Many years ago, the trending thought among young persons used to be. "Go to school, graduate and get a very good job" It was a very reasonable concept. It made a lot of sense because the environmental conditions supported such statements. But challenges began to arise. Employers began to demand more than what they were willing to pay for; doing everything possible to "stay in business" at the expense of the well being of their staff.
Due to the growing population words like
"Don't work for anybody oo...be your own boss."
"Start a business"
"Follow Your Passion"
Arise from know where
These words were like honey to persons who had suffered and experience insufficiency caused by depending on the 'system' It made so much sense and a lot of young persons ran after "passion" Learning skills,
Setting up businesses around their passion, flaunting their creative ideas and enjoying the "business owner/entrepreneur" status(which is normal when you start as a young person).
Then the title of CEO and "founder" came into being. But then we began to realize that a lot of "passion motivated" ventures closed down within a short time. The beloved CEOs and visioneers turned their attention to "other important things" and it began to seem as though the "follow your passion thing" was a motivation that would only lead to frustration.
Why was it this way
Well, in the midst of the numerous reasons I picked one fact. These persons did the right thing by following their passion. But they thought the fight would be easy. They expected the journey to be sweet and "without much stress" They wanted to wake up when they felt like.
Go to work when they feel like
Get paid when they want to a sweet idea they used to build illusion in place of expectations.
But they forgot that waking up when you feel like can be as a result of working and tuning your hustle all night. There are days I stay in front of my computer working without having an idea of what the time is. Sometimes I spend so much time on a book cover concept that I forget many things.
These "CEOs" didn't realize that passion can make you spend days in hunger. They couldn't embrace the fact that during the early stages of an entrepreneur's journey comes with mistakes, misfiring and sometimes losses.
They flew in and flew out. Dropping their aspirations like bad habits. Have you walked away from your business, your vision, your ideas simply because you realized that it wasn't as Rosy as you expected? Can you count how many times you gave up just because it wasn't sweet at the beginning So you really expected it to be sweet?
You saw Seun Robinson turning the world around through her books and you thought it was magic abi?
You saw Coach Edirin Edewor gaining international recognition and you felt it's easy to run a Facebook group.
Entrepreneurship is NOT easy
Following your passion isn't wrong at all
Sustaining a vision is not impossible
Reaching your goal is not a myth
Running a Seven figure business is not for the "special ones" only
Every possibility lies within the confines of your willingness to KNOW what it takes to succeed and be COMMITTED to doing everything possible to get results.
Make up your mind to stay strong. Allow yourself to start and push yourself to finish. It's not easy.. it never was, but I'm sure it will be as time progresses. Thats because life is in phases.
And don't forget the place of SERVICE!!
Before you begin, please...serve!! Service gives you what books will not give you. Service creates you opportunities for you in ways you cannot imagine. That niche has dimensions and strategic ways of handling it's systems. If you want to dominate, serve first! For some of you, your clarity will come in the place of service.
Get a coach
Get a mentor
Be a volunteer
Offer yourself selflessly!
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