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STRENGHTENING THE POOR 9

NEVER SAY ‘I CAN’T OR I DON’T KNOW HOW IT’S DONE’ Two boys shared a testimony of how they became rich after they won a contract to design a website for a bank and were retained by the bank afterwards. When the bank agent asked them if they could deliver the quality of website the bank needed, one of them wanted to say they can't but the other one tapped him and said to the agent they could. When the agent asked if they were absolutely sure, they affirmed and when the agent left, the one who had wanted to say ‘they can't’ asked his brother, why did you accept a contract we don’t know how to do, he responded, lets learn how to do it now. So they set to work, researching and invited everyone who has knowledge in complex codes, and they delivered the website to the bank, the bank was so impressed that they retained the two boys. The first way of knowing how to do anything is to confess with your mouth, ‘I can’. Once you can declare that you can, you have triggered your ingenuity

STRENGTHENING THE POOR 8

TEST EVERY CHANCE OBI was sharing with his friend CHARLES about an idea that came on his mind about a business. Days go into weeks and months and years, yet he won't work on the idea because he was afraid the business won't be patronized. After Charles has tried in vain to convince Obi to try before trashing the idea, he decided to try the idea despite himself despite the fear of failure that has rendered Obi from trying out the idea, he struggled for a while but as he kept failing, he became more interested in finding ways to make the idea work out and as he kept researching online, buying books on setting up businesses and attending business seminars, soon that idea worked making him a millionaire. The friend OBI who was the original owner of the idea is still poor not because he didn't conceive the idea that would had made im rich but because he was too afraid to try out and work out the idea. Many Africans are poor because they are afraid to work out many business