Zayzee Writes

It seems just like yesterday when we were screaming Happy New Year. But here we are in the fourth month of the year. Can you take out your goals for the year and honestly tell yourself the truth? By the end of 2018, are you sure you will achieve your 2018 goals? What roles did January, February and March have to play in the achievement of your goals? Did the past three months bring you your desires? If they didn’t, there is a possibility you wouldn’t be achieving all your goals for 2018.   But it doesn’t matter. You might not get it 100% but you can still get it above 50% if you really get into those plans right now. What this means is for you to tackle it differently to cross that finish line. Innovation can be defined in many ways but it comes down to one thing, doing things in a different ways to achieve results as well as meeting needs. And that is what this edition is all about. Our cover girl, Adele Dejak, is an inspiration whose business today is successful for the cr...

Your Money What Can I Do Differently To Grow My Business? Hello Miss Tolani I read your column in the last edition of Drive Magazine. You talked about planning your money. That it is not how much you make that matters but how much you keep. How does one achieve 'keeping' in a very tight situation? I am an entrepreneur and have been running my business for three years now. I am yet to see growth in my business. It isn't that I don't have enough clients to sustain my business and even grow it. The problem is that I have to support my family from my business and 'keeping money' that I know will assist my husband in our home doesn't sound right. I love my business. I make enough money a month but my business cannot grow. What can I do differently? Thank you. Suzy .M. (Lagos)

  And finally, our last edition of Drive magazine for the year is out. ‘Growing’ is the theme for this edition. Even when things don’t go the way we plan, we should always be excited about tomorrow and the possibilities it holds. In this edition, we have not two but five interviews. Wow! On our Cover is Amina Turnbull, who has created a business out of her love for the Ketogenic lifestyle, and helping people lose weight and live healthy. We also delve into the business world of Rukky Ohiomoba, founder of Ruvero Designs. And newly introduced with this edition is ‘Drive Africa’, a section dedicated to entrepreneurs from around our beautiful continent, who are doing amazing works either in their countries or abroad. In this section, we meet the lady behind Maria Bradford Kitchen. … plus other entertaining and enlightening stories to make this holiday a good time to reflect and grow. Dare to dream to keep growing, no matter what! Don’t forget to connect with u...

*As published in the last edition of Drive Magazine under the column 'Your Money* Wealth is often misconstrued as having a lot of money, but money is not equal to wealth. I tag real wealth as ‘Capacity’. Capacity is the ability to hold or contain resources; to effectively manage them. Wealth is the ability to hold and effectively manage limited resources. It’s not about what you earn or have but how you can effectively manage and grow your limited resources.  The ability to turn one loaf of bread into a bakery and keep the bakery running, turning a loaf of bread and 2 fishes into thousands to feed a multitude is what I call wealth. Do you ever wonder how the first and second servants in the parable of talents were able to double their talents? They are not wealthy because of the amount of resources that was available to them but the capacity they had to double their talents. We often seek for more money but not enough capacity through wisdom.