[Hint: If you’re a YOUNG African keen to MAXIMIZE your God-given potential, I wrote this article with YOU in mind] Most people who follow my work online know that I relocated to Benin Republic from Lagos-Nigeria on 1st April 2013.
From my very first night in a Cotonou hotel, till today, as I write from a cyber cafe in Cotonou, I never stopped writing my blog posts EVERY Monday to Saturday (sometimes Sunday) all through that transition period.
The few people I chose to confide in asked me how I expected to find my way in a country where I knew no one…
Most did not know I’d learnt to read, write and speak French way back in 1999.
And of course I knew no one when I arrived Cotonou. But I knew my CREATOR – and that was enough.
PLUS…I knew I had the mental stamina – and FAITH- to deal with the challenges they rightly anticipated I would face in a new country.
Examples: Going without food and sleeping on the streets for days. Both happened more than once. I have proof to back those claims up – and will write in detail about it in my next book – with names and photos of persons (helpers guided to me by the Creator) with whom I became friends here in Cotonou DURING those periods.
For me, it’s so strange that those who doubted me were those who claimed to believe in God and attended religious events.
I’ve said it before, and I’m saying it again…
They are the ones who make the most noise about having faith – calling it the “assurance of things yet unseen”.
But their words and actions in their daily lives often contradict what they claim to believe.
That was why they failed to believe a person who expressed unquestioning faith in his creator’s ability to guide him to success!
Looking back, I think the fact that I did NOT profess a particular religion made them too biased to see that my SPIRITUALITY was more important than whatever religious leanings they had! And that mental attitude holds so many people back today from manifesting their full God-given potential.
Pity.
For those who had no issues with my religion or faith, few – if at all any – understood the logic of my decision to move…
What, they asked, can you possibly find in that small and poor country, that is NOT available in Nigeria in greater abundance?
One of them pointed out that few people there would be able to afford my services and even fewer would be interested.
I tried to explain to them – but they just did NOT get it.
They do GET IT NOW, I can tell you that: my success makes sure of that!!
You see I did NOT come looking for clients in Benin (even though I NOW have several, who sought me out on their own!)
What I wanted was uninterrupted power supply and better socioeconomic conditions under which to build my online brand to find profitable buyers.
Nigeria could not (yet) give me that – 10 years of trying had told me that clearly.
So I had to find an environment that would give me what I needed to FLOURISH like I knew I could.
Several years earlier, a chap I’d met in Lagos and told that I had a dream of becoming an internationally recognized entrepreneur had called me on phone one night to mock me, asking:
“Old boy how far now? Shebi you said you are going to be international. What are you still doing in Naija now?” (and he burst out laughing many times as he spoke).
You may not believe it, but I felt really sorry for him – and others (there were others!) – who mocked me at various times in my journey to recognition and success.
You see, I had something they ALL could not see. But it was not money, and it was certainly not connections!
Instead, what I had was a deep seated CONVICTION that I could achieve the goal I’d set my mind on.
I did not have a clear idea of how that end would come about, but as a student of success, past experience had taught me to NOT worry about such things.
When you keep at it, what you need to make the next level of progress WILL appear.
I’m NOW living that dream that I once had…just like I knew I would!
In Nigeria it would have been hard to build my online presence to be this robust…and profitable.
But in Benin, I do it almost effortlessly.
I can work as long as I want and rest when I like, while creating new material to offer to a potentially profitable buying audience.
What’s more my cost of living over here is about 3 times LESS than it would be in Nigeria.
From food that I eat, to cutting my hair – even Internet connectivity is MUCH cheaper!
And I can go about my affairs with minimal worries any time of the day (even after midnight) – no crazy traffic, area boys, or naughty police men etc to deal with.
That’s why I’m moving my family over to join me!
Today, I describe myself as a Location Independent Multipreneur…and rightly too!
I AM a multi-skilled entrepreneur with a proven ability to earn income (a growing portion being PASSIVE) regardless of where I am.
I get contacted by – and hired/paid by buyers from various countries.
My online presence is NOT an ego trip. I mean many different and useful things to many different and results focused persons. They find following – and connecting with – me BENEFITS them in various ways.
I am not a musician or comedian – so one cannot say it’s because they want to be entertained that they come to me.
However I do offer a form of entertainment as well – only it comes along with information and education 
Simply put, I have become a meaningful specific – as Zig Ziglar advised EACH one of us to be!
However, it did not happen overnight. Neither did I get here by thinking and acting “normal”.
Instead, I had to challenge myself to MANY times deliver near superhuman performances. And I continue to do that.
This website – www.tayosolagbade.com (which started out 9 years ago as www.spontaneousdevelopment.com) – with its rapidly growing mass of useful resources, is proof of this.
More people (even old clients) continue to ask me how I do it…
How do you manage to write all that stuff, build all those apps, then write and build for your clients as well, PLUS respond to emails etc?
The answer is simple: I found my passion, and I channeled my energy and focus into it.
Then I found a way to offer it to a global audience – increasing my ability to get rewarded for doing what I do!
And you know the best part? This strategy requires very low to zero capital to get started and/or make MASSIVE progress. I am proof of it!
Today, I want to help others do the same – including YOU, if you are interested…
Your age, gender or education does not matter.
In 4 to 8 weeks, I can guide you to discover what to do and how.
But you must be ready to do the work. And you must be ready to make the investment.
To learn how to be a Location Independent Entrepreneur (or better still a Multipreneur like me), click here to learn more about my Coaching Service – then follow the instructions at the end of that piece.