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Have you ever at any point looked back at your life and measured how much better it might have turned out if you had done certain things?

If you are like most people, you have. And worry not, as you most likely already know, it doesn't mean you are a failure. Regrets are just a part of life

If you haven't, it either means you're too young, or things always work well for you. Either ways, we thank God for your life

Whatever be the case, they are some things you can start doing now that will positively impact your future. Things that in a few years or months or even days from now, you will look back and start thanking yourself for doing them.

Enough of long talk. Let's quickly dive in and look at some of those things we can do that our future self will appreciate us for


1. Start learning a high income skill
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"A high income skill is a skill that pay a lot of money because it is high in demand and people who have it are rare"
Toyin Omotoso

There are lots of people good in sewing, photography, hairdressing, baking and the likes. If you learn a skill in these saturated areas (kopas do it a lot, sadly) you will be struggling to find customers and make money out of that skill when you finish

But If you go the extra mile today to learn a rare and highly demanded skill, you gain at least 2 advantages:

1. You will not lack jobs.
2. In a few years, when more and more people start acquiring this skills, you will be seen as an expert (even a celebrity) because you were there earlier. And people would even be coming to you for training

Some high income skills you can choose to learn are

1. Video editing
2. Copy writing
3. Selling (offline or online)
4. Languages (chinese for e.g)
5. Coding
6. And lots more you can find out



2. **********Know people before the time comes when you will need their help************

Know this,

i) most jobs are given, most deals are closed, most contracts are awarded on man know man basis first, then merit a close second, sometimes

ii) if you request a favor from a stranger, you will most likely be turned down. If you persist, you will be considered a pest to be avoided

iii) if you want to be friends with a person who already possess wealth or power, you will be thought of as doing it for the benefits, hence you will viewed with suspicion, and ignored

But, if you make a habit of meeting at least one new person every week just to get to know them, there is no how at least 10 of them will not be in a position where they can be of help in a few years time

Then you can request a favor as a friend (and maybe even as an equal), and not as an opportunist

Start meeting new people and regularly keep in touch with old friends today. Nobody is an island. And one is an evil number


3. *******For guys, learn how to properly relate with the woman you are in a relationship with (A lady can say something on the other hand)********

By default, many guys in a relationship are either a woman's maga or her boy boy. It's not due to her shortcomings, it's just the way you present yourself to her

If you believe money is the only way to a woman's heart, or you always seem eager to impress a woman, she will place you in either of the above categories. And she will dump you in due time, that is if you don't get frustrated enough to walk away first

You can avoid future unhappiness by learning how to relate in a mutually beneficial way with women

Read Charlesnneji1's books. Was a bit reluctant recommending them because what is there, if abused....



4. ********Look after and save for your health*******

No need for long talk here. Next


5. *******Create an online community on social media*******

I know someone who made over 40k in one night on Twitter. How did he do this? He made a thread on how to end money worries and at the end asked his about 1800 followers to get his ebook if they want to get started on what he wrote on.

Guess what!
He sold 12 copies that same night and each book cost over 3500 Naira.

I bet you most people even with several times more followers will never pull off this feat. Even if they copied and pasted the exact same words he twitted

How did he achieve this then?

OVER A PERIOD OF A MONTH, he built a community of people interested in making money. He built this community by consistently twitting valuable free info on how to make more money. And as time went on, people started seeing him as an expert

So it was not at all risky for them to buy his book when he put it up for sale

You too can start doing this even if you have nothing to sell. It's even better when you have nothing to sell yet

For example, if you love women fashion and have discovered a way to comb the eyelashes to make it longer, post it online

If you are an Electrician, you could make a short post on a simple ways people can spot fake electronics

Do these consistently and over time you will be seen as an expert and celebrity in your own right. Then you can exploit this new found status whatever way you want


At this point, I guess I'll, be the first to wish you a good morning.

PrimadonnaO:
Awesome advice!

But do you know it's a lot easier for a man to be very deliberate about the kind of woman he gets into a relationship with? Different women have got different backgrounds, and also differing needs. It is already an established fact that women like money... even the men know this. They'd always expect some form of gifting or assistance from whoever they are in a relationship with. Preach from now till tomorrow, it won't change.

The best thing therefore is to be careful about who you date. If you date a girl that attends weddings every now and then, you'll buy lots of aso-ebis If you date the type that has some type of skin and likes to dress up, etc. She'll surely expect bills from you.

Date a slay queen... Lol. Sorry for you.

Just know the lifestyle and needs of a girl you thinking about dating before you commit. It would save you headaches. Some guys just date girls that are too flashy and needy for their level and they come online to cry.


Truthfully, it's the easiest way to manage this situation. Don't date a person who has lots of wants and needs that are beyond your capacity. She doesn't become your responsibility but she'd have expectations of you. Most women are like that...

There's the class of girls with serious entitlement mentality, too. They ask for everything and anything without shame. If you find someone like that, better stay away o.

But most importantly, know when to put a brake on it. I'm a girl, but I found it highly enervating that a guy finished his savings on a girl. Like, why?

Very wise indeed. I'll add, there's a simple word guys should learn to use on ladies.

It's NO. This word can cure headache better than panadol

ebuka10box:
I dislike this post for many reasons!!!!! There is nothing like man up in the Nigerian society of today..your parents had job opportunities back then cause there were lot of vacancies and the cert wasn't that useful.i know of some persons who were employed as tea staffs in shell and today they are living large as senior staffs. What really killed us in Africa was that we were not given a chance to do what we loved to cause of the school trend... We never forced our parents to send us to school, they sent us to school cause that was the trend . School is just like a church ,not everyone that comes get delivered...,nowadays pol venture into entertainment , handy skills and football but our parents never loved any of these back then... If I have a child in future by Gods grace imma plan his /her life before 20 years. The whites do not wait before you graduate to set u up with something doing,as soon as you are born they keep money aside for college upkeep and a car used in college. The so called parents in question:would they love it if their son started doing Internet scam or something diabolical.... Sound rude and act rude to your parents if your life would change but respect them....I wish our parents were born during this century to know that moving from office to office will prove futile if u got no connect or online jobs are scams ....if u are reading this and you got a child , please plan for that child.....

You raised a lot of issues I'll just respond to a few

If parents train their children through school, Pri to university, they have set them up for life. Whether or not it is the kind of "set up" the child would have loved is inconsequential in this case

I think the idea that it is only when you give someone money to start a business that's when you have "set up" that person is wrong. Formal education is also "set up"

And if anyone wants to use the excuse
"going to school is trendy" because of that his parents still owe him.. The only thing I will say is
To every mallam his kettle

And, what is "Sound rude and act rude to your parents if your life would change but respect them..."?
Can you walk right and left at the same time?

Raalsalghul:
This is rubbish

Old, wise Raalsalghul, can you at least explain why this rubbish?

Or is this a case of you shutting down an opinion because you don't like or understand it?

Adescomolly:
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Can't create a thread of his own but will spam other's with adverts.

People, I don't know this guy from anywhere and I CANNOT verify the legitimacy of what he is offering

Whoever clicks on his link does so at his/her risk

Cheers! Happy voting

fernandooleku:
Wow!
This is heart-touching and motivational

Been there before. I know where the shoe pinches

In spite of my best intentions, and NYSC cucumber farm, Still found my self in my Pop's house after service...

That's in the past though. Things are different now.

Learnt that if one is to be sure of independence after service, he/she must be independent of allawee before service is over.

One unfortunate thing always happen after every general elections in Nigeria

The value of the Naira always drop, never to rise again. Always

This is thanks to politicians' heavy pre-election spending which drives inflation and, more often than not, economic mismanagement by the incoming administration

What this means is that you have reduced spending power.

Elections are here again. And once again, the Naira might not be spared

One way to counteract this projected drop in the Naira’s value is by increasing your income. And one of the best ways to increase income is by setting up a business

In this post, you will see how to start and run a business that generates over 300 percent ROI in a short time. No matter who is in government - and even if all you have is 100k

Let’s dive in

WHAT TYPE OF BUSINESS CAN GIVE HIGH PROFITS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS IN A MATTER OF WEEKS

It’s definitely not the type of businesses most people start. Low profit businesses

These people might say to themselves “oh! People always drink garri with sugar when the sun is hot. Let me start selling garri with sugar

Oh! People always wash, let me start selling detergent

Now the question is, even if you supply detergent to all the people in your neighborhood, how many will you supply and for how long before you make N1m

So, What business will bring high profits consistently in weeks no matter who occupies Aso rock?

At this point, what I am about to share from here, will almost guarantee whatever business you choose to start, will always make profit and will always be in high demand

Businesses that sell hot in demand products always needed by people who have money to buy them and are willing to buy over and over again. These are the types of business that will always rake in profits

These kind of businesses are usually among any of these four categories. They are more. But they are mainly in these four categories

Health related businesses
Safety /security
Businesses that sell hard to find products with near zero alternatives
My favorite, businesses that sell women based products

Why do products in these categories sell like wild fire?

Take the women related products for instance.

No matter how hard the economy, women will always have money to spend?

Why?

Give a woman products that will help her lose weight without suffering herself in the gym. That will give her a flat tummy. That will make her look sweet sixteen till she’s 70.

Bring such a product, and she will either use her husband’s money, parent’s money, boyfriend’s money or her own money.
Whichever money, but she must buy, because women LOVE looking beautiful and attractive

So, how can we you find hot in demand products?

They are several ways. One of which is Nairaland. Now, you will find out how to productively use Nairaland

Follow these steps

1. Let's take a category of businesses among the four listed above. Say health

2. Go to the health section of Nairaland and scroll till you find a topic with many engagements (views and comments). That means people are really interested in the topic. the first screen shot shows the post on staphylococcus had close to 400 comments and over 32k views….as at the time it was captured

4. Identify the challenge people are talking about in the post. In this case, it was cure for staphylococcus

5., Find a product that solves that challenge (there is such a product for staphylococcus, but can't release it here. That's someone's biz secret)

And you most likely have a winning product.

This is one effective way to find hot in demand products.

In the next post, I will talk about the one step confirmation process for finding out if the product you discovered using the above technique or any technique for that matter will sell in a big way

Also you will be shown the exact place you can find any product at all. I mean any product, for the lowest possible price to solve any challenge
A price that when you sell, you can make over 3X profit. The place I am talking about is where those who sell in Jumia and Konga source their products from. (Take a look at the second screen shot: the car scanner which goes for 3900 on Jumia goes for less than 800 in the other site)

You will also see how to avoid scammers and low quality products
How to get orders for your products from all over Nigeria
How to deliver your products to any part of Nigeria and the money paid to your bank account...

And all else you need to know to successfully run a high profit, bad governance resistant business

PS. The full info is on my signature. You can get it now. Just click the link

PSS. If you don't vote today wetin you gain?

If you are a Corp member (male or female), and your parents trained you through school, deep down in their hearts they are wishing you do not come back from service.


And even if they do want you to return, and are genuinely happy to have you back
After a short while, they will want nothing more than for you to pack your load, leave, and stop being a bother to them


You probably think I am talking thrash at this point... I might even have gotten you annoyed, or made you feel I have insulted your family


But you just keep reading. What I have told you is the plain truth, and the reason might not be that shocking afterall


On October 2018, a young man walked into the office of the youth pastor of his church. He just completed his NYSC July the same year. And just like most promising ex kopas, he was still searching for a job while still staying with his parents


But the past two months had been the most depressing and hectic in his life. In addition to his jobless state, the small money he had managed to save during NYSC had finished. And to crown it all, his once caring and understanding parents were nagging the hell out of him


That was what he came to discuss with his youth pastor that Sunday afternoon. The issue of his parents


***** THE COMPLAIN *****

He started narrating the story of how they had suddenly become more bossy, and how they find faults in him at the slightest provocation, at times for ridiculous reasons


For example, if he washed plates and there was any trace of food debris still on them, his mother will use the opportunity to lecture him he might as well learn how to wash plates now since he was still living with them


If he watches TV late into the night, any of his parent might use the opportunity to remind him that if he were working, he will be too tired to stay up and be watching TV by 10PM .


If he mistakenly goes out and returns even 5 mins late , his father will use the opportunity to remind him with a stern voice he is still under his roof, when he moves to his own place, he can be coming back anytime he likes


Worst of all, he has to take care lest he be seen pressing phone 'unnecessarily', if not he will be reminded of his mates trekking from office to office dropping their CVs, not withstanding the fact that he might be submitting job applications online with his phone


He also talked about how the constant nagging is getting to him, and how he is losing his self control, and how he might be forced one day to react rudely to his parents


After narrating all these, he was expecting at least some sympathy from the pastor. But what he heard was not what he expected


***** UNEXPECTED OUTBURST *****

"Young man, I feel like knocking you." Those were the pastor's first words


He continued. "You are talking about losing your self-control and reacting rudely. your parents this, your parents that. Not once have you talked about the frustration you are causing them


You think they are obligated to give you peace and respect and treat you well. You are wrong.
When they trained you through Pri & sec school and university that was when all their obligations to you ended. Whatever you want now, you must earn.


They are still feeding you and housing you at this point in your life.
Haven't they tried?


And you are here talking of loosening self control and rude reaction.
Do you know how much sacrifice it takes to train children through university as a low or middle income earner in this country?


Do you know how times your dad has been without a kobo in his pocket?


I am quite sure you do not know many times your mum has had to swallow her pride and collect beans on credit from that gossipy provision shop seller after she and your papa have struggled to pay your school fees, and your siblings' school fees, and bought you guys books


When was the last time they bought new clothes or shoes for themselves that is not okrika or low grade ready made?


Or what percentage of their salary goes towards their personal enjoyment?


Your siblings, don't you know they also have to be trained just like you were. And at this point you're are not supposed to be a burden but a relief


Young man, I guess you don't understand all this. If you did, you will not be here talking about losing self control and rude reaction


See, nobody owes you anything in this life right from the day you stepped out of university. Not your papa, not your uncle, not your elder sibling. Not even the government.


If you understood all these, you wouldn't be here. You wouldn't have wasted your 11 months of NYSC on balling or forming over-serious kopa in your ppa
(did his pastor just say balling and over-serious kopa?)


When you came back from service, what were you expecting? To be comfortably treated like a King abi? till you find that job, right?


The signs are there my boy. Your parents want you independent. They want you paying your bills. They want you out of their house being useful to yourself and your family as soon as possible


Young man, I know you have sense. Now, use that sense in your head and start mapping out strategies on how you can at least be a man of your own in the nearest future.


I will talk to some brethren and see if they have something you can start doing. But expect nothing. They too have priorities and family members to help. By the way you even came here empty handed. Where's your CV?


The whining ex-kopa was not expecting the outburst he received that day.
But he saw the sense in what his youth pastor was saying.
And man, was he glad he went to that office?


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Truth of the matter is, most parents are not like the ex Kopa's


But every parent will equally be as frustrated if after all the resources they have spent on their child's training for several years, all he/she has to show after service are certificates.
And one day, the frustration of such a parent will start showing one way or the other


Think about it. If you were a parent, won't you be too?


For the kopas. Nobody plans to be dependent after service


But the reality is more 80 percent than are on track to being dependent ex-kopas.


Why? When they start service, inspite of their best intentions and earlier goals...


They get too comfortable in their PPA, forgetting the rest of their lives is there to live after service

They play too safe because they don't want to risk losing their savings, or want anybody's wahala. Not the LI's, not the principal's, and definitely not the indigenes’

They wait too long to start anything. They still be feeling like new kopas five months after starting to serve

They hope and trust too much... On the promises of that uncle or overseas aunty

They over-flex, to the detriment of their future and present bank balance

They stay indoors too much. From PPA to fellowship. Fellowship to bed

They give up too soon. They feel where their location is too un-lucrative to do anything profitable


End result.
Few months to end of service, they realize they are on track to returning back to where they started. Their papa's house.


Worst of all, they will be returning jobless and business-less, with a few tens of thousands saved during the service year. Back to a state of dependence. And they can't think of much they can do to stop the rot


*****WAY OUT*****

No more long talk

Nigeria's No 1 eCom entrepreneur did an online training some months ago

In that training he explains how he gets over 5X return on his investments. While the amounts he calls might sound big. With some thinking on your part, you can scale to your financial capabilities

I know because my formerly broke Lead City University friend, let's call him AK, accidentally saw the training on my PC.


He applied the principles and put in the required work. With 33k he made over 90k in less than 4 weeks. The guy motivates me. He's a ruthless action taker


The training is FREE. Yep. FREE. You can get it now via the link on my signature


But a word of warning. It's not a get rich quick scheme, but you can get some fast consistent cash flow if you scale according to your pocket, put in the required work, and you apply what you learn there


Enjoy the training. You're just one click away. The link's on my signature


Hope it helps. Cheers!

Dear OP

Is because we support Atiku/Buhari that we are corrupt, or we are corrupt that is why we support Atiku/Buhari?

Your generalization is wrong

Nigerians have many faults, far too many. But is it our faults that Atiku is the only one with a shot at defeating Buhari?

Is it our fault that the more qualified candidates cannot mobilize support from different power blocs?

Is it also our fault they did not go round the country campaigning like Atiku/Buhari?

Barring one of the greatest miracles of the 21st century, the Occupant of Aso Rock will be Atiku or Buhari

You can either be pragmatic and choose between the evil and the lesser evil, or follow your conscience

Leave corruption talk for the monks, for now

Mr. Magu might as well write another book of Lamentations. If a lawyer goes against the law and he has evidence, let him go to court for Christ sake. By bringing these 'discoveries' to public domain, does he expect Nigerians to start prosecuting corrupt lawyers or gather evidence for him?
Maybe if we make blaming others a crime in this country, people might just sit down and do the jobs they are paid for

ogbaeugene@yahoo.com

Tolexander:
Only God knows which one is darker between the car and the owner!

The owner's beards is darker

samebony1:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2012229995483305&id=100000889720395

Madam thanks for the information. What do you want us to do now? Get angry that one person went to visit another person to discuss President Buhari, Mr. Adams Oshiomole and the APC?

wealthpos:
Comment below if you can write on different topics on education. Thanks!

I'm an excellent researcher with experience writing articles, stories and theses.
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E-mail: ogbaeugene@gmail.com