Oh, ye Startup founder! You have a great idea, a ghost of a product haunting the recess of your mind. A beautiful concept that will undoubtedly set the World on fire with its sheer genius...and yet, and yet you just can't seem to get this idea moving. Fear, resources, time, imposter syndrome, networks? Whatever the stumbling block is, it still does not help you understand how everyone out there seems to be 'making it', how all these young startup founders are seemingly having

Every new entrepreneur will no doubt be initially overwhelmed by the amount of information coming to them left, right, and centre from business experts, coaches and leaders. In the era of social media, everyone is an expert, everyone seems to know something about anything and it is a wonder that with all the influx of human knowledge and wisdom, people still seem more confused than ever on the precise formula to follow to achieve any semblance of lasting success anywhere. The

Sooner or later in your entrepreneurial journey you will chance upon the dilemma of 'when is too much, too much ?' in relation to how much free stuff you can give away in marketing material as you attempt to woo your customer to buy your product or service. In the social media era there is an overwhelming influx of information and most of it is for free anyway, so one of the best ways to get a piece of the attention-pie is by also offering free-stuff online, what we sometime

Superman, the first globally published super hero and many published after him – is driven by his purpose, not his power. He can destroy his adopted planet Earth. He can misuse his powers for good and become a super criminal and access wealth, power and respect. He doesn’t. He takes on a dual personality to ‘find himself’ and understand why he exists. He has a backstory, mission and vision and this drives his reason for living. He controls his natural impulses or instinct, al

What does it really mean to be considered poor? Is being poor a factor of how short you are on the universal currency of money? Or inversely does it refer to how short one is on happiness, health and peace of mind? Perhaps a mix of both, if that were possible? Are wealth and money mutually exclusive - the former referring to wellness irrespective of excessive material possession whilst the later hinges on accumulation of 'stuff' ? I am no philosopher nor am I an economist, so

To be employed or become an entrepreneur? Which is better? Is entrepreneurship something you grow into or a naturally occurring trait, can it be learned? Can one do both? So much information out there and so much advice. Today I cut through the piles of theory and give you a direct view into the world of the employee vs the world of the entrepreneur. Now, at this juncture I will say three things: when it comes to employment or entrepreneurship, choosing one over the other is

Are you in formal employment but seeking to start your own business ? Are you Struggling with self-doubt and understanding the right time to step out into self-employment ? Click the link below and let me help you access the right tools for your journey CLICK HERE Jan Okonji is an entrepreneur, self-mastery coach and founder of the company Business Growth Solutions, www.bizgrowth.club. He is also the Startup Expert with the SNDBX, a unique collection of 40 business experts th

If there ever was a movie that deserved the top spot amongst 'the-movies-you-must-watch-before-you-die' genre it must be The Shawshank Redemption. The seminal movie based on the Stephen King novel of the same title is about one Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the murders of his wife and her lover. However, he is in reality innocent of the charges. While in prison, he forms alliances with key figures with the main goal of esca

You probably may have read the Indian parable or poem of the blind men and the elephant? The one where 6 blind men, each wise in their own respect chance upon an elephant on their collective path and set out to describe the nature of the animal to each other? Yes, no? I'll refresh your memory. So these intelligent but blind men encounter an elephant and proceed to describe the animal before them based on their limited experience and first encounter with it. One fellow had re

Go back with me 243 million years ago, when the World was a rolling mass of lush green vegetation and a battery of twenty thousand mountain peaks breaking a skyline lit by multiple Suns. A strange and exotic place whose air was rendered asunder by thunderous screeches and roars of reptilian creatures taller than the tallest buildings known to man; creatures living in the deepest ocean depths, roaming the vast plains of land and soaring high above the tops of massive tree trun