Lesson at 40.
I am an ideas person, but more importantly, I am someone willing to take the execution risk.
Over the last 20 years in the entertainment industry, I have signed more than 15 artists and 8 producers. Not all of them succeeded. In fact, the success rate was probably around 20–25%. But that small percentage achieved results that far outweighed the rest.
That’s how business works.
Every entrepreneur, investor, and record executive has backed ideas that failed, lost money, or hit a wall before finding success. Business is not a straight line, and neither is growth.
What surprises me is how quickly people use setbacks as material for social media blackmail, as though success comes without mistakes, losses, or hard lessons.
I have made mistakes. I have lost money. I have learned expensive lessons. But I would rather be remembered as someone who had the courage to build, invest, and create opportunities than someone who never took a risk at all.
The road to success is paved with failures that most people never get to see.
Lesson at 40:
Collaboration will take you places that ego never will.
One of the biggest lessons life teaches is that success is rarely a solo journey. The people who grow the fastest are often not the most talented in the room—they are the ones willing to work with others, share opportunities, build relationships, and celebrate collective wins.
Ego makes you want all the credit. Collaboration helps you create results that are bigger than anything you could achieve alone.
Many doors open not because of what you know, but because of who trusts you enough to build with you. The moment you stop seeing everyone as competition and start seeing them as potential partners, your world expands.
Your ego wants recognition. Collaboration creates legacy. Choose wisely.
The duo of Dantata and Isiyaka Rabiu built their wealth and became billionaires through trade largely in northern Nigeria. The legacies were passed on to their family lines who nurtured their business niches and became billionaires too.But Kasim said Lagos made them what they’re.
LESSONS AT 40.
FRIENDS HARDLY RECOMMEND YOU FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND HERE IS WHY.
1. Familiarity Breeds Limitation
Many friends know your history, your mistakes, and your humble beginnings. They unconsciously keep you in the “old version” of yourself and find it difficult to accept your transformation.
They may think:
“I knew him when he had nothing.”
“How did he become more successful than me?”
“Who does he think he is now?”
2. Competition Disguised as Friendship
Some friendships are healthy until one person starts advancing faster than the other. What was once companionship becomes silent competition.
Instead of celebrating your progress, they compare:
Your income to theirs.
Your influence to theirs.
Your opportunities to theirs.
When comparison enters a friendship, support often leaves.
companies can be sued and held liable for breach of contract, negligence, and violations of consumer rights. The challenge is usually proving the claim and pursuing it through the courts or regulatory agencies, not the absence of a legal remedy.
Harka Air Services Ltd v. Keazor (2006) 1 NWLR (Pt. 960) 160
The passenger successfully sued over loss of baggage and breach of the airline’s duty.
British Airways v. Atoyebi (2014) LPELR-23120(CA)
The court upheld liability arising from the airline’s failure in its obligations to a passenger.
Ikeja Electric Plc v. Mohammed (various consumer disputes before courts and NERC forums)
Consumers have obtained orders against wrongful disconnection and unlawful billing practices.
Eko Electricity Distribution Plc v. Okojie
Courts have entertained and granted reliefs where consumers proved wrongful acts by the DisCo.
Cases against telecom operators are less frequently reported in law reports because many are settled through the NCC Consumer Complaints Process, but courts have recognized subscribers’ rights to sue for breach of contract and negligence where loss is established.
LESSONS AT 40
You never really know which business transaction will reveal who you are or expose the way you do business. That’s why every client, customer, and business interaction should be handled with honesty, professionalism, diligence, and respect.
Respond to messages promptly, honour your commitments, pay attention to details, communicate clearly, and always do your best to exceed expectations. Even when a transaction seems small or insignificant, treat it with the same level of care and dedication you would give your biggest client.
The truth is, people may forget what you promised, but they will always remember how you made them feel and how you handled their business. The person you are dealing with today could become your biggest advocate, bring you new opportunities, or provide the testimonial that helps your business grow. On the other hand, a lack of diligence, poor communication, or failure to deliver can quickly damage your reputation.
Your reputation is built one interaction at a time. Conduct every transaction as though the future of your business depends on it—because one day, it just might.
It was Lagos that gave Africa its richest man, not Kano. Aliko Dangote is a Lagos man. Again, it was not Kano but Lagos that gave Africa its second richest man, Abdulsamad Ishaq Rabiu (BUA). Lagos made almost everybody who is who in Nigeria.
- VP Sen. Kashim Shettima
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