“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to experience the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact, it is an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration, it is a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is NOTHING” — Muhammad Ali
So I’m currently in the city of Ibadan with Deolu Akinyemi after an exciting evening with young entrepreneurs in OAU.
We’re going to be here for the next few days and it promises to be a blast.
Do you know 5 Business you can start with less than 100,000 or less and make =N= 1Million this year? Come and find out.
Details for the events in Ibadan are as follows.
Venue: 2nd Floor, Iyaniwura House, Ashi Junction, Basorun, Ibadan.
Saturday 8th May
10:00am - 12:00pm
1:00pm - 3:00pm
5.30pm - 7.30pm
Sunday 9th May
1:00pm - 3:00pm
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Monday 10th May
10:00am - 12:00pm
1:00pm - 3:00pm
5.30pm - 7.30pm
Tuesday 11th May
10:00am - 12:00pm
1:00pm - 3:00pm
5.30pm - 7.30pm
If you’re in Lagos though, you’re not left out. Head over to Chams City @ 2, Isaac John Street, GRA, Ikeja, ask for the Holidays & Cash meeting and let them know you were sent over by Luminus.
Aude aliquid dignum - Dare something worthy.
So I came across this post from Robert Linsay about worst places to visit and or live in and he so dissed Lagos and Nigeria as a whole even though he’s never been there or anywhere else on the list that he disses. He’s never even been to the next big city from where he lives in the USA and he has the audacity to write such drivel.
Read his post here http://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/bad-place-to-visit-wouldnt-want-to-live-there/ and read the comments too, isn’t it very interesting how everything he knows about these places he speaks so authoritatively about is based completely on hearsay? Let’s not forget his annoying and abrasive reply to OlusholaAromokun’s comment.
Here’s the comment I left him which is still in moderation. Seeing as it may never get published, I decided to leave it here:
Robert,
There’s no need to get personal and or insultive about this.I think your submissions about a lot of these cities is not only harsh but also unfair seeing as you’ve never been to these places before.
You’ve beat Lagos and Nigeria as a whole with a big stick, even providing statistics. How do you come up with statistics like 150,000 full time internet scammers? You’ve never been there.
There are loads of stand up, hard working people in Lagos and in the rest of Nigeria. Yes, there are scammers but there are scammers everywhere.
Your perception of Lagos and Nigeria is based entirely on hearsay.
If it’s so bad, why would Wesley Snipes come around often? What about Danny Glover? Why would Akon, Nelly, Beyonce, Jay Z, Wyclef, Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent, just to name a few, come out here and perform concerts?
Why would Kirk Franklin, CeCe Winans, Lionel Petersen, Bishop T.D Jakes and lots of other minsters from the US and around the globe come out here year after year?
There may be some truth to the things you’ve listed but even those are blown way out of proportion.
“In toe shoes, ballerinas’ feet look gorgeous and otherwordly. With those shoes off, though, they’re often a big mess of blisters and bunions. In that way, they have much in common with the brilliant chef whose white sleeves hide arms covered in burns earned during thousands of hours spent behind the stove, honing his craft. Or the interior designer whose perfect palace is the result of months – or years – of fine-tuning a design (often while dealing with a difficult, demanding, possibly tasteless client). What’s most glamorous on the surface is often the result of the hardest work underneath. All of this made me wonder, then, is there anything glamorous that doesn’t require hours of preparation?” — Spending half an hour reading Deep Glamour, which “explores the magic of glamour in its many manifestations, from movies, fashion, and advertising to real estate, politics, and sports.” (via somethingchanged) (via robot-heart) (via gauntlet) (via mikehudack)
Things that make you lose your vision if you live in them too long. (Via @rands.)