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Rathoreng:
The skill set part hit me 🤝📈! Also any teenagers that just clicked on this thread should make sure that he have read books like *How to sell to Nigerians * by Akin Alabi *Africa Rise and Shine* by Jim ovia (ceo zenith bank plc.) *Millonaire Fastlane * by mj demarco, I wish the author added this. Have a nice day and make sure you’ve crammed this books by all means before turning 18. Wise is enough for the wise. Believe it or not Nigeria = survival of the fittest. Know this and have peace .📈📈✅

Do you mind sharing any link to the books PDF version (if it's available)?

This will remain relevant forever.

By the way, I'm tired of wasting my time in that bakery — I'd rather keep writing my first book and suspend that stress tonight.

Don't know what to do 🤔

SuperOnyi:


Bonus:

14. Just because we learn from mistakes doesn't mean you should make a costly mistake.

15. Set your own goals, if you can get a book to do so— do it.

16. Own a diary, when I look at those write-ups (the ones that survived) I wrote years back; the feeling is heavenly.

17. Stop doubting yourself, build your confidence.

18. Do not allow peer pressure make you do something stupid.

19. Use your common sense.

20. You won't remain 16 forever.


I'm out!

21. Nobody cares, work harder.

odenkirk:
e don cut

are you still addicted to gambling?

If you've gone through the threads I posted the link in my previous post, you'd understand that:

1. Learning a skill is very important in today's Nigeria, the electrician that fixed my light issue charged me N2.5k — I had reduce it to 1.5k. Funny enough, he didn't do much and just walked away with an amount that'd get me 2 Mudu of beans.

2. The internet is a powerful tool, I still regret not harnessing its potential when I was younger. It was hard to navigate through the treacherous terrain with the odds against me — it wasn't my fault but I keep beating myself over that.

3. If you can afford to further your education, drop the idea for now (I know it hurts, trust me — I've been there) and hustle. Although, I've seen people who managed to push through by hustling in school but it wasn't easy especially if you got younger siblings like me.

4. Nobody cares, you are your own responsibility. Life's a short trip, expect the worst while hoping for the best. Expectations breeds disappointments.


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Firstly, start by reading these:


https://www.nairaland.com/7249793/early-20s-need-read#115134721


https://www.nairaland.com/7722738/things-wish-knew-teenager-18


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After going through hell because of nwaboi apprenticeship, I grabbed the bull by the horn and left with no settlement at 19. Not even a penny! I was broke mentally, physically and financially.

I was tired of suffering, I wanted to just cease to breathe but I couldn't do it because I could tell that my family needed me — I've got 4 younger brothers and like me, they never enjoyed that feeling of having a father and a strong family. It was taken from us at a young age!

Listen, nobody cares about you — this world is cruel and cold. Being born a poor and in Nigeria is like being born without legs, hands and still blind. It's crazy! I was forced to become an adult before I even knew what being 18 was like.

If you're young, poor and confused on the next steps to take — do this:


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Man, ever since I was a kid — I've been hearing "you're the hope of our family". The pressure and weight on my shoulders isn't anything new, it's not easy.

I wasn't even up to 10 when I started staying with people who were not my immediate family, by 11, my dad made me to go stay in some man's shop after school — especially every Saturday.

Look, it's a long story but I finished high school by 16 and was persuaded into Nwaboi apprenticeship. Man, my dream of furthering my education squashed!

I know you're wondering where exactly I'm driving at, huh? Calm down...

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My response to @Davizee...

https://www.nairaland.com/7703674/what-does-it-mean-enter

I didn't plan to do this but I decided to pause writing my book when I saw this young man's quote and his threads. It really hit me hard because I could relate to his struggles, so instead of just responding to him — I decided to make a thread so others can learn.

By the way, I'm a hustler just like you and that number 19 reminds me of my little brother and the year 2021 I decided to take one of the most dangerous decision ever!


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Happy birthday, boss.

41 🤯?

TemplarLandry:
Congrats young man.

I dedicate “40 Days 40 Nights” by Dax feat. Nasty C to you. Great jam!

The fact you know my boy Dax is legendary .

Úseless thread!

shortgun:
What!😳
I should post pictures of my great grandfather The Great Ikuku Mmou on nairaland.
For wetin abeg

KimFab:
This one is actually common in the east, currently. People with hazel and honey brown colour of eyes. If you ask, they'll say ọcha bara ya anya. Their colour got into their eyes.

I honestly wish I understand the head and tail of this their discussion. It's like it was specifically created by people who can't breathe well in a whole day without mentioning igbo people.

Back in high school, I knew this girl called Chioma — green eyes and unsurprisingly, her both parents were very light skinned and had "their color got into their eyes".

As a kid, my dad showed me his brother — my grandmother gave birth to him at home (that's what i was later told). That man should be over 70 years old and he was very light skinned, all his children are also light skinned.

I remember my cousins (it's been long I've seen them), a particular one also had light colored eyes or whatever.

1Sharon:
I think it's deeper than creams lol because that doesn't explain the green/blue eyes some igbos have

As a kid, I really my dad telling me in Igbo that his mother "was so light skinned that it got into her eyes". I don't know what y'all talking about!

Merch:
Slave mentality

Honestly, I don't believe most of these guys on this forum claiming to be Yoruba or Igbo are real humans.

Most of the shít I read here fúcks me up mentally — I had light skin as a kid (not anymore, Arewa sun has tanned my skin) and my little brother was dark skinned. He's got a very beautiful skin color.

I remember people always doubting he's my biological brother because everybody believes people of Igbo descent are usually "light skinned". Like WTF, gtfoh!

This is the type of shít that made my sis to start using cream on her skin because her other siblings were "light skinned", she didn't believe she was Igbo — funny enough, my mom was dark-skinned too.

Infolenka:
Why does every half caste person born from a mixture of white and black parents ALWAYS resemble a typical igbo person ? This is especially true among the female half castes who are almost indistinguishable from light skin Igbo women.

I think during the slave trade period a lot of white settlers slept with lots of Igbo women and this is the origin of all these light skin beautiful Igbo women that look exactly like half caste women.

What type of shít is this for Christ's sake?

dreamxhaser:
Bro, i dont collect money to teach. I only help people when i feel like. In fact, i no to get time for that one because i get plenty things to do both in work and school.

As i dey type work choke for my head and i get test tomorrow. Even the people i asked to drop their digits, you can ask dem anyday aytime if i collect money from dem. I wont collect shishi from dem and you can ask dem in the future.

I was thought to help people because of God, nothing else.

No be Ilegendd help boys for this same NL with free Amazon Kdp knowledge. In fact even me benefit, but i no to put body for the hustle.

Brother man, show some love on kdp. I've been on that shit since March, although, I've not published any book. A lot of temptations tried to hold down but I ain't backing down.

I did buy a course from a nairaland guru but learning never ends — show some love, boss. Don't ignore. Thanks.

KingCold:
Nigerians and this obsession with whites, it's honestly tiring. I mean how do you credit white people for what God created ? This Uncle Tom tendencies

Very disgusting mindset!

These people fail to understand that their "victim mentality" will not help us at all — they think Jesus would appear and the world would cease to exist.

But alas, 100 years from now, their descendants will read their comments and spit on their gràves.

English people were also colonized but their descents bounced back and took control of the world — my people are here wailing...

Maynman:
If the case is reversed, you people will still see snow as an ugly thing.

It's mental colonialism, he's being brainwashed to believe that everything about our ancestors were evil. It is well known that we are the cause of our problem.

Omoawoke:
I have seen winter, fall, spring and summer.

The best time of the year in Oyinbo land is summer, that's when everybody is happy and out to celebrate.
Winter is dark, cold and depressing.
Forget the white snow, it only gets exciting in the first fall, anything after that is torture and nightmare

The other things you mentioned is because of the poverty in Africa. The beautiful flowers and trees you see did not just come naturally, they designed and genetically engineered many of them and decorated their cities with them.
The dogs were domesticated and bred.
Black skins don't crack, oyinbo at 40 is looking frail and wrinkled and cracked, a black skin at 40 is still glowing and shining.
your hair is looking rough because you are malnourished, if you eat well and enjoy a healthy lifestyle and grooming, you will look more attractive than an average white.
When the black hair is becoming grey, it looks so cute, a white person hair tuning grey makes them look iike ghosts

The thing we are lacking is management and money, we need to create wealth and make Africa beautiful. stop the inferiority complex and develop your land

God bless you, I wanted to reply that troll suffering from inferiority complex but I ain't wasting my battery for that. It's low already.

The day I'd make my first $200 on kdp, I will shed metaphorical tears of joy.

Curious345:
He's a big boy

I swear they don't know.


I once sold motorcycle, tractor and car spare parts and I can confirm that this guy earns more money than most civil servants.

Antihypocrite:
I am a versatile writer. I can write on any niche provided I can read at least 6000 words on that niche

How's it going?