21/04/2020
An entrepreneur 's risk
ALWAYS LISTEN TO ELDERS ADVICE!
Doctor, don’t worry. I know I am going to die. I
didn’t want to come here but they brought me
here.
Please don’t worry about me, look at my hair,
they are gone. I am so old but you are so young.
I have learnt a lot from life, if you don’t mind I
will tell you some of them before I die.
When I was 4 years, I use to think the world is
about me. When I turned 14, I wanted to rule the
world. I thought I would be the greatest man that
ever lived. When I was 21, I wanted to be the
richest man, when I was 25, I wanted to find love,
when I was 40, I wanted to be helpful to
everyone. Now that I am here, I want to die. You
see, I wanted so many things at so many times.
Most importantly, I wanted to be happy. I thought
the best way to be happy is to listen to others.
When I wanted to enter the University, I wanted
to study Zoology but everyone said I should study
Engineering that I will be a great Engineer. So I
listened to them. I had no one to pay my fees, I
had to work and also pay my fees. In my third
year, I couldn’t cope with my studies, I had to
drop. When I dropped, the same people told me
"you should have studied Zoology"!
When I turned 28, everyone said I should marry.
That I needed a wife. So I listened to them, I got
married. 6 years into the marriage, I caught my
wife sleeping with my neighbour. I asked her why
and she slapped me. I was angry and didn’t say
anything. The next day I returned from work, she
had run away with my children, now I am dying a
lonely man.
At 40, I got a huge contract. My name was in the
news. The next day, all my friends and families
were at my house, everyone had a serious
problem. Within one week, I spent all the money
on them with the promise that they will pay back.
I could not complete the contract because they
refused to return the money as promised. So I
was sent to jail for 6 years. I stayed in jail and I
came out. When I came out, they were nowhere.
There was one mistake I made through all this
time. Now it is clear to me. Let me tell you about
it. I refused to listen to myself. I ignored my own
self and listen to others. Now that I am here the
only person that is with me is myself.
You see, it is very good to listen to others. It is
very wise to seek advice from others. But it is
very dangerous to ignore your own self. It is very
very dangerous to refuse to pay attention to your
heart.
When you get home this night, sit down, take a
glass of water. Close your eyes if you want or
open it if you want, then talk to yourself, reason
with yourself. You can walk down the road alone
and as you walk, begin to talk to yourself.
The only person that can overrule yourself is God,
after God, listen to yourself next. I know it may
not make sense to you now but always remember.
I told you LEARN TO LISTEN TO YOURSELF.
