Comments on: Your Job Won’t Make You Free!

By: IKOTUN ADEBISI

IKOTUN ADEBISI — Sun, 24 May 2009 15:47:46 +0000

i want to believe that it was written in one of the posts that the password on “approved for passive income” will be removed. till date it has not been removed, what is happening? Baba pls do something about it or delegate responsibilities since you are planning to travel. meanwhile safe journey and i’m sure you’ll come with goodies for us.

By: IKOTUN ADEBISI

IKOTUN ADEBISI — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:33:58 +0000

please Chairman, how do i get password for “Approved for Passive Income”, i’ve been on it for quite a while but it is not responding?
thanks in anticipation for your prompt response.

By: ifeanyi

ifeanyi — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:48:55 +0000

I hate working for other than myself. I have bein at it for over seven years and boy is it boring or what?I desperatley need to leave and start something of my own. Do you know my greatest dilemna….no not fear of the unknown, I dont actually know what to do on my own.
Suggestions will come in handy, very handy.
Another thing is convincing the husband that being on my own wont be the end of the world

By: Busola

Busola — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:53:26 +0000

Hmm Deolu, I am not sure I agree and here’s why
1. Getting a Job is what majority of the people want to do after school
1. What most people do? Yes, but just like many things in life and even in business (or entrepreneurship), there’re bell curves (the best, the middle, the worst). Some people may only get their primes (i.e. top of bell curve) in a job. That’s just the way it is- whether everyone is doing it or no one is.

2. Yes sometimes it is. However, every time someone tells me that their job was demanding or enslaving I remember that I was dying of boredom in my own job. We need to understand from the economist’s perspective that jobs come from “Division of labour”. We really can’t “jack all the trades”. Now this buttresses point 5 (i.e. I agree with you) However, let us understand that a favourable statistic is also on the side of the people with jobs. That is, [exactly because it is specialized and limiting], people in jobs usually have a higher skill set (i.e. smarter) than those who just look at the bottom-line (entrepreneurs). The best combinations are people like you, Adeolu, who are skilled but who also have the knowledge of expansion, the lack of fear and an understanding of freedom (which really means responsibility). This is exactly where google started dealing with Microsoft.
• 3. There is a difference between a Job and Work.
3. OH yes! (a little too general though). On point but everybody will decide that himself or herself. A guy above touched on this i.e. TOSIN FAYOKUN. Pls read his post
• 4. The Stacks are high against your becoming Financially free via a job.
4. OH YES! YES!! YES!!!. But are the stakes also high in entrepreneurship? YES O. Just a look at business statistics and business closures will enlighten us. What I can say is that jobs may be a sine wave of small amplitude, while jobs are a saw tooth wave of higher amplitude. In the end, they’re both sinusoidal!!

• 5. Jobs are limiting
5. Limiting i.e. if you’re expanding faster than your job. YES! This happens in different areas. If however, you’re drilling deep and/or are still in the learning stage your job won’t be limiting.

• 6. 20yrs on a Job won’t make you a better entrepreneur
6. Yes and It won’t make you a better investor either.

• 7. Job is on the Same Side as Fear
7. Sometimes, yes. When I was in school and wanted to work with schlum, it was knowledge I lacked. I wasn’t fearful of doing things on my own (even as I told my classmates then). In essence, some don’t have fear, they just lack knowledge of one reason or the other.

By: Daniel David

Daniel David — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:56:10 +0000

You simply blessed my heart and enriched my soul.

By: IKOTUN ADEBISI

IKOTUN ADEBISI — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:38:40 +0000

when you stop working, your pay stops coming but your works keep proving useful. the ideas you left them with generates millions for them but they do not pay you.
i reject slavery in Jesus’ name.

By: Kayode

Kayode — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:13:12 +0000

Thank you very much bros for this post. A job is very good, but our people say “office lo ma reyin akowe” i.e. the same office where you work will end your job. I actually read your book too and easily got a job not knowing i was gonna be hooked. I cant begin to describe the amount of control the job has over my life (i am naturally an independent fellow). One of the dealers i chase daily to make purchase is just a few years older than me, but weld a lot of power with top management….Finally, @Tosin, 20% of employees actually can save!

By: ibinike

ibinike — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:21:18 +0000

Bull’s eye! Do you know that lately i’ve been thinking seriously about this job thing? I hate mornings now just because i have to wake up by 4.30am everyday. I look at my hubby and i’m jealous! he has always known he wouldn’t survive 9-5 jobs but i saw myself as a career woman and bla bla bla. Now i know better. Thanks Deolu for your insights. I have my business plan already and will soon be doing what i love, and getting paid for it!

By: Biddy

Biddy — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:55:37 +0000

Thanks for this great post….I believe a lot of us read courses, we are not using today or have also gone to read courses that will bring the money, not necessarily because we love it i.e those abroad studying nursing and related courses for the money!….My husband studied as an engineer but today, he is doing business and working for someone but he is prospering because like NIMMO said, not everyone can be enterpreneurs but i believe everyone can invest and have multiple stream of incomes. If we check carefully, those we work for, are not in one business, they have other lines of business, while those of us working, earn our incomes from one source..one month make one pay!..may God help us to think and grow rich..all we need to get to the next level is in us..i left paid employment after working for almost five years in my last company..a lot of people felt i was crazy but i knew it was time to move on, as of today, i am better for it..all i have learnt and tried on my own, was as a result of the free time i had to think clearly…initially it was a one year leave of absence i took..but today, i am very sure, i can not work for anyone except on a consulting level or flexible partnership! This worked for me but may not work for you..so lets all check inward, know what will work for us and follow our dreams..though it tarries, it shall speak!

By: Sire

Sire — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:48:50 +0000

It’s not the job so much as what you do with your earnings. I know of countless people who have only ever had mundane jobs but were able to retire comfortably, as well as making sure their offspring had a good start.