More Business Tips

Good day people.

I have a few tips and two stories to share today.

An important tip I learnt AGAIN is RECORD-KEEPING. I have confirmed BY EXPERIENCE that "the sharpest brain is no competition for the bluntest pencil". Some people have been asking me if I'm sure they are not owing me or not and I sincerely can't remember. I enjoyed the Christmas break so much that I have faint memories of what happened BEFORE the break. However, the things I wrote down 3 years ago are still there...Be guided, be dilligent in record keeping. Someone told me that God also keeps records...You can check Revelations 20:12 about the books God keeps...

I'll tell you one of the stories now. I usually surf around some of the Facebook business groups I belong to in search of the "Next Big Idea". Once in a while, I stumble on those posts that promise to make you millionaires but you have to send them your email address. I followed up with one of such yesterday with a Facebook message. I asked what this business was about. Find below excerpts of our conversations. OP is the person that put up a post about a 'work from home' opportunity.

Adenike: Please I'm interested in the 'work from home' opportunity you're talking about. Thanks

OP: Hi.  How are u. email xxxxx@yahoo.com. I will be your personal coach. I have various programmes for you to join and I will help you all the way. Some you have to pay and some are free.. Take a look at all of them. The first programmes you will need to have someone that lives in the US , UK to sign up under you to validate your account. If you need help, don't hesitate to ask Yahoo Mail.

 

Of course I didn't respond to that. Then there were follow-up messages which I ignored. From the initial post, it appears that email addresses/phone numbers are the 'prize'. One would ask what 'harm' there could be in giving one's email address/phone out.

First and foremost, they are PERSONAL details. Secondly, some people collect those email addresses/phone numbers to sell to advertisers (at best) and malicious users at worst.

I'm quite amused by the number of people that "sheepishly" share their personal details (and sometimes company details) in unsecured environments, e.g group walls. You won't go far in business if you don't exercise discretion.  Don't wonder why you keep getting weird messages. You can read Proverbs 14:15 for more on that.

I'll round up with my second/third story. When I was younger, I remember that my parents got involved with one pyramid scheme that seemed like a scam, even to my young ears. It turned to be a scam. My mum got involved in another scheme that turned out to be a scam. I thought I was wise enough in those matters. When I started earning a reasonable income after graduation, my colleagues just won't stop talking about a scheme run by a 'wonder bank'. Their monies were growing in leaps and bounds. I decided to try the scheme with 'change' (I think that was kind of wise). It turned out to be a scam and my 'change' remains trapped there till date...Again, you may want to meditate on Proverbs 14:15 as well as Proverbs 14:18. Don't be gullible; understand what the business is about before you dash out your money.

#Tentmakers.