"That rich man in our neighbourhood is just lucky, he had the opportunity and his parents were wealthy, that's why he is rich."
" You had someone to lend you money, the banks were willing to assist you in your project. Moreover, you had all you wanted at your fingertip."
There are questions you need to ask yourself, which are:
Will a bank give you money to start a business for free without collateral?
Have you taken time to study how successful people start and are you sure they did not start small in one way or the other?
Surprisingly, a large portion of the successful people in the world started with little or nothing. They had to earn everything they own currently. Some of the successful people are even less lucky as they started by paying debts.
SELF DISCIPLINE AND HARD WORK ARE BROTHERS
I was talking to a young Nigerian millionaire entrepreneur and I asked him if the banks were willing to lend him money when he wanted to start his business? What he said was "which bank will lend a startup company money? when I wanted to start my company, I went to 4 banks to lend me money, 5 million Naira to be precise. Well, they did ask me to bring collaterals and some other things. I was asked to bring a collateral worth 7 million Naira. Can you imagine, if I had such collateral, will I not just sell it to start my business? will I go to the bank to ask for a loan?. I had to work my buts off to get to the stage I am. Anyway, recently I was talking to my friend who is a regional manager in one of these banks (I do not want to mention the name of the bank), I just told him that I am considering lending hundreds of million to build a hotel but my BOD already want to finance it. The next day, I got 7 commercial banks in Nigeria willing to lend me the money, others were asking to sign deals. So no bank is willing to lend you money from the scratch unless you have what can benefit them.
Nobody woke up to success, it took the combination of hard work and determination. Determination and discipline are needed to grow and attain the position you aim for. Like I will always say, hard work will push you to that point but self-discipline will keep you there.
I have seen a lot of people saying I want to achieve a certain milestone at a particular period of time, but they only say it with the belief that it will come at its own will. So many of them are not determined and willing to pay the price to attain success in the area they want to be successful.
Like Michelangelo said;
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
Nothing comes easy, nothing comes cheap and free, it takes hard work, dedication, determination and discipline to get them.
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Very good motivational write up. Pushing goes a long way. Sometimes we get laid back or get tired of not seeing results, but just a little push can make us take a step that will lead to the end of the turnel. Is never easy, it requires hardwork, dedication, determination and pursuit. Great job @gbenga.
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Laziness is not the only thing that is affecting some nigaria youths, it is the fact that they want to start big, and there is no way one will get the financial strength to just blownloke that except if by miracle. I support your idea of determination and self discipline
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Hard work pays truly. Because nothing good ever comes easy.
Is that dog really pulling the car?
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That's how the saying goes, Nothing good comes easy. Some people think because they come from a wealthy family automatically they will be wealthy, but they don't know they still need hard work and self discipline to keep the wealth going. No short cut to success. Thanks for reminding us.
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Check the history and background of the those who have made names they started from grass to grace, so never think the smaller entity can't be a larger one, dangote started from somewhere before his business moves from localgovernment to state, and from state to country. You can also make it, it only deals with time. Well structure one @gbenga.
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@gbenga,can i add to it that "hardwork without the right information leads to stagnancy"....Because many only work like donkey but lacks the right info about what they are doing "longterm or short term"or even what is happening in their environment.
your words always ignites my spirit
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Failure is alien to my life. In the past, I've accepted it. Now, I reject it and I'm prepared for wisdom and principles which will guide me to the sunlight of wealth, position and happiness beyond my dreams. Thank you for this @gbenga
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What more can i say whren you have said it all.
I also think that somebody need to smart just like the young millonaire who applied wisdom.
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Yea,that's so right,the journey of a thousand miles begins with a step ,you have to start from somewhere,no matter how small it might be,with deligence and hardworking you can get to the top.
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With these write-ups of yours, soon you will become of the leading motivational speakers in. Nigeria. Good job bro @gbenga
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Hmmmm. if i tell you say e easy, then na set up.
Who no go no know..and who don go,never know completely
I'll work on the discipline part of it. Thanks for sharing
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