10 signs that you’re going to stay broke
1. You’re lazy and you take pride in your laziness. You’re not ashamed of it. 😒
2. You hate rich people. You always have something negative to say when the talk about rich people come up. You can’t attract what you hate boo.😉
3. You always have excuses. Nothing is ever your fault. It’s the government, it’s your mum, it’s your family, it’s the weather or your village people. It’s never your fault that you’re poor. 😂
4. You are a slave to lust. You will make money all right but you will spend it as fast as you make it if you cannot control your lust. You will hire incompetent people you can sleep with to run your business. Lust will run your money down. 🥲
5. You’re selfish and you don’t invest in community building. Inconvenience is the cost of community and community is the mother of sustainability.
But no! Mr “I don’t owe anybody anything” nobody owes you anything too, so why should they invest in your ideas?🙃
6. You are a slave to your ego. You think it’s uncool to struggle. You can’t bring yourself to market, network, post or beg to share your brilliance to the world. Well while you’re busy aura farming, someone with less aura and more cringe is steady cashing out because they understand that there is dignity in labor and struggle too.
7. You lack direction. You don’t even know exactly what you want from life. You will stay broke till you figure out what you want and how to make money from it.
8. You don’t delay gratification. You used your first 1M to do eye service. You rented an overpriced apartment to feel among.
9. You’re a people pleaser. Instead of investing or thinking of multiplying your money, you’re doing unsolicited “Good Samaritan “ with the little you have so they’ll call you a good person. When the money finish, you will go back to being a bad stingy person.
10. You don’t carry God along. You think it’s by your strength and might and sooner or later, the universe will remind you that the world is way more spiritual than you think.
If you had enough discipline to read to this point, this is all the sign you need to know that you will be successful. 😂
Because it’s only 1% of people that will read all that.
1 extra point,
11. broke people hate learning. They don’t read and that is why they stay broke. Because all the secrets are hidden in books. 😉🌱
Cheers!
Never let them see you heal. heal in private like an animal that crawls under the house to die, except you don't die. you come back out and they look at you and they can't figure it out. they saw you broken, now you are calm and it is terrifying to them, because they wanted to watch. they always want to watch. your bad year was their best entertainment. rob them of that. close the door. go silent. come back wrong. come back so quiet that the quiet itself makes them nervous. they will ask, are you okay? they don't want an answer, they want back in. don't let them in. you are not a season they can watch and rate. you are a door that closed
An underrated red flag in a person is an addiction to being right. The most impressive people I know change their minds often in response to new information. It’s like a software update. The goal isn't to be right. It's to find the truth.
I once met a guy in a bus from Lekki to Victoria Island.
He was holding two phones — one cracked, one brand new.
Out of curiosity, I asked why.
He smiled and said:
“This one (the cracked one) is for my current life. This one (the new one) is for my future life.”
I didn’t get it… so he explained.
“On this old phone, I only do what keeps me where I am — chats, jokes, random scrolling.
But on this new phone, I only do things that move me forward — learning, applying for jobs, building something.”
Same person. Same 24 hours.
Two different lives.
That day, I went home and deleted half the apps on my phone.
Because sometimes, growth is not about adding more…
It’s about separating who you are from who you’re becoming.
My mother set a trap for my brother’s wife at the dinner table.
It did not go as planned.
She waited until she was comfortable. Fed. Relaxed.
Then she attacked.
“Ever since you people got married he doesn’t go to church like before.”
The table went silent. My brother suddenly became very interested in his food. The kind of interest that means please God do not let this involve me.(note that my brother was never the churchy type and my mom knew that)
His wife chewed. Swallowed. Wiped her mouth. Then replied playfully
“Mama, If raising a boy was hard, what do you think raising a man feels like.”😊
My mother blinked.
My brother coughed.
Someone’s spoon hit a plate.
Everyone Ate silently through the Meal😂
That girl is my favorite 😍
As a babe, I'd like to say, it eventually narrows down to you, your girls, your community. Whether the man is present or not. Curate those well. In your older years, you'll really need them. A fellow solid woman will easily drop everything for you. May we all find our tribe.
If you have faith like a mustard seed. Jesus did not say big faith, he said stupidly small faith, embarrassingly small faith. and the mountain moves, because God is not impressed by your size. he is impressed that you still asked at all, after everything
I know a guy worth hundreds of millions of dollars who will literally walk out the room mid conversation if he hears you complaining or speaking doom and gloom over yourself.