Tag: passion
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The high cost of financial illiteracy
Financial illiteracy is the reason most people struggle financially. They make unwise financial decisions because they do not know better. In the West, most students graduate from college with a massive debt overhang from student loans. Having huge credit card debts is the norm rather then the exception. Due to lack of financial education, folks…
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What Gives You Energy?
A lot of folks have a challenge in the area of discovering their passion. It seems they have buried their passion so deep, they are not sure what it is anymore. Some friends ask me to tell them what it is they are good at, based on my observation of them over the years. Friends…
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Spend Below Your Income
Spend below your income simply means whatever comes in by way of income, do not spend everything. Routinely keep some aside for savings and investment. According to a Yoruba proveb – do not eat with ten fingers. Come to think of eat, while eating with your hand, only one hand enters the mouth (maximum of…
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Turning Your Passion into Profit
Having been brought up to go to a good school, get good grades, and get a good job, it may be a challenge to believe we can do what they really love, and make money doing it. We generally think in terms of getting a good job and making a good living. More often than…
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Be True to Yourself
Money is a tool to accomplish a purpose. It is not your purpose. It is expandable. It is a consumable, like toilet paper, washing up liquid, drinking water, welding electrodes, stationery, you name it. When you are working in an office, you do not focus on the stationery or other consumables. You simply reach for…
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Wrap Your Business Around Your Passion
By Ola Emmanuel When people call on God for financial blessings, he may not answer by raining down naira. Naira is only the currency of the Nigerian economy, not heaven’s currency. A good response from God may be a release of ideas or giving of special ability, talent, or skills to do certain things uniquely…
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Your Money Or Your Life
I remember a joke a while back made at the expense of a certain tribe in Nigeria based on the public perception of their love for money. A trader from this part of the country was attacked by armed robbers and he refused to let go of his briefcase full of cash. The robbers became…
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What’s Love Got To Do With It?
I am not a big fan of Tina Turner although I find her story inspiring and I love the sound of her music. This post is not about the track “What’s love got to do with it”. It has something to do with what love’s got to do with making money or attaining financial freedom.…
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The Difference Between Job and Work
To most people, job and work are one and the same. Both are often used interchangeably. This leads to a lot of confusion, leading many to believe that financial freedom means firing your boss and starting a business or sailing around the world. Both words seem to mean the same thing, as they can often…
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How to Decide Which Business to Go Into
Many people have challenges deciding on what business to go into in the bid to generate multiple streams of income. Their main concern is what will make money. Since money is the major driver, there is often a lack of effort in creativity, and the tendency is to copy what others are already doing which…