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 Politics › Poverty, Prosperity And Definition Of Money! by arm4u(op): 5:41am On Dec 26, 2012 |
Poverty, Prosperity and Definition of Money! Posted on December 26, 2012 What is poverty? Did you say “lack of money” or something similar? Well, above is the average answer we have got so far, each time we ask this question at our Wealth Creation Seminars (WCS). This particular answer usually compels us to ask this next question, “What is money?”. I can remember clearly, the day I asked my kids (the oldest was 7 years old as at then) this same question, and they innocently informed me that “money is what we use to buy things!”. Unfortunately, so many adults also have this very wrong notion about money. Hear me and hear me well, money is not used to “buy” things, rather money is a medium of exchange for “things” (things here could mean goods and/or services). Having money does not mean that one is rich! If I have $100, and you have $1,000,000, and both of us have need of yam to eat, but there is no single tuber of yam in the market, then our monies are of no value. We cannot chew the dollar notes. As far as yam is not available for us to buy, your $1,000,000 dollars is as valueless as my $100. On the other hand, if both of us have no cash at the moment, but I have 100 cows, while you have just 1 goat, I am far richer than you. Far back in the days of trade by Barter, there were rich men as well as poor men, rich nations as well as poor nations. It‘s all in the definition of money. The poor see money as what they will use to buy goods/services, so they pursue money, the rich see money as a tool for exchange of goods/services, so they don’t “bother” about money. The rich rather seek to always have services to render to humanity and in doing so, money always pursue them. The million dollar question about money is this: what do you have that you can exchange with people around you? Whenever you have something to exchange, people will pay for it. I have been paid for delivering motivational lectures! I have been paid for bridging the gap between a producer of certain goods and some consumers of such goods. I can remember that I was paid for making our kind of local baskets as a teenager in the days I was growing up. Monies are exchanging hands daily. They leave the hands of those who need one service/product or the other and enter into the hands of those who provide such services/products. Hey! What is your value? What are you offering to humanity? Those who have services/products to offer to humanity are rich; those who seek for money just to purchase goods/services are poor! This why Africa is poor!. We use our money to buy from the rich nations, while the rich nations are paying serious attention to the quality and relevance of goods they produce and that of the services they render. The rich takes the responsibility of providing goods/and services to humanity, the poor takes in pride in shouting to whoever cares to listen that all he needs is money. Yet, as soon as money enters into his hands, he runs to the rich to get one service or the other, and he is back to “lack of money”. Poverty or prosperity is choice! It starts from the way we think! Its starts from the way we understand money. It does not bother me if I have don’t have money, but I should be bothered if I have no services to render to humanity. Service to humanity will surely bring money, but poverty awaits any man who has nothing to offer to humanity even if he has money today. Here is the irony, the rich pursue humanity with their goods/services, so money pursues the rich. The poor on the other hand pursue money in other hand to buy goods/services so even the little money that enters into his hands quickly leaps out of his hands into the awaiting pockets of the rich. This is why the rich will always continue to get richer while the poor will always continue to get poorer. It is a law. Arise Africa, it is time for revolution, we need a mental revolution! This is what we stand for in ARM: African Revolutionary Movement. Please follow us: wordpress: http://arm4u./ facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arm4good tweeter: @arm_tweetings email: info2.arm@gmail.com |
| Politics › The Genesis Of Our "Darkness" Part II: Rehash Verses Research! by arm4u(op): 4:57pm On Nov 17, 2012 |
It seems we prefer to rehash than to research. By Rehash, we mean the simplicity of applying the same “formula” of 40 years ago to today’s problems. Rather than do some research to find better ways of doing things, we are comfortable with rehashing how it was done before. Very annoying is that most of our “formulas” are nothing but mere superstitions. Just the other day, I heard of a pregnant woman who was running away from a baby girl that was running after her because according to the woman, she might end up having a baby girl as a result of carrying the little girl that wanted to play with her! What is the biological equation for that? Was there ever a research carried out to ascertain such claims? No! We simply rehash it, the way we were told by our forefathers. We must pay attention to research. We have what it takes to do our own silicon chips, and from there manufacture our own ICs for today’s technologies. Yet, we are comfortable with rehashing the exploits of our tribal warlords in the 1800s and the 1900s! We are waiting for 1. America to invent 2. China will produce 3. Dubai will sell, 4. Finally we’ll buy. We are calling for a revolution! A mental revolution. This is what we stand for in ARM (African Revolutionary Movement). follow us on: wordpress: http://arm4u./ facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arm4good tweeter: @arm_tweetings email: info2.arm@gmail.com |
| Politics › Re: You Lazy Intellectual African Scum! by arm4u: 4:54pm On Nov 04, 2012 |
The man Brawny is correct! Africans are generally mentally lazy! The average African is more likely to be looking for the "enemies that caused" his problems, rather than look for the right solution for the problems. He is more likely to be looking for money to buy a car, rather than look for funds to build a car! this is the Revolution we stand for in ARM! What is ARM? ARM stands for African Revolutionary Movement! Why is Africa so backward? Why are we so poor in the midst of plenty? Are we really inferior to other continents/races? Is there hope for African and Africans? We have been in the dark for ages but now is our time. We need a revolution! I don’t mean arms struggle neither do we need arms struggle. Yet welcome to ARM (African Revolutionary Movement). Africa needs a Revolution! A Mental Revolution! It is our mission to cause a Revolution. It is our vision to “light up” Africa. Who said that we are the Dark Continent? No! We are not a dark continent. We just ignorantly refused to turn ON the Light! It is time to light up of Africa! follow us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/arm4good tweeter: @arm_tweetings wordpress: http://arm4u. email: info2.arm@gmail.com ************************************************************* |
| Politics › The Genesis Of "The Darkness" In Africa! by arm4u(op): 10:19am On Oct 29, 2012 |
It seemed our forefathers were more interested in who or what "caused" their problems, rather than in "what could be done" to solve the problems. Every "challenge" no matter how small was attributed to some enemy which could be either human or spirits. As a result, they always went to make "inquiries" from the gods even if the problem was an ordinary malaria. The priests of the gods did not help matters in anyway, they kept demanding for sacrifices to "appease" the gods or materials to make counter "charms" to destroy the "enemies". Sad enough, most of the so called enemies, were only imaginary. The great consequence of this poor thought pattern, was that they always blamed someone or something for every misfortune. In their philosophy, if there was no rain, the gods were to be blamed and could not think of what else they could do to water their farms. How did the white man come about irrigation? It was very simply! "The crops need water to survive and grow, since there is no rain, we need to get water the farm from another source!" One popular slogan of LG Electronics was, "Good thinking, Good Product". It is time we look for solutions and not who or what caused our problems! Yes, good thinking, good results. It is time we THINK on solutions! It is time for mental revolution in Africa! This is what we are championing in ARM: African Revolutionary Movement! follow us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/arm4good wordpress: http://arm4u. tweeter: @arm_tweetings email: info2.arm@gmail.com |
| Politics › Re: Africa Must Invest In Political Security, Rather Than Soldiers, Police – Rawling by arm4u: 4:33pm On Oct 25, 2012 |
Africans need to invest in mind transformation! What is ARM? ARM stands for African Revolutionary Movement! Why is Africa so backward? Why are we so poor in the midst of plenty? Are we really inferior to other continents/races? Is there hope for African and Africans? We have been in the dark for ages but now is our time. We need a revolution! I don’t mean arms struggle neither do we need arms struggle. Yet welcome to ARM (African Revolutionary Movement). Africa needs a Revolution! A Mental Revolution! It is our mission to cause a Revolution. It is our vision to “light up” Africa. Who said that we are the Dark Continent? No! We are not a dark continent. We just ignorantly refused to turn ON the Light! It is time to light up of Africa! follow us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/arm4good tweeter: @arm_tweetings wordpress: http://arm4u. email: info2.arm@gmail.com |
| Politics › Re: Nigeria Exports Religion, India Exports Cars by arm4u: 4:07pm On Oct 23, 2012 |
What is ARM? ARM stands for African Revolutionary Movement! Why is Africa so backward? Why are we so poor in the midst of plenty? Are we really inferior to other continents/races? Is there hope for African and Africans? We have been in the dark for ages but now is our time. We need a revolution! I don’t mean arms struggle neither do we need arms struggle. Yet welcome to ARM (African Revolutionary Movement). Africa needs a Revolution! A Mental Revolution! It is our mission to cause a Revolution. It is our vision to “light up” Africa. Who said that we are the Dark Continent? No! We are not a dark continent. We just ignorantly refused to turn ON the Light! It is time to light up of Africa! follow us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/arm4good tweeter: @arm_tweetings wordpress: http://arm4u. email: info2.arm@gmail.com |
| Politics › Re: This Why Nija (and Africans) Are Like This!!! - A Must Read by arm4u: 11:58am On Oct 23, 2012 |
The man Brawny is correct! Africans are generally mentally lazy! The average African is more likely to be looking for the "enemies that caused" his problems, rather than look for the right solution for the problems. He is more likely to be looking for money to buy a car, rather than look for funds to build a car! this is the Revolution we stand for in ARM! What is ARM? ARM stands for African Revolutionary Movement! Why is Africa so backward? Why are we so poor in the midst of plenty? Are we really inferior to other continents/races? Is there hope for African and Africans? We have been in the dark for ages but now is our time. We need a revolution! I don’t mean arms struggle neither do we need arms struggle. Yet welcome to ARM (African Revolutionary Movement). Africa needs a Revolution! A Mental Revolution! It is our mission to cause a Revolution. It is our vision to “light up” Africa. Who said that we are the Dark Continent? No! We are not a dark continent. We just ignorantly refused to turn ON the Light! It is time to light up of Africa! follow us on FB: http://www.facebook.com/arm4good tweeter: @arm_tweetings wordpress: http://arm4u. email: info2.arm@gmail.com ************************************************************* |
| Politics › Re: The Forgotten Documents Of The Nigerian Civil War By Odia Ofeimun by arm4u: 2:02pm On Oct 22, 2012 |
"We don't see the things the way they are, we see them the way we are" - Talmud. |
| Politics › Re: Has An Incumbent Leader Lost Re-election In Nigeria? by arm4u: 9:34am On Oct 22, 2012*. Modified: 4:42pm On Oct 22, 2012 |
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| Politics › Re: BREAKING NEWS: High-profile Boko Haram Member Arrested In Ali Modu Sheriff’s Hou by arm4u: 9:32am On Oct 22, 2012*. Modified: 4:42pm On Oct 22, 2012 |
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| Politics › Re: PDP Accepts Defeat & Congratulates Mimiko by arm4u: 9:12am On Oct 22, 2012*. Modified: 4:42pm On Oct 22, 2012 |
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| Politics › Re: African Revolutionary Movement (ARM) by arm4u(op): 1:55pm On Oct 21, 2012 |
| Politics › African Revolutionary Movement (ARM) by arm4u(op): 1:06pm On Oct 21, 2012*. Modified: 1:25pm On Oct 21, 2012 |
Welcome to ARM What is ARM? ARM stands for African Revolutionary Movement! Why is Africa so backward? Why are we so poor in the midst of plenty? Are we really inferior to other continents/races? Is there hope for African and Africans? We have been in the dark for ages but now is our time. We need a revolution! I don’t mean arms struggle neither do we need arms struggle. Yet welcome to ARM (African Revolutionary Movement). Africa needs a Revolution! A Mental Revolution! It is our mission to cause a Revolution. It is our vision to “light up” Africa. Who said that we are the Dark Continent? No! We are not a dark continent. We just ignorantly refused to turn ON the Light! It is time to light up of Africa! |
