GET THIS IN MIND IN ORDER TO SUCCEED

 

THIS LIVING OF A HAND-TO-MOUTH LIFESTYLE

 

Have you ever paused for a moment and thought to yourself “I must be doing something wrong with my life, how comes I don’t have a single profitable investment running under my name despite working diligently for all those years?”

 

Yes, you have the zeal and willingness to invest… but somehow, things seem not to be going your way.

 

Maybe you even have a job, with a steady monthly salary and you do your best to save something at the end of the month but still somehow you have not been making any meaningful progress.

 

If you are in business, despite toiling and moiling all your life, you still can’t narrate any success stories worthy of a gossip blogger’s attention.

 

It’s a painful reality that most of us prefer not to talk about. It yields a sense of hopelessness and can easily make you wonder what your

purpose in life is.

 

A hand-to-mouth kind of lifestyle is the biggest enemy of development. Unfortunately, most of us lead this kind of life due to the high dependency ratio in this part of the world.

 

You find that a typical hard-worker, let’s call him Mr. X, receives his salary every 30th of the month. He rushes to the bank to pay rent and on his way out he receives a text from his house-wife concerning a few items lacking at home.

 

So he immediately walks into the nearest supermarket for some household shopping.

 

While at it, Mr. X remembers that his mum had called him a week earlier requesting for money to run a few errands back in the village.

 

So he walks to the nearest Mpesa shop and sends something.

 

On his way out, he passes by the nearest wines and spirits outlet to restock his mini-fridge with a whole month’s supply of liquor.

 

The next Sunday, Mr. X will attend church whereby you have to contribute some hefty sums in order to receive blessings.

 

Mr. X has not even paid for his kids' school fees and medicare. His inlaws and siblings are on his neck. And at the same time he still owes his local kiosk guy and butcher a tidy sum from last month.

 

Such is the reality of life around here. We have people busy working but with little or no progress to show.

 

Why?

 

Because the moment you start making a few cents in your new job or business, you come face to face with routine demands.

 

This is unlike other parts of the world where the society naturally gives you an opportunity to thrive.

 

Around here, once you start showing signs of progress, the society naturally starts to feed on the embryo of your success. You become stunted.

 

Instead of creating opportunities for others to succeed, we create cycles of dependency.

 

Needless to say, many of the would-be good investors end up stuck in this rat race. This way of life means we end up creating an economy full of consumers instead of producers.

 

Watch-out so that you don’t end up living a hand-to-mouth lifestyle forever. Plan your life in such a way that you are making progress.

 

I am not telling you to evade responsibilities. All I am trying to tell you is that, if you ever have dreams of becoming a great investor someday, you must dodge this trap, somehow.

Break this cycle .

 

Written By: Elijah Nugi

Business Consultant

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