In the “A League of their own” movie, one actor named Tom (not sure of name), makes a shout out phrase; there’s no crying in baseball!” To me it sounds like; “there’s no crying in business.” Owning and running a business can be hard, and sometimes it’s so hard that it makes you want to cry, lament or somehow break off. The most frustrating parts of running a business is trying to build a customer base, them a team of high performing employees who can be relied on, and who will help you grow your business with enthusiasm and skill. Then comes issues of compliance (tax, legal structures, licencing, etc) and cashflow balancing. Always tough. These issues can be frustrating that you want to cry, or worse, to give up. I know, i’ve been there several times trying to scale up my three startups. Most of the time, you realise that the environment have got some few gaps to fill but as a person you have ran out of fuel , you feel you can’t push more. You have lost a mojo. That appeal and spark to push more on the terrain. One thing that I have stayed with, is understanding
Be a janitor that earns seven figures: Act and think like an entrepreneur
Unarguably, the janitor is the less paid person most times at work places but have you ever imagined how much is paid to the contractual company that employs them? So, How much is a janitor paid in Uganda? You may not be sure but the biggest they can get is 300,000 UGX , but the biggest number earn between 180,000 UGX to 230,000 UGX. Truth be told if a cleaner is working for a company, that company is paid over one million which it picks less than 300k and pay the real service deliverer (Cleaner). You will tell me that the company got other costs like taxes, rent and others, yes it’s true, but how much do they remain with? In this era, as a small nest entrepreneur you can operate on less with no rent or shared cheap space but only position yourself well on the internet and build systems of operations. As an entrepreneurial trainer and serial entrepreneur, I can tell that as a janitor or any other hand skilled person you can act as an entrepreneur. Now, we tend to see entrepreneurs as people who think in a pretty specific way forgetting that you can also
“Honey! pass me the soup bowl” She said
Some years back when i was at the heights of revamping my career, I invited her for dinner and my intention was to make her aware & consult from her about my decision. Basically, i had made up an immutable choice of going into purposeful entrepreneurship, performance training, authorship and consultancy. I knew i was headed for hard times, so talking to her would mean i had a cheer voice behind, i thought, but i was wrong. I am talking of my girlfriend then. We had a dinner talk. Half way into my ambitious explanations, she looked at me with seemingly twisted lips and a tired-like look from the other side of the table and Said: “Honey , pass me the soup bowl, permit and favor me to enjoy my dinner please”. Precisely, she thought i was out of my mind , she had always encouraged me to get a day job as i keep my petty trade businesses as side hustles. To her i was daring the impossible. I thought she would believe in my dream but she didn’t, and a month later she called it quits as i couldn’t afford her wedding before my dream took off, she
Don’t be feeble on opportunities
Her Voice, soft and confident. Oily-like thighs beaming from her short African print dress and her glowing natural hair, Mariam recently connected with me at a conference. She looked ambitious and confident. We shared contacts and later engaged via whats-app late that night. We had a brief talk about startups and her desire to grow her ushering service company. I shared with her few tips and wished her well in seeking her first client to serve. “Let me know if you ever need an usher service for your trainings, seminars and events you associate with”. She ended with this request. That was normal of course. And get me well, i have nothing against normalcy, it’s how we have been conditioned, but it gives no gap to close a sale. Normalcy is that lukewarm spot of business making and job seeking. The phrase “Let me know if you ever…. (have a job, need this product, need this service, etc)” is the death of opportunity. It is a turn off somehow, unless you are telling it your pop and mom or cousin who are obliged to let you know. The phrase shifts the sales burden onto the buyer themselves (to start imagining
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