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Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by busky101(m): 11:52am On Oct 22, 2015 |
Linda ikeji's words of advice to the ladies ....... ( commenting on her new house ) Now to all the young girls looking at these photos, please read below.. My name is Linda Ikeji. I'm a blogger. I'm 35 years old and I have never...never ever in my life slept with a man for money. Not only have I never done it, I have never even considered it...and here I am with a house that cost me over half a billion naira. Listen, you are beautiful and you are stronger than you know. There's absolutely nothing you can't achieve if you set your mind to it, put your heart and soul into it. Up until five years ago, I was a struggling entrepreneur. I can't tell you how many offices in this Lagos I sat in for hours waiting to see people who could support my business...but most times, I never passed the reception area. But I never gave up and I never stopped believing and here I am today. You too can be this..you can be better than this. No dream is too big, no dream is too small, no mountain is too high...it's all in your mind. It's all up to you. If you believe in you, in your God who is guiding you, then the sky is your starting point. Please stop waiting around for a man to give to you...to put food on your table and put clothes on your back. I promise you, you can do it for yourself. Start thinking big, believe in yourself, be creative and start working. Realize that your dreams are valid...and nobody will make your dreams come true except you. Find what you are good at. Find something that you are passionate about. Work hard at it. Be consistent. Be patient. Start young. Even if you're not young, it's never too late! I have been hustling since I left secondary school..started modeling before I entered university in 1998. Was running a modeling agency even while I was a student and made it a full time business after I left university. I never doubted that I would succeed one day, because I was determined. And please do not think this happened over night. I've been blogging since 2006...November this year will make it exactly 9 years. God, consistency and hard work brought me here today. Unfortunately, a lot of our young girls aren't patient and some are lazy, they want it quick and fast but it doesn't work like that. Success takes time - takes hard work - takes passion - takes consistency - but more than anything else, it takes the Grace of God. I was a 30 year old broke woman and on my birthday, a very sad and depressed me turned to God and begged him. I told Him you promised me, when will You fulfill Your promise? Am I not Your child? Have I not lived according to Your teachings? When will You bless me? Please God help me...and with tears in my eyes, I begged Him. I cried and I begged and I begged and I begged. A few months later my life changed. Never underestimate God's love for you and the power of prayer. And never stop working. Listen, I make enough money to hire so many people to work on this blog while I go do other things and enjoy myself...but I don't do that. I'm up while some of you are sleeping, and already blogging before some of you wake up. I don't take this for granted. I know to stay on top, I have to constantly work and nobody will be as dedicated as I am because this is not their own thing. It's mine and I have to keep feeding it. So I'm constantly here! Young ladies, I promise you...you too can do this. You don't need to spread your legs for any bladdy man - because of how much? N200k? That's how much my shoes cost - so why should you give up your body for that? Your sacred body? God's temple? N200k that you can make in a week or even in a day if you pursue your dreams and still have your dignity intact? You think people don't see that you're messing around with all dem old married men and talking about it? Think ladies, think! When next a man propositions you...tell him to get lost, that you will get yours yourself! Abi, aren't you a woman? You know what they say about women? "A woman is like a tea bag, you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.". You are so strong, you don't even know! Also, if you want God to bless you, you have to have a clean heart. All these backbiting, hating on others, trying to bring people down with hateful words/actions etc - God doesn't like ugly. He has over 6 billion people to look after and you think he will pay extra attention to you if your heart is ugly? Wish people well, help people when you can. Be good to others. But more than anything else be good to yourself. Believe in yourself. It's very easy to give in to feelings of self-doubt and back down when things get tough, but you have to know that God will not give you anything you can't handle. I swear to you, you are underestimating yourself. If you know the power that you have inside. If you know the things that you are capable of. If you know how far you can go...how high you can reach but you are holding yourself back because you're afraid of failing, because you don't think you have it in you. If only you know that you're stronger than you think. You are so powerful, you don't even know it. I'm not more special than you are. I don't have two heads. We serve the same God. Why can't you succeed? Think ladies, think. Like Barack Obama's sister said, poverty is not an excuse! I used to sell/market beer at Sheraton hotel, Lagos when I was in university for N1,000 a day. I once lived on 'puff puff' and garri for weeks in UNILAG and I was supposedly a top model but nobody knew what I was going through. Trust me, I knew poverty. Did you know I lived in Idi-oro, Mushin for 15 years? Up until when I was 25? Did you live in Mushin? Eh, so what's your excuse? I can't even say some things here for my family's privacy but here I am today because I never doubted myself and I never allowed all the doubters to distract me. I was focused. I was determined. I worked hard and I knew the God I served won't let me down. The road was long, sometimes very frustrating and painful but look at me now. God did it because he saw that I was willing! "Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say, “She doesn’t have what it takes.” They will say, “Women don’t have what it takes.” Please believe in yourself and watch God use you to set as an example for others. May all your dreams come true! Kisses. Oh by the way (addressing the argument I read online this weekend) I don't do anything else. I blog from 4am till midnight, where do I have time to do anything else? When God wants to bless you, He will bless you...even if you're selling toothpick. Cheers! 11 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by Sanmel(f): 12:14pm On Oct 22, 2015 |
Inspiring.. 2 Likes
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Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by kristonium(m): 12:39pm On Oct 22, 2015 |
There is dignity in labour!
Pay now so u can play tomorrow! 3 Likes |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by CBNIM: 12:42pm On Oct 22, 2015 |
wow, Im impressed. good one from linda. 1 Like |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by xynerise: 1:02pm On Oct 22, 2015 |
Ikeja ko, Ajegunle ni |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by busky101(m): 2:15pm On Oct 22, 2015 |
kristonium:sure, cc; lalasticlala, ishilove.. |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by Nobody: 9:03pm On Oct 22, 2015 |
Inspiring... |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by NickiRoman: 9:24pm On Oct 22, 2015 |
Hard work and patience |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by rOsy247(f): 11:43pm On Oct 22, 2015 |
I like this. Especially the refusal to sleep with any man for money part. 1 Like |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by virginboy1(m): 6:41am On Oct 23, 2015 |
Any lady that sleeps with any man because of money....na ASHEWO. Check dictionary 1 Like |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by God2man(m): 8:31am On Oct 23, 2015 |
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours, he will pass an invisible boundary, new universal and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him, and he will live with the license of a higher order of being. HENRY. DAVID THOREAU |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by dollydolly(f): 9:39am On Oct 23, 2015 |
Such an inspirational piece. 1 Like |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by Nobody: 10:29am On Oct 23, 2015 |
DEM GO GREE HEAR; Na so so to fight for Emeka, Ebuka, Olamide, Yusuf blokus dem sabi . After fighting for Blokus dem go begin jealous others. Meanwhile, This Linda, na wah this your money is too much oh. can i have some?? 35yrs, 1billion naira house? na wetin sef. Some here wey their fingers sharp like razor never fit buy wheelbarrow. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by Onegai(f): 10:40am On Oct 23, 2015 |
Seriously you can see she worked hard to get to the top. But she's moving from crude gossip (awon Stella Dimoko-and co) which makes her more marketable. |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by Kimoni: 10:46am On Oct 23, 2015 |
Inspiring story...Linda took charge of her life and made the most of her situation. In the land where some people will never see anything good, she found the wisdom to tap into the opportunities that existed and the rest is history You are your own limitation in life. Take responsibility for your life and steer it the way you wish. Poverty is not an excuse! |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by Rukkydelta(f): 11:43am On Oct 23, 2015 |
Great piece |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by soopamom: 11:57am On Oct 23, 2015 |
This piece is patronising. You were just lucky. Right time.QED. Besides an expensive house and expensive shoes is not the epitome of success or happiness" those are external values that the world sees. What's really in a person's heart? Are you content with who you are? When nobody is looking can a person still smile/ laugh joyfully? That is the yardstick by which I measure success. So my own advice to young girls out there is to Know yourself. And Chase the dreams that will make you happy. Put a smile on your face for yourself. Not for the world to see. Cheers. 4 Likes |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by busky101(m): 11:10am On Oct 25, 2015 |
Chillisauce:lmao |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by rOsy247(f): 7:56pm On Oct 27, 2015 |
Lol |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by Adaeze003(f): 11:03am On Oct 28, 2015 |
soopamom: You have your own yardstick of success, she has hers. There's nothing patronizing about what she said, the message is simple. "I worked hard and made it to the top, you can too as a woman"!!! Simple! There's nothing like "luck" in her success, there were bloggers before her and there will be bloggers after her and some will still not get to earn as much as she does in this life. It's not a curse but reality. She said it was her hardwork, patience and faith. You best believe that! If she was male and said all these, you won't give the same response! Luck my ass... 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by soopamom: 11:31am On Oct 28, 2015 |
Adaeze003:woman, trust me, if she was a man, i wont give the same response , i would be harsher. what a person chooses to do with his/her body is none of your fucking business, and if she chooses to call repeated plagiarism and unabashed article stealing, unfounded uninvestigated reporting "hardwork", and you both choose to believe it, good for her and good for you too! she's not the only one that has been hustling since bleh bleh bleh, yada yada yada. she's not the only one that has never slept with a man for money, shes not the only one that has cried to the so-called God about being his child and blah blah blah. so like i said, her God was doing eenie minnie maney moo, who shall i make rich today, lucky linda it is you!...She was just Lucky! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by SAMBARRY: 7:15am On Oct 29, 2015 |
You can say that again Chillisauce: 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by SAMBARRY: 7:16am On Oct 29, 2015 |
Adaeze003:leave am.na jealousy dey worry am |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by Pidggin(f): 7:31pm On Oct 29, 2015 |
Chillisauce: 1 Like |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by SAMBARRY: 8:10pm On Oct 29, 2015 |
soopamom:e pain am Bad belle,jealousy and enemy of progress. Hobiii 1 Like |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by Duru009(m): 8:46am On Oct 30, 2015 |
Its inspiring tho......... But what do u have against men.... Is it becos u are not married yet or abi love has not been kind to you. Pls stop hating men so that God will give u ur own man to marry my dear........ |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by busky101(m): 11:21pm On Nov 05, 2015 |
Duru009:you think she is hating on men? |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by aspirebig: 3:52am On Nov 06, 2015 |
Nobody will ever tell you publicly that they slept with man before they make it. Everyone with his or het own luck. |
Re: Linda Ikeja's Advice To The Ladies by miqos02(m): 9:11am On Nov 06, 2015 |
ok |
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