Build yourself up

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job Jim Rohn. Improve your communication skill. Improve on your sales skill always sell something don't wait until you are fired before you master the market. Never allow the market to master you.
The world economy still indirectly work on batter. Don't continue to buy from the market without having anything to sell. Always look for ways to market your skill, convert every spare time to capital. Remember capital is not only about money, there are intellectual capital

Slavery or Freedom choose one

"Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" Patrick Henry.

Giving two choice which are mutually exclusive which one will you choose. FREEDOM Or SLAVERY which one will you prefer or which of them will be your choice. I know you will like to jump at freedom because the name is fanciful, and the other is derogatory. But let us explore the benefit of each before you take your decision. Your decision has even being made, either you like it or not.

Slavery is so appealing because in it, you are owned and your owner is bound to provide the basic nessessities of life for you. The three basic needs of man such as food, clothing and shelter, also need such as hospital, insurance etc are provided free of charge for the slaves. In the olden days slaves work the farm in return for their upkeep and sales if need arises. Compared with modern day slavery.

The twenty first century slavery has being mordenised. Instead of using hot iron to tag number on slaves in our days staff number are used engraved on an identity card. Also competitive salaries are paid this day to the morden day slaves to tie them down and discourage poaching by competitive companies. This day housing allowance, wardrobe allowance, furniture allowance, luncheon allowance, annual leave allowance and leave bonus are paid to Morden day slaves to ensure they deliver at uptimum production. This is telling us that modern day slavery is so fascinating and tempting. In slavery you don't need to think of capital, land, production, sales and marketing that is the headache of the entrepreneurs. There is even a popular saying that, there is sales or not at all the wages of the slaves must complete. 

This has made slavery so fascinating to humanity in general and everyone of us will look well for high paying master to slave for.

But slavery come with some challenges, since you are owned your opinion does not count, you are giving a manual of work, that has rules and regulations which must be followed religiously and a deviation attract sanctions that may ranger from caution, warning, final warning, disengagement or termination of appointments. Also depending on the whim and caprice of the slave owner and prevailing economic situation you can be downsized, rightzized or your service may be contract out. All in a bid to be profitable. Your death on the job does not affect anything since there so many other in the pool who can do your job

Having said that freedom come with responsibility, it take a lot of Hardwork to be free you have to provide your basic needs by yourself, you source the capital and take risk for the success and failure. There is no sympathy from anybody for you. You are on your own. But you own yourself nobody can dictate to you, you don't have a name tag, you can work 24/7 and you can rest 24/7. You don't answer to anybody, you are your own boss. You take the profit or you take the loss. You don't have resumption time neither a closing time. You pay tax on your company profit after deducting all your expenses including the living expenses, you can hire and you can fire. You can travel to wherever you like without taking permission from anybody. There is no ceiling on your income you can earn million in a day and you may not earn anything in a month. You think a lot, designing production from market survey, raising capital, production, sales and marketing. You fail, you succeed. You win and you loose. Nobody can fire you, you don't fear rationalization, downsizing, rightzizing and all manners of jargon.

Freedom does not necessarily means that you must have a big giant industry, you may be are hawker and still be free you may be an artisan and be free. So far you are answerable to yourself and not to any boss.

From the illustration above, I know you will have  formed some opinion about freedom and Morden slavery. I will not deceive you, I have served as a slave in a Bank for ten years and the experience is interesting while it last. Thereafter I still desire more years of slavery, I have  even beg to apply for other slavery appointment. But does it really worth it? Also I am out here as a free person fighting to keep my freedom. It take a lot of fight, contending to gain total freedom. But it is worthwhile. I believe if I have started the fight in the last ten year I would have master freedom. 

If you are still slaving out there, my advise to you is to always think of how to get out and work it out until you achieve your freedom.

To be continue

Some thought on action

Some thought on action, don't just think write your idea down, keep it in your view and take some action, don't fear failure remember no parent get angry at their baby steps. Have a wonderful week ahead

"Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed!"
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture.
It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs." 
– Vaclav Havel

"The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!'"
– John F. Kennedy

The Thread of a Dream

The Thread of a Dream

by Denis WaitleyWhen I was researching the history of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge as a major illustration for the ideas of success and motivation, I became engrossed with the story of how the first bridge was built over the Niagara River near Niagara Falls. You see, to build a bridge over a giant gorge, first you have to get a line over the canyon, from one side to the other. Easier said than done at Niagara Falls.

The engineers couldn't cross the river in a boat to take the line from one side to the other because the boat would go over the falls. And the airplane hadn't been invented yet. The distance was also way beyond the bow-and-arrow range, which had been a common method at the time of getting the first line across to build a bridge.

The designing engineer, Charles Ellet, pondered the question until he came up with a revolutionary idea. He decided that, while solving the problem, he would also have some fun and generate some publicity for the project. Ellet sponsored a kite flying contest and offered five dollars to the first person who could fly a kite across the gorge and let it go low enough to the ground for someone to be able to grab the string. In 1849, five dollars was a prize similar to a small lottery today. The boy who won the prize relished his accomplishment until his death, nearly 80 years later.

It all began with an idea and one thin kite string. The kite string was used to pull a cord across, then a line, then a rope. Next came an iron-wire cable and then steel cables, until a structure strong enough to build a suspension bridge was in place.

I'm struck by how that string is like a single thought. The more vivid and clear the thought, and the more you come back to it, the stronger it becomes—like the string to the rope to a cable. Each time you rethink it, dwell on it, or layer it with other thoughts, you are strengthening the structure on which to build your idea, like building a bridge over Niagara Falls. But unlike a kite, there is no string attached to how high and how far your goals may take you. They are limited only by the power of your imagination and the strength of your desire Deenis Waitely

Olukunle Alabetutu, Tel 08121158104; 08067772845;House 14, Road B, Ifeoluwa Community Opp Lifeforte International High School Awotan, Apete Ibadan

Ways to Independence for Nigerian Youth

It is evident nigerian youths need more than political leadership to solve our problems. In the military era when we were rule by maximum rulers under various draconian decree we thought a civilian government we solve all our problems, but with more than ten years of democracy it is evident to the contrary that the salvation of nigeria youths cannot come from the political leadership of this nation.

Many of us have great hope and expectation in government of the nation to provide health for all, Education for all, housing for all, everything for all by the year 2000. But the miracle year have come to pass, but we are still hoping against hope. This is a confirmation of the saying of Henry Ford the great industrialist that "Our government cannot help us, we are the one that can help our government". A good student of history will know that leaders all over the world in the past are selfish and self centered. Even in the scripture the prophet told Israel the type of leaders they will have ""And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day." (1 Samuel 8:18). America, Australia, New Zealand and Boar of South Africa moved away from europe due to the tyranny of their kings. Even Pope of old are know for their suppression of people with contrary opinion tagged heretic.

It is crystal clear that no government can help anybody be they civilian, military, democracy or what have you. But individual must rise and fight for their own independence. And stop waiting for handout from the government. It is time we take personal responsibility for our life and stop depending on external influence in determine the course of our life. Depending on ourselves give us sense of control while depending on other make us helpless because we are subject to their whim and caprice.

It is high time we task our brain for solution to our problems by helping solving other people problem for in solving other people problem our own too is solved. Henry Ford solved transportation problem for American and the whole world and he will leave forever as long as there is sun. Dangote helped solved Nigeria cement, sugar, salt, pasta problem. American President Roosovelt said "Don't think of what America will do for you, but what you will do for America" Jesus Christ said "he that want to be the leader should serve" and Zig Ziglar said "Help enough people solve their problem and thereby solve yours". There are still so many problem that need to be solved, common mosquito portend a problem that cause fever and producing insecticide will solve the problem. Hunger problem is still there farming of any type will solve such problem.

Most youth will tell you they don't have capital, but nobody always have capital to start with. Your own will not be different. What you need is a sound idea with adequate plan that can guarantee profit for you and the return to capital employed. Don't start with a big venture, start small and grow big. Capital will always flow toward good idea because capital itself does not want to be idle it need returns over time or less it will be devalue. Also capital at times is not cash as some of us think, they are majorly inputs and all supplier want to sell their products. Whatever you are producing will require a raw materials which has producer. If you rightly position yourself you can get suppliers who will grant you credit and if you are faithful, people will trust you with better inputs.

Let every Nigeria youth steel themselves and quit coddling and stop waiting for non existing help from a helpless government and look unto themselves and to their creator who has endowed them with talent.
Olukunle Alabetutu, Tel 08121158104; 08067772845;House 14, Road B, Ifeoluwa Community Opp Lifeforte International High School Awotan, Apete Ibadan