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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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From Poverty to Power: One Man's Journey in Search for Self-actualization and Fulfillment

From Poverty to Power: One Man's Journey in Search for Self-actualization and Fulfillment

Iloka, Okwudili

Paperback

Business GeneralSelf-Help

ISBN10: 9785787923
ISBN13: 9789785787924
Publisher: Aquqo
Published: Jan 20 2024
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
What does a jobless young graduate do when life closes every door? He builds a new one.

Olamide Essien graduates with hope, ambition and determination, only to spend six years facing unemployment, rejection and frustration.

Then one ordinary encounter changes everything.

A conversation with a tricycle (keke) rider forces Olamide to look again at what he has been dismissing. Where others see only a tricycle and another difficult day, he begins to see a seed. That shift in vision becomes the beginning of a journey from job seeker to entrepreneur, from dependence to wealth, and from personal success to service.

From Poverty to Power follows Olamide's rise while uncovering the principles behind it. At the heart of the book is a simple distinction: the national economy determines many of the conditions under which you operate, but your personal economy determines what you do with the conditions available to you.

Through Olamide's story and the commencement address in which he looks back on the choices that shaped his life, you will discover:

  • Why defining your greatness is the first step to meaningful success
  • How to recognise possibilities hidden inside ordinary or overlooked opportunities
  • Why action, discipline, integrity and reputation can turn a small beginning into larger opportunity
  • How stewardship and service shape a healthy personal economy
  • Why the right seed can still fail in the wrong ground, and when wisdom means changing the ground rather than abandoning the principle
  • How success can grow beyond wealth into purpose and service
This is not a promise that circumstances do not matter. Sometimes the ground really is wrong. But even then, one question remains:

What will you do with the seed in your hand?

From Poverty to Power is an inspirational Nigerian story about vision, enterprise, stewardship, wealth, purpose and the possibilities hidden inside ordinary beginnings.

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