Author: albert
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Why do you love to read?
Last week I attended an event at Miklin Hotel. An elderly man was selling books right at the entrance of the auditorium. Being a book lover, I bought a couple of books for my personal library. The next day, a friend who also attended the event sent me this message via WhatsApp: “I saw you…
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How to quit your job and become an entrepreneur – Chapter 2 / The necessary boring stuff
Reader’s Note: This is Chapter 2 of my upcoming book “HOW TO QUIT YOUR JOB AND BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR.” You can read Chapter 1 here. The necessary boring stuff In the vast landscape of entrepreneurship literature, countless books, courses, and articles explore the theoretical knowledge essential for aspiring entrepreneurs. However, this book has a…
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How to quit your job and become an entrepreneur – Chapter 1 / In the veins
Reader’s Note: This is Chapter 1 of my upcoming book “HOW TO QUIT YOUR JOB AND BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR.” I was raised in Kumasi, the second capital of Ghana and home to the biggest open market in West Africa. Growing up, every child in my neighbourhood had at least one parent who was an entrepreneur.…
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Personal Finance
Over last few months, I have been facilitating training sessions under the Blazing Trails programme organised by British Council Ghana and Barclays. A number of participants have requested the slides on the Personal Finance session. I have as such uploaded a PDF copy of the slides HERE
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Unlock your self improvement power
When we look at a certain object, a painting for example – we won’t be able to appreciate what’s in it, what is painted and what else goes with it if the painting is just an inch away from our face. But if we try to take it a little further, we’ll have a clearer…
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Life Lessons: 52 – A Page a Week Makes a Book in a Year
Let us get started with two facts on this point: 1) not everyone wants to be an author and 2) many who wish to write a book never get to write one. Many avid readers fall within the second group and most – probably including yourself – have at one point actually started writing a…
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Life Lessons: 51 – How you Dress Speaks Volumes
I wrote this chapter on a plane from South Africa to Ghana. I had just looked into the in-flight shopping catalogue and one of the items for sale was a $40 five set cuff links. Beside the picture of the cuff links were these words: “First impression counts, so it’s important to look your suave,…
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Life Lessons: 50 – Know the difference between assets and liabilities
In both high school and the university I studied accounting. I actually majored in accounting at the University, so the words asset and liabilities and their business definitions have been no strangers to me. I am very sure I am not the first person from whom you have heard these two words. In pure accounting…
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Life Lessons: 49 – Stop Thinking Like a Teenager When You Turn Eighteen
At age eighteen you still have the “teen” at the end of your age, but you actually start to see yourself as an adult. In addition to this, you expect others, especially your parents to treat you as one. Well you are right; you are no longer a kid and the law recognises that. That…
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Life Lessons: 48 – Just Do It
Have you seen the Nike slogan? I just love it! It says – Just do it. It is one reason why I love my Nike t-shirt; the slogan does give inspiration, and it makes you feel empowered. On a number of occasions when I want to boost my confidence to achieve a goal, I put…