Don't Do It For The Money

Money! money!! money!!! come on, everything I hear people say is money. If you ask an average Nigerian youth why they are working or going to college or the university, why they are learning a particular trade, the response you will here is money.

Money is something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment. - Merriam Webster

Money is used as a means of rewarding so many things, paying debts, and as a means of payment but it is never a proof of success. Having money doesn't make you successful, success is determined by positive impact and value to the world. I always say that if prof. Wole Soyinka wasn't rich after all his efforts and the ability to impact and add value to the world, would he not still be called a successful man?

Why do I feel frustrated because of my job pay

So many people do their jobs because of the money, they complain when they aren't getting the right pay. They are feeling bad, not energised and happy while doing their work because the major motive for doing the work was money.

A friend of mine brought two employment letters to me telling me he was confused to which he should resume, he said to me that he loves A and has a passion for it but B is will be paying him very well. With the present economic condition of the country, he would have expected me to tell him to pick the later but to his surprise, I told him to go for the former because he loved it. You can't do exceedingly well in what you do not love. When trying times come, you might fail in what you do not love but you can never fail in what you have a passion for.

Money is a good thing don't get me wrong, but it should not be the paramount push for doing things. You should do what you love to do and by doing that, you will do it with your heart.

You have to love what you are doing so you can be successful in what you are doing. When you love what you are doing, you will be able to overcome the tide when things are bad and going wrong.

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