Change is one of the most necessary constant events in life, sometimes difficult to notice but undeniably evident. Retrospecting, I see how much my ideals have changed subtly and fast paced as well about a lot of things. Things I once viewed as a permanent culture to my existence have either accommodated new tastes, merged with the old or completely replaced them as time ran its course. It is really mind-blowing how my priorities continue to shift overtime, how my experiences have moulded me, my values and understanding about my person metamorph as I am redefined by the journey of life and interactions that transpire along the way.
From boyhood to the man I am today I have had my perspectives altered over the years but the most essential that sticks out like a sore thumb would have to be my view on business. Growing up, I always had a visible resentment for business treating it like a contagious disease that must be avoided at all times for no apparent reason other than the fact that I was obviously trying to avoid the burden that comes with responsibility. Despite my distaste for this verse, I was still pushed by financial circumstances to work for a businessman after high school and this made me hate it even more. I hated how my employer had little to no time for his family, how the business controlled him, how he talked about nothing else but his business and how I had to be on the receiving end of it since I was indirectly supporting him in the operations of the business. After working for him for 7 years (even though it was part time as I was schooling too), my perspective on business slowly began to change but I refused to admit it. I was still holding on to that feeble dream of getting a degree, bagging a white collar job and probably staying just above the poverty margin for the rest of my life. In my head as long as I am able to feed my family well, take care of every need, I don't need to overexert myself. But life truly has a funny way of selling you what you don't want until you realize that it might just be what you need.
After graduation I decided to search for a teaching job to make slow cash before venturing into NYSC. I worked at a school where I was underpaid, overworked and to make matters worse it was kinda far so I was either trekking or paying for transport which was on the high side due to the high cost of fuel in the country. I had no choice but to quit after just two months. It did not take long for me to secure another teaching gig as it was becoming very obvious that people rarely want to teach as the job is extremely stressful and not encouraging at all. The job felt like a breath of fresh air, the pay was twice the size of the previous one and to top it off it was just behind where I lived making it the ideal job. But just after two weeks working there, those ideological cracks started turning into quakes. There were so many unnecessary rules from the school and sanctions that go as far as slashing workers pay in half over trivial matters. A female staff member once told me she lost half her salary a few months back over a minor error that did not cost the school dime. Teachers were not allowed to leave the school early and on Fridays that was the usual norm for schools to disperse by 12, we were forced to stay till 4 pm for reasons i still deem 'useless' and if you leave for any reason whatsoever your pay will definitely have to answer for it.
While I was still observing, I was privileged to take the records of the students in the school. I discovered the school has over 500 students and immediately my mind started running numbers. The fees of the students was over a hundred thousand naira each meaning the proprietor of the school was making roughly 60 Million naira per term and worse she was never in school. I have been working here for just over a month and have only seen her once but the school still operates smoothly with or without her presence having measures in place to prevent any form of funny business. Indeed salary is just a bribe to blindsight you from achieving your dreams but in my case I have no business dream but I know one thing for certain i don't want to remain an employee for the rest of my life. I am definitely going to try new things, source for different pools of income/profit until I achieve my goal which is financial independence. I now realize how much I hate working for people, running to work as early as 6:45 am to sustain someone else's business while I get paid peanuts, losing a portion of my salary whenever the school deems any of my actions unfit for its standards. I don't want somebody telling me when to wake , what to do and how I am supposed to act forever. I literally feel like I am trapped in a cage with someone dictating how to live my life and as I look around the school I see a lot of people who are comfortable in this uncomfortable situation( no be like this little me promised to make that uncountable dollars🤣🤣). I recently lent a friend some money to start this POS business and I just realized this guy is making as much as 15 thousand naira daily, Omo I must do business nothing anybody go tell me.
I may not have a business idea yet or the proper finances to run one but I am going to learn everything I can, use the knowledge I already have, build up myself brick by brick. I no longer shy away from business, embracing it with open arms . So if anybody has a business proposition, HOLA AT YA BOY
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