SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE 95!

                                  SEPARATE YOURSELF FROM THE 95!

I will like to open this article with a very short story. While I was growing up, I stayed with an uncle, in a sub-up in Wilmer area of Lagos State, before I left them. Before then, we had stayed in a city called Okokomaiko in Lagos state too, there at Okokomaiko  in 1999, I was privilege to have a chat with my Aunt, (name kept) as the chatting was going on, she narrated her story as a young girl how her father’s brothers maltreated them, simply because her father will not join them in serving their fetish ‘gods’, so they refused to help them in time of need and they suffer a great deal before making the ‘big breakthrough’ by God’s grace.

To cut the long story short, after so many years had passed and looking back, even when I taught my aunt and her lovely husband, my sweet uncle were sufficient enough with what I could see at that time, my aunt still vowed that she must separate herself from the ’95 and join the 5’, so I begin to wonder what she meant by that, later, I then discovered why. This is why I have decided to write on this topic,

First of all, who are the ninety-five “95”?

I will like to go straight, without wanting to make your mind wonder about. Simply put, the ‘95’, are; The poor, procrastinators, dream killers, fearful, people with no vision, people who cannot dare, people who are pessimist, people who are comfortable with their present position, people who relinquish their comfort zone, people who are not creative, who are not proactive, people who do not have self confidence, people with low self-esteem, people who are not motivated by anything, people who do not see anything good in others, people who would always castigate you when you are moving up, people who built empires with their mouth, whose ideas remain in their head and mind but are too afraid to try, people who don’t grow, people who gamble on opinions, people who are not decisive, and the list goes on and on…………………………………………!

Well, the five on the other hand, are the reverse of the above mentioned traits. But findings have shown that it is only a few that can get in to this ‘famous five’, a unique position that so many yearn for, long for and wish to be amongst, but it will take the brave, who are ready to stake all odds to be part of this group, the builders of our world. But the good news is that you are not left apart, you can join the group. The only criteria, is “ARE YOU WILLING”? If you answered yes, to the above question, I say WELCOME! You may read on.

YOU MUST FIRST BE WILLING!

Willingness of the heart is the first thing that a person’s needs; you need to be willing to separate yourself from your old man. You cannot say you want to be rich and you still do things the old way it is not just possible for riches to come that way! It is like pouring new wine into an old jar, the wine will definitely get sour right! Yeah!

Now willingness of the heart should come natural, nobody should force you to change, it should come from within you, it’s your mind, the you that is in you, yourself made being, you must change the way it thinks, react to its immediate environment, to how it reacts to setbacks, it’s emotions, you must purge it from negativity, it must be able to guide you to choosing your right friends, friends that would impact positive things in you, the heart must me desirous to change, yes that is the willingness to come out of the 95 and join the 5! God has deposited in every man the ability to make these changes, i.e. making the heart willing enough to desire good things!

THE MIND

As a very strong tool, the mind is divided into two parts the conscious and the subconscious mind.

THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND: This part of the mind is what carries information whether constructive or destructive as the case may be into your conscious mind. It is very volatile that it can make or mar a person’s success in life. The intents of the hearts are stored here and it is from here that the conscious mind will now act upon to the physical world. This is your store house you must use it well in other to join the 5!

THE CONSCIOUS MIND: The conscious part of the mind is that part that executes or carries out the actions or taught stored in the subconscious part of the mind. It is very vulnerable to its environment, one must be very careful as to what one allows into the mind: if you store negative things that are not productive to the mind, it will dish out negative results, so watch out what goes in there!

HOW TO JOIN THE FIVE?

There are some things one must do to join the five and these are

1.   Change your taught: The first thing is you have to change the way you think about yourself, the way you think about life, the way you think about your education/careers, the way you think about investment, the way you think about being a wage slave (employee or salary earner), the friends you pull out with, the way you search for information that could better your future, the way you go about developing yourself professionally etc.

2.   Think investment: Do you consider investing in your future as a tool that could help you get into the 5? If not, start thinking investment! Invest in books, in information, in buying futures, bonds, shares, policies, stocks, in oil & gas, in education, in professional skills, in real estate, in fixed deposit and many more to secure a great future for you and your family.

3.   Reduce depts. And safe more: One vital reason why people hardly save is depts. Once you can reduce the number of depts. In a month, you will be able to save more for that month. Again, try to but things in bulk at the end of a month that will carry you throughout that month, rather than buying things bit-by-bit, there by spending even more than the rich. Try not to window shop pay for what you buy and avoid carry over to the next month!

4.   Buy assets not Liability: Avoid buying what you don’t need but buy only what you need. Do not stock your house with liability only what is necessary is what should be in your house. If you don’t need a car yet, don’t buy it because you want to impress your friends at work that you are capable of buying a car. Same goes for other things too if you do, it will save you a great deal. In one sentence, avoid the temptation!

5.   Buy Land: Land is a natural asset that cannot depreciate in value but instead it appreciates. If you can get lands at areas that is still experiencing development then you can get it cheap. Areas like Agbara, Oko-Afon, Mowe, Epe, Badagry, and Ikotun and so on. All these areas and more are in Lagos/Ogun States do your research for more areas. Lands at Oko-Afon go for N200, 000-up which I think is reasonable for someone to invest in now!

6.   Think Business: Yes, you have to think business there is no job security and even if you are receiving a very good wage, you still need to think business to compliment your existing job. Today, people think of “MSI” Which stands for (Multiple Streams of Income) i.e. creating multiple businesses that will be bringing income regularly into your bank account. Businesses like building an office space for lease, or rent, please, don’t sell your land lease or rent it out for some period of time, business like building a school and give to expert to manage, supermarket, grocery shop, food stuff, business center etc we can go on and on. All these businesses in no small time will gradually get you into the fraction 5!

WHAT WILL IT DO FOR YOU?

The benefits of the afore mentioned things and many more, is that

1.   It will create an enabling future for you.

2.   It will make you to be financially free.

3.   It will make you achieve your dreams.

4.   It will give you the freedom of being your own boss.

5.   It will give you time to be with your family whenever.

6.   It will give you sense of belonging.

7.   It will make you to expand into new ventures

8.   You will be able to give your family that dream vacation etc.

BE MOTIVATED: Lastly, you must be motivated, you must have drive, you must have self determination, you must have perspiration and be persistent in what you do, you must have passion for that future that you have always dreamt of, you must be courageous, and you must have the eagle eye to soar on eagles wings. Choose friends that will take you to that lofty height, friends that sees as you see, risk taking friends who sees possibility in impossibility. Once you can do these and develop yourself in almost all these areas and do the above, you will be on your way to joining the famous 5 per cent that are controlling the riches of this world. The ball is in your court, act now!