Suddenly, I saw a bunch of papers scattered while trying to clear my file cabinet; I dipped my fingers to pick the file and what I saw was a pile of dividend check that I never attempt to cash because the value of the individual checks were quite small: N90.00; N180.00; N400.00; N350.00; N750.00; etc. I had so much of these expired checks and I never bothered to cash them.
For two years now, I had this weird philosophy; “why bother to go to the bank and fill their check deposit form for these small amount of money when my valuable time could be used doing something useful or making bigger kills”. Was I amazed when I summed all the expired checks together it amounted to thirty seven thousand, six hundred and fifty naira thirty kobo (N37, 650.30).
Did I hear you say whew? Yeah that’s what I said too; I had to knock myself a couple of time to check how foolish I had been. This experience really got me thinking of what I actually disregard in my life or should I put it this way; “why do I actually disregard anything at all?” This led me to a message I had been trying to avoid teaching but I am always inspired to this same path;
As entrepreneurs, we always disregard things we consider useless and aim for what we perceive will give us a great ah! I sure will tell you that adding up those expired checks actually gave me a greater ah than the prospect of making 3 million naira. The check was always with me but the three million is a prospect. Then I actually started appreciating small things because I really knew that summing small things together makes mighty things.
I looked at all the great heroes in the bible and I realized that they started small before reaching the pinnacle of their career. I am yet to see an entrepreneur that influenced the social economic status of the world that did not start small. I was amazed when I read the story of fortune 500 companies that changed the lifestyle of the world and I was amazed at how they started. The Americans call this phenomenal; “bootstrapping”.
Why then do we strive to start big time? There are times when I need more money for an opportunity but I do not have it; I go to God and pray for more money and most of the time I get peace but the money does not fall to my laps. Why the peace Lord? Then suddenly it dawned on me; I really do not need the money; all I needed was to use whatever I have to the direction of where I am going to and I will surely get there.
It is not the amount you have but what you do with what you have!
This is the secret that has eluded so many; let me tell you a secret; you see this site; yes this very one you are reading. It gave me enough economic power to leave my lucrative job. This site was not even one tenth as presentable as it was when it gave me this economic power. This small site was a leverage that made me put my first lump sum of a million naira in my bank account.
The amount of influence I have achieved with this small site is unprecedented; trust me I have indeed met people; professors, UN African representatives, NGO leaders, Colonels in the Military, etc. I was recently invited by an African body in Norway for a consulting gig. I stayed in a hotel in China for 20 days without paying; all because of this tiny site that was humble to behold.
This site reminded me of Moses in the burning bush; God asked him what he had in his hand; ” just a stick that he used in tendering his father-in-law’s sheep. Just a stick! That stick delivered a whole nation from bondage and put Moses in the Bible Hall of Fame. What do you have that you regard as useless; is it that job you always want to leave? In that job may be the key to your dreams; is that friend that you hardly talk to? He/she may be your freedom lever; please, kindly fill the gap.
The campaign trail in America has been quite revealing; Obama’s strategy of small money was what got him the Democratic nomination. He was gifted, so are millions of people in the world who have not seen the limelight but he went out of the box to grasp small monies from common men. Trust me; this is not the populous of all strategy, to regard the useless of all monies to run for a presidential campaign.
You see my dear readers; this is the secret of raising money. Jesus was able to use five loaves and two fishes to feed 5 thousand million people. David was able to kill Goliath with that sling and a piece of stone. Joseph was able to tap into an unpopular talent of interpreting dreams to become the number 2 man of a super power in the world. Moses used a stick; a fringing shepherd stick!
I am not done with this topic yet; I have not analyzed and synthesized the story of Jesus feeding the 5 thousand people with 5 loaves and two fishes. I am going to another level with these small money thingy; just stick with me, you will not regret you did because God keeps giving me the revelations freely and freely will I dump it to you. I got an MBA paper to finish; I got to run. Please, take earnest heed to what you have read, ciao….
EARLY THIS YEAR, I SURPRISED TWO COMMENTATORS OF THIS SITE WITH A FOUR GIGABYTE IPOD. I AM PLANNING ANOTHER SURPRISE: THIS MAY BE BIGGER THAN YOU CAN IMMAGINE. WHAT CAN I SAY GOD HAS INDEED BLESSED ME!
