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Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Samcent: 8:56pm On Apr 23, 2017
The unemployment situation in the country is disturbing. Self-employment is the way forward but the government needs to do more in creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.

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Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by jist2day: 8:59pm On Apr 23, 2017
Network marketing really pays.you can get in touch.

Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Nobody: 9:00pm On Apr 23, 2017
tochi8888:
thanks

What do you intend to go into??
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by onyeogalu1(m): 9:08pm On Apr 23, 2017
eezeribe:
I am happy that Robert Kiyosaki has inspired you...
I will choose financial intelligence over intelligence quotient,any day,any time.
If you need more of his books(15 in number),Holla at me(free of charge).



Welldone bro.
I sent you an email
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Jlake(m): 9:09pm On Apr 23, 2017
eezeribe:
I am happy that Robert Kiyosaki has inspired you...
I will choose financial intelligence over intelligence quotient,any day,any time.
If you need more of his books(15 in number),Holla at me(free of charge).
I need d book.
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by tochi8888(m): 9:12pm On Apr 23, 2017
Stevenbright:

The next book you need to also read is "The Success Principles: How to Get from Where you are to Where you Want to Be" by Jack Canfield. After that you can go get and devour Napoleon Hill books. As for Napoleon Hill books, I can give them to you for free in eBook format. Just let me know if you need them.
pls I need them contact will be given to you.... just send me a mail.... thanks
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by tochi8888(m): 9:15pm On Apr 23, 2017
SnowJay92:


What do you intend to go into??
I intend to go into........ pls let's chat on KIK messenger.... my username Tochi44.... thanks
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by tochi8888(m): 9:18pm On Apr 23, 2017
jist2day:
Network marketing really pays.you can get in touch.
..... please how can i get into the network marketing business? Am interested..... pls send me a mail..... check my signature..... thanks
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by laidima88(m): 9:30pm On Apr 23, 2017
you are even about to and you speak as if you don hamma, just plan well so you won't go from frying pan to fire

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Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by being(m): 9:36pm On Apr 23, 2017
Samcent:
The unemployment situation in the country is disturbing. Self-employment is the way forward but the government needs to do more in creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.

This is a fact every under g or recent g needs to realize! The jobs are simply not enough for everyone. And there are a number of business opportunities in the country!
Do u realize that cos of a high supply of job seekers,jib conditions r now harder and more unpalatable than before? - cos u if u leave , 100 other pple r willing to do d job for half d pay. We are no longer in the civil servant age where studying classics in uni would get you a cosy govt job.
Today u have to create real value to get real moni. U need to determine how you can create value for ur society either through a skill or creating a system(business).
If for instance, u are studying history or sociology and u don't have d above, u are on a long thing cos ur only options are banks which ever other graduate would apply for!!

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Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Nobody: 9:51pm On Apr 23, 2017
Nice thread

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Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Mcslize: 9:53pm On Apr 23, 2017
eezeribe:
I am happy that Robert Kiyosaki has inspired you...
I will choose financial intelligence over intelligence quotient,any day,any time.
If you need more of his books(15 in number),Holla at me(free of charge).

Pls kindly send to me.

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Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by tochi8888(m): 10:06pm On Apr 23, 2017
highrise07:
Nice thread
thanks very much
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Nobody: 10:15pm On Apr 23, 2017
My advice is to always have a plan and stay focus,do av a mentor too that you look up to,study the life's of rich men, trust me it is not all hardwork,it could be a simple thing as Emir Sanusi kneeling down for his mum when greeting her,trust me there is more to richies that meet the eye.There is a divine presence you can't just wish away.This road you want to embark on isn't that easy,expect a lot of good n bad moments,but take the lessons.Trust me you need the good lord now more than ever,because at some point u might likely break down,but just take the lessons,God is obviously preparing you for greater things and you need your shock absorbers to be strong. My Z.I of the days of yores Mr Yusuf always tell me rich men are hardly moved even when they face great challenges that they are always calm but he never understood why,your journey will reveal that.Lastly remember Alhaji Dangote started from Surulere in 1982 according to CAC so you would need a lot of patience n perseverance too

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Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Kaysalas(m): 10:19pm On Apr 23, 2017
Stevenbright:

The next book you need to also read is "The Success Principles: How to Get from Where you are to Where you Want to Be" by Jack Canfield. After that you can go get and devour Napoleon Hill books. As for Napoleon Hill books, I can give them to you for free in eBook format. Just let me know if you need them.
kindly send me those books
Its kaysalas at yahoo don come thanks

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Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by deleo16(m): 10:25pm On Apr 23, 2017
Read this book "millionaire fast lane
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by InfinixMine: 10:29pm On Apr 23, 2017
Addicted2Women:

I will never ever work for anyone in my life

Money is the easiest thing to make

Selling phone chargers can make you a millionaire if you know the game and you're smart

I don't know how someone would go work for anyone for 30k per month when there are many small businesses that can make you 50k in a week

I started with selling 200 naira ropes, how many people will stop so low by selling ordinary rope ?? That rope me a millionaire



pls show us the way... beko
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by tochi8888(m): 10:32pm On Apr 23, 2017
uruba23:
My advice is to always have a plan and stay focus,do av a mentor too that you look up to,study the life's of rich men, trust me it is not all hardwork,it could be a simple thing as Emir Sanusi kneeling down for his mum when greeting her,trust me there is more to richies that meet the eye.There is a divine presence you can't just wish away.This road you want to embark on isn't that easy,expect a lot of good n bad moments,but take the lessons.Trust me you need the good lord now more than ever,because at some point u might likely break down,but just take the lessons,God is obviously preparing you for greater things and you need your shock absorbers to be strong. My Z.I of the days of yores Mr Yusuf always tell me rich men are hardly moved even when they face great challenges that they are always calm but he never understood why,your journey will reveal that.
thanks..... you spoke like a father giving out his daughters hand in marriage... God bless you.
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by ismart: 10:32pm On Apr 23, 2017
martyns303:


You will make a fine motivational speaker, "I came by the book by accident", you seem to have mastered a few lines. You don't have to sound smart just for a few likes. Please tell us which of those principles in the book u have used practically to achieve your objectives.

In that book, you will read somewhere he said if you do opposite of what others are doing, you will rake more money.

I and my friend heard about a particular niche that was making people money last year and we dived it lie idiots with herdsmen mentality, following crowd and what happened? we lost money due to bastardized niche and competition. This year again, we made same mistake... mind you, it is pretty easy to forget what you have read.

So after losing money, being battered left and right, my friend gave up but I told him I am not giving up. I then recalled what Kiyosaki said and stopped following the crowd to do what they do.

I had to start searching for niches that most Nigerians aren't looking, I gauge the demand, their( customers) emotional response and much more.... this is a niche others are not exploiting at the moment less crowded and boom I have my phone ringing through the roof. Yesterday I delivered 10 products. Tomorrow will be another 10 and that is 20 gone out of 25 pcs that I bought to TEST if what I had learned was right.

I will be left with just 5 soonest.

It is not likely that I will respond to you after this because educating a negative and closed mind is not something I enjoy doing.

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Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Shakitibob0: 10:40pm On Apr 23, 2017
spaggyy:


Op I wish you all the best in life, you have chosen the best path, I graduated 2012, and till date I have never been employed and to the Glory of God, I have never lacked any good thing I desire, I own and run my own business

We can be friends if you do not mind 08067984710 whatsapp me


Adeboye olusegun spaggy is my name
let's be friends..can we?
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by bigiyaro(m): 10:43pm On Apr 23, 2017
redcliff:


You must be a foolish hediot.... what do you know about being poor or rich? Peasant
kikikikiki.... Wawa.
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Shakitibob0: 10:45pm On Apr 23, 2017
spaggyy:


Op I wish you all the best in life, you have chosen the best path, I graduated 2012, and till date I have never been employed and to the Glory of God, I have never lacked any good thing I desire, I own and run my own business

We can be friends if you do not mind 08067984710 whatsapp me


Adeboye olusegun spaggy is my name
let's be friends..can we?
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by ibietela2(m): 10:58pm On Apr 23, 2017
Computer science graduate? Can you write HTML code?

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Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Shakitibob0: 10:59pm On Apr 23, 2017
ismart:


In that book, you will read somewhere he said if you do opposite of what others are doing, you will rake more money.

I and my friend heard about a particular niche that was making people money last year and we dived it lie idiots with herdsmen mentality, following crowd and what happened? we lost money due to bastardized niche and competition. This year again, we made same mistake... mind you, it is pretty easy to forget what you have read.

So after losing money, being battered left and right, my friend gave up but I told him I am not giving up. I then recalled what Kiyosaki said and stopped following the crowd to do what they do.

I had to start searching for niches that most Nigerians aren't looking, I gauge the demand, their( customers) emotional response and much more.... this is a niche others are not exploiting at the moment less crowded and boom I have my phone ringing through the roof. Yesterday I delivered 10 products. Tomorrow will be another 10 and that is 20 gone out of 25 pcs that I bought to TEST if what I had learned was right.

I will be left with just 5 soonest.

It is not likely that I will respond to you after this because educating a negative and closed mind is not something I enjoy doing.
bro...what do you sell? I may be interested in buying too
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by jist2day: 11:01pm On Apr 23, 2017
tochi8888:
..... please how can i get into the network marketing business? Am interested..... pls send me a mail..... check my signature..... thanks
It's very easy oo,only 40 euros.
Less than 20k.
See my whatsapp.08175246439
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by ismart: 11:02pm On Apr 23, 2017
Shakitibob0:
bro...what do you sell? I may be interested in buying too
sorry, i can't let that out bro. I hope you understand. Thank you.
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by emdeey(m): 11:13pm On Apr 23, 2017
eezeribe:
I am happy that Robert Kiyosaki has inspired you...
I will choose financial intelligence over intelligence quotient,any day,any time.
If you need more of his books(15 in number),Holla at me(free of charge).

Holla Holla.. help me with robert kiyosaki books
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by Legacypower(m): 11:20pm On Apr 23, 2017
Plz I need the soft copy of the book...my e-mail is nwosuafamefunajohn@gmail.com
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by nkemjacob2(m): 11:31pm On Apr 23, 2017
what nigeria need is entrepreneurs not employee... good move my friend
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by deleo16(m): 11:32pm On Apr 23, 2017
The Millionaire Fastlane: Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a ...
Book by M. J. DeMarco read this and thank me later
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by vislabraye(m): 11:43pm On Apr 23, 2017
tochi8888:
3 years ago, I graduated from school, studied Computer Science and armed with a good grade, and a promise not to stay unemployed for more than six months, to me this school has just graduated one of it's best students. Oh!  poor school.
It was a sunny Tuesday afternoon, I stood at the gate of the school with my bags in hands and a mixed feelings of fulfilment and worries.

I was fulfilled that at last I was able to make my family proud that after all their efforts and prayers to get me through school-I made it.

The worries came because I know the next line of action was a job search,  going by the crisis of unemployment in the country and thousands of graduates every year in search for anyhow job.... well, I had just bought a high heeled shoe two months before graduation... maybe it's time for it to get to work now and keep my feet from tears.

I searched for job almost immediately(2 weeks after graduation) I was a hotcake, so i had thought.Requirements I got from prospective employers had to do with me having completed my one year compulsory NYSC program.
Oh!! Maybe those people that cried and shouted about been unemployed are either not with a NYSC certificate or not with a good grade(I laughed at them in my mind)

NYSC

My PPA was a school in a very local part of Ogun State, though I am an Igbo person but my fluency in Yoruba and my socializing abilities made it less stressful. Also as the President of my CDS unit it also made me more prepared to secure a job and also help me improve on my team work abilities, with the co-operation of me and some of my friends we were able to execute a small project in the local government spearheaded by me.
A year passed and am through with NYSC yes!!  Let me see who will say there's no job now
My homecoming after NYSC was like I have just won a reality TV show.. maybe BBN... the difference.. NO #25M price money. My friends and well wishers were around to welcome me. I felt like a hero who had just saved a princess from captivity.

One month later I hit the Labour market once again hoping that this time I am getting a good job. I cleaned and ironed my suit, polished my black shoes and a good tie to match. Having prepared for this interview I set out for the company I was in in high spirit.
I was one hour early for the interview, the early morning breeze from the companies 7th floor window was a trap to make me fall asleep or lukewarm probably, well... I did not fall for that.

The interviewer  was busy answering calls as I was busy answering his questions when he asked "Tell me about yourself" I stopped, He signalled for me to continue. Maybe I was not needed in the first place.... at times he would ask a question I had answered earlier. that hurts. So unprofessional of him.
"Thank you we would get back to you"... He said. Well... I have always seen that response to mean "get out of here that post is already filled up"

And after that, I have tried so many banks, companies, consulting firms, small businesses-even if am to be paid as low as #20K. The only offer I got for a #15, 000 was in a fast food restaurant (but at least you are sure of breakfast and lunch-a voice said to me) from then I knew the devil lies within-I need to move closer to God and silence that voice.

Fast forward to about 6 weeks ago I came across a book I once read when I was in school...This book changed my orientation about school then among other things and also working for someone, depending on things to happen so you can move forward instead of happening to things and moving forward.

This book:- Rich Dad,Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki


If you have read this book am sure you'd agree with me that you are far more bigger than unemployment and stagnation in life. You are bigger than recession and global economic meltdown.  You deserve the best because you now know the principles and ideas to be where you want to be in life.
If you will follow the recommendations and steps prescribed in his book.. Kiyoasaki's ideas will spur you to greater heights.

This book serves as a firm reminder that the more you put into your education, especially your financial education, the more financially independent you’ll become.
One of the book’s major thrusts is the fact that too many people get stuck in a rat race. They go to school to find a safe job with lots of benefits and a high ladder to climb, save their money little by little, pay their bills and expenses, and then spend what they have left over, only to repeat the same cycle for the rest of their working lives. But this hamster wheel never allows them to truly get ahead, or really become financially independent.

Robert Kiyosaki argues that there are other ways to become financially independent. Instead of working for money, you can make money work for you. He talks about real estate, the stock market, and high return-on-investment strategies. If you take the time to really learn a little bit about the finance game, it’s much more of a smart strategy than a gamble.
We all know money won’t make you happy, but it can certainly be a facilitator of dreams and opportunities.

So with this in mind I am saying goodbye to job search and unemployment and stagnation and pity and disrespect because joblessness means lack of everything including respect consciously or unconscious people will disrespect you because you are poor and unemployed not because you enjoy your present situation but because the system does not support and encourage the needs of thousands of graduates every year.
Though assistance is needed... thanks

Some more wise words from Rich Dad,Poor Dad


"Unfortunately for many people school is the end, not the beginning.”

“...One dad had a habit of saying, ‘I can’t afford it.’ The other dad forbade those words to be used. He insisted I ask, ‘How can I afford it?’ One is a statement, and the other is a question. One lets you off the hook, and the other forces you to think.”


“A plan is a bridge to your dreams. Your job is to make the plan or bridge real, so that your dreams will become real. If all you do is stand on the side of the bank and dream of the other side, your dreams will forever be just dreams. First make your plans real and then your dreams will come true.”



"In school we learn that mistakes are bad, and we are punished for making them. Yet, if you look at the way humans are designed to learn, we learn by making mistakes. We learn to walk by falling down. If we never fell down, we would never walk."


You’re only poor if you give up. The most important thing is that you did something. Most people only talk and dream of getting rich. You’ve done something.


"Workers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won't quit."


"They get up every day and go work for money, not taking the time to ask the question, ‘Is there another way?"


There is a difference between being poor and being broke. Broke is temporary. Poor is eternal.


“Take it or leave it.  I’ve got too much work to do to waste my time. If you can’t make up your mind decisively, then you;ll never learn to make money anyway. OPPORTUNITES COME AND GO. Being able to know when to make a quick decisions is an important skill”


“‘Will a job be the best solution to this fear (the fear of not having enough money) over the long run?’ In my opinion, the answer is ‘no’. Especially when you look over a person’s lifetime. A job is really a short-term solution to a long-term problem” 


“Mind your own business. Financial struggle is often directly the result of people working all their life for someone else. Many people will have nothing at the end of their working days”



Unemployment

I hope you succeed in your business. And I hope that when Shell or Mobil come for you, you will turn them down.
Some people venture into business because unemployment and some as a result of their long term dream. Whichever is your reason, I pray you do well. And also important, leave salary earners alone.
Re: Employed Vs Self-Employed: I'm Giving Up On Job Search, Starting My Own Business by liamokoli: 11:54pm On Apr 23, 2017
redcliff:
With a post this long just to tell us why you are going to startup a business and no more look for a job maybee the reason why employers never take you serious... you talk too much



That was a nice write up and every detail was necessary Take it or you leave it.

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