Breaking free from being broke
According to Daymond John, desperation breeds innovation, creativity, hustling, and perseverance to achieve success. This is the story of someone I knew in my childhood, who succeeded with little resources. Growing up in a low-income household motivated her to embrace hard work. She knew what it meant not to have money and what it meant to be hungry. In this story, I will refer to her as Nkem.
After years of hardship, Nkem decided to juggle multiple jobs, such as cleaning people’s houses and gathering empty plastic bottles to sell to those who needed them. This supplying of empty plastic bottles fuelled her desire to learn how to produce liquid soap locally and sell it in the village market. The villagers preferred her soap because it was cheaper than foreign ones and foamed better.
As she made money, Nkem decided to improve her soap-making skills by learning new ways to produce high-quality soap. By doing so, she outsmarted her rivals and always stayed one step ahead. Nkem's resourcefulness and determination eventually caught the attention of investors who were impressed by her problem-solving mentality. She secured funding and scaled her business, becoming well-known in the soap-making industry.
Finally, my advice is that people should take advantage of their broke situation and start creating something which can add up over time.
