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Here is why I think you won’t succeed:

Reality Check #1: Learn how to manage money

I recently hung out with a few young adults who are looking to grow their career. They are sharp, smart, and hard working. The problem is they don’t know how to manage their money. They’ve maxed out their credit cards and don’t have much money in their bank accounts, yet they’ll spend $150 on luxuries services.

 If luxury services make you happy, by all means get them. But you shouldn’t be spending money on things like that when you have large amounts of debt. I personally didn’t indulge in luxury items until I was making over 6 figures in income.

 Now I am not trying to tell you what you should or shouldn’t do with your money because at the end of the day it is your life and you should do whatever will make you happy. But if you want to succeed in business you need to learn how to manage money. If you can’t pay your bills on time, pay employees or learn how to collect checks you’ll run into a lot of cash issues. Without money you won’t be in business for long.

Reality Check #2: Don’t take opportunities for granted

 Just last month I got a hair cut from a great hair stylist who seems to have more clients than she can deal with it. She wanted to expand her business and open up a decent size salon. So I offered to meet up with her and potentially invest in her idea if she could come up with a plan that made sense.

 To make a long story short, I met up with her and she came unprepared. In addition to that I offered her a second chance by telling her to get back to me with a plan, but I still haven’t heard anything from her…

 If she didn’t take the opportunity for granted she probably would have had the money she wanted to create the salon of her dreams. I already knew she was a good hair stylist from my friends and I knew that she would have clients as she already has more than she can deal with.

 No matter whom you meet or what people offer you, don’t ever take things for granted. You never know who can help you out and what they can do for you.

Reality Check #3: Ideas are a dime a dozen

 Every week I literally get a handful of people who want feedback on their business idea. These are ideas that people are passionate about, but they never execute.

 For example, 6 months ago I had a gentlemen come to me who wanted to create a cloud based storage service for people who watch pornographic content. Think of it as a Dropbox, but for porn.

 Although the idea sounded great, he never did anything with it. If you want to succeed, you have to execute. Things like ideas don’t matter, execution does. This is the reason why companies like Facebook, Twitter and Groupon are doing so well because they are able to execute.

 Don’t waste your time telling hundreds of people your business ideas, just get out there and do it.

Reality Check #4: Communicate, communicate, and communicate some more

 My generation loves to text message and use Facebook. But what they suck at compared to the other generations is responding to emails and answering phone calls.

 In my experience the number one reason people miss out on an opportunity is because they are horrible at communicating. And more importantly they are horrible at communicating through the normal channels most business folks are used to… email and phone.

 Make sure you are on top of things and you respond to people in a timely fashion. It will make you look great and it will help you keep your clients happy.

Reality Check #5: Emotions and business don’t mix

 If you know me, you know that I am not an emotional person. Most things are either black or white to me and I always do what is best for my business even if it hurts “feelings.”

 For the past few months I have been hanging out with people who are my age. I’ve realize they have a lot of unchecked emotions and drama in their lives. This in turn has made me more emotional which has started to effect my business decisions. I have started to slowly cut these emotion filled people out of my life.

 If you want to succeed in the business world you have to learn how to make decisions based off of logic and not emotion. It’s not always going to be easy, but it’s what you have to do to make wise decisions. If for some reason you aren’t able to think straight: don’t make any decisions. Sleep on your emotions until you have a logical answer or get some guidance from a peer.

Reality Check #6: F may come before W, but Work comes before Fun

 Who doesn’t want to have fun? right? I know I do, but you need to learn to only have fun after all of your work is done. For example I haven’t taken a vacation in 10 years because I need to continually work on my start-up.

 Don’t get me wrong, I have fun, but I always put work ahead of having fun. It sounds easy when you are making a decent chunk of change, but at the beginning it ends up being a bit difficult because you won’t be making heaps of cash.

 If you can learn to put work ahead of having fun, you’ll do well in life… especially if you are a hard worker. You just have to be patient as you won’t see the benefits of this in the short run.

Conclusion

 Just because I’ve stated why you won’t succeed it doesn’t mean you can’t change. Everyone, including me, has flaws. Don’t get depressed or feel hopeless, do something about it!

 If you are wiling to change you can succeed. You just have to learn how to spot the roadblocks in your life and solve them. And if for some reasonyou aren’t able to solve them, don’t be afraid to get help from others.

I hope you can prove me wrong! If you need help or guidance in business, don’t be afraid to leave a comment and ask for help. I promise that I’ll do my best to help you out.

Thanks, but no thanks. Even a brand new bold 2, doesn't cost up to 50k, talk less of used; Nigerian used kuma!

The colour is black. In a perfect working condition.

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I am in my early 30's. When I was still much younger, I do look forward to Sundays because that's the only day we eat rice. I am curious to know how often you ate rice. Don't kill the fun.

Correct cos 16+16+4-16 is equal 36-16 equal 20

[quote author=Okija_juju]My 9900 is the worst investment I ever made in a phone...

The darn thing will just stay and decide to stop ringing.. As in the volume is at its loudest and all but no sound.. Not even music.. So I have to da a battery pull restart..


Useless piece of junk..

@ Topic.. once in two days.. [/quote]I use BB9900 (Bold 5) white. Some of u say u use BB, but not coming out clean that u got a 5th hand phone. Nigerians should try and go for new. Phone and not over used phones.

I want to thank Jehovah for my life. I got married in the year 2009, since then I and my wife have been believing God for fruit of the womb. December last year, God surprised us, she got pregnant and gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on the 14th of last month. Praise the LORD!!!

In the first place I wouldn't allow my wife to work in a place where she will come back home that late. That alone shows that ur husband is the understanding type. Hold am well o, my sister. Husband dey scarce outside.

Don't because you have right, you will start misbehaving. If you are CATCHED.

olu4life: Mornin everyone,i look at TB more like a Philanthropist and not a MOG. Why? Simply because he is not a Born Again christian. A man claiming to have been born again in his mother's womb and not bothering to re-do it is not a MOG. And that was the main reason why he wasnt accepted into CAN. Shikena

I don't think you have been following Emmanuel tv. Your conclusion is based on people's comment and what u read on d pages of news paper. He encourages ppl to say prayer of salvation. I was against before but ever since I started watching Emmanuel tv I have had a change of heart. Muslims who I personally know watch his programs and pray along with him and they become healed. He has gained my respect. Let's be objective before we criticize a man of God.

I have never for once doubted the existence of God. Some senseless individuals will say, this is fake. I believe the man of God, prophet TB Joshua, is a prophet sent in this last day. Ride on prophet.

Have some of you ever sat down to ponder on what has made this man relevant since 1989 when he started his ministry till now. Some of you are so ignorant and foolish that as soon as Mr A says something, you will want to follow suit. Despite your eveil wishes and curses the man is waxing strong. Judge yourselves first before you start judging others.

He who is not ready to experience heat should not go close to a kitchen.since you intended kissing her, you should have been prepared for the saliva too.

Enough bush meat na. Those kids are brave. I think this should be a man's job.

You guys are real dommies. I do watch his life services every sunday. I do watch him prophecy before the incidence happen. Get a life.just get a strong decoder and see for ur selves. gays!!!

I feel you should investigate the issue. If ur suspitions are true, break up with her. Apart from the risk of contacting HIV, she might get pregnant for another guy and push the responsibility to you.

I beleive many countries of the world doesnt even know a country like somali exist. I think browsing through the net to see ur women is the last thing on my mind. The only memory i have of Somali is that of a hunger striken nation...

Without faith it is impossible to please God. No matter how annointed a man is, without faith u cant be healed. He cant be of help, cos faith is the link to God.

I have received a tangible miracle through his prayers. If all the pastors are saying he is fake. Let them pray that God should strip him of all his powers. Or is 'satan' more powerful than their God? All the attack against the prophet are all because of ENVY. He will always be my prophet and pastor. Even during Jesus ministry on earth, he emphasized on faith. Without faith u cant receive from God.

tunnytox: Crap! crap!! and crap!!!
which miracles the one you saw on TV or the real ones? how come these people never do any miracles in Europe or North America? because they know they'll truely investigate and confirm if the miracle is true or fake...Only in Nigeria you'll hear all these kind of fake miracles, clowns

Our problem in this country is that we open our mouth to talk without looking at the facts. Prophet Joshua challenged any man of God who heard from God directly to come and tell d world so. They all just like u all base ur judgement on hear says. I do watch his live service every sunday and i dont see any thing fake in what he does. He has had crusade in over sea countries. He has 5 pastors that does exactly what he does.