TRUTH SERIES 34-REAL MONEY IS VALUE !

Hope you can still remember the guy who won 10million naira in the MTN Who wants to be a millionaire show? He got to the show with zero naira but He left with a 10 million naira ultimate cash prize. During the course of this write up ,I will remind you of the guy’s name and why was he able to win the 10million naira just like that within 30mins of sitting on the hot seat.

Meanwhile, Let me start by establishing this fact that everybody want money, but very few get it ,because only few have what it takes to make money.

Money is not what one pursue, it is what one attract- Fela Durotoye

By the way, what is money? It is a medium of exchange .It is a legal tender.
Lets take a trip back to history,Before the use of money. It is the Trade by Barter system that was in place, which is an exchange of one item to get another item which has the same proportion of value. E.g. 10 tubers of yam for 10 tubers of cassava, during that time, everyone must have something at hand to be exchange for another item from another person at any particular point in time.

What is then REAL MONEY? It is simply VALUE. It is not the paper note. It is intangible. It cannot be seen with the naked eyes. It cannot be touched. Value only be seen with the mind but it can be felt.

Life is indeed buying and selling, it is a natural law. So in life, to get real money, one must either have something of value or do something of value in terms of services. Value is an intangible resources or wealth which must be converted to tangible wealth.

Intangible wealth in form of value are

A, IDEAS
B,TALENTS
C,SKILLS
D,KNOWLEDGE

The guy who won the 10million Prize money on MTN show is Aroma Ufodike , He won the cash prize because there was an exchange, he knew something in terms of knowledge which is value. The value of what he knew helped him to win the 10million he won. He came there with his intangible wealth and exchanges it for MTN 10Million naira. So simple!

It may surprised you that what the yahoo yahoo boys, kidnappers, militants , armed robbers are looking for is real money but they don’t have something of value to earn it.

So to be relevant, beyond been employed you must have something of value ,which must be converted to a tangible wealth, by packaging it in a business plan, proposal ,services etc. then automatically real money will flow in your direction. See you at the top as you are on you way to make your millions. Discover something of value you can sell to your world today.I look forward to hear from you.

God bless you. God bless Nigeria !

TRUTH SERIES 33-MY NEW FRIEND

This week I will be sharing with you a conversation I engaged with my new friend, which we can all learn from. Some few weeks ago at the restaurant, I met a young man, a graduate of geography and town planning. I overheard this young man telling the guy sitting beside him that he is frustrated, he said how can I as a graduate not have a meaning job , at a point I don’t want to interfere in their conversation not until when he said ,even if he has opportunity to smuggle cocaine out of Nigeria, that he does not mind to be involve.

I can’t but share my thoughts with him that he does not need to be involved in such illegal act.

We engaged in the following conversation.

Unique seun: I ask my new friend , what if you are caught by NDLEA? He could not give a straight answer. I told him you will spend the rest of your life in jail, which is not the best for you.

My new friend: He said in this country that one need connection to make it but unfortunately , nobody is willing to help.

Unique seun: I agreed, but I ask how prepared are you for this connection? Hmm, He ponders on it for a while. I gave him a scenario, which goes thus, what if by chance you meet with the minister of housing. As a graduate of Town planning and Geography, what will you put before the minster? Do you have a business proposal? Do you have a business card? I told him an exchange must take place before he can get anything out of life.

My new Friend: I have an idea of rural housing Estates.

Unique seun: fine, have you put it in black and white?

My new friend: No, I have it on my head.

Unique seun: Hmmm, I told him point blank, you are not yet prepared, that what you have not put in black and white, you have not yet believe in it, and you cannot work on it or take action on it. I said the bible is so powerful because it is the written word of God and same goes for the constitution of any nation.

My new friend: Hmm, He nodded in agreement.

Unique seun: I said success only happens when preparation meets with opportunity. I told him, now that you are not yet employed, you have the greatest opportunity to sit down and think your way out of your present situation. I told him he has a great future ahead of him. That he just need an idea to access the wealth of the land.

First and foremost, I told my friend, he should never put money first in what ever he wants to embark on, because at first ,you will not always have enough to start something.I said this is the key, You need to ask yourself these sincere questions, What can I do well? What do I have passion for? What am I good at? What do I have now to get what I want ?

After about 35minutes of our discussion, my new friend was encouraged, he reversed the statement he earlier made that he will get himself involved in pushing cocaine. He admitted that he made the statement out of frustration, that now, I have helped him to see things in a new perspective and I have given him a new understanding. He thanked me and said I am God sent.

Dear reader, our words are powerful. We may not have all the money to give to people around us, but we have the power of life in our tongue. Let us watch out for people around us who are frustrated and discouraged, lets spend some few minutes with them and share some word of life with them. My new friend went away challenged and inspired to start something. I see my friend in the future becoming a CEO of a big corporation or a big businessman in Real estate business.Remember a candle loses nothing by lighting other candles.

Your response and comments are welcome.adeagbo_seun@yahoo.com

TRUTH SERIES 33-OUR OPPORTUNITIES MUST BE EXPLORED

Let me now share with you what I delivered, I started with our opportunities must be explored. I started with a quote, Winston Churchill “A pessimist will always see difficulty in every opportunity, while an optimist will always see an opportunity in every difficulty.” I asked who are you? A pessimist or optimist. I proceeded by telling them Opportunities abound in Nigeria, that there are no green pastures any where, that it you that will determine to make a place a green pasture. I said unfortunately, why many of us are traveling out in frustration to seek for greener pastures, that foreign business men are coming in to tap into our opportunities to do business. A Yoruba sayings goes thus, nkon taw a lo si sokoto wa ni sokoto wa, meaning what we are looking afar of is within where we are. I said opportunity is all about discovering a need and providing services to meet that need, very simple as ABC, It is solving problems. But I told them, where many young people have challenges is that opportunities are not seen with naked eyes, they are only seen with the mind.

I made them realized that going to school is not to graduate and start looking for job, but the essence of going to school is to build one’s capacity to think to solve problems. I emphasized that there are no jobs for job seekers but only for problem solvers. I sound it clear that organization main goal is not to employ people but to meet some certain objectives; they only employ problem solvers to meet that set aims and objectives.

I challenge my audience that if we have enough problems and challenge them we have enough opportunities too. That our challenges are proportionally to the opportunities available. In US for instance, they have less societal problems, they have a good conducive environment, because most of their problems have been solved.

I highlighted 7 areas where they can tap into:

A, ICT

B, FOOD

C, ENTERTAINMENT

D, EDUCATION

E, LEADERSHIP AND VALUES

F, FASHION

G, AUTO MECHANICS

I hope I have been able to challenged you too by this write up, I want to hear from you. Don’t forget, Opportunity is all about discovering a need and meeting it,in doing so,money flow towards you.SEE U ON TOP.dreamnewnigeria@yahoo.com, 0803 443 8232,WATCH OUT FOR MY COLUMN IN THE NEWSPAPER SOON!

TRUTH SERIES 32-MY JOURNEY TO KEFFI ,PART1

I am sorry that for the past weeks, I have not been able to update my blog. My schedule has been very tight. Just last week Tuesday, I was at the NYSC camp, keffi ,Nassarawa state to speak to about 1,000 youths Participants at the International Youth week celebration organized by the federal ministry of youth development, It was a new experience and opportunity to impact my generation .I spoke on 2 truths every Nigerian youth must know, i.e Our opportunities must be explored and secondly, Real money is value .My journey to keffi was a one I never dreamt of ,I was only informed like 4 days to the Program to come and share some contents in my book that is about to the out,14 TRUTHS NIGERIAN YOUTH MUST KNOW. But you know when preparation meets with opportunity, success will definitely happen. So I rose to the occasion.

The time came, I was introduced by the MC to deliver my presentation, I quickly did something to connect with my audience, because I needed to do so,so as to get their maximum attention and concentration. I asked everyone to stand and greet each other in their local dialects, it lasted for about 5minutes,It was fun hearing different tongues in the hall, it was like when the holy spirit came upon the apostles at the upper room, it was fun and they were all happy participating in the short exercise.

I also encourage anyone who can recite the National anthem and The pledge in any Nigerian Languages, As many that came out which they did excellently well ,I promised to send them the copies of my book freely to them when it is out.

See you in the second part of this write up,I Will be writing on what I spoke on.Remember,when preparation meets with opportunity,success will definitely happen.SEE U ON TOP.