frankfrancis871:



Igbo Amaka!
self-made money!
Igbos are demi-gods



I will tell my own story soon.


Meanwhile village people and Afon be like



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maxtop:
We all have a story to tell but until you make it there's nothing to tell cuz it just won't be fascinating. I still sell pure water in traffic but nobody cares but whenever I make it'll be good story.

Make I go hussle

frankfrancis871:



Igbo Amaka!
self-made money!
Igbos are demi-gods



I will tell my own story soon.


Meanwhile village people and Afon be like



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Muhylonaire:
Tell any youth about hard work, wait and see how they will make you understand that smart work pays better than hard work...

2019, I just wanna be successful

alfredsurewin08:
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frankfrancis871:



Igbo Amaka!
self-made money!
Igbos are demi-gods



I will tell my own story soon.


Meanwhile village people and Afon be like



www.nairaland.com/attachments/8415760_8343737imagejpeg9f360c5ab7736510df54c882e9dbf188_jpegd9b0f3439e300414b92c6e6f2843100f

superior1:
He made a huge cash off zenith, illegitimately but smartly

gisthabit:
Tony Onyemaechi Elumelu is a Nigerian economist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Heirs Holdings, the United Bank for Africa, Transcorp and founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation.

According to him, below is a brief story of his success on how he rose from the being a poor and hungry salesman to a business mogul and a billionaire as a result of hard work and luck.

In business, the role luck plays in success and personal achievement is rarely discussed. If luck is mentioned, it is done with slight condescension, and usually dismissed as a product of hard work, not deserving significant attention. While hard work is paramount – and I have written extensively about the importance of working hard – history and my own experiences show that there is often a large element of success that hard work alone can not explain. It is simply not true that “you make your own luck.”

I started my career as a salesman, a copier salesman to be specific, young, hungry, and hardworking, but the reality was that I was just one of the thousands of young Nigerian graduates, all eager to succeed. How did I get from there to where I am now? Of course, hard work, resilience, a long-term vision – but also luck.

A year after earning a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Lagos, I applied to join a new generation bank, Allstates Trust Bank. The bank’s one-page newspaper advertisement demanded a minimum of a Second Class Upper result, but I applied regardless, submitting a cover letter and filled out application with my Second Class Lower Economics result.

By a stroke of luck, my application was reviewed by the Chairman/CEO, a painstaking man who carefully read my cover letter and was drawn to the confidence in my words. “I know I may not have met the qualifying criteria for the advertised roles, but I am intelligent, driven, ambitious and I will make the bank proud. My Second Class Lower result does not demonstrate the full extent of my intelligence and ability, and I know I can do so much more.” He read those words and took a chance on me. Though “unqualified”, he decided to throw me a lifeline, an opportunity.

I was invited to join the shortlist, followed by a long series of interviews and even more tests. At the end of a very rigorous process, I received good news – I had a place as an entry-level analyst. Even now, I wonder: What if the Founder had not personally gone through my application? What if my application was rejected at the very beginning? What if I never got the opportunity to work at Allstates Trust Bank?

The story continues: Within 12 months at the bank, aged 27, I went from analyst to branch manager – the youngest ever bank branch manager at the time. I was hard working, energetic, creative and prioritised getting things done, but it was also good fortune that my bosses Toyin Akin-Johnson and Ebitimi Banigo took notice, and then, believed in me. They took a chance on me by appointing me as branch manager after an incredibly short time in the bank. They recognised in me the raw materials needed to make a good leader and were prepared to invest in me and my ability. My rise to Branch Manager within a short period is a great story but I know in my heart, I was lucky, as well as deserving.

This position of branch manager was a solid platform which launched me into several top leadership roles. When we, a small group of hungry, determined, young outsiders, took over struggling Crystal Bank, it was as a direct result of the preparedness and exposure that we received early from our superiors and mentors. Without the intervention and goodwill of these people in my career, I would not have been prepared to take on far greater roles. These learning opportunities laid the pathway to future achievements. To put simply, I was lucky enough to be identified and trusted so early on in my career, and this put me on a unique road to success. I keep this in mind – it is humbling and also drives much of what I do today.

When I left UBA as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 2010 to pursue other interests, I made a vow that through the Tony Elumelu Foundation, I would “institutionalise” luck and democratise access to opportunities for young Africans. I promised to leverage the success I have enjoyed, to spread luck and hope, provide opportunities and to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs to succeed. Without luck in my early career, I would not be the man that I am today. I am a leader and philanthropist today because I encountered people who gave me a chance early in my career. It has been a lifetime goal to pay this forward in a transformative and impactful way.

Over the past three decades I have spent as a banker, investor, and turnaround expert, I have had the opportunity to meet thousands of entrepreneurs, like me. Many of them are young people with incredible dreams and business ideas but without the experience or access to mentoring and support required to build successful businesses. But most importantly, they have not yet been exposed to the right opportunity.

Our entrepreneurs are hard at work across the continent, identifying gaps in the market for specific products and services, and bridging these gaps with their innovation and ingenuity. Yet, many of these budding entrepreneurs often lack the capital, the networks, the training, the support to take their small business to national or regional scale. All they need is a helping hand, some luck, someone to believe in them and take a chance on them.

This is what the Tony Elumelu Foundation offers: a platform that empowers African entrepreneurs with opportunities ranging from business management training to mentoring, to funding to networking – championing their cause and giving them a global voice to actualise their ambitions. This is precisely why I launched the USD$100 million Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs. Indeed, their businesses may become the next UBAs (United Bank for Africa).

So, when I am asked, “Tony, why are you and your family doing this? What is in it for you?” I smile and recount my own story of luck. Luck is real, it is powerful, and I am committed to spreading it as far as I can. I am a beneficiary of luck, and I am passionate about sharing it across the continent, to all 54 countries.

Source: http://gisthabit.com/tony-elumelu-the-sales-boy-turned-billionaire/

majekdom2:
Perhaps the billionaire has a different definition of luck going by the definition of dictionary luck, his situation isn’t luck. It is a combination of Talent meetinopportunity. The two has got to be there for anyone to be successful. The opportunity was to apply for the position, the talent in him wrote an intriguing cover lettter. It would have been luck if he sat at home and the CEO just knocked on his door from no where.

BiafraBushBoy:
Nice one... I will highlight the key points;

1) His cover letter did the magic for him despite not being qualified.

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2) He took up a sales job. Majority of millionaires in the world today started off as sales people. Becoming a sales person has lots of advantage to offer you especially if you intend setting up your own business.

I love sales and I am still selling till date.

Lovely post.

Mizk:
And what are we supposed to do with the info? Because it worked for you doesn't mean we should all take the same route, I'll be intrested if you can ask me of my business ideas and provide necessary funding even if it means I'll pay back with intrest and see if i won't become wealthy, the truth is we're all trying just that we are not as opportuned as he was, he only got lucky.

bjims:


what would you call the CEO who probably picked his cover letter out of the numerous ones that must have submitted despite the fact that he had a 2:2 amongst so many other 2:2 in the midst of so many 2:1 and first class? Even the bible talks about time and chance.I agree with opportunity meeting talent but waht often brings both together is luck. If his cover letter was selected from the numerous letters and you say it wasnt luck then he must have used long leg.We all need a bit of luck in life bro/sis.

CoolAmbience:


This is a new year. You can actually make the most of it by guarding what you say and say what you wish the right way 'cos you can never tell who is reading or listening.

Luck is for real and we tend to downgrade this fact a lot. Luck shows forth more when there's positivity, hardwork and consistency. Anyone can be lucky, poor or rich, educated or uneducated.

You don't try once or a few times and say you aren't opportune. You keep trying as long as you still have breath in you.

There is no where in the text where Tony said what worked for him would work for everyone else. You asked what you are supposed to do with the info while at the same time expressing interest in an opportunity to pitch your business idea for seed funding, isn't that a mismatch?

However, if you really want to pitch your idea to Tony, you may do so through www.tonyelumelufoundation.org. I am willing to offer you assistance.

maxtop:
We all have a story to tell but until you make it there's nothing to tell cuz it just won't be fascinating. I still sell pure water in traffic but nobody cares but whenever I make it'll be good story.

Make I go hussle

majekdom2:
he saw talent, potential in him. He wrote a cover letter stating why he thinks he is better. That caught the interest of the CEO. Different things catches our interest. Why do people get jobs, most times because the hiring manager connects with their responses. It’s simple as this. If he couldn’t express himself well in the cover letter, would there be a connection? The ability to express himself is a talent and that is even rare given the system around those days. I remember my first job, I was the least experienced, I didn’t even have the required experience but I remembered all the three Hiring managers there connected with me. I got the offer first.

HardBishop:
who can trust a anambra person?. their business successes is often attached with juju.. he must have a covenant with an occultic kingdom.

chai. from sales boy to billionaire.... hmm. something is fishy

kenzysmith:
Format tins this guy dey do serious ritual sales boy kor sales man bawooo

Factfinder1:
If only the devil stops distracting us with Women alcohol and the die hard hunger for money

Vizzy4u:
which devil?