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Pluck all the mangoes from a tree, after a while you'll find mangoes again, take all the billions from a billionaire, after a while you'll find him with billions again. Wealth is not what we have, but who we are and what we've trained our minds to lay hold of. a billionaire is not the one who has billions (though billionaires have billions) but the man who can make billions anytime because he has trained his mind to guide his hands into making billions. Take every money away from him and take him to a neutral ground, within A shortest time, he'll have billions again. Wealth is not what is in the hands, but what is in the mind. The African child who doesn't believe he is a billionaire has placed a limit to the amount of wealth that'll flow to him. When its possible in your heart, it would be achievable with your hands. We are who we believe we are, when we improve on how we see ourselves, we've improved on what we'll get in life. The man who believ...

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STRENGTHENING THE POOR 37

The biggest tree was once a seed, buried under the earth just like the smallest grass; they all had the same starting point but the difference is in the potential in the seed of the tree and the seed of the grass.Thee owner of the biggest business once had nothing likewise the owner of a petty shop, the difference is in the vision of each of them.How you see your business in your mind determine how big it would grow in your hands. When you see a very lofty business, the owner started from nothing just like you and built then business until it has grown into such greatness. Unlike seed, you can increase the level of the greatness of your business by adjusting how you see things. You only go as far as you can see, not more. You must train the African child to believe that there is no limitation to how great his business can grow into should he dream bigger and higher. The level any business can grow to is hugely dependent on the vision of the businessman. If you can dream big, your...

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When Facebook has only 'like' button for posts; when there are posts like 'deaths, bad things, and unpleasant news' people didn't know how to react to it, because clicking on the 'like' button would mean they took pleasure in such unpleasant news. Facebook users started criticizing Facebook for having only 'Like' buttons and Facebook listened and did more, we now have various buttons to express various emotions to posts. This made Facebook users rate Facebook more and Facebook was able to service its purpose of connecting people more. Real business tycoons listen to customer, their sincere feed backs are what they need to make adjustments. The African Child must learn to listen to customers for research purposes on how to improve his business and be of better service and not get offended at comments and the negative reactions of people to his product and services. You begin a business by working on an idea but your perfect the business by list...

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A couple who wanted a house were been shown around by an agent, the house they were inspecting caught the attention of the couples, and they were ready to pay for it immediately but the agent kept talking about another house which according to him was better than the one the couples were interested in. so he agreed with the couples to take them to this other house the next day, but unfortunately for him, the couples never showed up, that was how he lost his potential profit. To build a mega business, you must learn to wrap up deal as quick as possible. To build a mega business, you must train the African child to put the need of the customer first even if it different front his, and he must be quick to wrap up deals in accordance to the need of the customer. Not what you want for the customer that matters but what the customer wants for himself. Business are established and wrapped solely on the need of the people; whether its product or services, its wrapped around the need of t...

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I was traveling to Illorin and the bus broke down on the way in the middle of the night, I became confused then suddenly a thought that'll trigger hope in me hit me 'find out amongst other passengers who is heading to Illorin'. I started inquiring who was going to Illorin and  I found 5 passengers, so we came together and because we were together, we could plan and hire another vehicle who considered taking us to Illorin because of our number. To build a business, associate yourself with others with similar dreams, because soon the going would get tough. During winters lone wolf dies but the packs survives; the cold freezes lone wolf but packs survive because they come together and generate heat, yes, the goings would definitely get tough and only those who had formed a network with other business minded men would survive and thrive through difficult times. To train the African child to overcome discouragement as he builds his business, let him surround himself and ne...

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Around 1998 I noted that in the quarters that we lived, buying bread was coming every morning because i used to run errand for most of our neighbors. The place where the bread is sold is like 500 meters away so my elder sister and I decided to be buying in bulk and sell to those living in quarters. When we started the first round, we made profit, and we saved the profit and when we went second round we made more profit but that would mean doom for our small business. My elder sister was so happy with the profits that she decided we use the profit to buy more bread, I tried explaining to her that if we do, we won't be able to sell all, that we just need to maintain the amount of bread we buy for now. She was insecure and it was like I was challenging her authority thus she refused to reason with me, she exerted her authority and used the profit to buy more bread, but that would damn the business, the usual amount we used to sell was the number of bread we sold because our custome...