At the beginning of the year, my written financial goal was to make 50 Million Naira by mid-year and 100 Million Naira by the end of the year 2018 despite the recession that plagued our country Nigeria. The Plans I had in place to achieve that goal were based on the anticipated works I hoped to carry out at one of the most Innovative Logistics Companies in Nigeria; Rapid Express Logistics Limited www.rapidexpress.com.ng where I work as a managing partner, at Jewel Publishers, a Graphics Designs, Printing and Publishing company where I work as MD/Creative Director and at Symphonies/Nigerian Tenors, a music company where I work as a performer of music under the leadership of Godswill Okafor and Hilary Obinna. I realized today, 1st August 2018 that I was far from my goal and I was downcast thinking the goals I had set were too unrealistic like some of my friends had told me when I mentioned that we were gradually sliding into the last quarter of the year.
I was on the verge of revising my goal to figures I thought were more feasible, maybe like 10 or 20 million Naira a year, until I decided to carry out some assessments following the new learnings I gathered from Bishop T.D Jakes Lovely book titled Roar. The main objective of the assessment was to take a peek at the projected plans made at the beginning of the year to question why I did not achieve my financial goals despite fulfilling all activities tied to the plans.
Following the review closely supervised by a mentor I guard jealously and wish not to share at the moment with anyone, I found the following:
- I lacked improved skill thus adequate skills to execute some of the activities in the plans. Some of the options I had was to hire people who were better suited to assist in the execution of my project but I did not do that but chose to anchor those activities with my outdated skills which resulted in a failed project and financial losses rather than gains. Worse still, I did not take time to learn what was needed to improve and take another chance to try again.
- I planned to be at several concerts with Godswill and Hilary during the course of the year and expected to earn at least 2 million Naira from performing at the various events the Tenors and Symphonies were engaged for but I was told by Godswill that I needed to rehearse longer or just quit being a performer with the tenorS following my weakened vocal dexterity caused by a lack of rehearsals.
- The market for the supply chain business and graphics design/printing/publishing business took on a new trend that came too fast and as head in strategy, I did not innovate quickly enough to catch on with the new fire hence the inability to sign on new clients that would have made the ocean blue
- Where my team and I met roadblocks in terms of solicitations proposed to prospective clients, we did not think about other ways we would have proposed and be insistent until we got a chance to even submit our propositions (My Mentor Pointed to this Strong)
- I think I wanted the money considering all I planned to achieve more than the work that was needed to get the money I desired.
What Next
Concluding the assessment, I was sober to the point I felt
it was not important to make plans anymore. You know just leave every day to
the finish and use what you get and just enjoy the kind of life that you can
afford. I wanted to stop dreaming in short and my sarcastic mentor agreed that
it was a way to go (I hope you know I mean, he meant the opposite) until he said,
nothing is late until you give up.
From T.D Jakes Roar, I read about a Lady Robbie Montgomery
who realized her dream of becoming a professional singer to the point she sang
with greats like Stevie Wonder, Barbra Streisand, Joe Cocker etc. (You
should listen to them) but watched it disappear when her health
deteriorated. I also read that growing up close to her mum, she was a good cook
thus when music failed, she turned her strength to the next big thing she
loved, did it better than anyone else until Oprah got a taste of this meal and
had no choice but to tell everyone what fabulous meals Robbie could make better
than the songs she sang. That never give up lady’s brand became a Franchise so
good T.D. Jakes had to speak about it in his book.
In August, I have been reborn to understand that it is NEVER TOO LATE for me to see the 100
Million Naira I desired at the beginning of the year and it is either I
readjust in everything I failed to do to make my mark or bury my head in shame
and shame will not fulfill all those plans I had in mind when I desired that
sweet amount of money (You can ask me privately the things I want
to do with the money).
So, this is to all of us who had dreams of achieving
different sorts of things at the beginning of the year or at any time at all
but feel like daydreamers now that the year speeds to an end. You should never
give up like me but keep in mind that it is NEVER TOO LATE TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS. It only requires perhaps
more faith, more work, more action, more of whatever will drive us to
accomplishments.
Have a fabulous August 2018 achieving everything you could
not achieve since the beginning of the year 2018 including getting your PVCs
God Bless you!
Please!!! Contact
Jewel Publishers for Graphics Design, Printing and Publishing Services. I
assure you we do good works: 08033615992, jewelswriting@gmail.com
