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There are currently about 200m people in Nigeria. Most of these people are languishing in poverty. Millions of them are educated without jobs. Everyone is basically chasing the same money, forget about working smart now, in Nigeria you need to WORK HARD to succeed.
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Something else you need to succeed in Nigeria is turning a deaf ear to those who know all the problems but never the solutions. Never subscribe to general statements about failure like, no jobs anywhere for graduates, only people with connections get contracts, ......
first class doesn’t equal good pay, you need millions to start your business, etc. These statements may be true for others, but do not have to hold true for you. In Nigeria, you need a lot of positivity and optimism to succeed, because trust me, there’s enough negativity already.
Consistency is also very important. Consistency does not necessarily mean doing the same thing over and over again, it also means constantly tweaking your strategy and everything else, without quitting. Consistency means never giving up hustling until you succeed or die trying.
Working Smart: working smart is the intellectual ingredient of success and trust me. This is the part where you task your brain, research and find out how to further monetize your business and ideas.
Working smart means you’re not just copying and pasting other people’s ideas, but also creating yours and finding ways to make generic ideas work for you as an individual.
Working smart involves following politics & the economy, networking consciously, attention to your environment, taking risks, reading people, looking out for problems to solve. Trust me, smart work demands so much from you that sometimes it can actually be harder than hard work.
People: there can be no success without people. People need to buy your products, give you contracts, resolve your conflicts with other people, even work for you as staff. Learning how to treat people is very important.
Truth is you don’t need to be friends for people to like you, all you need to do is make them feel good. Make it a habit to be nice to people, compliment them, offer to help out in kind or cash, buy small gifts, send them thoughtful messages, smile & always appear neat & smart.
Don’t waste your time: Your time is the most crucial ingredient for success, don’t waste it. From how you unwind, to what and where you eat, what you do online etc, if it’s doesn’t have any value reduce how much time you spend doing it.
Moving from poverty to wealth is one of the hardest things to do on Earth. For a few they’re able to achieve this at once, for most, it may be so gradual that it takes 2 generations to finally achieve. But trust me, it’s always better to look back & know that you tried your best.
Disclaimer: none of the points above are easy, I’m also guilty of picking twerk IG Live sessions over taking online courses. So this thread is me judging myself while offering advise. If you find it useful fine, if you don’t, discard.
