Babs Mo 🏢.

In as much as I agree with not accepting meagre salaries, we also need to factor in reality. Except you have a Dad, or sponsor giving you a substantial amount to cover needs, then it's best you take the job. I remember when everything was bleak circa 2018, I dusted my shoes and went straight to one of those mini schools in my area. Pay was 5k, but it was better than not having anything and drinking garri without sugar. (Plus being idle) I worked for 8 months with no pay in that place btw, then I got another part time job as a Chemistry, biology and physics teacher for just 10k per month. Since the pay was meagre, I added home lessons to it, I would work from 7am to 8pm, I wished I still had access to my old phone, I looked like a twig, (my main food was two super bites and 1 Pepsi, 200Naira😭😂). It's funny now, but it wasn't then, you could see my visible waist line. Anyways, I left the second school due to another issue (story for another day), and I didn't receive my last salary as well, to top it all, one of my home school tutoring parent's threw money on the floor for me to pick (after I continuously requested for my money) plus few insults. I can never forget, it was #500 , With tears swelling in my eyes, I picked it up and never looked back, I went back to being jobless for a while, then I got into another school, pay this time was 16,500 Transport to and from was #300 daily, plus a little trekking. Sometimes I wouldn't be able to eat, I fell into debt to be able to eat, I couldn't buy new clothes,but at least I had something doing . It was during this time I borrowed money to get my phone then, an infinix s5, I had always wanted to learn web development but I didn't have a laptop. Still I would uwrite codes on paper, borrow laptops, and then finally, I dabbled into crypto, lost money, put some again from my salary that wasn't enough into ponzi scheme, lost it again, bought a course on fiver freelancing for 10k, no laptop to implement, left it alone, At some point I just wanted to accept my reality but deep down I knew I was destined for more. I later ended up saving up to 35k, got a course on digital marketing, and that was the turning point for me. I got exposed to ALOT of information and met wonderful people, read books that changed my financial lense and mindset and by mid 2022, I finally quit my job, had stack enough to last me for 6 months and focused on building online. I'm not where I want to be right now, but looking back, I've come a long way. I own my company @BcubeDigitals with staffs, worked with clients across the globe, I'm currently co founding 2 startups, and I earn 7 figures consistently . One day I spent 65,000 naira on food alone(with my family) and my mind briskly recalled those days, I just smiled and said Alhamdullilah. If you read to this extent, here's my advice (especially if this resonates with your current situation) 1. Know that you need compromise to move on to the next level, it's going to be very hard, but you gotta compromise. 2. Tell yourself the truth, understand your why, and know what you want, it would make it easier to take to decisions. 3. Read the richest man in Babylon, it would help you plan your finances properly, even with 100k monthly. 4. A Man's dignity lies in being able to cater for himself. Half bread is better than none. 5. Cut out excessive spending, don't eat out, buy food in bulk, stay with your parents,(if possible) and stack up aggressively. 6. Have a clear mental image and time line for yourself, you don't want to be stuck earning that for years. 7. Be disciplined, You can't be consistent if you're not disciplined . 8. Invest in upskilling, the hard truth is that you currently might not have the necessary KNOWLEDGE needed to help you start earning above 100k. 9. Think positively, keep your head high, Be proud of yourself, it's indeed not easy, but you're trying. 10. Go back to God. I wish you the best, shalom.

@BradyYourTutor_ Not knowing Nikola Tesla is diabolic. Not know what Nikola created and invented is an atrocity. How do you say Nikola invented electricity?.

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I really pity graphic designers. These guys are on a mission to kick you guys out of the market. They’re basically shifting from “Canva for Professionals “ to “Canva for consumers”. Sigh.

I hope I'm not late🌚

The unspoken thing about being an entrepreneur is that you're always a learning. You would continue to learn everyday in every aspect of your life, wether you are ready or not. Money relations, trust, systems, failures, Wins, rejections e.t.c Every aspect gives you a lesson in return, and those experiences stick. It is now up to you to learn and implement, or ignore and retake the class on that aspect.

@BRICSinfo The US Government should come to an agreement with the Iranian Government. The prices of Gas is skyrocketing everywhere across the world. I mean, why is the USA fighting for another country? Trump shouldn't even be interested in such fights at all.

JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's draft agreement has been sent to the US for review and is preliminarily seen as acceptable to the American administration.

Barawo's Run away from them. The one's that I even considered worse are those who would ask you to teach them but they won't take it seriously. They want you to spoon feed them throughout the process. Don't just run away from these set, cut them off and block them everywhere.

There’s people that don’t want to go through the stress of learning how to catch fish even if you offered to teach them for free, they just want you to catch it and give it to them

Saw a 3 year old boy yesterday. I advised him to go and buy 1 acre of land , plus prepare for dangote ICO and buy BUA stocks. He was confused and was just looking at me, perplexed I told him to better listen to me, he shouldn't be like us, it is better he starts planning Now, it's not too late, he can still make it.

They do, not all, but few do. They just want to know what they’re spending their money on would yield results I.e make more money, or reduce costs. Also your automation has to be cheaper than normal labour, or you need to justify why they should pay that high for automation that could be handled by workers. I started out with Nigerian clients ,you just need to know how to deal with them.

Someone once got angry with me because I told him I do not have money to give him at the moment and went ahead to order food in his presence. I just laughed, that I don’t have money to give you doesn’t mean I don’t have money for myself. I am at my limit, at that stage money is for me alone. The guy stopped talking to me for a while, I moved on with my life as well. You can’t be angry at me for not giving you my own money.

That someone doesn’t have money to give you doesn’t mean they don’t have money. Again, That someone doesn’t have money to give you at a point in time doesn’t mean they don’t have money. It only means they don’t have money at that moment they can spare. Stop being an entitled parasite crying over someone else’s hard earned money. It’s a bad look. If e easy, go make yours.

@Liuking_draws @theofficialdrl @arojinle1 You are funny, because tell me how I am projecting? Didn’t you see AS A MUSLIM Arojinle is a Muslim, I responded to his post to tell him karma, according to Islam, isn’t real And you’re saying I am projecting How?

@Big_brainbox @theofficialdrl @arojinle1 Same as our realities are different. But you’re projecting yours unto others. But Again make sure you don’t be a victim. Peace ✌️

Karma is very selective

@Liuking_draws @theofficialdrl @arojinle1 My belief system and your belief system are totally different. To you it’s coping, to me it’s real. You do not need to believe what I say, to you with yours, to me with mine.

@Big_brainbox @theofficialdrl @arojinle1 Lol. All these are coping mechanisms. Sha don’t be a victim.

@japhetho @ossaivictor1_ You can Saying you can never is not true, he didn’t add 80% or any %. I’m saying you can, even though it’s a tiny percent, you can still be a multimillionaire with 9-5, I even gave personal example.

@Big_brainbox @ossaivictor1_ No one is saying it is bad The original post was saying you cant build generational wealth with 9-5 80% of the time.

A man will work for 35 years and still be a tenant in Nigeria. This 9-5 job is not favoring a lot of people honestly. You can never become a multimillionaire with a 9-5 job.

@japhetho @ossaivictor1_ Japheth, we’re saying the same thing, I used something similar to end my take. Also read my subsequent response, you would see that I touched this too. You’re not wrong, but 9-5 isn’t supposed to be something that bad.

@Big_brainbox @ossaivictor1_ How many people work in Chervon ? How many people will earn over 1.5m monthly as a 9-5 er? But I can tell you for a fact that there are millions of nigerians who will live and die and their highest salary will be 300k

In as much as I agree, this is just enabling them to do the same thing again. I'm a very pragmatic person, if this landlord can do this now it definitely means he would do it again and again That means that in another 6months he is likely to increase again. This is a matter of my right and my money, infact if it's not that we're in Nigeria, and that we don't have a board or National agency that deals with these kind of issues directly, I don't even need to involve a lawyer, I would just report him to the necessary authorities. What is wrong is wrong, what is right is right. There's no ifs and buts. By mediation, taking things out, e.t.c you're only enabling the landlord . Ok what if he doesn't agree, or he agrees to remove say 20k, does that still make it right Would you pay the 30k? Even while knowing you're being cheated? Let's leave emotions aside and see things for what it is I totally get your point, but I believe that a cynical approach would protect you more, it might severe the relationship, but it would definitely protect you at the long run. Nevertheless, Dialogue is still worth trying as well.

I don’t know hot you guys deal with your landlords or how you manage your relationship with them. This is a technique I’ve used to negotiate over the years, in business, personal relationships and even social gathering. Whenever there’s a problem or what seems to be a problem, you don respond first in hostility, you must first cancel all middlemen and reach out to the major stakeholders (the landlord in this case) and have a face 2 face conversation with them. If that doesn’t work, you get a mediation, either through their wife or child… Don’t respond immediately to hostility with hostility…except when necessary.

Fun fact: You can’t fully hide all contact status on WhatsApp. After few minutes it would automatically unhide at least 5 contacts status(randomly).

I know for sure. I know the day of reckoning is real and true. To me it's the only logical explanation to evil people getting what they deserve , especially those that don't get punishment here in this world. Like I said, The Almighty knows all, on that day, we shall all see for ourselves.

@Big_brainbox @arojinle1 We don't know for sure what's out there for us after death for sure So i don't believe now anyone is getting punished in the afterlife, I'm all about this current life we living.

@theofficialdrl @arojinle1 You can't decide the Almighty, You can't cheat the system. If you think you've escaped, The Almighty is waiting for you on his own day They say everyday for the thief, one day for the owner.

@Big_brainbox @arojinle1 Exactly you reap what you sow If you play bad games smartly you get away with it. If you play bad games stupidly you get caught or killed in the process Same thing applies with good games

@orethebrave No. Hake fish (roasted) pepper soup is.

as a real food lover, i put it to you that catfish peppersoup is actually the best kind of peppersoup.