If I were to give you a N 1,000,000 cheque this morning, what will you do with it? Your answer will tell me what paradigm you live by (Instant or Delayed gratification). Every truly great person had to give up something to get what they desired.
I was at a training last year: Mastering the Business of Your Talent by Steve Harris and there was this inspiring young man (Uche Nnaji - CEO OUCH!) who gave an account of how he used the refund from his failed attempt to go abroad to study to start his first store. Today he has several stores in choice locations and sits atop one of the fastest growing luxury brands in Nigeria.
Do you ever wonder why a yahoo boy makes millions and a few months down the line comes to borrow money to buy fuel and sometimes feed? Remember Esau? Most of our youths think only in terms of today (NOW). Just like Esau, they sell or eat away their futures today. They forget that the seeds (thoughts & actions) of today are the fruits (comfort & realities) of tomorrow.
In one of the interviews of Aliko Dangote I watched on youtube, he was asked how he spends his money? And he said he doesn't spend money anyhow. He only spends on things that are valuable (useful for him or others). He isn't a lavish spender. Warren Buffet (one of the world's richest men) still lives in a house he bought in 1969 and drives an old model car.
Albert Einstein once said that the greatest discovery of man is the "principle of the compound interest". The principle works on the power of what time can do on a seemingly little action (seed) of today. Those who bought parcels of land in the Ajah or Lekki area of Lagos in the 1960s, how much do you think they'll make as gain today?
I advice that you do all you can to make valuable deposits into your future account & let God & Time work its magic
God bless you & do have a fruitful day({})
Awe Olaleye
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God bless Nigeria\=D/
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