurpose collects and recycles plastic waste into school bags for poor South African students. The plastic bags feature a solar panel in the flap which get charged when the students walk to and from school. These charged solar panels help to provide lighting at night to the students to study.

Lee Grant, South African

Founder, Leegra
Lee Grant, 32, is the founder of Leegra, a South African field marketing and promotions company engaged in sales, merchandising, promotions, product development and strategy. His company services a diverse range of blue-chip clients and multinationals from banking and insurance to fast-moving consumer goods and healthcare.

Samuel Malinga, Ugandan

Founder, Sanitation Africa
The 26 year-old Ugandan agricultural engineer won the Tony Elumelu Prize for Business at the 2015 Future Africa Awards. His company, Sanitation Africa, has developed a full-cycle sanitation system that starts with a local, low-cost yet hygienic modular latrine and ends with the conversion of sludge into cooking briquettes and agricultural manure.

Vanessa Zommi, Cameroonian

Vanessa Zommi

Founder, Emerald Moringa Tea
When her mother was diagnosed of diabetes, Zommi, 21, set out to find alternative treatments to keep her mother healthy. She soon discovered the medicinal moringa oleifera tree which grew in her region, and discovered that the moringa leaves could reduce blood sugar levels to treat diabetes among other medicinal qualities. She partnered with moringa farmers who supplied her with the leaves and processed the leaves into moringa tea which she put into tea bags. Emerald Moringa, the company she founded, sells this tea across Cameroon.

Neo Ramaphakela, South African

CEO, Seriti sa Bosotho
Ramaphakela, 32, is the founder of Seriti sa Basotho, a fast-growing construction company. He began the company in 2011 as a gate-making company but grew it over the last few years into a general facility management firm in South Africa. Seriti Sa Basotho has built several houses in South African townships and also handles painting, plumbing, paving, roofing, plastering, ceiling and renovations.

Mutoba Ngoma, Zambian

Mutoba Ngoma

Founder, Tapera Bio Industries
After studying aeronautical engineering in the United Kingdom, Ngoma, a 31 year-old Zambian entrepreneur returned home to seek his fortune in the renewable energy business. He started Tapera Bio Industries Limited in 2009, a business which is focused on the production and promotion of biodiesel fuel and derivatives of vegetable oils. The company also processes vegetable oils into natural soaps, washing paste and organic shampoo.

Hilda Moraa, Kenyan

Co-founder, Weza Tele
Moraa, 27, is the founder of Weza Tele, a Kenyan fintech startup that provides a number of value added mobility solutions in commerce, supply chain, distribution and mobile payment integration. In May 2015 Afb, a Ghanaian financial services group, acquired the company for $1.7 million.

Eugene Mbugua, Kenyan

Founder, Young Rich TV
The 25-year-old Kenyan is the founder of one of Kenya’s most successful television production companies. His company, Young Rich Television Limited, produces two of Kenya’s most popular TV programmes – ‘Young Rich’ – a weekly show that profiles young, successful Kenyan entrepreneurs, and ‘Get In The Kitchen’- an extremely popular cooking show. Both shows have aired for 9 and 4 seasons respectively, command viewership in the millions, and have sponsorship from several blue-chip companies in Kenya. Mbugua also owns My Yearbook Limited, a company that produces yearbooks and publications for companies, schools and governments. A real-estate company he owns is also developing a 188-unit hostel project to provide housing for students of Kenya’s Egerton University.

Jamie Pujara, Kenyan

Founder, BuyRentKenya
Pujara, a 33 year-old Kenyan entrepreneur is the founder of BuyRentKenya, one of Kenya’s most popular property listing sites. In 2015, South African online media firm One Africa Media acquired a stake in the company. The site, which Pujara founded in 2012, reports 150,000 visitors every month and has more than 15,000 listings of residential and commercial properties.

Tyrone Moodley, South African

CEO, Midbrook Lane (Pty) Ltd
Moodley, 30, is the CEO of Midbrook Lane (Pty) Ltd, a private investment firm. The Johannesburg-based firm typically invests in 7 to 12 private and publicly listed companies at a time with the aim of holding the investments over a minimum period of 10 years. Moodley also serves as a non-executive director of Conduit Capital, a JSE-listed investment company, making him one of the youngest serving board members of a company listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange.

Rachel Sibande, Malawian
30-year-old Sibande of Malawi is the founder of her country’s first technology hub. mHub, which she launched in November 2013, is an incubator for technology startups with a special focus on building young technology entrepreneurs through training, skills development and mentorship.

Nadeem Juma, Tanzanian

Co-founder, AIM Group
In 2004, and at the age of 19, Tanzanian serial entrepreneur Nadeem Juma founded Efulusi Africa, a software development company that develops custom software with a focus on mobile finance apps and aggregation. Efulusi is credited for developing and deploying Tanzania’s first mobile banking platform. In 2014, Juma, now 31, founded AIM Group, a leading digital agency in the East African country. AIM Group now has 25 employees and has some of Tanzania’s most prominent brands as clients.

Mike Chilewe Jr, Malawian

Owner, Star Radio Malawi
Chilewe is the son of one of Malawi’s most prominent and successful businessmen, Mike Chilewe. But the younger Mike is charting his own path and cutting his teeth as a media entrepreneur. In 2015, Chilewe Jr, now 26, acquired Star Radio Malawi, a floundering private radio station based in Lilongwe. With the help of media consultants and experts, he has been restructuring the station and is gradually building Star to become one of Malawi’s most successful radio stations.

Kelvin Name, Rashad Seini and Kofi Amuasi, Ghanaians

Co-founders, MeQasa
MeQasa, one of Ghana’s leading online real estate classifieds businesses, was founded in 2013 by Ghanaian entrepreneurs, Kelvin Nyame, Rashad Seini and Kofi Amuasi, who are all graduates of the tech entrepreneurship training program at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) based in Accra, Ghana. MeQasa provides a free service that helps brokers, landlords and other real estate industry professionals to conduct business efficiently online, while simplifying the search experience for prospective tenants and buyers. Last October, MeQasa secured a $500,000 investment from Frontier Digital Ventures, a global VC firm headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Ogunlana Olumide & Chukwuwezam Obanor, Nigerians

Prep Class group – Courtesy Tech Cabal

Founders, PrepClass
Olumide and Obanor, both 24, are the founders of Prepclass- a Nigerian academic solutions provider offering online test prep software, full-length tests, and a Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) experience similar to that of Nigerian university pre-entry exams. PrepClass also provides personalized home tutors in Lagos, Nigeria, skilled at meeting individual academic needs. The company has been funded by CRE Venture Capital and the Venture Garden Group.

Kasope Ladipo-Ajai, Nigerian

Founder, OmoAlata
Ladipo-Ajai, 29, is a co-founder of OmoAlata – a Nigerian brand that processes and packages local Nigerian spices and peppers. Its flagship OmoAlata Peppermix which is a blend of fresh organic tomatoes, onions and peppers has been favorably received in the Nigerian market. Kasope Ladipo-Ajai was the winner of the 2015 She Leads Africa Pitch Competition.

Yasmine El Baggari, Moroccan

Founder, Voyaj
22 year-old Moroccan entrepreneur Yasmine El Baggari is the founder of Voyaj, an online platform that matches hosts and travelers who want to share an authentic, local experience. Voyaj, still in beta, allows members to create a profile that includes a video post where they describe their interests and what they have to offer during a journey.

Aisha Ayensu, Ghanaian

CEO, Christie Brown
Aisha Ayensu, 30, is the founder and Head Designer of Christie Brown, an internationally acclaimed luxury women’s fashion label that subtly infuses modernism into carefully selected traditional African fabrics to create awe-inspiring dresses with a transcontinental finish.

Trushar Khetia, Kenyan

Founder, Tria Group & Society Stores
Khetia, 29, is the founder of Tria Group, a Kenyan outdoor transit-advertising firm that uses public transit vehicles to market leading consumer goods in Kenya. He is also the founder of Society Stores, a fast-growing Kenyan retail chain with 5 outlets.

Anda Maqanda, South African

Founder, AM Group
29-year-old Maqanda owns the AM Group – a provider of engineering solutions, focusing mainly on Engineering Consulting, Design and Construction of Electrical Overhead Power Lines, Renewable Energy, Automation and Research and Development.

Abiola Olaniran, Nigerian

Founder, Gamsole
Olaniran, 27, is the founder and CEO of Gamsole, a Nigerian gaming company, Olaniran founded the company in 2012, and it has venture backing from 88mph, a Kenyan seed fund. The company’s games now have more than 9 million downloads both locally and internationally on the Windows Phone store.

Clarisse Iribagize, Rwandan

Founder, HeHe Ltd
Iribagize, 27, runs Kigali-based mobile technology company HeHe Limited, which builds custom mobile applications for businesses, provides 24/7 online and offline support and cloud storage services. Iribagize founded the company in 2010 after winning a $50,000 grant from Inspire Africa, a Rwandan TV entrepreneurial contest. Iribagize’s clientele includes a number of government

Can we see more young Nigerians taking up entrepreneurship?

To be continued........

SEVEN STEPS TO SUCCESS

Seven Steps to Success

1) Make a commitment to grow daily.
2) Value the process more than events( failure, setbacks, success are all events).
3) Don't wait for inspiration.
4) Be willing to sacrifice pleasure for opportunity.
5) Dream big.
6) Plan your priorities.
7) Give up to go up.”

~ John C. Maxwell

RAGS TO RICHES BILLIONAIRE

What’s the rags to riches story that has led a young girl in poverty to become the World’s wealthiest self-made female billionaire?

There’s a good chance the mobile phone you’re using has a screen made by her: “The Touchscreen Queen”, Zhou Quinfei. How can her billion dollar journey help you on yours? Here’s her three big steps to success:

STEP ONE: BE RELENTLESS

Qunfei was born to a poor family in a tiny village in China. Her father was blinded in a factory accident, and her mum died when she was five. Determined to be successful, she quit school at 16 and went to live with her uncle in Shenzen, saying "I don't want to die regretting what I didn't do.”

She got a factory job making watch faces for $1 a day, and sent the money back to her father.

Bored with the job, after three months she quit, but was given a promotion instead. Guessing why, she said “Maybe it was because my resignation letter was well written and this attracted the attention of the factory supervisor”.

She kept being promoted up to management but then in 1993, at 22 years old, her factory shut down. So she decided to take her knowledge, connections and $3,000 in savings and begin her own watch face factory, which she started next doors to her old factory.

The early days weren’t easy: ”Twice I even had to sell my house in order to pay my employees salary. Much like climbing a mountain, it's not your physical strength that will get you to the top, but your tenacity and persistence."

Then, in 1997 the Asian financial crisis hit. This is when her persistence really paid off. She went to the watchmakers who owed her money and settled their debts in exchange for their equipment. So while other factories closed down, she gradually assembled an entire production suite for glass processing for next to nothing.

STEP TWO: BE OPEN TO CHANGE

Six years later, in 2003, she got a call from Motorola, who wanted a glass screen for their new Razr V3 mobile phone: “I got this call, and they said, ‘Just answer yes or no, and if the answer’s yes, we’ll help you set up the process. I said ‘yes’.”

Her success with Motorola led to HTC, Nokia and Samsung also calling. Then, in 2007, Apple launched the iPhone, and picked Qunfei’s company as the supplier.

Ten years late, Lens Technology has 32 factories in seven different locations and employs more than 90,000 staff. Their glass is used in over 50% of all smartphones in the world, and in all Apple iWatches.

A year ago, Quinfei listed her company on the stock market, making her the wealthiest self-made female billionaire in the world. Today she is worth $6.4 billion.

STEP THREE: KNOW YOU’RE UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO BE YOU

Qunfei says when she was a child she would watch the rain falling on lotus leaves. That’s what later inspired her to create Lens Technology's patented, scratch-resistant coating on smartphones.

'Droplets of water would roll around the surface of a lotus leaf and not leave any trace,' she said.

'If it wasn't for my primary school teacher reminding me to be observant I may not have had the inspiration to think of my invention.'

Ms. Zhou also credits her detailed-oriented approach to her childhood. “My father had lost his eyesight, so if we placed something somewhere, it had to be in the right spot, exactly, or something could go wrong,” she said. “That’s the attention to detail I demand at the workplace.”

How can you see every closed door as a new opportunity?
How open are you to new opportunities that could transform your own success?
How can you use your past experiences to support your future vision?

Use Qunfei’s story as an inspiration for your own journey.

As a self-taught expert in glass, she’s a living example of how, with persistence, every glass ceiling can be broken.

THE WILL TO DO IT!

In 1961, the US president, J. F. Kennedy, asked one of the most brilliant astronauts of that day, Neil Armstrong, " What will it take to go to the moon?". He responded, "THE WILL TO DO IT!"
Meanwhile, the technology to do it didn't exist at the time.

In 1969, the dream became a reality. And the US has not stopped going to space since then.

What did it take for you to succeed academically?
The will to do it!

What will it take for you to succeed in marriage?
The will to do it!

What will it take for you to succeed in business?
The will to do it!

Just think about that for a moment!

Those five words are the most powerful in any achievement.
Our WILL is at the Centre of every and and any success we have and/or ever want to achieve in life.

Summon your WILL and achieve that dream. Excuses paralyze!

How Do You Make the Money You Make?

Most people assume that their financial standing is defined by how much they earn, how much they’re worth, or some combination of both. And there’s no doubt that this has some bearing. Forbes magazine defines “rich” as a person who earns in excess of $1 million per year (about $83,333 per month, or just under $20,000 a week), and “poor” as someone who earns less than $25,000 a year.

But even more important than the quantity of money you make is the quality of money you make. In other words, not just how much you make, but how you make it—where it comes from. There are actually four distinct sources of cashflow. Each is quite different from the other, and each defines and determines a very different lifestyle, regardless of the amount of cash you earn.

After publishing Rich Dad Poor Dad, I wrote a book to explain these four different income worlds. Many people have said that this book, Cashflow Quadrant, is the most important writing I’ve done because it goes right to the heart of the crucial issues involved for people who are ready to make true changes in their lives

The cashflow quadrant represents the different methods by which a cash income is generated. For example, an employee earns money by holding a job and working for someone else or a company. The self-employed are people who earn money working for themselves, either as solo operators or through their own small business. A business owner owns a large business (typically defined as 500 employees or more) that generates money. Investors earn money from their various investments—in other words, money generating more money.

E = Employee

S = Self-employed or Small-business owner

B = Business owner 

I = Investor

Which quadrant do you live in? In other words, from which quadrant do you receive the majority of the income on which you live?

The E Quadrant
The overwhelming majority of us learn, live, love, and leave this life entirely within the E quadrant. Our educational system and culture train us, from the cradle to the grave, in how to live in the world of the E quadrant.

The operating philosophy for this world is what my poor dad—my real father— taught me, and what you probably learned, too, when you were growing up: Go to school, study hard and get good grades, and get a good job with benefits at a great company.

The S Quadrant
Driven by the urge for more freedom and self-determination, a lot of people migrate from the E quadrant to the S quadrant. This is the place where people go to “strike out on their own” and pursue the American Dream. The S quadrant includes a huge range of earning power, all the way from the teenage freelance baby sitter or landscaper just starting out in life to the highly paid private-practice lawyer, consultant, or public speaker. But whether you’re earning $8 an hour or $80,000 a year, the S quadrant is typically a trap. You may have thought you were “firing your boss,” but what really happened is that you just changed bosses. You are still an employee. The only difference is that when you want to blame your boss for your problems, that boss is you. The S quadrant can be a thankless and difficult place to live. Everyone picks on you here. The government picks on you—you spend one full day a week just in tax compliance. Your employees pick on you, your customers pick on you, and your family picks on you because you never take any time off. How can you? If you do, you lose ground. You have no free time because if you take time off, the business doesn’t earn money. In a very real way, the S stands for slavery: You don’t really own your business; your business owns you.

The B Quadrant
The B quadrant is where people go to create big businesses. The difference between an S business and a B business is that you work for your S business, but your B business works for you. I have many B businesses, including my manufacturing business, my real estate business, mining companies, and others. Those who live and work in the B quadrant make themselves recession-proof, because they control the source of their own income.

The I Quadrant
This is not rocket science. My rich dad taught me to live in the I quadrant by playing Monopoly, and we all know how that works: four green houses, one red hotel; four green houses, one red hotel

-  Robert T. Kiyosaki ( the busine[truncated by WhatsApp]

The Mastermind

Wealth Culture Academy presents: "TheMASTERMIND"
Date: Today, 12th April, 2016.
Time: 8:00pm-9:15pm GMT+1. Topic: Complete Guide to Success
Venue: Online meeting. Follow link: https://zoom.us/j/2465778877
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What would it take for you to succeed in business?

What would it take for you to succeed in business?

THE WILL TO DO IT.
.....to learn the skills.
.....to take action based on knowledge & skills.

QUOTE:

"If you want to make it in life, do three things.
1. Develop your mind: You don't get what you want in life, you get what you are!
2. Develop your communication skills: Once you open your mouth you tell the world who you are.
3. Practice the principles of OQP (only quality people): You want to have a network of only quality people. People who are hungry and willing to do what everyday average people won't do.
Plus you need to have patience, perseverance and courage to come back again and again when you fail"
~ Washington

Employment opportunities

To whom it may concern   

1. MTN Nigeria Graduate Trainee recruitment 2016  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/mtn-nigeria-graduate-trainee.html

2.  Nigerian Air Force DSSC recruitment 2016  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/nigerian-air-force-dssc-recruitment.html

3.  Nigerian Navy recruitment 2016  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/nigerian-navy-recruitment-2016.html

4.  Nigerian College of Aviation Technology  - NCAT  recruitment  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/02/nigerian-college-of-aviation-technology.html

5.  GTBank OND Internship recruitment  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/gtbank-ond-internship-recruitment-march.html

6.  Access Bank recruitment for Fresh Graduates 2016  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/access-bank-recruitment-for-fresh.html

7.  British High Commission  - BHC  Graduate recruitment in Abuja  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/british-high-commission-bhc-graduate.html

8.  Graduate Direct Sales Agents recruitment in Leading Indigenous Bank in Nigeria  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/graduate-direct-sales-agents.html

9.  Arik Air recruitment for Graduate Cabin Crew, March 2016  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/arik-air-recruitment-for-graduate-cabin.html

10.  Spectranet Limited recruitment for Graduate Call Centre Agents  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/spectranet-limited-recruitment-for.html
Please re-broadcast. Some one might just be in need.

Employment opportunities

To whom it may concern   

1. MTN Nigeria Graduate Trainee recruitment 2016  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/mtn-nigeria-graduate-trainee.html

2.  Nigerian Air Force DSSC recruitment 2016  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/nigerian-air-force-dssc-recruitment.html

3.  Nigerian Navy recruitment 2016  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/nigerian-navy-recruitment-2016.html

4.  Nigerian College of Aviation Technology  - NCAT  recruitment  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/02/nigerian-college-of-aviation-technology.html

5.  GTBank OND Internship recruitment  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/gtbank-ond-internship-recruitment-march.html

6.  Access Bank recruitment for Fresh Graduates 2016  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/access-bank-recruitment-for-fresh.html

7.  British High Commission  - BHC  Graduate recruitment in Abuja  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/british-high-commission-bhc-graduate.html

8.  Graduate Direct Sales Agents recruitment in Leading Indigenous Bank in Nigeria  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/graduate-direct-sales-agents.html

9.  Arik Air recruitment for Graduate Cabin Crew, March 2016  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/arik-air-recruitment-for-graduate-cabin.html

10.  Spectranet Limited recruitment for Graduate Call Centre Agents  - http://www.jobzilla.ng/2016/03/spectranet-limited-recruitment-for.html
Please re-broadcast. Some one might just be in need.

DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS FED UP OR DOESN'T WANT TO ADD UP TO THE LOAD OF THE UNEMPLOYED, AND DESIRES TO CREATE HIS/HER OWN ECONOMY?

DEPENDING ON WHEN EVER JOBS ARE AVAILABLE IS TOO MUCH OF A RISK. TIME IS LIFE, DON'T LET 'EM WASTE THEIR LIVES WAITING ON JOBS FROM AN ECONOMY THEY CANNOT CONTROL.

THEY CAN BE THE ONES WHO CREATE EMPLOYMENT FOR OTHERS AS ENTREPRENEURS.

DEVELOPING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET & SKILLS TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS IS THE WAY.

Let them Catch  FEMI SAHEED If they can. He is a Multi Millionaire  First Class graduate of OAU who got sick of unemployment and went into business for himself.
Date:
Wednesday the 6th of April.
Venue: @ The ATRIUM Event Centre, Stadium Road, PH.
Time: 10Am.

Gate: FREE.
For Registration Contact: 08037245414

WCA Discussion

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Wealth Culture Academy one page Introduction Letter read out.
WCA is for entrepreneurs. It is a global community of entrepreneurs
WCA is a long-term plan for creating and sustaining culture of wealth. WCA is a long term solution to a long standing problem
WCA partners are called Affiliates
WCA has a growing presence online and on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Google+, Instagram)
Guest Speaker Innocent Daniels joined in from Lagos and spoke on the "The Entrepreneurial Mindset". Addressed 6 Mindsets of an entrepreneur:
1. Perseverance. Business is not a sprint, it is a marathon.  marathon takes persistence and perseverance
2. Flexibility. Create options to accommodate growth
3. Belief. Entrepreneurs must believe in their pursuits
4. Learning. All you know is not all there is to know. Be a life-long learner. If the world's richest man, Bill Gates, could sign up for a 6 weeks Nutrition/Health course, who shouldn't keep learning?
5. Curiousity. Be open minded. Observe indicators.
6. Optimism. Maintain an optimistic frame of mind about your business and the world.

Q and A
Q: How do we transfer commitment and get business colleagues to me motivated?
Ans: You cannot motivate and get people to be committed. Find people who are already motivated and committed to their dreams.
Q: How important is leveraging?
Ans.: Leveraging must be understood by every executive who desires to get ahead quickly in business. It means identifying opportunities, people, ideas, funds and resources that can provide the means to an end. Education is the study on how to leverage without depriving others of gain as well. 

Q: Why does a lot of people rely on luck and "get-rich-quick" expectations in business, rather than acquiring the requisite skills and mindset.

Ans: There is not such thing as something for nothing. The work must be put in to produce the result. The good news is that WCA provides the means and support to get the work done.

Q: Why has education and some religious teachings put people into an unpleasant corner by propagation the idea of getting something for nothing. The idea of faith without works. 

Ans: WCA has a role to entrench the principles of the bible and get people to embrace faith and success skills.

Time is not money. Time is life. The idea of exchanging time for money is an idea that cannot produce sustainable wealth. Sustainable wealth is the product of entrepreneurship (exchanging a VALUE (product or service)), and not exchanging time for money.
Without restlessness, a burning desire and a burning focus, religious affiliations, beliefs and limitations will always hold people back.

Upcoming WCA Sessions
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Tuesday 8pm GMT +1 (WealthCulture Training) 
Sunday 8pm GMT +1 (WealthCulture Training)

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Sometimes when I ponder on Proverbs 22:29 (Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall  stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean  men.), I ask myself, "what was King Solomon really talking about here".
He made mention of the word "DILIGENCE IN BUSINESS" as the only criterion for standing before Kings. This is in sharp contrast to the popular belief of many lazy church-goers.....they prefer to shout Graaace, Amen, Hallelujah, Glory and fast for 7 days in order to receive favor from God after which they'll go back to their comfort zone. They refuse to follow their Faith with Work. They refuse to take reasonable risks. They refuse to be associated in any BUSINESS whatsoever, let alone be DILIGENT at it. They dream and dream all day long but refuse to wake up and work their dreams into existence...

And when a DILIGENT fellow somewhere, somehow finally makes it to the King's palace and can no longer have the time for inconsequentialities nor stand before 'mean men' as the Bible commands, they'll open their mouths to say the fellow is proud, negligent, worldly, money-conscious or haughty.

Funny enough, this is the same guy they were accusing of "loving money too much", being over serious or even becoming worldly... Then they'll go back and ask God why they're not successful, 'like their mates'. Where were you when those your mates were hustling to make ends meet? Where were you when they went to bed with only garri to sip simply because they chose to save up their little pocket money for some rewarding Financial Investment? Did you not call them stingy, book worm, workaholic and nerd? Did you not mock at their emaciated, slim and bony bodies? Did you not point fingers at their single, worn out clothes? Were you not busy buying the latest phones, gadgets, braid style, fashion, jewelries and opening charity for the classiest babes on campus? Now, so what?

Believe it or not, DILIGENCE IN BUSINESS pays.
Think about this!

~Obot Essiet Jr.

THE EMPLOYMENT MYTHOLOGIES

The Employment Mythology:

Most of us are so brainwashed by our circumstances that we think of employment as normal. But far from being historically “normal,” the whole concept of being an employee is actually a fairly recent phenomenon. During the Agrarian Age, most people were entrepreneurs. Yes, they were farmers who worked the king’s lands, but they were not the king’s employees. They didn’t receive a paycheck from the king. In fact, it was the other way around: The farmer paid the king a tax for the right to use his land. These farmers actually made their living as small-business entrepreneurs. They were butchers, bakers, and candlestick makers who passed on their trade through the family lineage in what have come down to us as common last names: Smith, for the village blacksmith; Baker, for bakery owners; Farmer, because their family’s business was farming; Taylor, derived from the tailor’s profession; and Cooper, the old term for the barrel-maker’s trade. It was not until the Industrial Age that a new demand began growing: the demand for employees. In response, the government took over the task of mass education, adopting the Prussian system, which is what most Western school systems in the world are still modeled after today. Have you ever wondered where the idea of retirement at age 65 came from? I’ll tell you where: Otto von Bismarck, the president of Prussia, in 1889. Actually, Bismarck’s plan kicked in at age 70, not 65, but it hardly matters. Promising their old folks a guaranteed pension after age 65 was not much of an economic risk for Bismarck’s government: At the time, the life expectancy of the average Prussian was about 45. Today, so many are living well into their 80s and 90s that the same promise might well bankrupt the federal government within the next generation. When you research the philosophy behind Prussian education, you will find that the purpose was to produce soldiers and employees, people who would follow orders and do as they were told. The Prussian system is for mass-producing employees. In America in the ’60s and ’70s, companies like IBM made “employment for life” the gold standard of job security. But employment at IBM hit its peak in 1985, and the whole concept of the solid, reliable corporate career has been in decline ever since.

“As GM goes, so goes the nation…” Here we are, half a century later, and things aren’t going so well for GM. Does that mean America is doomed? No, but here’s what is doomed: the myth of corporate security and the forty-year plan.

~ Robert T. Kiyosaki
( The Business Of The 21st Century)

WEALTH CULTURE ACADEMY (WCA) INTRODUCTION and LAUNCH

WCA INTRODUCTION and LAUNCH
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Hey! I'm excited to Welcome you to WCA Masterminds.

With the still-struggling economy and its ongoing effect on many businesses nationwide and world-wide, many business owners have been hit hard. Business owners see their employees and customers suffering from the harsh effects of the economic grind even though we all know that everything God has made is in abundance to be enjoyed. God has said “I wish above all things that you prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers”.

It is for this purpose that we write this letter to share with you, and offer a gift of hope and support for you and your organization.

The founders of WealthCulture Academy have been in business over a decade and have built communities of over four thousand benefiting partners locally as well as internationally.  Our partners continue to thrive as we have always been driven to help them succeed in life and business, walking with them and breaking through tough circumstances to great successes. 

WealthCulture Academy is a love-inspired institution with a vision to LIFT entrepreneurs to their Next Level of Wealth, Financial Independence and Mastery over Money through practical personal and business development programs. Timeless truths and faith-based principles are influenced and instilled through our various cutting-edge learning and development platforms and curriculum. WealthCulture Academy is raising a coalition of organizations with the right success attitude, entrepreneurial spirit, values, culture and most importantly the right business building skills. We do this in an atmosphere of Team Work, Respect and Achievement.

At WealthCulture Academy, we foster a global institutional coalition of:

Wealth Creation and Sustainability
Love, Service and Contribution
Complete Mastery over Money
Accountability, Courage and Confidence
Discovery and Actualization of Dreams
Sponsorship, Resourcefulness, Creativity and Productivity
Values and Organization Culture
You see, one sure way to produce life-long relevance and achievement is through life-long learning and development. WealthCulture Academy offers this to you at no cost as a gift. Yes FREE .

We believe with coordination of knowledge & effort , your organizational goals will become a reality in the near future.

WealthCulture Academy will be officially launched globally on the Sun, 3rd of April 2016 as we unveil our Curriculum, Faculty, Mode of Learning, Schedule and Sponsors . Our guest speaker is a very prominent business figure in Nigeria and beyond. 

We are offering you the opportunity to be a part in this launch as a benefiting executive and potential facilitator to elevate your business through our personal development course, and from a collaboration standpoint.

Here’s to your thriving enterprise...

Participate via Zoom app.

ENTER channel HERE: https://zoom.us/j/2465778877

Time: 4pm

NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) 2016 POST-GRADUATE FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP

As part of our Human Resource Development initiatives, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is commencing the 2016 Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship Programme, to equip Niger Deltans with relevant training and skills for effective participation in the Local Content programme of the Federal Government, as well as compete globally in various professional fields.

The Scheme is for suitably qualified applicants with relevant Bachelor's/Master's Degree(s) from recognized universities in the following professional disciplines:
1. Engineering
2. Medical Sciences (M.Sc. Public Health excluded)
3. Computer Science/Technology
4. Geology
5. Geosciences
6. Environmental Sciences
7. Agriculture
8. Environmental or Gas/Oil Law
9. Project Management

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
1. First Degree with minimum of 2nd Class Lower Division for those wishing to undertake a Master's Degree programme and a good Master's Degree for PhD candidates from a recognized university.
2. Applicants must have gained admission for a Post Graduate Programme in any of the listed disciplines above, in a foreign University.
3. Applicants who have already enrolled in overseas' universities are NOT eligible to apply.
4. Guarantor's written consent of good conduct of the applicant from any of the following persons from the applicant's community/clan.
a. Member of National Assembly
b. Chairman of the LGA.
c. First class traditional ruler.
d. High Court Judge
5. Persons with evidence of cult membership or criminalrecord shall notbe considered for the award.
6. Applicants must have completed the mandatory National Youth Service (NYSC).
7. Applicants must have a valid Admission Letter from a Foreign University.

MODE OF APPLICATION
1. Application must be made on-line at the Commission's website:
( www.nddc.gov.ng) with the following attachments:
i Recent passport photograph
ii Local Government identification letter.
iii Post Graduate (PG) admission letter from Overseas University.
iv Relevant Degrees from recognized University.
v N.Y.S.C Discharge Certificate.
2. Successfully completed application form will be assigned a registration number automatically.
3. Print the hard copy of the on-line generatedacknowledgement for ease of reference.
4. All shortlisted applicants will be posted on NDDC website, ( www.nddc.gov.ng )
5. For further enquiries please contact:
Director, Education Health and Social Services (NDDC)
Mobile: 08034534598; 084668158
E-mail:victor.seigha@nddc.gov.ng

DEADLINE:
All completed applications must be submitted on or before Friday, April 22, 2016.

Signed:
MANAGEMENT

Click this link to apply
http://www.nddc.gov.ng/2016scholarship.html

THE TREASURE HOUSE OF SUCCESS

Pause:
What is the most important skill you need?

If you want to be successful, you’ll need many specialised business skills, but probably the most important one will surprise you:  it's the capacity to READ!  Yes, READ!

You must develop the capacity to read, and to read FAST, and by this I don't mean basic literacy. This is why I talk of "capacity." If you’re on this platform, you’re someone who has more than basic literacy skills.  You are the next generation of leaders.

I'm sure you’ve heard the expression: "(Great) leaders are readers."

You must have the capacity to read a lot, if you want to be successful.  All the greatest leaders I’ve ever met, from any walk of life, had this in common: they liked to read books, journals, and articles.

On one of my travels, I met someone who asked me a simple question:

"Where do you live?"

"I have a house in London and one in Johannesburg, but I spend most of my time in airports."

"Where are your books?" she asked.

"In Johannesburg."

"Ah, that is where you live, because books are your most prized possession."

You must BUY and own books. It must be a constant investment. You’re not a reader if you prefer only to borrow books. It means you're not committed. If you have children, take them to bookshops. Buy or build them bookshelves.  Encourage them to own and treasure books. Take them to libraries, galleries and museums… they're generally free!

__For the African continent to grow and prosper, we must build a greater culture of reading in our young generations! There’s not a moment to waste.

The pastor of a great church asked a young man, "Where is your bible?"

"I can't afford one, sir" the young man replied.

"Then sell your shoes!" the pastor replied.

This is the attitude you must build towards the ownership of all other books, too: "If you think books are too expensive then you have not yet realized their value to you, and your family."

Reading is by far and away the thing I do most in my day:

# You all know by now that I start my day by reading the bible for at least an hour. I read it cover to cover at least once a year.
# Before I go to work or start my day, I delve through at least 5 newspapers that I subscribe to.
# Then I read reports, mostly about what’s going on in our various businesses. I also read the latest developments in our industries. 
# I read emails (I don’t allow an email to go unanswered for more than 24 hours). Generally, I read every email that gets into my inbox. This is why I don’t like all sorts of emails to clutter my box. I manage emails very strictly because if I don't, I’ll lose control of my agenda.
# Throughout the day, I’m reading reports and responding to them.  I can read very fast.

I hate rituals, but if you must have a ritual, this is it:  Read every day to understand, reflect upon and follow what’s going on around you that affects you. Remember what I’ve said before:  things happening far across the world can seriously affect you, too!

You can train yourself to expand your reading capacity quickly and easily:
1. Buy and read books.
2. Buy and read books.
Did I repeat myself?
Buy and read books!

In closing, the other day I went to see a play in New York about Alexander Hamilton, one of America’s founding fathers. It was a remarkable musical production and worth all the rave reviews it’s getting. I only had one problem:  it was a musical performed in "rap" by a mostly young African-American cast; for a long time, I didn’t understand a thing they were saying! But I could still follow the story very well, because I’d read the book on which it was based more than 10 years earlier. If I must see a movie, I need to read the book as well.
 
Someone who has a smartphone or tablet is reading (quantitatively) more than 100x what their peers read 20 years ago. Nevertheless, the key to reading capacity requires an interest in reading books, even those in electronic format.

Be smart, be wise; buy and read books. If you’re planning to get to the top, one book a week should be your minimum target.

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OPPORTUNITY

Please share widely...
FG has launched Youth Entrepreneurship Support Programme (YES-PROGRAMME), aimed at addressing the unemployment of youth in Nigeria, between the ages of 18 and 35 years, with atleast OND.
Goto link below to send your application now....
http://onlineregportal.com/YesProgramme/Home

MYLES MUNROE (World Renown Leadership Expert) On ENTREPRENEUR Vs EMPLOYEE

"I will never forget one meeting in Malaysia where I spoke to a
group of executives with the Sony company. During a meal I was chatting with some of them---these were all high-powered individuals, everyone of them a MULTIMILLIONAIRE ---when one told me the story of how he made his fortune. This individual was a Chinese gentleman who was in Malaysia as a consultant with Sony. After sharing his story with me, he asked,  "can you tell me why people of your particular pigmentation (blacks), no matter what country they reside in, generally do not quite break through to true financial success?  We Chinese usually MAKE MONEY where ever we go." He was not at all vain or arrogant with his question, but was simply inquiring about an observation he had made in his travels.

"I really don't know", I replied. "Can you tell me?"
He answered by saying........

TO BE CONTINUED.....

But could you guess what his answer was?

AN INSIGHTFUL LESSON ON NOKIA TAKEOVER BY MICROSOFT.

Nokia CEO ended his speech saying this “we didn’t do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost”.

During the press conference to announce NOKIA being acquired by Microsoft, Nokia CEO ended his speech saying this “we didn’t do anything wrong, but somehow, we lost”. Upon saying that, all his management team, himself included, teared sadly.

Nokia has been a respectable company. They didn’t do anything wrong in their business, however, the world changed too fast. Their opponents were too powerful.

They missed out on learning, they missed out on changing, and thus they lost the opportunity at hand to make it big. Not only did they miss the opportunity to earn big money, they lost their chance of survival.

The message of this story is, if you don’t change, you shall be removed from the competition.

It’s not wrong if you don’t want to learn new things. However, if your thoughts and mindset cannot catch up with time, you will be eliminated.

Conclusion:
1. The advantage you have yesterday, will be replaced by the trends of tomorrow. You don’t have to do anything wrong, as long as your competitors catch the wave and do it RIGHT, you can lose out and fail.

To change and improve yourself is giving yourself a second chance. To be forced by others to change, is like being discarded.
Those who refuse to learn & improve, will definitely one day become redundant & not relevant to the industry. They will learn the lesson in a hard & expensive way.

Learning is a lifelong thing. We need to learn to see and not to look.
We shall be innovative IJN, amen.

WHO MAKES THE MONEY? AND WHO IS THE SLAVE?

Entrepreneurs task their brains and make it sweat out solution to societal problems. And the reward they get is wealth. A skilled man works from pay check to pay check for his own pocket(selfish). He can't be free of that bondage cos his wages are tied to his physical presence (time) and effort (energy).

Entrepreneurs are not so. They simply exchange value (a good or service) for money. Their presence is not always needed.

Effort is expended once in thinking, creating and expanding the volume(users) of the value (goods or services). After that, it is reward all the way.

Mindset shift is the requirement to become an entrepreneur.

If one acquires the right mindset, he can  build a system around his goods or service. In that way, income is no longer depended on his presence or effort.

  Entrepreneurs think only leverage

skilled people will be busy working hard building a system, but the system isn't just their own

Of course, at some point in life one will work for a system, but if anyone desire wealth, they should own a value system.

Or else they will work for the rest of their lives and never have enough to show for it

As a skilled man, if anything happens to you, say death, that will be the end of income to ur family. What about redundancy or even retirement? Income stops, bcos income is dependent on time and effort.

A value is either a product or service that people can't do without because it is solving a problem for them or meeting their need. People would usually go out of their way to get a value.

Meanwhile , skilled men are on the field everyday to ensure that the system of the entrepreneur is working perfectly well.

And interestingly, dey get paid a only a  fraction of their effort.

Parents should start advising their wards rightly: "go to school, get good grades, and create jobs(entrepreneur)"

Be a job giver!

Not the old and havoc causing advice of "go to school, get good grades and get a good job"

There are no good jobs anywhere.

Less than 1% of our population are working in the oil sector.

That's where working conditions are reasonable.

What about 99% ?

That old advice has generated and is still generating a lot of poor people in society, after spending their lives working a job for peanut (and even fat) salaries.
Cos if one didn't have a value-system while youthful and working, is it when he is retired he can have one? No age advantage, no encouragement.
It will be too late.

MY DEAR NIGERIAN YOUTHS, BY PROF. ISA

I am very angry and that is why I am addressing you. You are the source of my anger and I want to vent my spleen- maybe not at you directly- but at the arrogance of your ignorance.
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You sit in front of a computer and rant all day through social media but with every click, you make money - not for yourself - but for Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook).

With every megabyte of data you spend complaining and maligning, you make stupendous bucks for Etisalat, Glo and Airtel.

Over the next two years, the number of Nigerian millionaires will jump by 47% but most likely you will not be among because you are too busy whining and complaining. And yet about 60% of Nigeria’s 170m population are below 35 years. Oh, what a waste! By the way, Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when he started Facebook.

Africa’s youngest billionaire, Ashish Thakkar, is 31. He escaped from the Rwandan genocide and relocated to Uganda where he started an IT business. Collin Thornton, who made his millions by fixing bad computers and setting up Dial-a-Nerd, is 35.

Adam Horowitz, an 18-year-old entrepreneur, started 30 websites in 3 years before he became successful. The only thing you have ever started is an online petition.

Have you heard of Jason Njoku?
He’s 33 and the founder of Iroko TV. He received $8m investment into his company just a few years ago. What he does? Sharing the same Nollywood films that you spend hours to watch online. He didn’t just hang around waiting for Buhari to make something happen or blaming Jonathan for not making anything
happen.

Kamal Budhabhatti was deported from Kenya but while on the flight, he thought of the opportunities in Kenya. He found his way back after 6 months and today his company is valued at $30m. He’s 36.

Have you heard of Chinedu Echeruo? Apple just paid $1b for his app. He’s a Nigerian like you and all he did was attempt to fix a problem. But for you, the only thing you attempt to fix are your nails- and your hairdo! Chinedu moved to New York in 1995 and found it difficult to navigate the city with ease so he developed HopStop to fix the problem. Stop listing all the problems - we know them already but what are you doing about them?

Food for thought...🚶

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NIGER DELTA YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS FORUM.

NIGER DELTA YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS FORUM.

The aim is to add value to our teeming youths. Personal development is the first step of becoming.
You grow in before you can grow out.

We need to change the way others see us. The best bet for any people or nation to develop is to invest in her human capital development, especially in the area of entrepreneurship.

Our youths need to understand how to look inwards to develop values that they can exchange for the treasures of the world
China is now in the forefront of budding young entrepreneurs with excellent govt support for start ups.

To teach and mentor the youths on "how to own the lake" rather than teach them "how to fish". And then totally discourage "giving them fish".

To emancipate the Niger Delta youth from dependency on politicians to self-reliant and interdependency with progressive business minds.

To teach them the mindset of the entrepreneur -- they think and build societies by providing value or service; unlike the employee who thinks of only self and family ( salary).

To be a link between business idea visionaries and investors.
Entrepreneurs build cities and create wealth that add value to society.

We are NIGER DELTA YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS.
#MadeInN/Delta

WEALTH PRINCIPLE

Behind every PROSPERITY there's a SACRIFICE.
The ingredients of the sacrifice include: MENTALITY, AUTHORITY & RESPONSIBILITY.

Put in other words:
1. What is your MINDSET ( trust in the finished work of Christ or trust in self; Doer of the word or hearer only).

2. What do you KNOW (Knowledge of the area of business) and

3. What ACTION (consistent or epileptic) are you taking?

I see you prospering on every side IJN, amen.
~ Efezino Akpotu

INVEST YOUR TIME WISELY

"Aliko Dangote works 18 hours a day.
°You work 9 (actually it's 5) and  have the audacity to say you want to be like him!
°He's been working since 1978. You've been working since five years ago.
°He's been working on HIS business. You've been working on your boss's business.
°He reads serious books and listens to serious people to challenge his mind. You read newspapers and watch TV to entertain your mind "after the days hard work".. LOL.
°He wants to expand his business all over the world so he can impact the world. You just want a salary increment so you can eat in nicer restaurants and post it on Instagram" ~ Segun Sosoyan.

NEVER GIVE UP. FAILURE SHOULD STRENGTHEN OUR CHARACTER & RESOLVE TO SUCCEED

"I failed 3 times in college. I applied 30 times to
get a job but I have always been rejected. When
KFC came to China for the first time, we were 24
to apply and I was the only one to be dismissed.
I wanted to go into the police and 5 postulants, I
was the only one not to be accepted. I applied 10
times to return to Harvard University USA and I
was rejected" ~
Jack Ma, Alibaba Creator and 22nd Richest in the  World
according to Forbes in 2015 with $ 29.8 billion worth.
Never give up because you are experiencing failure.

BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND

Dr. Charles Garfield (Ph.D. in both Mathematics & Psychology) has done extensive research on peak performers, both in athletics and in business. He Consults for NASA.

One of the main things his research showed was that almost all of the world-class athletes & other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before they actually do it. They begin with the end in mind.

We can do it in every area of our lives.
Visualize and retain the BIG picture of success in Career and/or business in mind.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

"Until what we know becomes what we do, we know nothing!" ~ Williams Ogisi

I CAN

"Your worst enemy is the flesh. The flesh and natural human reasoning would limit you to your own ability. You look at the circumstances, influences, problems, cares, tests, storms, and winds, and you say, "I can't."

The language of doubt, the flesh, the senses, and the devil is, "I can't. I don't have the ability, the opportunity, or the strength. I'm limited."

But the language of faith says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Confession: I can! I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."

Source: Kenneth E. Hagin.

TAKE RISKS

Morning

"The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that's changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks."-- Mark Zuckerberg

No one achieves sustainable career or business success from his or her comfort zone. "Our comfort zone is our broke zone". Irrespective of your January results, step out today with full optimism that February will be better and more productive for you. Take Action. Take More Risk. Speak to that Stranger today about your business opportunity. You will no doubt WIN.

Have a great weekend.
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Efezino Akpotu

QUIT WAITING, TAKE ACTION!!!

Billionaire Jack Ma, a former Hong Kong English teacher and  founder of Alibaba said, "The worst people to serve are the Poor people. Give them free, they think it's a trap. Tell them it's a small investment, they'll say can't earn much. Tell them to come in big, they'll say no money. Tell them try new things, they'll say no experience. Tell them it's traditional business, they'll say hard to do. Tell them it's a new business model, they'll say it's MLM. Tell them to run a shop, they'll say no freedom. Tell them run new business, they'll say no expertise. They do have somethings in common: They love to ask google, listen to friends who are as hopeless as them, they think more than a university professor and do less than a blind man.
Just ask them, what can they do. They won't be able to answer you. My conclusion: Instead of your heart beats faster, why not you just act faster a bit; instead of just thinking about it, why not do something about it. Poor people fail because on one common behaviour: Their Whole Life is About Waiting."
Stop waiting and take action now.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

" We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" ~ Aristotle

We can start FOCUSING on creating success-bound, progressive and excellent HABITS.
And then start UNLEARNING failure-bound, retrogressive and negative ones.

Research says habits are formed in 21 days of consistently doing an act.
Aggressively unlearn the negative and unproductive habits. But be patient with yourself while at it.

I see you riding on a set of excellent habits in 2016 and beyond!

Efezino Akpotu