Dipo Tepede.POeT

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. — Bill Gates  

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When it comes to business, it appears to most guys I interact with that I am a totally different person from whom they socialize and laugh with; these guys (especially babes) believe that  I have built an alter ego which is totally different from who I am. I can see the shock and unbelief on their faces when I take business decisions that affect them. They believe Dipo is suffering from schizophrenia – Dipo, the benevolent guy, joke cracker and gregarious fellow and Dipo, the enterprising guy, astute fellow and strict individual. After some time, these individuals get to understand me and know that my actions are for the higher good of the business. 

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Present Location – Airport, lounging and waiting for my flight to be announced. I have got so many things on my mind but the major one was the private bond I was suppose to invest in which was suppose to give me a 96% return in 12 months payable on a monthly basis and full capital liquidated on the twelfth month. I hate missing out on great opportunities especially the ones that I can grasp with both hands. The challenge is how I am going to get to the bank and transfer the money, when my flight is scheduled in the next two hours. I did not want to take the chances of getting to the bank because the bank that maintains my domiciliary account is not anywhere close to the airport so I took solace in bringing you this particular piece hoping my battery would not run out.  

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President Yar' Adua regime brought a lot of scare to heads of different government parastatals from the removal of the Head of NNPC to the restructuring of the EFCC. I personally believe this scenario immediately caused panic in the camp of Professor Soludo because he immediately reacted with the a «not too familiar»Â economic reform; deleting two decimal places from the value of the naira. If you have a thousand naira, your money is immediately valued at ten naira. The explanation was very simple; it would force the dollars to come down and improve the economy. I personally do not think this is true and I believe it was politically instigated. But on a personal level, my reaction to this announcement was how I was going to profit from this policy. I immediately knew that substituting my cash to liquid asset was the key to the solution. 

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«Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.»- William Shakespeare 

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I am very sorry that I have been MIA for a while; what can I say? I have been uber busy but don't fret; I am working pretty hard to bring to fruition the vision of financial independence. I have had a secret fear for some time now especially those days I was under the payroll of various corporate establishments. In order to provide temporary solution to this fear, I learnt the skills of office politics, arse-licking, clichés, show-offs and diplomacy but I found out these skills were band aids to a deeply rooted issue. I was so scared that I lost my soul; I have cars, land properties, investment portfolios, small businesses, etc which I guarded with gusto but I failed to guard the most important asset in the world – my soul. I was so afraid that my soul was in constant torment. 

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