bigx:
Seeking for jobs or creating jobs is a matter of choice. Like deciding to marry a fair or dark wife. All lead to the same destination - making a living.

I've run businesses practically all my life but when friends come to ask me for advice, it's only very few I'd tell to start a business, from indiscipline, to financial mis-education, to lack of prioritisation skills, refusal to learn, unlearn and relearn, inability to delegate, inability to persevere, lack of focus, zero selling and networking skills, poor business sense and co, there are so many things that'd send the average person on a highway to business failure.

My sentiments are the same with the poster. A lot of people would thrive better in a disciplined, structured and regulated environment than in trying to create one.

Search yourself before starting a business before you wreck yourself!

Thank you sir for your words of wisdom, you are more than right..Most times i watch the guys that hawk in traffic jam; their agility, intelligence, negotiating skills, persuasiveness, and numeric ability really motivates me to do better.

It's really funny when some people think being an entrepreneur gives you the liberty to sleep when you want to, travel when you like to and many other things not knowing all these are mirage.

Empero1:

The OP has valid points . What matters most is making a living from your passion - one's passion can be found in either paid employment or self employment nay entrepreneurship . I believe so long as one is good in what he does and having passion for that he does he will be fulfilled and happy . Wait I still have a lot to say .

thank you joor

myklangelo:
We are all cut out for different things... writer you missed the small mark.
The reason why people advocate for self employment most times is for self discovery and advancement of oneself at your own chosen pace.
People advocate for it mostly in our country because to get job is now as hard as an Igbo person becoming a president, and it is harder for some people from certain area in Nigeria to get fed jobs that is why they advocate mostly for self employment.

No one demonizes working for anyone, but mostly people that work for others do complain alot here of victimization.

We all look for good, anywhere you see it, go for it.


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Godiskind:
It is essential for ppu to knw where they can fit in best. The fact is that some ppu made great success being employed while some made it thru being self emplyed. I have an uncle. He made first class in sch, received scholarship for masters abroad, was very sound and brilliant. He worked in oil coy, climbed to a very high position in Shell, was well renowned in oil industry because his brilliant and excellent performance. He was so principled and a man of integrity. He was indeed very rich and has travelled places across d globe by d work exposure. But at a time, he resigned and set up his own company (glass manufacturing coy) and was running the coy. But do u imagine that this person who was so rich and highly respected, became poor, his coy folded and this large estate where d coy is situated was eventually converted to rentage for residentials. Such is life!

Bro, so you see "you don't test the depth of the river with both feet".

Nelson1235:
Pls wat does it require for d registration?

read the first and second pages of this thread

Ehimenboy:

Hello. Did you get the acknowledgement immediately after you submitted? And, was it through a mail?

Through mail and sms

I just got the receipt acknowledgement notification now... pls what next??

You funny gan funnydude

MarvellousGod:
Op, one question for you. In Nigeria where getting a salaried employment is sooooo hard, we all know the unemployment rate, what do you advise? The person stays at home for years and keeps waiting for imaginary jobs Instead of hitting the streets? especially when you have nobody fending for you.

Nobody is forcing anyone who has no capital, good business idea or execution to venture into business. The speakers you talk about are simply giving their opinions and whoever wants to take, takes.. Nigeria with its large population holds a relatively good business environment because out of about 160million people, few must patronise your products na... Except them follow you from village ... Also, labour is cheap in Nigeria, you can even hire a graduate for as low as 20k per month or even less

You forget that all these big companies including oil companies which you crave to work for were founded by someone just like you?

I can only agree with you as regards demonising paid employment, they can pass their message without making those who work for people feel like slaves...

The writer of this article is so diplomatic, says he's on salaried job for now, why don't you be for life? . ..
The owner of the platform you got your writeup from has a paid employment but runs his side business. Why isn't he dependent on his salaried job alone? That should tell you the importance of having your own no matter how small....

For me, by God's grace I will have my own successful business in the nearest future, Amen.. Then, employ graduates

I understand your point bro, but do you know that one out of four businesses close down within five years in Nigeria?

Yes, the person i quoted has a salaried job and has a side business but he got the experience of running his side business from his salaried job. Also, through his salaried job he was able too meet and attract more people to patronise his side-business.

The worrisome issue is that some people have never been even a class captain or hold a departmental post in their life, still they make 'entrepreneurship' sound so easy.

The last decade has witnessed a surge in all manner of motivational talk in Nigeria. Hundreds of seminars and thousands of articles have been churned out by the motivational talkers and the frenzy continues to gain momentum. This is good, as everyone surely needs motivation.
One of the most common subjects of such talks is entrepreneurship/self-employment. Good subject. I believe it is good to be self- employed and seriously craves being one. The benefits of owning one’s business are pretty obvious: you are in full control of your resources (time, finance, etc), you share all the rewards. Fine point. Owning one’s business is clearly one of the best goals a person should desire to achieve. It even makes you exercise your brain more. Most of the richest people in the world own their businesses, their brands. Aliko Dangote owns Dangote Group (although being a PLC, he doesn’t have 100% ownership); Mike Adenuga owns the Adenuga empire; Michael Dell owns Dell Computers; Bill Gates owns Microsoft; Mark Zuckerberg and friends own Facebook, etc. These guys are bottomless moneybags. No disputing that. They have done their selves some good by coming up with some ideas and making money from them. The entrepreneurship advocates therefore have in them fantastic examples to draw from in their self-employment sermonizing. But that is where it ends.

The self-employment preachers in Nigeria, good as their intention is, are however beginning to go off the mark. And this is where my problem with them lies. There is a dangerous trend of demonizing paid employment in the thriving business of self-employment advocacy. Every Ade, Ada and Adamu that can string two words together has turned into self-employment preacher and the fad is to demonize paid employment. Being in salaried job, to them, is slavery.
First, our self-employment advocates oversimplify things and sometimes when you listen to them or read what they write, you begin to wonder why they are not Dangote themselves. To be sure, I don’t have a problem with self-employment preachment; indeed, it is my ultimate goal too to own companies and businesses too, on full time basis. I also hold that being self-employed, if one gets it right, is better than being under someone else’s control. But is everyone cut out for being self- employed? Capital NO.

This is why I think in the process of advancing their advocacy, salaried jobs should not be demonized. I don’t believe salary job is necessarily slavery. I also don’t hold that you cannot be rich with paid job. You may not be as rich as Dangote or Adenuga, but if you work hard to become CEO of Shell Nigeria (a salaried job), for instance, I doubt your next generation can ever be poor. Not everyone will be as rich as Dangote, but with a dint of hardwork, becoming a manager in a decent company can earn you decent saving, and with sensible investment (preparing for retirement), you can live a satisfactory post-salary life.

I have seen some young graduates and prospective graduates vowing they can never work for anyone and they will go straight into entrepreneurship. Good one, if you have the idea. But managing businesses most times goes beyond the theories we read in those materials and the smooth talk of the self- employment advocates. Apart from the constraint of raising capital to fund the idea, there is an even more critical factor in management. Most times if you have never worked for any other person, you may find it difficult in running your own businesses.

Fola Adeola and Tayo Aderinokun founded GTB after working for other banks; Aig-Imoukhude and Herbert Wigwe apprenticed with GTB before breaking out to found Access Bank. Most of these guys cut their management teeth working for someone else. This is why I hold that learning by being under someone else’s employ is most times helpful. Of course, I have not said it is necessarily the case. It is very possible to go straight into one’s business after finishing school and still go ahead to make it big. Aliko Dangote is an example here. He started straight away. So, oh you self-employment preacher, before you tell me I am a slave for choosing the path of salaried employment (for now), know you that the CEO of Shell is a ‘slave’ to Shell. I want to be one.
www.jarushub.com/excuse-me-mr-self-employment-advocate/
Cc lalasticlala

GrammarNazi:


Thank you Sir!

There's absolutely nothing wrong with my Social or communication skills. If I was jobless, it was because I was choosy at first.

Aiit bro, i guess i over-exaggerated, my apologies. Guess you know people tend to make a mountain out of an anthill, next time they'll create a thread title "Reasons not to graduate with a first class"(sic).Lol.

God bless our hustle and reduce our stress.

staymore:
Most first class graduates end up working for a third class graduate.

The irony of life.

Sorry o, who knows what Dangote, Otedola, Adenuga, PMB, OBJ,IBB etc graduated with?

Abeg, carry your pessimistic thinking stay one side jare. After all, while in school we were all given equal opportunities to prove ourselves, it ain't my fault i was better than you. We both started the race but along the way due to your carefree, negligent, unserious attitude you fell on the way like a chaff taken up by the wind. I proved to the world i can be dedicated to my goal and be successful in any project given to me.

Mr failure advocate, please tell your younger ones at home to graduate with a third class and you'll cheerfully embrace them into your loving arms.

But come to think of it, is it his fault he came out with a first class? He chose to be the best ( I don't know if its at the risk of his communication, social written skills) ; Please change your mindset towards education.

My brother, permit me to say "When things go bad for you, often you find out that you have yourself to blame", what were you doing during your final year in the University and service period? Anyways, since the deed is cast, the best advice i can give you is this: visit www.jarushub.com, even try to mail them about your predicament i'm pretty sure they'd enlighten you on the next step to take. Thank me later!

Adios Amigo!

FULANI

bunlizlaw:
It's not by that, you have to be an active member.

Ehn i know na, i still have about five months..I would join the choir by december by then i'd have known the location pastor.lol

Graduating next year, ehh?? I better start attending their services!

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Stagnancy is one of the cankerworms that has eaten deep into the lives of our older generation. Imagine a professor that cannot operate a computer system, surprise uhn? that's the seep sh!t we are in, some people are just too relaxed.

I respect barcanista political analysis though we don't support the same party. Yes, at times he tends to be bias..but he is human
And yes, i have a lot of empathy for him. I respect people on NL because i certainly know that behind the funny monikers there are people who are really great(and many that have the traits of greatness) in what they do.
Only few people have the ability to carefully research, dig, explore information; his use of english language is just too impeccable, his articulate use of tenses is simply mind-blowing, the concord in his articles are too true to be ignored(though sentiments do come in).

We need to see above ethnic bigotry, nepotism, differences, let's call a spade a spade.
Bro whynotthetruth please call this dropshot guy to order; he sounds deranged else i don't see why he should insult parents even when the lady tried to be amicable..

gratiaeo:
This old foolish president talks too much. na talk we go chop.....

That's why most of this generation youths never live up to 60 talkless of 73.

My brothers, nna d verbal reasoning na die... I'll be writing next year though...God help me

Good morning nairalanders, i just read this book 'tough times don't last but tough people do' and i've also read and heard many successful people talk on their road to success. So many of them talked on how they failed in some aspects of their life such as academics, projects, and so on. What really baffles me is this; must we fail in order to succeed?

Personally, i have not really failed in any thing i've done, so i tend to fear how i will handle major disappointments or failure.

Your advice will be highly appreciated!

Cc whynotthetruth, jarus, lalasticlala

In 2baba's voice "If nobody talk about you then you are nobody, whether na truth or na lie"
Thank God say GEJ and PMB never ever open mouth insult diaself. These two men are adults and they behave as one, they both have mutual respect for one another.
My conclusion is this: If you wish others bad, bad things will happen to you. Please accept PMB is still the president of the country, even if you are in the opposition you have to acknowledge Rome wasn't built in a day.

Bro whynotthetruth, even if pikin behave like pikin, old man suppose behave as old man. Abeg the way u dey insult ppl too much na, haba u be bros nau.

Confession: barcanista,whynotthetruth i admire your writing skills, kindly recommend books for me to improve my writing skills. Thanks

FOLLOWJESUS:
You don't defend person blindly,how can a whole president of Nigeria not be able to speak good english and even speak something that people can be able to understand,is it not shame that in this digital and interlectual jet world we are producing out dated and analog president who can not comunicate, and u are quoting south korea and Rusia president who are not english speaking countries,we will continue to acomodate our shame don't be surprise he can reach America 2moro and bring more shame 4 Nigeria.

Mr know-it-all, please re-read your post
List of errors:
1. a whole president?
2. is it not shame?
3. interlectual?
4. comunicate?
5. Rusia?
6. acomodate

Above is a list of your your grammatical errors yet you castigate another person. Remember "Those that live in glass houses must not throw stones".

Unilag has a name to protect they don't want their students to be portrayed as street urchins..

mod---lalasticlala organizer--fynestboi individual--- JARUS
God bless nairaland, God bless Jarus, God bless xfire, God bless Danjaninja

mod---lalasticlala organizer--fynestboi individual--- JARUS
God bless nairaland, God bless Jarus, God bless xfire, God bless Danjaninja