Do you know why most people will never get capital? Because they have not learnt how to sell themselves.
I have received countless calls from people asking, “Oga, please help me with capital to start my business…”
Each time, I will listen and ask myself if this is a right product to invest in. See eh, nobody owes you capital, you must learn to build it yourself.
Capital is not the first thing you need. You are your first capital. But unfortunately, many have not yet learned it.
We were trained wrongly. We were taught to hustle after money, chase after capital, beg for support from strangers, but nobody taught us this simple truth that …
You don’t ask for money, you attract money.
And how do you attract it?
By learning to sell yourself first through service, trust, and value.
Money does not chase needs, money chases solutions. Capital flows to credibility.
If you don’t have a track record of serving and solving problems, why should anyone give you their hard-earned money?
When I finished my NYC, like many young guys, I had no job. I was interviewed severally and yet no work. Nobody to give me money to start a business or any bank loan.
But instead of sitting at home complaining or waiting for a miracle, I decided to serve with my skills at Mbari for free. No salaries and I showed up everyday like I was paid giant money.
Guess what happened?
The owner of the business center, Mr. Anele Akamadu, seeing my dedication, service and value, started giving me support and started introducing me to his friends.
That free service turned into relationships.
Those relationships turned into opportunities and that was how I met Barr. Anselem Okorie of MDGs and my story changed.
All that income and savings while serving Anselem became the seed of everything I started building in Fashion and Pam tech after 8 years of committed service.
See, service is not slavery; service is strategy. Your reputation is your real currency, and your smart work is your collateral; it’s what people use to judge if you are bankable.
When people trust you, believe you, and see your consistency, capital will flow naturally.
You will not need to shout for help, your service will announce you.
If you are dreaming of big things, listen to me as your brother.
First, discover what you have… a skill, an idea, a passion.
Second, package yourself, present your value with dignity, diligence, and excellence.
Third, serve with everything you have got even when nobody is watching because you are your first product, so, sell it well.
Know that investors don’t invest in paper ideas, they invest in people.
Instead of asking, “Who will give me money?”
Start asking, “Who can I serve? Who can I help? What problems can I solve?”
This mindset shift was the beginning of my journey, and if you make that shift today, it will be the beginning of yours too.
I am a well — doing Fashion Designer and I wish people will get to study and apply this common secret.
Real men with their version aren't ready anymore to invest in paper ideas.
Dear, truly speaking-all my time I have spent around people who are ready to invest, they keep telling me they need to see my ideas in working.
I have it in mind without executing it. Each time I tell them to offer me a help, they turn me down, without letting me feel bad.
They would promise to be of help but would still turn me down, but I realized, they need to see my ideas on the working table.
When I came up, and showed them, I could also provide them with a fashion sense and handle their social media accounts. They all invested, so much in my business, and today I don't chase them around for peanuts…
Even without asking for a return, today, my skills allow me to understand what entrepreneur entails, that it is not just the idea on a paper but the working force behind it.
Many of times we truly don't create the best value for ourselves, giving people the wrong impression about investing in us.
Self investment is a big time entrepreneur opportunity that would bring about the financial benefit.
Selling myself as an entrepreneur, both online and offline, makes the substance runs after me.
Currently, I don't run after frivolous issues that cannot bring about growth in my entrepreneur life.
Making money is effortless at some point, if you fix yourself for the best opportunity. The right customers and patronage is there.
It is left for one to just position his or herself at the right spot of light.
In today's world, inventors want to see your worth in the active format. No one cares anymore about the paper storylines.
No matter how funny the idea is; hence it would bring about self-reliance and patronage, that is the right idea.
Selling our self with the right idea is more than a commodity. It is a great asset which would yield fruits.
Just learn how to sell yourself.
Thank you for visiting my blog.
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[English] Do you know why most people will never get capital? Because they have not learnt how to sell themselves.
I have received countless calls from people asking, “Oga, please help me with capital to start my business…”
Each time, I will listen and ask myself if this is a right product to invest in. See eh, nobody owes you capital, you must learn to build it yourself.
Capital is not the first thing you need. You are your first capital. But unfortunately, many have not yet learned it.
We were trained wrongly. We were taught to hustle after money, chase after capital, beg for support from strangers, but nobody taught us this simple truth that …
You don’t ask for money, you attract money.
And how do you attract it?
By learning to sell yourself first through service, trust, and value.
Money does not chase needs, money chases solutions. Capital flows to credibility.
If you don’t have a track record of serving and solving problems, why should anyone give you their hard-earned money?
When I finished my NYC, like many young guys, I had no job. I was interviewed severally and yet no work. Nobody to give me money to start a business or any bank loan.
But instead of sitting at home complaining or waiting for a miracle, I decided to serve with my skills at Mbari for free. No salaries and I showed up everyday like I was paid giant money.
Guess what happened?
The owner of the business center, Mr. Anele Akamadu, seeing my dedication, service and value, started giving me support and started introducing me to his friends.
That free service turned into relationships.
Those relationships turned into opportunities and that was how I met Barr. Anselem Okorie of MDGs and my story changed.
All that income and savings while serving Anselem became the seed of everything I started building in Fashion and Pam tech after 8 years of committed service.
See, service is not slavery; service is strategy. Your reputation is your real currency, and your smart work is your collateral; it’s what people use to judge if you are bankable.
When people trust you, believe you, and see your consistency, capital will flow naturally.
You will not need to shout for help, your service will announce you.
If you are dreaming of big things, listen to me as your brother.
First, discover what you have… a skill, an idea, a passion.
Second, package yourself, present your value with dignity, diligence, and excellence.
Third, serve with everything you have got even when nobody is watching because you are your first product, so, sell it well.
Know that investors don’t invest in paper ideas, they invest in people.
Instead of asking, “Who will give me money?”
Start asking, “Who can I serve? Who can I help? What problems can I solve?”
This mindset shift was the beginning of my journey, and if you make that shift today, it will be the beginning of yours too.
I am a well — doing Fashion Designer and I wish people will get to study and apply this common secret.
Real men with their version aren't ready anymore to invest in paper ideas.
Dear, truly speaking-all my time I have spent around people who are ready to invest, they keep telling me they need to see my ideas in working.
I have it in mind without executing it. Each time I tell them to offer me a help, they turn me down, without letting me feel bad.
They would promise to be of help but would still turn me down, but I realized, they need to see my ideas on the working table.
When I came up, and showed them, I could also provide them with a fashion sense and handle their social media accounts. They all invested, so much in my business, and today I don't chase them around for peanuts…
Even without asking for a return, today, my skills allow me to understand what entrepreneur entails, that it is not just the idea on a paper but the working force behind it.
Many of times we truly don't create the best value for ourselves, giving people the wrong impression about investing in us.
Self investment is a big time entrepreneur opportunity that would bring about the financial benefit.
Selling myself as an entrepreneur, both online and offline, makes the substance runs after me.
Currently, I don't run after frivolous issues that cannot bring about growth in my entrepreneur life.
Making money is effortless at some point, if you fix yourself for the best opportunity. The right customers and patronage is there.
It is left for one to just position his or herself at the right spot of light.
In today's world, inventors want to see your worth in the active format. No one cares anymore about the paper storylines.
No matter how funny the idea is; hence it would bring about self-reliance and patronage, that is the right idea.
Selling our self with the right idea is more than a commodity. It is a great asset which would yield fruits.
Just learn how to sell yourself.
Thank you for visiting my blog.
Please comment, reblong and click the vote button if you find this article insightful.
Thank you for visiting my blog.
Please comment, reblong and click the vote button if you find this article insightful.
[Spanish ] ¿Sabes por qué la mayoría de las personas nunca obtendrán capital? Porque no han aprendido a venderse a sí mismos.
He recibido innumerables llamadas de personas pidiéndome: "Oga, por favor, ayúdame con capital para comenzar mi negocio..."
Cada vez, escucho y me pregunto si este es un producto adecuado en el cual invertir. Mira, eh, nadie te debe capital; debes aprender a construirlo tú mismo.
El capital no es lo primero que necesitas. Tú eres tu primer capital. Pero, lamentablemente, muchos aún no lo han aprendido.
Fuimos entrenados de manera incorrecta. Nos enseñaron a perseguir el dinero, a correr detrás del capital, a rogar apoyo a extraños, pero nadie nos enseñó esta simple verdad:
No se pide dinero; se atrae dinero.
¿Y cómo se atrae?
Aprendiendo primero a venderte a ti mismo a través del servicio, la confianza y el valor.
El dinero no persigue necesidades; el dinero persigue soluciones. El capital fluye hacia la credibilidad.
Si no tienes un historial de servicio y de solución de problemas, ¿por qué alguien debería confiarte su dinero ganado con tanto esfuerzo?
Cuando terminé mi NYSC, como muchos jóvenes, no tenía trabajo. Me entrevistaron varias veces, pero nada de empleo. Nadie para darme dinero para iniciar un negocio ni acceso a un préstamo bancario.
Pero en vez de quedarme en casa quejándome o esperando un milagro, decidí ofrecer mis habilidades en Mbari de manera gratuita. Sin salario, y aun así me presentaba todos los días como si me pagaran una fortuna.
¿Adivina qué pasó?
El dueño del centro de negocios, el Sr. Anele Akamadu, al ver mi dedicación, servicio y valor, empezó a apoyarme y a presentarme con sus amigos.
Ese servicio gratuito se convirtió en relaciones.
Esas relaciones se convirtieron en oportunidades y así fue como conocí al abogado Anselem Okorie de los OMD, y mi historia cambió.
Todos esos ingresos y ahorros mientras servía a Anselem se convirtieron en la semilla de todo lo que más tarde construí en Fashion y Pam Tech después de 8 años de servicio comprometido.
Mira, el servicio no es esclavitud, el servicio es estrategia.
Tu reputación es tu verdadera moneda, y tu trabajo inteligente es tu aval; es lo que la gente usa para juzgar si eres "financiable".
Cuando las personas confían en ti, creen en ti y ven tu consistencia, el capital fluirá naturalmente.
No necesitarás rogar ayuda, tu servicio te anunciará.
Si sueñas en grande, escúchame como a un hermano:
Primero, descubre lo que tienes... una habilidad, una idea, una pasión.
Segundo, empáquetate, presenta tu valor con dignidad, diligencia y excelencia.
Tercero, sirve con todo lo que tienes, incluso cuando nadie te vea, porque tú eres tu primer producto, así que véndete bien.
Recuerda que los inversores no invierten en ideas sobre el papel, invierten en personas.
En lugar de preguntar: "¿Quién me dará dinero?"
Comienza a preguntar: "¿A quién puedo servir? ¿A quién puedo ayudar? ¿Qué problemas puedo resolver?"
Este cambio de mentalidad fue el inicio de mi viaje, y si haces ese cambio hoy, también será el inicio del tuyo.
Hoy soy un diseñador de moda exitoso, y deseo que más personas estudien y apliquen este secreto tan sencillo.
Los verdaderos hombres de negocios ya no están dispuestos a invertir en ideas solo escritas en papel.
Querido amigo, sinceramente, todo el tiempo que he pasado alrededor de personas dispuestas a invertir, siempre me dicen que necesitan ver mis ideas en acción.
Yo tenía ideas en la mente, pero sin ejecutarlas.
Cada vez que les pedía ayuda, me rechazaban, pero sin hacerme sentir mal.
Prometían ayudarme, pero igual me rechazaban, hasta que comprendí:
Necesitan ver mis ideas funcionando.
Cuando finalmente me presenté y les mostré que podía ofrecerles asesoría de moda y manejar sus redes sociales, todos invirtieron muchísimo en mi negocio, y hoy en día no ando detrás de ellos rogando por limosnas...
Incluso sin pedirles nada a cambio, hoy mis habilidades me han permitido entender que ser emprendedor no se trata solo de ideas escritas, sino de la fuerza activa detrás de ellas.
Muchas veces no creamos el mejor valor para nosotros mismos, y eso da una mala impresión a quienes podrían invertir en nosotros.
Invertir en uno mismo es una gran oportunidad empresarial que puede traer beneficios financieros.
Venderme a mí mismo como emprendedor, tanto online como offline, hace que las oportunidades me persigan a mí.
Actualmente, ya no pierdo el tiempo en asuntos frívolos que no aportan crecimiento a mi vida emprendedora.
Ganar dinero se vuelve algo natural en cierto punto, si te posicionas en la mejor oportunidad. Los clientes y el apoyo adecuados existen.
Sólo queda colocarse en el lugar correcto bajo la luz correcta.
Hoy en día, los inversores quieren ver tu valor en formato activo.
A nadie le interesa ya las historias en papel.
No importa lo divertida o sencilla que sea tu idea;
Si puede generar autosuficiencia y clientes fieles, esa es la idea correcta.
Vendernos a nosotros mismos con la idea correcta no es simplemente una mercancía, es un gran activo que dará frutos.
Solo aprende a venderte a ti mismo.
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