For Nigeria Youth: Learn from Carlos Slim and Templeton, and Believe the FUTURE [video]

As Nigeria goes through a challenging season of economic paralysis, I want you to remember that nations rarely kaput. In this video, I introduce two men I study – Carlos Slim (Mexican billionaire) and Franklin Templeton (stock picker of the 20th century). These men demonstrated tenacity at a time their respective nations were under stress. Yes, even in the miry clay, they saw an unbounded future – and believed. The green pastures came for them, and you can also experience the same because the sun will always rise, from the eastern corridor. Rarely rarely kaput!

Franklin Templeton began a firm in 1947, against all odds, at the ruins of World War II. Mr Slim bought anything in his sight at one of the lowest points in Mexican history – the peso was down and markets in ruins. Templeton trusted the human race and bought “useless” stocks. Slim’s father told him that countries do not fail; they always come back.

Becoming successful in life is not about being busy; it is understanding things and making sense of them, more meaningfully. There are acres of diamond in Nigeria today, across many areas. Look for them. If you do not believe in humans and the aspiration spirits, it is unlikely you can see opportunities in life. 

This moment will go and like the cryolite, the beautiful gems out of periwinkle, new moments will emerge. Unless you crack the periwinkle, the cryolite rarely emerges. Do not lose confidence because abundance remains in the future. The key is productive exploration of opportunities. Think and thrive; Nigeria has acres of “diamond” you can mine.

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