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Our Sanitation Is Our Life and Our Future - Motivational Video

Our Sanitation is Our Life - Here's to a More Sanitized Future We belittle ourselves and wonder why others mock us. We are the architects of our own downfall and until we change our attitudes, we can never move forward. Living in a developing country is hard it is even harder when these things happen. Things we can control but are not able to because we do not know what is right. Every year when it rains, parts of our cities get flooded. Five minutes worth of heavy rains and the water level rises to our knees. Who is to blame for this problem? Not our colonial masters and definitely not our enemies in foreign lands. We are to blame for this problem. No one but us. We claim we are wise yet we drop litter indiscriminately. We claim to love our country but we do not show this love through our actions. We don’t obey the rules that have been set to govern us in our country but we are quick to obey even stricter laws in foreign lands. Aren’t we hypocrites here in the land of Africa? The educated ones are even the worst. They claim they are knowledgeable but always ignore the consequences of their actions. They drop rubbish in gutters. They roll down their windows and throw out garbage instead of keeping them in the car and dropping them in the trash later on. Can we all just be a little more concerned about our environment? Can we all just think about doing the right thing? How can we focus on doing the right thing when our rubbish collectors do not do their job well? We need to start doing the right thing. We don’t have to wait for the laws to work before we take action. How many people do we lose to cholera each year? How many people do we lose to malaria each month? How many do we lose in these yearly avoidable floods? Families have been broken because of our actions. Many have lost their loved ones because most of us cannot do the right thing. Are we waiting for tragedy to reach us before we start doing what is right? Learn more - https://wealthbanke

There is No Life Without Water – We Need to Stop Water Contamination

Motivational Video - Stop Water Contamination!! More people die from unclean water than from all forms of violence, including war, Water is one of the most important needs of living things. It is second only to the air we breathe. In fact, some scientists believe that all life began in water. If this is so, it may be that living things exist or have existed because of water. During 1971-2008 it was recorded that contaminated water bodies were the main cause of death in the USA. These Analyses of the causes of disease outbreaks associated with contaminated drinking water in the United States have helped inform prevention efforts at the national, state, and local levels. This makes this issue a social problem that must be addressed to be solved by other nations and continents. Our bodies use water in all its cells, organs, and tissues to help regulate its temperature and maintain other bodily functions. Luckily for living things, there is affordable access to water almost everywhere. But how safe is it, is the big question to ask. Human activity over the past 50 years is responsible for unprecedented pollution, and the quality of the world’s water resources is increasingly challenged, as recorded by UN on World Water Day. In general, surface waters such as lakes and rivers contain higher levels of micro-organisms and are more prone to contamination than groundwater and require different treatment regimes. Learn More about this - https://wealthbankers.com/news/there-is-no-life-without-water/ ‎

The Real Definition of Assets and Liabilities According to the Wealthy

Real Definition of Assets and Liabilities According to the Wealthy Is your Car really an asset or it’s just a liability? Think about it, automobiles today may have transitioned from luxury to a necessary means of commuting. This means it is more likely to be an asset instead of a liability, right? ...right? Sorry to burst your bubble, but it might not be an asset for most people. Before we start classifying which of our belongings are assets, we have to truly understand this; what are assets and liabilities? You would be really surprised how the wealthy would classify them. So in Accounting 101, we learned that assets are simply something that is owned by a person, company, or organization. This simply tags property as assets since they undeniably hold value. However, the rich and wealthy have a different perspective when defining assets and liabilities. I once had the opportunity to have a discussion with the Chief Executive of Stanlib Investments Management Limited, on finance. Considering his position, he has dealt with so many wealthy men in Africa, who sought to invest their millions of dollars. When it came to assets and liabilities, the wealthy shared a similar definition. “Anything that brings money in, is an asset. Also, anything that takes out money is a liability” I’m not going to lie, I thought the same way you are thinking now. It sounds like a really vague definition. “You are lost aren’t you?” he asked. I stuttered a bit in my reply, but then he cut me off saying “Look don’t think too deeply about it. You drove here so I’m just going to use your car as an example.” That’s when he threw this thought-provoking question; “Is your Car really an asset or it’s just a liability?” That’s when it hit me... Find out what - https://wealthbankers.com/news/real-definition-assets-and-liabilities/

The Story Behind Brooklinen Luxury Bedding (Worth $15million)

What inspires people to start a business? Let's be specific... What kind of light bulb moments have you heard of that landed into build a very profitable business. Even better, the kind of moment that involved not just friends but also partners of a business? Yes thats exactly what happened with the Brooklinen Story. If you have ever heard of the Brooklinen Luxury Bedding business, then maybe you haven't probably haven't heard of how a couples vacation ended up providing those sleek bedsheets you need or already have in your life! From sleeping to very comfortable sheets to looking for that same sheets for their home the couple, Vicky and Rich found the price of those sheets as way expensive. The sheets they sought after went for $800. Even though they realized that these sheet were extra comfortable, they realized they could make their own for way less of that price. It was time for them to make high quality sheets, more affordable! From there, they set up their company in New York were they came up with the name Brooklinen. With dedication, they worked so hard to achieve great results thus, their customer base grew. They sold quality sheets starting at $99 with one fabric that had different and attractive colors. Within a short while, they had 20,000 orders for their affordable and quality sheets and that was exactly when the company hit the real start button. Since then, Brooklinen has grown to provide customers with the finest of sheets in and around New York! They ship to wherever you are in the world as you can order straight from their website. If you love sheets, Brooklinen might just be the first place to look since it was brought to you with love from a couple that loved each other and sheets too!

The Lost Sense of Work - Restoring the True Purpose of Work | Motivational Video

Motivational Video - Restoring the True Purpose of Work We spend most of our lives working only to go on retirement and spend all our earnings on life. At the end of it all, what was the purpose? We live in a world where money controls our lives and spear heads our happiness. Discover more on this - https://wealthbankers.com/news/the-lost-sense-of-work/ “We work to have leisure, on which happiness depends.” So said Aristotle. Our leisure is filled with entertainment degenerating into idleness and boredom. Yet that seems to be the pinnacle of life. We call it…the norm of the day. Ellen Goodman said “normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.” Is that the true purpose of work? Money and work is so intertwined it has cloud our search for purpose and meaning of life. We’ve given up our sole purpose for paychecks and made to believe our work is our passion. We are soul-caged into believing having a nice home for the family and leisure is the comfort we all need. They end up saying somethings are just good in themselves. We wonder why after all the wealth, we still feel empty seeking for something higher. One way to kill your dreams is to believe the purpose of work is money. Why keep yourself rooted in a work pattern each day for 5 days till the end of the year only to repeat the same routine next year and all for what…a paycheck? At the end of it all, what would you have missed? Discover more on this - https://wealthbankers.com/news/the-lost-sense-of-work/

Black is Beautiful - The Underrated Beauty of the Melanin Skin

Motivational Message to Melanin Girls “What exactly is beauty?” I randomly asked a female friend of mine who once had a struggle defining simple aesthetics. She said “I asked the Mirror Mirror on the wall, was I the fairest of them all? No, you’re not, the mirror replied. But... you are the prettiest. Now, that was the most confusing moment of my life”. For a second I was locked in awe and in disbelief about how confusing being described as the prettiest was shocking to her. Guys, you should have seen her. Whenever she smiles there’s always a slow-motion effect like its done in these movies. Her eyes always glisten with the purest form of energy, I suspect there’s a galaxy of stars embedded deep inside. Yes, if kryptonite was in a human form that would be her, ‘cause she is most definitely every super human's weakness. So then I asked, why was she shocked? Again she replied with the calmest of tones “Growing up, the books I read and people around me appreciated the lighter skin way more, so much that I forgot how beautiful the dark skin was. I know I’m not the only one who has forgotten how beautiful melanin really is. But now I know better.” With a deep sigh, I was relieved she found out the truth about her dark skin. The truth about the dark brown to black pigmentation in the skin referred to as Melanin. It’s always amazing when females finally realize how much of a treasure the dark skin is. There’s a fight going on out there. A mental struggle for many dark skin women who grew up learning the same things my friend grew up learning - That black isn’t beautiful. All this because melanin is underrated in our world today. How are you contributing to this ongoing menace in our world today? Learn more - https://wealthbankers.com/news/the-underrated-beauty-of-the-melanin-skin/

Grades Don't Make You - Giving Up is The Only True Failure

Motivational Video for Students and Parents Alike - You are More Than a Grade. You walk into a typical classroom and numerous pairs of eyes follow your every movement. Learn more on this - https://wealthbankers.com/news/bad-grades-dont-equate-giving-up/ Most of the faces behind these eyes are similar in many ways (sometimes having childlike or teenage features). And each of them being taught the same things and hence expected to get the same results. What numerous people (both students and parents alike) do not realize is that that goes against the laws of diversity that they display outwardly. The idea of diversity encompasses recognizing, understanding, accepting, and respecting that each individual is unique. It is about understanding each other and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual. But society has become so focused on end results and grades that it’s hard for them to notice that each and every student has diverse skills and diverse talents that make them effective in attaining their dreams. To the Parents I’ve noticed that many parents are obsessed with the final grades their child produces. Some stress on it so much that some college students would rather commit suicide over a bad grade than face their parents’ wrath. But that should not be so. What should matter is the effort and not the grade! Because in that very same class: There’s an artist who has no interest in mathematics There’s a song artist who is not interested in physics A soccer player not interested in history An inventor who can’t be bothered over French. Yet despite all this, they still make the “effort” to make good grades. I believe that should be appreciated. They’re different. Accept it and support them in building their talents. Learn more on this - https://wealthbankers.com/news/bad-grades-dont-equate-giving-up/

Are Spotlights The Beacons of Hope? - Life Essentials that Should Be Highlighted

I hate the fact that we put much spotlight on the famous people and write all these stories about them. For most people, they are the beacon that we, the upcoming lowlifes should follow. Maybe it’s all for a good purpose. But I see different. Learn more on this - https://wealthbankers.com/news/spotlight-the-beacon-to-follow/ See, We are in a society filled with all kinds of people: the angry, the selfish, the good, the kind, the glorious, etc. all striving for the goal, that purpose. Whatever that purpose is. God bless all youth but aren’t we all are busy trying to fulfill the Maslow’s need hierarchy theory? Come to think of it, most of the activities we do every day is a recurrence. Like puppets, we are controlled by the strings of life turning into any direction it pleases. We are filled with so much strength. There’s nothing wrong in getting that certificate or that job. We all want the spotlight but spotlights are tough. Many people die under them. We are thought to fight for our own dreams not realizing in doing that, we kill the dreams of others. It’s good to play our own drums, sing our own song. That is the joy of living. But what is it worth if it causes harm to your own friend? I admire you but I don’t want to be you and miss out on being me. You don’t find someone under the rocks and rejoice because the spotlight is on you. Learn more on this - https://wealthbankers.com/news/spotlight-the-beacon-to-follow/

A Moment When Film Making Makes Me Run Away - Motivational Video

Motivational Video for Filmmakers. Filmmaking can be a challenging task for most of us. It was very difficult to pick up each day believing that I could do it. That I could make it happen. There were times that I doubted myself. I do not know what dream that you have. Learn more on this - https://wealthbankers.com/news/motivational-speech-to-filmmaker/ I do not know how disappointing that it might have been as you working towards that dream. For all, I know that dream that you are having in your mind is possible. All it takes is to wake up and drag it to reality But here we are; Film Makers are not working towards their dream anymore. Why? One reason is that of fear. The industry gives us enough reasons to give up on our dream our passion and our divine gift to bring life into art. The other thing is most people stop pushing themselves, they stop working on themselves they stop growing and end up losing their passion for filmmaking and give up eventually on their dream. You have to have this unreasonable amount of unreason ability to become a filmmaker. the world is not sunshine and rainbow. It is a very mean and nasty place and no matter how tough you are it would beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. Nobody is going to hit as hard as life but it’s not about how hard you hit, it is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. Yes, there are moments when you are going to doubt yourself The rough times are going to come but there are not coming to stay but they have come to pass. It is very important for you to believe that you are the one that can make a difference. Do not throw in the towel on your dreams. Knowing it is not how much you have but what you do with what you have that matters most at the end of the day. Learn more on this - https://wealthbankers.com/news/motivational-speech-to-filmmaker/

What Google Interns Think About Working There

Internships are a great way to gain valuable work experience in your industry. Even though being an intern is a great way to gain work experience, a lot of people shy away from it. The main reason why this happens is because of the many horror stories we hear concerning interns in companies. Aside having to work for free, interns are often times overworked. Some are even made to do work that falls outside their scope or field. Imagine you apply for an internship opening as an accountant and you end up delivering mail in the office. You may end up not learning anything which may affect you in future. Even though some of these stories are real and true, there are companies who make it a point treat their interns well. One such company is Google. Google, for the last few years, has been considered one of the best places to work. This rating does not just end with its hired staff but also extends to interns. Most people that work at Google, only have good things to say about the tech giant. They will always share good experiences about their time in the company with anyone who asks. Due to the way the staff at Google are treated, they find it hard to really leave the company. This also applies to interns at the company. They are accepted and welcomed into the Google community. They enjoy all the perks that come with working with Google. This is probably one good reason why most interns always want to return and become full time employees. Talk to any past or present Google intern and most of them would recount their time with Google with a smile on their face. If most companies treated their interns the way Google treats theirs, the genuine fear people have of pursuing internships will genuinely vanish.

How Social Firm Handles Situations like a Boss

One of the keys to running a successful business is having a good marketing strategy. Marketing is one important and fundamental part of running a successful business. Despite its relative importance, few businesses are actually able to get this part right. Having a good marketing strategy is what determines whether a business will succeed or fail. Not all businesses are able to come up with good marketing strategies. In instances like this, it is best to find companies or individuals who are good enough to handle this part of your business. Hiring a marketing firm to help you with marketing can greatly affect how your business develops. There are several businesses that focus on creating and managing a good marketing campaign for businesses. One of these great companies, is Social Firm. With the world consistently moving into the digital space, it is also highly important to not only focus on offline marketing methods and strategies, but also online forms as well. Digital marketing has become an integral part of marketing in recent times due to the upsurge of digital devices and platforms. With more and more people favoring a digital presence than a physical one, it important that your digital marketing strategy is the best. Not only that, but it also needs to adapt and change as the campaign progresses. Social Firm has established itself in recent times as one of the best in the business. They offer great marketing services that cater for both startups and already established businesses. They have a diverse portfolio that includes several companies that were once not regarded in their industry but have now become seasoned and established institutions. There are several companies that will testify to the effectiveness of Social Firm. Not only do they come up with good strategies, they monitor and tweak them when it matters. These are just a view reasons why Social Firm has made its way into the hearts and lives of many people.

Why This Millionaire CEO Started a Side Hustle as the Manager of a Pro Boxer

In today’s society, we are all expected to attend school, graduate and find a good job that pays well and start a family. https://wealthbankers.com/news/ceo-segura-follows-passion-side-hustling-manager-boxer/ This is the default setting for most people and many of these people live unhappy lives. A lot of these people will end up living an unfulfilled life by the time they die. This is not the path that David Segura wanted to follow. After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in computer science, he got his first job at Ford. He quit his job at Ford to start his own company, Vision IT. He could have stayed at Ford and made a decent living earning a decent income. He believed that this was not the path for him that is why he quit his job at Ford to begin his own business. He has been able to grow Vision IT into a large and powerful IT solutions company. The company’s yearly revenue is estimated to be more than $100 million. His company has also employed more than 900 employees across all its branches. Running a business is not as easy as some people will have you think. Even amidst all the challenges, David Segura has been able to rise above them all to succeed. Growing up as a fan of boxing, Segura dreamed of one day making some significant contribution to the sport. He got this chance when he had the opportunity to manage pro boxer, Domonique Dolton. According to the Dolton, Segura has been a great inspiration to him as a person. Segura has been able to drop in weight since he began shadowing the workout routine of Dolton. Pro boxers have some very intense workouts and for Segura to attempt them is a testament to the fact that he is one who fights for what he believes in. Why would success not follow such a person? https://wealthbankers.com/news/ceo-segura-follows-passion-side-hustling-manager-boxer/

Why YK Sugish*ta left Google

YK Sugish*ta left Google in Montreal as a full-time software developer. He enjoyed his full-time work but decided to leave the job to focus on his YouTube channel. https://wealthbankers.com/news/canadian-resident-left-google-after-a-year-to-follow-an-unusual-dream/ When he told his friends about leaving the company, they thought he left the company to follow his passion. But that was not what he was doing. If following passion was why he stopped working at google, he would be a stand-up comedian. He left google to fill the gap in the market he found. Earlier before Sugish*ta started working at Google, he started a YouTube channel called CS Dojo, which focused on mainly software engineer job interviews. He got more than 100,000 views and 5000 subscribers when he had uploaded on ten videos on the channel. During that same time, he started coaching people on how to go through software engineer job interviews. The lessons Sugish*ta learned through this experience was that he began to see the difference between what people wanted and what they were getting. To him it was sort of like a gap in the market. People wanted to see high-quality videos about software engineer interviews but they could not find them anywhere else. That was the reason for the many views of his videos. Many people wants someone to teach them how to get through software engineer interviews one-on-one but they could not find anyone to do that for them easily and smoothly. And that’s how they found Sugish*ta to help them. Because he was starting to feel the gap between what people wanted and what they were getting, he was able to grow his YouTube channel faster. Through the channel, he was able to thousands of people. That’s when he came up with the idea to help them full-time. And so he left Google. https://wealthbankers.com/news/canadian-resident-left-google-after-a-year-to-follow-an-unusual-dream/

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Lexi Novitske is Making it in Africa with Singularity Investments

Alexandra is a Principal Investment Officer at Singularity Investments launched in 2014 in Nigeria. She heads the firm’s operations in Africa. https://wealthbankers.com/news/ask-lexi-novitske-about-the-african-dream/ The Firm invests in visionary entrepreneurs in early stage, technology-enabled companies in Africa. When Lexi moved to Nigeria, she faced tremendous disapproval and uncertainties from family and friends. Lexi’s parents were worried about her safety while others were concerned that her promising career in investment would shift to charity work. These anxieties were driven by genuine care and unawareness about Nigeria. The decision to move ahead became much difficult as Lexi became aware of the lack of support to dedicate her career to growing investment countries. To be fair, Lexi thought the questions were a bit unreasonable. She believed she’ll grow into a much better leader who tackles challenges straight on. She had a growth mindset and frequently challenged her own constant mindset. Lexi is shy, skeptical and often spread herself too thin. She’s also self-critical. At the time she started, her knowledge of tech was still very basic. But she had a thesis she believed would make the next wave of difference in Africa. Above all, she is proud to say she is confident that the strong talent driving new tech models would generate the next economic growth. Lexi believes that the lower barrier, in African context, to entry for tech companies to reach rapid growth is often best served by joining with, rather than challenging major industry players. Telecom companies already engage with consumers and represent trust brands. They have data on their customers which isn’t readily available in the market as well as established relationships with regulators which can be otherwise hard for small companies to build. In the past, Lexi believed that replicating successful business media from other markets in a local context reduced business model ris

This Entrepreneur Moved His Business From His Apartment To All The 7 Continents

Bruce Poon Tip Was About to Shut Down his Business but he Changed his Mind. https://wealthbankers.com/news/entrepreneur-shut-business-down-guide-7-continents/ When he was 22 years old, he founded his travel company G Adventures on two maxed out credit cards. Poon Tip wanted to create experiences for travelers that would combine backpacking and middle-of-the-road travel while introducing people to local people, not just tourist attractions. But that did not proceed well, years later the company was about to go out of business. It was a trip to his 100th country, Tibet in 1997 that he had taken to clear his head that changed his thinking about how he should run his business completely. Poon Tip was amazed about how the people were guided by their hearts and spirituality. After more than two decades in business, that mission and emotion-driven philosophy has powered the company From his apartment in Toronto to 23 offices all over the world that offer more than 650 tours on all seven continents to 150,000 travelers a year. Poon Tip founded Planeterra in 2013, which aims at raising funds to help aid underserved communities all over the globe. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Looptail: How One Company Changed the World by Reinventing Business. It is the first business book to get the stamp of approval from the Dalai Lama. “To truly innovate you have to draw from a place you don’t know. You have to find new things that inspire you. Try new things, take up new hobbies. I do it all the time.” – Bruce Poon Tip https://wealthbankers.com/news/entrepreneur-shut-business-down-guide-7-continents/

Why Alex Costa is an Inspiration Even After Quitting Google

Alex Costa might just be an Inspiration to those who are caught up in the expectations of society and wish to get on with something more ideal for them. In short, something they are way more passionate about! https://wealthbankers.com/news/this-american-took-a-nervous-leap-forward-quitting-lucrative-job/ Did you know that Google is one of the best places to work in the world? Well, this might not come as a surprise to a lot of people considering how much google is relevant in todays world of internet usage. So, what is Alex's story? Well, a lot of people did not only apply for his position in google but there were many who had daydreams of occupying his spot. Costa worked with them for a solid 3 years in the YouTube Department . So instead of sitting idle and going about his normal 8-5, he used his experience at Google to Build something more for himself! So, okay he worked in the YouTube department and knew exactly how everything works out. Why doesn't he use what he loves, fashion, to create great content for Youtube too, right? Yes, that is one light bulb moment that he sure did have. After that, he picked up his experience in the field and delivered what he loved all synced up with what he does daily. Thats how to make something work. He started small, and decided to give it more dedication and time when he quit his job at Google for it. Inspiring huh? Well, today, Alex Costa has grown his YouTube channel and amassed a great following from lovers of fashion, grooming and Tech. Quitting his lucrative job at google to continue building on a side project was a great move. He now has more than 800,000 subscribers to his YouTube page! Well done Alex Costa. Maybe there's a thing or two you can pick up from his story to build on your own personal success. https://wealthbankers.com/news/this-american-took-a-nervous-leap-forward-quitting-lucrative-job/

Bethann Wagner Chooses Running an Under Paying YouTube Channel Over Google

Bethann Wagner Story on Leaving Google to follow her passion might just inspire you! https://wealthbankers.com/news/bethann-wagner-chooses-running-a-low-paying-youtube-channel-over-working-in-google/ How does one leave a great company like Google, where you have all great people around you! a Great Job dreamed to be filled by so many over the world! And also, being financially rewarded so well that your account sits pretty! That was the life of Bethann Wagner before she decided it was finally time to quit to Google and follow her passion. But before we talk about Bethann, how many of you would have actually quit their comfortable position at a great company just to follow something you enjoy doing most? Well, think about it properly if you did stutter to answer this question. In all, just a few can say they have the guts to actually quit and do what they love doing instead. Note that, this involves something you are not so much of a pro at. Bethann quit her Google Job were she was a lead strategist to create her own Youtube page of fashion, makeup, cooking and a few other hobbies she adored. She basically chose running her underpaying YouTube page to working at one of the most desired places to work at. With a loving husband and a new budget laid out, she switched career path in high hopes of making the best out of it! After her switch, society's look on this was more or less an intricate look on why this might have been a bad move. However, those surrounding her should have been more about finding out she was happy with her decisions and what she hopes to achieve. If you are in such a position as Bethann, trust, it is not a bad move to make when you want to follow your passion. Instead, take notes from Bethann Wagner and see how you can proportion it to your steps! Success to you! https://wealthbankers.com/news/bethann-wagner-chooses-running-a-low-paying-youtube-channel-over-working-in-google/