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it and he helped a couple of times with my
orders eventually I was able to handle things
on my own, found other suppliers abroad,
and the rest they say is history.
I was moving my salary 100% to the
business and graduated from importing
laptops to desktops, printers, photocopies,
Starlink, and premium gadgets.
I had a target for how long I wanted to work
to divert the money to the business, even
though it meant, going to Ikeja during the
day and working while there, while also
selling with my one staff at the beginning.
Getting home at night to cook, clean, and
work till about 3 am before heading to bed
and waking up again at 5:30-6 am to get my
child ready for school and to head out to the
store.
The point is, that success doesn’t just
happen, people make it happen. You can hate
people because they refuse to continually
give you handouts for all you want, it won’t
change anything until you decide to break
out of self-pity. A pity party is a useless
gathering that amounts to absolutely nothing.
Yes, we will have down-times, I’ve had my
share of it, in fact enough to write a book,
but staying down there while wallowing in
your pain and self-pity, must never be an
option.
Like one of my life mantras says ‘I’d rather
be tired than broke’. That’s me. I walk into
the house dead tired every day, but I sleep
like a baby knowing that there’s food on
my child’s table, a roof over her head, and a
premium life for her. I’m able to have one of
the best hospitals in Lagos care for my Mum,
and take care of her treatments and drugs.
That’s a good life for me.
In 2025, get up, and get out there. If you
want to get to your dream, you must get up.
It’s your dream, your goals, your life. Clocks
don’t stop, and time won’t wait for anyone!
May God open your eyes to opportunities
around you, and may He connect you to the
right people and help you to break out of self-
doubt. I hope this year, that things truly click
for you and God brings you to your place of
rest.
You will do well!
The story above, though personal to the
author, is not far from what we all have gone
through or are still going through. However,
how her story ended was very much up to
how much of herself she was willing to take
a look at and then decide to do something
about her situation. The same goes for anyone
in the same space, the power to do something
about your situation is in your hands. The
direction may differ for each of us but the
destination will likely be the same – liberty
from the things that hold us down.
So, as you enter into the second month of
2025, do what must be done within the
timeframe that it must be done.
Don’t let your pain and rock-bottom
experiences go to waste. Write a book,
create a product, make a service out of your
experiences and you will find that you can
transform your reality positively.
Cheers to your upliftment.
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