Business Series 1: Wealth is Made

The words you are about to read are important – follow them carefully. These words are important because they are predictive of the financial direction of Nigeria (and probably your) over the next decade. Hence, these aren’t just words but seeds that I seek to plant in your life (through your assimilation and action) that have the potential to sprout and blossom into a mighty tree with hundreds of resultant fruits on it.

Entrepreneurship is the way for our financial increase and path out of unemployment. Some people are quick to protest that they are “not cut out for business.” This is an error in perspectives towards. Fact is that nobody is “cut out” for anything nor do you need to be cut out for business to excel therein. We need to understand that entrepreneurship is not the actions taken by a business person but a way of thinking. It is a mindset; an attitude of the mind. This attitude understands that since business exists solely to solve human problems then we are all in business irrespective of what we do to earn a living.

In addition, wealth is made. Wealth is the child of resourceful minds that solve problems other human beings are faced with. Wealth does not jump down from the skies to the lucky and neither is it imparted on any person. Wealthy nations for example are not wealthy because a “god of wealth” favors them. No, they are wealthy because their citizens took the initiative to create it. This means that you can create wealth and I can create wealth.

As a nation, we will begin to experience national wealth when we learn and apply principles of entrepreneurship. These are the principles of wealth creation. We cannot prosper by depending on wealthy nations for aid. No beggar creates wealth. It has not happened in the past and will not happen in the future. Aids reinforce our belief that we are poor and if we believe we are poor then we are poor.

Entrepreneurship is the key to ensuring we have jobs for the future. It is the way for individuals to create wealth. It is the way forward for our families to build sustainable income. Hop on the entrepreneurship ride as we take the journey towards creating the wealth we desire.