xjiggy:
No everything is village people. I left the bank for farming and I'm at peace with myself. Just do what gives u peace and pays the bills. Simple

Naughtysite:


Locate someone that will guide you so that you won't make mistakes.

That's all.

Some friends left banking 8 years ago. They are still alive. Moreover, bankers hardly save money. Why ?

Crummy:
the subject is singular, it should be 'has', the guy is right

pocohantas:
He is fulfilled.

(Sometimes) I feel like resigning and opening a restaurant where I will be cooking afang and semo. I said it once to someone and he looked at me one how. I could tell he thought I am a very stupid girl- one with no dreams & aspirations.

izzou:


Are you scared of being fulfilled?

pocohantas:


Lmao. When you put it like that, makes me feel guilty.

I wouldn't say I am not "fulfilled" here. There are just days I have a mental drain- on such days, I feel like being so many things. From a trophy wife, to a yam seller, then a restaurant owner.

Lol

But then, just follow your heart.... Sounds difficult, but most times, that's where our peace lies

pocohantas:


Lmao. When you put it like that, makes me feel guilty.

I wouldn't say I am not "fulfilled" here. There are just days I have a mental drain- on such days, I feel like being so many things. From a trophy wife, to a yam seller, then a restaurant owner.

pocohantas:


Lmao. When you put it like that, makes me feel guilty.

I wouldn't say I am not "fulfilled" here. There are just days I have a mental drain- on such days, I feel like being so many things. From a trophy wife, to a yam seller, then a restaurant owner.

thelastorca:


Interestingly I am at my own crossroads

Been out of work since July. Severance and pension can carry me at my current lifestyle for the next three to four years. Some other things are bringing in money but kind of slowly.

I got an offer to resume at my old place in a contract type role, but I didn’t want that.

I and a guy I have worked with on and off are dancing around each other but yet to fully commit. It’s his office in gbagada

My old boss just called and said guy, our friends at x company have a vacancy

And I am trying to turn my pp into reality.

I was running myself ragged juggling pp and work before.

Trying to figure out the best option

pocohantas:
He is fulfilled.

(Sometimes) I feel like resigning and opening a restaurant where I will be cooking afang and semo. I said it once to someone and he looked at me one how. I could tell he thought I am a very stupid girl- one with no dreams & aspirations.

madridsta007:


This, my dear sir, reminds me of "aspire to acquire and don't retire but refire".

Awon motivational speakers. That man's village people have held midnight vigil for him.

sonofElElyon:
Be honest please! On the probability scale of 1 - 10, what are the chances of this happening
Plus the guy is now smoking weed daily!

fairfora:
please search for the name Dola Adelegan. He's my uncle who hails from ondo state. Your post reminds me of what they said to him in the late 90s whilst he was in America. He left a juicy position at union bank for a greener pasture in yankee. On getting to America, he got employed by one firm where he ran shifts. On his way back home, he'd stop at a vendor's booth to read news papers and there he saw an advert of a solar inverter company and quickly remembered the electricity challenges we were facing back home. He wrote to them to be their agent in Nigeria but they rejected his request. They said solar inverter would be difficult to sell in many African countries and extra effort would be needed so, they were not ready to move to africa at that time. Some months later, they wrote to him and invited him to their facility for training. He was told he must order some demos for installation in Nigeria. He left USA for ibadan and his friends were mocking him. Some said the village people had finally succeeded in sending him back home. He dared the unforeseen challenges. In short, he installed his first demo at CBN. Cbn said they had 3 automatic standby gen so they're not interested. As our pple always love freebies. On hearing that the demo was free they allowed him install one in the IT dept.

Some months later, the unprecedented happened. The 3 gens packed up and nepa disappointed. The directors were running up and down, panicking. Whe they got to the IT dept, they found out that they were doing their work as normal....the solar inverter did the magic, blinking on the wall where it was installed. They called uncle dola to install the units in all the CBN branches nationwide. When the atm revolution erupted in Nigeria, he was recommended by CBN to all the commercial banks to install the units to power all their ATMs . This man won the best distributor of the year with xantex engineering, the usa company who first rejected his request. He won this award 3 consecutive times. Anytime he goes to USA, he's the one spending money on his friends who mocked him back then, saying solar inverter would never sell in Nigeria.

realestniggah:
If this story is true that man is definitely happy now.

Bank Job might seem glorious.. But they are some of the most demanding stressful job on the planet

pocohantas:
He is fulfilled.

(Sometimes) I feel like resigning and opening a restaurant where I will be cooking afang and semo. I said it once to someone and he looked at me one how. I could tell he thought I am a very stupid girl- one with no dreams & aspirations.

sonofElElyon:
The two cases are absolutely different!
Your uncle established a business and had a vision for the greater good and benefit of his country while making money in the process.. The guy who is a surfing instructor is doing it because he wants to avoid the stress of life. Just wants to be happy... No mention of him having a business plan or planning to have a business or seeking a greater good beyond personal pleasure. Your uncle didnt run away from stress and his reasons for selling solar power wasn't just to be happy but for a greater good and service., Lastly your uncle I believe didn't smoke Igbo everyday! Totally different case bro.

fairfora:
Oh, well! They said the same to me when i resigned as a mid level executive in a giant telecoms company in 2010. I remember my colleagues saying I have been charmed and today, we know who has truly been charmed. My salary was being paid as at when due, my car was being changed every 2 years..in fact, I'd be the one to tear the nylon from it's body. So, they saw no reason why I should leave but I saw what they weren't seeing...greater opportunities.

I left this company without a car. One of colleagues said...remember your little kids and wife who was without a job and I told them my mind was made up already. Though I drank the gari for good months, not funny. From the 7th month, things began to take a new turn. I remember the first contact of 9m naira I won 8 months after I resigned. Today, all I can say is thank God and that's why I always support anyone who could dare fear of the unknown spirit like I did . If you call me a motivational speaker , you're not far from being correct because I'm a living witness. Last year, I had the opportunity of meeting with the USA president. It was a great honour my brother. Only one per cent of the world population could take such a giant step I took and those of us who did so always end up writing the pay check of those who can't. I know you're my brother from the language used in your post. It's unfortunate many of my people love to end their career in the office rather than being a job provider. Good evening.

madridsta007:



Entrepreneurship-which I presume is the path you took-is good; but diving into without a plan is disastrous. I know a number of people who are regretting that journey into the unknown.
I could say the same for myself; but mine was not a dive into entrepreneurship, I went into something different. This year alone, by God's grace, I have sat on a roundtable representing a certain country (not Nigeria); across the table where our team sat, were the Chinese. I did the same a couple of times and across the table was Colombia, Brazil and the United States.

But there was a plan. A detailed plan and hard work. For this fellow, that plan is not very apparent. Hence my conclusion that it is probably, as it is told, a very foolish thing to have done. But I may be wrong. We do not have all the facts.

doris00:

A Twitter user with the handle @Qossi_ took to the platform to share a bizarre story of an acquaintance who quit from his bank job.

According to the Twitter user, the young man quit his bank job to become a surf instructor for tourist. When queried on why he quit, the young man stated that he is tired of the fiercely competitive struggle in the job.



https://mobile.twitter.com/Qossi_/status/1189458456098607105

See his tweet below;

https://thickmatch.com/nigerian-man-quits-bank-job-life-beach-side/

doris00:

A Twitter user with the handle @Qossi_ took to the platform to share a bizarre story of an acquaintance who quit from his bank job.

According to the Twitter user, the young man quit his bank job to become a surf instructor for tourist. When queried on why he quit, the young man stated that he is tired of the fiercely competitive struggle in the job.



https://mobile.twitter.com/Qossi_/status/1189458456098607105

See his tweet below;

https://thickmatch.com/nigerian-man-quits-bank-job-life-beach-side/

smasher1:


Quiting a job that pays over 500k a month!

fairfora:
It might look a little different but not without some similarities. the bottom line is...he's doing what nobody every believed (and still never believes) could fetch him a fortune like my uncle, who left his comfort zone in USA to sell a product which had never existed in Nigeria before. The almighty cbn even discouraged him. This guy ran away from stress, the way my uncle ran away from union bank stress in those days, to america in search of a stress-free job. Maje Ayida too was told same thing as an instructor. Now, he's being hired by renown politicians, CEOs and directors of companies to render a service. He lives large around now. Smoking weed or not, that's his personal stuff. If what he does isn't affected by his lifestyle, I see no problems there. My direct boss while I was working in a telecoms company could finish 2 packets of filtered cuban cigar in a day but he remained the best boss ever and that never encouraged me to engage in smoking