Mr Eazi said he tried diesel supply business first and lost about N19M ($40,000) that he got as a loan at age 19, from his uncle. He failed at it, moved on to music, and it worked.
This Okoyaβs son tried music, quit, and is now doing real estate.
When your background is solid enough that youβre not working for survival, failure can feel like a break and not something that breaks you.
You can fail, regroup, try something else, and keep moving because you have a safety net. The new thing youβre trying can still fail and youβll still keep it moving. Itβs not like the failure will render you homeless, make you go days without food, or empty your bank account.
For a child from a poor background, failure can be a completely different experience. One wrong move can set you back for years because thereβs nothing to fall back on. You get hit hard for every failure. You lose something.
Youβre not just losing money, you are losing time, opportunities, belief from people around you, and the ability to try again.
Same failure, but different consequences.
Peopleβs realities are not the same.