Tag: dreams
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Learn to Pay Yourself first
One of the key reasons for paying ourselves first is that we are worth it. After working long and hard for the money, why give it all away with nothing left for yourself? If you sit down and look at how your income gets spent, hardly anything comes to you. You may feel you bought…
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Live Above Your Dreams
One of the basic human needs is growth and contribution. If you are not growing as a person, something starts to die on the inside of you. I was thinking back to some of the goals I set for myself when I just started my journey to financial freedom back in 2003. I noticed that…
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The Myth of A Financial Breakthrough
A lot of good folks are sitting pretty waiting for a financial breakthrough – a financial windfall that will solve all their money problems; that day when all their money problems will be over and all their prayers will be answered. That day may never come in that shape or form. The money will very…
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Towards a Fantastic 2013
How was your 2012? For many, it was the worst year of their lives. For others, it was so so, or somehow okay and for some, it was fantastic. For me, it was the best year of my life. It wasn’t the best due to the absence of setbacks or personal tragedy. I had my…
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From University Dropout to ICT Millionaire
By DAYO OKETOLA Wande Adalemo dropped out of Olabisi Onabanjo University to actualize his dream of building an Internet service company, which is now worth N1bn. He tells DAYO OKETOLA how it all started and what other young Nigerian entrepreneurs can learn from his journey. The Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Oxygen Broadband Networks, Nigeria’s…
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Turning Financial Setbacks into Stepping Stones
We all make financial mistakes. They are often quite painful. More often than not, we get to part with our hard-earned money. Someone we trusted collected money from us and did not deliver the goods, or delivered inferior goods. Somebody borrows and does not pay back. A business deal goes sour due to bad partners…
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Keeping Promises and Commitments
Keeping promises is the foundation of all achievement. You did what you said you will do. When you get to the point where you make a promise and keep it, you are a winner. Most people labor under the illusion that we can break promises we make to others and keep those we make to…
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2012 – See You at the Next Level
As we bid 2011 a final goodbye, we need to take a look back at the passing year with a grateful heart to God for keeping us throughout the year and learning the lessons from things we did wrong and things we got right. The year 2011 was a mixed bag for many. Recession staged…
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Setting Realistic Goals
When it comes to achieving our goals or completing projects, more often than not, we miss the mark when it comes to cost and schedule. It ends up taking longer time and costing more money. We tend to underestimate the length of time it will actually take to accomplish a task or the amount of…
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Why Not Hire Yourself?
Our school system is configured to produce employees. The majority of graduates from Universities and Colleges are out looking for vanishing jobs. As the economies of the ‘developed’ nations contract leading to a global economic recession, unemployment numbers are going sky-high, triggering alarm bells across the globe. A growing army of unemployed youth is an…