The World As it Spins

Dear Son, This week's letter is going to be brief and to the point. Nothing is truly useless, nothing at all. Even Chicken poop sells. I know because I've sold bags of it, to very enthusiastic buyers who paid a pricey sum. On the road to success in business, do not look down on anything and consider it of no good. What may have no use now could turn out to be tomorrow's hotcakes. Back to chicken poop, your grandma and I used to run a poultry, so we had lots of chicken poop. We knew that chicken poop was useful as manure in a backyard farm but we never knew it was useful enough to draw people from over 400km away who were ready to pay handsomely for it. Guess what? Let me disgust you a bit. They wanted the chicken poop as moist and smelly and organic as possible. Ours was dried and non smelly. Still we sold. So open your eyes. Despise not the days of little beginnings. Nothing is truly useless. You're smart. I believe you've learnt something new. Plenty Love Da

Don’t Dull Dear Son, The phrase “don’t dull” would probably no longer be in use when you read this. However, its message is going to still be as potent as it was a few minutes ago when I muttered the words and tapped this down for you. Simply put when someone (especially a Nigerian) tells you “don’t dull”, he or she means ‘don’t slack’ or don’t erm ‘pussyfoot’ or don’t drag your feet. You get the drift? In this life, opportunities come regularly and while patience is a virtue procrastination and sluggishness. A lot of people are 'dulling' and being sluggish letting themselves to be passed over repeatedly by opportunities while deceiving themselves that they are patient or that they don’t want to be reckless. Granted, recklessness is never to be confused with risk, and patience pays. However life without risks is a big disappointment. I too used to love playing it safe, I used to have a lot of grand ideas I shared with friends when I was younger but I was perhaps to