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Hello Everyone,

We talk of ‘Born Leaders’, people who have that certain ‘X-Factor’ when it comes to decision making and leading others, but I must dispel the myth right now that these are qualities which you cannot develop within yourself over time. Even the meekest, most humble little clerk can develop themselves into a lean, mean dealing machine with hard work and self-confidence. So if you’re reading this and think that this is all over your head, ask yourself: ‘Is that really what I want?’ So you want to be a follower all your life, obeying orders at every turn? I doubt you want to look back at your life and find that there’s nothing spectacular to note.

But back to what I consider to be important parts of a successful entrepreneur, I’ve found that a handful of key aspects prove to be the most noteworthy:

1. Bravery: Success is gained through innovation and trailblazing, not playing it safe and closet-mindedness. Truly great entrepreneurs will rather take a leap into the unknown rather than take a well-beaten track.

2. Focus: Having a thousand ideas a second may sound like a fantastic state, but it’s next to useless if you can’t develop a focused and concentrated state of mind. A single idea, focused to its maximum potential can outweigh a hundred half-baked initiatives.

3. Courage: To experience a setback or a failure is a disappointment, but to soldier on through it all, pick up the pieces and start again takes courage and determination. Too many people give up if they make a mistake, only a few are prepared to learn from them and turn them to their advantage.

4. Open-Mindedness: Closet-minded thinkers are typically the worst, unwilling to share with others or allow their vision to be altered. The best entrepreneurs know that they don’t know everything, and that for the best results, they need to leave their concepts bare for examination and judgment by those who know.

5. Methodical Care: The line between bravery and foolishness is preparation, a good idea rushed can do more harm than good. A good entrepreneur knows this and will take every care to ensure that their idea is fully thought out, tested, altered and re-tested before they commit to it.

Let me tell you a little bit about my efforts to secure a good job.

I did many tests, but I must inform you that most of the Bank test I did my name came out of the top 10. With 84% score. The last UBA test I did, I was no 4 with 82%. They interviewed a lot of us, but when it came to the group that I belong for interview, we were told we will be contacted through text msgs. but none came.

Others (banks) said they don't accept above 27 or 30. Well I'm 32.

But I have succeeded in areas I never expected I would financially and that is working online and I make more than what most graduate only dream of.

I think I'm happy for that. I have stopped searching for a job anyway as I'm busy with e-commerce and email marketing.


Thanks for the input

Thanks for all the contributions.

I think I found something worthwhile. I work online and I make good money. Moreso, I have my freedom to plan and look for other opportunities that frees my time.

Thanks so much.

I wish you all the best

1.Think of a niche you are passionate about,
2. build a blog or website,
3. publish valuable content on the site
4. create a webform for capturing email addresses
5 drive traffic to your blog and website
6. follow up with your prospects by sending them valuable information
7. ask them what they want
8. source for or create a product and sell to them
9. rinse and repeat in other markets
10. Relax and enjoy the proceeds.

This method has created a lot of millionaires. I'm using this method and I'm seeing results too.

Do you know that most people are dreaming of having such opportunity. If you are like me, you can generate an endless flow of cash with a free internet access selling information to people who need them.

You will need to avoid the quick money mentality. nothing good comes easy. If you need a solid business, you will have to nurture it to maturity.

Think of long term whenever you are thinking of any investment.

Alternatively, look into ecommerce and sell valuable digital information. It is better to find niches outside the "make money" arena. Look for valuable information in areas you are good at. Say, you love golf, you can sell information on golf,

It applies in many other markets such as the health and fitness, automobile, shoes, gardening etc. your mind is your limitation.

I do this and I can tell it works pretty well. I make over N100,000 monthly doing this.

You will need to avoid the quick money mentality. nothing good comes easy. If you need a solid business, you will have to nurture it to maturity.

Think of long term whenever you are thinking of any investment.

Alternatively, look into ecommerce and sell valuable digital information. It is better to find niches outside the "make money" arena. Look for valuable information in areas you are good at. Say, you love golf, you can sell information on golf,

It applies in many other markets such as the health and fitness, automobile, shoes, gardening etc. your mind is your limitation.

I do this and I can tell it works pretty well.

Walcom, thank you very much for your encouragement and insight.
Yes, I did many tests, but I must inform you that most of the Bank test I did my name came out of the top 10. With 84% score. The last UBA test I did, I was no 4 with 82%. They interviewed a lot of us, but when it came to the group that I belong for interview, we were told we will be contacted through text  msgs. but none came.

Others (banks) said they dont accept above 27 or 30. Well I'm 32.

But I have succeeded in areas I never expected I would financially and that is working online and I make more than what most graduate only dream of.

I think I'm happy for that. I have stopped searching for a job anyway as I'm busy with e-commerce and email marketing.


Thanks for the input

Your job is a necessary evil during the early stages of your wealth creation, but it should not represent a long-term plan. Not only do jobs restrict your income potential, they may also be hazardous to future income. Recent surveys and census data indicate approximately 30% of people will be forced to retire early due to circumstances beyond their control, including layoffs and illnesses.

Jobs are created by entrepreneurs who understand that wealth is created by adding value to raw material or services, and selling finished products or services at a profit. Who adds the value to raw materials and services? You do. You are only valuable to an employer when you can effectively and efficiently add value to the organization’s product or service.

So, if you are interested in rising above a just over broke (J.O.B.) existence, you need to take Work sucks’ advice and look for income opportunities outside employment.

There’s no denying the fact that a job, with a steady income, is nice to have. It helps you pay the bills and keeps a roof over your family’s head. Unfortunately, that’s about all it does. What’s in a job? Security? A pension? Some of us are dreaming of retirement, thinking we’ll be happy living off half of what we can’t afford to live on today.

A job was never meant to make people wealthy. In a free market environment we sell our labor to an employer for the highest pay possible, while your boss tries to pay you the lowest wage you will accept. Usually the boss wins, because he is in control of the purse strings. As long as you look to your job for wealth, you will be disappointed.

If you want to become wealthy, you must look beyond your job. You earn a living between 9 and 5, but you achieve wealth after 5 and on weekends.

Most Nigerians think a job is security, but they are wrong. As long as you depend upon somebody else for your livelihood, you are a slave to that person and/or organization. And like a slave, you can be dispensed with as soon as they deem your services uneconomical. It’s a negative image, and I apologize for hitting you with it, but you can’t sit back and relax in the pseudo security of a job or retirement plan and expect others to secure a financial future for you and your family. Dependence is not security; independence is security.

Hard working people have entrusted employers to provide them lifetime employment. Unfortunately, this trust does not reflect reality.

Owning your own business is one vehicle you can use to take responsibility for your own financial future, without having to depend upon the vagaries of an unjust job market. The expression, “if you want to catch fish, you have to risk the bait,” is so common it has become cliché. But how many of us actually incorporate that basic philosophy into our lives?

Are you willing to risk the “security” of the traditional nine to five, Monday through Friday routine, to enjoy financial freedom? Vince Lombardi once stated “the will to excel, the will to win: these are the things that endure.” A business built with your own hands, energy, and ingenuity can endure where a job cannot, but if you expect to become a successful entrepreneur, you will have to take risks.

Taking risks to create wealth does not mean senseless gambling of your savings in the stock or bond markets, or betting everything on a horse race. Taking a risk means putting your self-confidence and self-image on the line. It means taking the chance of being embarrassed in the marketplace. And, it can also mean going against popular opinion and peer pressure to follow a dream. As Teddy Roosevelt was fond of saying, “seek opportunity, not security.”

Current labor statistics do not paint a pretty picture, with quality jobs being outsourced overseas quicker than new jobs are being created. Sure, there are always low paying, low skill jobs available. But who can support a family on minimum wage?

Dependence is not security--independence is security. Don't sit back and relax in the pseudo security of a job or retirement plan. To achieve wealth you will need to learn how to accept and manage a certain amount of risk.

Success gurus like Anthony Robbins and Robert Kiyosaki teach that you have to get excited about wealth building to achieve success. What excites you about building personal wealth? How do you feel about poverty, or the lack of money? What motivates you to spend your free time reading books like this, studying interest rate tables, or analyzing stocks and real estate deals?

To achieve financial success you must get emotionally charged over something wealth represents. After all, it’s probably not the money you are after. You are after the security and promise of a better life.

Your job is a necessary evil during the early stages of your wealth creation, but it should not represent a long-term plan. Not only do jobs restrict your income potential, they may also be hazardous to future income. Recent surveys and census data indicate approximately 30% of people will be forced to retire early due to circumstances beyond their control, including layoffs and illnesses.

Jobs are created by entrepreneurs who understand that wealth is created by adding value to raw material or services, and selling finished products or services at a profit. Who adds the value to raw materials and services? You do. You are only valuable to an employer when you can effectively and efficiently add value to the organization’s product or service.

So, if you are interested in rising above a just over broke (J.O.B.) existence, you need to take Work sucks’ advice and look for income opportunities outside employment.

There’s no denying the fact that a job, with a steady income, is nice to have. It helps you pay the bills and keeps a roof over your family’s head. Unfortunately, that’s about all it does. What’s in a job? Security? A pension? Some of us are dreaming of retirement, thinking we’ll be happy living off half of what we can’t afford to live on today.

A job was never meant to make people wealthy. In a free market environment we sell our labor to an employer for the highest pay possible, while your boss tries to pay you the lowest wage you will accept. Usually the boss wins, because he is in control of the purse strings. As long as you look to your job for wealth, you will be disappointed.

If you want to become wealthy, you must look beyond your job. You earn a living between 9 and 5, but you achieve wealth after 5 and on weekends.

Most Nigerians think a job is security, but they are wrong. As long as you depend upon somebody else for your livelihood, you are a slave to that person and/or organization. And like a slave, you can be dispensed with as soon as they deem your services uneconomical. It’s a negative image, and I apologize for hitting you with it, but you can’t sit back and relax in the pseudo security of a job or retirement plan and expect others to secure a financial future for you and your family. Dependence is not security; independence is security.

Hard working people have entrusted employers to provide them lifetime employment. Unfortunately, this trust does not reflect reality.

Owning your own business is one vehicle you can use to take responsibility for your own financial future, without having to depend upon the vagaries of an unjust job market. The expression, “if you want to catch fish, you have to risk the bait,” is so common it has become cliché. But how many of us actually incorporate that basic philosophy into our lives?

Are you willing to risk the “security” of the traditional nine to five, Monday through Friday routine, to enjoy financial freedom? Vince Lombardi once stated “the will to excel, the will to win: these are the things that endure.” A business built with your own hands, energy, and ingenuity can endure where a job cannot, but if you expect to become a successful entrepreneur, you will have to take risks.

Taking risks to create wealth does not mean senseless gambling of your savings in the stock or bond markets, or betting everything on a horse race. Taking a risk means putting your self-confidence and self-image on the line. It means taking the chance of being embarrassed in the marketplace. And, it can also mean going against popular opinion and peer pressure to follow a dream. As Teddy Roosevelt was fond of saying, “seek opportunity, not security.”

Current labor statistics do not paint a pretty picture, with quality jobs being outsourced overseas quicker than new jobs are being created. Sure, there are always low paying, low skill jobs available. But who can support a family on minimum wage?

Dependence is not security--independence is security. Don't sit back and relax in the pseudo security of a job or retirement plan. To achieve wealth you will need to learn how to accept and manage a certain amount of risk.

Success gurus like Anthony Robbins and Robert Kiyosaki teach that you have to get excited about wealth building to achieve success. What excites you about building personal wealth? How do you feel about poverty, or the lack of money? What motivates you to spend your free time reading books like this, studying interest rate tables, or analyzing stocks and real estate deals?

To achieve financial success you must get emotionally charged over something wealth represents. After all, it’s probably not the money you are after. You are after the security and promise of a better life.

Do you think there is job security in Nigeria? What would an average Nigerian graduate do after 4 years of endless search for a worthwhile job befiting his qualifications.

I went through this situation for 4 years but as a Second class (Upper) graduate, I was not getting good offer in most places I applied for. Most were telling me N12,000 per month, what would you do if you were in my shoes?

Honest Opinions please

Do you think there is job security in Nigeria? What would an average Nigerian graduate do after 4 years of endless search for a worthwhile job befiting his qualifications.

I went through this situation for 4 years but as a Second class (Upper) graduate, I was not getting good offer in most places I applied for. Most were telling me N12,000 per month, what would you do if you were in my shoes?

Honest opinions please

Do you think there is job security in Nigeria? What would an average Nigerian graduate do after 4 years of endless search for a worthwhile job befiting his qualifications.

I went through this situation for 4 years but as a Second class (Upper) graduate, I was not getting good offer in most places I applied for. Most were telling me N12,000 per month, what would you do if you were in my shoes?

Honest Opinions please

Of course I have been doing this and guess what? Its splendid and very profitable.

Hello Everyone,

Below Is a food for thought for you if you are struggling to make it financially.

Have you ever wondered if it is possible to make money online?

In my opinion, making money does not mean selling $100 worth of stuff on
Ebay each month, or making an occasional affiliate sale for a $22 commission. No, my idea of making money online is closer to an amount that would double my conventional work income, and allow me to turn in my cell phone and walk away from my job.

For the past two years I have searched the net for ideas on how to make money online, and about 99% of the time I came up against a brick wall.

Dozens of income opportunities turned out to be scams, a few met such resistance in the marketplace it was impossible to even give the stuff away, much less sell it, and a couple had promise, but required huge investments in advertising, or Internet skills that would send Bill Gates into a tailspin.

In the course of my research I have come across a lot of hype that lofted my hopes for financial freedom into the atmosphere. But like Icarus, my hopes were dashed upon the rocks when hype met the warm sun of reality. I suppose the moral to this story is that if you launch yourself into the air with an income opportunity held together by wax and slight of hand marketing tricks, you will eventually crash and burn.

Crash and burn a few times and you may begin to ask yourself: Is anybody making money online? And, if they are, why can’t I?

I’ll be honest with you, there are ways to make money online, but not all of them are easy or for the faint of heart. As I’ve said before, any income opportunity that uses the Internet as its primary medium of exchange will require persistence, patience, and promotion to succeed.

After years of searching and quite a bit of money lost in marketing different systems, I finally came across something that has thus far passed my profitability test. Here are my basic criteria for a viable Internet income opportunity: easy to get into, low investment, low to zero recurring costs, duplicable system, minimal Internet guru experience, and an identifiable market niche hungry for your product or service.

In my opinion it is possible to make money online, but if you are looking for a shortcut to success, you will be disappointed. Creating a website, or joining an affiliate marketing program, with the hopes of retiring by next Thursday is delusional. Think long-term. Think hard work. Think persistence. With a quality product, great presentation, and
aggressive marketing, you will make money online.

They are real. I have used their services in the past 2 years from Lagos. The name of the owner is Mr. Kingsley. I have made PayPal payments with him in the past and he delivered on time.

The only thing is their fees is very high.

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