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sweetrace:
Great one op! The lessons are good except I won’t give any money to any beggar. Most of them are very lazy people. If you tell them to work for you, some feel so insulted, like the job is beneath them. They just want to live of others.

Other beggars have this terrible sense of entitlement. Like once they ask, they receive. If you don’t give them, they insult you. At cms , I saw a beggar spit on someone because he told him no. I felt he must be on drugs. Plus, too many Nigerians have this sense of entitlement. I had a house girl that would sulk if she asked for one of my dresses and I say no. She would go round banging stuff and acting like we were in a fight. I had to let her go.

I prefer to proffer an actual solution than to go giving beggars any money. Like asking them what they’ll need to start a business or what skills they have. If they are sincere, I go all out to help. Even at that, there are too many who’ll collect the money and use it on something else. Then come for more. I’m not sure if it is a lack of vision, laziness or village people.

Some people have grave illnesses or disabilities that won't enable them to work. Those are the kind of beggars I meant.

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Nice one op


Now it pains me most times when we choose to patronize all this established names rather than all these low Web hustler (traders).

Let's take slots, shoprite's, pep store's of this world for example, most of what we get on this superstores are what we can get on street or our regular market for same price or even lower, but most times even we the middle class, we want to show off and keep enriching the wealthy.

However I am not having issue with anybody patronising wherever he/she dim fit.

The only thing that keep troubling this mind of mine is, why all these so called big guns we patronize don't get to give back to the society, they rather choose to enrich the rich.Just take a look at all glo ambassador's how many of them is worth less than a million and how many of their real customers is worth a hundred thousand, Few days ago we read here that wizkid signed a deal with UBA, like what's the connection between wizkid a musician with promoting a bank brand, when will we start celebrating academics excellence in this part of the world. ..

Well I will like to end my book of lamentation by reminding Infinix that your super doper Davido is in no way using ya Chinko phone..na we for street dey use am, that our money wey me and my guys dey contribute to una company, una fit use am build at least borehole AJ city.

Talking bout AJ I heard he just signed a multi million naira deal with another Nigerian firm

Finally a beg make we dey patronize all these legit small scale hustler, cus their daily meal and that of their family depends on ya patronage.

So on point!

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Today was a very eventful day. I went to Ikoyi to process some documents with an organization. After everything went down successfully, I boarded a bike from the place to Obalende, then a car to Oshodi from where I’ll take a tricycle to 7&8 park and then another tricycle to Canoe.

Yeah, long and stressful journey. Welcome to Lagos. I was trying to save money, if not, an Uber would have been ideal.

Anyway, what I’m writing about happened at Oshodi. The car stopped us at Oshodi Saleh. I had to cross the very busy road, and trek down to the place from where I’ll get a tricycle to 7&8. My story happened along the road.

Oshodi is very notable for hundreds of people selling lots of different products along the road where people pass. I’m sure they’ll all be making loads of sales and profits. Why wouldn’t they? I estimate an average of 50, 000 people tread that same road every day. It should definitely be more than that, as Oshodi bus stop is one of the most popular bus stops in Lagos.

I was walking by while admiring the traders and their wares until I was walking towards a man. I’ll guess his age to be early 60’s or at best late 50’s. He probably was less than that, but you know what staying long hours in the harsh weather, plus other factors can cause to an individual’s age. He sells belts.

As I was walking, I was busy admiring the traders’ wares, and when I reached his turn, I started looking at, and admiring his belts. His gaze caught mine, and I guess he noticed that I was looking at his belts. This was when his eyes lit up.

He started walking towards me with full speed, showing me his wares with much enthusiasm.

‘I’m not interested’, I responded. ‘I don’t want to buy’. ‘Don’t worry sir’.

He didn’t budge.

‘Bros, abeg, just check out these belts’. He folded and squeezed one of the belts over and over, then he bit it so hard with his teeth that I was almost scared his teeth would fall off.

I was still walking briskly and he was following me energetically as well.

I didn’t want to stress this old man further, so, I stopped walking, then in order not to offend him, I started telling him politely, that I don’t really need a new belt.

‘Oga, I nor need new belt’. I responded nicely, with a smile. ‘Abeg, no worry sir’.

He didn’t even mind what I was saying. He gave me one of the belt to hold, a black belt, while he brought another one, a brown one, and gave me to hold still. Total number of belts he had with him was like 6 or 7.

I was now holding two belts that I didn’t really want, and they weren’t quality belts. They were just, you know, normal local belts that everyone knows will wear and tear within a month.

He insisted. ‘Brother, abeg, I never sell anything since morning’. Abeg buy from me, abeg.

My restrictions and constraints were gradually melting, not because I suddenly needed a belt, but because the old man was so desperate to make a sale, and I didn’t need a seer to help me figure out why.

Economy is bad. Things are hard. Unemployment is through the roof affecting me too. Money is difficult to make and the situation in the country isn’t helping matters.

I was sad and worried for him.

He probably has a family. Kids to feed. A wife and a home. Bills to pay and others.

People that age should be in retirement, with a relatively stress-free life, but here he is, probably since morning, like he said, in the hot sun, trying to sell belts to some people who wouldn’t even look at him twice.

I wasn’t financially buoyant per se, but I felt for this man. I know I naturally have a soft heart, but I also knew that I wouldn’t forgive myself if I didn’t buy a belt from this man.

And for how much?

After much, I finally asked ‘Oya, oga, how much be the belt?’ ‘The black one’. I wanted to discourage him with price in order to save my very limited resources.

I went ahead and tried testing the belt. I wound it round my waist and told him. ‘Oga, you see, this belt no even go round me well’. ‘I nor like am, abeg’. I wanted to discourage him and make him let me be.

He didn’t budge or feel disappointed one bit.

‘Ah, ah, bros’. ‘Na old men dey wear belt wey dey go them round like that nah’. ‘Young guys dey wear belt wey nor dey too long and wey dey reach them for here (as he motioned on the place on his waist where ‘young guys’ belts reach them)’.

No need. I didn’t want to haggle further.

If you know me personally, you’ll understand that I’m quite a haggler. After an episode of a man selling me an electronic wrist watch when I was very young, for more than three times the actual price, I swore never again to be cheated in any market.

This man’s case was different actually. Or was it?

The man responding to my question for the price: ‘Oya, bring N600’.

‘Haba, oga, noo’. ‘I nor get N600’

‘Oya, bring N500’

‘No, I nor get N500’. ‘You nor go sell N300?’ I replied as I tried walking away.

He felt sad and I instantly stopped walking away.

‘Bros, nobody go sell you this kind belt for N300?’ ‘Abeg, help me, I neva sell any market since morning’. ‘Oya, pay N350’.

‘Oga, na only N300 I fit pay’. I said with a sense of conclusion.

I turned my back and started to walk away. His enthusiastic shoulders dropped like a sack, and he also turned back, slowly, while looking at the belts in his hand.

That was it. My heart melted like a candle wax. If I had the money, I would have bought all his belts at that moment.

I had to stop and say. ‘Oya sir, bring am’

He lit up once again.

‘Wait make I fold am for you?’, he said happily.

I waited and he folded the belt.

I paid him with N500. ‘You get N50?’, he asked.

‘Yes, I get’. I replied as I gave him the N50 while he gave me N200 change.

I put the perfectly folded belt in my bag and walked away. I was finally at peace.

What is N350, or even the N600 he initially mentioned compared to this peace I felt. Nothing.

Hell, I could pay N5, 000 if I had the means, to feel what I felt in that moment.

Everything took less than five minutes, but I learned lessons that would last me a lifetime. If I had remembered, I would have taken a selfie with him. Maybe I would, when I see him next. Lol.


WHAT’D I LEARN?

 As a salesman, don’t every give up on your clients. A ‘no’ today might mean a ‘maybe’ tomorrow, and a likely ‘yes’ the next day. As a sales-person, don’t give up. As a marketer, don’t give up. As an individual, don’t give up. Be like a postage stamp. Stick with it till you get to your destination. Keep persisting till you achieve your goal.

 Put your heart to your business. I saw the enthusiasm in this man even as aged as he was. I couldn’t resist. I had to buy one of his belts.

 Honesty in business. I’m not assuming that this man was entirely honest when he said he hadn’t made a sale since morning. Maybe he had, maybe he hadn’t. Who am I to judge him? His demeanor, however, as I was interacting with him looked like he really needed to make more sales, and more money today. He looked and sounded like he hadn’t made any sale in hours. It was getting late and the day was about ending. I had to buy something from him seeing his age and his desperation.

 Be compassionate. Buy from people who work hard because they don’t want to beg. We have a lot of beggars today. Begging is now a corporate profession. There are professionals in the field now, both the ones that threaten you and extort your money, to the ones that profess fake love to you in order to get to your pocket.

We spend our money on lots of professional beggars. Few of us even consider to give a little money to the real helpless and handicapped beggars with real social, economic and health problems, some of them with tumors and disabilities. We see these people daily on the streets.

Here was this man. He wasn’t a beggar. He was working hard. He wasn’t cheating, threatening or robbing anyone. He was sweating for his money. He wasn’t depending on the gullibility of people to add any extra wealth to his overflowing coffers. There were no overflowing coffers.

He was a poor trader without an ordinary shop, I guess, looking to make ends meet for himself and his family. He was an honest and hardworking man.

I don’t know about his habits, his family or his upbringing. I don’t want to play the blame game. I reacted to what I saw. Lots of things happen because of lots of reasons. There’s no predicting the outcome of life. Who am I to blame or to judge?

If you can, buy goods and services from people that work hard. Sometimes, you may not really need the product, but just because you are compassionate and you want to encourage this person, buy his goods. Encourage hard work.

Today, we see a lot of children and young people hawking products on the streets. They do this to assist their parents pay their bills and feed them at home. Buy a sachet water from that kid. Buy a tied groundnut from that little boy. Buy roasted corn from that young lady. She knows what her mates are doing to make money, yet she’s humbling herself to work with uprightness and honor. Buy one of her commodities.

Buy a piece of sweet, a biscuit, a loaf of bread, a handkerchief or bottled water from that young man on the express road. He risks his life daily running after buses and cars on the road. He knows what his mates are doing to make money illegally, yet he’s humbling himself making his peanuts to help himself and his family.

 Give to beggars too. There are people who are less-privileged in the society. Help them as you can. Take some of that money that you blow on some rendezvous. Take some of it and give to a beggar. Someone who actually needs it. Someone who would use it to feed her hungry child. Someone who would use the money to undergo an important surgery.

Be a giver. Be filled with love and compassion for the society.

 Be grateful. Always be grateful for whatever you’ve got at any given time. People out there are suffering with way less, and would exchange places with you in a heartbeat. Be grateful for what you have while you keep working to get more.

That’s it guys. That’s how I bought a belt from an old man at Oshodi today.

Well, It’s 12:44 a.m. so that was yesterday.

Have to take some zzzzzs.

Catch ya.

P.S. I had to take pictures of the belt with the way the man folded it. Lol.

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Hello, Jambite, how are things going? I remember quite vividly when I was preparing for my UME exam, i.e., JAMB back in 2008. There were lots of emotions that I was feeling back then; lots of them, like Fear, Confusion, Apprehension, Resolution, Uncertainty, Faith, Confidence, and so on.

As you can obviously see also, some of them are rather conflicting; but I felt them all anyway; all of them at the same time; some more intensely than others; some of them at different points during the preparatory stages of the exam. Some of them in fact remained and in some cases, even intensified after I wrote the exam.

Why did I start with this? Well, I started like this because I want you to understand that I perfectly understand your emotions and feelings at this point, & also to tell you that it’s perfectly normal for you to feel those emotions.

In fact, that’s what this article targets; to arm you with the necessary knowledge to eliminate those negative emotions and cling to the positive ones, which will, in all certainty, ensure a successful transition into your dream tertiary institution and your dream course of study.

OK, here we start. I guess the few questions that would come to your mind when you saw the title of this article are: ‘Why 272?’, ‘Why was I so specific?’, ‘What if I wanted to score more than 272?’ ‘Is it possible for me to score very high?’ ‘What can I do to get a high score like that?’

Well, well, well. Those were good questions and we’ll answer them all & even more, during the course of this article.

I chose 272 because that’s what I scored in my only UME in 2008. Back then, though, I didn’t think it corresponded to the intensity of effort I made, but it was a pretty good score. I’m going to share with you all the strategies I adopted back then (& I implemented quite a lot of strategies) and even more. This is because I’m wiser today than I was 11 years ago. That’s good news for you because if you can apply al the principles that I give you here, the very minimum you should expect to make is 272. You should even make a much higher score.

I guess the above also answers why I was specific, your abilities, and the possibility of scoring more than 272.
We’ve done quite a lot of intro, so let’s get to business proper.

THE HOW: THE ACTION STEPS
That’s what it all boils down to, isn’t it? What to do; steps to take; steps to get you 272 or more.

#1: SET A GOAL: MAKE A TARGET
I believe this is all pretty obvious. No mortal can hit a target that is not in existence. A significantly large percentage of people preparing for this exam don’t have a specific target of the exact score they wish to have.
Does this make any difference? Yes, it does. It makes all the difference. It is the very beginning and the very root of all success: Setting of specific goals. And yes, it has to be specific. I may not really have the space now to tell you how setting of specific goals can dramatically change your life and your achievements but one thing I can tell you is that having specific goals wires your body, mind, emotions and intellect to bring that goal to manifestation.

My specific goal back then, if I remember vividly, was 300. I wanted to make 300/400. That’s quite a goal you know. One of the things you’ll notice very quickly here is that I didn’t hit my specific target. I scored 272, 28 points lower than my target. That’s not unusual. It happens to everyone who sets goals. Believe me however, when I say that if I had no specific goal, or if my specific goal was lower than 300, say, 250, I wouldn’t even have gotten close to the 272 I scored. That’s the way goals work. Aim for the sun & it’s likely that you’ll hit a star (& I did hit a good star).

So I’ll ask you: ‘Do you have any specific goals for your upcoming UME? What’s the score? If you don’t have a specific goal yet, now’s the best time to do so. Your only limit is your mind. Set any goal you desire; any score at all. If you’re at a loss, just find out the minimum score required to secure admission in the course you applied for, and then add 50 points to it. Let that be your specific goal.

Frankly, I could stop here now, but there are more things I did; more things you must do.

#2: DECIDE TO PAY THE PRICE

Setting a specific goal is cool but like I said, that’s just the starting point. You’ve got to take it further by paying the price to make your goal a reality.

A specific goal without a decision to pay the required price is just like a mere wish; a mere building of imaginary castles. You must understand that there’s a price for everything on earth. If you wish to get a high score in your UME, that’s fine, but you must decide firmly in your heart to pay the required price; you must decide to give it what it takes.

Great results require great commitment; long hours of study; long hours of practice. It will take a large chunk of your strength, energy and resources, but at the end, it will pay off.

Have you decided yet? Don’t merely agree because of agreeing sake. You’ve got to be serious. It’s your future; your destiny; and it’s in your hands at this moment.

#3: WHAT’S THE PRICE?

Well, let’s say it’s not a price, but a collection of prices to pay for achieving your goal. I’ll give you a list of all you must do, all of which you must start doing from today. These things will involve a huge chunk of your time, energy, money & a lot of tireless commitment; & you must be more than willing to pay. I did all these back then, and they paid off.

a. Join A Good Preparatory Class
I believe this is very obvious. You cannot expect to make a high score in your UME without joining a good prep class. In a good prep class, you have tutors who have been in the business or preparing students for the UME over the years. They’ve got the knowledge and the experience and when you join them, it becomes their job to pass on that wealth of knowledge and experience to you.
When you become part of the prep class, you must be actively involved in every activity there. You must never miss any class; you must complete every assignment; you must do everything required of you; everything.

b. Purchase all the Required Materials.
You’ll need a lot of study materials in your journey to excellence in your UME. Find out all the stuff you’ll need and buy them all. These may include; textbooks, math sets, calculators, compiled past questions, and so on. Get all these things and use them all. No stone should be left unturned.

c. Studying By Practice
The principle of studying by practice contributed the most to the 272 that I scored. In addition to the classes and the materials I was using, I never let any day pass without solving a complete year in a past UME. Sometimes, it would be just one subject, other times; it would be all four subjects!

If you get nothing else from this article, never miss this point. You cannot afford solving your very first question in the JAMB exam hall. No you can’t. Back then, I bought the complete set of past UME questions from 1984 to 2007. I saw all the questions and attempted them all at least once.

Was I expecting any question to be repeated? Not quite. That wasn’t the goal. I wanted to get the experience of writing a mock UME. That singular act taught me a whole lot of valuable things. It wasn’t actually a real exam, so I corrected myself anytime I finished. I discovered why I failed a particular question and I read it up from my text and from the answers to the past questions.

I did this over and over till I was scoring very high in some of the years. In some years, as much as 300/400. In the early stages, I was scoring less than 200/400. That’s the power of studying by practice.

#4: WHEN DO I START?
NOW! Now is the time to start. Never lament about lost time. You can never get it back. The only time you have and can use is NOW! The exam is in some months’ time, so make use of this time that you have. Print this article. Save an online page of it, and follow all the steps and instructions as religiously as you can and you’ll be on your way to excellence.

See you @ your Dream Tertiary Institution

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