Mr. Sola's Testimony

IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN GET IT

A few years back, I graduated from the university with a degree in Electrical Engineering and finished my NYSC. Like many other Nigerian graduates, the end of youth service marks the beginning of unemployment. Sad but true, my situation was no different. For months I was at home looking for jobs to no avail. Nothing was coming from my parents anymore.  I am lucky to be raised by parents who believe in education but once you are through with school, not a single dime comes from them to you anymore. I remember my dad giving me the talk of my life when I asked him for 100naira to buy recharge card to call a friend of mine and ask if there was vacancy at his workplace so i can apply. He said "Sola, we have fed you, clothed you and invested in you for years, its time for you to start taking care of yourself.

About a week after that incident, my friend Kunle invited to the Forever business presentation, I loved the idea and saw prospect in the opportunity.  I am someone who has always wanted to be in control of what he earned so I said Yes to the opportunity but there was a challenge, I didn't have money to start. I thought of an idea which looked really ridiculous but I didn't care because I had no option. I borrowed money from 9 people to start the business and told them that I will pay back within a particular period of time. I didn't tell anyone what I wanted to use the money for.
When I started, I received all sorts of discouragement, ridicule and insults from friends and family members. Especially the ones who claimed to have done it before. But my mum partly supported saying its better than staying idle.
I had moved out of my parents house by then. I remember my roommates in the place I was staying would come back from work and laugh at me saying "look at this one selling drugs, he doesn't want to work, he just wants to be eating our food". Most times, I'ld lie down pretending to be asleep but deep down I was crying silently. But I didn't let any of that deter my vision of taking charge of my finances and not putting my destiny in the hands of the government or any employer. I let whatever they do or say motivate me to forge ahead instead.

I went out every morning knowing I had a lot of people to prove wrong and my parents to make proud introducing and recommending the products the amateur way I knew how to.

Fast forward to this day, I have moved from the naive graduate who started the Forever Business to becoming a member of the millionaire's club. I have qualified 

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