Olawale Daniel

Tag: Hustle

  • For The YOUniverse By Tope Fabusola

    For The YOUniverse By Tope Fabusola

    Do you know Zeddicus Zu’l Zorander?

    Wizard Of The First Order

    A plague swept through a village, leaving many people dead in its wake. Zed decided to suspend his main goal, and use his magic to heal the people.

    This is how it worked.

    He would touch one villager at a time, “soaking up” the plague into his own body. The villager would heal immediately, while Zed would rest for a bit so that his magic could kill the plague in his own body.

    Only that there was a problem.

    The people didn’t care. Immediately, they found out he could heal them, they paid no attention to his terms. They were dying. They couldn’t afford to wait.

    So, Zed was encompassed by the villagers, all touching him at once. Zed would have died if his friends didn’t return to save him on time.

    Are you Zeddicus?

    They’ve told you.

    To be a leader, you must be selfless.

    So, you jumped into the sky, saying yes to everyone’s needs. You neglected your own farm, but it’s all right. You are the Messiah of us all, after all.

    Not so fast, Billy!

    To be truly selfless, you must risk being selfish.

    Here. Take some water. Let me explain.

    Imagine you have 5 hens in the middle of a famine. The hens lay 5 eggs a day. You and 4 friends take one each, but you’re not filled.

    You have three options.

    1. Keep managing the eggs. It’s not enough, but you are alive. You should be grateful.

    2. Kill one hen a day. You will eat and eat… And run out within a week.

    3. Starve for a day. Let the hens hatch 5 eggs. Let the chicks grow, and you have 10 hens laying 10 eggs. You only have to starve a day.

    Make a choice now.

    You make this choice each day.

    With every resource you have. You can choose to help everyone right now, and be the nice guy. You will have no time for yourself, but people will loooove you.

    Or you can choose to focus on your YOUniverse. Serve your YOUniverse first. Focus on the things that will grow you. Focus on the life you are building.

    Focus on your dreams. Stand tall while people tell you about how wicked you are. You are so arrogant. You’ve forgotten your people. This is all right.

    You are doing it for the YOUniverse.

    Guard your resources jealously.

    Ruthlessly defend your empire.

    Everyone else will use you if you drop guard. And they won’t be evil. We all need one another’s help. Of course, they will ask you.

    And you should help when you can. However, even too much honey can make you vomit. Helping others at the expense of your life isn’t always wise.

    Understand that being nice can actually be evil. While we are at it, Google “The etymology of Nice”. See where the word comes from.

    It isn’t so “nice” now, is it?

    You see, playing Messiah sounds so noble and romantic… Until the proverbial shit hits the proverbial fan.

    And when the said shit blows up and you lay there hanging, the ones whom you sacrificed yourself for would ask, “Didn’t he save others? Let him save himself now.”

    For the YOUniverse, for the future you are diligently creating, learn to say no. Good people will understand if you explain why.

    As for the others who will talk you down, I only have one advice for you.

    Don’t take constructive criticism from those who have not constructed anything.

    #BurnUpOrBurnOut

    Tope Fabusola

    The Firebrand CEO

  • Automate Your Hustle Before The Hustle Gets Really Hard

    Automate Your Hustle Before The Hustle Gets Really Hard

    The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.
    Now you may be wondering how this could be possible. It is going to take place but I wouldn’t want you to #WaitForIt, but instead, I would pray you PLAN AHEAD for it simply by #AutomatingYourHustle before the hustle gets really hard.
    Automate Your Hustle Before The Hustle Gets Really Hard
    GTBank, one of the commercial banks in Nigeria, has so far shown to us they are trying to explore the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence and that is why they’ve invested in ATM machines that can take in money right in front of your eyes.
     
    Gone are the days when you would have to queue up in front of disgrunted and unhappy bank staff – and you’d be like “why are you shouting at me or frowning”. Today, machines would gladly count your money without emotion. 🙂
     
    Not only GTBank, Access bank has also implemented a chat bot called Tamara to automate the process of transacting and interacting with your bank right from your web browser. It does virtually everything a human customer care would help you do. In fact, all this could be achieved at a blink of an eye unlike when you’d have to hang-on onto the dial while they (real human support) try to troubleshoot the problem. You say what you want, and the AI provides the solution without any delay.
     
    Oh, you hate robots?
     
    My brother, I am sorry for you because this is not just the case of physical robots now – it has gone beyond that already. If you hate this innovative solution, I personally would think you are trying to fight a war that you have lost even before you think of starting it.
     
    Would you now wait till when these so called robots take your job from you before you act? Why not learn how to send these robots on errand for your business, career and life? Why not leverage them to your advantage?
     
    That is the question I am finding very difficult to get an answer for.
    Don’t think too MUCH, just start somewhere and grow from there because the battle is not for the swift but the smart one who would take one step after the other consistently.
    Watch out for my next week’s article on how to automate your hustle using available tools around you. It is going to be life changing and informative as usual.