Bright Raphael ✝️

If you are a student and you haven't taken advantage of the remote jobs paying you in dollars. - As a student pick an AI powered skill that are easy to learn. E.g Administrative or executive assistant, customer service support etc - Goto YT, get videos associated to those skills. - Learn skills like, communication, administration, emotional intelligence & leadership. - Find every AI tools that can augment those skills. - Pick a 30 days study plan, give yourself 2hours of study time. that's 60 hours of study. - Now take what you learn to practice, find volunteers or internship jobs. - Take testimonials from your hires. - Focus on getting good at what you do that's how you get people sending you referrals. - Create an X & Linkedin account and share your progress from day one, share your experiences, that's to build your personal account, this will help you get deals without struggles.

Moral lesson: Don't leave your life to chance.

I have spent these few weeks working on my mind, spiritually. And I can tell you for free, there's a kind of life you will never get until you start applying spiritual principles of life. Exponential growth is spiritual.

Whatever you do, keep a clear sense of where you’re headed. That vision helps guide your choices, actions, and decisions. A person’s vision can tell you a lot about who they are.

She just got referred for an Operations Manager role at a digital strategy agency through LinkedIn outreach. A few weeks ago, she was frustrated with the whole process. I introduced her to LinkedIn outreach, gave her a strategy to follow, and encouraged her not to give up when things weren't going as she expected. Fast forward to now, and she's coming back to tell me about the opportunities coming her way. This is why I keep saying that sometimes, the problem isn't that you don't have the skills or that opportunities don't exist. You might just be looking in the wrong direction, or you haven't learned how to position yourself for the opportunities you want. Imagine if she had given up. She might never have had this particular opportunity. And that's one thing about outreach. You don't always know which conversation will lead somewhere, who might recommend you, or what opportunity is waiting on the other side of that message. Sometimes, you just need the right strategy and the willingness to keep going long enough to see what happens.

Oh, hello! Do you still remember me? Just had to confirm whether I’ve been forgotten. Also, is it okay to apologize for being inactive? My idea has been to become more productive, so I can share from a place of reality and not just what I know, but what I am doing with all those fantastic ideas and knowledge. And honestly, it’s been a crazy adventure, especially building my agency and working on other side gigs. That’s why I’ve been inactive. But I promise to share some interesting things along the way. And I tell you, they’re indeed interesting. 😂 It's about someone I helped land a gig. I have one to share tomorrow. Maybe I’ll share one a day so I don’t stay completely inactive. Well, that’s the update. More coming!

Sometimes you don't need another motivational video. You need to finish the work you started last week. You need to send the message you've been postponing. You need to make the call. You need to stop redesigning the plan and actually follow it. I say this to myself too.

I've noticed that learning something new can make you feel like you're making progress even when nothing in your life is changing. You watch the videos. Save the threads. Buy the course. But at some point, the knowledge has to leave your head and enter your work. Otherwise, you're just becoming very informed about the life you want to live.

Sometimes, what we call a lack of discipline is actually a lack of clarity. It's difficult to consistently pursue something you haven't properly understood. Before forcing yourself to move faster, make sure you know why you're moving.

I want the things I build to solve real problems. I want the money I make to serve a purpose. I want the knowledge I acquire to benefit somebody beyond myself. And I want my ambitions to make sense in the presence of God. That's the kind of life I think about.

I keep coming back to one question: What would it take for a young African to become genuinely competitive in the global economy without first having to leave Africa? Access to skills is one part. Access to technology is another. But there's also communication, professional standards, work experience, and the ability to solve real business problems. I don't want us to stop at teaching people how to do the work. I want us to help create the conditions that make people ready to do the work well.

Imagine learning a skill for six months, only to discover that the people paying for that skill care more about the problem you can solve than the skill itself. This is why you need to study your markets alongside the craft.

I've been thinking about this. What if the reason some people struggle to find their place in life is that they're busy trying to become what the world celebrates instead of discovering what God created them for? Not every successful person is successful at their assignment.

Not everybody is called to start a company. Some people are called to build something inside an existing company. Some are called to lead. Some are called to create. Some are called to serve in ways that make other people's assignments possible. We need to stop measuring everybody with the same ruler.

Mhmmm… These things truly make people jumpy. But I believe there are 4 things that can help you navigate this season of your life. 1. hold on to God - you won't always know what to do next. Learn to depend on God for direction, wisdom, and strength. your life isn't something you have to figure out all on your own. 2. start small- don't let the pressure of where you think you should be stop you from beginning where you are. Work with what you have, take the small steps you can, and grow from there. 3. work on yourself consistently - develop your mind, your skills, your character, and your problem-solving ability. you may not control everything happening around you, but you can keep growing in your capacity to navigate life. 4. find your purpose -because, be it as it may, you were created for something. Life is more than surviving the economy, paying bills, and trying to meet society's expectations. There's an assignment tied to your existence, and discovering it provides direction for how you live. The rest, you'll uncover as you go. You don't have to figure everything out today. just keep walking with God, keep growing, and continue taking the steps you know to take.

Have you ever stopped to examine where your ambitions came from? Why do you want to be rich? Why do you want to be known? Why do you want to own a business? Why do you want people to respect you? Did you arrive at those desires through honest reflection, or did you absorb them from the people around you? Not every desire that feels personal originated with you. Some desires are inherited from the environment. And if you never examine them, you could spend your life pursuing goals you never consciously chose.

I think we sometimes make purpose sound so extraordinary that we struggle to recognize it in ordinary life. We imagine that fulfilling purpose must look like building a massive organization, addressing thousands of people, or changing an entire nation. But what if part of your assignment is to raise children who understand God? What if it's to build a business that provides honest work for ten people? What if it's to teach someone a skill that changes the direction of their family? Something doesn't have to look extraordinary to have eternal significance.

Rejection doesn't hurt Rejection teaches Rejection heals. Rejection points you to the right direction.

You can spend your entire life trying to prove that you're not a failure to people who never understood what you were trying to become. The funny thing is, you may eventually succeed by their standards. You may get the money, the recognition, the house, and the respect. But what happens when you finally get everything you spent years trying to prove you could get, only to realize that the person you were trying to impress is no longer important to you? Or realize that you've built a life that's fulfilling or brings you inner peace. Who were you building that life for?

20s... mhmm, that’s early. As much as we need to keep our eyes on the journey and be intentional about every step, we also need to learn not to rush. Purpose is not a race. You need time to grow, learn, build capacity, and become the person who can carry the assignment ahead of you. Haste can make you pursue things you’re not ready for or mistake someone else’s timeline for your own. Don’t just focus on arriving. Focus on becoming. You have a purpose to fulfill, and becoming who you need to be is part of fulfilling it.