It’s been an incredible journey filled with phenomenal growth, and invaluable experiences, transitioning from having no idea what legal practice had in store for me to becoming a passionate lawyer who is turning all her fears into great feats.
#Grateful#ÈyéMòfin#3yearspostcall
This is a detailed summary of how I survived one of the toughest years of my legal education.
I shared everything you need to know about Enugu Campus, the accommodation, feeding, environment, etc.
I also shared my lessons, tips, & things I did to relax!
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The path to financial freedom:
1. Budget
2. Buy assets
3. Pay off debt
4. Stay healthy
5. Keep learning
6. Increase income
7. Invest 20–25% of income
8. Don't upgrade your lifestyle
9. Upgrade your circle of friends
10. Create multiple sources of income
What else to add?
Chase value with your money, be it skills or assets, and let your value attract more money. Ultimately, building wealth is the goal, and money is the tool for achieving it.
I invested countless hours and dollars in learning about personal finance.
Here are the most important personal finance lessons that you should know about:
Your partner coming to you about something you’ve done wrong isn’t a personal attack. It’s a healthy sign they value the relationship and want to make it work – it's a heads up. You communicate, you fix it, you stay. That's emotional maturity. That's commitment. That's love.
Don’t presume your values are objectively desirable. It is important to understand what exactly the other person wants, not merely what you think any person should want. You can move the world for a person, but if it's not the world they want to see you move, it means nothing.
Senator: I like reading your articles on LinkedIn. And I have a simple question for you: “what can be done to transform Nigeria from your view?”
My Response: (We later had a conversation and I am going to summarize what I told the Senator.) From my studies of economies and looking over 2,000 years of gross world product, these pillars are vital:
Merit-based system - no nation has advanced better than its ability to inspire, motivate and reward via merit. Without a nationally transparent merit-based system, Nigeria cannot progress.
Pragmatic Innovation - focus on what works, over the purity of scoring political goals. The implication is that we have to seek and execute the best ideas irrespective of where they may be coming.
Honest Leadership - the citizens are smarter and can only take cues from their leaders. People willingly pay taxes when taxes work in their lives, they say. If we preach one thing and do another thing, you lose the citizens.
Integrate Rural and Urban Nigeria - we need to have a functioning postal service, to bridge the huge gap between rural and urban Nigeria. A reliable postal service will unlock massive latent opportunities across Nigeria, from agro to arts to entertainment, in this globalizing world.
Put Rural Wealth in Nigeria’s Balance Sheet /Property Rights - those lands (subject to the land use act), houses, etc should be digitized and recorded so that even those in rural Nigeria can enter the formal economy. It is unfortunate that a man with 100 hectares of land is considered poor because he has no papers to share with banks, to access credits to train his kids and support his family. Simply, Nigeria must advance its property rights governance, not just in land and physical properties but also intellectual properties. https://t.co/K1ycpw2Mgy
As I approach 40, one important lesson and truth I can pass on to someone trying to come up from the trenches is to learn how to communicate. Speaking and Writing.
Shyness and Timidity are your worst enemies. Do whatever you can to fight it. Stand up and start training yourself to talk publicly. It is a huge asset to have and a huge liability if you don't.
If you have so much talent and ability and you can't put yourself out there to show it. God Abeg🤲
Please do all you can. Youtube, Coursera, Books. Whatever you can, do it.
I beg you in the name of God! ❤️🙏