Taking Charge of Your Financial Status in a Poor Country.

It is an unfortunate situation that most countries are filled with bad leaders and for those of us who come from African countries, our plight is certainly worse as we see our leaders make decisions that is good for themselves and their pockets while citizens are left to stay hungry and broke, surviving in countries like this appear to be difficult and making an headway is another difficult task on its own.

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Rising as a business owner in this country is actually difficult because every day you are faced with new regulations and tax payment that are beyond what you can afford, there are usually politically linked business men and women at the top who want to take over every major sector, making it extremely difficult for a usual business man or woman to take over the winning sector.

A lot of people who have grown in poor countries have been made to believe that if they are not politicians who can steal government fund, then they cannot get wealthy which is a very wrong notion. I will like to ask few questions before I proceed.

Have you ever seen anyone in a rich country being poor?
Have you ever seen anyone in a poor country being rich?
Does this mean everyone from a poor country is supposed to remain poor?
Does it mean every business emerging in a poor country should never see lime light?

There are people who live in first class countries and are extremely poor, there are also people who live in really poor countries but have gradually been able to build their wealth.
There are men in poor countries who do not have any link with political leaders but have built their business to the top.

Reasons for having large number of poor people in poor nations.

Growing in a place has so much to say about the life of a child, kids who grow in poor countries and poor families are usually used to hearing that government or their parent is the reason for their predicament and this continues to other generation.

Growing up in a poor country will give you no reason to desire wealth, when everyone around you is poor as a child, they give you reasons why being wealthy is bad and then you begin to desire the same life for yourself and your kids.

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Building wealth in poor countries.

The wealth of your country is different from your personal wealth and because your leaders choose to embezzle the wealth of the nation does not mean you should sip from their remains all your life, you can also build an empire for yourself.

It is not about leaving your country to a rich one, the fact that you run to a rich country does not ascertain that you will get rich. A lot of young people in my country only have the ambition to run away from Nigeria and that is not the solution.

Be positive, take a look at the lifestyle of those who have made it to the top in your country without stealing government fund, you should follow after their direction and irrespective of how corrupt your country is, there is a path that could help you create wealth there.

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I also grew up in a family where everyone believes it is wrong to desire riches as a matter of fact they consider it demonic, I decided to start a business after school and it was just another drama on its own, everyone considered me to be an unserious person, they wanted me to take up a job irrespective of how low the payment was it was preferred to having my own business (according to them), so trust me when I say we are in the boat together.

I have a made a decision that I am going to rise to the top in my country no matter how bad the situation looks and I want you to have the same determination, the fact that our country is poor does not mean we should remain poor all our lives. Thank you so much for reading, I am @oluwatobiloba.